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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Kargil war veteran who was Jagan to have 5 Deputy CMs, declared foreigner gets bail to form new Cabinet mid­term Assam resident asked to initiate action against ex­official Deputies will represent the BCs, SCs, STs, minorities and Kapus ‘Delhi’s scheme bigger Special Correspondent made the ex­serviceman a than Ayushman Bharat’ Guwahati “foreigner.” G. Venkataramana Rao came here from Hyderabad Amaravati NEW DELHI The Gauhati High Court on The judges also directed in the evening for the swear­ The Delhi government’s Friday granted interim bail the ex­serviceman not to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minis­ ing­in of the Cabinet, and umbrella health scheme is to ex­serviceman Mo­ move out of the territorial ju­ ter Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy submitted to him the list of “10 times bigger and hammed Sanaullah, who risdiction of Kamrup and announced on Friday that 25 legislators to be sworn in comprehensive” than the was sent to a detention Kamrup (Metro) districts there would be five Deputy as Ministers. Centre’s scheme, Ayushman camp after a tribunal de­ without the approval of the Chief Ministers in his 25­ While the Chandrababu Bharat programme, wrote clared him a foreigner on Superintendent of Police member Cabinet, which will Naidu Cabinet had two De­ Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal May 23. (Border), Kamrup. Guwaha­ be sworn in on Saturday. puty CMs — one BC (K.E. to Union Health Minister A team of lawyers, led by ti, where he resides, falls un­ Addressing 151 YSR Con­ Krishnamurthy) and a Kapu Harsh Vardhan on Friday. Indira Jaising and Hafiz Mohammed Sanaullah der Kamrup (Metro). gress Party candidates who (Ch. China Rajappa) — Mr. CITYĪ PAGE 3 Rashid Ahmed Choudhury, The court also directed were elected to the Assemb­ Reddy has increased the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD appearing for the Kargil war nishing a bail bond of the authorities to obtain Mr. ly but have not yet been number to five. Mr. Reddy veteran, moved the applica­ ₹20,000 with “two local su­ Sanaullah’s biometrics and sworn in and seven MLCs at told the legislators that 90% tion for his release. reties of a like amount.” fingerprints before releasing the second YSR Congress Le­ of the Cabinet members After hearing the argu­ The court also asked Mr. him on interim bail. “In all li­ gislature Party meeting at Striking a balance: Jagan Mohan Reddy said 90% of the would be replaced after two­ ments, a Division Bench of Sanaullah to take steps to kelihood, he will be released the Tadepalli party office, Ministers would be replaced after two­and­a­half years. and­a­half years to give a Justices Manojit Bhuyan and serve notice by registered from the detention centre Mr. Reddy said the posts of chance to others. Prasanta Kumar Deka or­ post on Chandramal Das, tomorrow [Saturday],” Mr. Deputy Chief Minister would Castes, the Scheduled been agitating to be included dered the release of the 52­ former investigating officer Choudhury told The Hindu. be given to five MLAs­elect Tribes, the minorities and in the Backward Classes. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 year­old former Junior Com­ of the Assam Police’s border belonging to the Backward the Kapus. Mr. Reddy met Governor BJP CHIEF RULES OUT missioned Officer on his fur­ wing, whose report in 2008 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Classes, the Scheduled The Kapu community has E.S.L. Narasimhan, who SPECIAL STATUS Ī PAGE 8

DTC buses register lesser CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC earnings: Outcome Budget NEW DELHI Monsoon checks in Two police deserters, two State­run buses being operated by DTC registered a lower fleet size in addition to Jaish men killed in Kashmir lesser earnings while ridership on Delhi Metro registered a slight increase but fell short of its target for The policemen went missing from Pulwama the 2019­20 as per the Delhi government’s Outcome Peerzada Ashiq had deserted from the Dis­ Budget released on Friday. Srinagar trict Police Lines along with New chief for CITY Ī PAGE 3 Two Jaish­e­Muhammad their rifles and intended to Al­Qaeda in India DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (JeM) militants and two poli­ join the militant outfit. cemen, who went missing “The two SPOs, who be­ The terror outfit Al­Qaeda NPP first to become on Thursday with their ser­ came members of the JeM, has announced a new chief national party from N­E vice rifles, were killed by the were also killed,” said the for its India wing, Ansar GUWAHATI security forces in Pulwama police. Ghazwat­ul­Hind, two The Election Commission on on Friday. The slain JeM militants weeks after its top Friday declared the National The police said the two were Ashiq Hussain Ganaie ‘commander’ Zakir Musa People’s Party led by militants were surrounded from Pulwama’s Panjran and was killed. Hameed Lelhari Meghalaya Chief Minister in a residential area at Panj­ Imran Ahmad Bhat from Ari­ will replace Musa and Ghazi Conrad K. Sangma as a ran in Pulwama’s Litter area hal. Ibrahim Khalid will be his national party. This made the on Thursday evening, trig­ The two slain SPOs were deputy, a spokesman said in NPP, formed by his father gering an encounter that Mohammad Salman Khan a video. Musa was killed on and former Speaker Purno A. continued into the night. from Shopian’s Uthmulla, May 23 in Tral. He had Sangma in 2013, the first from the Northeast to earn The operation followed a and Shabir Ahmad Dar from replaced slain militant the tag. First of the season: Two men hurry home as dark clouds gather over a river at Kadamakudy near Kochi on Friday. The IMD has tip­off that the militants Tujan, Pulwama. Burhan Wani in 2016, but quit the Hizbul Mujahideen. NEWS Ī PAGE 12 forecast very heavy rain in Thrissur on Monday and in Ernakulam, Malappuram and Kozhikode on Tuesday. * THULASI KAKKAT were meeting two Special PAGE 12 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Police Officers (SPOs), who CONTINUED ONĪ Ī PAGE 13

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SBI to offer home loan linked to repo rate SIT to probe Aligarh murder Row over Army logo SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Repo rates are benchmark nal cost of funds based lend­ counts of over ₹1 lakh linked special correspondent be part of the probe to as­ Mumbai rates set by the RBI and ing rate (MCLR) due to which to the repo rate. LUCKNOW certain the full nature of Home loan shoppers will those opting for the SBI’s transmission of rate cuts are Also, Bank of Maharashtra The Uttar Pradesh police the crime; preliminary au­ on Dhoni’s gloves have a new product to opt new home loan product will slower. All banks link their reduced its lending rate by on Friday constituted a topsy reports ruled out for come July 1. The State see interest rates moving in­ retail lending rates to their 10 bps to 8.6%. The interest Special Investigation Team rape and concluded the ICC says he must remove insignia Bank of India will introduce stantly in sync with the repo MCLR. rate will come down for all to probe the murder of an child was murdered by a product where the interest rate. The SBI has also cut by 25 loans having a residual ma­ infant in Aligarh amid huge strangulation. rate is linked to the repo rate Now, the SBI’s home loan basis points (bps) its rates on turity of more than six public outcry. K.C. Vijaya Kumar of the Reserve Bank of India. rates are linked to its margi­ cash credit and overdraft ac­ months, the lender said. A forensic team will also DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 13 London M.S. Dhoni’s wicket­ keeping gloves have always been an object of awe among the cricketing fraternity. The manner in which he pouches catches, his lightning stumpings and reverse flick run­outs have further enhanced a halo built around his muscular batting exploits. But little could he have imagined that his wicket­ keeping gloves would M.S. Dhoni and the gloves actually become the focus with the dagger insignia. * of a raging controversy that AP has set social media abuzz with a torrent of views of Dhoni to remove the extra varied persuasions. logo, a nationalistic It started with narrative emerged on Wednesday’s World Cup Twitter. match at Southampton, The BCCI’s Committee where India defeated of Administrators chief South Africa by six wickets. Vinod Rai backed Dhoni Lost in the reporting of the and said: “The BCCI has day’s cricketing exploits already sent a formal was the sighting of an request to the ICC for additional logo on Dhoni’s clearance.” gloves. The logo, an Army The ICC, however, made signage depicting a it clear on Friday that the regimental dagger insignia extra logo had to go. of the Indian Para Special “The ICC has responded Forces, raised the hackles to the BCCI to confirm the within cricket’s governing logo displayed by M.S. body, the International Dhoni in the previous Cricket Council (ICC), as match is not permitted to players are only allowed to be worn on his wicket­ sport two logos on gloves. keeping gloves at the ICC Dhoni holds the rank of Men’s Cricket World Cup an honorary Lieutenant 2019,” it said in a Colonel in the Territorial statement. “The Army regulations... do not Ever since news broke permit any individual about the ICC’s request to message or logo to be the Board of Control for displayed on any items of Cricket in India asking clothing or equipment.”

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IN BRIEF DU students develop ‘Roll back drastic changes in female urination device NEW DELHI A female urination vending machine, developed by DU admission eligibility criteria’ students, has been installed at the EDMC headquarters in Patparganj. The device allows Members of Executive, Academic Councils call changes arbitrary women to stand and urinate Staff Reporter in “unfriendly toilets”, a New Delhi statement by the EDMC read. and EWS students. The stu­ Members of the Executive dents have been caught un­ and Academic Councils of aware and they must be gi­ SDMC officials commend outgoing Commissioner Delhi University wrote to the ven sufficient time to adapt NEW DELHI Vice­Chancellor on Friday, themselves to these chang­ South Delhi Mayor, demanding a rollback of es.” the letter reads. councillors and senior what they termed “drastic Even the Standing Com­ officials commended changes” to the eligibility mittee constituted for the outgoing Commissioner criteria of various under­ purpose of making these Puneet Goel a fruitful tenure graduate courses. changes does not have the at a farewell event on Friday. The letter specifically proportional representation draws attention to “major in the best of four. of different segments of the deviations” in the eligibility “These changes are arbi­ elected members, it argued. criteria of seven courses. trary, unwarranted and un­ The letter has been signed These include B.Com. (Ho­ called for as the admissions by Rajesh J. Jha, J.L. Gupta, nours), B.A. (Honours), B.A. are finalised on the basis of Seema Das, Pradeep Kumar Economics (Honours), B.Sc. merit as reflected in the cut­ and Sudhanshu Kumar who Maths and Stat. (Honours), off of the various courses are members of the two B.Sc. (Honours), B.A. (Prog). and thus causing chaos councils. The eligibility criteria for among the students. As per It demanded that the elig­ each of these courses have the rules and regulations of ibility criteria be restored to been changed compared to our university, such major the earlier criteria on an ur­ 0 last year in terms of either policy decisions must be ta­ gent basis and for future, the minimum aggregate ken in the Academic Council changes be made in admis­ DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to verify and make appropriate enquiries to marks required or the inclu­ which have far­reaching con­ sion policy following the due satisfy themselves about the veracity of an advertisement before responding to sion of a compulsory subject sequences for SC, ST, OBC procedure. any published in this newspaper. THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in EWS: only 3,235 apply for admissions any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. Standing Committee member cites lack of awareness as reason DELHI Timings Sidharth Ravi cession, Mr. Singh and other the SDMs have been turning Saturday, June 08 New Delhi officials of the Admissions them away with no know­ RISE 05:23 SET 19:18 Out of 2.58 lakh registrations Committee clarified that ledge of such certificates. DU RISE 10:10 SET 23:53 to Delhi University’s under­ there would a separate cut­ had written to both the State Sunday, June 09 graduate programmes, only off list for students applying and Central governments RISE 05:23 SET 19:18 3,235 people have registered under the EWS category. asking them to notify the RISE 11:15 SET 00:00 for admissions under the “Just like SC, ST, OBC this is a SDMs. Monday, June 10 Economically Weaker Sec­ separate category,” he said. RISE 05:23 SET 19:19 tions (EWS) category, mid­ Reservations under the RISE 12:19 SET 00:35 way through the registration EWS category was intro­ process. The number of stu­ duced by the Central Go­ Open Day dents applying under the ST vernment in January this category stands at 4,410. year through a constitution­ for female The number of applica­ al amendment. In order to tions in the EWS category implement the policy, DU is applicants might be low because of lack carrying out an expansion of of awareness and informa­ its intake of students by 25%, Staff Reporter tion, said Rasal Singh, mem­ spread over two academic New Delhi ber of the Standing Commit­ sessions. A second session of the tee on admissions. Students applying under ‘Open Day’, to be held at DU While some confusion this category are required to North Campus on Saturday, was created during an ‘Open obtain an income certificate will aim at resolving con­ Day’ session at Rajdhani Col­ dated after March 31, from cerns of female applicants, lege on Friday, when a pro­ the area Sub­Divisional Ma­ said Rajeev Gupta, Dean of fessor claimed that students gistrate. However, several Students’ Welfare. Panel­ applying under this category applicants who showed up lists will include women would only avail a fee con­ to ‘Open Days’ have said that principals and experts.

Weather Watch Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday AAP leaders get bail in defamation case Court directs CM to appear on July 6

Nirnimesh Kumar letion of names from the vo­ New Delhi ters’ list. A court here on Friday grant­ “Allegations of the respon­ ed bail to AAP leader Atishi, dents [Mr. Kejriwal and oth­ its Rajya Sabha member Sush­ ers] are prima facie, defama­ il Kumar Gupta and MLA Ma­ tory and refers to noj Kumar in a defamation complainant BJP. The inquiry case filed by the BJP for their as contemplated under Sec­ alleged remarks over deletion tion 202 of the Code of Crimi­ of names from the voters’ list nal Procedure has been duly of the city. conducted by examining the Delhi Chief Minister Ar­ authorised representative of vind Kejriwal is also an ac­ the complainant and his wit­ cused in the case but he could nesses. There exists sufficient not appear. The court direct­ grounds to proceed against all ed him to appear on July 6. the respondents,” the court Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Those who appeared were had said while summoning Forecast for Saturday: Heavy/very heavy rainfall likely at isol- granted bail on personal the accused persons. ated places over Assam, Meghalaya, sub-Himalayan West bond of ₹10,000 each. Mr. Babbar, in the com­ Bengal, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, coastal The court had summoned plaint, said that the accused, Odisha, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. the accused persons on at a press conference held in city rain max min city rain max min March 16. December last year, alleged Agartala...... —.... 33.5.... 25.2 Kozhikode ...... —.... 33.8.... 26.6 Ahmedabad...... —.... 44.2.... 29.8 Kurnool...... 7.4.... 37.0.... 25.2 The complainant, BJP lead­ that on the directions of the Aizawl ...... 33.... 27.1.... 19.0 Lucknow...... 7.8.... 38.7.... 23.7 er Rajeev Babbar, on behalf of BJP, names of 30 lakh voters Allahabad ...... —.... 43.2.... 29.2 Madurai...... —.... 39.0.... 27.8 the Delhi unit of the party of Bania, Poorvanchali and Bengaluru...... —.... 31.5.... 20.6 Mangaluru...... —.... 35.0.... 22.2 Bhopal...... —.... 45.9.... 32.5 Mumbai...... —.... 34.9.... 28.5 sought their prosecution for Muslim communities were Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 32.7.... 27.6 Mysuru...... —.... 32.5.... 22.2 harming the reputation of the deleted by the Election Com­ Chandigarh ...... —.... 40.0.... 26.3 New Delhi ...... —.... 40.5.... 26.4 outfit by blaming it for the de­ mission of India. Chennai ...... —.... 36.7.... 29.5 Patna ...... —.... 40.0.... 28.2 Coimbatore...... —.... 35.7.... 25.5 Port Blair ...... 14.5.... 30.2.... 24.0 Dehradun...... —.... 37.4.... 20.8 Puducherry...... —.... 36.2.... 28.6 Gangtok...... 0.5.... 23.3.... 17.5 Pune ...... —.... 37.6.... 25.2 Goa ...... 3.3.... 34.0.... 25.2 Raipur ...... —.... 40.8.... 25.1 DELHI TODAY Guwahati ...... —.... 34.4.... 26.4 Ranchi...... —.... 34.0.... 25.2 North Mayor Hubballi...... —.... 35.0.... 23.0 Shillong...... —.... 22.7.... 16.6 Hyderabad ...... —.... 40.2.... 26.6 Shimla...... 0.2.... 27.0.... 17.7 Exhibition: "Utsav", an art show of seeks bailout Imphal...... 0.5.... 28.6.... 21.6 Srinagar ...... 3.6.... 24.4.... 10.1 paintings, photography, digital arts Jaipur...... —.... 43.6.... 29.2 Trivandrum ...... 41.8.... 32.3.... 25.0 and sketches at All India Fine Arts & Kochi...... 42.6.... 31.8.... 24.0 Tiruchi ...... —.... 40.2.... 28.4 Craft Society (AIFACS), 1 Rafi Marg, package Kohima...... —.... 27.0.... 16.7 Vijayawada...... 56.2.... 40.6.... 26.6 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Kolkata...... —.... 31.3.... 27.5 Visakhapatnam ...... 0.7.... 34.0.... 29.4 Staff Reporter (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Exhibition: "Breathless: An artistic call to India’s air pollution crisis" a New Delhi Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday photo project shot by photographer CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Ishan Tankha, with stories penned by North Delhi Municipal Cor­ Ahmedabad..... 42 128 45 ....48 .....— ....* journalist Aruna Chandrasekhar at poration Mayor Avtar Singh, Bengaluru ...... 7 .79 86 ....56 ...89 ....* In observation made at Bikaner House, Pandara Road, 10 4.00 p.m., Satna, Madhya met the L­G on Friday and Chennai ...... 18 .15 64 ....94 .....— ....* a.m. – 6 p.m. Pradesh recorded an overall made a plea for a ₹3000­ Delhi ...... 30 .40 53 ....90 .225 ....* air quality index (AQI) score Hyderabad ...... 10 .26 26 ....52 ...80 ....* of 369 indicating an Exhibition: "Escapes & City crore ‘one­time bailout Kolkata...... 3 .16 13 ....40 ...48 ....* unhealthy level of pollution. Scapes", a solo painting show by package’ for the civic body. * In contrast, Haldia, West Lucknow...... 6 .35 45 ..129 .....— .... Bengal recorded a healthy Lena Acharya at Convention Centre Mumbai ...... 25 .14 79 ....19 ...76 ....* AQI score of 24 Foyer, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 10 The civic body has been Pune...... 42 .20 29 ....64 ...63 ....* a.m. – 8 p.m. in a disadvantageous posi­ Visakhapatnam 19 .52 39 ....87 .120 ....* tion due to a disproportion­ Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) Exhibition: A solo show of artworks by T.K Hareendran at Art Konsult, 3, ate distribution of resources SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short­term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Ground Floor, Hauz Khas Village, to it. It runs six major hospi­ making breathing difficult. 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Staff Reporter government’s scheme and New Delhi Ayushman Bharat. Under The Delhi government’s the Ayushman Bharat there umbrella health scheme were less than 10% benefi­ was “10 times bigger and ciaries in Delhi while under comprehensive” than the the AAP government’s Centre’s scheme Ayush­ scheme, every citizen con­ man Bharat programme, stituting the Capital’s popu­ wrote Chief Minister Ar­ lation of two crore could be vind Kejriwal to Union a beneficiary, he said. Health Minister Dr. Harsh The Chief Minister also Vardhan on Friday. said that while under Ay­ The Centre­sponsored ushman Bharat beneficiar­ scheme aims to provide ies could get treatment of coverage of ₹5 lakh per fa­ up to ₹5 lakh but under the mily, annually, supposedly AAP dispensation’s benefitting more than 10.74 scheme, there was no such crore poor families in rela­ Centre’s flagship health in­ here daily for treatment limit and hence, the go­ tion to secondary and terti­ surance scheme. while the opposite is not vernment bears all expens­ ary care hospitalisation “I am happy to tell you true and, in effect, indicat­ es, even if these amounted through a network of em­ that Ayushman Bharat has ed that Delhi’s health up to ₹30 lakh. panelled healthcare already been implemented scheme was functioning “The objective of both providers. in Delhi a long time ago. well. the Centre and the Delhi Mr. Kejriwal said the av­ The government’s health “Those whose income is government is the same — erage citizen would be at a scheme is 10 times bigger more than ₹10,000 does the provision of inexpen­ loss if the government’s and comprehensive than not come under Ayushman sive and quality treatment health scheme is replaced Ayushman Bharat,” Mr. Kej­ Bharat, which means those to the citizens of the coun­ with Ayushman Bharat riwal said. earning less than minimum try, no matter under which here. In his two­page letter in wages [notified by the go­ scheme...There is a good His comments came in Hindi, Mr. Kejriwal said in vernment] is out of this scheme, which is currently the wake of Dr. Vardhan spite of the implementa­ scheme,” Mr. Kejriwal said. functional in Delhi...If our writing to the Chief Minis­ tion of Ayushman Bharat in model suffers from any def­ ters of Delhi, Odisha, Telan­ Haryana and Uttar Pra­ Comparison drawn iciencies, please let us gana and West Bengal urg­ desh, lakhs of patients He also sought to draw a know so we can improve ing them to join the from these States come comparison between his it...,” Mr. Kejriwal added. Outcome State­run DTC buses register drop in Budget biggest achievement, fleet size, ridership: Outcome Budget says Sisodia Installation of CCTV cameras remains static among others Jatin Anand set target. The DJB laid wa­ in installing CCTV cameras Staff Reporter Jaideep Deo Bhanj ter pipelines in 144 unauth­ in buses as successive bids New Delhi New Delhi orised colonies during the for it in December 2018 The biggest achievement of State­run buses operated financial year 2018­19, fall­ and January 2019 failed the Delhi government in by the Delhi Transport Cor­ ing 147 short of the target of and these remained availa­ the field of governance was poration reduced in fleet­ 291. ble only on 200 buses. the “successful” imple­ size and registered lesser The number of opera­ mentation of the Outcome earnings while Delhi Metro tional DTC buses was 3,974 Education sector Budget for several years in trains saw a slight increase in 2017­18 and the target In the education sector, the a row, said Deputy Chief yet falling short of its target was to raise it to 4,176 in government has managed Minister Manish Sisodia on for the year as per the Del­ 2018­19, however, it re­ to fill 95% of its target when Friday. hi government’s Outcome duced to 3,897. it comes to providing qual­ “I consider Outcome Budget released on Friday. The average daily rider­ ity early childhood educa­ Budget as the biggest While the number of ship improved slightly be­ tion by introducing nur­ achievement of our go­ cluster buses being operat­ ing registered at 33 lakh as sery classes with a ratio of vernment in past 4.5 years ed by the government re­ against a target of 32.93 30 students to one teacher. in the field of governance,” mained static, these regis­ lakh in 2018­19. As many as 448 schools he said at a national confe­ tered more ridership and Earnings per km were under the Directorate of rence on outcome budget­ earnings than targeted targeted at ₹31.10 in 2018­19 Education have managed ing organised by Dialogue even as significant initia­ but stood at ₹30.32. In to enrol a total of 19,108 and Development Commis­ tives such as the installa­ terms of earnings per bus students. sion of Delhi. He also re­ tion of Closed Circuit Tele­ per day, the amount regis­ Under its scheme to pro­ leased the Outcome Bud­ vision (CCTV) camera and tered stood at ₹5,898 as vide teachers with tablet get of the government for the deployment of mar­ against the target of ₹5,931 computers to monitor stu­ 2019­20. The budget, intro­ shals aboard all public bus­ in 2018­19. dent­wise learning achieve­ duced in 2017­18, had es remained static and re­ Cluster buses, however, ment, the government has helped in removing bottle­ gistered slow progress, registered an average rider­ managed to provide 67% of necks to improve the deliv­ respectively. ship of 12.24 lakh com­ its teachers with tablets. ery of services and goods pared to the targeted 12 The Outcome Budget da­ to people , he added. The Big-ticket initiatives lakh and per km earnings ta also shows that in 2018­ exercise tracks the perfor­ Big­ticket initiatives like of ₹30.30 in comparison to 19, 71.58% of students mance of 567 schemes and procurement of vehicles the target of ₹20.55 passed in their Class X ex­ programmes of the govern­ for the creation of a fleet of ams while 94.24% passed ment through nearly 2,000 electric buses and the in­ Safety of passengers in Class XII exams. quantifiable indicators. stallation of WiFi services The number of bus mar­ When it comes to its Mr. Sisodia said the Out­ across the Capital were shals deployed for the safe­ much publicised scheme of come Budget was the force pushed forward by a year ty of passengers was 2,153 building additional class­ behind big­ticket reforms to March 2020 and Sep­ in DTC buses in 2017­18. rooms, the data shows that by the government in pow­ tember 2020 respectively. In 2018­19, the number 8,095 classrooms have er and water supply, edu­ Meanwhile, the provi­ was to be raised to 4,280 been made functional with cation and health services sion of water lines at un­ but only 3,041 were availa­ a target of 12,000 class­ and the doorstep delivery authorised colonies could ble in the buses. rooms by the end of the services. not be achieved as per the There was no progress year. AAP to seek feedback Met forecasts severe heatwave in city on free­ride scheme ‘Possibility of thunderstorms on June 11’ Staff Reporter ‘DMRC looking Staff Reporter “Severe heatwave at isolated New Delhi NEW DELHI pockets on June 10; heatwave con­ Chief Minister Arvind at ways to roll The Met department has forecast ditions at isolated pockets on June Kejriwal on Friday di­ severe heatwave in the city for the 9 and June 11 with the possibility of rected AAP legislators out scheme’ next 48 hours with the maximum thundery development on June 10; and councillors to hold Press trust of india temperature likely to record 46 de­ duststorm/thunderstorm accom­ consultative public New DELHI grees Celsius at Safdarjung weath­ panied by gusty winds on June 11,” meetings to seek feed­ The DMRC is “explor­ er station. reads the extended forecast. back from citizens ing ways” to take for­ Areas such as Palam and Ayana­ On Friday, the mercury dipped about the govern­ ward the Delhi govern­ gar are likely to record 1­2 degrees marginally to settle at 40.5 degrees ment’s proposal to ment’s decision to higher temperatures than Celsius, which is normal for the make travel aboard pu­ make metro rides free Safdarjung. season after a strong wind cooled blic buses and metro for women while keep­ The weather bulletin stated that down the city overnight. trains free for women. ing in mind the finan­ mainly, there will be clear sky on The minimum temperature was At a press confe­ cial implication and Saturday and June 9 with heat­ recorded at 26.4 degrees Celsius. rence in Mr. Kerjiwal’s technical feasibility as­ wave conditions likely at a few Humidity levels oscillated between official residence here sociated with the pro­ places till June 10. 36% and 64%. on Friday, his Deputy posal, said official Manish Sisodia said the sources on Friday. former had held a meeting with AAP lors have been asked to MLAs, councillors and hold 10 small meetings the party’s women’s in their respective wing to issue direc­ areas,” Mr. Sisodia tions to hold 1,000 said. sabhas with this objec­ He added that dur­ tive across Delhi. ing the meetings, AAP “Mr. Kejriwal has di­ leaders will ask people rected all AAP MLAs, the reason behind councillors to hold their support. “Mr. Kej­ 1,000 small public riwal has asked them meetings across Delhi to submit the outcome to take people’s feed­ of these meetings in a back on the scheme. week,” Mr. Sisodia ad­ The MLAs and council­ ded. 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IN BRIEF Deceased was Money­laundering case 25­year­old man dies in police a YouTuber, made videos filed against Raghav Bahl custody, family suspects foul play on social issues Media baron seeks Minister’s intervention Special Correspondent to write this to you as an Three cops suspended; kin allege police demanded ₹20,000 for his release Hemani Bhandari NEW DELHI honest and law­abiding citi­ Patel takes oath as NEW DELHI Chief Justice of HC The Enforcement Directo­ zen of India, who is getting Hemani Bhandari she went to the police station Govinda, who died in pol­ rate (ED) has registered a the sense of being hounded NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai with Gopal. But they were ice custody in Nand Nagri money­laundering case for doing no wrong despite Patel was sworn in as Chief Three policemen were sus­ not allowed to meet Govinda on Thursday night, was a against media website foun­ paying all taxes honestly and Justice of the Delhi High pended after a 25­year­old despite repeated attempts. YouTuber. He used to act in der Raghav Bahl, based on diligently. I also have no de­ Court on Friday. Lt. Governor man, who was arrested for al­ “Late evening, they demand­ videos with his group complaints filed by the In­ faults when it comes to the Anil Baijal administered the legedly supplying illicit liquor ed ₹20,000 for releasing him. called Jars Team. come­Tax (I­T) Department debt obligations of myself or oath of office to Justice Patel in North East Delhi’s Nand I said we can’t afford such His team members said alleging non­disclosure of my business concerns,” the at a function held at Raj Nivas Nagri, died in police custody huge amount and we paid that the group was formed the source of money used letter said. here. on Thursday night. While the ₹10,000. But they didn’t re­ about five­six years ago and for buying a London asset. Mr. Bahl said he had on police claimed that the trio lease him,” she alleged. they used to make comedy Mr. Bahl sought the inter­ May 13 provided full details Woman held for forging were suspended for procedu­ A few hours later, as the fa­ videos on social issues. On vention of Finance Minister after the Department neighbour’s signature ral lapse, the victim’s family Relatives of the victim outside Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital mily waited outside the pol­ the YouTube channel, they Nirmala Sitharaman. claimed that he had failed to Hospital. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT NEW DELHI alleged that he was beaten to ice station, the police alleged­ have over 1,500 subscrib­ disclose information, as a re­ ‘Proof submitted’ A 49­year­old woman was death. ly took Govinda to GTB ers and thousands of sult of which they presumed arrested from Uttam Nagar’s Additional DCP (North The officer said that head said that the victim was a la­ Hospital but “didn’t tell them viewers. In a letter to Finance Minis­ the amount to arise from Mohan Garden for allegedly East) R.P. Meena said that the constable Abhishek and con­ bourer and on Thursday, he the reason”. He was allegedly “Govinda was a fine ac­ ter Nirmala Sitharaman, Mr. proceeds of undisclosed in­ cheating her neighbour by victim, identified as Govinda, stables Vishal and Udham was asked by his friend brought back to the police tor. He was very passionate Bahl on Friday sought her come (black money), as per withdrawing ₹3.6 lakh from was a resident of Khoda Colo­ Singh were suspended for Naeem to unload some mate­ station where Reshma was about acting,” said Basrud­ intervention, saying that two show cause notices her account by forging her ny and had no previous cri­ procedural lapse. “They did rial in Sundar Nagri. “Naeem waiting. “Around 2 a.m., a din, a member of the adequate explanation and served to him by email in the signature. minal history. He was arrest­ not follow the procedure told him that he will get ₹300 few journalists came and told group, adding that Govinda proof had already been sub­ afternoon of May 1. “I was gi­ ed with one Naeem around 7 while registering the FIR. So for the day. We don’t think us that he is dead,” she said. wanted to make a diffe­ mitted to the I­T Department ven only until 3.30 p.m. on a.m. on Thursday from Sun­ far, there is no role of any of­ that he was aware that His family claimed that Go­ rence through the videos. that the amount, £2.73 lakh, May 2, 2019, to answer the Man held for stealing dar Nagri while they were ficer in his death,” Mr Meena Naeem was doing illegal vinda had no previous medi­ His family said that Govin­ had come from the tax­paid notices, and following an ex­ iron scrap worth ₹35 lakh transporting illicit liquor in said. work. He was caught from cal history and was healthy. da was tech­savvy and also income of his wife Ritu Ka­ change of emails with the NEW DELHI an autorickshaw. “They were there with Naeem and two When asked about the alle­ knew how to edit videos. pur and was disclosed in her concerned officer, I provid­ A 34­year­old man identified brought to Nand Nagri police ‘Demanded bribe’ others,” he said adding that gations levelled by the vic­ “After he started working I­T return. ed a short factual reply to as Naushad Warsi, a resident station. Around 9 p.m., Go­ Meanwhile, Govinda’s family they were later informed that tim’s family, Mr. Meena said on the videos, he was en­ “I have been constrained the authorities,” he said. of Bhajan Pura, has been vinda complained of uneasi­ claimed that the police de­ the police had released the that it will be looked into. “An grossed in them. I would of­ arrested for allegedly stealing ness after which he fell un­ manded ₹20,000 for his re­ two, whom the illicit liquor autopsy was conducted by a ten ask him about getting 12 tons of iron scrap worth ₹ conscious. He was taken to lease and they didn’t even in­ belonged to, after taking board of doctors and the pro­ married but he wouldn’t Defamation 35 lakh belonging to Indian Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital form them about his death. money. cedure was videographed. A care,” said his father Ram Railways. where he was given CPR after They suspect that he was bea­ The victim’s relative Resh­ magisterial inquiry has been Yadav adding that he used case: Tharoor which he died,” Mr. Meena ten to death. ma said that after she came to initiated into his death,” he to act in local plays on occa­ said. Govinda’s brother Gopal know about Govinda’s arrest, added. sions like Ram Leela. gets bail Shortage of Special Correspondent New Delhi anti­rabies DPCC rapped for not Two criminals held after shoot­out A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Congress vaccine Staff Reporter on his arrest, Nazim had a tained a bullet injury in his MP Shashi Tharoor in a cri­ acting on plastic burning NEW DELHI bounty of ₹50,000. They are right leg and was rushed to minal defamation case for Press Trust of India Two members of Nasir gang, both residents of New Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital. his alleged ‘scorpion’ re­ New Delhi Staff Reporter ty (DDA), the Bench said, who carry a reward on their Seelampur. The police claimed that mark against Prime Minis­ Delhi government hospitals NEW DELHI “We consider it necessary to arrest, were nabbed after an “The shoot­out took place the two along with their as­ ter Narendra Modi. are facing “acute shortage” The National Green Tribunal require the presence of exchange of fire in Mukh­ in north­west Delhi’s Pusta sociates killed one Hakimud­ Additional Chief Metro­ of anti­rabies vaccine due (NGT) has rapped the Delhi Member Secretary, DPCC so melpur in the early hours of Road in Mukhmelpur din in New Usmanpur on politan Magistrate Samar to a fall in drug supply, Pollution Control Commit­ as to explain why action be Friday, the police said. around 4 a.m. on Friday March 31. “They were also Vishal granted bail to Mr. prompting the Centre to tee (DPCC) for failing to take not taken in refusing to take DCP (Special Cell) P.S. when they were coming on a involved in the murder of Tharoor on furnishing a call a meeting of health of­ remedial action against steps even after pollution is Kushwah said that the ac­ bike. Around eight rounds one Sarfaraz in Krishna Na­ personal bond of ₹20,000. ficers and hospital in­charg­ burning of plastic and PVC brought to the notice and cused are brothers and have were fired by the duo while gar on April 5,” Mr. Kushwah es on Friday, officials said. wires at a park in north­west responsibility is merely been identified as Salman the police fired six rounds in said. Both murders were a The LNJP Hospital, GB Delhi’s Mangolpuri. shifted to the owner of the and Nazim. While Salman retaliation,” Mr. Kushwah result of gang rivalry, said Pant Hospital and other ci­ A Bench headed by NGT land.” carried a reward of ₹1 lakh said adding that Salman sus­ the police. ty government­run facili­ chairperson Justice Adarsh The Bench further added, ties are facing shortage as Kumar Goel came down hea­ “Being the guardian of envi­ the suppliers are unable to vily on the pollution control ronment, DPCC cannot dis­ replenish the anti­rabies committee and summoned own its responsibility by Man found murdered in South Avenue vaccine (ARV). Member Secretary, DPCC to simply saying that it is the A senior health ministry be present before the tribu­ owner of the land who has to Staff Reporter questioning in connection ted the quarters. The vic­ official said that a meeting nal and state why the “res­ take action. The question of NEW DELHI with the case. tim’s body was found with chaired by the Director ponsibility was being shift­ ownership of the land is irre­ A 52­year­old man was DCP (New Delhi) Madhur throat slit. General of Health Services ed.” levant as far as enforcement found dead in quarters allot­ Verma said that the victim “In the CCTV footage, two was convened to discuss Following the DPCC’s sub­ of environment norms are ted for house helps in South has been identified as Su­ persons can be seen enter­ the situation, and officials mission that the land in concerned for which the Avenue in the early hours of resh. His wife Anju who ing the area wearing masks were assured all possible question was owned by the statutory right and responsi­ Friday. The police have de­ works as a house help in VIP and returning,” a senior of­ help to tackle the crisis. Delhi Development Authori­ bility is of the DPCC.” tained three persons for houses in the area was allot­ ficer said. Woman ends life over tiff Staff Reporter 3.30 a.m., he found his wife mis­ NEW DELHI sing and launched a search for A 26­year­old woman hailing her. Later, he found that she from Bihar, allegedly jumped to jumped from the roof of their death after an argument with house. He took her to AIIMS husband in South West Delhi’s where she was declared brought Ghitorni on Friday, the police dead,” said a senior police officer. said. Suicide prevention helpline: The police said that the couple Sanjivini, Society for Mental got married in 2015 and her hus­ Health, 011-4076 9002, Monday- band works as a tailor. “Around Saturday (10 a.m.-7.30 p.m.)

