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  6 67: < % %      = %   %    ,6)*789..,* is State Pollution Control Board     9 %   %       Chairman, came to the eeking to curb the menace of            %   ime is fast running out for Speaker’s office about 4 pm and SPonzi schemes, the Narendra " %   ; % & 0 :       Tthe HD Kumaraswamy handed over resignations in Modi Government gave its ,0 !5                Government in Karnataka with their official letterhead to him. approval to the Banning of    %%     %       more MLAs jumping off the Senior advocate Mukul Unregulated Deposit Schemes < ,               sinking ship on Wednesday Rohatgi, appearing for the rebel Bill, 2019, in the Union Cabinet and the Police not MLAs, said these lawmakers meeting on Wednesday. <   %%   ,         %  allowing Congress main trou- have already resigned from The proposed law would                  bleshooter DK Shivakumar to their membership of the address the issue of illicit          even meet the rebel MLAs in Assembly and wanted to con- deposit-taking activities as it their luxury hotel. test fresh elections. provides for strict action Central labour laws into a sin- (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to The rebel camp, backed He sought the hearing against such activities. gle code which would apply on streamline the adjudication of allegedly by the BJP, either on Wednesday or The proposed legislation all establishments employing inter-State river water disputes approached the Supreme Court Thursday on the plea in which will have adequate provisions 10 or more workers. and make the present institu- on Wednesday and moved a it has been alleged that the for punishment and disgorge- The proposed code tional architecture robust. petition signed by 10 Congress Speaker had acted in a partisan ment/repayment of deposits enhances the coverage of work- The Cabinet approves Bill and JD(S) MLAs accusing the and malafide manner and in cases where such schemes ers manifold as it would be to have a single tribunal for Karnataka Assembly Speaker of deliberately not accepting their nonetheless manage to raise applicable to all establishments water disputes and the decisions deliberately not accepting their resignations. deposits illegally. employing 10 or more workers, have to be taken in two years. resignations. In the petition, the 10 rebel Addressing the media after where any industry, trade, busi- Now there are nine tribunals A Bench of Chief Justice MLAs alleged that the Speaker the Cabinet meeting, Union ness, manufacture or occupa- and these will become one. Ranjan Gogoi and Justices was protecting the Environment and Information tion is carried on, including IT The Cabinet also approved Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Government which is in and Broadcasting Minister establishments or establish- a proposal to grant of Organised Bose would decide on minority now. The MLAs fur- Prakash Javadekar said the ments of service sector, the Group ‘A’ status to Indian Thursday whether their plea ther sought a direction that the Union Cabinet also approved release said. The Bill also has Railway Protection Force (RPF) seeking direction for the Speaker be restrained from the proposed Code on rules framed for women work- Service. This will end stagna- Speaker to accept the resigna- proceeding with the application Occupational Safety, Health ing in night shifts. The Union tion, improve career progression tion of these MLAs could be for their disqualification. and Working Conditions Bill, Cabinet also approved Inter- of the officers and keep up their listed for urgent hearing. “Acting in a concerted 2019, that seeks to merge 13 State River Water Disputes motivational level. Dashing the faintest hope manner, the Congress has filed beleaguered Chief Minister a petition before the Speaker  Kumaraswamy might have har- seeking disqualification of the boured for survival, Housing MLAs who have resigned.      Minister MTB Nagaraj and K Needless to state, the disqual-                          !      Sudhakar, both from the ification proceedings are com- "#      ! %   &' Congress, tendered their res- pletely illegal and without any     ignation to Assembly Speaker cause of action,” they said.             Ramesh Kumar. In the petition, the MLAs           With the two latest resig- stated that the Assembly          nations, 16 MLAs — 13 from Session is to begin from July 12, earlier too to make it as fool-       the Congress and 3 from the the same day that the MLAs proof as possible.        JD(S) — have quit while two have been asked to remain in Addressing the media after  !        Independent MLAs — H person before the Speaker, the Cabinet meeting, Union   6 67:    Nagesh and R Shanker — have which showed the “intent of the Environment and Information     !  already withdrawn support. Speaker to disqualify the peti-    ..,* hotel had written to Mumbai release from his detention that and Broadcasting Minister The coalition’s strength is 116 tioners in a prejudged manner”. Police chief saying they feared “all our MLAs will back and o combat rising cases of Prakash Javadekar said the ""$ " #$  % (Congress-78, JD(S)-37 and “The whole idea is to dis- he political crisis faced by threat to their life due to his our Government is safe.” Tchild sex abuse, the Union amendment in the POCSO  &  '   BSP-1), besides the Speaker. qualify the petitioners and Tthe ruling Congress-JD (S) arrival there. Shivkumar, who was to be Cabinet on Wednesday Act will make punishment        With the support of the under threat of disqualification Government in Karnataka The operative part of the deported back to Bengaluru approved amendments to more stringent for committing )       # two Independents, who quit allow the minority spilled on to Mumbai and letter written by the 10 late in the night by the Mumbai strengthen the Protection of sexual crimes against children     % the Government on Monday, Government to function with- snowballed into a high-voltage Congress MLAs to the Mumbai Police, said that though he Children from Sexual Offences including death penalty. The % !  ! the BJP has 107 MLAs in the out the support of majority in drama on Wednesday as the Police Commissioner read wanted to stay back in Mumbai (POCSO) Act 2012 which modification in the law will &     224-member House, where the the House. It is submitted that city police detained visiting thus: “…We have heard that to meet Congress leaders and would now have death penal- address the need for stringent halfway mark is 113. If the res- the actions of the Speaker are Congress Minister DK DK Shivkumar and others are take them back to Bengaluru ty for aggravated penetrative measures against rising trend of '( *   +    ignation of the 16 MLAs is arbitrary and unreasonable and Shivkumar and his party’s lead- going to storm in the hotel irrespective of the conse- sexual assault against children. child sex abuse and combat the         accepted, the coalition tally violative of the Constitution,” ers from Mumbai for refusing premises (sic). We feel threat- quences, but he was persuad- To curb child pornography, menace of relatively new kind , O . %      will come down to 100. the plea said. to move away from a Mumbai ened for the same (sic). We do ed by the police officials saying the amendment levies heavy of crimes, the Government   0    ) After tendering his resig- The MLAs further said hotel where rebel Karnataka not want to meet him. Kind that his continued stay in fine for not deleting and said, stressing that the       nation, Nagaraj told reporters, their resignations were in con- MLAs are staying. request to us help us in the mat- Mumbai would result in law destroying child porno- strong penal provisions         “I don’t want any ministerial sonance with the rules and the Shivkumar, who has han- ter and do not allow him to and order problem. graphic material. Not will act as a deterrent. position or anything. I am fed provisions of the Constitution. dled this kind of political crises enter the hotel premises”. Talking to mediapersons reporting child pornog- “It intends to protect the ""$  %   up with politics.” “The objection is clearly not in the past, arrived at the The day-long drama, after his release from detention, raphy will also invite a hefty interest of vulnerable chil-   %   ' Nagaraj and Sudhakar, who warranted and appears to be an Renaissance Hotel at Powai in which began with Shivkumar Shivkumar said, “I am still fine. The Government has dren in times of distress and     0    exercise to delay the proceed- north-west Mumbai at 8.15 being detained from near the confident that all of them (rebel claimed that this move will not ensures their safety and digni-        . # ings, thereby giving room for am. Despite the fact that he had Renaissance-Mumbai Congress MLAs staying put in only discourage the trend of ty. The amendment is aimed to )  0      the ruling dispensation to exert reserved a room at the hotel, he Convention Centre Hotel after Mumbai) will come back. The child abuse but will also protect establish clarity regarding the      * %  pressure on the MLAs who was prevented from entering he refused to leave the place till Congress-JD(S) Government the interest of vulnerable aspects of child abuse and   0     have tendered resignations,” the hotel by the Mumbai Police he met his party’s rebel MLAs which is there in Karnataka will minors in times of distress. punishment thereof,” the 1 1  "   .  '   the plea said. officials who told him that the lodged at the hotel, ended with be safe”. Brought in 2012, the Government release said.  23        Related reports on P9 Congress MLAs staying the his assertion made after his Continued on Page 4 POCSO has been modified Continued on Page 4 0045+ 54    ' !" % ( )P  "**'       inds of political insta- Wbility in neighbouring O  P, Karnataka reached Goa on Wednesday, with two-thirds (10 out of 15) of Congress  #    are willing to lease their land MLAs breaking away to ( '  development of Amethi will for the project. merge with the ruling BJP in not be hampered. I am the MP %%   %  According to the Delhi the coastal State.    from Wayanad but my ties Government, the project is The group, led by Leader with Amethi are three decades    & aimed to conserve water in the of Opposition Chandrakant     old. I will fight for Amethi in Yamuna floodplains and creat- Kavlekar, met Assembly Delhi,” Rahul reportedly told '   ing eco-friendly mega reservoir Speaker Rajesh Patnekar in  * 7$;9*.6<: party workers. between Palla and Warirabad the evening and gave him a Rahul said the workers did     6 67: to deal with the water shortage. letter, informing him ongress leader Rahul a lot during the campaign but “The project envisages cre- about their breaking away CGandhi on Wednesday vis- “local leaders remained away ith an aim to make the ation of small ponds in the from the party. ited Amethi for the first time from the people, leading to his Wnational Capital self suffi- floodplains which will catch The MLAs include after losing the Lok Sabha con- defeat”. Many workers said the cient and to end its dependence water from the overflowing Atanasio Monserratte, stituency to Smriti Irani and Congress was weak in the on the neighbouring States to Yamuna during the monsoon Jeniffer Monserratte, Francis assured locals that he will not entire district and the party meet water demands, the Delhi season. Most of the approvals Silveira, Philip Nery abandon the constituency. campaign lacked direction. Cabinet on Wednesday have been received for the Rodrigues, Cleaofacio Dias, However, Rahul attributed his They alleged that some party approved Yamuna flood Natural pilot project, barring two from Wilfred DSa, Nilkant defeat to local party leaders men worked with the BJP in Water Storage Project. Chief the National Green Tribunal Halarnkar and Isidor who failed to connect with peo- the constituency. They also Minister Arvind Kejriwal mon- (NGT) committees, which are Fernandes. ple there. Rahul had won unanimously demanded that itored the pilot project which has expected very soon,” quoted a Goa Chief Minister Amethi LS seat thrice in 2004, Rahul should withdraw his the potential to end acute water statement from the Chief Pramod Sawant, who was 2009 and 2014 resignation from the party shortage, particularly in sum- Minister’s Office (CMO). present when the group “I will not leave Amethi. It president’s post. mer. The project is scheduled to At a time when many States arrived at the Assembly com- is my home and family. The Continued on Page 4 start in a month’s time. in India are facing water scarci- plex, said the 10 MLAs have The Cabinet meeting ty problem, the Government merged with the BJP. chaired by Keriwal has passed claimed that the project will With the 10 MLAs all the necessary inter-depart- prove to be a gamechanger not changing sides, the strength ment proposals for the pilot only for Delhi but for the whole of the Congress in the House project, including 77,000 per country. would be reduced to five. acre to be paid to farmers who Continued on Page 4 The BJP is the single largest party with 17, the Goa Forward Party and Independents have three each, while one MLA each is from the NCP and the MGP. When asked, Kavlekar refused to give reason behind their move, but said that they will make a statement later. Sawant was sworn in as CM in March after the death of then CM Manohar Parrikar. .           #  '   - %.-  --   /!   0/ 1 2   -    -    %   &'   %  34'  5      - - !    #&       !"# $ 7      % % 6 -       6 67: “Over a period of time, down and said that they have !   Tytler developed a mala fide no relation with the companies he Delhi Police has regis- intention to illegally usurp the on plot and cannot get the two Ttered First Information share and interest of the com- plots vacated,” said the com- Report (FIR) against former plainants in the plots through plainant.  7''# Union Minister Jagdish Tytler his dummies companies. Tytler The complainant said that for allegedly cheating and crim- conspired with the help of in the records of North Delhi  6 67: bag containing ornaments was inal breach of trust. Police said Bhupinder Sekhri and took Municipal Corporation, the  6 67: missing after which she that the complainant stated original documents of the plots land use of the plot acquired by he Delhi Police has arrest- approached the police,” said the that Tytler and 10 other per- from the registered company’s J D Tytler learning Centre is am Aadmi Party (AAP) Ted an assistant sub-inspec- DCP. sons had illegally usurped two office, without any knowledge shown as ‘Banquet Hall’ and Aleader and MLA from tor with the Border Security “During investigation, plots in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area. of the complainants, who were the occupancy is shown as Delhi’s Deoli Assembly seat Force (BSF) for allegedly steal- CCTV camera installed in According to FIR regis- between the complainants and having 25 percent in the GOL,” “Self occupied” whereas it Prakash Jarwal on Wednesday ing a woman’s handbag con- the area were scanned tered with Economic Offense their elder brother Bhupinder stated FIR. remains a question how was the alleged that three shots were taining ornaments worth 15 and Kumar was nabbed when Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police, Sekhri equally at 25 per cent “The complainants plot converted by all the fired at him during an event in lakh at the Indira Gandhi he was seen taking away the complainants Vijay and each ratio. approached Supreme Court in accused persons when GOL south Delhi’s Shani Bazaar International (IGI) airport in the handbag of the woman in Anil Sekhri, who owns 25 per “In order to protect the 2017, which ordered valua- never carried out any change is area. However, police denied National Capital. The accused a CCTV footage,” said the cent share in Gautam Overseas interest of Sekhri family and tion of the two plots at a fair land status. “How it is being Jarwal’s claim and the CCTV has been identified as Naresh DCP. limited (GOL) said that two Tytler, it was agreed that Sekhri market value, under supervi- used as banquet hall when it is footage collected from the spot viously attacked on Sunday Kumar, a resident of Haryana. “Stolen gold and plots (assets) own by the com- family will have the control sion of Justice Mukud Mudgal. in possession of the JD learn- does not show any incident of and informed police about it According to Sanjay diamond jewellery worth 15 pany said that the plots, which over GOL’s records along with The valuation was calculated to ing Centre”, the complainants firing. but nothing was done,” he said. Bhatia, the Deputy lakh have been recovered from value around 271 crores, were the original documents of the the amount of Rs 271 crores alleged. Jarwal said after verbally In the police complaint, Jarwal Commissioner of Police the possession of the given on rent by forging doc- plots. The papers were kept and according to share holding Meanwhile, a senior police informing the police, he has said an AAP worker was also (DCP), IGI airport, the inci- accused. The accused told uments with intention of with Bhupinder till the work is of 25 percent, the complainants official said that in preliminary also filed a formal complaint at given death threats by the same dent took place on police that he was at the IGI defrauding and remove real initiated on the plots and phys- have rightful share of Rs 67 investigation suggests no the Neb Sarai police station. person over phone. Jarwal said Tuesday when the woman airport to board a flight to owners of the plots from their ical control and possession of crores in the only two plots involvement of Jadgish Tytler in Jarwal claimed that he was he had call records of the con- along with her husband were at Bagdogra,” said the DCP. rights. The complainant said the plots were under Jagdish owned by GOL,” said the com- the complaint. However, shot at on Wednesday by an versation. the airport to board a flight to “A medical that the plots in 2007, were Tytler on a good faith and plainant. Jagdish Tytler, talking to The illegal alcohol distributor, who According to Vijay Kumar, Srinagar. examination has confirmed given on lease and they were trust,” said the FIR. “After valuation by Apex Pioneer said that he no links had been chasing him for the the Deputy Commissioner of “After completing her that Kumar was under the unaware about it. “In 2009, the family got court, Sun Real Estate Pvt Ltd, with the companies. “The school past three days. Police (DCP), South district, the boarding formalities, she took influence of alcohol and stole According to complainant, divided and Bhupinder Shekri’s indirectly owned by Tytler, is running there since 1954 and He alleged that despite ask- CCTV footage collected from a seat and kept her handbag the handbag to make easy the plots were purchased by shares were illegally bought by which said to buy the 25 per I am tenant there. I have no role ing the police for security, no the spot does not show any inci- under the liner chair. money,” said the DCP adding Jagdish Tytler and Sekhri Tytler through his two com- cent share of the Sekhri broth- and I own no company action was taken in this regard. dent of firing and further inves- A few minutes later, the that further investigation is Family through GOL and both panies, which were later ers back out following which alleged in the FIR. There is dis- “My life is in danger. I was pre- tigation is going on. woman realised that her hand- going on. Tytler and Sekhri family that merged into Sun Real Estate the court directed to auction pute between Sekhri brothers time held 50 per cent share Pvt Ltd, making him 75 per the properties. A order to and they are dragging me into each in the company. Shekri cent of share holder in GOL,” vacate the plots were also issued it without any reason,” said family’s share was divided said the complainant. but Tytler company backed Tytler. .   9  - /   

 parking on roads. a better facility to the visitor. paying guest accommodations :      0 -  -    )8)8*. Located within a radius of Also, the MCG will generate and guesthouses. a kilometer of each other, Sadar revenue via shops which will Kamla Nehru Market, too,  6 67: he Municipal Corporation Bazaar and Kamani Sarai are run inside the parking lots,” an is a heavily congested market O    Tof Gurugram (MCG) has among the city’s most con- MCG Official said. and residential area and its arte- or Hani Jawad    identified four locations for gested commercial and resi- In March, the MCG offi- rial roads are heavily FMohammmad, it was no constructing multilevel parking dential spaces. Despite housing cials had looked at sites near encroached upon by fruit and less than a miracle when his     lots including Kaman Sarai, more than 1,100 shops and Sadar Bazaar for constructing vegetable vendors. heart resumed functioning    Kamla Nehru Market, inviting a daily footfall of more multilevel parking, but owing Despite being in the MCG’s almost 18 months after he     Sikanderpur village and Old than 10,000 people, Sadar to space constraints there, they scheme of things since the underwent an artificial heart Veterinary Hospital at Sadar Bazar has no designated park- had to shift their plan to civic body’s commenced in implant procedure following a "     Bazaar. ing space. Kaman Sarai, which is a bit fur- 2009, multiple proposals for cardiac failure. In what is     The civic body has also “These parking lots will ther from Sadar Bazaar. adopting multilevel parking at claimed to be first in Asia, the floated e-tenders for building surely help to decongest park- Sikanderpur Ghosi is situ- Kaman Sarai, Rajiv Chowk, 52 year old Iraqi business-      four multi-level parking lots to ing issues at multiple loca- ated near the Delhi-Gurugram Sadar Bazaar, Huda City Centre man’s failed heart was revived     decongest these areas. MCG tions in the city. It will also help border and the Golf Course Metro station, and DLF Phase with year-long medication and officials said that the state gov- to curb unauthorised parking Road and is also connected by 3 failed to get a final nod from monitoring by putting it on rest   P ernment has framed a parking on the city roads. Multilevel the Yellow Line of the Delhi the urban local bodies depart- and decommissioning artificial miracle. “In this case artificial policy to stop unauthorised parking space will also provide Metro. It is home to several ment. heart. heart transplant has proved as Jawad, who had under- 3#(  6   destination therapy with com- gone artificial heart transplant plete recovery of his ailing (LVAD), admitted at BLK him a new lease of life. One ing again normally without heart to a normal heart.” Super Speciality Hospital a year of continuous monitoring any support. Jawad said, “It’s a rebirth year back after his health con- and medications helped recu- “Post-surgery he was in for me— from a failed heart to $    dition start deteriorating day by perate the ailing original heart, constant follow up with us an artificial heart to a natural partner Subhash Rawat. “Kamaljeet thought day. After assessing his condi- said Dr Ajay Kaul, Chairman of and we were monitoring his one again.”I had several  %    According to Manishi Rawat had usurped Rs 1.5 tion, doctors advised him to go BLK heart centre,” adding that Implant and his natural heart attempts on my life. The first    Chandra, the Deputy crores from him. When the for heart transplant or artificial after one year of thorough which was put on medication was one being in the captivity       Commissioner of Police matter could not be resolved heart implant. investigations, doctors found and rest,” he added. of terrorists, from where I (DCP), Special Cell, Kamaljeet amicably, Singh conspired “Considering acute short- the original heart had restart- Dr Kaul said that general- managed to escape. Even after  6 67: and Malik were nabbed on with his brother Charanjeet age of donor’s heart and serious ed functioning properly even ly, in such condition, the orig- having received multiple gun- Monday from Johri Enclave Singh and his associates to kill condition of Hani Jawad, arti- beyond their expectation. inal heart may show recovery shot injuries, I survived many he Delhi Police has arrest- metro station area. Rawat,” the DCP said. ficial heart transplant was one Hence, they weaned off the of 10-15 per cent but his heart surgeries and finally underwent Ted two gangsters who had “During investigation, the “On January 31, the and only alternate we had to artificial heart and now Jawad’s functioning was way better, an artificial heart transplant allegedly killed their business duo was also found involved in accused started following save his life. The LVAD gave own natural heart started beat- which is more like a medical here,” he said. partner in east Delhi’s Yamuna 55 other cases including rob- Rawat from Burari. They Vihar in January. Police have bery and murder. The two- intercepted Rawat’s vehicle also recovered two semi-auto- wheeler and the pistol, used to near Brijpuri and fired mul- matic pistols, four magazines murder Rawat, were also recov- tiple times at him,” said the and two dozen of cartridges ered from their possession,” DCP from the possession of the said the DCP. “Singh has been involved accused. “Interrogation revealed in a dispute with gangster The accused have been that Kamaljeet and Rawat were Satyaprakash for the last four identified as Kamaljeet Singh involved in the real estate busi- years over collection of (44), a resident of Delhi and ness. They were engaged in sale money from ‘satta’ network Sunil Malik (29), a resident of and purchase of disputed prop- operating in the Trans- district Muzaffarnagar in Uttar erties in the Trans Yamuna area Yamuna area. Kamaljeet Pradesh (UP). Both were car- for the last five years. With along with his brother rying a reward of Rs 20,000 time, differences cropped up Charanjeet had been named each in connection with the between them over sharing of “Bad Characters” by the murder of Kamaljeet’s business profits,” said the DCP. Jafrabad police station.