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Police register case against 26 dead, 57 hurt in U.P. BJD MLA Press Trust of India dust storms, lightning Bhubaneswar A PWD junior engineer, Mainpuri district bore the brunt with six deaths who was allegedly forced by a newly elected BJD Press trust of india sioner said. MLA in Odisha to do sit­ups Lucknow An official press note said in public, on Friday Severe dust storms and different parts of the State claimed the legislator had lightning in different parts of witnessed dust storms late also asked an executive en­ Uttar Pradesh claimed at on Thursday evening, result­ gineer to slap him, even as least 26 lives and left 57 peo­ ing in wall collapse and the police registered a case ple injured as houses and uprooting of trees. against the lawmaker. walls collapsed and trees Thirty­one cattle died and The alleged “rowdyism” were uprooted, prompting 16 houses were also dam­ of Saroj Kumar Meher, first­ authorities to launch large­ aged in the incidents, offi­ time MLA from Patnagarh scale relief operations on cials said. in Bolangir district, also Friday. triggered a row with the Mainpuri district bore the Massive power cuts Opposition BJP coming worst brunt of the vagaries Massive power cuts were re­ down heavily on the BJD of nature late on Thursday CM Adityanath announced ported from various parts of government and demand­ night as six people died ₹4 lakh compensation for the State, including Luck­ ing immediate arrest of the there in separate cases of the kin of the deceased. * now, as electricity lines got lawmaker and the Con­ wall collapse and lightning, snapped in the gale. gress condemning the the State Relief Commission­ when signboards and hoard­ Chief Minister Yogi Adi­ incident. er said. ings got snapped at several tyanath directed officials to Mr. Meher, who drew Forty­one people were in­ places, and fell on them, take all necessary measures flak after a video purport­ jured in the district and they said. to provide relief to the affect­ edly showed him forcing a uprooted trees blocked veh­ “While six people died in ed people. PWD junior engineer to do icular movement on the Mainpuri, three each died in “He (Adityanath) has di­ sit­ups in public went viral, State highways, leading to Etah and Kasganj, two each rected Ministers in charge of on Thursday apologised massive jams. in Farrukhabad and Bara­ the districts concerned to for his action, claiming he Police said most of the in­ banki, and one each in Mo­ oversee relief operations,” did so to assuage public an­ juries occurred when people radabad, Badaun, Pilibhit, Awanish Awasthi, Principal ger. Later on Thursday, the sleeping inside their mud Mathura, Kannauj, Sambhal, Secretary (Information), engineer’s wife lodged a houses were caught un­ Ghaziabad, Amroha, Ba­ said. complaint with the police awares by the storm, which daun and Mahoba in inci­ A financial assistance ₹4 against the MLA, accusing was accompanied by rain, dents related to dust storm lakh has been announced by him of publicly humiliating leading to wall collapse. and lightning,” data released the Chief Minister for the fa­ her husband. People were also injured by the State Relief Commis­ mily of the deceased. STF to identify policemen in Extend PM’s scholarship league with drug traffickers scheme: MP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT CM Amarinder strives to check drug menace in Punjab GUWAHATI An Assam MP has asked SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT private drug de­addiction Prime Minister Narendra CHANDIGARH centres, which were found Modi to extend the PM’s In an attempt to check the to be providing substandard Scholarship Scheme to growing drug trade across services while charging ex­ children of forest person­ the State, Punjab Chief Mi­ orbitant rates for the treat­ nel who get killed guarding nister Amarinder Singh has ment of addicts. nature. directed the Special Task The scholarship is for Force (STF) to identify and Legal training wards of ex­Servicemen take stringent action against The statement added that who pass Class X and Class policemen found to be in ca­ the Punjab Advocate Gener­ XII. hoots with drug traffickers, al was asked to form a panel “Forest personnel are al­ especially in the border Punjab CM Amarinder Singh. of eminent legal luminaries so government servants districts. who will impart practical who often lose their lives in The Special Task Force districts to work in close training to the police per­ the line of duty. Forest held a meeting in Chandi­ coordination with the con­ sonnel to enable them to ef­ guards, beat officers and garh on Friday, in which cerned police officials and fectively present their cases rangers are uniformed sol­ Capt. Amarinder asked the maintain strict vigil over in court. “Such hands­on diers who have the author­ Punjab Police chief to deal their nefarious activities in training would equip the ity to register cases, arrest firmly with policemen en­ order to eradicate the police officials handling le­ people and carry wea­ gaged in such unlawful activ­ scourge of drugs,” an official gal cases against drug traf­ pons,” Gaurav Gogoi, who ity. “The Chief Minister di­ statement said. fickers, peddlers, smugglers represents Kaliabor parlia­ rected the ADGP The CM also directed the etc., in an effective and re­ mentary constituency, (STF/Drugs) to constitute health department to regu­ sult­oriented manner (sic),” wrote in his letter to the two STF teams in all border larly monitor the working of said the statement. Prime Minister. Adityanath raises Ram temple issue in Ayodhya Press trust of india Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday offered prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple here, reiterating support for the construction of a temple at the disputed site. “According to the expectations of the world, I wish a Ram temple is built soon in Ayodhya,” he said as he unveiled a seven­foot rosewood statue of Lord Ram at the city’s Shodh Sans­ than Museum. On his first visit to the temple town after elections, Mr. Adityanath also took part in celebrations to mark the birthday of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das.

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Attempt Target disbursal of more crop Prakash Ambedkar alleges to murder discrepancies in poll figures case against loans, Fadnavis tells banks Gujarat cop Appeals to political parties to verify numbers in all States Says Maharashtra govt. will take action against banks that refuse loans to farmers Press Trust of India Alok Deshpande Vadodara Alok Deshpande Mumbai A case of attempt to mur­ Mumbai Prakash Ambedkar, Vanchit der has been registered With only 54% of the target­ Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) lead­ against a police sub­inspec­ ed crop loans being dis­ er, on Friday alleged that dis­ tor in Vadodara for alleged­ bursed in 2018­19, Chief Mi­ crepancies have been found ly firing at a man during an nister Devendra Fadnavis in the number of votes altercation with the latter’s issued stern instructions to polled, counted and de­ father, an official said on banks on Friday to ensure clared by the Election Com­ Friday. The incident hap­ that the numbers are signifi­ mission or the Election Re­ pened on June 3 in the ci­ cantly higher this year. turning Officer in all 48 Lok ty’s Tarsali locality falling Mr. Fadnavis said, “The Sabha constituencies in under Makaarpura police demand for crop loans was Maharashtra. At a press con­ station limits when sub­in­ less last year owing to ference, Mr. Ambedkar said, spector S.V. Chudasama, in drought. This year, the de­ “In 26 parliamentary consti­ civil dress, had a heated ex­ mand is likely to increase, tuencies, the number of change with Manilal Praja­ but banks are likely to face votes counted on May 23 is Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar (right) at the pati who owns a pan stall in action if they are found not less than the number of party ofice in Ballard Estate on Friday. * ARUNANGSU ROY CHOWDHURY the area, the official said. providing crop loans to votes cast. In another 22 When Mr. Prajapati’s farmers.” The Chief Minister constituencies, the number exceptions can be made for any other grounds men­ son Simit tried to intervene was addressing a press con­ of the votes counted is more one or two constituencies, tioned in the Representation and asked Mr. Chudasama ference after a State­level Setting goals: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (right) interacts with the media after holding than the votes cast.” but not all constituencies. of the People Act, 1951.” to show his identity card, kharif review meeting. A to­ a State­level kharif review meeting in Bandra on Friday. * EMMANUAL YOGINI He said, “We also appeal to the PSI allegedly fired four tal of 151 hectares is under ‘Not an exception’ all political parties in diffe­ Demands EC response rounds from his service re­ kharif crops in the State, of 18, total production was to farmers in natural calami­ orological Department Mr. Ambedkar said that of rent States to carry out the The VBA has sought an ex­ volver, the official said. which 55%­60% is under cot­ 118.58 lakh million tonnes, ties, and ₹16,778 crore for (IMD) has forecast less than the 26 seats, where there same exercise to verify dis­ planation from the Election Simit received bullet in­ ton and soyabean cultiva­ while in 2018­19, it was 115.7 crop insurance. average rainfall in June. “The was a shortfall in the votes crepancies. In case there are Commission of India for juries in his stomach and tion, 10% rice, 8% sugar­ lakh million tonnes. Mr. Fad­ On the Prime Minister’s State government has ap­ counted, Raigad has the discrepancies, the next these discrepancies. Mr. Am­ legs and was rushed to a cane, and 11% corn. navis claimed that the go­ Krishi Sanman Scheme, Mr. pealed to farmers to delay least difference in the figures course of action is filing a pe­ bedkar said, “Now, it is up to nearby hospital while Mr. vernment had invested Fadnavis said a change in cri­ sowing since monsoon is (16), while Parbhani has the tition in the respective High the citizens of this country Chudasama, attached to ‘Good production’ around ₹1.50 lakh crore in teria had benefited around likely to be delayed,” he said. highest difference of 2,101. Courts. I firmly believe that to decide whether or not we Makaarpura police station, Mr. Fadnavis said, “Com­ agriculture and allied activi­ 1.20 crore farmers in Maha­ According to the IMD, Kon­ Of the 22 seats where more the judiciary has the right to should continue with the fled from the spot. The offi­ pared with last year, this ties, including ₹34,000 crore rashtra. He gave orders to kan and central Maharashtra votes had been counted, strike down any election on­ use of EVMs. These discre­ cial said Simit’s statement year’s production is good. for irrigation, ₹8,900 crore upload the details of all be­ will receive 93%­107% rain­ Wardha has the highest dif­ ly after that election is over. pancies adequately point was recorded on June 4 Credit goes to agricultural in­ for Jalyukta Shivar, ₹19,000 neficiaries on the scheme’s fall, Marathwada will receive ference (1,380), while Raver It can do so if it is proved out that EVMs are not full­ and an offence was regis­ vestment and reducing de­ crore for loan waivers, website before June 30. Mr. 90%­111%, and Vidarbha has the least difference: 8. that an election was held in proof and there are chances tered on Thursday. Mr. pendency on rain.” In 2017­ ₹14,125 crore for assistance Fadnavis said the India Mete­ 92%­108%. Mr. Ambedkar said that an illegal, unfair manner or of foul play.” Chudasama is on the run. Monsoon likely to be ‘below normal’ ‘Want to make Plant India a national movement’ Man found killed at Akola Deficit rains are likely to spill into July, says Skymet report Union Minister Prakash Javadekar says saplings will be planted till August 5 Aditya Anand a leading weather and agri­ 30 bulletin, is 114% of the railway station Mumbai culture risk monitoring com­ same period last year. The Alok Deshpande variability in the planting to ensure that the environ­ The monsoon this year is ex­ pany, said that the Pacific Central Monitoring Commis­ Mumbai season. He said, “People are ment is protected and deve­ Press Trust oF India pected to be ‘below normal’, Ocean had become strongly sion keeps tab on the status The Union Minister for Envi­ beginning to understand lopment takes place. Akola which is 93% of the long pe­ warmer than average. “The of these reservoirs every ronment, Forests and Cli­ that unless we correct our lif­ An unidentified man was riod average of 887 mm of model projections call for week. Live storage available mate Change, Prakash Java­ estyle, it will affect our lives Permission for projects found killed at Akola rail­ rainfall between June and 80% chance of El Nino dur­ in these reservoirs is 31.65 dekar, on Friday said that adversely. Given the amount He said the Centre had grant­ way station, the Railway September, accoring to the ing March­May, dropping to BCM, which is 20% of the to­ the Central government of oxygen we need to inhale ed permissions for projects Police said on Friday. Kharif Estimate 2019, re­ 60% for June to August. This tal live storage capacity of aims to make Plant India in­ in a lifetime, each person in the State such as the Chha­ The body of the man, leased by Skymet on Friday. means, it is going to be a de­ these reservoirs. itiative a national movement needs to plant and grow at trapati Shivaji Maharaj sta­ who appeared to be aged The report also indicated volving El Nino year, though Deficient rains, it said, led by people, like the least 10 trees and ensure that tue, Nhava Sheva bridge, Na­ between 30 and 35 years, that soyabean and cotton retaining threshold value all were expected over Bihar, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. they remain protected. This vi Mumbai airport, Mumbai was found on platform production is likely to go up, through the season,” it said. Jharkhand, West Bengal Prakash Javadekar is the duty of every citizen. Metro, Mumbai­Goa Ex­ number 4 on Friday morn­ as paddy cultivation is ex­ According to the report, along with central parts of Positive response We want to inculcate that pressway, coastal road and ing, the police said. pected to go down this kha­ June is going to be sluggish, the country predominantly He was speaking after hold­ participated in the initiative spirit in the people.” recycling plant in Malad. He A person, who is said to rif season. “In terms of geo­ and deficit rains are likely to Vidarbha, Marathwada, ing a meeting with Chief Mi­ in large numbers and we are The Union Minister said also said that changes were be mentally challenged, graphical risk, we expect spill into July. Second half of southern parts of Madhya nister Devendra Fadnavis making efforts to ensure that that a majority of the pend­ made to the Coastal Regula­ has been arrested in con­ east India along with a major the season would see better Pradesh and some parts of and other State officials on more people become a part ing issues, demands and pro­ tion Zone Notification so that nection with the incident, portion of central India to be rainfall and August is expect­ Gujarat. “With below nor­ environment and forest­re­ of it. Many States are also jects of the State raised bet­ families living in those areas the police said. It appears at a higher risk of being rain ed to be a shade better than mal monsoons, the possibili­ lated issues. taking the lead in promoting ween 2004 and 2014 had can avail of FSI regulations. that the victim, whose deficient, especially during September. Both months ty of deficient and largely Mr. Javadekar said, “We this initiative.” been resolved in the last five He said, “I will take up this identity is yet to be esta­ the first half of the season,” would manage to see normal deficient rains is more than have received thousands of Mr. Javadekar said the years of the Modi govern­ process with all States, and blished, was attacked with the report said. rains. Live storage of water 40% in 66% districts of the selfies from people posing planting of saplings will con­ ment. He said that the we will solve problems by a sharp­edged weapon Skymet Weather Services, in 91 reservoirs as per May country,” the report said. with saplings. People have tinue till August 5 owing to Centre is taking quick action taking policy decisions.” Thursday night, they said.

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DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF I will be your voice in LS: Rahul One more person in Kerala Cong. chief thanks people of Kerala, promises to combat Modi’s ‘hatred with love’ tests negative for Nipah Staff Reporter MALAPPPURAM Areas with heavy Congress president Rahul density of bats State Health Minister SC allows Janardhana Gandhi began a three­day vi­ sit on Friday to Wayanad, the to be marked Reddy to visit Bellary meets Harsh Vardhan NEW DELHI constituency that elected Staff Reporter In a relief for former him to the Lok Sabha with KOCHI Special Correspondent government that we are Karnataka Minister and the biggest victory margin in NEW DELHI reviewing the status mining baron Galli Kerala’s history (4.31 lakh One more person currently Janardhana Reddy, the votes) in the recent elec­ being treated at the isolation Kerala Health Minister K.K. regularly,” said the Union Supreme Court on Friday tions. ward of the Government Shailaja met the Union Health Minister. allowed him to visit Bellary He assured the people Medical College Hospital, Er­ Minister of Health and He added that teams of district in Karnataka to meet that he would be Kerala’s nakulam, has tested nega­ Family Welfare Dr. Harsh experts from the Health his ailing father­in­law. The voice in Delhi. tive for the Nipah virus. Six Vardhan in the city on Ministry and Indian Council Vacation Bench of the court, Mr. Gandhi took out road suspected cases had tested Friday. of Medical Research (ICMR) led by Justice Indira Banerjee, shows at Kalikavu, Nilambur, negative earlier, Health Mi­ “We discussed the status are already stationed in allowed him two weeks' time Edavanna and Areekode, the nister K.K. Shylaja said in and preparedness of the Kerala and are supporting from June 8 to visit his towns in Malappuram dis­ New Delhi on Friday. State for containment and the State in investigations father­in­law, who had trict coming under the As­ Tea break: Congress president Rahul Gandhi taking a break at a tea shop in Chokkad town, However, all the seven management of Nipah virus and management of the suffered a stroke. sembly segments of Wan­ Nilambur, on Friday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT persons admitted to the iso­ and have assured the State disease. door, Nilambur and Eranad, lation ward will be moni­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Tirumala nets a record which constitute the Waya­ among those who had place that the police advised na from Nilambur, Mr. Gand­ tored for the entire length of income of ₹89.02 crore nad Lok Sabha constituency, turned out to greet Mr. Gand­ him to avoid, fearing Maoist hi stopped at Vadapuram the incubation period of the concentration of bats. The stable, despite intermittent TIRUMALA together with Kalpetta, hi along the roads. presence. and Mampad to interact with virus. team comprises an entomol­ bouts of fever. He had food The sacred hill temple of Lord Sulthan Bathery and Manan­ Addressing the crowd at the voters. Meanwhile, efforts to ogist and a field biologist. and spoke to his mother. Venkateswara has registered thavady in Wayanad district Kalikavu, Mr. Gandhi as­ ‘Defend the weak’ It was well past sunset trace the source of Nipah vi­ The Forest Department has a record income of ₹89.02 and Thiruvambady in Kozhi­ sured them that he would Thousands of UDF suppor­ when he reached Edavanna. rus continues, four days af­ identified three spots with New isolation ward crore during the month of kode district. take up Kerala’s issues in Par­ ters had gathered on both The rain had disrupted his ter a youngster tested posi­ heavy concentration of bats No fresh admissions for sus­ May, which is ₹2.67 crore liament. Thanking the voters sides of the road at Nilam­ schedule, delaying him by tive. in Vadakkekkara. The pected Nipah have been re­ higher when compared to the corresponding month last Greets crowd of Wayanad for his over­ bur. Addressing them, he more than an hour. In spite An experts’ team from the youngster who tested posi­ ported in the district. year. Addressing the media, Braving the rain, a large whelming victory, Mr. Gand­ said the Congress would of the rain, people waited for Pune­based National Insti­ tive for Nipah hails from the A new isolation ward has TTD Executive Officer Anil number of United Democrat­ hi said he would be their combat hatred spread by Na­ hours to have a glimpse of tute of Virology has des­ area. been set up at the Govern­ Kumar Singhal on Friday said ic Front (UDF) enthusiasts voice in the Lok Sabha. His rendra Modi and his govern­ the leader. cended on the district to The condition of the 23­ ment Medical College Hospi­ that the temple has been gathered at Kalikavu to cheer door would always be open ment through love and affec­ Mr. Gandhi ended his first mark out places with high year­old continues to remain tal, Ernakulam. experiencing an Mr. Gandhi. He made fre­ to the people of Wayanad. tion. He would defend the day’s show at Areekode. unprecedented turnout in the quent stops to shake hands From Kalikavu, Mr. Gand­ weak and those who were pilgrim crowd during the with the people. A large hi’s motorcade proceeded to under attack in the Modi RAHUL REQUESTED TO TAKE PM to visit current summer. number of women were Nilambur via Chokad, a rule. On the way to Edavan­ REINS AGAIN: Ī PAGE 10 Tight security for Modi’s Tirupati visit to Guruvayur tomorrow A.P. BJP chief rules out special status for State Will offer thulabharam with lotus Special Correspondent Special Correspondent of flowers have been ar­ TIRUPATI Kanna Lakshminarayana cautions Jagan Mohan Reddy against following in footsteps of Naidu Thrissur ranged for this. He will Prime Minister Narendra The police have set up fool­ spend around one hour at Modi is all set to visit Tiru­ Special Correspondent Prime Minister Narendra minarayana said. tation to the PM for SCS. vehicle due to his proof security arrange­ the temple. pati on Sunday. His trip is TIRUPATI Modi’s visit. Addressing presspersons There was no need for the compulsions. ments for the visit of Prime Mr. Modi will address the perceived as a thanksgiving By ruling out the possibility “Former Chief Minister N. here on Friday, Mr. Laksh­ BJP to prevent him from do­ He pointed out that the Minister Narendra Modi to people at the Sree Krishna one to the hill temple of of a rethink by the Central Chandrababu Naidu com­ minarayana said Mr. Jagan ing that, as it was his right. Central government gave Guruvayur on Saturday. School ground, Guruvayur. Lord Venkateswara at Tiru­ government on the demand mitted a grave mistake by would do well to remember ₹24,000 crore for rural deve­ The Prime Minister, who Union Ministers Piyush mala. for Special Category Status harping on the SCS, which that his efforts to secure the Special package lopment and sanctioned rail­ will reach the Sree Krishna Goyal and V. Muraleedharan According to the pro­ (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh, BJP the Centre termed ‘a closed SCS would be a futile exer­ Mr. Lakshminarayana re­ way zone and many institu­ College ground at 9.45 a.m., will accompany him. gramme schedule, Mr. Mo­ State president Kanna Laksh­ chapter’, and paid for it in cise because for the PM, who called that Mr. Modi had tions of national importance will visit the Sreekrishna Around 1,500 police per­ di will fly from Colombo minarayana has kicked up a the form of his party’s stun­ did a lot for the bifurcated sanctioned a special finan­ after the BJP­TDP alliance temple at 10.10 a.m. He will sonnel, along with 100 wo­ airport at 3 p.m. to reach fresh row. Andhra Pradesh ning defeat in the elections. State, giving SCS which is cial package, which was broke. The Centre would be welcomed by Guruvayur men police personnel, sha­ Tirupati by 4.30 p.m., ad­ Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mo­ If he follows the same path as just a nomenclature is not a more beneficial than the continue to extend all possi­ Devaswom authorities with dow police, bomb squad dress about 5,000 party han Reddy is determined to his predecessor, Mr. Jagan big issue. SCS. But Mr. Naidu virtually ble support to the State go­ poorna kumba. Mr. Modi and dog squad have been workers for 30 minutes at a pursue the issue with the will only be misleading the At the same time, he (the turned down the offer by not vernment, the BJP State pre­ will offer thulabharam with deployed for the security of ‘Vijayotsava Sabha’ in the Central government during people again,” Mr. Laksh­ CM) could make a represen­ forming the special purpose sident said. lotus flowers. Around 111 kg the Prime Minister’s visit. vicinity of the airport.

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THE HINDU DELHI SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 NATION 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Don’t know about Malegaon Centre silent on appointment blasts, Pragya Singh tells court of Justice A.A. Kureshi Makes Justice R.S. Jha the acting Chief Justice of M.P. Search area for missing BJP MP appears before NIA court after her plea for exemption was turned down An-32 expanded Special correspondent Legal Correspondent The judge then said, “One New Delhi When the office of Chief GUWAHATI Mumbai The search area for IAF’s hundred and sixteen wit­ Justice to the Gujarat High An­32 transport aircraft that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nesses have been examined The government on Friday Court fell vacant some went missing over Arunachal MP and main accused in the and it has been established appointed Justice Ravi months back due to the ele­ Pradesh on June 3 has been 2008 Malegaon blast, Pragya that a blast took place. I am Shanker Jha as the Acting vation of Justice Subhash expanding, The aircraft had Singh Thakur, appeared be­ not asking who did it. Do you Chief Justice of the Madhya Reddy to the Supreme 13 IAF personnel on board. fore the National Investiga­ know a blast took place on Pradesh High Court even as Court, Justice Kureshi, as the “The P­8i of Indian Navy tion Agency (NIA) court on 29th September, 2008?” there was no word from the then next senior­most judge undertook a search mission Friday and said she did not She said, “No, I don’t Centre on a May 10 Supreme in the Gujarat High Court, from Arakkonam in Tamil know about the blast. know.” Court Collegium recommen­ was expected to take over Nadu on Friday morning Ms. Thakur arrived at Post­lunch, the judge dation to appoint Justice the office. while UAVs and sensors were 12.45 p.m. from Bhopal, after asked Ms Thakur again, “I A.A. Kureshi as the Chief Jus­ Instead, he was faced engaged,” a defence the court turned down her am asking on humanitarian tice of the High Court. However, it seems the file with an abrupt transfer to spokesperson said. plea seeking exemption Facing trial: Pragya Singh Thakur arriving at the NIA court in grounds, [do] you want to sit On May 10, the Collegium has not impressed the go­ the Bombay High Court and from appearance in court. Mumbai on Friday. * PTI or stand?” to which Ms Tha­ led by Chief Justice of India vernment. In a brief notifica­ Justice A.S. Dave, the senior INLD MLA Balwan Singh Judge Vinod Padalkar asked kur said she had a throat in­ Ranjan Gogoi recommended tion, the Department of Jus­ most judge after Justice Ku­ Daulatpuria joins BJP her to take her place in the down, and called her to the tioned her under Section 313 fection, which made it diffi­ Justice Kureshi to the office tice, Ministry of Law and reshi, was appointed the CHANDIGARH In a fresh setback to the space demarcated for the ac­ witness stand. The judge (1A) (the court can question cult for her to hear properly. of the Chief Justice of Mad­ Justice, invoked Article 223 Acting Chief Justice — all on Opposition Indian National cused, where Sudhakar Dwi­ read out his order, which di­ the accused) of the Code of After the court proceed­ hya Pradesh, saying he was (appointment of Acting the same day. Lok Dal in Haryana, its sitting vedi and Sameer Kulkarni rected the accused to be pre­ Criminal Procedure (CrPC) ings were over, Ms. Thakur the senior­most judge from Chief Justice) to appoint Jus­ However, the government MLA from Fatehabad were seated. She sat on a red sent in court once a week, and asked in Hindi, “Do you expressed displeasure over the Gujarat High Court, pre­ tice Jha. had then quickly changed constituency Balwan Singh velvet cloth placed by her and asked Ms. Thakur if she know how many witnesses the chair, and said, “This is sently functioning on transf­ The Centre reasons that track to issue a second notifi­ Daulatpuria joined the BJP on aides. wanted a chair to sit while have been examined by pro­ not the way to treat people er in the Bombay High Justice Jha is the “senior­ cation appointing Justice Ku­ Friday. Mr. Daulatpuria Lawyers requested per­ deposing. She, however, said secution? Has your lawyer after calling them to Court. most judge of the Madhya reshi as Acting Chief Justice announced his decision to mission to talk to Ms. Thakur she would stand. told you?” To which she re­ court....there is no proper Pradesh High Court”. Justice of the Gujarat High Court un­ quit the INLD at a meeting of but the judge turned it The judge then ques­ plied, “No, I don’t know.” place to sit or stand here.” ‘Considered view’ Jha, the notification said, til he took over office in the BJP workers in Fatehabad. He The Collegium had told the would take over as Acting Bombay High Court. was welcomed by Chief government in its resolution Chief Justice of Madhya Pra­ The controversy had Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC that Justice Kureshi, in its desh High Court from June raised questions about the “considered view”, was 10, when Justice Seth retires. way Justice Kureshi was HC grants bail to actor Helping hand “suitable in all respects for dealt with by the govern­ Karan Oberoi in rape case being appointed as Chief Jus­ Not first time ment, and whether this had MUMBAI tice of the Madhya Pradesh It is not the first time Justice anything to do with adverse The High Court on Friday High Court” after the retire­ Kureshi’s appointment has orders passed by him granted bail to actor and singer Karan Oberoi, accused ment of the incumbent Jus­ been embroiled in against the ruling dispensa­ of raping his former tice S.K. Seth. controversy. tion. girlfriend. Mr. Oberoi was arrested on May 5 after a 34­year­old woman alleged FCI plans to that he raped her on several Plea in SC to modify occasions and also extorted money and gifts from her. He increase its claimed that they were in a PG admissions order consensual relationship and storage space after he broke off the ‘Original choices by students not valid’ relationship, she levelled Special Correspondent allegations of rape. PTI Legal Correspondent rent academic year.” NEW DELHI New Delhi It said the “provisional The Food Corporation of 50 shops in Chandigarh An application was filed in seat position of postgrad­ India has commissioned a gutted; no loss of lives the Supreme Court on Fri­ uate courses in govern­ new roadmap to speed up CHANDIGARH day for a modification of its ment/ government­aided/ silo construction to meet At least 50 temporary shops June 4 order restraining stu­ BMC and central govern­ its target of 100 lakh tonnes were gutted at a local market dents from changing their ment medical colleges, pu­ of storage space by 2022. in Anandpur Sahib in the wee hours of Friday. There has original option/preference blished by the Government With record harvests been no report of any lives for seats in the postgraduate of Maharashtra, State Com­ and high procurement ov­ being lost. The fire broke out medical and dental courses mon Entrance Cell would er the last few years, the in the market near Gurdwara in Maharashtra for the aca­ further reveal that there FCI is sitting on a reserve Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib in demic year 2019­2020. were several seats, disci­ stock of foodgrains that is which goods worth crores of Personal touch: Central Reserve Police Force personnel carrying a 13­year­old boy suffering from jaundice from Gumodi, a The application sought pline wise – college wise almost double the required rupees is being reportedly remote village in naxal­hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Friday. The boy was carried for eight km to a camp in Kondasawali, the court to allow students which were earmarked for level, straining capacity said to be lost. The cause of where his condition has stabilised after treatment. * ANI to seek a fresh choice of EWS students (only); before and forcing the use of cov­ fire is yet to be ascertained. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC seats, including seats revert­ the said reservation scheme er and plinth storage which ed from the Economically (for EWS) was directed not is not entirely Weaker Sections (EWS) cate­ to be applicable for this aca­ weather­proof. gory to general category. demic year 2019­2020” by The previous govern­ Exhume body of Assam The application said seats the apex court on May 30. ment had constructed 6.75 Home Ministry warns NGOs should be allotted to already The application alleged lakh tonnes of storage ca­ registered and qualified that the authorities, even af­ pacity while work is ongo­ minor girl, says NCPCR Many have changed office­bearers without informing it medical students during ter the issuance of direc­ ing for 22 lakh tonnes, said manual (physical) counsell­ tions by the court, did not Food Minister Ram Vilas Serious lapse of procedure by police Special Correspondent cation for addition, deletion Act, have changed their of­ ing, in accordance with me­ call for fresh choice filling, Paswan on Friday, adding New Delhi and change of details about fice­bearers/key functionar­ rit, without insisting upon to enable students in order that the reason for slow Special Correspondent trict was reportedly found The Home Ministry has office­bearers and key func­ ies without approval from previous choice/ options ex­ of merit to participate progress was due to the ne­ Guwahati hanging in the house of law­ warned Non Governmental tionaries within one month. the MHA and without updat­ ercised by the applicants. afresh in the recounseling cessity of having 1.5 km rail The National Commission maker Techi Kasoin Nahar­ Organisations, who have As per norms, all associa­ ing this data on a real time process. sidings next to the silos. for Protection of Child lagun town, about 15 km changed their office­bearers tions, granted a certificate of basis through the online ap­ ‘Ínvalid exercise’ On June 4, the court di­ Engineering consultancy Rights (NCPCR) has recom­ from Itanagar. and key functionaries with­ registration under Section 11 plication meant for change The application filed by Sa­ rected the Maharashtra go­ firm RITES Ltd had been mended exhuming the body The police in Naharlagun­ out informing the Ministry, and 12 of the FCRA, 2010 of these details...all such as­ gar Damodar Sarda said the vernment to hold the last asked to prepare a road­ of a 12­year­old girl from As­ has been asked to properly with penal action, if they fail have reported details of sociations are hereby called original exercise of options round of physical counsell­ map for a new silo model sam, who died under myste­ investigate and submit a re­ to do so within a month. their office­bearers and key upon to submit online by the applicants and other ing for postgraduate medi­ within the next 90 days, he rious circumstances in the port. “Since the body was All NGOs and associations functionaries while applying changes failing which penal qualified students “cannot cal and dental seats by June said. house of an Arunachal Pra­ buried without any post registered under the Foreign for registration. action shall be initiated un­ be termed a valid exercise in 14. The June 4 order fol­ The FCI was in talks with desh MLA. mortem, we have recom­ Contribution Regulation Act der the appropriate provi­ facts of the given case when lowed an interim direction its unions to streamline its This was because the mended exhuming it for (FCRA), 2010, which makes Call for updation sions of the FCRA Act, 2010 the said exercise was itself in May to the State to not im­ labour force and bring all State police had the body knowing the cause of them eligible to receive fo­ “It is noticed that some asso­ and Rules, 2011,” the order restricted by operation of plement the 10% economic 40,000 workers under a buried in neighbouring As­ death,” she added. reign funds and donations, ciations/persons, having issued by the MHA said on EWS quota, which is now quota for the admissions for uniform direct payment sam without an FIR and au­ ASCPCR chairperson have to submit online appli­ been registered under the Friday. not applicable for the cur­ the 2019­20 academic year. system, Mr. Paswan added. topsy while MLA Techi Ka­ Sunita Changkakoti said the so’s family had allegedly police claimed the 12­year­ destroyed evidence that old girl committed suicide. could have established the “But her death does not Teltumbde gets protection from arrest till next month cause of the girl’s death on seem so. The room where May 20. Mr. Kaso represents she died was dismantled, Special correspondent A single­judge Bench of Jus­ Bench had not only extended police informed another the Janata Dal­United (JD­U) people in the MLA’s house Mumbai tice Revati Mohitedere was his protection from arrest till Bench that they would not ar­ from the Itanagar Assembly had brought her body down The Bombay High Court on Fri­ hearing a petition filed by Mr. February 22, but also directed rest him till February 12 mid­ constituency. The minor girl before the police arrived, day extended protection from Teltumbde seeking anticipato­ the Pune police to release him night. from Line No. 4 of the Dola­ and the dupatta with which arrest for Anand Teltumbde in ry bail in the case through se­ on ₹1 lakh personal bond if On February 1, a special hat Tea Estate in north­east­ she was said to have hanged the Bhima­Koregaon violence nior counsel Mihir Desai. they arrest him. court in Pune had quashed his ern Assam’s Lakhimpur dis­ herself was burnt,” she said. case till July 1. On February 11, another On February 5, the Pune pre­arrest bail plea. Private agencies to handle PR work for Railways

Board bats for more focus on social media, particularly on Facebook and Twitter

S. Vijay Kumar divisional level. tion strategy on Facebook, zines, websites and televi­ CHENNAI In a note to General Man­ Twitter, Instagram, Quora, sion channels as regards In a major shift, the Railway agers of zonal railways and YouTube, LinkedIn and Me­ news relating to the Rail­ Ministry has decided to hand production units, the Rail­ dium and other platforms ways. over core public relations ac­ way Board approved hiring that would be decided from A dedicated team of quali­ tivities to private agencies of agencies to lend profes­ time to time by the compe­ fied analysts would be de­ with more focus on social sional expertise to the Public tent authority. ployed to work in back­end media, particularly Face­ Relations department in dis­ Based on the content pro­ offices to assist CPROs in book and Twitter. seminating various initia­ vided by the respective Chief identifying issues/themes The largest employer of tives of the railways, man­ Public Relations Officers, the and “identifying influencers the Union Government will agement of customer private agencies would who are active in media.” now hire professionals to de­ feedback/passenger grie­ create promotional material The team would comprise a vise communication strate­ vances received though va­ such as creative crisp texts, team leader, social media gies to promote the image of rious social media platforms, images, GIFs, infographics manager, content analyst, the Railways and also in the The agencies will also pass on sources in the Southern Rail­ amd animations etc. in ac­ content writers, video edi­ management of passenger customers’ grievances to way said on Friday. cordance with the social me­ tors among others. feedback and public officials. * RANJEET KUMAR dia guidelines. The outsourced work grievances. Communication strategy The sources said the priv­ would include online storage In the existing system, Pu­ by Senior Public Relations One of the primary tasks of ate agencies chosen by the and management of data blic Relations in the railways Officers, Public Relations In­ the PR agencies would be to Zonal Railways through and content and make them is managed by a CPRO at the spectors and supporting formulate a result­oriented, open bidding process would available to railway officials zonal level who is supported staff at the headquarters and comprehensive communica­ analyse newspapers/maga­ when required. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The great Indian celebration The country’s politics has changed, and new analytical tools are required to understand it have confined the challenge of cli­ dent having acquired the feathers, alism. mate change to the dustbin of dis­ the plumage of those who con­ The electoral analyses present­ sent, indifferent to the vulnerabili­ quered us. Before one reacts in ire, ed are antiseptic, almost rituals of Itinerary symbolism ty of our tribals or of our remember no regime has been avoiding analysis. There is a banal coastlines. Our piety as a Third more colonial than the present. It sociology which either shows that The second Modi government sends a World nation state has emptied is as if the whole country was wait­ political parties did not matter or a powerful ‘neighbourhood first’ message Shiv Visvanathan our ethics as a civilisation. The ing for a few certificates from the hosanna to leadership. It fails to emptiness of our Swadeshism has advanced nations. India has confront the collective psyche or n a reaffirmation of New Delhi’s ‘ Neighbourhood destroyed the creativity of our dressed itself in the plumage of na­ the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh First’ policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first vi­ he American sociologist, C. Swaraj, our ability to see locality tionalism, development and (RSS) ability to convert folk psy­ sit abroad is to the Maldives and Sri Lanka, while S. Wright Mills, known for clas­ and planet as one whole. science, pretending that this mille­ chology into mass psychology. At­

I ANUJ ARORA Jaishankar wraps up his first visit abroad as Foreign Mi­ Tsic works like The Power We pretend that we are in pur­ narian arrival was India’s first step tempts to read it like a chartered nister to Bhutan. Leaders of several neighbouring coun­ Elite, dubbed the years of the suit of a knowledge economy, del that had haunted it. We feel to the future. In an ironic way In­ accountant reading election Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency when our sense of knowledge has that we have exorcised ourselves dia became Modi and Modi be­ counts is irrelevant. It was like tries were invited to Mr. Modi’s swearing­in ceremony. (1953­61) as the great celebration. lost meaning as a culture and be­ and this victory is the psychologi­ came India. We have transformed watching an epidemic or an ava­ This is the first state visit by Mr. Modi to Male, which he The United States was celebrating come totally instrumental. At the cal beginning to a new India. It is ourselves into a mimic nation. lanche. The RSS had a deeper had visited briefly for the swearing­in of President Ibu its sense of dominance even as the very moment we are being out­ this psychological state that we Let us face it. The ideas of our sense of the resentment that was Solih in November 2018. A series of agreements are ex­ Cold War and the McCarthy era thought and outfought by the West need to understand. We seem to elite, our liberals, our Marxists, local to India, and it sublimated pected during the visits, including the implementation were gnawing its entrails. Someth­ and by China, we claim a priority think that we have outgrown our our celebrations of the plural and this violence to the Other with the of an $800 million Line of Credit to the Maldives. T he ing of the hypocrisy and the com­ for our ancient civilisation as a past illusions. The electoral score civilisational had no sense of those right categories such as nation, se­ projects include a cricket stadium, water purification placency of the time haunts the In­ knowledge economy. We have a is literally presented as a catharsis, who felt left out. The latter felt curity and patriotism. It under­ and sewerage systems, as well as a Coastal Surveillance dia of today. We seem to belong to regime which is committed to an a purging of the past where a re­ they had not joined history, that stood the power of the irrational the future, yet the more outdated ancient past, but is clueless about naissance India emerges ready for the bandwagon of the nation state, and harnessed it. Mr. Shah’s so­ Radar System and a Composite Training Centre for the we become as a country. The Na­ the problems it confronts in the fu­ a global future. An India tired of development had taken them ciology of the nukkad had more Maldives National Defence Force. This follows the In­ rendra Modi government seems to ture. being a failure. nowhere. Mr. Modi realised the creative power than the official so­ dian practice of fulfilling the needs of neighbouring celebrate a series of ironic events Yet the drum beat of this elec­ sense of loss and resentment, the ciology textbooks. As defeated ac­ countries that they themselves identify, much as it has as a great victory. The very scale of tion has made us think that India Reading the popular mind need for recognition. It was a cul­ tivists and scholars, we can watch done in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister’s visit to the its electoral score and the puni­ has arrived on the world stage. It is We face the irony not that Prime tural envy, a bit like his attempt to it voyeuristically, sense an India Maldives aims to send a three­pronged message: to con­ ness of the Opposition seem to a piece of news our intellectuals Minister Narendra Modi and Bha­ take the place next to Gandhi in we need to understand. tinue high­level contacts between close neighbours, as­ have unhinged it. are afraid to challenge lest they be ratiya Janata Party president Amit the KVIC (Khadi and Village Indus­ seen as anti­national. The question Shah were successful psepholo­ tries Commission) calendar. This There is space sist as development partners, and strengthen people­ Lost pluralism is, how do we challenge such a sit­ gists, but that they were such bril­ sense of being left out haunted us Now Mr. Modi is Lutyens’ Delhi, to­people ties. For Sri Lanka, Mr. Modi’s message is one We celebrate democracy at the ve­ uation when we celebrate the very liant readers of the contemporary as a nation. Mr. Modi harnessed and we need to understand the of solidarity in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday ter­ ry moment that our majoritarian­ things that are driving us to the Indian mind. For all our talk of our this envy, found the right epidem­ consequence of it. We need a diffe­ ror attacks and the communal violence that followed, ism has destroyed our sense of world of mediocrity? great nationalism movements, our ic of hate and legitimised it. The rent set of insights to critique him. as well as a commitment to continue bilateral coopera­ pluralism. The dissenting, the The general tom­tomming that sense of civilisation, Mr. Modi real­ Other had to be recreated and de­ The challenge of the future will lie tion on joint development projects agreed to in 2017. He marginal, the minority seem to the Congress has been put in its ised the sense of puniness that feated, and 2002 became the myth in our ability to invent a different will be the first international leader to visit Colombo have no place in the juggernaut place, that liberalism is dead, that haunted our minds. The Congress for that inauguration. Riot or mob democracy, and not get caught in rolling before us. Marxism is as stale as yesterday’s of Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru lynching became a moment of his­ the banality of policy critique or a since the attacks, and his visit sends a powerful mes­ We are hailing a nation state newspaper makes one feel that In­ and Indira Gandhi was too arro­ tory. Every rioter felt he was con­ critique of choices, where law and sage as Sri Lanka tries to recover from the trauma. where ideas march in uniform, dia was suffering from a deep gant to think of such a state. It quering history. Violence became order displaces democratic inven­ The atmospherics today are in contrast to the com­ where the jingoism of the masses sense of inferiority. We saw our­ could have thought of the poverty the rite of passage by which we re­ tiveness. Our idea of India is still paratively trickier relationship with the previous go­ is labelled as patriotism. selves as victims of history. Where of the peasant, but not the poverty covered our lost sense of mascu­ hospitable to impossible possibili­ vernments in Male and Colombo during Mr. Modi’s first We hail an alliance between cor­ else would politicians spend time of philosophy, the little mindsets linity. ties. tenure. In 2015, Mr. Modi had cancelled a visit to Male at porate power and the nation state rewriting the Battle of Haldighati that haunted us. It is true we were But recovering masculinity is the last minute following concerns over then­President dubbed as development without as if a victory then was more criti­ aspirational, yet our sense of being not enough. It needs a framework Shiv Visvanathan is an academic realising that such a theory of cal than any battle in the future. aspirational hid our self doubts. of legitimation and communalism associated with the Compost Heap, a Abdulla Yameen’s crackdown on Opposition parties. Si­ growth has no ethical space for the India today feels as if it has won a This election has created a new expanded into patriotism. Majori­ group in pursuit of alternative ideas and milar misgivings had cropped up regarding former Sri idea of the Anthropocene. We victory against the Nehruvian mo­ mindset, whereby we look confi­ tarianism became the new nation­ imagination Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime. China’s inroads into the region had formed a common thread straining ties with both countries. India protested when the Yameen government signed a free trade agreement The spirit of 1989, from Tiananmen to Prague with Beijing, and granted China land for development. It made its displeasure clear over the many infrastruc­ It is a reminder that where non­violence is practised, democracy is honoured ture projects Mr. Rajapaksa granted to Chinese compa­ pact on those around the globe Chinese students, the process of doxically, both Communist China nies under heavy Chinese loans. Deeper concerns arose who believed in a genuine process democratisation was a way to and post­Communist Poland from the Chinese naval presence in both Male and Co­ of democratisation. Let us not for­ change the Communist power ov­ turned to market economy and a lombo. Now, the situation has turned. Governments in get that the past 30 years have wit­ er society into a power from with­ wild rush for wealth. But the les­ nessed an unprecedented flower­ in it. As another leader of the 1989 son of 1989 remained intact and both countries have changed. Besides a charm offen­ ing of non­violent experiences. In movements, Adam Michnik, de­ more relevant than ever. sive, India has chosen to mute its opposition to their Ramin Jahanbegloo many areas of the world, such as clares, “The real struggle for us is continued cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Latin America, North Africa and for the citizen to cease to be the It’s still afloat Initiative. It also comes from a realisation in Delhi that West Asia, where armed struggle property of the state.” As a matter of fact, it took shape at a time when factors such as the U.S.­China trade tuss­ he recent commemoration was once seen as the only path to Truly, civic actors and freedom once again in the spirit of young les and tensions in West Asia pose uncertainties, strong of the 30th anniversary of freedom, non­violent campaigns animators such as Adam Michnik Egyptians and Tunisians who neighbourhood ties can provide much comfort. Tthe violent suppression of are now considered institutional­ and Václav Havel did not learn to shook Arab history though the tac­ China’s Tiananmen Square prot­ ised methods of struggle for demo­ REUTERS love democracy and non­violence tics of non­violent resistance. Cer­ ests is a good occasion to look cratic invention and democratic ponsibility. As he pointed out, blindfolded and with their heads tainly, the spirit of 1989 was non­ back on the year 1989 and the non­ governance. “Politics is an area of human en­ lowered. They believed that de­ violence in the making. And today, Unconscionable switch violent movements for democracy deavour that places greater stress mocracy can be practised only we can find the same spirit of 1989, The ease with which 12 Congress MLAs have which changed our world. It is a Good governance on moral sensitivity, on the ability when we can look at it clearly and what we can call a Gandhian mo­ fact that the non­violent move­ One of the important tasks that to reflect critically on oneself, on critically. Accordingly, it was in ment of history, in Algeria, Sudan, defected to the TRS raises troubling questions ments in Central and Eastern Eu­ was set by the non­violent move­ genuine responsibility, on taste their minds that the Berlin Wall Iran, Indonesia, the U.S. and many elangana Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas rope in 1989 ended the confronta­ ments of 1989 was the provision of and tact, on the capacity to em­ began to crumble. As the spirit of other countries around the globe. tion between East and West and “good governance”. For these pathise with others, on a sense of 1989 dawned in Beijing, the Polish It shows that the dream of 1989 Reddy’s decision to endorse the merger of a 12­ strengthened the possibility of a movements and their leaders like moderation, on humility.” people, and the Czechs, Slovaks, which accompanied the Chinese Tmember group of legislators from the Congress “new international order” based Czechoslovakia’s Václav Havel, the In a Gandhian manner, the spi­ Romanians, Hungarians, Lithua­ students of Tiananmen, the work­ with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi may be tech­ on the extension of democracy real test of democracy was not on­ rit of 1989 affirmed that the chal­ nians, Estonians, Ukrainians and ers of Poland and the civic actors nically justified under the Tenth Schedule of the Consti­ around the globe. As a result of the ly in the peaceful process of transi­ lenges and difficulties of demo­ Russians came to understand that of Prague is not over. It shows that tution. They constitute the requisite two­thirds of the victory of non­violent campaigns tion, but also in the non­violent cratic governance needed to be the empowerment of civil society where non­violence is practised, 18­member Congress Legislature Party. But this orches­ in Poland (with the Solidarity consolidation of democratic insti­ confronted through self­rule, self­ and the collective ability to rule democracy is honoured. Moreov­ trated decimation of the Opposition in the 120­member movement) and in Czechoslovakia tutions. For the advocates of non­ control and the soul force. Un­ democratically were the essential er, the spirit of 1989, which took (with the Velvet Revolution), the violence in 1989, democracy was doubtedly, for all the non­violent constituents of non­violent transi­ shape in the year of all freedoms, legislature does not bode well. With this, the TRS’s technique of non­violent transfor­ not just “an institutional arrange­ actors of 1989, the twin practices tion to democracy. is a reminder that democracy is a strength has gone up to 103. It had won 88 seats in the mation of authoritarian and semi­ ment for organising the political of self­discipline and empathetic Ironically, on the same day system based on trust in human 2018 elections, but three MLAs — an Independent and totalitarian regimes into liberal de­ society” but a new attitude and ap­ service seemed necessary in order (June 4, 1989) that the Polish Com­ action and the fact that the impos­ one each from the Telugu Desam Party and the All India mocracies turned into a global proach towards the problem of to control an unjust and inappro­ munists were defeated for the first sible could become possible. Forward Bloc — defected to its fold recently. These ac­ cross­cultural phenomenon. power. For example, from the priate power. time in elections in a Communist tions seem aimed to reduce the Opposition's ability to In other words, the self­empo­ point of view of a 1989 leader such This is actually what was sug­ state, the Chinese pro­democracy Ramin Jahanbegloo is Director, Mahatma act as a check. Defections are not uncommon despite werment strategies of non­violent as Havel, the concept of power gested by the student­led democ­ movement was crushed by the Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global civic actors of 1989 had a great im­ should go hand in hand with res­ racy movement in China. For the tanks in Tiananmen Square. Para­ University, Sonipat the stringent conditions of the anti­defection law. B ut coming so soon after the Assembly elections, and de­ void of a point of principle, they raise disturbing ques­ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. tions about the ideological and programmatic cohesive­ ness of the Congress . MLAs need not be tied to party The language narrative language which connects Hindi, nor could we theirs policies of the Congress starting from the top. follow its rules and satraps and should assert their individuality in law­mak­ The natural bonding one and unites non­Hindi —Tamil. We were in party and its liberalisation S.K. Choudhury, regulations and follow the ing — but it is dishonesty to switch sides after being has with the mother speaking States. At this confinement for the rest of and globalisation policies Bengaluru policies laid down. No one elected on a party ticket when the only plausible objec­ tongue, and the conditions juncture, the importance of the night. I could since the 1990s, is deserting can raise any objection. In tive is to grab the loaves of power. That there is no ide­ warranting learning of a English cannot be ignored. communicate just a bit in it and heading for the BJP. M.S. Dhoni’s gloves the same manner, Dhoni has ological distinctiveness to political representation i n language other than one’s This is an issue that we English and gathered that we The nation has a stake in the Can we keep politics out of to obey ICC rules. mother tongue have been cannot gloss over especially were being punished revamping of the Congress sport and sports bodies? The Thomas Koshy, States such as Telangana has made it possible for defec­ juxtaposed with the when the States were formed because we had been heard party as a strong alternative BCCI is already a victim of Chennai tions to happen rampantly. In an ideology­lite polity, attempt to impose the on the basis of language. The talking in Hindi. We were to the BJP in the interests of external action and now to the MLAs seem to see no benefit in meaningfully repre­ three­language formula by Central government should released the next day when Indian democracy (OpEd inject non­existent and ■ The familiar idiom is senting their constituents, and find it rewarding to align the overzealous BJP stop unpleasant surprises we told the police that we page, ‘Parley’, “Is this the unwarranted emotion into ‘wearing your patriotism on with the ruling party for the purposes of patronage. (Editorial page, “Language, such as the draft National had come to participate in end of the road for the the matter of an Army your sleeve’, which M.S. The anti­defection law, that calls for disqualificati on the opening move”, June 7). Education Policy. the national games that Congress party?”, June 7). insignia is unnecessary Dhoni seems to have taken to unless defecting legislators are part of a group that con­ Perhaps the party thought Antony C.J., morning to be inaugurated P. Perraju Sarma, (‘Sport’ page, “Dhoni’s heart.. This is not to Puranattukara, Muthuvara, Kerala Visakhapatnam stitutes at least two­thirds of the legislative strength of a it had successfully fired its by the leader M. tribute draws ICC’s censure”, undervalue his boundless first salvo at the States Bakthavatsalam. I feel it June 7). The rest of us are as love for the country and the party and that merges with another party, was enacted down south. That the BJP ■ The article reminded me of should be left to a person to ■ The Congress can ill afford patriotic as the persons services in any manner. The to prevent such machinations. However, defectors have has touched a raw nerve an incident, in 1966, when I learn Hindi. English is a must to be headed by a sulking breathing fire and venom but furore in India over the issue found ways to work around the law to avoid disqualifi­ has been proved beyond had travelled to Chennai, to as the major language in president at a time when the following the rules in this is hardly surprising as it is cation. Dramatic shifts in allegiances by elected ML As doubt by the enormity of take part in the All­India every State. entire organisational case does nothing to affect being made out to be an have been a concern in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the opposition to the National School Games, as Ahmad Rais Siddiqi, structure is crumbling our dignity. The general emotional issue at a time among other States. In many cases, even if the two­ imposition of Hindi, in the captain of my State TT New Delhi rapidly. That its leadership election is over and done when nationalist sentiment is thirds rule has been flouted, the authority given to the Tamil Nadu especially. team (Uttar Pradesh). As could not prevent as many as with. Politicians play games running high. Dhoni is on the Moves like these will only soon as the train pulled into Rebooting the Congress 12 of its 18 MLAs in Telangana but that is neither sport nor playing field in his capacity Speaker, who is invariably from the ruling dispensa­ further widen the divide Madras Central, the bogies Some of the regional parties from switching over to the sporting. as an international cricket tion, has enabled dubious calls. This decision­making between the party and the were set upon by anti­Hindi are doing a great disservice ruling TRS betrays the T.C. Narayan, player. An internationalist is structure has also allowed blatant defections to be ig­ people of Tamil Nadu who agitators. As a child of 14 to the nation by trying to pathetic state of its Bengaluru supposed to promote nored, as seen in Goa and Manipur, among other States. have already rejected the years, I was left traumatised. obliterate the Indian National leadership. The fissures internationalism. It should In such cases, the Speaker has acted less as a constitu­ illusions of nationalism and The team manager was able Congress. . Unfortunately, between the Rajasthan Chief ■ Mahendra Singh Dhoni not be forgotten that we are tional authority and more as a partisan party loyalist. It Hindutva. to gather his wits and rush us the entire political and social Minister and the State party being a part of an an organic part of the is time to reconsider the anti­defection law’s proce du­ G.B. Sivanandam, out to a place near the space in this country is being president too reflect poorly international cricket team is international community Coimbatore YMCA. Next day, when overtaken by religion, which on the leadership’s ability to under the rules and and need to act for the ral implementation and to vest the power on decisions travelling in a bus, we were is difficult to reverse. The BJP manage internal dissent. regulations of the permeation of a spirit of over mergers of groups and disqualifications of legisla­ ■ If only 30% of India’s intercepted, asked to get appears to have become a Infighting in Karnataka too International Cricket Council goodwill . tors with an institution such as the Election Commis­ population speaks Hindi, it is down and caned heavily for beneficiary of this. It is also has shown the party in a bad and is bound to follow those G. David Milton, sion. This could well bring about a more strict and ob­ absolutely clear what it is as no fault of ours. The unfortunate that the middle light. At the same time, this rules. As long as one works Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu jective implementation of the anti­defection law. far as the remainder is attackers could not class in India, which greatly is the opportune moment for for an employer or an more letters online: concerned. It is the English understand our language, benefited from the leftist a change in leadership organisation, one is bound to www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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t is the last Friday of Ramzan and ly­ ing on a blue rexine bed that is stan­ Idard in private nursing homes, with an intravenous tube (IV) and a catheter attached to him, Mohammad Qasim, 29, has the anguished look of a man who is weary of carrying the burden of his name. As his cousins rush out of the nursing home to offer Alvida Juma (ju­ mu’atul vida) namaz, tears course down Qasim’s cheeks. He says, “I cannot even get up to offer my prayers, and this is more painful than the bullet lodged in­ side me.” Three days after the spectacular ver­ dict of the 2019 general election that gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term, Mohammad Qasim was shot at for being a Muslim in Kumbhi vil­ lage. It falls under the jurisdiction of Cheria­Bariyarpur police station in Be­ gusarai district, Bihar. Looking back, it would appear that the atmosphere had already been vitiat­ ed by politicians in the run­up to the general election. Hindutva poster boy and Union Minister Giriraj Singh won the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat by defeat­ ing CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar, a former president of the Jawaharlal Neh­ ru University student union ; Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Tanvir Hussain came a distant third. Campaigning for the polls, Singh repeatedly hit the hea­ dlines with controversial statements. “My ancestors died and were cremat­ ed… but you need a yard of land even af­ ter you die. If you say you cannot chant Vande Mataram, this nation will never forget you,” he had said in the course of an election rally. He had also demanded the Election Commission of India im­ pose a ban on the use of green flags. This was not the first time Singh had courted controversy in his attempts to create a wedge between religious communities.