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According on this account and show cause to inaugurate much awaited Gupta said he had filed a com- to Delhi Government records, notices for cancellation have Rao Tula Ram flyover on plaint at the Lodhi Road police the Department of Trade and been issued to 3,221 dealers, of July 16, which will make com- station against Aam Aadmi fixed charges on electricity Taxes has been identified which proceedings are still muting towards airport from Party “loyalists” since he was bills by six times in just one around 56,000 suspicious and underway, it stated. south Delhi and Noida much “forcibly prevented” from sub- “At DERC, it all started into two pieces. BJP MLAs O year from Rs 20 to Rs 125 per risky dealers under various The department has direct- easier. mitting his petition before the with DERC inviting P Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan, connection, he demanded that risk parameters. The depart- ed its tax officers to recover the The newly constructed 2.7 DERC. @NitinTyagiAAP to speak( first Sehrawat and Anil Bajpai were the government compensates ment, through GST inspec- found non-existing and bogus entire amount of tax, interest km flyover branches out of AAP spokesperson some first serve basis). And manhandled.” consumers the financial loss tors, has conducted field veri- during inspections. These deal- and penalty from such dealers Munirka flyover and ends Saurabh Bharadwaj, however, @OPSharmaBJP interrupting He claimed that his per- they incurred on account of fications and inspections of ers are non-existing/bogus as well as to take other legal and before Army Research and said, “If he has any evidence in MLA Nitin Tyagi. Then people sonal assistant was badly beat- payment of these charges. 16,141 suspicious dealers so far. dealers who got registration in criminal actions against such Referral Hospital (R&R) near the matter, he should show it. asked BJP to reduce electric tar- en and his clothes were torn. Some consumers com- Deputy Chief Minister GST to defraud the dealers, the statement stated. Subroto Park close to National In fact, we have proof that iffs in BJP ruled states (sic),” “Representatives of various plained that due to commotion Manish Sisodia reviewed the Government Exchequer by As per government offi- Highway-8. Devinder Kumar Sehrawat Bharadwaj tweeted. RWAs were manhandled and caused by the two parties, they situation twice in last month issue and use of fake invoices,” cials, besides the cancelations, The construction of the misbehaved with Rakhi Birla He also alleged that BJP maltreated. They were not wouldn’t get adequate time to and ordered the possible Notably, the action results in 887 dealers are under the juris- elevated road was started in while Vijender Gupta snatched MLAs used “filthy language allowed to present their case in put forth their views at the strictest action against those blocking suspicious input tax diction of Central Tax November 2014. papers from her hand and tore against lady MLAs of the AAP”. the public hearing,” the leader hearing. involved in issuance of fake credits of Rs 128 crore”. Authorities, have been sent to It was to be completed by them up.” Condemning the “hooliganism of opposition alleged. The DERC will analyse all invoices. A large number of GST them for taking further November 2016, but missed In a tweet, Bharadwaj of AAP MLAs, leaders and Gupta, in his petition to the suggestions and objections According to statement fraud cases involving the use of necessary action as per law several deadlines. claimed that BJP MLAs came workers” at DERC public hear- DERC, demanded the AAP received during the public from Chief Minister’s Office fake invoices for wrong avail- input Tax Credit (ITC) of more According to a PWD very late at the DERC hearing ing on tariff petitions, Gupta government to roll back the hearing and consider it while (CMO), the department, ment of Input Credit (ITC), 128.30 crore has been official, a safety audit of the but wanted to speak first. AAP alleged, “I was forcibly pre- fixed charges, Power Purchase determining new tariff rates. through GST inspectors has which is further used to pay blocked in respect of 1526 flyover has been completed. MLAs protested against BJP vented from submitting his Cost Adjustment Charges Power sector experts said conducted Field verifications GST on Outwards Supplies non-existing and bogus dealers “Chief Minister Arvind MLAs sitting in VIP area, he petition before DERC. AAP (PPAC), Surcharge and Pension the process may take around a and inspections of 16,141 sus- has been detected since the roll so far, so that these dealers Kejriwal is likely to inaugurate wrote on the microblogging site MLA Jarnail Singh went to the Trust Surcharge. month’s time although efforts picious dealers so far. “Out of out of GST by Trade and Taxes could not be able to avail the the RTR flyover on July 16,” the adding BJP MLAs were not extent of snatching the petition Claiming that the Delhi are made to come out with new it, 4618 dealers have been Department of Government ITC wrongly. official said. ready to sit with the public. from my hands and tearing it government has increased the tariffs as soon as possible. ##&-/         .(    -  

 6 67: O$     state. “After the Lok Sabha      elections, we analysed the polit-   -      n order to solve problems ical situation and we have Ifaced by auto rickshaw dri-    decided to contest the upcom-  6 67: With Assembly polls due vers, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)     ing elections without forming early next year in the city, the has decided to constitute auto    any alliance in the state,” he he Delhi High Court Aam Aadmi Party government rickshaw wings in all the con-  .   said. TWednesday dismissed a in June announced that it has stituencies.    The assembly elections in petition challenging the AAP proposed to make metro and “The party has decided to   .  Haryana are due in October Government’s proposal to bus travels free for women in constitute auto wings in all con-   2   2019.The Aam Aadmi Party make metro ride free for Delhi “to encourage them to stituencies of Delhi and the    and the Jannayak Janata Party women, saying it is for the use public transport”. responsibility to complete this      (JJP) fought the elections authorities to decide on tory function and the process Chief Minister Arvind process has been given to   3   together on all 10 Lok Sabha giving concession to a partic- of fixation is complex which Kejriwal had said the Delhi Gaurav Singh as the president seats in Haryana. ular class. involves consideration of government will bear the trav- and Adil Ahmad Khan and + )+   The AAP fought on four A bench of Chief Justice D several factors, including cost. el expenses of women. Manoj Mathur as vice-presi-     P seats while the JJP on six seats. N Patel and Justice C Hari All these factors cannot be The court also noted that dents,” senior party leader However, there was a clean Shankar refused to entertain determined in a PIL,” the bench two similar petitions relating to Gopal Rai said on Wednesday.  ##&.       %   Talking about an alliance sweep by the BJP on all the the plea, saying there is no sub- said. Delhi Metro fares were filed The AAP has been con-  - -/   -  (  &   with the JJP (Jannayak Janta constituencies. stance in it and imposed a cost It said the petitioner, advo- earlier as well and they were ducting a survey in this regard Party) for the upcoming The JJP was launched last of 10,000 on the petitioner to cate Bipin Bihari Singh, has not entertained either. “We are for the past week to identifying charges of all the major auto He further said that heads Assembly elections in Haryana, year by former Haryana chief be deposited within four weeks. failed to point out any illegal- not inclined to give any direc- the persisting issues of auto dri- stands including the ones in of all major stations shall also Rai ruled out an alliance with minister Om Prakash The court also rejected the ity in fixation of fares and tion, much less in the nature of vers that still need redressal, he Kashmiri Gate, ISBT, New be made members of our the party after analyzing polit- Chautala’s grandson Dushyant prayer in the petition seeking added that the court will be mandamus to respondents no. said,” adding that the existing Delhi, Old Delhi, Anand Vihar, committee of 35 members. A ical situation in the state. Chautala, following a power reduction of fares and to make “extremely slow” in fixing the 1 to 3 (Delhi government, auto wings of the seven Lok Nizamuddin, Sarai Kale Khan, standing committee will be Rai said the state unit has struggle in the state’s main 15 slabs of the ticket price fares for Delhi Metro which is union of India and DMRC) on Sabha seats will continue to Karnal, Dholakua and formed at every assembly con- been asked to prepare a report opposition Indian National instead of existing six. the prerogative of the fixation of fares which prevail- operate and in addition, the in- Kausambi will be included. stituency,” he added on the political scenario in the Lok Dal. “Fixation of fares is a statu- Government. ing today,” the bench said.   -   !  

&   6 67: The committees will work pedestrians, cyclist and scoot- tist,” said Ram. sons were injured, 1690 persons together to provide better solu- er/motor cycle riders. “This initiative will not were killed, 4783 were simple n a bid to curb road acci- tion to curb road accidents and “This committee will pre- only help to curb road acci- accidents and 75 non-injured.  6 67: in Delhi. Idents, the Delhi Transport to find out the cause behind the pare guidelines and accident dents, it will also help to “Despite the commission- “Need of the hour is to Department has constituted incident occurred. “Whenever management plan following improve the road layout, design ing of the metro in Delhi- xpressing disappointment expand Delhi Metro and not three major committees con- an accident will take place be the reports and surveys done by and infrastructure and will National Capital Region Eover the latest EPCA allow its pick and choose sisting of nodal officers and it small or major, these com- the investigation team,” said help the government to create (NCR), both vehicular and (Environment Pollution expansion Sir. Further, the members from the Delhi mittee will be informed as Ram. better policy and transport human population is growing (Prevention and Control) EPCA report is silent on how Traffic Police, Public Works soon the incident occurs. As per the officials this facility,” said Dr S Velmurugan with registration of 7 lakh Authority) report on the aug- the Central government uni- Department (PWD) and Following which, the district will be the first of its kind ini- another member of ‘Vulnerable vehicles every year. mentation of public transport laterally changed the conditions experts from Central Road investigation team will visit tiative to curb the road acci- Road Users’ committee. Further, 42.86 percentage in the national Capital, the putting the onus of bearing Research Institute (CRRI) and that site and investigate by dents. “This will be the first As per the data shared by of persons killed in the acci- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has operations losses of DMRC School of Planning and finding out the reasons, prob- time that such initiative has the Delhi Traffic police, there dents are pedestrians and 39.5 asked how it is willing to go on Delhi Government,” he said. Architecture (SPA). The com- lem, and shortcomings on that been taken by the was a slight dip in the total percent are scooters/motor with the Centre’s proposal of “When it is a joint mittee is named as ‘District particular site/road. Government as till now none number of road accidents in vehicle riders,” said a implementing only three routes venture with the 50:50 part- Fatal Accident Investigation The members will also has investigated a site after an 2018 in comparison to 2017. Government official. of Metro Phase-IV despite the nership of both governments, Team’ and ‘Vulnerable Road keep a tab on the hospitals accident took place. This, ini- However, the fatal accident in The official also added that Delhi cabinet clearing all the six is it fair that only Delhi gov- Users’ committee. where the victim is admitted tiative will help the the city has been increased as the road accidents are tending routes proposed. ernment bear the losses?” he The District fatal accidents and to see if the victim died on Government to make a better compared to the previous years. to increase in the mid-night The EPCA on Monday Saurabh Bhardwaj in a letter told reporters. investigation team will the spot or after reaching the plan and policy as well as In 2018, a total number of 6515 from 8 pm to 2 am. “National asked the Supreme Court (SC) to EPCA chairperson He urged EPCA to investigate the accident and the hospital,” said Sewa Ram, pro- increase the research opportu- accidents took place last year Highways and major roads of to allow work to begin on the Bhure Lal, said that an continue functioning in a free, other committee will fessor at SPA, a member of this nity as these committee con- out of which 1657 were fatal the city are more accident three ‘priority corridors’ so affordable Delhi Metro is the fair and unbiased prepare guidelines for the vul- team and chair of ‘Vulnerable sists members all the con- accidents while it was 1565 fatal prone than the due to heavy that the city is not “deprived of best mode of public manner, which does not show nerable road users such as Road Users’ committee”. cerned departments: the cre- accidents out of total 6673 in movement of heavy commer- crucial public transport”. transport to and will reduce air the SC-appointed body in pedestrians, cyclist and two “The vulnerable road user ator, manager, implementing 2017. cial vehicles as well as others,” AAP spokesperson pollution and road congestion “poor” light. wheeler riders. committee will work on the agency and the experts/ scien- Further, last year 6086 per- added the official. 6#% %     ;6&  ##&-     ,'"O      '  % %     1 ./   6 67:  6 67:  6 67: sha Kanth, daughter of elhi Bharatiya Janata Party ith the arrest of five per- IPratyush Kanth a former jour- D(BJP) accused the Aam Wsons in two separate inci- nalist and spokesperson of Delhi Aadmi Party (AAP) of dis- dents, Delhi police has busted BJP, is one among the two stu- crimination against the New puncture gang and cash phenk dents who got selected for 2019 Delhi Municipal Council gang active in Delhi Southeast internship programme in (NDMC) — run schools and area. International Court of Justice alleged that Delhi Government Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy (ICJ) at Hague in Netherland. the Peace Palace in The Hague allocated only a miniscule part Commissioner of Police of Isha completed higher sec- (Netherlands). Of the six prin- of the budget to them. southeast Delhi said that in first ondary from Sanskriti School in cipal organs of the United Delhi BJP president Manoj incident, three men were arrest- New Delhi and is currently pur- Nations, it is the only one not Tiwari alleged that while the ed for allegedly stealing bags suing LLB from Queen Merry located in New York (United Kejriwal Government set aside from the car of an Uttar College of London. Inspired by States of America). over 23 per cent of the funds Pradesh BJP MLA. her grandfather, she wants to The Court’s role is to settle, allocated to education for 1,033 The gangs used to rob valu- come back to India after com- in accordance with internation- State-run schools, it gave only ables from cars after punctur- Manohar, the MLA from UP’s During interrogation the pleting studies and serve mar- al law, legal disputes submitted 1.4 per cent to 743 NDMC-run ing and breaking the window Hathras while it was parked at accused told the police that they ginalized and downtrodden sec- to it by States and to give advi- schools. panes of the vehicles, said a private hospital’s car park in were working for Murugan and tions of society. Senior Bharatiya sory opinions on legal questions He also claimed that  ;6&   (      %   police. southeast Delhi. Govindan, who used to bring Janta Party leaders including pa- referred to it by authorized although the AAP government (  &   Gurvayurappan (36), The driver was sitting alone alcohol addicts and unem- rty Delhi unit president Manoj United Nations organs and spe- had earmarked Rs 4,696 crore Prasath (26) and P Surender in the vehicle when one of the ployed youngsters from Tamil Tiwari congratulated her for cialized agencies. for education in the 2018-19 ted 3500 crore rupees for edu- to 1965 and only 1677 crores (25), all natives of Trichy in accused told him that some cur- Nadu to Delhi and trained such remarkable achievement. The Court is composed of budget, it could utilise only Rs cation which was later on utilized, the rest amount lapsed Tamil Nadu, are presently resid- rency notes were lying on the them to steal bags from vehi- The International Court of 15 judges, who are elected for 1,803 crore. reduced to 3104 crores, less by but MCD was not given any ing Madangir area, he said, ground near the car. As the dri- cles, he added. Justice (ICJ) is the principal judi- terms of office of nine years by “Still, the remaining money 400 crores and only 2666 crores fund. In the election year, the adding that with their arrest, ver got down collecting the Two laptops worth Rs. 1.5 cial organ of the United Nations the United Nations General wasn’t given to corporation-run were spent. education budget of the 4696 nine cases of theft have been money, the bags were stolen, he lakh, cash worth Rs. 18,000, for- (UN). It was established in June Assembly and the Security schools. The reason is that the The balance amount lapsed crore rupees, only 1803 crores solved. said. A complaint was filed by eign currency notes and a 1945 by the Charter of the Council. It is assisted by a BJP rules the civic bodies,” but the Government did not were utilized and the rest At around 5 pm on the legislator’s personal assistant country made pistol were United Nations and began work Registry, its administrative Tiwari claimed. He further said allot fund to MCD. Similarly in amount lapsed but again Monday, they stole the bags Rajesh Kumar Singh on recovered from the duo, police in April 1946. organ. Its official languages are that in the years 2016-17, Aam 2017-18, 2127 crore rupees Kejriwal Government did not from the car of Hari Shankar Tuesday. said. The seat of the Court is at English and French. Aadmi Party (AAP) had allot- were allotted which was revised give any fund to MCD schools.    !"# $  4