String of violence The past five years of the Narendra Modi government have seen a spate of lynch­ ings across north India. A potent cock­ tail of religion, the issue of gau rakshak Ignition point: “A deadly cocktail of religion, the issue of gau rakshak, and intolerance towards other faiths appear to be fuelling the spate of violence across north India.” Mohammad Qasim’s wife, Rehana Bibi, with and intolerance towards other faiths ap­ their three children at their home at Khanjahanpur village * RANJEET KUMAR pears to be fuelling the violence. Almost every act is caught on camera and quickly disseminated on social media which amplifies it. Politicians from the ruling dispensation have kept their si­ lence. Just a few days ago one such grue­ A thread of fear and hate some act was captured on camera where, in Uttar Pradesh, a group of men are seen beating daily wage labourers Street thugs have taken advantage of the post-election triumphalism to stage attacks on minorities in parts of north India. for eating meat. Amarnath Tewary and Ashok Kumar tell the stories of two victims Qasim is a stout man who walks with a pronounced limp. Along with other members of his community, he weaves The land of Begusarai is peaceful. I urge broke out. Though there is no evidence closed­circuit television footage of the quilts for a living during the winter and Owaisi to let the people of Begusarai to confirm or deny it, Alam claimed that incident, and about some insignificant supplements his income by doing odd continue to live in peace. This is Modi­ his tormentor asked him to chant “Bha­ details of the attack. The reports jobs in the summer. He says, “My youn­ ji’s (PM Narendra Modi) raj and here, rat Mata Ki Jai” and “Jai Shree Ram”, claimed that his skull cap was just ger brother suggested that I sell deter­ only peace will prevail.” But local Rash­ and threatened to feed him pork if he touched by the accused and did not fall gent door­to­door and I agreed. I had to triya Janata Dal leader Imtiyaz Ali, State didn’t obey his command. to the ground and that he was assaulted support my family, after all.” Borrowing Communist party leader Arun Mishra Recalls Alam, “It was not too late for a by one and not two persons. Some re­ money from friends and relatives, Qa­ and social activist Pushpraj, who visited summer night and there were many pe­ ports also claimed that his “kurta” was sim bought a moped for ₹25,000 and Qasim in hospital, admitted that “after ople around. Some safai karamcharis not torn, though a scuffle is evident in started selling detergent. An additional the Lok Sabha poll, the atmosphere of were also working nearby. But no one the footage. The police also said Alam ₹800 was spent on getting a micro­ Begusarai has communally become tox­ intervened. They just laughed. The man could have been tutored to make a false phone fitted to the moped. The micro­ ic and people like Rajiv Yadav have start­ punched me and hit me with a stick ly­ statement with regard to the chants of phone blared promotional jingles ex­ Qasim, “I apprised the bara babu (in­ ed taking advantage of it”. ing on the road. I tried to push him back “Jai Shree Ram” and “Bharat Mata Ki horting people to purchase Qasim’s 3 kg charge of police station) of all the details Meanwhile, the doctor treating Qa­ and run but he held on to my kurta and Jai” when there was still no evidence to detergent powder for just ₹100. On a of the incident telling him categorically sim says he is “out of danger now” but tore it. I just started weeping. The men support it. normal day, Qasim’s earnings touched that I was shot at for being a Muslim, but the bullet is still embedded in his left walked away.” The chairman of the Muslim Ekta ₹300. the FIR said I was shot at due to some shoulder. Says Dr. Ashok Kumar, “We’ll Alam is yet to tell his mother about Manch, Hazi Shahzad Khan, says while scuffle.” He asks, “How could I have a review his condition after two to three the incident and is not sure how she will the incident has been dissected to dis­ Selling detergents for a lark scuffle with the accused whom I was not days and take a decision on whether to <> Be it the protests against meat take it. seminate insignificant details, no one May 26 was just another usual day with acquainted with ? I put my thumb im­ go for an operation to take out the bullet shops, mostly run by the Murtaza, however, feels that things seems to be talking about the moot much of the celebrations that followed pression on the FIR without knowing or to leave it there… it causes no danger Muslims, the offering of Namaz would not have come to such a pass had point — that a young man belonging to a the verdict of the general election hav­ what was written in it.” However, at one if it remains there.” Qasim’s family has in open spaces or the attack on Alam exhibited a little restraint. “He is minority community has been targeted ing quietened down . Qasim had left place in the FIR (no: 77/19 dated May spent ₹1.15 lakh on his treatment. Says a Muslim family in Bhondsi young blood and the man was drunk. for his religious identity and prevented home early to escape the heat and hop­ 26), Qasim’s statement that he was shot Qasim’s younger brother, “Ornaments recently, the intolerance The man said something and he react­ from practising his religion with free­ ing to get some business done, persuad­ at for being a Muslim does find a men­ of our wives have been mortgaged and towards Muslims seems to be ed. Had Alam acquiesced to what the dom, as guaranteed in the Constitution. ing housewives to buy his detergent be­ tion. Following the registration of the we’ve also taken a loan from people… on the rise in Gurugram. man wanted him to do, there would Khan says this is not the first time this fore they shut their doors for noon. May FIR, a case against the accused, Rajiv Ya­ villagers and relatives have also donated have been no trouble. He had only has happened and that there have been HAZI Shahzad Khan, is a brutal summer month with most pe­ dav, was lodged under Sections 341 nearly ₹10,000 but we’re in deep debt.” Chairman, Muslim Ekta Manch threatened to feed him pork, and not a series of incidents in Gurugram over ople preferring to stay indoors. (punishment for wrongful restraint), In the distance, Qasim’s new moped actually done so. I have encountered the past three years or so creating fear Qasim reached Kumbhi village, 10 km 342 (punishment for wrongful confine­ stands piled with detergent packets Alam, “It has not even been a month such situations many times, but the in the minds of the minorities. from his home. He recounts, “I had just ment) and 307 (attempt to murder) of waiting to be sold. After the incident, and he has already invited so much matter never reached the police sta­ He says, “Be it the protests against parked my moped outside a paan shop, the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of most of the villagers in Khanjahanpur, trouble for himself and all of us. The tion,” he argues. meat shops, mostly run by the Muslims, when suddenly a man [later identified the Arms Act (punishment for using to which Qasim belongs, have stopped police and the media have all got in­ the offering of Namaz in open spaces, as Rajiv Yadav] ordered me to switch off arms). hawking their goods for a living. The vil­ volved. I had called him to teach tailor­ Millennial city no more the cutting off of a Muslim man’s beard the mike. I turned it off immediately. He The accused was said to have been lage has a substantial Muslim popula­ ing for a better living, but will now send Murtaza, though, concede s that a lot or the attack on a Muslim family in asked my name and upon hearing it, drunk at the time of the incident — Bihar tion engaged in petty trade, which ap­ him back after Eid. That too will not be has changed in and around the locality Bhondsi recently, the intolerance to­ told me to go to Pakistan. ‘You should is a dry S tate. He was arrested on May pears to have taken a hit. easy as he is now involved in a legal tan­ over the past couple of years. A thriving wards Muslims seems to be on the rise be in Pakistan or...,’ and he looked up at 30 and sent to jail. Says Niraj Kumar gle.” meat market that was a stone’s throw in Gurugram.” the sky. In a split second, he whipped Singh, in­charge of Cheria­Bariyarpur Another city, another beating This is what had happened. New to from his shop and had been running for Independent film­maker Rahul Roy, out his katta (country revolver) and police station: “He is a local criminal For a few weeks in the run­up to Eid­ul­ the city, Alam was returning to the shop decades shut down two years ago fol­ who is a part of the civil society group, fired at me.” and has also been involved in illegal li­ Fitr every year, Mohammad Murtaza from the local Jama Masjid, about 100 m lowing protests by Hindus. It all started Nagrik Ekta Manch, says the emergence As Qasim slumped forward, a num­ quor brewing and selling… he is ac­ would hire a couple of tailors on daily away, on May 25 around 10 p.m. some years ago with protests during of Hindutva vigilante groups in Guru­ ber of bystanders stood by and cused in four other cases as well.” wages to handle the increased load of through a narrow alley when a few Navratri by some Hindu outfits and the gram is linked to the creation of a new watched. None came forward to his aid. However, the Begusarai Superinten­ work. Working in the narrow confines young men on a motorcycle and on foot shops were forced to down their shut­ political voice and the building of a con­ Qasim was barely conscious to realise dent of Police, Awkash Kumar, ex­ of a shop which is 10 ft by 5 ft, Murtaza, allegedly accosted him and told him to ters permanently. Says Murtaza, “The stituency of support around issues that he was losing blood. The bullet had pressed ignorance about Qasim’s claim along with three other tailors, toiled remove his skull cap. They told him that Hindus objected to the presence of which are both emotive and offered hit him on the left shoulder and, as doc­ that he was shot at for being a Muslim. away, furiously pedalling their sewing he was not allowed to wear the skull cap shops close to the temple, though the possibilities of breaking through caste/ tors would later find out, it had not exit­ He said, “I do not know why he says so… machines. All of them slept in the shop, in this area. When Alam protested, one shops and the temple had co­existed for clan social divisions. For a new set of ed. After what seemed like hours, a wo­ we’ll investigate this but our investiga­ which is an illegal unit operating from of them slapped him and hit him on the decades.” He rues how he has to walk a political actors to break this strangle­ man came forward to dress his wound tions show that he was shot following a the basement of a house in the Jacubpu­ head, displacing the cap. An altercation longer distance now to buy meat from hold of old networks and claim leader­ with a cloth. Someone else came for­ scuffle over the purchase of his ra area of Gurugram. Shops such as the Jama Masjid market. In fact, the ship positions required the setting up of ward with a towel and took him to the detergent.” these are common in this area. meat shops and dhabas in the Jama Mas­ new political projects . Cow protection village sarpanch’s house. The sarpanch, But the shooting incident became Murtaza had migrated to the Millen­ jid market too were forced to shut down and anti­Muslim hate amplification are Raja Ram Sahni, offered to take Qasim prime time news and was amplified by nium City in 1996, then a sleepy, dusty during Navratri in October last for the time­tested ingredients that have for to the local police. social media. Kanhaiya Kumar tweeted, town on the outskirts of Delhi, in search first time but were reopened a day later long ensured very high success rates in By this time, news of the shooting “In Begusarai, a Muslim hawker was of a livelihood. He worked with many after the police intervened, he recounts. mobilising people. had spread like wildfire in the neigh­ shot at saying he should go to Pakistan. well­known tailors in the city for over Alam grumbles how despite being a Says Roy, “The administration has bouring villages. Qasim’s family mem­ In order to promote such crimes, all two decades before he could set up his victim, he has been at the receiving end completely failed to address the ge­ bers decided to rush him to the govern­ such leaders are guilty who day and own shop three years ago. of the law agencies and the media. He nuine problems of Muslim and Chris­ ment hospital in Begusarai town some night spread hatred for political virtues. He had called his son Amir, who breaks down on a couple of occasions in tian residents when it comes to issues 30 km away from Khumbi, only to be We’re not at peace until the perpetra­ worked as a mason in Bengaluru, to as­ dejection. On fast for around 20 days such as places of worship and burial told by the doctors to admit him in the tors are punished.” sist him. Most often, it was the bigger and beaten up, Alam had to sit in the grounds. The campaign by the vigilante State capital, Patna. Says Qasim’s cou­ All India Majlis­e­Ittehadul Musli­ tailors who outsourced their work to police station till the early hours of Sun­ groups to stop the Friday Namaz in pu­ sin, Mohd Mohd Mithun Alam, “It was at meen leader Asadudin Owaisi too him. This year Murtaza called his dis­ day after the attack while the police blic spaces was partially successful and that time that some people had come to tweeted, “Qasim almost lost his life for tant cousin, Mohammad Barkat Alam, completed the legal formalities. He was the administration provided legitimacy the government hospital in Begusarai to literally just saying his name. But sure, I 25, from Bihar’s Begusarai district to called to the station the following day to to these groups and their leadership by record Qasim’s statement.” His younger am ‘fear mongering’. Where does Ra­ learn the tricks of the trade. He thought identify the culprits, though none was setting up parallel negotiations with the brother Mohd Javed, who is also physi­ jiv’s brazenness come from? BJP’s lea­ the man would also be an extra hand in arrested. Alam says he kept sitting in the Muslim community and the vigilante cally challenged, adds, “We thought he dership has constantly demonised us the festive season. station for four hours and was let off on­ groups.” could die of bleeding, so we requested and associated us with Pakistan. We’re Looking back at the incident of May ly after a community leader intervened. On his part, Murtaza says his family the doctor to refer him to a local doctor not human in their eyes, we’re target 25, Murtaza, who looks much older Mohammad Qasim being treated at a He is saddened by the narrative now back in Begusarai have been staunch in town. He then referred Qasim to a practice.” than his 45 years, with his grey dishe­ private nursing home, in Begusarai. His being falsely built by the police and the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party private nursing home.” Giriraj Singh too did not take long to velled hair and stubble — is deeply per­ mother, Aklima Bibi, (green saree) and media to discredit him. A host of reports and had been voting for the party. He The police visited the nursing home respond. He told a news channel: turbed by the turn of events over the grandmother, Gandoura Bibi, look after appeared in a section of media over the consoles himself that his nephew re­ at 2 p.m. to record the statement. Says “Owaisi has a habit of sowing hatred. past few days. Says Murtaza, referring to him. * RANJEET KUMAR past few days, with reference to the turned home to tell his story. Alive.

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FROM PAGE ONE Paswan set Pakistan sends congratulatory letters to get Rajya Bail for war veteran who Islamabad seeks peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues in notes to Modi and Jaishankar Sabha seat was declared foreigner Suhasini Haidar Special Correspondent NEW DELHI to, conveyed official greet­ similar actions by Indian se­ After the BJP’s win, Mr. Khan ings as well as a hope that In­ curity agencies against telephoned Mr. Modi to con­ New Delhi The retired soldier was ta­ sed him from service on Days after the formation of dia­Pakistan bilateral ties will guests to the Pakistan Na­ gratulate him. The conversa­ Union Food and Consumer ken to Goalpara Central Jail, May 29. the National Democratic Al­ improve in the future. They tional Day function on March tion, which reportedly lasted Affairs Minister Ram Vilas one of the six prisons that The border police had liance government, Pakistan were handed over to the In­ 23 as well as the Iftar event at about 15 minutes according Paswan, who did not con­ serve as detention centres made a case against Mr. Sa­ Prime Minister Imran Khan dian High Commission in Is­ the Pakistan High Commis­ to one source, included the test the Lok Sabha election for declared foreigners. naullah, from a village near has written to Prime Minister lamabad earlier this week. sion on May 28. need to improve bilateral this time around, is likely There are more than 1,000 Boko about 60 km west of Narendra Modi to congratu­ According to Pakistani di­ ties, India’s “neighbourhood to enter the Rajya Sabha on such foreigners in these Guwahati, in 2008. The case late him on his victory, while plomatic sources, the letters Overcoming irritants first policy” and a desire to a vacancy that arose after camps. was referred to a Foreign­ Foreign Minister Shah Meh­ sought “peace and stability Despite the bitterness on the “fight poverty jointly.” Both BJP leader and Law Minis­ “We are grateful to God ers’ Tribunal, which found mood Qureshi has written a in South Asia with the peace­ ground, however, the lead­ leaders have also exchanged ter Ravi Shankar Prasad be­ that he is coming home, discrepancies in his docu­ letter to his Indian counter­ ful resolution of all outstand­ ers of both the countries public messages over twitter. came a Lok Sabha MP after although the fight to prove ments and declared him a part Minister for External Af­ ing issues, including the Jam­ have kept up a steady set of In addition, former Minis­ winning the Patna Sahib his citizenship is far from ov­ foreigner. fairs S. Jaishankar, congratu­ mu and Kashmir dispute,” as S. Jaishankar exchanges over the period. ter for External Affairs Sush­ seat in Bihar. er,” Samina Begum, the ex­ On Thursday, Congress lating him on his well as “collective endea­ Mr. Modi wrote a letter to Mr. ma Swaraj and the Pakistan Mr. Paswan’s Lok Jan­ serviceman’s wife said. MP Gaurav Gogoi had writ­ appointment as well, sourc­ vours” for regional peace guests at ‘Iftar’ functions in Khan ahead of the Pakistan Foreign Minister met for a shakti Party (LJP) is a con­ Mr. Sanaullah had joined ten to Union Home Minister es in Delhi and Islamabad and prosperity, a possible re­ each other’s capital. The Mi­ National Day, saying it was short “exchange of pleasan­ stituent of the BJP­led Na­ the Army in 1987 and retired Amit Shah demanding jus­ confirmed. ference to a SAARC summit, nistry of External Affairs “time for the people of the tries” at the SCO (Shanghai tional Democratic Alliance. in August 2017 after 30 years tice for the ex­serviceman. The letters follow a phone which Pakistan is keen to or­ (MEA) issued a public protest subcontinent to work togeth­ Cooperation Organisation) It was hopeful of getting of service. “The bail is a temporary call from Mr. Khan to Mr. Mo­ ganise, but India has refused against Pakistani police offi­ er for a democratic, peace­ Foreign Ministers’ meet in one of the two seats that The following year, he relief and I hope the Minis­ di, as well as an exchange of to attend. cials who intimidated guests ful, progressive and prosper­ Bishkek in May, when Pakis­ fell vacant in Assam. The was appointed as a sub­in­ try of Home Affairs shows tweets between the two The past few weeks have at the Indian High Commis­ ous region, in an atmosphere tan made an exception to the BJP, however, handed one spector of the Assam Polic­ zero tolerance in such sensi­ leaders after the election seen tensions between New sion’s Iftar event at a hotel in free of terror and violence.” ban on flights to and from In­ to its own member, Kamak­ e’s border wing that is tive matters by reviewing results. Delhi and Islamabad rise ov­ Islamabad on June 1, and the Mr. Khan welcomed the dia to allow Ms. Swaraj’s hya Prasad Tasa. The other tasked with detecting, de­ the role of the enlisted go­ The letters, which New er the tit­for­tat surveillance Pakistan Foreign Ministry letter, calling for dialogue flight to travel through Pakis­ seat will be given to ally taining and deporting fo­ vernment and police offi­ Delhi hasn’t yet responded and harassment of their wrote two letters protesting between the two countries. tani airspace. Asom Gana Parishad. reigners or illegal migrants. cials in this incident,” he The border wing dismis­ said. Jagan to have five Amid factional fights, Moily Deputy Chief Ministers tells Rahul to take charge While it was not possible for posal to have more Dy.CMs all 151 MLAs to become Mi­ and a new Cabinet after half ‘Congress chief should quell indiscipline with an iron hand’ nisters, nearly double the term. Sandeep Phukan number of 25 could be ac­ Party candidate, who New Delhi commodated through this won from Santhanuthalapa­ rotation system, he said. du constituency, T.J.R. Sud­ Senior Congress leader and The YSRCP legislators said hakar Babu told the media former Karnataka Chief Mi­ Mr. Jagan in his speech indi­ that much lip service had nister M. Veerappa Moily on cated that the purpose be­ been paid to the subject of Friday appealed to Congress hind having five Deputy social justice in the past but chief Rahul Gandhi to firmly Chief Ministers was to en­ Mr. Jagan had elevated him­ take over the reins of the sure that these sections get self to the level of social re­ party once again to avoid the priority they deserve. formers like Jyothirao Phule ‘confusion and crisis’ in the As many as 35 MLAs ex­ by increasing the number of party. pressed support to the pro­ Deputy CM posts. “It is important to protect Reaching out: Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal, Pralhad Joshi and Narendra Singh Tomar the unity and integrity of the with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi on Friday. * ANI party and as the Congress Note of thanks: Congress president Rahul Gandhi greeting his president, it is his duty to en­ supporters in his constituency Wayanad on Friday. * PTI 2 SPO­turned­militants sure this,” Mr. Moily told The Hindu over phone from Ben­ In the past two weeks, could be heard telling his among 4 killed in J&K Ministers seek Sonia’s galuru. He said if Mr. Gandhi there has been a churn in party workers to prepare for is determined to step down, the party: Rajasthan Chief mid­term polls in the State then he himself should find a Minister Ashok Gehlot and as the Congress­JD(S) coali­ “Hussain was part of a maker in Srinagar after SPO replacement. his Deputy and State Con­ tion government would not group which was involved in Adil Bashir joined the Hiz­ help for smooth session The Congress veteran’s gress chief Sachin Pilot in­ last its term. planning and executing a se­ bul Mujahideen last year. assertions come in the back­ dulged in a blame game for Mr. Gandhi is yet to send a ries of attacks in the area. “SPOs were also with­ drop of open factional fights the Lok Sabha washout, an clear signal whether or not Bhat also carried out attacks drawn from active policing, Centre plans to push through 10 ordinances in Parliament in States like Rajasthan, internal meeting of Congress he would be on the saddle. on security establishments. including working as Perso­ Special Correspondent Parliament. She said they The full Union Budget for Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, leaders in Haryana saw ugly “If Mr. Gandhi thinks he Incriminating material, in­ nal Security Officers to pro­ New Delhi [the Opposition] also need the financial year 2019­2020 and desertions in Telangana exchanges and in Punjab, can get away from allega­ cluding arms and ammuni­ tected persons,” said the Union Parliamentary Affairs cooperation from treasury will be presented on July 5. and Maharashtra. Chief Minister Capt. Amarin­ tions of dynastic politics by tion, were recovered from police official. Around Minister Pralhad Joshi on benches. I told her that the Buoyed by the best ever “When the leadership der Singh stripped his rival, resigning, it won’t work. The the encounter site,” police 23,000 SPOs were serving Friday called on Congress government has always been performance by the BJP­led does not act, all these things Navjot Singh Sidhu, of an im­ Gandhi family is a unifying officials said. in the police in 2016 on ad Parliamentary Party leader ready to cooperate,” Mr. National Democratic Al­ will happen. The Congress portant portfolio. factor and others can’t easily The police said the opera­ hoc basis and 3,331 were Sonia Gandhi at her resi­ Joshi told reporters after the liance, the Union govern­ president needs to quell fill that void,” said Sripra­ tion was a success despite converted as constables dence ahead of the first ses­ meeting. ment plans to push through such indiscipline with an Telangana worries kash Singh, professor in the local youths resorting to based on criteria like sports sion of the 17th Lok Sabha. 10 ordinances, including the iron hand,” Mr. Moily added. To add to its woes, on Thurs­ department of the politics, stone­pelting. activities or qualifications Mr. Joshi was accompa­ Speaker election one that makes instant triple The Congress seems to be day, not only 12 elected Con­ Delhi University. like ITI. They were mainly nied by his colleagues, Na­ The first session will get un­ talaq a criminal offence. in a state of confusion and gress MLAs formally joined Meanwhile, the Congress Personnel withdrawn deployed for non­combat rendra Singh Tomar and Ar­ der way on June 17 and will On Wednesday, Mr. Joshi uncertainty ever since Mr. the TRS but a video clip of downplayed the letter of A police official said most positions such as drivers jun Meghwal. continue till July 26. After had called on Leader of the Gandhi told the Congress Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Olympian hockey SPOs were withdrawn in Oc­ and cooks. “Our meeting with Sonia the new MPs take oath on Opposition in the Rajya Sab­ Working Committee on May Janata Dal (Secular) leader player Aslam Sher Khan, of­ tober 2018 after “a series of Two policemen were in­ Gandhi was very cordial. We the first two days, the Lok ha Ghulam Nabi Azad and 25 that he would step down and Karnataka CM H.D. fering his services to be Con­ cases of them deserting and jured in a grenade attack by sought her cooperation for Sabha Speaker’s election is DMK leader in Lok Sabha, as party chief and his posi­ Kumaraswamy, went viral. gress president for a period joining militancy.” militants on a police station the smooth functioning of scheduled for June 19. T.R. Baalu. tion was ‘non­negotiable.’ In the video, Mr. Nikhil of two years. Seven AK rifles and one in Sopore, Baramulla. They personal pistol went mis­ suffered splinter injuries sing from the house of a law­ and were shifted to hospital. Mamata to skip NITI Aayog meeting Disclose source of poll NPP first from NE to get funding, Cong. tells BJP Earlier, there was space for States to talk and it is absent now, says Bengal CM national party status ‘It spent ₹27,000 cr. during LS election’ Special Correspondent tive… There was space for SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT nised as a State party in at Kolkata SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT GUWAHATI She is behaving like an the States to talk, and it is ab­ least four States. West Bengal Chief Minister sent now. Now, they [the Un­ NEW DELHI The Election Commission The NPP is recognised as Mamata Banerjee said on anti­national: Bengal BJP ion government] have some The Congress on Friday of India on Friday declared a State party in Arunachal Friday that she would not at­ agenda, they place the agen­ asked the Bharatiya Janata the National People’s Party Pradesh, Manipur, Megha­ tend the NITI Aayog meeting Press Trust of India behaving like an “anti­ da, and we are expected to Party (BJP) to disclose the led by Meghalaya Chief Mi­ laya and Nagaland. scheduled for June 15. Kolkata national” and trying to discuss it. It is unaccepta­ sources of its election fund­ nister Conrad K. Sangma as “Glad to announce to our “The States cannot place Lashing out at Chief Minister scuttle the growth of Bengal. ble,” she said. ing after a report by a think a national party. party supporters, well­ their views. There is no point Mamata Banerjee for her The Trinamool hit back, Ms. Banerjee reiterated tank claimed that the ruling This made the NPP, wishers and members of in attending [the NITI Aayog] decision to skip the NITI saying it does not need the need for all Opposition party spent nearly ₹27,000 formed by his father and NPP that #ElectionCommis­ meetings,” she said. Aayog meeting, the Bengal lessons on nationalism or parties to come together to crore out of a total of former Lok Sabha Speaker sionOfIndia has accorded Earlier, she wrote to BJP unit on Friday said the development from a “comm­ oppose the use of electronic ₹60,000 crore spent in the Abhishek Manu Singhvi Purno A. Sangma in 2013, ‘National Party’ status to Prime Minister Narendra Trinamool chief was unal party like the BJP”. voting machines. “Now, we recently concluded Lok Sab­ the first from the north­ National People’s Party,” Modi, who heads the NITI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC hear that two million EVMs ha election. 45% of MGNREGA Budget,” eastern region to earn the the Meghalaya Chief Minis­ Aayog, setting forth the rea­ are missing. Where are they? The principal Opposition he added. tag. ter said in a Twitter mes­ sons for her decision. ter­State Council that was Aayog meetings,” Ms. Baner­ In 20­30% of the areas, pro­ party also demanded a sage. “It is a very nostalgic “I have said this before: empowered to discuss the jee said. blems [were reported]. It is a white paper on the exces­ ‘₹700 spent per voter’ Four States moment for all of us,” he the NITI Aayog is not effec­ problems of the States. The “The Planning Commis­ big scandal, and all parties sive commercialisation of Mr. Singhvi said the election In its order, the ECI said that said in Meghalaya capital tive. They [the BJP­led go­ States cannot raise their is­ sion, founded by Subhash should come together and elections and how the go­ expenditure had gone up the NPP was given the na­ Shillong. The NPP is the sin­ vernment] removed the In­ sues any more at the NITI Chandra Bose, was effec­ protest,” she said. vernment planned to tackle nearly six times from tional party status for fulfill­ gle largest political family in it. “The BJP’s strategy is mo­ ₹9,000­10,000 crore in 1998 ing conditions such as poll­ Meghalaya with 21 MLAs in ney, money and more mo­ to ₹55,000­60,000 in the ing more than 6% of the the 60­member House. Mr ney...Without a level playing 2019 Lok Sabha election. total votes in the last gener­ Sangma heads the coalition Dissenting view not part More security men for field, you cannot have fair, The report — based on se­ al election and being recog­ government there. independent, objective, condary information, field non­partisan elections. And studies and analysis — calcu­ of final order, says EC Amit Shah’s residence if you cannot have fair elec­ lated that ₹700 was spent tions, then you cannot have per voter and roughly ₹100 Two ULFA men held Special Correspondent nority view be reflected in Special Correspondent allotted to him in his capaci­ democracy,” Congress spo­ crore was spent for each New Delhi the final order. New Delhi ty as BJP president. He is ex­ kesperson Abhishek Manu parliamentary constituency. Special Correspondent residents of Tinsukia. The The Election Commission The Delhi police have re­ pected to shift soon to form­ Singhvi told reporters. Asked if the Congress New Delhi incident took place on No­ has issued a formal direc­ Lavasa’s plea viewed the security for Un­ er Prime Minister Atal Bihari “According to a recent re­ could verify the amount of The National Investigation vember 1 last year. tive, ruling that dissenting The issue had come up be­ ion Home Minister Amit Vajpayee’s 6A, Krishna Me­ port by an independent election expenditure men­ Agency arrested two mem­ “A case was registered opinion in the Model Code fore the full bench after Mr. Shah and moved more secur­ non Marg residence. think tank Centre for Media tioned in the report that es­ bers of the banned militant against six unknown of Conduct violation cases Lavasa objected to his dis­ ity men to his Akbar Road re­ The official said Mr. Shah’s Studies (CMS), the BJP spent timated that it spent 15­20% group, the United Liberation armed miscreants, sus­ will not be included in the fi­ senting opinion not being sidence, a senior govern­ residence would be fortified close to ₹27,000 crore. This of the ₹60,000 crore, he Front of Assam, for allegedly pected to be members of nal order. Only the majority included in the orders. ment official said on Friday. further and additional is 45% of the total expendi­ said: “I rely on a published gunning down five Bengali ULFA, for the killing of five or unanimous decision will Mr. Lavasa had given dis­ Mr. Shah already has a Z­ crowd­control measures ture which is estimated to research report by a non­ men in Assam’s Tinsukia last residents of Bichanimukh be communicated to the senting views in at least five plus security cover of the would be put in place. be close to ₹60,000 crore.” political independent or­ year. Kherbari village in Tinsu­ parties. matters pertaining to Central Reserve Police The Delhi police had set “The BJP’s spending in ganisation. This is a figure The accused, identified as kia district of Assam, and The written order dated speeches by Prime Minister Force. up a multilayer security cor­ Lok Sabha Elections 2019 is arrived at after research Bubal Moran alias Tiger causing grievous injuries to June 4 follows the EC’s deci­ Narendra Modi and BJP pre­ Mr. Shah, who took don around Rajnath Singh’s equal to 30% of India’s edu­ ...Certainly, if the party in Asom, 26, and Binanda Da­ the sixth villager, outside sion on May 21, rejecting sident Amit Shah during the charge last week, is living in 17, Akbar Road bungalow cation budget, 43% of In­ power discloses the details, hotiya alias Swadesh, were the village last year,” NIA Election Commissioner Ash­ campaigning for the Lok a Type­VIII bungalow at 11, when he was the Home Mi­ dia’s Health Budget, 10% of every other party will defi­ arrested on Friday. Both are said. ok Lavasa’s demand that mi­ Sabha election. Akbar Road. The house was nister. India’s Defence Budget and nitely disclose the figures.”

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IN BRIEF Policy moots all-India entrance tests for UG courses in public colleges

Private institutions will be encouraged to use the common tests: draft policy

Priscilla Jebaraj criterion alongside school through the NTA,” says the ing the year in order to re­ NEW DELHI grades. draft policy. This seems to duce the intense and unne­ ED summons Chanda Kochhar for questioning Admission to undergraduate In India, the common en­ indicate that the NTA assess­ cessary pressures of the NEW DELHI courses in all government­ trance test has largely been ment may replace Class 12 university entrance exami­ The Enforcement Directorate funded universities and col­ the domain of aspirants to marks as the criteria for ad­ nations system,” adds the has summoned Chanda leges will soon be through professional or post­grad­ mission to these state­fund­ draft. “The NTA tests will Kochhar, the former ICICI all­India entrance tests, if uate courses, but that is al­ ed institutions. “This will aim to assess essential con­ Bank managing director and the draft National Education ready changing. The new help to eliminate the intensi­ cepts, knowledge, and high­ CEO, for questioning on June Policy is approved. Private National Testing Agency ty, stressfulness, and wasted er order skills from the na­ 10 in connection with the institutions will also be (NTA) has already conduct­ time of the Grade 12 exami­ tional common Videocon Group loans case. strongly encouraged to ed premier professional en­ nation season faced by stu­ curriculum... for the pur­ Ms. Kochhar was earlier asked make use of the common ad­ trance tests — JEE, NEET, dents every year as well as pose of aiding colleges and to appear before the mission tests, which would and CMAT — this year. Later by so many higher educa­ universities in their admis­ investigators on June 6, but be available from 2020. Both this month, the NTA will also tional institutions and em­ sions decisions.” she expressed her inability aptitude and subject know­ conduct admission tests for ployers,” it adds. Private institutions could to do so. ledge­based tests would be applicants to more than 170 set their own criteria, but offered. Delhi University (DU) cours­ Offer flexibility “most educational institu­ Twitter restores handle The system seems to have es, including 12 undergrad­ The NTA testing system tions and many employers of Chinar Corps some similarities to the SAT, uate programmes. would offer flexibility. will be encouraged to use SRINAGAR The Twitter handle of the a standardised aptitude test “Admission to all under­ “[From] 2020 onwards, [the these NTA tests.” Army’s Srinagar­based Chinar widely used for admissions graduate programmes of pu­ NTA] will administer apti­ The draft projects the Corps was restored on Friday to colleges and universities blic HEIs [Higher Education tude tests and tests in specif­ NTA establishing test centres after a furore on social media in the United States. The Institutions] will be through ic subjects that can be taken across the country, offering in the wake of its suspension SAT, however, is used as a a process of assessment on multiple occasions dur­ tests in multiple languages. on Thursday. The Chinar Corps — also known as 15 Corps — oversees anti­ militancy operations on the Line of Control and hinterland Bilkis case: IPS in the Kashmir valley. PTI U.P. forms SIT to probe child’s murder Cabinet Secretary gets 3-month extension officer dismissed A forensic team will also be part of the investigation to ascertain the full nature of the crime: ADGP AHMEDABAD Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Faces action a day before retirement special correspondent Kumar Sinha was on Friday LUCKNOW Rahul, Priyanka express given an extension of three Special Correspondent asked the Gujarat govern­ The Uttar Pradesh police on months in service beyond AHMEDABAD ment to take disciplinary ac­ Friday constituted a Special June 12, 2019. Mr. Sinha’s Gujarat cadre IPS officer tion against the erring pol­ Investigation Team to probe shock, demand action extended term as the Cabinet R.S. Bhagora, an accused in ice officials, including Mr. the murder of an infant in Secretary will now expire on the 2002 Bilkis Bano case, Bhagora, convicted by the Aligarh amid huge public Press Trust of India perpetrators of the crime. September 12, 2019. This is was dismissed from service Bombay High Court for de­ outcry. New Delhi “How can any human the third extension for Mr. by the Union Home Ministry reliction of duty in the Bilkis A forensic team will also Congress president Rahul being treat a child with such Sinha since his appointment on May 30, a day before his Bano gang­rape case. be part of the probe to ascer­ Gandhi on Friday expressed brutality?” he wrote on as the top bureaucrat in 2015 retirement on May 31. Among the police offi­ tain the full nature of the shock at the horrific killing Twitter. Congress general for a fixed term of two years. The 60­year­old officer cials, four — a deputy supe­ crime; preliminary autopsy of a three­year­old girl in secretary Priyanka Gandhi was set to retire on May 31 rintendent of police, two in­ reports ruled out rape and A videograb showing relatives mourning the death of the Aligarh and demanded swift Vadra also condemned the Kolkata ex-top cop minor girl in Aligarh on Friday. Five policemen, including an deposes before CBI and was serving as Deputy spectors and a constable — concluded the child was action against the inhuman crime. SHO, have been suspended for alleged negligence. * PTI KOLKATA Commissioner of Police have retired from service. murdered by strangulation. Former Commissioner of (Traffic) with the Ahmeda­ The SIT would be headed Kolkata Police Rajeev Kumar bad police when his dismis­ Compensation fiat by SP (Rural) Aligarh and If fresh accused come to crime. One of the accused already initiated steps to slap tory and it will take 14­15 days on Friday appeared before the sal order came. Subsequently in April, the would include SOG and sur­ light during the investiga­ has a criminal past: he faces the NSA against them. to get a report, said Mr. Central Bureau of Mr. Bhagora was promot­ Supreme Court directed the veillance teams for technical tion, they would also be pun­ two cases of POCSO, one in The post­mortem report Kulhary. Investigation in connection ed to IPS from the State pol­ Gujarat government to give support, said UP ADG Law ished by law, he said. So far, Aligarh and another in Delhi, could not ascertain rape, A forensic team from Agra with the multi­crore Saradha ice service in 2009. His dis­ ₹50 lakh as compensation, a and Order Anand Kumar. the police have arrested two said Mr. Kumar. police said. will also come to Aligarh to scam. Mr. Kumar, presently missal from the service government job with ac­ The officer said the SIT accused, Aslam and Zahid, “We will try to secure for SSP Aligarh Akash Kul­ recreate the crime. the Additional DGP in the CID, means he would not get any commodation to Ms. Bano would gather “forensic for allegedly murdering the them the stringest punish­ hary said the use of acid on The SSP said five police­ reached the CBI office in the post­retirement benefits who was gangraped in one science and scientific evi­ 2.5­year­old infant in Ali­ ment,” said Mr. Kumar, the infant could also not be men, including the in­charge morning to face questioning from the government. of the worst mass murder dence” and the case would garh’s Tappal area. The vic­ stressing that the POCSO Act ascertained. However, the inspector and two sub­in­ for the second time, sources Earlier in March this year, cases in the 2002 Gujarat be probed on a fast­track tim’s family has alleged other will also be invoked against “slides” have gone for foren­ spectors, were suspended in the agency said. PTI the Supreme Court had riots. mode and sent to court. people were involved in the the accused. The police have sic investigation in a labora­ for negligence. Al-Qaeda anoints new chief for India wing ISI plot foiled, six spies arrested in Jammu School dropout Hameed Lelhari will head the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Images of strategic locations seized Peerzada Ashiq Pulwama’s Tral. He had re­ nistry recently. Hours after han Wani and Afzal Guru,” Srinagar placed slain militant ‘com­ the declaration on the new the spokesman said in the Press Trust of India During interrogation, Global terror outfit Al­Qaeda mander’ Burhan Wani in AGH chief, Al­Qaeda in the message released online. Jammu Mushtaq Ahmed Malik, 38, has announced a new chief 2016, but quit the Hizb ul Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) Al­Qaeda social media A major plot by Pakistani from Doda, and Nadeem Ak­ for its India wing, the Ansar Mujahideen. His name first spokesman Usama Mah­ platforms have also released spy agency Inter­Services hter, 24, from Kathua, re­ Ghazwat­ul­Hind (AGH), two appeared in an Arabic publi­ mood, in another audio clip­ a video on militant Faisal Ish­ Intelligence (ISI) to revive vealed that they were also weeks after its top ‘comman­ cation close to al­Qaeda in ping, praised Musa in a bid faq Bhatt, erstwhile resident militancy in the Jammu re­ being guided by their han­ der’ Zakir Musa was killed in May 2017. to show global militants’ of Srinagar and apparently gion has been unearthed dlers in Pakistan­occupied an encounter in Pulwama’s The police suggested that sympathy for him. This au­ in Afghanistan currently. “Ji- with the arrest of six per­ Kashmir. Tral. the new chief Lelhari, 30, dio clipping was released by had in Kashmir is no diffe­ sons, officials said on Friday. They disclosed informa­ Hameed Lelhari alias Ha­ comes from a poor back­ the outfit’s as­Sahab media rent than jihad in Afghanis­ Photographs and videos of tion about four others en­ roon Abbas will replace Mu­ ground, unlike Musa, and is group. tan. strategic locations have gaged as Pakistani spies in sa and Ghazi Ibrahim Khalid a resident of Pulwama’s Lel­ The Al­Qaeda in the In­ been seized from those ar­ the Jammu region, officials will be his deputy, Abu Ubai­ har area. Police records sug­ ‘Saddened, mourning’ dian Subcontinent is coun­ rested, the officials added. said. dah Hafizahullah, a spokes­ gest Lelhari, after dropping “Every militant in Afghanis­ selling Afghan Taliban and The spies were in direct Based on that informa­ man of the group made out of school, took up small­ tan is saddened and mourn­ also many jihadis in Kash­ contact with their handler, a tion, Saddam Hussain, these claims in an 11­minute time jobs as a labourer, cook ing the killing of Musa... may mir. Mujahideen and leaders Colonel­level officer at the Mohmmad Saleem and video released on the outfit’s and mason “to meet ends”. Kashmir have many more of the AQIS are eager to meet ISI Kashmir cell, identified Mohmmad Shafi, all from official media handle al­Hurr However, his name did Zakir Musas. Also, Muslims their brethren in Kashmir. only by his first name Iftik­ Kathua district, and Safdar on the occasion of Eid. not figure in the list of top in Kashmir and other Mus­ They will launch attacks on har, and with the terrorist Ali, from Basantgarh in Ud­ AGH chief Musa was killed ten wanted militants com­ lims should take ahead the Army and Police,” the speak­ group Hizb­ul­Mujahideen hampur district, were ar­ in an operation on May 23 in plied by the Union Home Mi­ mission of Zakir Musa, Bur­ er, identified as Bhatt, says. across the border. rested, the officials said. Sidhu, Amarinder spat may hurt Congress in Punjab Former cricketer unlikely to accept change in portfolio

VIKAS VASUDEVA Sources portfolios. Howev­ CHANDIGARH er, barring four ministers, The intensifying tussle bet­ the Chief Minister had made ween Punjab Chief Minister some changes to the portfo­ Captain Amarinder Singh lios of all the other minis­ and his cabinet colleague ters. Navjot Singh Sidhu threatens The two leaders have to hurt the Congress party’s been at loggerheads since image in one of the few the recently concluded Lok States where it performed Sabha polls. Capt. Amarin­ well in the last Lok Sabha der had hit out at Mr. Sidhu elections, according to polit­ after the results, asserting ical analysts. A file photo of Amarinder that “Sidhu’s damaging re­ Mr. Sidhu is yet to take Singh, left, and Navjot Singh marks ahead of polling” charge of his new allotted Sidhu. * PTI might have affected the par­ Power ministry after being ty’s performance in Bathin­ divested of the key Local Go­ University. “Congress is go­ da, where the Congress lost vernment ministry. Analysts ing through a tough situa­ to the Shiromani Akali Dal’s said the former cricketer tion at the national level and Harsimrat Kaur Badal. was unlikely to take the such episodes [the internal “Amarinder Singh has change in portfolio lying tussle] will only make the re­ emerged as a strong leader down. vival of the party very diffi­ after the Lok Sabha polls,” “Congress is already rid­ cult,” he added. said Ashutosh Kumar, Pro­ dled with factionalism in Capt. Amarinder had on fessor of Political Science at many States; the ongoing Thursday divested Mr. Sidhu Panjab University. “On the spat between the two lead­ of the Local Government other hand, Sidhu may also ers in Punjab is not a good and Tourism and Cultural not back down. If the spat sign for the party,” said Mo­ Affairs departments and al­ continues it will eventually hammed Khalid, Professor located the Power and New weaken the party,” Prof. Ku­ of Political Science at Panjab and Renewable Energy mar said. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 12 Indians among 17 killed in Dubai accident Bus rams into low­clearance sign Press Trust of India Dubai Twelve Indians were among 17 people who were killed in a horrific road accident in Dubai when a bus entered a restricted lane and rammed into a low­clearance sign, police and the Indian mis­ sion said on Friday. Nine others were serious­ The site of the bus crash ly injured when the driver of in Dubai. * AP the bus, coming from Oman’s capital Muscat to dolences to the families of Dubai, on Thursday evening the deceased. “Deeply wrongly entered a road not grieved by the unfortunate designated for buses. bus accident in Dubai that Dubai Police authorities has claimed 12 Indian lives. said that there were some My sincere condolences to unidentified bodies and the the families,” he tweeted. number of Indians who died The Consul General also May quits as Tory leader, succession race begins in the accident could rise released a list of the Indians further. killed in the accident. “With great sadness we She will remain British Prime Minister until a new Conservative leader is chosen; the process is likely to finish by July­end inform that Indian fatalities Repatriation of bodies in Dubai bus accident have Mr. Vipul said that officers Agence France-Presse nister Boris Johnson, but world leaders to mark 75 Court quashes gone up to 12,” Vipul, Indian from the consulate are tak­ London some are expected to drop years since the D­Day land­ Consul General in Dubai, ing all necessary steps to en­ British Prime Minister The­ out before Monday’s dea­ ings. “She remains Prime Mi­ case against tweeted. sure repatriation formalities resa May stepped down as dline for nominations. nister for a good few weeks He said that the Embassy of all victims are completed leader of her Conservative The winner will have only yet,” Ms. May’s spokesman Boris Johnson officials were at the Rashidi­ as soon as possible. Party on Friday, formally a few months to decide insisted, noting that any suc­ ya police station and mortu­ “Once death certificates triggering the race for a suc­ whether to try to salvage Ms. cessor must meet Queen Eli­ Reuters ary to extend all assistance are issued, the bodies will cessor who will try where May’s plan, delay Brexit zabeth II and assure the head London to the families of the be sent for embalming and she failed to deliver Brexit. again — or sever ties with Bri­ of state that they have the Judges at London’s High victims. other procedures,” he said. Ms. May will remain Prime tain’s closest trading partner support of enough lawmak­ Court have thrown out an An official from the Pakis­ Minister until a new leader is with no agreement at all. ers to take over. attempt to prosecute Boris Bus from Oman tani Consulate in Dubai con­ chosen, likely in late July, but The government is under Johnson for allegedly lying The bus, belonging to the firmed the death of a Pakis­ will make no further moves pressure from eurosceptic fi­ Secret ballots about Brexit during the Omani bus transport com­ tani national. The official on Britain’s tortuous depar­ gurehead Nigel Farage, who Nominations for the Conser­ 2016 EU referendum cam­ pany Mwasalat, was carry­ said the deceased had tra­ ture from the European has called for a “no deal” op­ vative leadership contest paign. The case revolved ing 31 passengers and velled to Oman to renew his Union. tion and whose newly­ open and close on Monday, around a claim famously crashed into a height barrier UAE visa, the Khaleej Times Brexit is still scheduled for formed Brexit Party comfor­ and the 313 Conservative emblazoned on Mr. John­ that cut the left side of the reported. October 31 but while the con­ tably topped the European MPs — including Ms. May — son’s “Leave” campaign bus and killed passengers Transport company Mwa­ tenders thrash it out over the Parliament elections last The Prime Minister’s official residence, 10 Downing Street, will hold the first of a series bus that Britain would be sitting on that side, the Gulf salat issued a statement on leadership, the project re­ month. will get a new occupant by the end of next month.* AP of secret ballots on £350 million a week better News reported. Twitter announcing the sus­ mains stalled, with the only His single­issue party suf­ Thursday. off outside the EU. Dubai Police blamed the pension of their daily servic­ divorce plan agreed with fered a setback after narrow­ vatives “must deliver Brexit Minister, warned that there With the worst perform­ At a judicial review hear­ driver, who was moderately es between Muscat and Du­ Brussels rejected in ly missing out on winning its by October 31 or we risk was “no future for our par­ ers eliminated each time, the ing on Friday at the High injured, for the accident, bai and vice versa, until Parliament. first parliamentary seat, los­ Brexit Party votes delivering ty” until Britain leaves the goal is to have two candi­ Court, Mr. Johnson’s la­ saying that “at times a small further notice. ing to Labour in a byelection Corbyn to No 10”, referring EU. dates left by June 20. They wyer Adrian Darbishire mistake or negligence can “Mwasalat family ex­ Monday deadline in the eastern city of Peter­ to leftist Labour leader Jere­ Ms. May put on a brave will then be put to a ballot of said that judge had either lead to adverse presses its deepest condo­ Eleven Conservative MPs borough on Thursday. my Corbyn getting into face this week when hosting an estimated 1,60,000 party erred in law or provided consequences”. lences to the families of the have declared their intention Leadership contest fron­ Downing Street. U.S. President Donald members. The contest the wrong legal test in al­ Minister of External Af­ deceased and wishes a spee­ to stand to replace Ms. May, trunner Mr. Johnson warned Meanwhile leadership riv­ Trump for a state visit, be­ should be completed in the lowing the case to go fairs S. Jaishankar, now in dy recovery to the injured,” including former Foreign Mi­ that the centre­right Conser­ al Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign fore joining him and other week commencing July 22. ahead. Bhutan, expressed his con­ it tweeted. Sirisena wanted Speaker to scrap parliamentary probe Russia, U.S. trade charges after He felt that a ‘parallel investigation’ into Easter attacks could hinder criminal cases on the bombings ships come close to collision Meera Srinivasan that the Speaker did not ex­ in our relationship “is unlaw­ having received prior intelli­ Colombo press any view on the matter ful”, and potentially “a gence on possible terror at­ President Maithripala Sirise­ in Parliament,” he told the breach of privileges” of the tacks ahead of the April 21 Navies blame each other for manoeuvres in East China Sea na on Friday said that he officers, according to a press committee and the House. bombings. conveyed to the Speaker ear­ release. The response signed by Agence France-Presse within 50 to 100 feet of the lier this week that the ongo­ In a letter dated June 4, the PSC members also cites Coverage by media Moscow Chancellorsville, “putting ing probe into the Easter at­ Mr. Sirisena sought to draw earlier rulings that the exec­ At Thursday’s PSC sitting — Russia and the U.S. on Fri­ the safety of her crew and tacks by a parliamentary the Speaker’s attention to utive or the judiciary cannot the third session — acting day accused each other of ship at risk.” panel could hinder court the AG’s opinion that the interfere with the powers of chairperson Jayampathy dangerous manoeuvres after “We consider Russia’s ac­ proceedings in the criminal proceedings of the commit­ the legislature. Wickramaratne said it was their ships came close to col­ tions during this interaction investigations of the bomb­ tee “could be prejudicial and Further, in Friday’s meet­ the first time in the country’s lision in the East China Sea. as unsafe and unprofession­ ings. Sri Lankan President would cause adverse impact ing with the senior police of­ history that media could cov­ On Friday morning, Rus­ al,” the U.S. Navy said. On Thursday, however, Maithripala Sirisena. * AFP on the judicial proceeding in ficials and later, at an “emer­ er a parliamentary panel’s sia’s Pacific Fleet said that Russia and the U.S. regu­ the Parliamentary Select the Supreme Court.” gency Cabinet meeting”, Mr. sitting. the USS Chancellorsville larly accuse each other of Committee (PSC) — which In a meeting with senior Sirisena vowed not to send On concerns that giving guided­missile cruiser sud­ carrying out dangerous na­ was informed of the Presi­ police officers on Friday, Mr. Panel dismisses request any officer in service to testi­ the media access to proceed­ denly cut across the course val or aerial manoeuvres. dent’s note — told the Speak­ Sirisena said he had written In a strongly worded res­ fy before the parliamentary ings may impact national se­ of its Admiral Vinogradov A Russian destroyer, left, In June 2016, Moscow and er that sittings would conti­ to the Speaker, citing the ponse dated June 6 , mem­ panel. He observed that the curity, Mr. Wickremaratne anti­submarine ship, passing sailing close to a U.S. ship, Washington traded accusa­ nue. In a letter to the backdrop of five cases filed bers of the PSC told the sittings, which the media earlier said that exposing the in front of it at a distance of in the Philippine Sea. * AP tions after their naval ships Speaker, PSC members said on the Easter bombings. “I Speaker that the judiciary have been allowed to cover, negligence of officials, who just 50 m. The Russian ship sailed closely past each oth­ the Parliament is the sole shared with the Speaker the and the Parliament have could have a bearing on na­ had failed to thwart terror at­ had to carry out an emer­ In a later statement, the er in the eastern Mediterra­ judge of its powers and privi­ Attorney General’s written “historically maintained tional security, sources said. tacks despite prior warnings, gency manoeuvre to avoid U.S. seventh fleet attributed nean. A month later, the U.S. leges, and had exclusive ju­ observations that the [paral­ comity of relations and are His decision comes a day was not a threat to the coun­ collision, the Navy said, ad­ the incident to an “unsafe” accused Russia of “aggres­ risdiction over its own pro­ lel] investigation by a Parlia­ capable of continuing that after a suspended IGP and a try’s national security. “The ding that it had sent a mes­ manoeuvre by the Russian sive” and “erratic” moves by ceedings, The Hindu has ment committee could affect great tradition”. Any attempt former Defence Secretary public have the right to sage of protest to the U.S. ship, which it said had accel­ one of its warships in the learnt. proceedings. But, it is sad by the executive to interfere shared damning evidence of know,” he said. cruiser’s commanders. erated from behind to sail same waters. ELSEWHERE U.S. Sikh airman allowed Biden favours federal funding to sport turban, beard for abortion First airman to be given permission Agence France-Presse Press Trust of India Washington Washington Joe Biden on Thursday re­ A Sikh airman has been al­ versed his long­standing lowed by the U.S. Air Force opposition to using federal Ethiopia PM in Sudan to revive peace talks to serve with a beard, tur­ funds for abortions. For ban and unshorn hair, mak­ decades, the former Vice­ KHARTOUM Ethiopia’s Prime Minister ing him the first active­duty President supported the Abiy Ahmed arrived in airman to be granted such a controversial provision Khartoum on Friday seeking religious accommodation. that many in his party are to revive talks between Harpreetinder Singh Baj­ now aiming to overturn. Sudan’s ruling generals and wa, who joined the Air The 40­year­old Hyde protest leaders as heavily Force in 2017 and is current­ Amendment makes it ille­ armed paramilitaries ly positioned as a crew chief gal for U.S. tax dollars to be remained deployed after a at Washington’s McChord spent on abortions except deadly crackdown, leaving Air Force Base, was unable Harpreetinder Singh Bajwa in rare cases when a preg­ residents in terror. The talks to follow the practice due to nancy endangers the life of mission came after the the military branch’s and I will be forever grateful the mother, or when the African Union suspended grooming and dress codes. for this opportunity,” he pregnancy results from Sudan on Thursday. AFP The Air Force granted said. rape or incest. him an accommodation af­ In 2016, Captain Simrat­ “Women’s rights and Iran rejects French call for wider talks ter Mr. Bajwa gained repre­ pal Singh, a decorated Sikh­ health care are under as­ sentation from the Sikh American officer and com­ sault in a way that seeks to DUBAI Iran rejected French calls for American Veterans Alliance, bat veteran, received a long­ roll back every step of pro­ wider international talks over and the American Civil Li­ term religious accommoda­ gress we’ve made over the its nuclear and military berties Union (ACLU), NBC tion from the U.S. Army to last 50 years,” Mr. Biden ambitions, saying on Friday it news reported. serve with long hair, a tweeted. would only discuss the 2015 “I’m overjoyed that the beard, and turban. The Ar­ “If I believe health care atomic pact with world Air Force has granted my re­ my updated its regulations is a right, as I do, I can no powers, state TV reported. ligious accommodation,” the following year, directing longer support an amend­ Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it said Mr. Bajwa. “Today, I commanders to allow ac­ ment that makes that right would not hold any talks feel that my country has em­ commodations for obser­ dependent on someone’s beyond the pact. Reuters braced my Sikh heritage, vant Sikhs. zip code.” CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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market watch 07-06-2019 % CHANGE SEBI, MCA sign pact for more data scrutiny Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd ddddddddddddddd RBI revises stressed 39,616 0.22 US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 69.46 ddddddddddddd-0.25 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 33,420 ddddddddddddd-0.20 MoU to enable seamless sharing of data to carry out investigation, prosecution Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 62.44 ddddddddddddddd2.96 asset resolution norms SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the regulator and the MCA MUMBAI on an automatic and regular NIFTY 50 Introduces ‘review period’ of 30 days to recognise default The Securities and Exchange basis, while enabling sharing PRICE CHANGE Board of India (SEBI) and the of specific information such