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The Minister will be joined Singh Champion landed in threats posed by the D- He emphasised that the by his counterparts from the trouble once again on Company, the JeM and the LeT. success of a collective action to country exposed its “double other 52 member-countries of Wednesday as a video showing Terrorist organisations are “denude” the ISIS is a pointer standards”. Akbaruddin the Commonwealth at the him dancing with guns in his increasingly involved in lucra- that the Council’s “focussed stressed that terrorism and meeting, to be chaired by UK hands during a get-together tive criminal activities such as attention can and does yield organised crime are both Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt went viral prompting an trading in natural resources results”. “A similar degree of “manifestly malicious organ- as part of Britain’s term as the embarrassed party to issue a and human trafficking to raise interest in addressing the isms drawing sustenance from current Chair-in-Office of the show-cause notice to him. funds, India’s Permanent threats posed by proscribed the same deadly swamp. Commonwealth. In the video, the Khanpur Representative to the UN individuals, such as Dawood “At times, they co-exist; at According to senior offi- MLA is purportedly seen danc- Bhatt who was in Haridwar to already suspended from the Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin Ibrahim and his D-Company, other times, they cooperate; and cials, Jaishankar’s UK schedule ing to a popular attend a ceremony said. party. Champion’s three-month said on Tuesday. as well as proscribed entities, Magistrates’ Court in London in instances, they converge. As is extremely tight and a bilat- number with two revolvers in The BJP had last month suspension had followed pre- Similarly, criminal groups including the Jaish-e- heard that Dawood is current- the world becomes more inter- eral meeting with Hunt is to be his hands and a carbine hang- suspended Champion from the liminary investigations are joining hands with terrorists Mohammad (JeM) and the ly in exile in Pakistan. connected, these menacing scheduled if time permits. ing from his shoulder. He is seen party for three months on by the party into charges of and are providing services such Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), list- “The head of D Company networks are becoming increas- The Foreign Affairs sipping his drink from a glass as charges of indiscipline. indiscipline against him and as counterfeiting, illicit financ- ed as affiliates of al-Qaeda, is Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian ingly intertwined,” he said. Ministers’ Meeting is set to dis- his friends cheer him on. Bhatt said the words used that of threatening a journalist ing, arms dealing, drug traf- under the 1267 sanctions Muslim currently in exile in Terrorist and criminal groups cuss the future strategy and BJP’s national media in- by the MLA about Uttarakhand at Uttarakhand Niwas ficking and smuggling terrorists regime, will serve all of us well,” Pakistan. Dawood Ibrahim and rely on strategic recourse to direction of the charge Anil Baluni said the in the video clip have caused in New Delhi. across borders, he said at the he said. his brother and top lieutenant, unsanctioned and illegitimate Commonwealth as the organ- party strongly condemns the huge embarrassment to the The MLA is no stranger to Security Council debate on Pakistan’s Foreign Office Anis Ibrahim, have been fugi- use of violence to undermine isation celebrates its 70th MLA’s behaviour and strict party. Party vice President and controversies. He was also in ‘Threats to International Peace last week said “Dawood tives from India since 1993, governance and development, anniversary. action will be taken against in charge of its affairs in the news a couple of months and Security: Linkages between Ibrahim is not in Pakistan”, a when D Company was impli- he told the UNSC. Potential reforms of the him. “A notice has been issued Uttarakhand Shyam Jaju, who ago for publicly indulging in a International Terrorism and day after a UK court was cated in coordinated bombings “Both lead to destabilising Commonwealth Secretariat are to the MLA seeking an expla- accompanied Bhatt, said the war of words with BJP MLA Organised Crime’. informed that the underworld in Mumbai that killed more established state structures, also on the agenda nation from him for his behav- BJP never compromises with its from Jhabreda Deshraj “In our own region, we don wanted for the deadly than 200 people,” according to thereby undermining and of the talks. iour within 10 days,” state unit principles. Karnawal and challenging him have seen the mutation of coordinated bombings in a US Attorney’s affidavit for threatening international peace Media freedom is a key president and Nainital MP “What Champion has done to a wrestling bout. Dawood Ibrahim’s criminal Mumbai in 1993 is currently in extradition read out by Moti’s and security,” he said, adding theme for this year’s summit as Ajay Bhatt told reporters in does not behove a public rep- Champion was among the syndicate into a terrorist net- exile in the country. barrister Edward Fitzgerald. that revenues generated by Hunt co-hosts the first Global Haridwar. resentative. The BJP will never Congress MLAs who had work known as the D- During the ongoing extra- External Affairs Ministry illicit activities of terrorist and Conference for Media Freedom “If his explanation is not tolerate it. Strictest action will rebelled against Harish Rawat Company. dition trial of 51-year-old Jabir Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar criminal groups are moved in London alongside fellow found satisfactory, he can even be taken against the MLA,” Jaju and crossed over to the BJP in “The D-Company’s illegit- Moti, a “high-ranking member has said Pakistan’s stand that across borders and exchanged Commonwealth nation be expelled from the party,” said, adding that Champion is 2016. imate economic activities may of D-Company”, Westminster Dawood was not present in the through open networks. 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Section 67 (punishment for oppose it,” she said. dation of Through Routes and ish by 2024-205, he said.  %   as part of its separatist agenda was banned by the Centre for its alleged anti-national activ- ities, officials said.  “Though the outfit deserved to be treated as a ter- rorist organisation, the gov- From Page 1 ernment of India has at least The meeting with party work- taken a long-overdue stand      ers, including booth presidents against the SFJ, which had from five Assembly segments — unleashed a wave of terror in Salon, Amethi, Gauriganj, Punjab in recent years,” Jagdishpur and Tiloi — lasted bare- Amarinder Singh said in a /  ly 50 minutes. Rahul then left for statement issued here. two villages in Chhatoh block on With this step, the Centre the way to Lucknow, from where he has finally shown its much-  :*)*8: Tuesday. flew back to Delhi. needed intent to crack down on A former village head will On reaching Amethi, the the organisation, which was he Haryana Government get a monthly pension of Rs Congress leader first visited the “overtly being backed by Thas decided to grant pen- 1,000 and a former zilla Gauriganj house of his party’s Tiloi Pakistan’s ISI in its conspirato- sion to former village heads, parishad chairperson will Assembly in-charge Mata Prasad rial campaign” over ‘Sikh chairpersons and vice-chair- receive Rs 2,000, while a vice- Vaish to offer condolences over the Referendum 2020’, launched in persons of zilla parishads and chairperson will get Rs 1,000, death of a relative on June 25. 2014, said the CM. panchayat samitis. according to the statement. Ahead of his visit, a poster appeared He, however, asserted that Finance Minister The former head and vice- outside the party office demanding the Central Government would Abhimanyu said the State chairperson of a panchayat justice for the death of a man who have to take more proactive Government had decided to samiti will get Rs 1,500 and Rs was allegedly denied treatment by measures to aggressively crack give pension to former pan- 750, respectively. As many as a hospital run by the Sanjay Gandhi down on SFJ and its affiliates or chayat representatives on the 25,336 people will be given the Memorial Trust. In May, Irani had operatives in the interest of instructions of Chief Minister pension benefit at a total out- shared a video on Twitter that national security. “SFJ’s activities Manohar Lal Khattar, lay of Rs 30.6 crore annually. showed a man claiming that the went beyond being unlawful Only village heads or chair- The rules have also been hospital refused treatment to his and posed a major threat to the persons elected after 1994 will framed for this pension and uncle because the family held an very existence of our nation,” get the benefit of this scheme, those who are eligible will get Ayushman Bharat card. The hos- said Amarinder Singh. PTI the minister said in a release on the benefit, it added. ?    -  -     -. %   &' pital had rejected the charge.

% ( )P   ment said. and giving protection to our MLAs and are helping them “Section 14 and Section 15 of officially and unofficially”. O  P, the POCSO Act, 2012 are also pro- “It is shame on Indian democracy…. Some of the  000 posed to be amended to address the police officials were kind. They are acting at the behest From Page 1 menace of child pornography. It is of their political bosses. They detained me “Only recycle and recharge of water is From Page 1 proposed to levy fine for not From Page 1 and brought to this guest house. I am very happy that the solutions to the problem of water The Act defines child as any per- destroying or deleting or reporting Meanwhile, former Union Minister Milind Deora Mumbai Congress and Youth Congress leaders have scarcity in the national Capital, particularly son below the age of 18 years. It is the pornographic material involv- and former Minister Naseem Khan stood by me.” during the harsh summer months. The a gender-neutral legislation, it said. ing a child with an intention to share arrived at the hotel to meet Shivkumar. All of them Shivkumar said that he had agreed to return to timely intervention and regular monitor- The Government, in a statement, or transmit it,” the Government said. staged a dharna near the hotel. Shivkumar refused to Bengaluru based on the advice of some senior police ing of the pilot project by the Chief said the amendments in Section 2, Over the past few years, India has leave the place unless he met the Congress MLAs lodged officials in Mumbai who said “my continued stay in Minister has now given a full one month’s 4, 5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 34,42 and 45 of the received ongoing media attention at the hotel. Mumbai will result in law and order situation. I am a time to the Irrigation and Flood POCSO Act, 2012 are being made for incidents of brutal rape and gen- The police detained Shivkumar, Deora, Khan and law-abiding citizen. I have listened to the advice given Department for the preparations of the to address the aspects of child sex- der-based violence. India topped the a few other Congress functionaries from Mumbai as by the police officials.” project,” said a Government official. ual abuse in an appropriate manner. list as the most dangerous country per order issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivkumar said he has been denied his civil The pilot project is monitored direct- “Section 4, 5 and 6 are pro- for women in a June survey pub- Manjunath Singe (Operations and Executive Magistrate) rights. “I had a reservation in Renaissance Hotel. The ly by an IITian on an hourly basis. posed to be amended to provide lished by Thomson Reuters under Section 144 of CrPC which prohibited the hotel people told me that they were forced to cancel my Soon after the Cabinet, Kejriwal called option of stringent punishment, Foundation. “unlawful assembly of five or more persons for pre- reservation. It is shame on the system… No one should up the union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra including death penalty, for com- Meanwhile, the Union Cabinet vention of breach of peace tranquility, danger to human misuse law. Politicians are not permanent. The system, Singh Shekhawat and thanked the Union mitting sexual assault and aggra- on Wednesday approved the lives and loss of properties and to prevent any kind of constitutional and individual rights are very much Minister for the quick approvals by the vated penetrative sexual assault Transgender Persons (Protection of riot in the areas coming under the jurisdiction of Powai important,” the Karnataka Minister said. ◆ CHANGE OF NAME ◆ Centre for the project. The Chief Minister crime on a child to protect the chil- Rights) Bill 2019. The Bill will be Police station” for a period from July 9, 2019 to July 12, “I had come to meet my friends (MLAs lodged at also thanked him for the full cooperation dren from sexual abuse,” it said. introduced in the ongoing session 2019. the hotel)… But BJP friends had taken a letter from the I, VANAJA W/o. Ex-Havildar Delhi received from Centre for the pilot pro- The amendments are also pro- of Parliament. “The Bill provides a Shivkumar and others were taken to and lodged at Congress MLAs addressed to the Mumbai Police Sasi.D, 47 years, residing at ject. This may be recalled that when the posed in Section 9 to protect chil- mechanism for their social, eco- the Bombay University’s rest house at Kalina in north- Commissioner saying that the MLAs do not want to Anilam, Edakkunnam, present Government came to power in dren from sexual offences in times nomic and educational empower- west Mumbai, where they were detained for the next meet me,” Shivkumar said. Nooranad, Alapuzha, Kerala- February 2015, only 58 per cent of Delhi of natural calamities and other sim- ment. The Bill will benefit a large four hours before they were released. “A ministerial colleague, two of my party MLAs and 690505, shall henceforth be had piped water connection at their ilar situations and in cases where number of transgender persons, In his interaction with the media after his release I were here to meet the MLAs. I tried and tried. The known as VANAJA.K & My homes. children are administered, in any mitigate the stigma, discrimination from detention, Shivkumar said: “The BJP wants to MLAs were calling me from the hotel to meet me. Some Remarkably, in a time of four way, any hormone or any chemi- and abuse against this marginalised knock out the Congress-JD(S) Government in senior police officials came and told me that the MLAs Date of Birth is 25.05.1972. and half years, the number of households cal substance, to attain early sexu- section and bring them into the Karantaka. The BJP is saying that it is the result of an came and told me that the MLAs do not want to meet PD(8554)A with piped water has gone up from 58 to al maturity for the purpose of pen- mainstream of society,” an official internal dissent within the Congress. All BJP leaders me and they have given a letter in this regard to the 88 per cent. etrative sexual assault, the state- statement said. from Karnataka and Mumbai are sitting inside the hotel Mumbai Police Commissioner”.    !"# $  5 ''      &     '

  6 67: 28,000 crore. to questions raised on discrep- She said several steps ancies of data between the ithout offering any com- including enhancing invest- Budget and the Economic Wments on the hike in ments in infrastructure, liber- Survey, she said the Budget has petrol and diesel cess pro- alisation in the foreign direct taken into account 12 per cent posed in the Budget presented investment policy and lowering growth in nominal GDP.   6 67: for almost the entire day until made their Zero Hour sub- the third row to continue his by her in the Lok Sabha on of corporate tax are being She said although the Leader of the House Thawar mission when Congress mem- assertion lauding the budget. Friday, Union Finance Minister taken to make India a $5 tril- Survey has projected a nomi- fter stalling the Rajya Chand Gehlot announced that bers were up on their feet However, major part of his Nirmala Sitharaman on lion economy by 2024-25 as nal GDP growth of 11 per cent ASabha proceedings for two the Rajya Sabha will begin the again, seemingly bolstered by speech was not audible due to Wednesday said the fiscal stated by Prime Minister in 2019-20, but the actual size days on the issue of ongoing debate on Budget on Thursday the presence of their deputy ruckus. deficit in the regular Budget for Narendra Modi. of nominal GDP is same. Karnataka political crisis, the at 11.00 am and Finance leader. Sharma, who was not In the Lok Sabha, the 2019-20 has been pegged at 3.3 "The Government is com- To Opposition queries, she Congress on Wednesday Minister Nirmala Sitharaman present in the House at the start Congress staged a walk-out per cent of the GDP as against "We will move GST mitted to the path of fiscal con- said the Finance Ministry has agreed to participate in the will be present. Congress leader of the proceedings, sought to even as Union Minister Prahlad 3.4 per cent proposed in the Council to reduce the GST rate solidation without compro- taken into account 12 per cent Budget discussion on Thursday. Anand Sharma also said his raise the 267 notice given by his Joshi asserted that Karnataka interim budget presented in the on e- vehicles from 12 per cent mising on the public expendi- nominal GDP growth to ensure The main Opposition party, party is very serious about party colleagues but Naidu minister D K Shivakumar was House in February. to 5 per cent," she said adding ture placed by the various sec- compatibility with the projec- earlier, in the day raised a din participating in the debate and said the ruling of the chair was not allowed to enter a Mumbai Replying to the Budget "we will work with states for tors," she said. tions made in the interim in the house forcing repeated appealed to Deputy Chairman final. hotel where Congress MLAs discussion in the Lok Sabha on supplying tap water to all in The Minister said the fis- Budget. adjournments. The debate on Harivansh to adjourn the In the post-lunch session, are lodged as they alleged a the General Budget 2019-20, rural household by 2024". cal deficit in the regular bud- When some members Budget commenced in the house. The Chair did so at Sharma again tried to raise the threat to their life from him and Sitharaman said her The minister said the gov- get for 2019-20 has been objected to her statement, she post-lunch session despite the about 4.15 pm. issue but Deputy Chairman sought police protection. Government is committed to ernment's intention is to push pegged at 3.3 per cent of the said: "Even if I am mocked at, Congress members storming Earlier in the day, Harivansh did not allow him to Speaker Om Birla allowed the path of fiscal consolidation infrastructure development GDP as against 3.4 per cent sometimes I spoke like a into the well and raising slo- Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu do so and asked Congress Congress leader in the Lok without compromising on pub- and invest over 100 lakh crore proposed in the interim budget teacher to a class of stu- gans. The Lok Sabha also saw was forced to adjourn the Zero leader P Chidambaram to Sabha Adhir Ranjan lic expenditure. in the next five years. presented in the House in dents...And even if that is not protest by the Congress fol- Hour after the Congress raised begin his speech on the bud- Chowdhury to raise the issue Several Opposition parties She said the Government February. Sitharaman further sufficient I am quite happy to lowed by a walk-out. Finance a din. When the Elders get. As the agitated Congress again for the third time even including the Congress staged has increased Minimum said that all the data mentioned receive Members to room Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reassembled for the Question members kept on raising slo- though he reminded him that a walkout demanding a roll Support Price (MSP) for all 22 in the Budget is authentic. number 36 with due respect." replied to the Budget debate in Hour, Congress member and gans in the well and it has already been taken up in back of cess on petrol and commodities. "I will assure the House Her remarks evoked sharp the lower house. Deputy Leader Anand Sharma Chidambaram not starting his house during the previous days. diesel proposed in the Budget Sitharaman did not choose there is no need for any spec- reaction from the Opposition The main action was in the sought to raise a point but the speech, the chair then asked Prior to this, Congress mem- and shouting slogans saying it to comment on the hike in ulation on figures given in benches on which Lok Sabha Upper House where the chairman disallowed him. BJP leader Suresh Prabhu to bers had come to the well of the was an anti-people Budget. petrol and diesel cess pro- Budget and every number is Speaker Om Birla said he Congress repeatedly disrupted Seeing the Congress members speak. When he began to house. Besides Congress, DMK, TMC, posed in the Budget. authentic," she said. would look into the records the proceedings since the Rajya trooping into the well and con- speak amidst din, Harivansh Chowdhury said in NC, and NCP walked out dur- Following the decision, the Sitharaman further said and remove objectionable con- Sabha met for the day. tinuing to create din, Naidu adjourned the house till three Karnataka democracy is being ing the minister's reply. petrol price went up by a min- the Budget reflects the mandate tent. Incidentally, the party did not adjourned the House till 2 pm at about 2.05 pm. betrayed and a conspiracy is The minister said that eco- imum of 2.40 per litre and of the newly elected On problems being faced allow the house to function on PM. Later, Prabhu spoke for being hatched to overthrow the nomic growth and national diesel by a minimum of 2.36 Government and towards by the banking sector, she said Tuesday too when the debate Earlier at the start of pro- about 50 minutes on the bud- government. Responding to security would be the focus of per litre. acheiving the $5 trillion econ- the government is addressing on budget was to commence. ceedings, Naidu said he had not get in the continuous uproar by charges leveled by Chowdhury, the government. She said sup- Sitharaman had on Friday omy. them through four 'R' strategy. Given the situation, proceed- admitted notices by Congress the Congress. Some protesting Joshi displayed the letter writ- port amount for all schemes proposed to raise excise duty To boost investments, a These are recognition of NPAs, ings were adjourned for the day members including Kapil Sibal members in the well tried to ten by the MLAs lodged in a which have implications for and road and infrastructure five-member committee head- recovery of bad loans, recapi- later without any business. under rule 267 seeking sus- block his view while Prabhu hotel in Mumbai and said it is common man has been cess on petrol and diesel by 2 ed by the Prime Minister has talisation of public sector On Wednesday too, same pension of rules to take up their was speaking from the front on their request that the police increased. per litre each to raise 24,000- been set up, she said. Referring banks, and reforms, she said. unruly scenes were witnessed issue. Barely had four members row. He immediately shifted to is guarding the premises. &/  ! - /    6 +"6"62+

  6 67: tive is to establish an "independent .;'! 9>&'#--    /  and sovereign country" in Punjab. nion Home Ministry on The SFJ openly espouses the cause of   6 67: In the case involving Prajapati, the has alleged in the FIR. UWednesday banned pro- Khalistan and in that process chal- agency has alleged that beneficiaries The agency teams simultaneous- Khalistani group “The Sikhs for lenges the sovereignty and territori- he CBI has registered two fresh Shiv Singh and Sukhraj used the influ- ly reached the 12 locations in the State Justice” for its alleged anti-national al integrity of India, said MHA offi- Tcases in Uttar Pradesh mining ence of the Minister to get their lease on Wednesday morning, including at activities. US-based The Sikhs for cials. scam naming four IAS officers and renewed in irregular manner. the premises of 2007-batch IAS offi- Justice (SFJ) pushes for Sikh The notification also said that SFJ former Minister Gayatri Prajapati as Nanadan and then district mag- cer Abhay, presently the District Referendum 2020 as part of its sep- is funding and encouraging and accused and conducted searches at 12 istrate of Fatehpur Abhay allegedly Magistrate of Bulandshahr, and 2009- aratist agenda. aiding the activities of secession locations in the State on Wednesday conspired with the minister to get the batch IAS officer Vivek, the Mission "SFJ is involved in anti-national oand supporting many separatist including Bulandshahar, Lucknow, lease renewed in the matter of Sukhraj Director of Uttar Pradesh Skill and subversive activities in Punjab and terrorist groups working against Fatehpur, Azamgarh, Allahabad, in 2014 while Singh managed to get Development Mission to conduct and elsewhere, intended to disrupt the country. There were occasions Noida, Gorakhpur and Deoria. his lease renewed in 2012. The lease searches, they said. the sovereignty and territorial integri- and proofs of SFJ's role in escalating The CBI FIR names Prajapati, a of the duo was allegedly renewed in The officials said cash of around ty of India. SFJ is in close touch with tensions and create anti-India senti- former minister in the Samajwadi violation of e-tendering policy of the 47 lakh was recovered from the the militant outfits and activists, and       ments in Punjab Party government, and then Principal State government, they said. premises of Abhay and about Rs 10 its supporting violent form of extrem- Punjab Chief Minister Secretary Jiwesh Nandan, Special In the second case, the agency has lakh was recovered from the residence ism and ….carve out a sovereign raise the issue regarding security and ed out. Amarinder Singh hailed the Union Secretary Santosh Kumar, then district alleged that Vivek, during his stint as of Devi Sharan Upadhyay, the then Khalistan out of territory of India," safety of pilgrims during Kartarpur They said there's no concrete evi- Government's decision to ban pro- magistrates Abhay (Fatehpur) and DM in Deoria, allowed renewal of ADM of Deoria. Upadhyay is present- said the MHA notification. talks with Pakistan on July 14. dence that Pakistan has curbed or Khalistan group 'The Sikhs for Justice' Vivek (Deoria), agency sources said. lease of one Sharda Yadav. ly posted as the CDO in Azamgarh, The outfit wanted to use The official website of SFJ and banned the group. and said it deserved to be treated as The Uttar Pradesh Government Yadav, whose petition for renew- and the agency also searched his Kartarpur Corridor for propagating referendum 2020 were sharing and A meeting of the Union Cabinet a "terrorist organisation". Singh had mandated e-tendering for renew- al of lease was dismissed by the premises. The agency also seized their secessionist ideology, officials sourcing content from Karachi- decided to declare SFJ as outlawed termed the move as the first step al and award of fresh lease for sand Allahabad High Court on April 5, some documents related to properties said adding SFJ and its secessionist based website, they said. A number under the Unlawful Activities towards protecting the nation from mining in the State on May 31, 2012, 2013, managed to get it renewed next from the premises of Vivek who is campaign referendum 2020 are sup- of SFJ activists were also linked with Prevention Act, Home Ministry offi- "anti-India or secessionist designs" of which was upheld by the Allahabad day in conspiracy with Vivek and presently posted as Director, Training ported by Pakistan. India is likely to same Pakistani websites, they point- cials said. The group's primary objec- the ISI-backed organisation. High Court on January 29, 2013. other officials of the district, the CBI & Employment, Lucknow. "678-$