Adani Ports...... 425.20...... -1.10 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Ministry of Corporate Affairs as details of suspended com­ Mumbai Asian Paints...... 1418.35...... -10.20 (MCA) signed a memoran­ panies, delisted firms, share­ Axis Bank ...... 804.00...... -3.70 After the Supreme Court Bajaj Auto ...... 2961.40...... -30.25 dum of understanding holding pattern from the SE­ Bajaj Finserv...... 8202.35...... 77.15 struck down the controver­ (MoU) to facilitate seamless BI and financial statements Bajaj Finance ...... 3509.45...... 56.50 sial February 12, 2018 circu­ sharing of data and informa­ filed with the Registrar by Bharti Airtel ...... 357.10...... 3.30 lar of Reserve Bank of India BPCL...... 403.00...... 5.95 tion for carrying out scruti­ corporates, returns of allot­ Britannia Ind ...... 2899.30...... -2.05 (RBI) on stressed asset reso­ ny, inspection, investigation ment of shares and audit re­ Cipla ...... 549.50...... -10.30 lution, the banking regulator and prosecution. ports relating to corporates. Coal India ...... 265.55...... -3.60 on Friday released revised Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2580.70...... -76.60 This assumes significance The MoU will ensure that Eicher Motors...... 19997.75...... -86.05 set of norms which are sub­ as the MCA has the database both the MCA and the SEBI GAIL (India)...... 313.85...... -2.45 stantially less stringent from of all registered firms while Target in sight: A steering group will meet periodically to have seamless linkage for Grasim Ind ...... 871.45...... 1.90 * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK HCL Tech...... 1079.60...... 0.40 the previous one. SEBI only regulates listed en­ review the data exchange status. regulatory purposes and in HDFC ...... 2210.85...... 27.40 In particular, neither tities that may have unlisted addition to regular exchange HDFC Bank...... 2447.65...... 24.30 there is a mandate to start re­ subsidiaries, with the MCA nomy. As the private sector of data between the capital of data, the two will also ex­ Hero MotoCorp ...... 2762.80...... -25.95

Hindalco ...... 194.80...... -0.05 solution which results in having access to all the data plays an increasingly vital markets regulator Ministry change with each other, on Hind Unilever ...... 1830.75...... -7.00 higher provisioning if there of such unlisted entities. role in economic growth, the and, in many cases, the regu­ request, any available infor­ Indiabulls HFL ...... 731.10...... -4.70 is a single day default nor a need for a robust corporate lator has also sent its orders mation for scrutiny, inspec­ ICICI Bank ...... 416.60...... 5.05

IndusInd Bank ...... 1552.20...... 29.55 mandate for initiating insol­ ‘Backdrop of frauds’ governance mechanism be­ against various entities to tion, investigation and Bharti Infratel ...... 279.65...... 6.15 vency proceeding if resolu­ “The MoU comes in the comes the need of the hour,” the MCA for further action. prosecution. Infosys ...... 739.10...... 3.50 tion plan is not implemented If the RP is to be imple­ and another 15% if the plan is wake of increasing need for said a statement issued by According to the SEBI A Data Exchange Steering Indian OilCorp...... 163.80...... 0.25

ITC ...... 275.25...... -0.50 for large accounts within a mented, lenders have been not implemented within 365 surveillance in the context of the SEBI on Friday. statement, the MoU will fa­ Group will meet periodically JSW Steel...... 262.40...... -4.30 time frame. However, the asked to enter into an inter­ days from the start of the re­ corporate frauds affecting Incidentally, there is al­ cilitate the sharing of data to review the data exchange Kotak Bank ...... 1511.80...... -2.45 RBI has sought to nudge creditor agreement (ICA), view period. important sectors of the eco­ ready a protocol of sharing and information between status. L&T...... 1513.85...... -2.05

M&M ...... 644.05...... 9.95 banks towards the insolven­ within the review period, to The additional provisions Maruti Suzuki ...... 6948.25...... -40.45 cy courts by introducing a provide for ground rules for would be reversed if resolu­ NTPC ...... 135.15...... -1.40 disincentive in the form of finalisation and implementa­ tion is pursued under Insol­ ONGC ...... 167.50...... -1.90 PowerGrid Corp ...... 191.75...... -3.70 additional provisions for de­ tion of the RP. vency and Bankruptcy Code RBI raps Kotak bank for DHFL repays over Reliance Ind ...... 1314.90...... -12.45 layed resolution. “The ICA shall provide (IBC). State Bank ...... 342.05...... 5.15 At the same time, the cen­ that any decision agreed by Half of the additional pro­ Sun Pharma ...... 399.25...... -4.90 Tata Motors ...... 169.50...... -0.20 tral bank said it would issue lenders representing 75% by visions could be reversed on veil over promoter data ₹350 crore to investors Tata Steel ...... 482.10...... -2.50 directions to banks for initia­ value of total outstanding filing of insolvency applica­ TCS ...... 2181.75...... 15.65 tion of insolvency proceed­ credit facilities (fund­based tion and the remaining addi­ Tech Mahindra ...... 750.75...... 12.75 Fines private sector lender ₹2 crore Includes ₹100 cr. repayment for CPs Titan ...... 1268.95...... -0.50 ings against borrowers for as well as non­fund based) tional provisions may be re­ UltraTech Cement...... 4572.85...... 1.65 specific defaults ‘so that the and 60% of lenders by num­ versed once case is admitted SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT “Subsequently, the bank Special Correspondent Meanwhile, UTI Mutual UPL...... 1019.45...... 7.25 momentum towards effec­ ber shall be binding upon all for insolvency proceedings. Mumbai Mumbai Vedanta ...... 164.20...... 1.10 was directed to convey its Fund on Friday said it had Wipro ...... 295.05...... 3.55 tive resolution remains the lenders,” the circular “Incentives to reverse Amid a legal battle between commitment to achieve the Mortgage lender Dewan written off its entire expo­ YES Bank...... 139.90...... -3.50 uncompromised.’ said. The RP will have to im­ 50% of these provisions Kotak Mahindra Bank and dilution as per the timelines Housing Finance Corpora­ sure to the securities of Zee Entertainment ...... 340.20...... -0.85 The new circular asked plemented within 180 days upon reference under IBC the Reserve Bank of India stipulated. However, the tion Ltd. has paid over ₹350 DHFL. lenders to undertake a pri­ from the end of review pe­ will incentivise lenders to (RBI) over the former’s pro­ bank failed to comply with crore to different investors, “UTI MF anticipates that ma facie review of the bor­ riod, RBI said. refer such stressed cases to EXCHANGE RATES moter stake dilution, the the said directions and a including ₹100 crore to in­ there would be enhanced Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit rower account within 30 The review period shall IBC for faster resolution,” central bank has now notice was issued to the vestors of commercial pap­ pressure and legal action on except yen at 4 p.m. on June 07 days from a default, which is commence not later than the says Karthik Srinivasan, slapped a penalty of ₹2 bank advising it to show er (CP). The CP was due for DHFL from all creditors, in­ CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL termed as “review period.” date of the this circular for group head, financial sector crore on the private sector cause as to why penalty repayment on Friday. cluding exercise of early re­ US Dollar...... 69.27...... 69.59 During this review period, loans above ₹2000 crore; Ja­ ratings ICRA, who thinks the lender for not disclosing in­ should not be imposed for DHFL sources said some demption clause and legal Euro ...... 78.08...... 78.44

British Pound...... 88.05...... 88.47 lenders may decide on the nuary 1 ,2020 for loans overall framework is positive formation on promoter sha­ non­compliance with the interest payments have also options by various lenders. Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 63.85...... 64.14 resolution strategy, includ­ above ₹1,500 crore to and will continue to incentiv­ reholding. said directions,” it added. been made to investors of This is expected to further Chinese Yuan ...... 10.03...... 10.08 ing the nature of the resolu­ ₹2,000 crore. ise banks for accelerated re­ “The bank was directed Last year, the lender non­convertible debentures delay the recovery efforts of Swiss Franc ...... 69.78...... 70.11

Singapore Dollar ...... 50.67...... 50.92 tion plan (RP), the approach For loans less than ₹1,500 solution of stressed assets. by the RBI to furnish infor­ moved the Bombay High (NCDs), which were due ear­ the company in disposal of Canadian Dollar...... 51.84...... 52.09 for implementation of the crore, the reference date Debt recast tools like cor­ mation about details of the Court after RBI rejected its lier this week, but were de­ its assets in an orderly man­ Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.64...... 16.74 RP etc. would be announced later. porate debt restructuring shareholding held by its bid to reduce promoter sha­ layed. ner,” UTI MF said in a Source:Indian Bank There is a disincentive for scheme and strategic debt promoters and to submit de­ reholding by issuing prefe­ The company still had se­ release. Legal proceedings banks if they delay imple­ restructuring scheme are tails of the proposed course rence shares. The bank was ven working days to make The fund house said it has “The lenders may also menting a viable resolution withdrawn. Apart from of action/plans/strategy of supposed to lower promo­ the payment to avoid de­ “increased the markdown BULLION RATES CHENNAI choose to initiate legal pro­ plan. In case the plan is not banks, these new norms are the bank for complying with ter stake to 20%, from about fault. DHFL, which is facing to DHFL debt securities June 07 rates in rupees with previous ceedings for insolvency or implemented within 180 also applicable for non­bank­ the permitted timeline for 30%, by Dec 31, 2018 and to cash crunch after bank from 75% to 100% in the rates in parentheses recovery,” the circular, days from the end of review ing financial companies, dilution of promoter share­ 15% by March 31, 2020. The loans became expensive, is schemes which has an expo­ Retail Silver (1g) ...... 40.1...... (39.6) which comes into effect im­ period, banks have to make small finance banks and oth­ holding,” the banking regu­ court is yet to pronounce its selling loans to other len­ sure to DHFL.” 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3123...... (3097) mediately, said. additional provision of 20% er financial institutions. lator said. judgment on the issue. ders to generate resources. (With PTI inputs) Goyal seeks ‘International airlines can be $25 bn credit for exports given Jet’s foreign traffic rights’

Press Trust of India New Delhi Till now, domestic carriers have been earmarked the rights Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said JAGRITI CHANDRA the economic opportunity. NEW DELHI on Friday that the RBI had Because, I think if you have been asked to extend $25 International airlines should more players, prices come billion (₹1,73,150 crore) line be given Jet Airways’ foreign down,” Mr. Puri said at an of credit (LoC) for exports traffic rights, if domestic car­ event. and ensure that exporters riers do not have planes to get funds at interest rates deploy on international Capacity challenge not exceeding 2% above routes, Minister of State for Indian airlines are faced LIBOR. Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh with the challenge of ramp­ The Minister was speak­ Puri said on Friday. ing up capacity for acquiring ing at a meeting to look in­ The statement comes at a Jet Airways slots at domestic to the issues pertaining to time when the Ministry of Ci­ airports, while there is also a export credit sector. vil Aviation has constituted a huge opportunity in terms of “Goyal put forth the pro­ committee to re­allocate Jet availability of the belea­ posal to make credit in fo­ Airways’ foreign traffic Hardeep Singh Puri guered airline's foreign reign currency available to rights to various airlines. rights. exporters at London Inter­ The position of the govern­ domestically, has led to a The Minister, however, bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) ment so far is that these sharp rise in airfares. added that he was just ex­ plus maximum 200 basis were ‘earmarked’ for dom­ “I personally believe that pressing his opinion on the points and directed RBI, estic carriers. we should not be restrictive matter. Traffic rights refer to ECGC and other banks to The shutdown of Jet Air­ in terms of number of seats allocated by a country work out the modalities to ways, which had the largest flights, etc. because if you to its airlines for operating to make it possible,” a com­ market share among all In­ have the capacity domesti­ another country as per their merce ministry statement dian airlines on foreign cally utilise it, otherwise bilateral air service said. routes and second largest don’t deprive ourselves of agreement. With Jet out of skies, sector may fly into profit CAPA flips estimate from loss­making scenario to $500­$700 mn profit for FY20

Lalatendu Mishra barrel and the U.S. dollar the international market. As MUMBAI trading at ₹70­72, and are a result Indian carriers will The exit of Jet Airways from subject to airlines maintain­ increase their focus over­ the civil aviation scene has ing pricing discipline,” CAPA seas. Indian LCCs are expect­ changed the outlook of the said. ed to deploy 40 additional airline sector from negative Most of the domestic ca­ narrow bodies (planes) on to positive, according to an pacity lost as a result of Jet’s regional international routes aviation consulting firm. closure would be restored by in FY2020,” it said. In its latest forecast, the the end of the Q2. Prior to operations being Centre for Asia Pacific Avia­ “Domestic traffic growth impacted, Jet Airways ac­ tion (CAPA) revised its FY20 will be muted, with full­year counted for 13.8% of domes­ profitability outlook from a traffic growth expected to be tic and 12.3% of international consolidated loss of $550­ below 5% year on­year. This seats across India. $700 million to a profit of will largely be as a result of For the international sec­ $500­$700 million for the GoAir will make profit, AirA­ growth picking up from Q3, tors, Jet had a market share sector. sia India and Vistara could with traffic expanding by of 28.5% from Mumbai and “India’s leading airlines be close to break­even for 5­8% in the second half. 14.5% from the Delhi airport. are expected to report re­ the first time since they The high double­digit So, with Jet out of the pic­ cord profits, while Air India launched operations over growth rates observed dur­ ture, the trunk route of Delhi could break even at a net le­ five years ago. ing the last five years are un­ and Mumbai had seen a ca­ vel. Low cost carriers are likely to return for the fore­ pacity drop of 23% while likely to report a combined AI may break even seeable future,”it said. eight international routes profit of $500­$700 million, Air India could break­even International traffic is like­ had seen double­digit of which IndiGo alone could (or have a small loss) at a net ly to be flat at best, and could growth as Jet was a dominant account for $400­$500 mil­ level for the first time in over show a slight decline of up to player in these sectors. lion,” CAPA said in its Q1 a decade, it added. 5%. Growth is expected to In the Mumbai­London Outlook. “The above projections resume from FY21. “Jet’s clo­ sector, Jet had a market It said while SpiceJet and are assuming oil at $70­$75/ sure leaves a notable gap in share of 57.3%. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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IN BRIEF Nippon Life’s L&T’s open offer for Paint sector sees demand boost open offer for Softer raw materials prices may help raise margins, says Indian Paint Association 22.49% stake Mindtree from June 17 Special Correspondent Chakrabarti, executive direc­ in RNAM Infra firm to offer ₹980 per share KOLKATA tor — technology optimisa­ The two Cabinet committees tion lead, PwC, said that the Press Trust of India Special Correspondent <> L&T has been set up by the new govern­ industry needed to under­ New Delhi Bengaluru raising stake in ment at the Centre to give stand the importance of Nippon Life Company on Infrastructure major Larsen Mindtree since impetus to employment and adopting a digital strategy Friday announced an open & Toubro’s (L&T) open offer buying 21.32% from ITC to open super growth are expected to beyond hosting a website offer to acquire nearly to buy shares from indivi­ Siddhartha, CCD luxury hotel in Kolkata boost the Indian paint indus­ and an app. 22.49% stake in Reliance dual shareholders of IT firm KOLKATA try, said Abhijit Roy, the out­ Nippon Life Asset Manage­ Mindtree will commence on ITC will inaugurate its second going chairman of the Indian ‘62% rise in profitability’ ment (RNAM) for ₹3,179 June 17. former was awaiting clea­ super luxury hotel, ITC Royal Paint Association. “If you are innovative with crore under a deal with Re­ In a stock exchange filing rance from the SEBI. Bengal, next week. The “The outlook is good and your process, production on Friday, the companysaid L&T had been steadily in­ launch will be done by West liance Capital which is exit­ margins too may improve and manpower, then it is the open offer was at ₹980 creasing its shareholding in Bengal Chief Minister ing the mutual fund this year on account of softer possible to enhance your per share. Mindtree after it bought Mamata Banerjee. This business. raw material prices,” Mr. Roy The Centre’s actions to spur jobs, growth will give an impetus profitability by around 62%,” property has come up beside Nippon will acquire up The shares of the Benga­ 21.32% stake from coffee ba­ to the paint industry, says Abhijit Roy. * ASHOKE CHAKRABARTY ITC Sonar with the two said at a press meet. Mr. Chakrabarti said. to 13.82 crore shares of luru­based mid­sized IT firm ron V.G. Siddhartha and hotels connected by a “While employment Commander Manoj Kr RNAM at ₹230 per share, closed at ₹969 apiece on the Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) in walkway. The new hotel has growth will boost demand, pressure due to high oil pric­ ing [for] second half recov­ Gupta (retired) of Garden according to RNAM’s draft, BSE on Friday. mid­March. Since then, the 374 rooms and suites and 82 economic growth has a di­ es and the rupee volatility. ery for the automobile Reach Shipbuilders Ltd. said filed with the SEBI. The L&T had offered to buy infrastructure firm had serviced apartments, rect impact on the paint in­ Mr. Roy said that while [paint] industry,” he said. that there was a sustained transaction is to be paid for up to 5.13 crore shares, or been actively picking up according to a sales pitch dustry,” he added. there was scope for opti­ The organised sector demand for paints for war­ in cash for a consideration 31% stake in Mindtree. multiple batches of Mind­ launch for the property. The mism in the decorative and paint industry accounts for ships as the Navy was ex­ of ₹3,179.41 crore. In May, L&T had proposed to buy tree shares from the open new hotel in Kolkata is a part Value, volume growth protective paints segment, 70% of the ₹50,000­crore in­ panding its fleet. Reliance Capital had said it additional stake in Mindtree market to increase its grip of ITC’s expansion plans. During 2018­19, the paint in­ there was some concern dustry, while the rest is ac­ There was demand for an­ would exit the mutual fund through an open offer sche­ on the acquisition target. dustry grew 15% by value about the automotive paint counted for by the unorgan­ ti­corrosive paints as also for business, via a stake sale in duled between May 14 and L&T is eyeing up to 66% ‘Student housing gets and 12% by volume. Howev­ sector in the first half of the ised segment. Earlier at a painting new import substi­ RNAM to Nippon Life May 27. However, it was de­ stake in Mindtree for about $100 mn investment’ er, margins came under financial year. “We are hop­ public session, Dipankar tute items. Insurance. layed by three weeks as the ₹10,800 crore. NEW DELHI The student housing market received an investment of $100 million last year, but Promoters the sector has the potential Roca unveils cPVC pipes in Chennai Propose to source more to attract $50 billion to meet sell 14% in the demand­supply gap of 8 million beds, said property To roll out product in southern States and later, nationally Indiabulls real desalinated water, says Sterlite consultant Knight Frank. Special Correspondent “The purpose­built student On Friday, Roca launched CHENNAI estate arm accommodation market in cPVC pipes in Chennai. South Ganga Water Tech supplies water to T.N. plant India is in infancy, despite the Spanish sanitaryware maker “Chennai market accounts K.T. Jagannathan country boasting one of the Roca is targeting to capture for ₹150 crore. We aim to Press Trust of India ter supply infrastructure is New Delhi CHENNAI largest populations of 30% market share for cPVC garner 30% of it (about ₹50 installed and operated by undergraduate students in (chlorinated polyvinyl chlo­ crore) in two years. This will Indiabulls Real Estate pro­ Vedanta Ltd. has proposed the TWAD board. the world,” it added. PTI ride) pipes in Tamil Nadu, be followed by entry into moters have sold 14% stake to step up the quantum of Also, Sterlite has a con­ said a top official. other southern States and in open market transac­ desalinated water sourced tract with SIPCOT for water Germany’s Refu, Bharat “We introduced the Par­ rolling it out nationally,” he tions to Embassy Group for from South Ganga Water supply for industrial con­ Forge in JV for EV parts ryware cPVC pipes for hou­ said. ₹950 crore, as part of the Technologies (P) Limited sumption. The firm supplies NEW DELHI sehold plumbing pipe offer­ On investments, he said group’s strategy to focus on (SGWT) for its Sterlite Cop­ water to all industries within Auto components major ings in Madurai and since manufacturing was financial services and exit per unit at Thoothukudi. the SIPCOT complex in Bharat Forge on Friday said it Thoothukudi areas during outsourced, the investment from the realty business. Thoothukudi has a lone Thoothukudi. SIPCOT has a has formed a joint venture December 2018,” said K.E. K.E. Ranganathan was not significant. Promoters have around desalination plant, which is water purchase pact with with Germany’s Refu 39% stake in Indiabulls operated by SGWT. The unit SGWT,” said an official of the TWAD which enables the Electronik GmbH for the Ranganathan, MD, Roca During 2018, Roca development and Bathroom Products. full year,” Mr. Ranganathan clocked a revenue of ₹1,100 Real Estate, of which 14%, started with an installed ca­ company. The Tamil Nadu former to ensure supply to manufacture of electric “Initially, the response said. crore and this year, it hopes or over 6.3 crore shares, pacity of 3 million litres per Water Supply and Drainage firms in the area for indus­ vehicle (EV) components was poor as we had offered to touch ₹1,300 crore. was offloaded in a bulk day (MLD) in 2013­14 and ex­ Board (TWAD) is responsible trial use. “Although the sanc­ with an investment of €11.35 only four stock­keeping un­ Garners 10% share “We have been growing at deal on Friday. Indiabulls panded to 7 MLD. for drawing water from local tioned quantity by SIPCOT million (about ₹89 crore). its (SKUs) as part of bath­ In the last four months, Roca 20% year­on­year. Going by Group is looking to exit the The unit has been supply­ river sources and allocating to Sterlite Copper was 3.5 The JV will be into room solutions. Based on garnered 10% market share the growth rate, we might real estate business to get ing desalinated water to Ster­ it for various applications million gallons per day developing, manufacturing the feedback, we doubled in Madurai. This was fol­ clock ₹650 crore in the first regulatory approvals for lite Copper since 2013­14. such as domestic consump­ (MGD), its actual consump­ and selling of on­board the number of SKUs and the lowed by introducing the six months of the current ca­ the proposed merger of In­ “We aim to significantly in­ tion, agriculture, utilities tion never exceeded 2.5 controllers and components, sales picked up. Today, we product in Tiruchirapalli lendar year,” Mr. Ranganath­ diabulls Housing Finance crease the quantum of desal­ and industries in Thoothu­ MGD,” the Sterlite official Bharat Forge said. PTI have orders booked for the and Coimbatore. an said. with Lakshmi Vilas Bank. inated water sourced from kudi region. The entire wa­ claimed.

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THE HINDU DELHI SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Hitman shows he is good at the waiting game too It’s time for the other Indian batsmen to join the party, following the sound start provided by Rohit

Southampton, the opener re­ vealed that he does possess patience too in abundance. Rain mars practice The pursuit wasn’t easy, the rival fast bowlers were Special Correspondent weather threw a spanner probing around off­stump London into the squad’s plans to and Kagiso Rabada and Chris The Indian team woke up train at the Oval and, Morris used the bouncer to to a wet Friday at consequently, the telling effect. Rohit played London. scheduled practice and missed a few, tried to The rain, largely a session in the morning hook some and edged but, persistent drizzle, was cancelled. K.C. Vijaya Kumar importantly for India, he continued unabated well India will take on London stayed at the crease. This into the afternoon before Australia here on Sunday Cast in the blue shade, Rohit wasn’t about being a pretty the sun peeped out at but rains have been Sharma seems a different picture, it was all about last­ 2.30 p.m. The inclement forecast for the weekend. persona. His luminous talent ing the course. was never in doubt but the The result was an out­ same potential was never ful­ standing 122 spread over 144 Rohit, who first turned out commence a fruitful chase. ly harnessed in Tests. deliveries, and studded with for India in 2007, is among Importantly, the pressure But throw him into an 13 fours and two sixes. This the squad’s senior profes­ on Kohli, the batsman, will ODI, allow a fast bowler to seemed more like a Test sionals and his ton against diminish if the rest of the cast steam in or a spinner to am­ hundred in the way it was the Proteas will help India contribute handsomely. ble down and just watch Ro­ constructed and it turned step in with an extra zing in Rohit has made a start and hit transform. There is assu­ out to be a match­winning ef­ the games ahead. It is a good it is time for the others to join rance in his gait and a fort during which he shared trend to nurse especially for the party. nonchalance to the way he partnerships ranging from a batsman who was not Finally, the hit­man has plays his strokes all over the the small to the significantly picked for the 2011 World shown that there is joy too in park. It is no surprise that he larger ones with diverse Cup squad and had to subse­ the forward­defensive shot has lorded over the format partners like Virat Kohli, K.L. quently fight his way back in­ even in the nerve­jangling and has even struck three Rahul and M.S. Dhoni. to the unit. arena of ODIs. double hundreds! Rohit kept the scoreboard He is also part of a feared Rohit the sixth­gear enfor­

ticking over, and when the New dimension: The zen monk-like version of Rohit Sharma did the job for India in its opener against the Proteas. * AP opening combine with Shik­ cer is a known entity. But this Second skin opportunity presented itself, har Dhawan. zen monk­like version of his Dominance is his obvious se­ clattered his fours and the run­rate under check. hundred. “I think in my opi­ point of view. again and play in a calm man­ The latter too needs to can also be of equal service cond skin but, on Wednesday odd six. There was game­aware­ nion this is by far his best ODI “And then I know, as a bat­ ner. A lot of times batsmen click and once this duo when the pitches display as India buckled down to Though he was watchful, ness and fierce focus, and an innings because of the kind sman, when you go in and a tend to hit their way out of prospers in the first Power­ some life and the bowlers chase South Africa’s 227 at never was he bogged down excited Kohli later termed it of pressure the first game few balls bounce like that, it’s the situation. But he was very Play, India will have a base to smell a wicket. India will not the Hampshire Bowl in and that kept the required as Rohit’s finest ever ODI brings from a World Cup not easy to gather yourself composed,” Kohli said. launch into a huge score or complain. Pakistan, Sri Lanka split points after wash out Brathwaite questions

Press Trust of India Bristol umpiring decisions Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was left frustrated af­ Agence France-Presse quick dismissed Gayle for 21. ter Friday’s World Cup Nottingham Brathwaite accepted Gaf­ match against Sri Lanka was Carlos Brathwaite said the faney and Sri Lanka’s Ruchi­ abandoned without a ball be­ West Indies were on the ra Palliyaguruge were doing ing bowled following persis­ wrong end of too much poor their best, but he made no tent rain in Bristol. umpiring following a 15­run attempt to hide his an­ The game was was even­ World Cup defeat by cham­ noyance after the West In­ tually called off in the after­ pion Australia as Michael dies fell short chasing a tar­ noon, with both teams being Holding slammed an “atro­ get of 289 in Nottingham. awarded a point. cious” display by the match “I don’t know if I’ll be

It is the first match at the officials. Carlos Braithwaite * AFP fined for saying it but I just World Cup in England and West Indies opener Chris think that the umpiring was Wales to be abandoned with­ Gayle and captain Jason Hol­ dicated by the third umpire. a bit frustrating,” Brathwaite out a result. der were both twice given The side’s mood was not told reporters. Both teams now have out on the field at Trent helped when standing um­ “Even when we were three points, with one win Bridge on Thursday but, on pire Chris Gaffaney missed a bowling we thought a few and a loss apiece. both sets of occasions, saw Mitchell Starc no­ball the de­ balls close to head height After a couple of inspec­ their decision to review vin­ livery before the left­arm were called wides. tions, umpires Nigel Llong “And obviously three de­ and Ian Gould decided to call cisions...as far as I can re­ off the game at 3:46 p.m. lo­ member being dodgy, it was cal time. frustrating and sent ripples The sky was still cloudy through the dressing room,” when the final inspection the all­rounder added. was held, keeping in mind a “To lose Chris in a chase 20­over­a­side game. of 280, who can probably get It was a blow to Pakistan’s 180 of them himself obvious­ bid to reach the semifinals Dull sight: Persistent rain ensured that the Pakistan-Sri Lanka match was a non-starter. * AFP ly, broke the start that we and Sarfaraz said: “As a team wanted to have. But the um­ we really wanted to play this Australia. Like other teams Indies by seven wickets at 34­run win against Afghanis­ pires do their job, they try to match, especially after gain­ in the tournament they are Trent Bridge before beating tan in a rain­affected game. do it to the best of their abil­ ing momentum with the win also a tough opponent and England by 14 runs at the Sarfaraz remains confi­ ity, we as players go out against England. It is unfor­ they also have momentum as same venue on Monday. dent Pakistan can still push there to do our job as well, tunate that we were not able they have won their first two Sri Lanka crashed to a 10­ for a last­four place in the 10­ so there was no confronta­ to play. matches.” wicket defeat against New team tournament despite the tion between the players “Our next match is against Pakistan lost to the West Zealand before pulling off a Sri Lanka washout. and the umpires.” England keen to be back on track Kiwis ready to counter Afghan spin: Taylor

Won’t panic, says captain Morgan ahead of Bangladesh clash Agence France-Presse factor for us if we’re going to rest of the World Cup is a Friday. “Shahzad is a great Taunton feature in this tournament,” major blow to his side’s player for Afghanistan. He PREVIEWS gland would not change Ross Taylor insists New Zea­ said Taylor. “I think he’s hopes of upsetting the odds did a lot. I'm also upset for their aggressive approach in land is ready for a trial by creating pressure for the guy in the tournament. him ­­ the last two, three Saturday’s match in Cardiff. spin against Afghanistan on at the other end (to take “Obviously it’s a big loss weeks he's been struggling Agence France-Presse Cardiff England’s tactics have Saturday as it looks to keep wickets),” he added. for our side,” Naib said on with his knee. been based on fearless at­ its winning momentum go­ Afghanistan, which is Eoin Morgan says England tacking from their powerful ing in the World Cup. playing just its second 50­ov­ will not panic as it attempts batsmen and they are also New Zealand, which was er World Cup, has lost its to get its World Cup cam­ aggressive as a bowling unit, finalist in the 2015 edition, two games in the tourna­ paign back on track against boasting the pace of Jofra has relied on its paceman to ment so far but not without Bangladesh following its Archer and Mark Wood. get favourable results, but a fight. chastening defeat against “All we talked about is Taylor believes tackling spin Leg­spinner Rashid Khan Pakistan. sticking to what we do well, will be key against the Asian leads the charge with Mo­ The hosts started its bid to looking at our strengths,” he we counter that with? Mark Wood for Liam Plun­ minnows at Taunton. hammed Nabi, who re­ win its first­ever World Cup said in his pre­match press “Everything comes back kett. Conditions are expect­ turned figures of 4­30 with with a comprehensive 104­ conference in the Welsh cap­ to focusing on ourselves, ed to be more seamer­friend­ Lot of spin his off spin in their previous run victory against South ital on Friday. how we win games of cricket ly in Wales, meaning “I think against Afghanistan, loss against Sri Lanka. Africa before it stumbled in “Previous to the tourna­ and get the best out of Plunkett could return in they have a lot of spin there, But it’s the batting that the second game, losing by ment starting we talked ourselves.” place of a spinner. so something to factor in,” has let them down as they 14 runs. about losing games — how England rotated its attack “We’ll see another day said Taylor, who has record­ were dismissed for 152 in Captain Morgan said En­ would we react? What would at Trent Bridge, bringing in where the wicket is under ed three 40 plus scores in their revised chase of 187 in covers,” Morgan said. “The his last four ODI innings. a rain­hit game Cardiff on pitches here have been a bit “But two from two, that Tuesday. greener and more seamer­ was what we wanted to do friendly so that’s a potential and we were able to do it.” Shahzad out of WC (option), yeah.” Taylor beloves that Fergu­ Wicketkeeper­batsman Bangladesh, which has son, with his express pace, Shahzad was ruled out on beaten England at the past is the key man for the Black Thursday after suffering a two World Cups, is in a simi­ Caps. “Lockie, he just gives recurrence of a nagging lar position to England, hav­ you that X­factor. Obviously knee injury. ing followed a win over our fastest bowler. Naib admitted losing Mo­ South Africa with a loss to “He is going to be a key hammad Shahzad for the New Zealand “It is going to be a difficult game, they’re a good side. I think people underestimate them but we certainly don’t,” Morgan said. “Their senior players es­ pecially have played a lot of games, more so than our se­ nior players. They are a Key strength: England captain Eoin Morgan said his team’s tactics have been based on threat but hopefully we can Main threat: New Zealand has to thwart Rashid Khan & Co. in attacking batting and aggressive bowling. * GARETH COPLEY/GETTY IMAGES play well and overcome it.” order to come up trumps. * ALEX DAVIDSON/GETTY IMAGES

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Nadal’s masterclass too good for Federer Easy to get carried Defending champion hands out the Swiss his worst Grand Slam defeat in 11 years; Djokovic-Thiem match suspended away, says Gill ROLAND GARROS THE RESULTS Shreedutta Chidananda math of India’s victory in Belagavi the 2018 U­19 World Cup, Reuters Earlier this year, when there was predictably a cla­ PARIS Semifinals: Men: 2­Rafael Shubman Gill joined up with mour to fast­track Gill and Nadal (Esp) bt 3­Roger Federer Before this French Open (Sui) 6­3, 6­4, 6­2. the Indian senior team in Prithvi Shaw — two of the semifinal match­up it had Women: 8­Ashleigh Barty (Aus) New Zealand, Virat Kohli tournament’s stars — into been all about the dizzying bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6­7 was asked what he thought the senior team. But Gill numbers and statistics, but (4), 6­3, 6­3; Marketa Von­ of the teenager. “Shubman says his focus has always once great foes Roger Feder­ drousova (Cze) bt 26­Johanna is a very exciting talent,” he been on the present. er and Rafa Nadal stepped on Konta (GBr) 7­5, 7­6(2). said. “I saw him bat in the “You have to be patient. to Court Philippe Chatrier, nets and I was like, wow I You don’t get picked after all that mattered was both was not even 10 per cent of one good performance. You men’s preternatural ability that when I was 19.” have to keep doing it season to strike a small yellow ball. Gill smiles when remind­ after season. I’m well aware On Friday, it was Nadal’s ed of the Indian captain’s of the fact that not everyone swinging, looping, whip­ praise for him. “It makes who does well at U19 level is crack style which prevailed you feel really good but I guaranteed to do well at the over Federer’s finesse and think he was being very senior level.” near­perfect timing as he generous, really kind with It is easy, Gill admits, to reached his 12th Roland Gar­ his words,” he says, on the get carried away by all the ros final 6­3, 6­4, 6­2. eve of India­A’s second one­ fame and attention. “How The Spaniard had never day match against Sri Lan­ much time does it take to lost to Federer in their five ka­A at the KSCA Stadium lose your way? It takes years previous French Open meet­ here. to develop good habits and ings, but hadn’t beaten the Gill endured a difficult se­ only a fraction of a second Swiss in their last five match­ nior debut on that New Zea­ to go off­track. Credit goes to es overall, a run stretching land tour, making scores of my parents for how they back five years. “So it’s just really hard to nine and seven in the two have brought me up. It’s ea­ Something had to give. Thriving on attack: Rafael Nadal’s swinging, looping, whip­crack style prevailed over Federer’s finesse and near­perfect timing in find holes, especially in the ODIs he played. But that sy to get off­balance, but you But for all the anticipation, in the much­anticipated last­four clash on Friday. * REUTERS wind, if you’re trying to hit call­up, as a short­term re­ have to keep working hard,” the event it was Federer’s through the ball, which is placement for K.L. Rahul, he says. winning streak that gave way one­sided Grand Slam tri­ He’s probably the best player derer wistfully reflected, the stuff? I think that was basi­ really difficult, actually.” was a sign that he was in the Last season, Gill aggregat­ with no little brutality. umph over Federer since in history, it’s a great plea­ gusts probably knocked the cally the story of the first set, selectors’ thoughts. ed 728 runs for Punjab in Later, top seed Novak Djo­ beating him 6­1, 6­3, 6­0 here sure to play with him.” wind out of his game more more or less. “It was a great feeling to the Ranji Trophy, with a top kovic’s semifinal clash with Suiting his style in 2008. “I don’t find any The wind barely dropped than Nadal’s. “Holding serve against the represent the country,” he score of 268 against Tamil Dominic Thiem was halted Simply put, the swirling, gus­ sparring partners... playing all match with both players “It was incredibly windy,” wind with Rafa’s quality on says. “I wasn’t expecting the Nadu. He is hungry for big for the day in the third set ty winds inside Court Phi­ like Federer. There are no buffeted throughout, and Federer said. “So you’re try­ the return is just really hard, call but I had had a good runs in first­class cricket, he due to deteriorating weather lippe Chatrier far better suit­ two people like Federer on rubbing grit from their eyes ing to see how much can you you know? He barely misses Ranji Trophy season, so I states. conditions. ed the Spaniard’s style which this planet. Luckily, actual­ from time to time. do or can you not do? Are any. And then when he’s in wasn’t really surprised. “When I was growing up, has more safety built in, his ly,” Nadal said. you playing flatter or with the rally, he plays with great The Austrian fourth seed Conditions were different I used to score big hundreds heavily top­spun shots clear­ “It’s incredible, congratu­ The wind factor more spin? spin on the forehand, great was leading 6­2, 3­6, 3­1 (in New Zealand) but it was in multi­day cricket at the ing the net by some distance, lations to Roger... incredible While the conditions were “Are you keeping the ball sort of control on the back­ against the World No.1 when not as if the bowling was so­ U­14 and 16 levels. I want to and it resulted in his most to play at that level aged 37. tough for both men, as Fe­ in play? Are you going for hand side. the players left the court. mething I hadn’t faced be­ do that continuously in the fore. Because of the A tours Ranji Trophy. If you’re not and the IPL, that margin has doing well in First Class decreased.” cricket, I don’t think you’ll Barty to take on Vondrousova for the crown In the immediate after­ get picked for India.” Eighth seed rallies to stop Anisimova, while the teenager edges out Konta Gopalaswami to Agence France-Presse at the Slams by edging out “I am really proud of the sion, taken after Wednes­ PARIS Britain’s Johanna Konta 7­5, way I fought especially in the day’s play was washed out Ashleigh Barty and Marketa 7­6(2). conditions which were cold and prompted by fears of oversee BCCI elections Vondrousova set­up a Roland While Vondrousova is the and windy. “Now I can’t wait more rain Friday, was “un­ Garros final showdown on first teenager in a Paris final for the final, it’s incredible.” fair and inappropriate”. Special Correspondent The process will begin on Friday, shrugging off a sex­ since Ana Ivanovic in 2007, Both matches got under­ Former World No.1 Amelie Mumbai June 30, with the electoral ism row which had seen eighth seed Barty, 23, is the way after accusations of sex­ Mauresmo of France said it Former Chief Election Com­ officer preparing an proto­ their semifinals shifted away first Australian in a French ism were made against the was a “disgrace”. missioner, N. Gopalaswami, col in consultation with the from the tournament’s show­ Open final since Samantha organisers who had decided When she steps onto Cha­ will be the electoral officer CoA, which shall be com­ piece court. Stosur finished runner­up in to shift the matches away trier on Saturday, it will be for the BCCI elections to be municated to all State Barty reached her first fi­ 2010. from the showpiece Court Vondrousova’s first expe­ held on October 22, accord­ associations. nal at the Majors, coming Philippe Chatrier. rience of the arena. ing to decision taken by CoA The schedule: back from a set and 0­3 down Amazing The main arena had alrea­ “I watched (compatriot) on Friday. Sept. 14: Completion of elec­ to defeat 17­year­old Amanda “That was amazing, both dy been scheduled to stage Lucie Safarova when she “He comes with great ex­ tions of State associations. Anisimova 6­7(4), 6­3, 6­3 in a good and bad,” said Barty the men’s semifinals bet­ played finals there in 2015 perience and we decided to Sept. 30: Preparation of the rollercoaster match. who will rise to the top three ween Rafael Nadal and Roger when I was junior, but I nev­ hand over the responsibility electoral roll of nominees Thrilled: Marketa Vondrousova’s straight set win over Czech teenager Marketa in the rankings next week. Federer and Novak Djokovic er played there. So it’s going to him to ensure a proper qualified for the BCCI Johanna Konta has made her the first teen in a Paris final since Vondrousova also made sure “It was the hardest thing that against Dominic Thiem. to be something huge,” she election process,” one of the elections. Ana Ivanovic in 2007. * AP of her place in a maiden final I ever had to do. The WTA said the deci­ said. members of the Board said. Oct. 22: BCCI election. India fumbles and stumbles its way past Poland, enters semifinals HSF against letting the focus drop the bus in its half. manage to get their shot an­ in the second half but the goals against a hapless Uzbe­ against a defensive Poland. As it happened, the In­ gles right. Ramandeep, play­ basic errors in trapping and kistan. Khakimboy Khaki­ UTHRA GANESAN The opponents lived up to dians found it difficult to ing more of a feeder, man­ passing continued to haunt mov scored the lone consola­ BHUBANESWAR their reputation but the In­ break past the Polish defence aged to set them up the side. tion goal for the minnows. Just over two months ago, dians did not. even otherwise. repeatedly, only to see the Pool B saw Asian champion the Indian men’s hockey Friday’s match was all And when they did, they ball rolling away before Man­ Need to regroup Japan stretched by Mexico team had thumped Poland about erratic passes, way­ came up against Maciej Paca­ preet Singh managed to lob If improvement and process before prevailing 3­1. 10­0 at the Azlan Shah Cup. ward shooting and messed nowski, the Polish goalkeep­ in a rebound after Harman­ are the focus for Reid going The results: Pool A: Russia 12 On Friday, against the same up defence. The first warn­ er who staved off half a do­ preet Singh’s attempt. ahead, the Indian team (Semen Matkovskiy 5, Alexan­ opponent with largely the ing sign came within 30 se­ zen chances including two Poland stepped up to at­ would do well to regroup der Skipersky 2, Sergey Lepesh­ same side, the Indians fum­ conds of the start, Poland back­to­back shots from Sim­ tack and Mateusz Hulboj sooner than later. kin, Alexey Sobolevskiy, Mikhail bled, and stuttered to a 3­1 earning a penalty corner but ranjeet Singh and Akashdeep made no mistake in tapping Japan or South Africa — Proskuriakov, Marat Khairullin, Denis Starianko) bt Uzbekistan 1 win in Pool A at the Hockey unable to convert, much to Singh. in the rising ball to level the likely opponents in the (Khakimboy Khakimov); India 3 Series Finals here. India’s relief. India could also manage to scores. Hardik Singh was the semifinals and the final — (Manpreet Singh 2, Harman­ The unbeaten Indian team convert only one of its five culprit and Krishan Pathak would be tougher. preet Singh) bt Poland 1 (Ma­ is now assured of playing the Resolute defence penalty corners and the for­ completely blinded and out In another Pool A match, teusz Hulboj). semifinals. That would be of Given the resolute defending wards — Gursahibjit Singh, of position. Russia seemed to come out Pool B: Japan 3 (Hirotaka Zen­ little comfort to coach Gra­ it did, an early lead might Akashdeep, Mandeep and The Indians managed to keen to avenge its drubbing dana 2, Shota Yamada) bt Mexi­ Silence please: Captain Manpreet Singh gestures towards the ham Reid, who had warned well have led Poland to park Simranjeet — just could not stick to their structure better against India and slammed 12 co 1 (Erik Hernandez). crowd after scoring the second goal. * BISWARANJAN ROUT

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12647 (set by Vulcan) SUDOKU FAITH 12 Get together and drink with 3 Business is about principles (6) basically money at stake (4,2) Acharya’s importance 4 Go with fresh information 14 Poorly adapting, an (5,5) Hanuman’s entry scene in the Ramayana is significant, be­ endangered species (5,5) cause it has an important message for us, said Akkarakkani 6 Deceive and invite scorn (8) Srinidhi in a discourse. Rama and Lakshmana arrive on the banks of the river Pampa. Sugreeva is watching the broth­ 18 Version of the altered ers, and the sight of Rama and Lakshmana fills him wit h stationery (10) 7 Work done by this guy at the start of day when required dread. He is afraid that they lack good intentions. The agitat­ (2,6) ed monkey king tells his ministers that the two men must 22 Consider empty gallery at first have been sent by Vali, and that their simple garments must for dance (6) 8 The one turnaround for actor have been chosen to deceive Sugriva into thinking they were (8) harmless. Sugreeva and the other monkeys jumped from 23 Downpour, it's blinding (8) one peak to another, looking down at Rama and Lakshmana 13 Straight to a matinee with in fear. Hanuman’s first words to Sugriva, and indeed his 24 Thin layer over a creature (6) each person following the first words in the Ramayana, are words of assurance: “Do other (3,2,1,4) not be afraid.” Hanuman says that Sugriva is safe on Mount Malaya, which Vali dare not approach because of a curse . 25 Wife is primarily happy with 15 Infamous tirade after slump “Where is Vali? I do not see him anywhere. Why do you fear lean needs (4,4) (8) him?” asks Hanuman. Hanuman also offers advice to Sugriva and says that a rul­ 26 Striving hard (6) 16 Infinity in entirety originally er must be wise. An unwise ruler will never be able to offer Solution to puzzle 12646 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku (8) good governance. But Sugriva is not convinced and says, ■ ACROSS 27 Appear smaller, say, and “The two men are armed. Overconfidence is dangerous.” He continuous (8) 17 Prevent/stop deluge (8) then asks Hanuman to go and check if the two men who 1 City in Asia, not good have arrived are trustworthy or if they are men sent by Vali. surprisingly (8) 19 Penetrate large territory Hanuman goes to meet them as an ascetic. ■ DOWN 5 Perform with cat? (3,3) that's endless (6) Hanuman tells Rama and Lakshmana that their garments 9 Climber edgy, then has gotten proclaim that they are ascetics, but they look like roya lty 1 Farewell performance no good flexible (8) 20 Dog perhaps domesticated by and also wield bows. Rama is able to gauge from Hanuman’s (2,4) an American in exile (6) mode of speech that the latter is a great Vedic scholar. Thus, 10 A day before game, extremely it was because Hanuman met Rama first that Sugriva was nervous (2,4) 2 Piece of music that's more 21 Data about university's rank able to make friends with Him later on. This shows t he im­ 11 Nagging desire to have fish (8) unemotional (6) (6) portance of the Acharya in guiding us to the Supreme One.