.   -    1'# # #! :      !  ! ! -&'"  #  BC   6 67: order has also been endorsed brought from proceeds of ter- last year and the case was to Deputy Commissioner, rorism. later transferred to NIA in he National Investigation Srinagar to enter the effect of Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda July. New Delhi: The Supreme TAgency (NIA) on attachment in the revenue and Naheeda Nasreen were "She is spreading sedi- Court on Wednesday said it Wednesday attached a prop- records," a senior NIA official using Twitter, Facebook, tious and insurrectionary would consider the plea seek- erty of banned terror outfit said here. YouTube and TV channels imputations against the ing urgent hearing of a PIL Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya The attachment has been including some in Pakistan to Government of India. She is challenging the constitutional Andrabi in Srinagar in a terror done in connection with the spread "insurrectionary impu- promoting ill-will and enmi- validity of Article 370 which case relating to waging war investigation of a NIA case reg- tations and hateful messages ty between different commu- grants special status to Jammu against India under the provi- istered last year case relating to and speeches against India", nities in India on religious ""$* ,    %  & Kashmir and limits sions of the Unlawful Activities waging war against the coun- according to the charge sheet. grounds. Investigation has  %     Parliament's power to make (Prevention) Act. try by using Internet plat- Dukhtaran-E-Millat, a also established that she has    laws for the State. The attached house of forms. banned terrorist organisation, close contacts with designat-      A bench comprising Chief Andrabi is situated at 90 Feet The NIA had chargesheet- through Andrabi and others, ed global terrorist Hafeez     %   Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Road Saura, Srinagar. Andrabi ed Andrabi on November 14 openly advocates secession of Mohammad Saeed who is the 7 &  <   < Justices Deepak Gupta and is the Chairperson of last year along with two other Jammu and Kashmir from the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawah       Aniruddha Bose took note of Dukhtaran-E-Millat (a pro- accused persons — Sofi Union of India and its merger and Lashkar-e-Taiba, inter- *     E*F ,0 the submission of BJP leader scribed terrorist organisation Fehmeeda and Nahida with Pakistan through violent nationally designated terror- !50    %  and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay under the Unlawful Activities Nasreen. All the three accused means. ist organisations that are     .   that his PIL be listed for an (Prevention) Act). persons are in judicial custody It is engaged in anti-India based in Pakistan," the NIA     %  urgent hearing. special provision was "tempo- of Jammu & Kashmir was "The approval for attach- presently. The Court of Speciall activities and has been inciting has said.     %    "File a memo. We will see," rary" in nature at the time of "arbitrary" and "unconstitu- ment of the property was Judge, NIA, New Delhi has the Kashmiri people for an Fehmeeda and Nasreen   %    %   the bench said. framing of the Constitution tional" on various grounds, granted by DGP, J&K as taken cognisance of the armed rebellion against the have been instrumental in      On February 18 this year as and Article 370(3) lapsed with including that it was against the required under the law. chargesheet. Government of India with aid using social media and other     well, he had mentioned the PIL the dissolution of the Jammu "supremacy of the Constitution Consequent to attachment, the The attachment has been and assistance of terrorist platforms to wage war against for urgent listing for the hear- and Kashmir Constituent of India and contrary to dictum property cannot be sold, trans- effected under Section 25 (i) of organisations based in the Indian government. The     3 ing. Assembly on January 26, 1957. of 'One Nation, One ferred or otherwise dealt with UA (P) A, which states that an Pakistan. duo also collected funds to   Upadhyay, in his plea The plea also seeks a dec- Constitution, One National in any manner without the investigating officer can attach Andrabi and her two asso- carry out terrorist activities of ""$      which was filed in September laration from the apex court Anthem and One National express permission of officer a property if the officer has rea- ciates were arrested by Jammu Dukhtaran-E-Millat, the  7 & *  83 last year, has contended that the that the separate Constitution Flag'". PTI making the order. Copy of the sons to believe that it has been and Kashmir police in April agency had said.         =  &%  ; ,   %     %   #    "         .;'  :      ./ -   #'?  ; A :      7 :        + % <       & 6 67: societal support to access care. Among 29 patients, 24 were Scientific Day organised by the ceived treatment and why they '!            Bihar has 80 per cent of the Kala men while 5 were women. MSF. After treating more than presented late in seeking care,    *0    ncidents of co-infection with Azar reported in India. "The economic impact of 13,000 patients suffering from said the researchers.          IVisceral Leishmaniasis (com- During the study seeking care in the private sec- kala azar in Bihar since 2007, According to experts, HIV  0      monly known as Kala Azar, researchers found that "patients tor combined with lost income the MSF is now focusing on the and KA are mutually reinforc-  # ! % 0  &%   0 KA) and Human highly valued income and during periods of illness con- diagnosis and treatment of ing infections, which means G       G Immunodeficiency Virus health as indicators of a good tributed to feelings of anxiety HIV-kala azar co-infection. that HIV-infected people are   6 67: probe against Asthana. (HIV) are increasingly being quality life, and routinely went and hopelessness among The researchers were vulnerable to KA, while KA "Approval of the !   reported from Bihar, noted a into debt accessing care in the patients, and left them depen- Pragya Kumar, Sanjay Pandey, advances an HIV infection. he Appointments Appointments Committee of       team of researchers and warned private setup. This was due to dent on societal support to Alok Ranjan, Chandra Mani MSF is focusing on kala TCommittee of the Cabinet the Cabinet (ACC) is hereby ""$  . that such patients are reaching perceptions of poor quality of access care. Singh and Neeraj Agarwal from azar-HIV co-infection because headed by Prime Minister on conveyed for the premature "  '      late for medical treatment in care in the Government setup "The KA symptoms were AIIMS, Patna, Amit Harshana, relapse and mortality rates are Wednesday prematurely repa- repatriation of Tarun         Government hospitals. and a lack of knowledge regard- often misdiagnosed in the pri- Mohit Nair, Shahwar Kazmi around 13 -14 times higher in triated CBI DIG Tarun Gauba, Gauba...DIG, CBI to his state    G   G They pointed out that ing available Government ser- vate sector as seasonal fever, and Sakib Burza from comparison to cases of KA who was supervising the probe cadre," said an order issued by <  .    symptoms of vector-borne dis- vices at the district level." while care providers found it Jawaharlal Nehru University without HIV. "KA can also not against former agency Special Department of Personnel and 3 %     ease KA caused by the sandfly The researchers from difficult to disentangle the clin- and Fernanda Falero, Laura be completely eliminated with- Director Rakesh Asthana, back Training.         are being often misdiagnosed in Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru ical symptoms of KA and HIV, Moreto-Planas from Medecins out addressing the KA-HIV to his cadre. The Government had last %  %     the private sector as seasonal University, All India Institute of contributing to patients pre- Sans Frontieres, Barcelona, co-infection. 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Let’s look back at the post-war treaties at a glance — there were :   : >5::?              the Treaty of Versailles between “victor”,                    “Allied and Associated Powers” and “van-         A           ( quished” Germany (Saturday, June 28, 1919); the Treaty of St Germain with   "                Austria (Wednesday, September 10, 1919);               0  :   Treaty of Neuilly with Bulgaria (Thursday,         5          ( November 27, 1919). In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary (Friday, June 4)    :               S  ( and the fifth and final Treaty with Turkey (         #           was signed at Lausanne (Tuesday, July 24,                   1923). Beside these five treaties in Europe, a series of treaties was signed to restore on        C      0  :     a firm footing the status quo in the ‘Far                ( East’ Pacific Ocean at Washington DC  D       #         between 1921 and1922. History recognis- es all these treaties, along with a host of                    # minor ones and agreements, as peace set- East, Africa and the far East. “territories containing Arab legalised occupation of non- The US, despite being one                5::  tlement of the First World War. In Europe, all the five “van- majorities.” White countries by the White of the last to join the European   6   :   :    5 >6::5?     ( But who were the “vanquished” bel- quished” lost territories. Luck also favoured two “advanced nations.” Regrettably, bloodshed in April 1917, was            4   5       ( ligerents? Germany, Austria, Hungary, Germany ceded Alsace and extinguished (east) European the League unabashedly justi- more interested in the Pacific Bulgaria and Turkey — all European pow- Lorraine to France; Eupen and states, Poland and Yugoslavia. fied wars initiated by the Ocean. Hence, the Washington           /  4   :     ers. And, who were the “victors?” England, Malmedy to Belgium; port of From being subjects of the Europeans as “advanced Conference of 1921-1922, in                      France and their “Allied and Associated Memel to Lithuania; Posen Austro-Hungarian empire of nations” and those who were which Japan’s rising Navy was   5      R S          Powers.” How then can the 1914-1918 war, and part of West Prussia to Habsburgs, Poland regained victims of the belligerents’ targetted by the Anglo- most of which was fought on European soil, Poland, thereby resulting in an sovereignty after 124 years, bloodshed, branded as “peoples American lobby. The nine ;          ;         be referred to anything other than the “First overall German loss of 25,000 being partitioned by/between not yet able to stand by them- nations participating in the         4  5::          Great European War,” a few non-European (plus) square miles territories empires of Austria, Prussia selves under the strenuous conference pledged “to refrain                     ( combat theatres, like northern China, in and seven million inhabitants. and Russia thrice in 1772, 1793 conditions of the modern from taking advantage of con- which Russia and Japan were involved, and Vanquished Austria lost and 1795. Yugoslavia, too, came world.” How insulting the colo- ditions in China to seek special        6            ( across Mesopotamia notwithstanding? Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, alive as a sovereign state in nial West-dominated League of rights and privileges which   5               Well, the reason for referring to it as which became part of 1919, only to be dismembered Nations could be towards the would abridge the rights of sub-              “World War”, to this author, emanates Czechoslovakia. Slovenia went into seven smaller sovereign non-White world? jects and citizens of friendly from the fact that when the White to Serbia and Croatia formed states in the 1990s. In retrospect, the League of states.” Yet, in reality, they Christian European nations were at each part of the new state of Post-war 1919, however, Nations appeared to be in turned a blind eye to the other’s throats in the heartland of the Yugoslavia. emerged the most complicated cahoots with European powers, Japanese aggression of the '    European continent, the nations, nation- Hungary lost Slovakia to issues in the Arab world. An which had captured the world Chinese territory. alities and even nationalists beyond Czechoslovakia; Croatia to insulting verdict by the even before the start of the So far as India was con- Europe, who were fighting for freedom — Yugoslavia and Transylvania Covenant of League of Nations Great European War, thereby cerned, “peace” of 1919 brought from Africa to Asia and British estates of to Romania. The fourth (predecessor of UN) read: giving their historians and nothing but death of thousands Australia and New Zealand and other European state, Bulgaria’s “Those territories, ceded by the politicians to refer to it as First of Indian soldiers, thereby island territories of/in the Atlantic and biggest loss, however, came defeated powers, which are World War. Thus, whereas in resulting in “blood, sweat, toil           Indian Ocean — were dragged into the when Macedonia was inhabited by peoples not yet 1875, less than one-tenth of and tears”, and resources were war of Europe without being part there- detached from it. able to stand by themselves Africa had been turned into sucked out by the British to )         of. Simply because the “belligerents” Turkey, the fifth European under strenuous conditions of European colonies, by 1895, fight their war with White         were the colonial masters of non- state, somehow had the rare the modern world”, should be only one-tenth remained unap- neighbours across English         ( European countries across the globe. luck of a “vanquished” to sign placed under the tutelage of propriated. It was one of the Channel. In India, however, it Hence, a European War became “World the Treaty at Lausanne “advanced nations,” and that harshest realities, rather ironies, was the Jallianwala Bagh mas-             War,” notwithstanding the fact that it’s a (Switzerland, a neutral territo- “this tutelage should be exer- of history that most of the sacre of unarmed citizens and            misnomer. ry) in 1923. Fortunately, it was cised by them as mandatories world, by the late 19th centu- a political morsel thrown by   (          Indeed, it’s the post-war “territorial set- owing to statesman-like on behalf of League of Nations.” ry, belonged to a handful of so- Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms tlement”, which enhanced the importance Turkish nationalist leader In one stroke began post- called great European powers, at the Indians. The legacy of      *+,-(,.   and, hence, “upgraded” the First Great Mustafa Kemal, who didn’t European War’s gross injustice, which was achieved through 1919 survives to this day.     (   / European War as First World War in his- regret the defeat and dissolu- beyond Europe, inflicted by “trade, missionaries, adven- (The writer, an alumnus of $    #       tory books. How and why? The overarch- tion of his country’s Ottoman none other than the so-called ture, settlement, loot, arro- National Defence College of ing legacy of the Paris Peace Conference Empire and sagaciously saviour of the world: The gance, conquests and war India, is author of China              0 affected and/or “settled” Europe, the Near renounced all claim to (past) League of Nations, as it between rival imperial powers.” in India. 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( prevention, there has to be a      % % 8 0 0          "        Due to this rigid attitude of holistic view of all factors. 0             #            our lawmakers, vulnerable people         6              Tushar Anand            % = %  are losing lives everyday. Road                    ( Patna *      %  ('$!$' crashes needs to be on priority for   6            #       )       %     the new Government. With the    lack of adequate measures and                   regulations, it is imperative for the     3              ( improving school infrastructure to footage to parents is really ill- it should install cameras on the citizens to stand up for the cause                    Sir — This refers to the editorial, maintaining the quality of educa- thought. Such a move will put streets to make the capital more of road safety and educate others “The camera trap”(July 10). tion, AAP has created an atmos- huge pressure on teachers and stu- safe. This not just for the safety of to do the same.          3       ( Undoubtedly, the Aam Aadmi phere conducive for students to dents. Children will not be their women but also because the city Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee                   Party (AAP) Government in study. Its move to introduce hap- normal selves and this may impact has witnessed a spurt in crime Faridabad          $            ( Delhi has done a lot to improve piness classes has been a hit. But the quality of education. Hence, recently. educational standards in its move to install CCTVs in class- the AAP Government will do well Bal Govind  -- !A     Government schools. From rooms and giving access of its to re-think on this issue. Instead, Noida "''"9,'(""9<8=+:=    !"# $   ; )*+ !), - <"-$8+6  !00 ./86$-./    &   3  >     &  10   +     ?+>              +      & !&+ , <O 0     L   !&  L   !          % %   0                 ' O     3-3-                   O          F       (    H       O   @   S   :   O     S     S            H       (                               6 #S              >)  $?   2 2  "627          5                      ( he draft National Higher Education Policy   )           (NEP 2019) report submitted by the        $    6  TKasturirangan Committee covers almost all          >  (    aspects of an over-arching national education pol- ) #  ?           ( icy. There can be no gainsaying that education helps promote sustainable livelihoods, economic devel-             ( opment and plays a catalytic role in improving the   $  6 D  5      6   overall well-being of humans. 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It must enable an individual to specialise <:6 8*?< 6" I (A =          in one or more specific areas of interest at a deep- "8;";&6& =         <  4 er level, while at the same time help build charac- <:*< *77     # F        ( ter, ethical and Constitutional values, intellectual 68)8**<6                 curiosity, spirit of service and 21st century capabil- "8;)8*..6& ,6 A A 3  ities across a range of disciplines, including social :*8*<68&6 #            ( sciences, arts, humanities as well as professional, ,2 * 7,68*7       ) S      technical and vocational crafts. 6*<;         4    6   To attain these goals, higher education must pro- vide the students with broad-based multi-discipli- *""8;*: *&            4   )   nary education, while also developing specialised <:6 ?;*<; sibilities for life-long learning. Graduate ities; scientific temper and scientific be formulated by a new body called the D               knowledge with true disciplinary rigour. Instead of ?;8 :;7&< (master’s and doctoral) level education method; and an understanding of the General Education Council (GEC) to out-   F #   )          mechanistic rote learning — a scourge for students 6B67;".6<0 will provide rigorous research-based spe- Indian context and challenges along with line learning outcomes associated with               — colleges and universities must encourage active <:8;): cialisation. Constitutional values and their practice, degree/diploma/certification for curricu- :   5        5     learners to develop abilities of independent, logi- .*)*<B6 * A liberal education approach will be social, moral and ethical reasoning; an la across all disciplines and fields, which               cal and scientific thinking, creativity and problem ?76O,76 the basis for undergraduate education in adequate exposure to multiple do not have individual Professional           $   solving, and decision-making. 887*8 all fields/disciplines, including profession- disciplines/fields, including arts, human- Standard Setting Bodies (PSSBs). In =      The 10+2+3 structure in the extant NPE &<8<86&0 al education. The notion of “streaming”, ities, sports and science related to society vocational subjects, National Skills 5              ( 1986/1992 is in for a change in the Draft NEP 86*<B6 where science, arts and vocational students and environment. The second, one or two Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and                2019, which proposes a 5+3+3+4 structure at the are separated, based on their academic area(s) of specialisation. the NHEQF shall be aligned for equiva- school level and a four-year flexible undergrad- ;.,*<;& performance, majors, interests, or any The four-year programme will pro- lence and mobility. The NHEQF shall per-   $            uate programme. The lofty objective espoused in ;? &"76& other such criteria, will come to an end. vide for greater rigour in a full Liberal Arts mit flexibility — a system of credit trans-                 ( the draft NEP, 2019 is to move towards a more ;? &<2 * The existing undergraduate pro- Science Education (LASE) education fer shall be put in place, making student     ;        imaginative and broad-based liberal education .7<"76 6O< grammes will be re-structured to a four- and experience and also conduct research mobility possible in many ways: Changes   O          system as a foundation for holistic development * 6<82 year Bachelor of Liberal Arts (BLA) or optionally. Students will graduate with a across streams of study (for example, from      0          ( of all students, with rigorous specialisation in cho- ";<& <: Bachelor of Liberal Education (BLE) four-year LASE degree with honours, or arts to science or from vocational to sci-        0        ( sen disciplines and fields. <6)8*<6 degree (or BLA / BLE with Research) and may graduate with a BSc, BA, BCom or ence), choice across combinations of                Accordingly, it proposes that all undergradu- "8;)8*..6& can be offered by those institutions, BVoc after completing three years with a areas of study (for example, music and                    ate programmes be characterised by a liberal edu- which are currently ready to run such pro- suitable subject credit. Students will grad- chemistry), flexible entry into and exit                 cation approach as the foundation for holistic devel- grammes. However, since the existing uate in an appropriate vocational subject from programmes and transfers across                 opment, through imaginative and flexible curric- higher education institutions are not after completing two years with a diplo- institutions and programmes. ular structures, creative combinations of disciplines ready both in infrastructural and acade- ma or a certificate after completing one Finally, awarding of specific degrees,           S   of study and multiple exit and entry points within mic terms, the draft NPE has proposed year. diplomas and certificates will require spe-              ( integrated programmes, offering rigorous special- that the traditional/existing three-year tra- In view of the change of structure at cific combinations and number of cours-                  isation in chosen disciplines and fields. ditional BA, BSc as well as BVoc degrees undergraduate levels, the post-graduate es to be completed successfully, which will              Liberal education with broad multi-disciplinary will continue for those institutions who structure will also undergo changes. be appropriately detailed within the     exposure, intended to develop Constitutional val- wish to go ahead with them. Accordingly, there will be three options NHEQF by each institution. Such a rad- ;        S      ues, will be the basis of higher education. This will Over a period of time, it is expected to pursue a masters programme: First, will ical transformation of the undergraduate               help develop important life capacities, rigorous dis- that all bachelor’s degrees will move be two-year masters for those completing education is expected to break the current               ciplinary understanding and an ethic for social- towards a more comprehensive, liberal three years degree; second one-year mas- stratification of qualifications as that of                  moral engagement. This will be the approach at the educational approach. The undergradu- ters for those completing four-year degree preferred programmes, such as one wit-      (     undergraduate level across all disciplines, pro- ate programmes shall be interdisciplinary and the third, a five-year integrated mas- nessing in engineering and medicine, giv-               grammes and fields, including professional and voca- with the curricula designed to develop ters programme. Eligibility for PhD shall ing a secondary status to other pro- tional fields. The Centre will set up, if the recom- broadly useful capacities and important be based on either a master’s degree or a grammes of study. This will break the #            S  ( mendation is accepted, 10 Indian Institutes of Liberal dispositions, while offering rigorous edu- four-year undergraduate degree with shackles of hard silos among disciplines                Arts/Multidisciplinary Education and Research cation in specialisations. research. Another significant departure is and pave way for students to experience                 Universities on the model and standards of the To enable this transformation in that the draft NEP 2019 proposes that all varied flavours of multiple knowledge     "       Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). undergraduate education, the curriculum professional education, including techni- domains. Let’s wait and watch whether the           #    ( Imaginative and flexible curricular structures will have two parts: First, a common core cal education and single-field institutions, final policy retains such a holistic and lib-        S       will enable creative combinations of disciplines of curriculum for all students to develop will develop into full-fledged liberal edu- eral focus or gets soaked in by the popu-                   study and offer multiple useful exit and entry broad capacities and important disposi- cation programmes. lar colour of the day.      (          points for students, thus demolishing the current tions. This will include critical thinking; A National Higher Education (The writer is a former Additional      3           prevalent rigid boundaries. Thus, it will create pos- communication skills; aesthetic sensibil- Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) will Secretary, Lok Sabha and an author)                                           5    )                   (            "          (           5      & % E()#)*$ +#+  & ,*-*%+#./%  & 0(#)  $ &(%& *1* %&2 *$ *+%&-    6 #      #                  3$%& 4*%&()#(  %1& % $ 4#%4*  1*/2 *$* - &  *)-$                (               India and its environmental million litres of water. This is quite rain, storing it and then using it. Every lage; and for every catchment. The     4    )  experts, as also politicians, have since impressive. To understand the water system had been adapted, in fact, incentive to do this only comes when #        long been talking about rainwater har- dependence of humans, a family of evolved, to meet the special ecologi- we are dependent on groundwater for             vesting. Debates about the woefully five would not need more than 10-15 cal needs yet, each system was an engi- our needs. If cities and even villages       6      =  inadequate rain-harvesting infrastruc- litres a day for drinking and cooking. neering marvel, designed to make the get piped water, from distant sources,             4    ture are repeated every year. Experts This comes to 4,000-5,000 litres in a best of the region’s rain endowment. where is the need for rainwater har-   5          refer to its benefits and the year. This means one hectare can har- But slowly, with modernisation, the vesting?               Government makes tall claims and vest enough water to meet the needs Government took control from the The other problem is that India noises, to the effect that enough is of 200-300 families. The scarcity of local community or households as the has not yet understood the science and            !      /-"-*  " being done about it. Superficially water seems like a myth now. provider or supplier of water in order art of harvesting rain on land. So, the though. None of this is effective and India had enough systems in to shore up revenue. This led to rain- catchments — land where the rain falls he drought situation in some every year, we see a repeat of colos- place in the past to recover the rain- water harvesting getting relegated to — have been encroached upon or dis- parts of the country, in times sal wastage of rainwater, which could water. Many places in Rajasthan such the back burner. tributed in the name of land-reform. Twhen pre-monsoon showers have successfully been harvested so as as Jaisalmer — a city that built a flour- Moreover, the local groundwater, The drains, which channelised rain to are expected, shows that worsening to fix the problem of water scarcity. ishing civilisation and a stunning which was recharged using rainwater, underground storage, have been built climate change is all set to wreak For years together, we have known fort of yellow sandstone despite receiv- was replaced by surface water, brought upon or destroyed. Then how will we havoc. In fact, many parts of the coun- the importance of harvesting rain ing only 50-100 mm of rain — is cur- often from long distances in canals. harvest the raindrop? We can’t and we try should have been experiencing fair from the rooftops and hill catchments rently reeling under water shortages. This was coupled with pollution won’t. This is why the cycle of drought amounts of rainfall by now but the and storing it in underground reser- It could built a water secure future as leaching into the groundwater table and flood will continue and get exac- reality is far more unsettling. India is voirs, aquifers, lakes and ponds. Then, city planning in the past involved its and illegal extraction, which either erbated. So let’s really learn from the yet to take lessons — whether it is why have we failed to make this tech- rainwater being harvested from dwindled the water table or rendered wisdom that we have ignored and about infrastructure upgradation or nology work? Why have we not been rooftops to tanks. This helped keep it polluted and, hence, useless. allowed to die. India’s culture has rainwater harvesting. As a result of a able to use this knowledge? This is a shortages at bay during the punishing Rainwater harvesting is people- evolved and has progressively omitted lackadaisical approach, the country pertinent question which must make dry summer months. But this ancient centric. It will continue to remain and excluded the ancient art of rain- and its cities are once again at the us uncomfortable. knowledge and wisdom of rainwater largely on the drawing board if peo- water harvesting from its fabric. This threshold of a civic infrastructure col- The potential of rainwater har- harvesting, replete with its intricacy, ple are not actively involved. This has to be re-inculcated in every nook lapse — as was seen in Mumbai — vesting makes a compelling case for innovation and ingenuity, has slowly because primarily, the Government and corner of the country if India has which has been battling torrential itself. Sample this: One hectare of land crumbled much like the historic cannot harvest rain; people will have to be liberated from water shortages    -->/  rains since the past few days, with no with just 100 millimetre (mm) of rain infrastructure of the past. to do it and for that, their involvement and droughts. or very minimum arrangements in — that’s what deserts get on an aver- Every region of the country had is necessary as it has to be done in (The writer is an environmental place to harvest the rain water. age — is capable of harvesting one its own unique method of harvesting every house; every colony; every vil- journalist)    !"# $  =

   C ; 0            G0370 >  ..,*  ?250  "   1   ' %  6 67: per sq ft. “Indian markets contin- he rupee declined by 7  6 67: ew Delhi’s Connaught ued to have greater invest- Tpaise to close at 68.58  ,686 ten reply to a Lok Sabha ques- Under the AEOI frame- NPlace (CP) is the ninth ment grade space in the CBDs against the US dollar on igital transactions in the tion on Wednesday that India work, detailed financial infor- most expensive office location of the different cities as promi- Wednesday, pressured by per- Dcountry surpassed the tar- ndia’s fight against suspected will start receiving information mation on all Indian residents in the world with an annual nent domestic and global cor- sistent foreign fund outflows get set by the Government, Iblack money stashed abroad on automatic basis from that have an account main- rent of nearly $144 per sq ft, porates continued to favour and firming crude oil prices. clocking a total volume of will get a major boost this September about financial tained by a Swiss financial according to property consul- investment grade space for set- A weak trend at the domes- 3,133.58 crore in 2018-19 and September in the form of first accounts held in Switzerland by institution in 2018 will be pro- tant CBRE. ting up front their front offices tic equity markets and global is showing a positive trend for set of detailed financial infor- Indian residents. vided for the first time to the CP, located in the heart of in these cities,” said Anshuman trade tensions also kept senti- the current financial year, mation about all Indians having Besides, the India- Indian tax authorities in the national capital, was at the Magazine, Chairman and CEO, ment subdued, traders said. Parliament was informed on Swiss bank accounts, including Switzerland tax treaty facilitates September 2019 and on a year- ninth position even last year. India, South East Asia, Middle At the interbank foreign Wednesday. those closed since last year. receipt of information on ly basis thereafter. In its annual Global Prime East and Africa, CBRE. exchange market, the domestic “FY data for 2018-19 shows The details that request basis for cases under The information would Office Occupancy Costs survey, The commercial office unit opened weak at 68.61 and that the Government surpassed Switzerland would share with investigation, he said. include accounts that were CBRE tracks the cost of leasing market remains a strong soon slipped to hit the day’s low the target set for digital pay- tion, oversight, payment sys- Indian tax authorities under the “The information received closed during 2018, it said. prime office space globally. growth propeller for the real of 68.67. However, it pared ments and data for 2019-20 tems, government payments, Automatic Exchange of on request or on automatic It is feared many Indians For the second year, Hong estate sector, he added. some losses to touch a high of also shows a positive trend,” customer protection and griev- Information (AEOI) frame- basis may include information might have closed their Kong’s Central district retained “Delhi, being a prime mar- 68.48, before finally closing at Electronics and Information ance redressal, among others. work would include account about persons allegedly accounts after a global crack- the top spot as the world’s most ket, continues to witness sus- 68.58, showing a loss of 7 paise Technology Minister Ravi “The study found that numbers, credit balance and all involved in corruption,” the down on black money led to expensive market for prime tained activity and retains its over its previous close. Shankar Prasad said in a writ- India has a strong regulatory kinds of financial income for minister said. Switzerland buckling under office rents, with the prime position amongst the top 10 The rupee had rebounded ten reply to the Lok Sabha. system and robust large value each Indian client of every Asked whether the gov- pressure to open its banking occupancy costs valued at $322 most expensive markets in the by 15 paise to close at 68.51 He added that the target for and retail payment systems Swiss financial institution. ernment would reveal those sector for scrutiny to clear the per sq.Ft. world,” Magazine said. against the greenback Tuesday digital transactions for 2018-19 which have contributed to the The first set in September names, the minister, however, long-held perception of Swiss “New Delhi’s Connaught CBRE highlighted that six of on fag-end selling of the US was set at 3,013 crore, and the rapid growth in the volume of would be followed by further said the “use and disclosure of banks being safe haven for Place — central business dis- the world’s 10 most expensive currency by banks and total digital transactions regis- transactions in these payment despatches on a yearly basis, the information” is governed by undisclosed funds. trict (CBD) retains its ninth office markets are found in Asia. importers in line with a late tered were 3,133.58 crore. systems,” he said. according to Switzerland’s confidentiality provisions. However, the AEOI would position in the list as last year London’s (West End) is recovery in domestic equities. The Minister said 313.05 There has been substantial Federal Department of Finance Explaining the AEOI with only related to accounts that are and the office occupancy cost ranked 2nd, followed by Hong “Rupee has been consoli- crore digital transactions were growth in e-payments by the (FDF). India, which has come into officially in the name of Indian is valued at $143.97 per sq ft,” Kong (Kowloon) and New dating in the range of 68.50 and registered till April 30, 2019, government and also in digital This would be in addition force from January 1, 2018, the residents and they might the report said. York (Midtown Manhattan). 69.20 for last five sessions. and the government has set a infrastructure in terms of to details already being shared FDF said Switzerland, as a include those used for business Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Beijing’s (Finance Street) is at Any level below 68.50 could target of over 4,000 crore dig- mobile networks, Prasad added. by Switzerland with India for global wealth management and other genuine purposes. Complex and Nariman Point the fifth position on the list. bring momentum buying in ital transactions in the ongoing The Minister said there nearly 100 Indian entities, hub, is committed to con- In an explanatory dossier CBD slipped to 27th and 40th In its report, CBRE under- rupee against dollar. Rupee financial year. has been a significant increase including individuals and tributing to the integrity of the on AEOI, the FDF said if a tax- positions, respectively. lined the growing significance has managed to remain Prasad said the Reserve in the use of the digital pay- enterprises, on submission of international financial system payer in country A (India) has Bandra Kurla Complex of talent acquisition race, dri- resilient in the recent past Bank of India has undertaken ments in the country since prima facie evidence of their and to a level playing field. a bank account in Switzerland, (BKC) was ranked 26th and ving the prime occupancy cost despite rising Dollar Index and an exercise of benchmarking demonetisation. Total digital financial wrongdoings, under a “Switzerland applies the the bank would disclose the Nariman Point at 37th in 2018 to newer heights. Brent crude prices. India’s payment systems vis-à- transactions grew 104.38 per bilateral pact for administrative international transparency financial account data to the ranking. “This, combined with lim- The dollar index, which vis those in comparable Asian cent from 1,013 crore (FY17) to assistance on tax matters. standards and therefore active- Swiss authorities, which would The current annual prime ited supply and moderate con- gauges the greenback’s strength economies and BRICS nations. 2,070.39 crore (FY18), and by Minister of State for ly supports India in its fight automatically forward the rent of BKC is valued at $90.67 struction pipelines in most cities, against a basket of six curren- The analysis was attempted another 51.35 per cent to External Affairs V against tax fraud and evasion,” information to the tax author- per sq. Ft and the Nariman are the driving forces behind the cies, slipped 0.03 per cent to under 41 indicators covering 21 3,133.58 crore in FY19, he Muraleedhran also said in writ- it said. ities in the country A (India). Point CBD is valued at $68.38 price growth,” it added. 97.45. broad areas including regula- added. &     :?7    % Q ! P  ,33 ? H?2 !   +P   6 67:  6 67: countries to invest in Himachal  ..,* Pradesh and explore the poten-  6 67: tion and frontier technologies, imachal Futuristic ndia attracted foreign direct tial of the hill state by partici- quity benchmark BSE cooperation in trade, banking, HCommunications Limited Iinvestment of $64.4 billion in pating in the meet in ESensex resumed its down- ndia and Russia are working finance, and industry, and (HFCL), a telecom infrastructure the last fiscal, and aims is to November. ward march on Wednesday, Itogether to take their rela- tourism and connectivity. developer, system integrator and take it higher as it moves for- "Despite global head- closing 174 points in the red tionship to a higher level and “A lot can be done in terms manufacturer of high-end tele- '  0   -?"..'   -; 1   ward, Union minister V winds, India attracted an FDI as risk sentiment remained there is scope for cooperation of agriculture ... India can meet com equipment and optical fibre >    -    D<       1&  Muraleedharan said worth $64.4 billion, which is subdued following a lacklus- in agriculture and agro-pro- a lot of agriculture needs of cables released quarterly perfor-  .   -?"..?"    -   Wednesday. six per cent more than in the tre start to the earnings sea- cessing sector, Niti Aayog Vice- Russia. We are such a large mance to start the financial year   -E 0/ F!3 At an event here late previous year. And, the aim is son. Chairman Rajiv Kumar said agricultural country econo- 2019-20 (FY20) on a high note. evening, the Minister of State to take it higher as the coun- Investors were also Wednesday. my,” the Niti Aayog vice-chair- The Company exceeds all for External Affairs also said try moves forward," spooked after US President Addressing the second man said. previous quarterly performance !    <7   the Centre is considering fur- Muraleedharan said. Donald Trump Tuesday India-Russia Strategic Economic On the other side, Kumar benchmarks in Q1FY20 and  ther opening foreign direct Following the last five launched a fresh attack on Dialogue, Kumar said that India said Russian companies can help has reported remarkable quar- &     investment in aviation, media years, the Centre's policy has India over its tariffs on is looking to expand its rela- Indian farmers in value addition terly performance with the    and other sectors. been to give an "unprecedent- American imports, traders tionship with Russia to a qual- of agricultural products. consolidated revenue 1343   He was addressing a gath- ed push" to the economy said. itatively higher level with deep- “Both ways, its a win-win crs (+23%), EBIDTA 194 crs Pune: Bajaj Finance Ltd, an ering of several ambassadors and through initiatives such as Unabated foreign fund er economic cooperation and situation” he noted. (+104%), PBT 157 arm of Bajaj Finserv offers representatives from different Make in India, Ayushman outflows, weak auto sales data exchange of ideas. Kumar also pointed out crs(+116%) and PAT 117 crs pre-approved personal loans to  2 countries in New Delhi, at a cur- Bharat and UDAN, he said. and a depreciating rupee fur- “India and Russia are that so far India’s MSMEs are (+148%). The all-round per- existing customers without any   6 67: tain raiser event for the first-ever "Our Prime Minister's ther weighed on the bourses, working together to take their not integrated with global pro- formance was powered by documents. An existing cus- Global Investors' Meet to be vision of cooperative federalism they added. relationship to a higher level. duction chains, so there is a change in revenue mix, accel- tomer can check their pre- TL (International Tractors hosted by Himachal Pradesh includes an enabling atmos- After swinging nearly 400 The IRSED (Dialogue) is look- huge opportunity for Russian erated project execution and approved offer by simply enter- ILtd.) on Wednesday launched government in Dharamshsla on phere for all states and union points during the day, the ing at six core areas of cooper- companies to partner with efficiency improvement. ing their name and mobile Solis Yanmar tractor range in col- November 7-8. territories to cooperate and 30-share Sensex settled 173.78 ation which expands upon the India’s MSMEs. On standalone basis , the number. Once the pre- laboration with Yanmar "India is the fastest grow- compete with each other," he points or 0.45 per cent lower work done since the first meet- Speaking at the event, Company has achieved revenue approved offer is accepted by Agribusiness Co. Ltd. of Japan. ing major economy in the added. at 38,557.04. Similarly, the ing in 2018,” he said. Deputy Minister of Economic of 1201 crs (+16%), EBIDTA the customer, the loan is dis- ITL has one of the biggest ranges world right now. Our Prime Himachal Pradesh Chief broader NSE Nifty ended 57 The six core areas are - Development of Russian of 164 crs(+84%), PBT of bursed in no time. of 20-110 HP tractors outside Minister has set a vision for a Minister Jai Ram Thakur invit- points, or 0.49 per cent, lower development of agriculture and Federation Timur Maksimov 136 crs (+94%) and PAT of To tap more customers in India. Both the companies have $5 trillion economy. We want ed various countries to invest at 11,498.90, marking its agro-processing sector, devel- said the range of issues being 89 crs (+102%). India, the firm has also been exporting tractors to Brazil, to avoid the mistakes of others, in his hill state, saying it pro- fourth straight day of losses. opment of transport infra- discussed at the second dia- Having achieved signifi- unveiled its website link Turkey, Algeria and USA. Solis and do better," Muraleedharan vides ample opportunities to Bajaj Finance was the structure and technologies, logue provide a positive cant growth in revenue , www.bajajfinserv.in/personal- is Fully loaded with high-tech said. investors amid its clean, healthy biggest loser in the Sensex small and medium business dynamic to the Indo-Russian Company’s focus has been on loan and toll free no. features and technologies sup- He also invited different and peaceful environment. pack, cracking 4.91 per cent. support, digital transforma- relationship. driving increased margins. 18002667989. PNS ported by Yanmar.    !"# $  >