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Ten 2 (SD & HD), 9 p.m. Newly­appointed Indian ranking men’s tennis tour­ FIFA Women’s World Cup: Boost to the sport men’s volleyball team coach “They have the exact body nament organised by VAN Sony Six (SD & HD), 9.30 p.m. constitution required to play Sports Club in Balliawas on Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Sony Dragan Mihailovic is focused Mihailovic has been appoint­ ESPN (SD& HD), 9.30 p.m. on getting the unit ready for ed to the post by the Federa­ volleyball, and they are des­ Friday. Ten 1 (SD & HD), 12.30 a.m. the crucial Asian men’s vol­ tion Internationale de Volley­ perately waiting for a chance In the semifinals, Shub­ (Sunday). leyball championship, which ball (FIVB) — a unique move to maximise their potential in ham had fought his way will be held in Iran in that the Volleyball Federation order to explode on the world past Rohan Mehra in three September. of India (VFI) has hailed as a stage. I am sure that this can sets, while Paras had out­ India to tour be achieved,” Mihailovic said. played Neeraj Elangovan “Our main goal is to get a boost to the sport in the coun­ for the loss of two games. top­eight finish in the Asian NZ early The results (final): Paras Da- Championship. A top­eight hiya bt Shubham Malhotra next year finish will secure a spot for us 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Semifinals: in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic India in main draw Shubham Malhotra bt Rohan qualification tournament. Mehra 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Paras Press Trust of India The Asian Volleyball cut. In an email exchange WELLINGTON That is very important,” Mi­ Dahiya bt Neeraj Elangovan Task cut out: Dragan Mihailovic is impressed with India’s talent pool, but believes the team Confederation (AVC) has with The Hindu, AVC India will travel to New Zea­ hailovic told The Hindu here. 6-1, 6-1. desperately needs match practice. * K. MURALI KUMAR confirmed that India has explained that Doubles (final): Kavin Masila- land early next year for a The vastly­experienced Mi­ secured a spot in the Turkmenistan flouted tour which will begin with a mani & Lohith Aksha Bathri- hailovic, who has won several August), followed by matches certain tough challenges leyball has developed in the main draw of the Asian competition regulations nath bt Shubham Malhtora & five­match Twenty20 series medals as an assistant coach against three very strong Tur­ ahead. From the two or three last 20 years. Men’s Volleyball and was thus barred from Rhythm Malhotra 6-2, 6-2. and conclude with a two­ with the former Yugoslavia kish professional clubs in An­ training sessions I’ve had “Statistics, video analysis, Championship. competing in the Test series. national team, and with sev­ kara. with the boys, I’ve noticed scouting and so on — these as­ India was originally qualification tournament. The T20I series will be­ eral top European clubs, stat­ “We are awaiting the go­ that their biggest drawback is pects are lacking here. scheduled to compete in This has allowed India Manas in line gin from January 24 and ed that the team desperately vernment’s consent for these a lack of tactical knowledge. “But the federation has re­ an Central Asia and Sri Lanka to seal will be followed by a three­ needs match practice. plans,” Mihailovic said. “This is because they ha­ cruited a top scout from Eu­ qualification tournament spots in the Asian for a double match ODI series. The two “It’s very important to play The Serbian, who has been ven’t got the chance to play rope, which will be of huge involving Sri Lanka and championship without Test matches will be played lots of games against top appointed for a period of five many tournaments outside help,” he said. Turkmenistan, with the the necessity of holding a Special Correspondent in Wellington (February 21 teams. We plan to compete in months, is impressed with In­ India. They are not in touch Mihailovic will be also as­ top two sides making the qualification tournament. NEW DELHI to 25) and Christchurch a tournament in Ukraine (end dia’s talent pool, but there are with how international vol­ sisted by Pryemyslaw Gas­ Manas Dhamne outplayed (Feb 29 to March 4). top seed Rushil Khosla and put himself in line for a Consecutive double crown as he won Netherlands Prabhu Arunagiri clinches pole the doubles title with Aru­ losses for nava Majumder in the MRF INMRC getting bigger by the year boys’ section of the Sports Anand outclasses England Boulevard Asian under­14 grid for Saturday’s race. headlined by the Pro­Stock the next round. tennis tournament here on Press Trust of India MOTORSPORTS Friday. Jagan also underlined his 301­400cc class, besides Pro­ It is part of the Honda In­ Stavanger (Norway) had won the game late on Stock 165cc, Pro­Stock 201­ Manas led 6­2, 5­0 when NATIONS CUP Special Correspondent class topping the practice dia Talent Cup programme Viswanthan Anand slipped for England only for his 300cc and Stock 165cc (nov­ Rushil retired. In the dou­ strike to be ruled out for off­ Coimbatore session in the Pro­Stock designed to unearth young to the bottom of the points Agence France-Presse 165cc class with a flying lap ice and girls). talent that can be groomed bles final, Manas partnered table after going down to Guimaraes side by VAR and the Dutch The season’s opening round Arunava Majumder to out­ of 01:13:529s. There will also be the one­ for participation in various Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of took full advantage of that of the MRF MMSCI FMSCI In­ class Harsh Fogaat and Sa­ England’s long wait for a tro­ make championships by international events, includ­ Azerbaijan in the second reprieve to deservedly earn dian National Motorcycle mar Malhotra for the loss phy since 1966 goes on as Record entries Honda (Idemitsu Honda Ta­ ing the World round of the Altibox Nor­ their place in the final. Racing Championship of four games. the Netherlands set up a Na­ lent Cup, CBR 150) and TVS Championship. way Chess tournament England contributed to (INMRC) began at the Kari The two wheeler events are Arunava also made the tions League final meeting Racing (Apache RTR 310 here. its own downfall with a co­ Motor Speedway with the getting bigger every year. The Honda Novice class singles final by beating with Portugal on Sunday Open, RTR 200 Novice and The results (second round) : medy of errors for both practise sessions and quali­ The MRF MoGrip Supercross (CBR 150) will see a grid of 15 Omaansh Chaudhary Saha­ with a 3­1 win after extra­ Girls) run concurrently. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3.5) goals in extra­time with John fiers here on Friday. opener a couple of weeks riders, all under 19 years of ria 6­3, 7­5. time in Guimaraes. ago in this part of the region age. TVS Racing has also bt V. Anand (1.5-0.5); Magnus Stones and Ross Barkley at Prabhu Arunagiri of Team Honda and TVS have con­ In the girls’ section, Marcus Rashford’s penal­ saw a record turnout. So is shortlisted riders, through Carlsen (3) bt Levon Aronian fault as Kyle Walker’s own Alisha Abdullah clinched tributed hugely to the Na­ Shruti Ahlawat overcame a (2); Fabiano Caruana (2) bt ty gave the Three Lions a the case with the INMRC. its talent spotting pro­ goal and Quincy Promes’s pole position in the premi­ tional championship with tricky start to outclass Maxime Vachier Lagrave first­half lead against the With 178 entries and a record gramme, for novice and tap in sent Holland into the um Pro­Stock 301­400cc their respective one­make Chandni Srinivasan 6­3, (0.5); Yu Yangyi, (3) bt Ding run of play, but Matthijs de 15 teams in fray, it is the high­ girls’ class. final. class. He timed 1:09.241s in series. This season, in a land­ 6­0. It was Chandni who Liren (2); Wesley So (2) bt Ligt made amends for his er­ est­ever in the champion­ his very second lap, while mark move, Honda will be The grid for the girls will led 3­0 at the start, even as Alexander Grischuk (1). ror in leading to the spot­ The result : Netherlands 3 ship’s history. (Matthijs de Ligt 73, Kyle Walk- the TVS Racing duo of Jagan introducing FIM Moto3 spec witness 16 riders, who were Shruti lost confidence over kick to level 17 minutes from er 97 (og), Quincy Promes 114) Kumar (01:09.269) and K.Y. The two­day event fea­ NSF250R that will replace picked from 33 entrants who the line calls by the chair time. Gaurika jumps bt England 1 (Marcus Rashford Ahamed (01:09.270) com­ tures 17 races and the Na­ the CBR 250 in their one­ received training from TVS umpire, called the referee Jesse Lingard thought he 32-pen). pleted the front row of the tional championship will be make championship from Racing’s experienced stars. Somnath Manna, only to into lead be told firmly that the um­ Sports Reporter pire was right. Regaining Bengaluru her composure and step­ A five­under 67 third round Women’s hockey team leaves for Hiroshima ping up her game thereaf­ pushed Gaurika Bishnoi to ter, Shruti, hit strong to SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT win and get 500 ranking “We had three tours be­ tracted or hung up on the the top of the leaderboard overwhelm her opponent. BHUBANESWAR points, which will be very fore this and they went well, end result,” he added. of the Hero Women's Pro The results: Boys (semifi­ The day the men’s Hockey important when it comes to giving us confidence. In bet­ Japan and Chile, the next nals): Manas Dhamne bt Rushil Golf Tour 2019 ­ Leg 7, at Series Finals concludes here the draw for the next round ween, we were able to work highest ranked teams, are in Khosla 6-2, 5-0 (retired); Aru- Clover Greens near here. next Saturday, the Indian of qualifiers. But we must on our fitness and specific Pool B, along with Mexico nava Majumder bt Omaansh Gaurika holds a three­shot women will kickstart their play consistent to be success­ skills during camps,” Marijne and Russia, and Marijne Chaudhary Saharia 6-3, 7-5. lead over second­placed own journey to the Tokyo ful,” Marijne said. said. stressed that they could not Doubles (final): Manas Pranavi Urs. Gursimar Bad­ Olympics with the women’s India, ranked ninth in the “We played against diffe­ be underestimated. While Ja­ Dhamne & Arunava Majumder wal, who held a four­shot HSF in Hiroshima. world, is grouped with Po­ rent styles so we are pre­ pan is expected to make the bt Harsh Fogaat & Samar Mal- lead overnight, slipped to As the team led by Rani land, Uruguay and Fiji in pared on everything. We final, the pressure would be hotra 6-2, 6-2. Girls (semifinals): Shruti Ahla- tied­third after a three­over Rampal left for the competi­ Pool A and opens its cam­ have also worked on the on India since the former is wat bt Chandni Srinivasan 6-3, 75. tion on Friday night, coach paign against the 24th mental side to grow as a both host and Asian Games The scores (top­three): 208: 6-0; Nandini Dixit bt Saumrita Sjoerd Marijne was optimis­ ranked Uruguay. Both final­ team and as individuals. We winner and as such already Gaurika Bishnoi (71, 70, 67); Verma 7-5, 6-2. 211: Pranavi Urs (76, 69, 66); tic about his team but also ists advance to the Olympic worked on stuff like giving qualified. Doubles (final): Shruti Ahla- 212: Tvesa Malik (74, 70, 68), cautious in his expectations. qualifiers but India would be feedback to each other, lea­ Marijne, though, is hope­ wat & Anannya Bhatia bt Mal- Amandeep Drall (71, 71, 70), Pouncing on: Quincy Promes, center, scores the Netherlands’ “As the highest ranked hoping to finish on a winning dership and taking responsi­ ful of India’s chances of To­ shika Kuramu & Chandni Srini- Gursimar Badwal (71, 66, 75). second goal. * AP team, it’s important for us to note. bility so that we don’t get dis­ kyo participation. vasan 2-6, 6-4, [10-7]. RACING Dharmalingam was a man of vision: Kapil West and North Bengal Saint Petersburg He was ahead of time in terms of acknowledging the importance of fitness units to merge Vijay Lokapally told The Hindu here on He would make me a lot and I am glad I learnt it NEW DELHI <> Despite the amalgamation, there will primed to deliver Friday. run a lot and I am early in my career. There Renowned cricket coach P.K. Dharmalingam, who glad I learnt it early was no gym. Running and ex­ be two State championships BENGALURU: Saint Petersburg, Kuldeep 53, 11. Zala Princess (10) Dharmalingam, who passed played 29 matches for Ma­ in my career ercises. who has been well prepared is A. Merchant 53 and 12. Find (8) away recently in Chennai, dras and Services, was expected to score in the Civil Ser­ Neeraj 52.5. Kapil Dev “He was ahead of time in TABLE TENNIS “The amalgamation pro­ vice Cup (1,200m), the main 1. INCITATUS, 2. FIND, 3. AGNAR was described by Kapil Dev among the early coaches to terms of acknowledging the cess is a result of that,” said event of the races to be held here CIVIL SERVICE CUP (1,200m), as a “man of vision” and so­ impart training to women athletic on the field,” Kapil Special Correspondent Arun Banerjee, the treasur­ on Saturday (June 8). False rails importance of fitness,” Kapil rated 60 & above, 4­15: 1. Bora meone who was committed (width about 8.5m from 1,600m 4 cricketers. He was also the remembered. stressed. KOLKATA er of TTFI, who oversaw the Bora (6) A. Imran 60, 2. Saint to the winning post) will be in to promoting the game first coach for L. Sivaramak­ Petersburg (5) Trevor 59.5, 3. A fitness freak himself, Ka­ Associations unite but divi­ unification process. position. “I know Mr. Dharmalin­ Courage (11) Suraj 59, 4. Regal selflessly. rishnan and W.V. Raman at pil gave credit to Dharmalin­ sions continue in Bengal ta­ gam was a hard taskmaster. ROYAL CHALLENGE PLATE Music (4) Md. Akram 59, 5. Fire “I got to know of his pass­ the Grand Prix CC. gam for helping him with ble tennis Two teams (DIV. II), (1,400m), rated 30 to Glow (2) T.S. Jodha 58.5, 6. Sometimes you would get 1 ing (only) late. I can visualise some crucial lessons. “He in­ The two table tennis as­ The process failed to totally 50, 4­y­o & over, 2­30 pm: 1. Haedi’s Folly (7) Irvan 57.5, 7. the feeling his methods were Charmed Life (4) Trevor 60, 2. Aeisir (9) P.S. Chouhan 56.5, 8. him at the Chepauk, en­ Disciplined person sisted I look after my fitness. sociations in Bengal — the obliterate the divide as it back­breaking but (they Pink Smile (7) Raghuveer Singh Cerise Noir (8) Sandesh 55.5, 9. gaged with young cricketers, “I knew him as a very disci­ “As a fast bowler, bowling North and West — resolved was decided to have two 59.5, 3. Orenda (3) Sandesh 58, 4. Noahs Ark (10) Arshad 55.5, 10. were) always aimed at help­ working hard to shape their plined person. Soft but firm long spells, I knew I had to to come together and form teams from Bengal in the Supernormal (2) R. Marshall 58, Life Awaits (1) Rayan 55 and 11. ing you improve. 5. Bluejack (6) A. Merchant 57.5, Miniver Rose (3) R. Manish 53. careers. when it came to dealing with be fit more than others and a unified body like the one Nationals with West Bengal 6. Gold Mist (8) S. Mubarak 56.5, 1. SAINT PETERSBURG, 2. COUR- He was a familiar figure at the players at camps. His Mr. Dharmalingam ensured “He was a gentleman and existed before 2005 when contributing in formation 7. Ultimate Speed (5) Adarsh 56.5 AGE, 3. CERISE NOIR our camps in Chennai and to fielding sessions went a long that I picked up the right ha­ served the game outstand­ the bifurcation happened. of Team­A (four players), and 8. Turf Jaguar (1) Hindu MEYDAN PLATE (1,200m), Singh 55. rated 15 to 35, 4­50: 1. Prodigal me he was special,” Kapil way in helping us become bits. He would make me run ingly,” said Kapil. while the North Bengal 1. ORENDA, 2. CHARMED LIFE, 3. 5 (1) Anjar Alam 60, 2. After Hours BLUEJACK New entity players will represent (9) Akshay 57.5, 3. Stari Grad (2) The new entity will be Team­B (four players). PRINCE KHARTOUM TROPHY Dhebe 55, 4. Desert Gold (4) Ajay 2 (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only, Kumar 54, 5. Master Of War (5) named the Bengal State Ta­ “There will be another 16 (Terms), 3­05: 1. Akasi (4) Zervan Rayan 53.5, 6. Sri Lakshmi (6) A. Identical scores by Gurnihal and Ayush ble Tennis Association players from the State who 56, 2. Blackhawk (9) P. Mani 56, Maerchant 53.5, 7. Adventurer (7) (BSTTA) which was formal­ will be selected purely on 3. Commodus (1) Trevor 56, 4. Arshad 53, 8. Barog (8) Irvan 52.5 Elite Agent (10) Irvan 56, 5. On and 9. Youresohandsome (3) P. SHOOTING Abhay Singh Sekhon (67) glu (75) of Italy and Matias Greta (70), Sofia Littarne (69) ly announced here in pre­ their current national rank­ The Trot (8) Neeraj 56, 6. Rich­ Surya 52. and Sukdarshana Johal (59) Kolvu (73) of Finland. and Gala Ragazzini (68) of sences of a Table Tennis ings,” said Banerjee. mond Hill (3) R. Manish 56, 7. 1. PRODIGAL, 2. STARI GRAD, 3. Slice Of Heaven (5) Darshan 56, 8. ADVENTURER Sports Bureau were the other Indian shoo­ Manavaditya Rathore shot Italy. Federation of India (TTFI) The proportionate repre­ Tenno Sho (—) (—) 56, 9. Awe­ ROYAL CHALLENGE PLATE Orimattila (Finland) ters in the fray. 66 to be in 11th place, while In junior women’s skeet, observer on Friday. sentation in the newly some Girl (7) A. Merchant 54.5, (DIV. I), (1,400m), rated 30 to Areeba Khan and Parinaaz Despite the amalgama­ formed BSTTA will be in the 10. Constanza (6) Sandesh 54.5 6 Richard Klika of Czech Re­ Vivaan Kapoor, who has se­ 50, 4­y­o & over, 5­25: 1. Am­ Gurnihal Singh Garcha and Dhaliwal shot identical tion, there will be two State ratio of 70­30 in favour of and 11. Donna Bella (2) Suraj 54.5. brosio (5) Trevor 60, 2. Akita Pro public and Cristian Ghilli of cured a call for the men’s 1. DONNA BELLA, 2. CONSTANZA, Ayush Rudraraju shot 70 out scores of 65, to be in the top championships, with the af­ the bigger West Bengal (8) Suraj 59.5, 3. Aeolus (9) Zer­ Italy led with 73, while Pee­ team for the World Cham­ 3. COMMODUS van 58.5, 4. Black Whizz (6) A. of 75 in three rounds in ju­ five behind leaders Giada filiated units of the erst­ unit. ter Jurisson (71) of Estonia pionship, shot 65. STAR SUPREME PLATE Imran 58.5, 5. Game Changer (2) nior men’s skeet on the Longhi (68) of Italy, Zuzana while bodies continuing in “With Bengal contribut­ (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 5­y­o Arshad 58, 6. Beond Reach (4) R. was the only other shooter 3 opening day of the 11th Inter­ Two more rounds on Sa­ Zaoralova (68) of the Czech the same order. ing so many players, we & over, 3­40: 1. Jayadratha (12) Manish 57.5, 7. Lawrence Of Ara­ ahead of the two leading In­ turday, will be followed by N.S. Parmar 60, 2. Ultimate bia (7) Hindu Singh 57, 8. Con­ national Junior Shotgun Cup Republic and Eva Tamara “The TTFI, at the behest have acted in the best inter­ dian marksmen. Power (7) Darshan 57.5, 3. Amaz­ stantinople (1) A.S. Peter 56.5 and here on Friday. the final for the top six. Reichert (65) of Germany. of the Indian Olympic Asso­ est of the state and ensured ing Angel (6) Nazerul 55, 4. Agnar 9. Tanoura (3) Adarsh 54.5. (9) P. Surya 54.5, 5. Fiorenzo (3) 1. AKITA PRO, 2. AMBROSIO, 3, Ayush had two perfect In junior men’s trap, Vish­ In junior women’s trap, The third Indian shooter ciation and Ministry of that the unification does S. Shareef 54.5, 6. Firing Line (11) AEOLUS rounds of 25, but tumbled to wa Kundu had 70 following Manisha Keer (66), Kirti in a small field of 11, Mufad­ Sports, decided in its last not curtail the number of A.S. Peter 54, 7. Incitatus (4) Suraj Day’s best: SAINT PETERSBURG 20 in the third. Gurnihal, on rounds of 24, 24 and 22, to Gupta (64) and Preeti Rajak dal Deesawala shot 57 to be AGM (March 17, 2019) to players playing the nation­ 54, 8. Blarney Stone (2) A. Ramu Double: INCITATUS — AKITA PRO 53.5, 9. Declarationoflove (1) R. 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PEOPLE Freeze frame (Clockwise from left) Robert Richardson, stills from Django Unchained, Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight Poetry in comedy ‘A director is Pomedy brings together standup comedy and poetry, to offer a comment on society, by eliciting both laughs and effecting poignant moments

In January this year, Lakshay Dhupar, the LIKE A LOVER’ CEO of Limewit, a company that offers Cinematographer Robert Richardson on working untapped talent a platform, put three with three of the industry’s biggest filmmakers and performers on stage at the visual language in Once Upon a Time in a tech fest in NIIT University, Neemrana. Hollywood Lakshay, wasn’t sure how many people would come. Delhi Neha Bhatt wasn’t familiar with Make or break pomedy, a cross He has been shooting an ad film between poetry and Behind Richardson’s most since daybreak in Delhi’s blister­ stand­up comedy, and challenging scenes ing heat, but Robert Richardson Lakshay himself knew looks fresh in formals as he steps that while the format had seen success in Mumbai, in for his late evening interview. audiences differed between the two cities. As he poses for the camera with “To our utter surprise we were able to gather around 150 his dramatic white mane, the people,” he says, with future editions running to house­full. three­time Academy Award­win­ Each version has picked up fresh talent, while also ning cinematographer is anything featuring a few of those who were hits the previous times. but exhausted. Now in its sixth edition, Pomedy Eve V6.0 will have Recreating the assassination of John “It’s been a little hot for me,” he performances by two comedians and one pomedian. F Kennedy for Oliver Stone’s admits with a laugh. “The sun ris­ Lakshay is expecting the idea to go mainstream, so that future editions can be in larger auditoriums, like Siri Fort political thriller JFK (1991) was very es very rapidly this time of the and Kamani. In terms of the process, “We first invite tough as we shot with several year, which makes it a little more candidates to different open mics, and from there we make cameras in different formats at the complicated to shoot a good look­ same time. a choice,” says Lakshay. ing face if you are trying to utilise Of the three performers, Mohit Arora (a comedian) and good light,” says Richardson, Badel Sharma (a pomedian) have performed at previous known for his long collaborations versions of Pomedy, while it’s a first for Amandeep (a with visionary directors Martin comedian). For Mohit, who has also seen success online, it’s Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and just the beginning. Earlier this year, a video he put out on Oliver Stone. YouTube, crossed over a lakh views (it now has 3 lakh+ In fact, the veteran has been in views). He told his family of his decision to pursue comedy the news for the Cannes Film Fes­ full­time. Luckily, they were supportive. He practices in The final battle sequence in Stone’s front of a mirror and enjoys being on stage more than the Platoon (1986) was challenging. I tival’s biggest premiere this year, actual material creation. was very inexperienced. Light was Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Badel Sharma, a poet and comedian has integrating the used in bursts, specifically and Time in Hollywood. However, he’s two from school, and decided to go full­time with it after sparingly for the sequence. currently director of photography for the global ad campaign of vod­ (2018), shot in Fiji, I was walking little more grain and grittiness to quires something unique, with a he finished his post­grad degree in MBA from Jamia Millia ka brand, Absolut. Titled Colour­ away from the lighting.” it. I pushed the colour higher, I lit different temperament and Islamia University. For him, poets and comedians have lots less, it is set to release later this more in some places than I liked, mood,” he says. This is the same of things in common, the most important, being sensibility. month, and addresses racism. Colour and Tarantino so the look is in the manner of a man who exited the credits of Having done six feature films with ‘60s or ‘70s television show.” He Brad Pitt starrer, World War Z , At Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg; ₹199 per head; Saturday, June 8th, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; tickets at BookMyShow and Light art Tarantino — from Kill Bill (1 and 2) also recalls the challenges of co­ when the studio decided to re­ eventshigh.com His sharp, lush frames with astute to Django Unchained and The Hate­ lour when working with 65mm lease the film in 3D. backlighting and a widescreen as­ ful Eight — he says his approach to lenses for Tarantino’s The Hateful SAKSHAM BAKSHI Acing the concert sequences in pect ratio have lent remarkable filming them would change in the Eight (2015). “It was complicated For the love of Kali Stone’s biographical drama The drama to films. Ironically for a ci­ way the director introduced each because I had to learn the lenses Making the best of his fleeting vi­ Doors (1991) was tough. They were nematographer, Richardson’s em­ film to him. “He will say: ‘You’re go­ and their attributes, how to turn a sit to India, Richardson’s mood PURPOSE magnificently large and very real. phasis over a four­decade career ing to do a western’, or ‘you are go­ defect into a positive, and take seems upbeat. His connection to has been on doing ‘good films’ ov­ ing to do a martial arts movie’, or care of the sharpness, the colour.” the country goes back many de­ er just ‘good looking films’. To that ‘you’re going to do a war film’, or Known to be outspoken, Ri­ cades, he says, when he first Screened for pride end, his style can be fluid and un­ ‘you’re going to do a period film in chardson has often discussed his came here on his honeymoon In April, the gay dating conventional. “I’m a chameleon 1969’. Then we talk about the way relationship with the big trio: (his first wife was born in Varana­ and social networking when I work with different direc­ Quentin wants to shoot the film. Stone, Scorsese and Tarantino. In si). Over the years, the spiritual app Blued, launched tors because if a certain director And he talks about the colour.” fact, in an interview with The Hol­ bug bit, and now he even has an their first online queer­ doesn’t want to use a certain light­ Getting to the American film­ lywood Reporter a few years ago, altar at home, with idols of Kali filmmaking contest. In Creating a world of richly magical, ing style, and wants to work with maker’s most recent Once Upon a he talked about the time when he and Shiva. under two months, they golden­lit frames in Scorsese’s more natural light, I go with it. For Time in Hollywood , a nostalgia­ took up a Scorsese film because a “I have been to India for numer­ received over 60 entries historical adventure drama Hugo example, with Matthew Heine­ soaked period piece starring Leo­ film by Stone was getting delayed. ous commercials, and to shoot the from around the (2011) wasn’t easy because it took a man, for A Private War (2018), nardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, he The latter saw it as a major be­ film Eat Pray Love . I love India. country, including lot to get to that space. there was no lightning at all. Even explains, “It’s a brilliant film trayal. “Working with a director is Each time I come back, India Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, with Baltasar Kormákur’s Adrift which is very rich in colour, with a like having a lover. Each one re­ opens up to me,” he concludes. and Coimbatore. While Sanyam Sharma, the marketing director at FOOD SPOT Blued had curated the cooked with some tomato pu­ selections, the final 10 that made the cut were put to a vote. The five with the ree, butter and cream, was most votes are being screened today. superb. I think it outdid ITC After-Id celebrations The initial purpose of Queer Flicks was two­fold: first, to Maurya’s Bukhara dal. find a way to creatively express the many realities, joys, What didn’t work for me issues, and concerns of the LGBTQIA community; and Biryani Central takes heritage and delivers it at your doorstep was the Hyderabadi nihari second, to be a platform for filmmakers and creative talent (₹545). I found the goat meat form the community. With the screening, Sharma adds that and trotters dish a bit too Blued hopes to engage not just with queer allies, but also bland. But the malai phirnee with those who’ve had long­held misconceptions about the rahul verma (₹150) was out of this world — many identities within the spectrum. granular rice mixed with crea­ Some of 10 films have already participated at multiple Long before chefs became ce­ my and thickened milk, festivals. For instance, Khwaaish, by Sumit Pawar, is fresh lebrities, there was Imtiaz Qu­ topped with a generous help­ off its screening at Kashish, the Mumbai International reshi. Those were the days ing of chopped nuts. Queer Film Festival. In November last year, Sumit, who is a when what we know as gour­ The menu is rather inter­ coordinator at the India HIV/AIDS Alliance in Mumbai, had met food was restricted to a esting. It includes Kathal bur­ also taken the film to the Brixton Reel Film Festival in few top restaurants in the city. rahs (jackfruit marinated in London. Khwaaish follows the story of a middle­aged gay Dum Pukht, which celebrated hung curd, ₹395), Bombay man’s quest for love. the many splendours of masala biryani (with plums, Some films try to convey more delicate struggles. For Awadhi food, was one such deep­fried potatoes, ₹245), lal instance, there’s Praveen Kumar M.’s The Holy Mother, that Dum maro dum (left to tries to go behind the physical and emotional struggles of a restaurant at the ITC Maurya. mirch ka aloo (potatoes right) Bombay paya biryani, transwoman’s quest to become a mother. And Chef Qureshi was the spiced with red chillies, ₹295) biryani combo, dal These two films, with their current 2nd and 3rd place on man who wielded the magic and keema kaleji (minced bukhari * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Blued’s voting leader board, are sure to show at the final karchi there. meat slow­cooked with liver screening. The other films include Outcast by Birth by So, I was very happy to and freshly ground spices, Shruti Kulkarni, The Mirror by Yadavendra Singh, and know that the chef’s son Ah­ Sudha Yashvi, who has a rich south Delhi, but will soon ex­ flavours of the chicken and babs had been marinated ₹495). It also has haleem, a Inaayat by Naveen Tokas. There will also be a stage san Ali Qureshi had followed background in marketing. tend to Gurugram. They also the rice — enhanced by the with raw papaya, and the out­ mix of grains and meat, gar­ adaptation of Ismat Chugtai’s Lihaaf, directed by Shilpi in his father’s footsteps. Last They run a company called cater and accept bulk orders. fragrance of a natural attar — come was a soft, minced­meat nished with fried onions, Marwah and put up by the Sukhmanch Theatre Group. week, I had a taste of some of Cross Border Kitchens and Bi­ I got a sampler, and tho­ had mixed well together, and kabab, flavoured with just the mint and lemon (₹650). the dishes prepared by Ah­ ryani Central from its outlet in roughly enjoyed the Awadhi I had a very nice meal indeed right mix of spices. I had that Though Eid is over, there is Queer Flicks, 10:30 a.m. ­ 5:00 p.m; at the Russian Centre of san, and was most impressed. Vasant Kunj. (75, 9, Kishan­ Murgh biryani (₹275), a sur­ of the biryani and an extreme­ with some taftan (₹65), a tas­ always time and a place in the Science and Culture; Mandi House I am talking about a new garh Village, Vasant Kunj; the­ prisingly light preparation of ly creamy raita, with some sa­ ty, puff­pastry kind of bread, stomach for the celebration of VANGMAYI PARAKALA delivery outlet called the Bi­ biryanicentral.com, long­grained basmati rice lan on the side. and left the ghee­laden sheer­ biryani and its allies. ryani Central. It has been set 9873333047/8 for orders). with nicely succulent pieces The galauti kababs (₹495) mal (₹75) for the Dal bukhari For a listing or to be featured here, email us at up by Chef Ahsan and Ishita Right now they deliver only in of chicken resting in it. The were rather good, too. The ka­ (₹325). The urad dal, slow­ The writer is a seasoned food critic [email protected]

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LECTURE MUSIC FOOD THEATRE DESIGN State reorganisation Performance Sunday brunch Comedy Fashion Dr. Sheela Bhide will deliver a lecture: Challenges Today's schedule in the ongoing International This summer, Tres, a restaurant and bar, has An Old World Culture will stage the English The International School of Design is hosting a of States’ Reorganisation: Case of Bifurcation of Musical Convention of Spic Macay will feature launched a botanical­inspired Sunday brunch comedy play, Animals Out of Paper, tonight and two­day fashion show under the theme Think Andhra Pradesh. Any Lessons to be Learnt? The the performances of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma menu, infusing the philosophy of farm to table. tomorrow. Directed by Aditee Biswas, the play is Design Summer Edition 2019. Starting today, the speaker, a retired IAS officer, headed The Sheela on santoor, Vidushi Prabha Atre on Hindustani Some of the dishes that use botanical based on a story written by Pulitzer­award­ show offers a wide range of women’s dresses, Bhide Committee that oversaw the distribution vocal. The line­up also includes Koodiyattam by ingredients are: a salad of juniper­cured Scottish nominated Rajiv Joseph. A quirky comedy about fashion accessories and lifestyle products. The of assets and liabilities of government companies Vidushi Kapila Venu and Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar salmon with red onion, jasper­baked flat bread the collision of mismatched people, it promises collections have been worked upon by the between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. on Dhrupad. with pulled lamb, and more. twists and and turns of emotions. creative young minds of the institute. Venue: Kamaladevi Complex, IIC Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University Venue: Tres, Block 13, Lodi Colony Venue: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Venue: Hotel Crown Plaza, Okhla Time: 6 p.m. Time: 6 p.m. ­ 9:30 p.m. Time: 12 noon ­ 4 p.m. Time: 7:30 p.m. Time: 5 p.m. onwards

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As part of their bespoke range, Swarovski also Home automation customises their retail meets handmade offerings. “We are seeing less formal dining areas and tradition in more open plan, casual living Swarovski’s evolving spaces. So we’re moving away from designing for big collection of lights entryway or foyer chandeliers, and are looking at ceiling pendant pieces,” explains Carthew. At the same time, they work on large, complex installations, too, Spot the Schonbek conceptualised by their design and engineering How many of these have you seen on the team. Currently, this includes big screen? projects in Mumbai with THE GREAT GATSBY Mukesh Ambani. They also (2013) work with architects like Nine chandeliers can be Steve Leung, who recently found in the home of created an installation called Tom and Daisy Buchanan, ‘Shades in Ascent,’ which including this opulent illuminated the entrance of representation of the Art Central in Hong Kong. 1920s. The brand has always been open to working with artistes across genres, and it is no different with their lighting segment. Under the Crystal Palace programme, they’ve collaborated with more than 60 designers over OCEANS 13 15 years, including Zaha (2007) Hadid, Yves Behar and Tom Changing up the Cascade by Dixon. “We understand that Vincent Van collaborating with local, Duysen is a well­known designers is five­metre­ important to create DIE ANOTHER DAY tall piece excitement. It has (2002) made up of traditionally been very This 16­tiered Jubilee strings of European­centric, but we are chandelier, seen in the crystal in talks with a Chinese James Bond movie, combined designer for a 2020 features 3,949 crystals with LEDs. collection. While nothing has chandelier and 1,062 glass rods. been confirmed in India, we definitely have plans for it in Susanna Myrtle Lazarus Lighting Business.India is a priority mation space with a line called Infinite brought to the Indian market later this tropolitan Opera House in New York the near future,” he assures. market, he states. Aura, launched last year. “We were year, during the festive season. City, now has operations spanning When Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gats­ “There is a strong, growing econo­ looking for a product that re­imagined While he doesn’t share exact fi­ North America, Europe and Asia. by won an Oscar for Best Production my, as well as the connection with what chandeliers could look like in five gures, Carthew says it is “the biggest “We’ve evolved into two verticals: Design in 2014, the opulent chande­ crystals, and with Swarovski as a years,” he says, adding that it was investment we’ve ever made in pro­ consumer­driven retail, and a bes­ liers in Tom Buchanan’s palatial East brand. So it was really about finding created in consultation with San Fran­ duct development for lighting”. It is al­ poke chandelier business (see box). Egg house were one of the things eve­ the right partners,” he says, of their cisco­based design firm, Ideo. so a technology that can be incorporat­ In 2007, we also acquired Schon­ ryone remembers. The opulent crystal launch in Chennai’s Drapes & Dreams. The multi­functional pieces are con­ ed into their more traditional bek (known for their handcrafted creations were custom­made to fit the While traditional styles are a perennial trolled by a standalone app. “It has the chandeliers (from approximately ₹1.38 crystal chandeliers since 1870), for aesthetic of the time, by the artistes favourite, he says there is a marked ability to be a functional light when lakh for a sconce to ₹3.46 lakh for a their handmade tradition,” he says. and engineers at Swarovski’s lighting move towards contemporary pro­ your kids are doing their homework, large pendant). Currently, they are in They are still a small percentage of the division at Plattsburgh, New York, (a ducts, with cleaner lines, a minimalist and when you’re hosting dinner, it can the process of researching what buyers decorative lighting segment, but “we four­hour drive from where the movie aesthetic and LED technology. set the ambience, and be a discussion would want from a tech point of view. are keen on growing”, Carthew says. is set). piece,” he says. The same technology “Sometimes, they just want it to be These hand­crafted chandeliers are Future ready was used by Marjan van Obel in her beautiful to look at,” he says. Swarovski Lighting, MG Road, getting a modern makeover as the Even as architecture, home décor winning entry for the Swarovski De­ Ghitorni. Chandeliers upwards of company sets its sights on being fu­ trends and a demand for multi­func­ signers of the Future Prize, which was Handmade history ₹1.25 lakh; ceiling lights from ture­ready, says Roger Carthew, Senior tional lighting impact their work, the showcased at the Salon del Mobile in What started in 1966 with the Sputnik ₹79,000. Schonbek’s bespoke range Vice President of Swarovski’s Global brand has stepped into the home auto­ Milan last month. It will also be chandelier, which still graces the Me­ starts from ₹1.25 lakh

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