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   ,6)*78 Minister KJ George at Vidhana and BJP has 107 in the total Soudha and locked him up. strength of 208 member ;6&    P# ! n a violent turn to Karnataka Then Congress leader and for- house. The magic number is Ipolitical crisis, a rebel con- mer Chief Minister 105 and it has been reduced gress MLA Dr K Sudhakar Siddaramaiah came inside minority.    :    who submitted his resignation amidst protest by the BJP. It is also rumoured that to Speaker Ramesh Kumar was After the Governor’s direc- Chief Minister HD heckled, abducted and attacked tion he was rescued by the Kumaraswamy will resign on Bengaluru: The BJP in he said the Governor informed Mahatma Gandhi statue at the at seat of power Vidhana police and taken him to the the house (monsoon session) Karnataka demonstrated outside them he would take necessary Vidhana Soudha. Soudha on Wednesday by Governor. Siddaramaiah failed which commences from on the Vidhana Soudha on action after examining every- As Congress leader and Congress leaders. to convince Sudhakar and Friday. Wednesday to demand that thing. "We are satisfied,"he said. state minister D K Shivakumar Amidst violent attack on keeping a great silence. Meanwhile, the MLAs who Chief Minister HD To a question on whether stood vigil outside a hotel in Chikkaballapura MLA who Earlier in the day, another are holed up in the Mumbai Kumaraswamy step down from BJP asked for a floor test, he said Mumbai to meet the rebels was locked up at Minister KJ powerful and richest MLA in hotel have petitioned the SC office, claiming his Government they had not done so and there MLAs, BJP protesters here raised George’s room by Congress the country MTB Nagaraj sub- which is crucial as in the case has lost majority after 14 MLAs was no question of it at all as the slogans like "Down, down to the president Dinesh Gundu Rao mitted his resignation pushed of Yeddyurappa where he had of the ruling Congress-JD(S) government had already lost government that has lost major- and another Minister Priyank Kumaraswamy-led coalition to resign on the floor of the alliance submitted their resig- majority. ity... Down, down to CM who &  #H      -     ; ! Kharge, Governor Vaju Government into minority house before proving majori- nations. "As the government has wants to stick on to the chair". %   &' Bhai Vala has directed the Government. ty. A delegation of saffron party already lost its majority, if the Yeddyurappa also alleged Bengaluru police This incident was a recap Siddaramaiah blamed PM, leaders, led by state unit chief B Speaker accepts the resigna- that the political crisis in the state Siuri: Clashes erupted on Police officers, too, came Commissioner Alok Kumar to of 1994 where Ramakrishna Amit Shah of orchestrating S Yeddyurappa also met tions without delay, even the was created by Congress and Wednesday between two groups under attack while trying to stop produce the MLA before him Hegde and other leaders were the entire drama and called Governor Vajubhai Vala at Raj assembly session (from July 12) JD(S) themselves. of villagers in West Bengal’s the clash, the sources claimed. within few minutes. This chased, heckled attacked and this an anti democracy. Bhavan, submitted a memo- also wont happen," he added. The situation now was such Birbhum district over the issue According to local people, a shameful incident which is a locked up in a toilet by BJP led by Yeddyurappa randum to him on the matter Noting that there are that they had lost majority and of ‘cut money’, prompting the group of villagers on Tuesday blot on the democracy has put Devegowda supporters where protested against congress and requested him to advice the chances of more MLAs resign- had no moral right to continue police to increase vigil in the area evening agitated before TMC the Congress in a pitiable posi- he was declared Chief Minister and petitioned governor and Speaker to act immediately on ing, he said Kumaraswamy in office, he said. and arrest nine persons, sources leader Enamul Haque's resi- tion. The Governor’s interven- before he became the Prime also met the speaker asking the resignations. should at least now understand Denying charges that BJP in the administration said. dence, demanding the return of tion has saved him and later he Minister. This incident shows him to take a decision on the "We have made this request.. the reality and resign as Chief had indulged in horse trad- Crude bombs were hurled 'cut money' which they had went to Governor and submit- dirty and political low of the resignations of MLAs. BJP also As Kumaraswamy has lost the Minister. ing,he pointed out that Congress indiscriminately by the two allegedly given to get benefits ted a copy of his resignation. law makers who are fighting for blamed him for procrastinat- majority, he has to resign imme- Earlier in the day, several and JD(S) MLAs had in the last sides at Sahapur village in under Government schemes. The TV grab showed power. ing and delay in accepting the diately. The Speaker, without any state BJP leaders, including for- few months openly expressed Sadaipur police station area The situation, however, Dinesh Gundu Rao , Priyank With the resignations of 16 resignations. delay, has to accept the resigna- mer deputy Chief Minister K S unhappiness over the govern- near Siuri, with the locals claim- turned violent on Wednesday Kharge and other congress Congress and JD(S) MLAs, the It is also expected more tions," Yeddyurappa said. Eshwarappa took part in the ment and sought to know how ing that the miscreants were when supporters of Haque leaders heckled and dragged strength of the coalition MLAs would resign putting an Speaking to reporters after protest led by state president B the saffron party was responsi- supporters of the ruling TMC allegedly attacked those who had Sudhakar in to the room of Government reduced to 101 end to the coalition politics. emerging from the Raj Bhavan, S Yeddyurappa in front of the ble for it. PTI and the BJP, they said. agitated the day before. PTI

    mous in their view that both the the State BJP chief. Similarly, :6* AIADMK and the DMK are there are a number of students voicing the concerns of private hailing from rural Tamil Nadu n a day when the daughter medical college owners who who cracked the NEET and are Oof a poor tailor from stand to lose big money because waiting for their MBBS admis-    $;7$*<* from 640 acre where cultivation in the wake of the Apex Court Anakaputhur in Kancheepuram of NEET mode of admission. sion. had once again started after the order. district secured admission to The year 2019 saw 59, 785 stu- But the DMK lambasted the he Bengal Opposition par- Singur lands were restored to While the local farmers’ MBBS in the prestigious Madras dents out of the 1,23,078 who State and Central governments Tties came down heavily on the farmers following a associations said a vast area of Medical College, the Opposition appeared for the NEET qualify- for their indifference to the Chief Minister Mamata Supreme Court order in 2016. the land had been rendered DMK staged a walkout in the ing for admission to MBBS. demand by the party to abolish Banerjee for driving the Tatas The order had termed the uncultivable Banerjee told the Tamil Nadu Assembly protest- This is almost 10 per cent the NEET once and for ever . out of the State and asked the land acquisition by the then Assembly that “the ing against the failure of the more than the students who Interestingly, the DMK was part Government to bring back Left Front Government as ille- Government cannot force peo- AIADMK Government to get qualified in last year’s examina- of the UPA government which India’s top industrial house to gal. The then Government had ple to cultivate the land.” the State exempted from the tion. While only 39.56 per cent was in the forefront to introduce Singur. acquired 990 acres of land for Claiming that the price of NEET. of the Tamil Nadu students the NEET all over the country. The attack came soon after the Tata Nano plant leading to the land in that area was MK Stalin, DMK president, who appeared in last year’s Though the Tamil Nadu the Chief Minister replying to a powerful movement by increasing steadily which could told media persons after the dents in Tamil Nadu cannot Nadu politicians wrong by NEET qualified for counselling, Legislative Assembly had passed a question in the State Mamata Banerjee in 2006 be one reason why the farmers walk out that the State compete against the their coun- cracking the 2019 National this year it rose to 48.57 per a resolution demanding the Assembly said cultivation has which finally catapulted her to were leaving cultivation, Government did not inform terparts in other States and Eligibility and Entrance Test, the cent, a commendable perfor- exemption of the State from the decreased in Singur in the past power in 2011. Banerjee said her Government the Opposition about the hence they be exempted from qualifying examination for mance according to education- NEET and a Bill to conduct a few years. Out of the 990 acres about had taken all the initiatives President of India rejecting the NEET admission to the under gradu- ists. medical courses admission Replying to a question 955 acres were returned to the including providing financial Bill passed unanimously by the P Jeevitha, daughter of P ate courses in medical colleges Jeevitha managed to com- based on the marks scored by Banerjee said the landed area farmers after the imposing assistance of 10,000 to the Assembly in 2017. The refrain Bhavani who was struggling to across the country. plete her studies thanks to the the students in the 12th stan- under cultivation in Singur Tata Nano structure was pulled local farmers to start cultivation of the DMK and AIADMK meet both the ends of life as a Senior educationists and financial support extended by dard, the President of India had come down to 260 acres down by the State Government once again. politicians have been that stu- poor tailor, proved the Tamil doctors in the State are unani- Dr Tamilissai Sounderarajan, rejected the same. ;<    +3 $ + ;H   C!-- '/;!  %; '   Kolkata: The BSF has repulsed bid after which the group of worth about Rs 18.68 lakh,    !  armed Bangladeshi cattle 200 smugglers, called 'Rakhal' have been kept at the BSF bor- smugglers and seized 107 buf- in local language, was dis- der post and a case has been Patna: At least 50 birds have faloes along the Indo-Bangla persed, it said. registered at the local police sta- died of a mysterious disease in border in Murshidabad district The seized 107 cattle, tion at Ranitala, it added. PTI Bihar's Muzaffarpur district in Chennai: The Tamil Nadu mittee for including Karnataka's denying permission to of West Bengal, the force said the last two days, officials said Government on Wednesday proposal for grant of fresh terms Karnataka's proposal for grant of on Wednesday. on Wednesday. objected to a Central commit- of reference to the Mekedatu terms of reference for environ- The smuggling bid took Most of the birds died in tee's decision to discuss Balancing Reservoir and mental clearance for the project. place on the intervening night said. Lakshmi Nagar locality of Karnataka's proposal to con- Drinking Water Project in its Palaniswami said it was of July 9-10 at border post "BSF personnel though Muzaffarpur. struct a dam across the Cauvery meeting. brought to his notice that the Nirmal Char in the were outnumbered by the Officials of the forest and at Mekedatu, saying it is "clear The committee comes committee has included Murshidabad district of the Bangladeshi smugglers, they animal husbandry departments violation" of the final order of a under the Environment, Forest Karntaka's proposal for grant of state, the Border Security Force displayed valour, grit and com- said that the deaths of the 50 disputes tribunal and the and Climate Change Ministry. fresh terms of reference to the said. mitment to foil the smug- birds has surprised them as Supreme Court. In identical letters to Union project in its meeting scheduled The smugglers were glers' attempts. The troops they had apparently fallen from The objection by the state Environment Minister Prakash on July 19. "The action of the attempting to take the cattle were also attacked with arms the trees and died. government comes ahead of Javadekar and Jal Shakti Minister committee to include the pro- herd to the Bangladeshi side and country-made bombs," it According to district offi- the July 19 meeting of the Expert Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, posal of Karnataka for discussion amid "unabated rain" and dark- said. cials, an investigation has Appraisal Committee for River Palaniswami pointed out that he in the meeting is a violation of ness, and they attacked the The BSF troops also fired begun into the cause of the Valley and Hydro electric had earlier written to Prime the Notified Final Order of the troops with 'dahs', a cleaver- a number of pump action deaths. Some local residents Projects. Minister Narendra Modi on the Cauvery Water Disputes shaped weapon, hasua (axe) gun (PAG) rounds to thwart said that the birds died during Chief Minister K matter. He said he had then Tribunal and the judgment of the and bamboo sticks among the attack and the smuggling the spell of rain. IANS Palaniswami opposed the com- sought Modi's intervention for Supreme Court," he said. PTI other sharp objects, the BSF   C    !"# $ DRAPE IT TARUN’S WAY *   . 3   .     6   ' L )                      % e recounted our history of being %    invaded and how, as a result, amal- gamated cultures came into exis- %      H tence. A certain confidence and pride  #    reflected in his understanding of the   3  diversity of India. 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elhi’s 31st Mango Festival organ- Daniel Bromly, one of the many for- ised by Delhi Tourism in associ- eign visitors, was spellbound by the fren- Dation with Delhi government zy. He said, “This festival epitomises the started on July 5. The festival was inau- colour, creativity and the craze for man- gurated by Manish Sisodia, Deputy   3 goes that India possesses. The competi- Chief Minister, government of Delhi in tion and the mango eating booth have the presence of Rajesh Rishi, MLA made my trip to Delhi super interesting. Janakpuri; Dr M Ariz Ahmmed, manag-  O  . ?      +       0      ' I wish this is replicated in other parts of ing director-National Horticulture Board, the world as well, especially back home government of India, Shurbir Singh,  # #  (       by Delhi Tourism.” managing director and CEO, Delhi About 20 mango growers from across Tourism and Transportation Corporation Ramkela, Kesar, Fazri and other assort- of nostalgia from childhood days spent the country, including Uttrakhand and Ltd (DTTDC) and D Varma, general ed ones. eating it with family and friends.” Uttar Pradesh came together to display manager, Delhi Tourism. A new variety grown by farmers from The following day saw 30 women traditional, hybrid and unique varieties At the inaugural ceremony, Manish Muzafarnagar, was named after the participating in the mango eating com- of Mangoes. Sisodia said, “Delhi Government has Indian Cricket Team Captain, Virat petition, in which the participants were To further the excitement, awards to been traditionally organising this festi- Kohli. It became the main attraction of given three kg of mangoes to consume the winning participants under various val for the past 31 years and it is a great the exhibition. within three minutes. Kavita Chaudhary categories were given by Sudhir Sobti, way to know more about the ‘king of Day one witnessed mango enthusi- soared as the winner, eating 1.205 kg chief manager (PR and Publicity and fruits — mangoes’. Mango growers have asts relishing the ‘Sau hai daam jitne khao mango pulp. Events), Delhi Tourism. time and again surprised us with the aam’ along with performances by bands The other attractions like magic The three-day festival drew crowd ever-evolving varieties they bring forth. like Urooj and Indo Fuzon. Magic show show and mango quiz kept the audience more than 30,000 people from all parts The enthusiasm of people towards the and folk-dance performances main- engrossed. Bands like Sur Theka, Ekagra of the city, which was evidence enough exhibition as well as the competitions tained the enthusiasm of the visitors. and Rock n Raaga gathered huge crowds. that the festival was a fruitful affair. showcase their love for this fruit.” Abhishek Girdhar, a young photog- There was also a sale of fresh mangoes “The festival celebrates our bond The festival unfolded over 500 vari- raphy enthusiast, said the event is a must and mango-based products like pickles, with mangoes that has come about eties of mangoes, which included Langra, visit. “Having made countless summers chutney, juice, jelly, aam-papad and because of mango growers,” encapsulat- Chausa, Amrapali, Rataul, Hussainara, worth cherishing, mango ushers a sense jam. ed Sudhir. 1&.   

HPC Limited, India’s Nhydropower utility and a schedule ‘A’ Mini Ratna Enterprise of the govern- ment has organised a three day training programme on “Role of Engineering 2/      Geology in River Valley and Infrastructure Projects” end- ing on July 12 at its corpo- . 23  /  rate office, Faridabad. The stressed upon the para- based on progressive knowl- Projects and to disseminate programme was inaugurat- mount importance of geo- edge gathered over the years the knowledge gained by ndian Oil’s refineries headquarter wastage. The participants shared vari- ed by Balraj Joshi, chairman logical investigations in at challenging ground con- NHPC while negotiating Iorganised an awareness campaign on ous methods like using bucket instead and managing director, hydroelectric and infrastruc- ditions. geological and geotechnical swachhta for Indian Oil families at IOC’s of shower for bathing, using mug #   "'.-'  NHPC in the presence of ture projects for stability This training pro- issues during execution of residential township, Noida. More than instead of running tap water while     ! -"'.  (    Nikhil Kumar Jain, director and sustainability of engi- gramme has been conceptu- hydropower projects over 35 students of Class I to X gave wings brushing teeth and more to be adopt- 3    !   O"'. (   P3 (Personnel), Janardan neering structures. He also alised to provide an insight the years. Twenty-five young to their thoughts in an elocution com- ed in our daily lives to save water and      -    !   Choudhary, director emphasised that time has to young professionals about geologists and engineers petition on ‘How do I conserve and pro- also reaffirmed their own commit-                (Technical) and other come to continuously update the importance of investiga- from various organisations tect our water bodies.’ The young ment to be water positive.   -1        E 3  seniors officers from NHPC. the existing theories and tion and construction stage as well as from NHPC are minds touched upon various critical Caption — VK Shukla, ED (HR), ! -     !  --      Speaking during the practises of understanding geological studies in River participating in the pro- issues pertaining to prevalent society RHQ, Indian Oil along with participants  "'.   !  !   !    inaugural session, Joshi the behaviour of rockmass Valley and Infrastructure gramme. practises, which is leading to water during swachhta event.   3#  "'.            !    -     3 748..7.4-),4,)(7-/,(1,,(/

og means samadhi which is a reali- true form of worship and ashtang yog Ysation of god. Patanjali rishi, who had philosophy, which traditionally has been full command over yog because of his taught in India, will never be gained. divine knowledge of Vedas and great If some yog teachers claim to preach power of yog, states in his Yog Shastra complete ashtang yog philosophy, they Sutra 4/30 that the main motto of prac- mostly extract money from people and tising ashtang yog is to reach the stage of don’t preach daily agnihotra. Such prac- samadhi by attaining perfection, right tise is unauthentic and not beneficial for from yam, niyam, asan, pranayaam, people. pratyahaar, dharnna, dhyan to samadhi. < & &* <:*< We will also have to pay our atten- It destroys the sorrows, illusion and effect *0 <:6 7* ;? tion towards atharvaved mantra of previous and present lives’ deeds. 11/3(2)/32 and patanjal yog darshan, Patanjali rishi further states in his Yog 8&:#.&0 :*& which preach that main motto of four Shastra Sutra 4/29 that the yogi attains Vedas and human life is to realise god. dharmamegh samadhi and realises god’s &<;""6 &<2) In the present scenario, mostly yog gurus existence. Naturally the said vedic preach have diluted the motto of human life and condemns the present thought of self- B6*& * 2;) teach to improve health through asan, proclaimed yog teachers, who mostly pranayaam, meditation only, which is preach asan, prannayaam and meditation ":7;&;":20 unauthentic. to improve health. On one hand, it is a matter of pride It is sad that India, the land of rishi- :: :*B6 76 and joy that recently the world has cel- MS Ghaziabad started its 30th PGDM batch munis, has stopped studying Vedas and ebrated June 21 as International Yog day I(2019-21). It is inaugurated by chief guest knowing eternal vedic culture, which <; * 676  but on the other hand, it is a matter of Amitabh Rajan (IAS), chairman, Reserve Bank of includes yog philosophy resulting in "6*6 * concern that the true and eternal form India Services board, Government of India, along decline in peace and brotherhood. In fact, of ashtang yog, preached by god in Vedas with Dr Pramod Aggarwal, managing trustee, IMS the said culture is universally applicable ,8;<:68:;; and adopted by our ancient rishi-munis, Ghaziabad, professor Alok Pandey, director, IMS to all the human beings being the preach for which India attained the title of vish- Ghaziabad, Dr Tapan Kumar Nayak, dean of almighty god in Vedas and not by man. ?;8 <:6 7*&< !0 wa guru, is not being taught or spread. Academics, professor Malhotra, dean MCA For the last 2,000 thousand years, we have Ashtang yog philosophy emanates and professor Pandey, welcomed the August gath- created our own paths of worship, which 26*8&0 6 :*B6 directly from Vedas and they emanate ering by sharing the illustrious report about the col- mostly do not tally with Vedas. This has directly from God. Therefore, in the lege and his vision on taking IMS to great heights. broken the eternal, traditional vedic 86*<6 ;8 ; absence of vedic knowledge, the real The programme was epitomised with the guru worship and yog philosophy, which has form of it under the eternal process of mantras delivered by eminent chief guest of the day been fruitful for human beings. In this "*<:& ;? ;8&:"0 acharya-disciple tradition is not possi- Amitabh Rajan (IAS), Chairman, Reserve Bank of connection, samved mantra 744 preach- ble. India Services board, government of India by guid- es to follow eternal vedic worship philos- :: ; ;< Yajurved mantra 7/8 inspires — Oh! ing students to be updated with the global news in ophy, which was being followed by our aspirant, desirous of yog philosophy, you terms of trade, finance and economics, which will forefathers. <*772 <: B6*& are accepted with eight parts of yog phi- provide new horizons to their future. Due to the ignorance of Vedas, we losophy to practise and become a per- The guests of honour — Navjit Gill, director of have forgotten the fundamental law. If fect a yogi. SoftBank group, Kamalendu Bali, senior director, anyone would go against the laws of Ved gurus and intellectuals must Concentrix, Gurugram shared their rich experience Vedas, s/he will have to face sorrows. We approach government to provide vedic with the budding managers by cornerstone about have also forgotten the origin of yog phi- education for a period of at least 20-30 the essentials of integrity, leadership, management, losophy, which are four Vedas. minutes right from the primary schools teamwork and be visionary in terms of technolo- By breaking the eternal tradition of to university level to educate our chil- gy. first listening to original form of yog phi- dren. Only then we can bring back the The session was followed by Abhishek Gaur, losophy from Vedas, unauthentic and title of vishwaguru and establish Ram founder and managing consultant, Time Hack commercialised form of yog philosophy rajya in our country otherwise a Consultancy with his profuse knowledge left the stu- has come into practise. Therefore, every- destroyed culture can knock down the dents with a few thoughts for success — hard work body must first learn Vedas otherwise the country. and believing in themselves.    !"# $ C !   8    7;; +"3-8DD"$7$-+ depends on public servants reporting to ministers in being able to give full and London. Whenever I visited ritain’s ambassador to the frank advice”, she said. Washington as Foreign  *&:)<; structively” but it was “too tive tariffs covering more than BUS, Kim Darroch, resigned May, the outgoing prime Secretary, I was struck by Sir soon for details.” $360 billion in two-way trade Wednesday amidst an escalat- minister, spoke of the impor- Kim’s professionalism and op US and Chinese In an interview with the and those duties remain in ing diplomatic row between tance of “defending our values intellect. I am outraged that a Tnegotiators held phone Fox Business Network, Kudlow place. over leaked emails in which he and principles particularly selection of his reports should talks on Tuesday as the world’s described the discussions as After his meeting with Xi described President Donald when they are under pressure”. have been leaked,” said Hunt, top two economies seek to “preliminary” and said meet- in Osaka, Trump said he would Trump’s administration as The ambassador’s resigna- who had earlier taken to resolve their trade war, more ings will “probably” be refrain from imposing tariffs “clumsy” and “inept.” tion comes after a series of Twitter to admonish Trump than a week after they declared arranged, but did not give on more Chinese products. The resignation, diplomatic messages sent by over his very personal attacks a truce. more details. He had previously threatened announced by the UK Foreign him were leaked at the week- on Theresa May and Darroch Talks had broken down in Kudlow noted that Trump to put punitive duties on an Office, came after US President end. in the wake of the email leak May over US accusations that has agreed to hold off on additional $300 billion in Donald Trump said Monday In his reply, McDonald row. Beijing had reneged on its imposing new tariffs and will Chinese exports. that the White House would no said Darroch had been the “@realDonaldTrump commitments, and the dispute allow certain US products to be He also triggered a back- longer deal with Darroch. target of “a malicious leak” and friends speak frankly so I will: escalated with the two sides sold to Chinese telecom giant lash in the US Congress by Trump had branded expressed gratitude for his these comments are disre- exchanging steep increases in Huawei. agreeing to soften some US Darroch a “very stupid guy” work. “You are the best of us,” spectful and wrong to our punitive tariffs. “Having said that, we have export restrictions on compo- after emails emerged where the he said. Prime Minister and my coun- But US President Donald a very strong — I want to nents to Huawei, though ambassador had called his The outgoing diplomat, try,” Hunt tweeted on Tuesday, Trump and Chinese leader Xi underscore this — a very strong Trump stipulated that officials administration “clumsy and speculation,” he said in his British Prime Minister who was set to retire at the end reacting to Trump’s attack on Jinping agreed to revive nego- expectation that China will would take care to avoid cre- inept”. resignation letter addressed to Theresa May said Darroch’s of the year, also received the May for handling Brexit in a tiations when they met on the really shortly, maybe immedi- ating new risks to US national Darroch said he wanted to Simon McDonald, the senior- departure was “a matter of backing of foreign secretary “foolish way”. sidelines of the G20 summit in ately, begin to purchase US security. put an end to speculation and most official at the UK Foreign deep regret” after the ambas- Jeremy Hunt, currently in the Darroch received Japan on June 29. agricultural products,” he told The United States step down as the leak had Office and head of the diplo- sador said it was “impossible” midst of a leadership contest widespread backing across US Treasury Secretary the US broadcaster. had imposed tough sanctions made it “impossible” for him to matic service. for him to continue. with Boris Johnson to replace party lines in the UK, with Steven Mnuchin and Trade The Chinese commerce on the company, whose do his job in Washington. “The current situation is May told MPs in the House May. Labour leader Jeremy Representative Robert ministry said in a brief state- equipment US officials fear “Since the leak of official making it impossible for me to of Commons that the ambas- Hunt said he was “deeply Corbyn telling the Commons: Lighthizer spoke with Chinese ment that the two sides could be used as Trojan hors- documents from this Embassy carry out my role as I would sador had the full backing of saddened” by Darroch’s deci- “The comments made about Vice Premier Liu He and exchanged “opinions on imple- es for China’s intelligence ser- there has been a great deal of like,” he said. the Cabinet and had given a sion to resign after serving the him are beyond unfair and Commerce Minister Zhong menting the consensus reached vices. speculation surrounding my Following the leak, “lifetime of service” to the UK, UK with the “utmost dedica- wrong. I think he has Shan on Tuesday. between the two countries’ The ceasefire comes as the position and the duration of my Darroch was dis-invited from for which he was owed an tion and distinction”. given honourable and good White House economic heads of state in Osaka.” US presidential campaign has remaining term as ambassador. a dinner with Trump, the Emir “enormous debt of gratitude”. “He brought dispassionate service and he should be adviser Larry Kudlow told Washington and Beijing started ahead of the November I want to put an end to that of Qatar on Monday. “Good government insight and directness to his thanked for it.” reporters the talks “went con- have hit each other with puni- 2020 election.  +#0! 0 ,4 & $    1 -P    N%  O   5*!,* %    ! /-  <6:8* Donald Trump pulled the ties and returning to full JCPoA  '% United States out of the agree- compliance without delay.”  -     uropean powers urged Iran ment. According to the International Eon Tuesday to reverse its The European parties to the Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),  &6;7  &7*.*,* ulent documents.  <6:8* Last week, authorities in move to increase uranium deal along with the EU’s diplo- tasked with inspections, while In 2017, a Pakistani team Gibraltar intercepted an enrichment, as a French envoy matic chief on Tuesday called Iran consistently lived up to its outh Korean President ailed former Pakistan prime investigating former prime ran’s president says Britain Iranian supertanker that was arrived in Tehran to boost on Tehran to reverse breaches commitments under the deal SMoon Jae-in on Wednesday Jminister Nawaz Sharif’s minister Sharif alleged illegal Iwill face “repercussions” over believed to be breaching efforts to save a landmark 2015 of the agreement. until recently, it is now in breach told top business leaders that daughter Maryam Nawaz has offshore properties - flagged in the seizure of Iranian super- European Union sanctions nuclear deal. “The foreign ministers of of two of them. Japan’s ban on exports of chem- been summoned by an anti- the Panama Papers. tanker. by carrying a shipment of The accord between Iran France, Germany, and the French President icals crucial to the country’s corruption court to appear Last year in September, Hassan Rouhani was Tehran’s crude oil to war-rav- and world powers promised United Kingdom and the (EU) Emmanuel Macron sent his tech sector had caused an before it on July 19 for alleged- the Islamabad High Court sus- quoted by the official IRNA aged Syria. sanctions relief, economic ben- High Representative express top diplomatic advisor to “unprecedented emergency” ly submitting a fake trust deed pended the sentences for news agency Wednesday as call- The tanker’s detention efits and an end to international deep concern that Iran is pur- Tehran after Iran announced on and warned of a drawn-out in the high-profile Avenfield Maryam and her husband ing the seizure “mean and comes at a particularly sensitive isolation of the Islamic repub- suing activities inconsistent with Monday it had passed 4.5 per- trade dispute. Apartments case. Captain (retd) M Safdar in the wrong” during a Cabinet meet- time as tensions between the lic in return for stringent curbs its commitments under the cent uranium enrichment — Tokyo last week said it The Avenfield properties Avenfield corruption case. ing. He warns London: U.S. And Iran grow over the on its nuclear programme. Joint Comprehensive Plan of above the 3.67 per cent would stop shipment of com- case was one of three filed by On July 6, after four “You are an initiator of inse- unraveling of a 2015 But Tehran says it has lost Action (JCPoA),” they said in a limit under the agreement pounds used by major firms the National Accountability extensions in the original curity and you will under- nuclear deal, which President patience with perceived inac- statement, using the deal’s offi- though still far below the 90 per including Samsung Electronics Bureau (NAB) last year in light six-month deadline to con- stand its repercussions,” with- Donald Trump withdrew from tion by European countries cial name. “It must act accord- cent necessary for military pur- and SK Hynix in the manufac- of the Supreme Court’s verdict clude all three cases, the out elaborating. last year. more than a year after President ingly by reversing these activi- poses. ture of microchips and smart- against Sharif in the Panama accountability court phones, increasing long-sim- Papers case. announced its verdict in the mering tensions over the use of The case pertains to the Avenfield case. Sharif, his forced labour during World ownership of the Sharif fami- daughter Maryam and son-in- H     -    !  War Two. ly’s apartments at Avenfield law Safdar were sentenced to 11 With the two firms House, London. years, eight years and one year, accounting for almost two- Accountability court Judge respectively, in prison.  <6:8* Javad Zarif and his deputy gent curbs on the Islamic Pointing to the US with- France, Germany and Britain. thirds of global chip produc- Muhammad Bashir issued Abbas Araghchi. Republic’s nuclear programme. drawal from the JCPOA, he Bonne arrived in Tehran tion, the issue is raising con- the notice to Pakistan rench President Emmanuel Bonne’s mission is “to try But Tehran says it has lost added that the Europeans “must after Iran announced Monday it cerns about the impact on the Muslim League-Nawaz FMacron’s top diplomatic and open the discussion space to patience with perceived inaction solve that problem.” The had surpassed 4.5 per cent ura- supply chains across the plan- (PML-N) Vice-President advisor on Wednesday held avoid an uncontrolled escalation, by European countries more European parties to the deal nium enrichment -- above the et. Maryam, asking the 45-year- high-level talks in Tehran aimed or even an accident”, according than a year after President along with the EU’s diplomatic 3.67 per cent limit under the Moon on Wednesday met old political leader to appear at saving the 2015 nuclear deal to French Foreign Minister Jean- Donald Trump unilaterally chief on Tuesday called on accord, though still far below the executives from Samsung in court on July 19. and easing tensions between Yves Le Drian. The 2015 accord pulled the United States out of Tehran to reverse its breaches of 90 percent necessary for military Electronics and SK Group as According to the NAB, Iran and the United States. between Iran and world powers, the agreement. the agreement. purposes. well as Hyundai Motor Co. Pakistan’s anti-corruption Emmanuel Bonne met the Joint Comprehensive Plan of “Negotiations are never pos- Iran “must act accordingly Earlier this month, it was And Lotte Group to discuss the watchdog, the trust deed Rear-Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Action (JCPOA), promised sible under pressure,” Zarif said by... Returning to full JCPOA confirmed that Iran surpassed crisis, telling them last week’s Maryam presented in the the secretary of Iran’s Supreme sanctions relief, economic ben- before the meeting with Bonne, compliance without delay”, said 300 kilogrammes of enriched decision by Tokyo was intend- Avenefield case was fake and National Security Council, and efits and an end to internation- in reference to US sanctions a statement from the European uranium reserves, another limit ed to damage South Korea’s have requested a trial against Foreign Minister Mohammad al isolation in return for strin- against Iran. 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ndia go home. New Zealand it is for Lord’s! A horrible Istart, a late flourish by Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni, the lowest ever first powerplay total in any World Cup, the highest ever seventh-wicket part- nership in any World Cup — the story was all India’s, but the end was all New Zealand’s. Sudden death, death, death. Life, life and then death again, this one was not for the faint hearted. New Zealand won by 18 runs with India packing up for 221. MS Dhoni the finisher, in the last World Cup match of his career, failed to finish though he toiled hard in the middle as ' &     1     - ' P  Jadeja launched his most auda-   1 2   %.  -  cious knock of the tournament to somehow get to the Lord’s dress- ing room where Kapil Dev had in 1983. After 77 runs, sadly Jadeja was still a broken heart as was Dhoni at 50 being run out when he dashed for victory somehow, anyhow. But really, the impossibility was imposed, as skipper Virat Kohli admitted, in the first 45 minutes of the game, when the India horror show pushed the 17000-odd spectators at the Old Trafford into shock. The end of a great Indian run in the tourna- ?       -! -     ment seemed to have approached     /"    virtually before the beginning, putting New Zealand on the road to Lord’s and India back home in nothing but abject despair of an unexplained,         -     .  %.-    - !  ' 1 2 )--    %   unfathomed and unexpected plummet. answer being made more than performance and professionalism ing penny in the thoughts but once the first three went unchar- length and precision bowling, not Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli obvious by the Men in Blue and that Kohli talked about. once Jadeja walked at 77, it was acteristically. When India were allowing any of the Indian bats to and KL Rahul shared an unenvi- their opening show, or should New Zealand’s 27/3 earlier in all towards home for India. 71, the young Pant could no drive even a single ball till well ous commonality of walking one say the lack of it, in the mid- the innings paled into insignifi- Jadeja who was playing only longer wait to play the big shot into the late 30 overs. With his back with just one run each. After dle. cance as the clouds started gath- his third game in this tourna- and fell to William Santner with brilliant bowling, Smith resem- five centuries, Sharma’s stay in the From extra-ordinary to ordi- ering over the stadium with ment, was the fable of the day. He de Grandhomme grabbing his bled Woakes, bringing in the middle was the shortest when he nary to less than ordinary – it just prayers of a washout gaining showed his class as much as he fall of patience near the bound- swing which Bhuvneshwar could was required to be there for the took three overs, inside an hour chant, much like they did in the did his reserve in the high-pres- ary when he was 32. not. Yes, the conditions were longest. Kohli, trapped by Boult, and a fall so vertical that the pub- Joburg Final of 2003 and the sure situation soaking in the The debris at the stumps, overcast but the Indian blade has could not save himself despite a lic around the middle started get- Sydney semi-final in 2015. difficult moments with elan and meanwhile, kept mounting the navigational capabilities to referral. KL Rahul got caught in ting vertigo. Dinesh Karthik, Yes, cricket comes with glo- balance all at the same time. steadily with no checks or bal- steer out of the mess and the a double mind, finally edging it meanwhile, got snapped by a rious uncertainties but this one Kohli later spoke of Jadeja’s extra- ances by the Indian batsmen. moisture. Boult stuck to regimen away to the first slip when some flashy splashy catch at backward stretched the game’s imagination ordinary class in extraordinary Pandya did save some minutes bowling to tap into the Indian  ?  -( ( -  lifesaving surgery was needed point to put the life support mon- a wee bit more than the faintest circumstances as did Kiwi skip- on the fall line but he too fell to panic room and Santner did the - ' ! !     from his bat. itors on. It didn’t matter that the one could have. The 50-4 on per Kane Williamson who point- a high in the air shot off Santner rest in a match that turned out to Staring at the scoreboard ball would have otherwise raced board showed up the 17th over ed out how big a task Jadeja had bringing India to an unassailable be the last one for the legend of showing 5/3, the silence was so to the boundary. and run rate that could not have undertaken by batting magnifi- 92/6 situation with no established the game MS Dhoni. intense that one could almost What mattered was India’s surpassed the exit rate of the Big cently so late in the innings and batsmen left in the bag and the May be Sanjay Manjrekar hear Kohli’s heart palpitating in dream of a Lord’s dressing room Three of Indian cricket on a grey under extreme pressure to put on run rate mounting. Santner’s will have something to fill up the panic. After being table toppers, presence on July 14 lay ripped – Manchester morning living on board more runs than anyone in best spell of the World Cup stunned silence that India have losing just one game out of nine, till of course Ravindra Jadeja the singular brightness of the both the teams through this couldn’t have come on a better left the nation in. Something getting to the top of the runs and came along to insert life in the floodlights at noon. match. occasion though his colleague about New Zealand, may be? If bowling tables, India went out coffin. India recorded the worst From 5/3 to 221/10, the Widely called India’s bright Matt Henry bagged the Player of not, this silence will at least give like the light does in Delhi’s long first powerplay figures of the fightback was on an individual future, Rishabh Pant could not the Match award. the right atmosphere for Team and intense summer. World Cup – four wickets, 49 dot blade which kept flirting with muster the required maturity or A word here on the beauties India to reflect on what went People were left asking who balls, 24 runs and a job totally hope for a long time before get- patience, much like his senior that were bowled by the Kiwi wrong, why and how it should .    ;   - '  or what could have been more undone after 35 days of ticking ting extinguished. A 116-run Hardik Pandya who could not bowlers who kept their wits as not have, at least not the way it  -  - '..        fickle than England’s weather, the all the boxes, self-belief, fitness, partnership at No 7 was the shin- light even a glimmer of hope beautifully as they did their line, did. Yes, shit happens, and how!      1# 0   1+*6+ 0

  .*:6&<68 “You feel bad for the result. ent is there, the character is there. It semis. We should also take some pos- Everyone goes out there to win the happens in sport, you make decisions itives from here because there were a ndia captain Virat Kohli was poised game. We are sad but not devastated you make errors and you have to accept lot,” he said. Iin defeat on Wednesday when he and because we know where we stand as a it,” the skipper said. “The ones who Referring to Jadeja’s celebration his team lost the biggest moment of the team,” Kohli added. make the error, trust me, are the ones after he got to his 50, taunting com- World Cup in a matter of just 45 min- He lauded the efforts of the New who suffer the most,” he added. mentator Sanjay Manjrekar with a H <   &       ! utes. That this quick ouster came after Zealand bowlers who put up a great He called Jadeja’s knock and wave of his hands, Kohli said: “I don’t &      1 2     -  a grand run of good cricket spreading show bowling with the new ball. “We Dhoni's partnership outstanding. think we had anything to stop Jadeja over nine matches, record breaking lost three wickets for five runs and it Flicking away questions around the after what had been going on for the performances and top-ranking outings is very difficult to come back from pace of Dhoni’s innings, he said, “the past week. You saw the passion which with both the bat and the ball, made there,” he said. way they batted together, it was the he played. He has played like this in the heartbreak even more unbearable, “Rohit got a good ball. My ball was perfect tempo for that situation." Test cricket also a couple of times. He not just for the players in the dressing also decent…. Start is always impor- Talking about Dhoni’s dual role in the played under tremendous pressure. He room but also the fans and the Indian tant. The way they bowled did not give team, Kohli said: “He is been given that has got three triple hundreds in first media. us any opportunity. The first seven or role of being in a situation where he class cricket. The talent has always been It must have been a difficult job to eight overs we did not get a ball to drive can control one end like he did today there. Watching Jadeja for 10 years and address the media after such a convul- even one,” he said. “The perfect spell or if there is a scenario that he could playing with him this is his best knock H <   1     -   sive day but Kohli showed acquired of fast bowling put us under a lot of go and strike, then do so,” he said. according to me.” ! '     %.  -  maturity and balance to deal with the pressure.” “Failures teach you and you learn Kohli felt that Jadeja was very situation, urging the fans to strike the He candidly admitted that “we are from them,” he said philosophically. motivated. “We all felt that the game same balance in reacting to victory and not good enough under pressure and Talking about his own personal can be closed down he played so well defeat. “We lost the match due to the we have to accept that,” Kohli said. heartbreak as a skipper and a player but a mistake can happen at any stage. first 40 minutes of bad cricket,” the Talking about the shot that took who could not bring in the victory in I don’t think that was a mistake. It was skipper said candidly. away Rishabh Pant from the middle the knockout match, Kohli said: “You just lack of execution which in crick- “I don’t think that I would like to when he had a big task at hand, Kohli just go out with just 45 minutes of bad et happens. You have to take risks here break things down immediately but in said mistakes happen. “He is an cricket is saddening and it break your and there so… He has been a very time would like to sit down and instinctive bowler. Still young, I made heart also. We worked so hard understated cricketer but…” he added. analyse what went wrong and what many errors when I was young in my throughout the tournament that we He agreed to the question about things we could have done right, in this career. He will learn. He will look back finish No 1 in the table and then a brief the knockouts changing format and game particularly,” Kohli said, talking and think he could have taken a dif- spell of bad cricket and you are out of turning into playoffs, giving more about the heartbreak in the team ferent option in that situation. He the tournament completely. But we chances to good teams. “If topping the which played good cricket throughout realises that already. All these guys have have to accept it. We have all come out table means anything than I think these & - 1 2 -     the tournament only to go out of the a lot of pride and passion to play. They better cricketers because of these set- things can come into consideration %   P     ' )--  game because of just 45 minutes of bad are the ones who feel most disappoint- backs. We have played some out- looking at the magnitude… it is a real- cricket. ?    !  -    ed when mistakes happen…. The tal- standing cricket and qualified for the ly valid point,” he added. NEW DELHI 02 ● Rohit Sharma fails to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs by a batsman in a single edition of World Cup tournament THURSDAY | JULY 11, 2019

WE ALL KNOW THE GAME IS A FINE LINE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. BUT THAT RUN-OUT WAS SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE SEEN DHONI FINISH GAMES FROM THOSE SIMILAR POSITIONS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS — KANE WILLIAMSON Win against Ind up there with the best o bowl as outstandingly as they just about executing the skills, believ- Similarly, Martin Guptill’s run- did in such a high-pressure ing in what they were doing and out of MS Dhoni was really quite Tgame makes victory over India keeping calm. That never changes in something as well. You can’t negate one of New Zealand’s best ever a Kane Williamson team. how important that is — Marty is one-day performances. They’ve beaten an exceptional- such an exceptional talent in the Trent Boult and Matt Henry’s ly good Indian team, we can’t forget field. SilverFern opening spell was one of the best that, and they’ll leave Manchester He hasn't scored as he’d have you’ll see, and to dismiss three feeling incredibly proud of what liked in this tournament but he's still incredibly-talented India batsman to they’ve achieved. fielded exceptionally, and to run have them five for three takes some- The quicks will deservedly take Dhoni out like that is really brilliant. thing special. the plaudits but Mitch Santner There were so many match- They bowled impeccably, deserves plenty too. He bowled six winners in this game, and it’s only putting the ball in the right areas for overs for seven runs at one point, he now that you can appreciate how such a long period of time and that would have seen the way Jadeja good Ross Taylor and Williamson's pressure tells on the batsmen, so they bowled and would have learnt a lot innings were. really earned the wickets. from the way he bowled, the pace he They would have wanted 250 or A semi-final adds so much pres- used and what was going to work on 260 but with the way the pitch was, sure — so when you’re able to deliv- this wicket. 240 proved to be a great score and er, under that type of strain, it real- He didn’t bowl a bad ball in the a match-winning one, and it shows ly is something else. You’re feeling a whole spell and against an Indian just how big a role these two play. By DANIEL VETTORI lot of things and at times you're team that love playing against spin, It was a perfect innings for the Former New Zealand captain almost desperate to get a wicket. that's very hard to do. conditions and it’s always those two So to put all the emotions to one He reaped the rewards of bowl- that have performed well for so long, side and go in there, bowl and do ing to the middle order as opposed so it was nice to see them do it in a well, is even more impressive, and to Rohit Sharma going at it from ball pressure situation. They had three those guys should be very proud. one. He was nigh-on perfect with his losses in a row but you could tell that But you have to give a lot of execution. didn’t affect them out there. credit to Ravindra Jadeja and the way The fielding was equally as As a New Zealand fan you’d be he batted. To have the confidence good. Jimmy Neesham’s catch was hopeful of them doing it again in the and courage to come out and play brilliant, and the icing on the cake final, but whatever happens it’s like that, with everything on the line, India's captain Virat Kohli, second left, congratulate New Zealand players on their win in the semi-final match at Old Trafford on Wednesday AP with the way the guys were bowling. going to be a great occasion, and the takes guts. Jimmy’s an important part to Black Caps can go into that game He was exceptional. India were and that was the key to getting them and suddenly, with just a couple of Zealand would have always known why New Zealand are in the final, his with a lot of confidence behind under heaps of pressure and he was back into it. sixes, a low-scoring match can real- that a couple of wickets would make impact with the ball, bat and in the them. there building partnerships with Almost straight away he put the ly change. things safe — there were a couple of field is so pleasing and he’s con- Courtesy- © ICC Business people, those above him did it too pressure back on the bowling attack In the back of their minds, New near misses along the way so it was tributed in all areas of the game. Corporation FZ LLC 2019 Henry buries Old Trafford demons n OLD TRAFFORD (MANCHESTER) Zealand to beat India and secure and Trent Boult combining to pro- Boult trapping him lbw, his average their place in a second consecutive duce the most devastating spell of in three innings of this match just 3.6, ometimes the scene of your ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final. swing and seam bowling we’ve seen compared to a career 59.70. Sbiggest disappointment really is Henry secured the scalps of at this tournament. Henry, who bowled seven the setting for your greatest triumph. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Dinesh By the end of the first ten overs, straight over for just 23 runs, was It is 18 days since Matt Henry Karthik, the latter thanks to a catch the game had decisively turned, all bowling on a unerring length, his was carted to all corners of Old beyond superlatives by Jimmy conventional wisdom about how angling delivery catching Rahul Trafford by a combination of Chris Neesham, as India were stunned and this World Cup would play out between playing and leaving, an Gayle and Carlos Brathwaite, as the the Bharat Army silenced. needing an extensive rewrite. indecision that was to prove fatal. West Indies came within inches of an In this semi-final, played over A staggering 82 per cent of their Together with Boult, Henry pep- improbable win. two days after Tuesday’s rain delays, deliveries — 49 of 60 balls — were pered India's shell-shocked top order As his team-mates celebrated Henry proved whatever setbacks dots, India mustered just three with the full English, getting them their ultimately dramatic victory, he you face, whatever adversity you boundaries and lost four wickets, hopping with a succession of pin- looked as though he wanted to be endure, that joy really does come in their top order skittled. point swinging yorkers. half a world away, back home in the morning. India’s trademark tactic of cau- And when Neesham threw him- Christchurch and a million miles With Virat Kohli’s team chasing tious starts, followed by rapid accel- self at Karthik’s drive, producing a artin uptill cele rates with New Zealand teammates after honis dismissal AP from a cricket field. 240, Black Caps captain Kane eration, was ruthlessly exposed and stunning one-handed catch at back- There were immediate calls for Williamson kept the faith and threw it was the first time four wickets had ward point, Henry reeled away in a new approach, with Henry’s figures the ball to his opening bowlers, per- fallen in the opening powerplay in wide-eyed wonder. He finished with to forget, 1/76 off nine, including a haps more in hope than expectation. the entire tournament. figures with 37/3, not a career best Better e uipped for horror 25 off his last over. It prompt- They’d not arrived in Manchester After Henry had cleverly tempt- but certainly career defining. ed a chorus of critics to sing for with confidence high, following ed the in-form Sharma, averaging Everything that could go wrong change, citing his lack of penetration, three consecutive defeats to Pakistan, 92.42 at this World Cup, into a drive had gone wrong against the West variation and accuracy. Australia and England, not ideal he edged behind, India’s fans sat qui- Indies, but on the biggest stage it all But how he answered them in preparation for a last four date with etly, only to come alive when talis- went right and this road to redemp- this final Taylor scenes of undiluted drama in a team who’d swaggered through the man Kohli came to the crease. tion now leads straight to Lord’s. Manchester, with a brilliant combi- group stages with just one defeat. But his disappointing run in Courtesy- © ICC Business n OLD TRAFFORD He added: “I woke up at nation of all the above inspiring New But how they responded, Henry att enry in action during semifinal clash AP World Cup semi-finals continued, Corporation FZ LLC 2019 (MANCHESTER) three in the morning so I did- n’t know how I was going to go our years ago, in the World out and bat. It was such a FCup final, New Zealand were strange one, it was a Test match a little overawed by the occasion feeling almost, being not out Tactical blunder to send Dhoni at 7 and struggled to produce their overnight and being a bit rest- best cricket against Australia. less. At Lord’s on Sunday, Ross “But we talked about 240 Taylor believes the Black Caps being what Kane (Williamson) PTI n MANCHESTER have allowed wickets to fall in will know what to expect and be and I thought was a very com- cluster. Dhoni was there when better prepared to cope with the petitive total. I don’t think a lot ndia committed a “tactical blun- Jadeja batted. Communication is challenges of an ICC Men’s of people believed us. It was a Ider” by dropping MS Dhoni to strength. You can’t have Dhoni at Cricket World Cup final. really slow wicket and if any- number seven in the batting number seven,” Ganguly told offi- Taylor is one of six members thing it got better to bat once it order, said former stalwarts cial broadcaster Star Sports. of the current squad who played rained. Sourav Ganguly and VVS “As a finisher, he still has in the 2015 final, with New “The big boys up front were Laxman, who were baffled by the tremendous respect. He can still Zealand losing by seven wickets fantastic getting those three move in the World Cup semifinal clear the field and that’s why he left to Australia in Melbourne, hav- wickets and from there it was against New Zealand. it for last. It's not that he can’t hit ing played the rest of the tour- nice to be ahead of the game. Hardik Pandya and Dinesh sixes but he thinks that’s the way to nament on home soil to that Jadeja and Dhoni nearly took it Karthik were sent ahead of Dhoni win ODI matches,” he added. point. away from us. There was some when India were positioned pre- Iconic batsmen Sachin But ahead of either a brilliance out there, the catch of cariously at five for three and later Tendulkar too felt skipper Virat rematch with their trans- Neesham, the run-out of Guptill 24 for four. Kohli made a mistake by not pro- Tasman foes, or a clash with without even the keeper there. Eventually, it became a too moting Dhoni up the order. hosts England at Lord’s, Taylor Those highlights in a few years’ tough a task to complete as India “The question here can be, in insists New Zealand will be time will be something the team fell short by 18 runs. a crunch moment like this, would ready. will never forget.” “Dhoni should have come you not think of promoting Dhoni He said: “It was strange last Prior to the tournament, ahead of Pandya. It was a tactical with experience on his back? time. We played so well Taylor had spoken of trying to blunder. Dhoni should have Towards the end he kept talking to throughout the tournament but emulate Chris Gayle and appear walked ahead of Dinesh Karthik. (Ravindra) Jadeja and he was con- then jumped on a plane and in a fifth World Cup at the age Stage was set for Dhoni. In 2015 trolling things. played in a country we hadn’t of 39. final also, he promoted himself up “May be instead of Hardik, played in for the whole tourna- However he admitted after to bat at number four ahead of Dhoni should have come up. ment. this one that the final at Lord’s Yuvraj Singh and won the World Batting Dinesh Karthik at number “I’d be lying if I said we may well be his final appearance Cup,” rued Laxman. 5 was slightly out of the box I felt,” weren’t a bit overawed by the on this stage. Former skipper Ganguly said he said. change of scenery. I think we He added: “I’ve said that it’s not just about Dhoni’s batting Ganguly said the the biggest know what to expect, the pres- Chris Gayle is my inspiration, but his calming effect on the mistake Indian selectors made in sures that come with it, we’ve he’s 39 and still playing but it’s young batsmen, batting from the the last one and a half years was not been there before. probably a bit too far-fetched for other end. finding a solid middle order. “You just have to enjoy it, it’s me to still be playing. Rishabh Pant was set but “The one criticism (for selec- the Home of Cricket, I can’t “Never say never but prob- threw away his wicket when he tors) is that they fiddled around the think of a better place to play a ably more than likely (it will be attacked spinner Mitchell middle order.” final. my last World Cup game). Santener. Skipper Virat Kohli was “You can’t always depend on “Whether it’s England or “Apart from the All Blacks, seen having an animated chat Rohit and Virat,” said Laxman. Australia, we have to enjoy the most New Zealand sides are with coach Ravi Shatsri immedi- Looking forward, Ganguly said, moment, put our best foot for- underdogs, no matter what ately after Pant’s dismissal. “What India need to do is to push ward and hope for the best.” sport they play. It’s something “India needed experience at Rishabh Pant to number five. Kohli Taylor played a crucial role we have embraced. It doesn’t sit that stage. If Dhoni was there can bat at number four, if KL Rahul in New Zealand reaching the well when we’re the favourites, when Pant was batting, he would is solution at number three when final, top-scoring for the Black we try to talk it down as much not have allowed Pant to play that Shikhar Dhawan comes back. India Caps with 74 in an 18-run vic- as possible. shot against the breeze. In will have to identify the middle order tory over India at Old Trafford “It’s a proud team, hopeful- England, it’s a big factor. He batsmen and persist with them.” in a semi-final played over two ly we’ve done our nation proud. would have told him to go after “That’s the only mistake selec- days. Regardless of who we play, we’ll pacer, when mid-off and mid-on tors made. You can’t depend on For Taylor, unbeaten on 67 be up against it, but like this is up, because he is good at that. Jadeja (to win matches by leaving it overnight after rain had stopped game, we’ll put our best foot for- “Dhoni should have batted for lower order). the New Zealand innings at ward and hopefully that's up. You need that composure and Courtesy- © ICC Business 46.1 overs, it was a strange feel- enough.” not just his batting. He would not New Zealand pacer Loc ie Ferguson, left, reacts after owling a deli ery to honi AP Corporation FZ LLC 2019 ing having to come back on a Courtesy- © ICC Business second day. 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Openers Jonny Bairstow and Jason “There’s runs around the Roy have been on fire and the team will ustralia captain Aaron corner. He’d like to have scored be expecting another flying start from AFinch insisted Glenn more but he’s hitting the ball the destructive duo. Maxwell’s absence from a net nicely. We know how destruc- England pacer Liam Plunkett feels session on the eve of the World tive he can be when he’s in,” he his team is a title favourite for a reason Cup semi-final against said. and fancies beating Australia who suf- England didn’t necessarily “His contributions in the fered an unexpected defeat against mean he would miss today’s field are up there with most South Africa in their final league fix- clash. runs saved and he got a great ture. "We are a different sort of animal Maxwell has struggled to run out at Taunton against compared to our last teams. We have hit peak form during the tour- Pakistan. 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SKIPPERS UNITE AUSTRALIA MARCH ON   semi-finals due to Pakistan’s with the pick of the Australian ngland captains past, present remarkable recovery. It was the or the second successive World bowlers, taking 5/33. As in 2003 Eand future combined to help Pakistanis who went on to lift the FCup, Australia got the better of and 2007, Australia went on to he oldest rivalry in cricket England exact revenge on trophy, beating England in the England, and while this one did lift the trophy, seeing off New Twill return to the knockout Australia four years later in the final by 22 runs, the third time not knock out the English, it left stages of the World Cup for the group stages at Lord’s. Geoff England had fallen at the final them on the brink. In Antigua,  ,8.):*. first time in three decades when Boycott was the unlikely hero hurdle. Kevin Pietersen produced a fine England take on Australia at with the ball, taking 2/15 from six hundred as England batting first, ngland captain Eoin Morgan has Edgbaston. From a dramatic economical overs, while four run- BICHEL KNOCKS OUT ENGLAND making 104. However Ian Bell Eurged his side to embrace their semi-final in the first WC, to outs help limit Australia to 159/9. fter an 11-year wait the (77) provided his only real sup- World Cup dreams as they prepare for the closest final of them all, In response then-captain Mike Ateams met once more in port as England collapsed to 247 today’s blockbuster semi-final against England and Australia have Brearley (44) and a man who South Africa, with defending all out, losing eight wickets for 83 old rivals Australia. played out some classics, with would later take on the role, champions Australia knowing runs. In reply, Ricky Ponting Morgan can lead England to their the Australians having enjoyed that victory would eliminate managed the chase beautifully, first World Cup final since 1992 if they the better of the meetings. their oldest rivals. England bat- making 86, before Michael Clarke beat the holders at Edgbaston. However, while England ted first with Alec Stewart (46) came to the middle and saw Advancing to Sunday’s title match have the edge in recent games, and Andrew Flintoff (45) the Zealand in the final, while at Lord’s would be the culmination of the World Cup match-ups Waugh, and England ended up chief contributors as they made England missed out on the quar- four years’ hard work for Morgan and favour Australia, including the falling agonizingly short, losing by 204/8 at Centurion. The star ter-finals. his squad after their dismal perfor- group stage encounter between just seven runs. That remains the man for Australia was Andy mance at the 2015 edition. the teams at Lord’s last month. closest margin in a World Cup final. A LORD’S LOVE AFFAIR On the eve of the crunch clash, s he had four years previous- Morgan issued a passionate plea for THE GILMOUR SHOW Graham Gooch (53), combined to BEEFY ON FIRE Aly, Finch scored a hundred in his players to take pride in their he teams met for the first help England to a comfortable The next World Cup was play- the first meeting between the achievements so far and to relish their Ttime in the competition at six-wicket victory. Australia’s sub- Ting in Australia and New teams at this World Cup, making moment in the spotlight rather than the semi-final stage of the inau- sequent defeat to Pakistan saw Zealand, and it was in Sydney that exactly 100 as he and David be weighed down by pressure. gural WC in 1975 at them eliminated, while England Ian Botham inspired England to Warner put on 123 for the open- “Sometimes I’m guilty of it, you Headingley. It was a low-scoring went on to reach the final before their second, and to date last, ing wicket. England fought back can lose sight of the position you’re in affair, and a close-run suffering the same fate as the World Cup win over the well to restrict Australia to 285/7 and the fact you’re living your dream,” encounter despite a stunning Australians as West Indies won Australians. After winning the but that would prove more than Morgan told reporters on Wednesday. bowling display from the their second straight title. toss and electing to bat, Australia enough. At Lord’s, where “I think it’s possible to play with Australians after putting were bowled out for just 171, with Australia home with an unbeaten Australia have had such a good a smile on your face tomorrow." England in. Gary Gilmour was THE CLOSEST FINAL Botham the destroyer in chief as Bichel, who took 7/20 — the 55. The Australians went on to record at both Test and ODI level, Asked if the World Cup hosts virtually unplayable, finishing he teams did not meet in 1983, he took 4/31. In reply, the all- second best figures in a World claim a third successive title, beat- they were exceptional with the were feeling excited, nervous or sim- with figures of 6/14 as England Tbut they faced off in the final rounder flourished in his pinch- Cup ever after teammate Glenn ing Sri Lanka in the final. ball once again.Jason Behrendorff ply focused on the task at hand, were bundled out for just 93. four years later, both teams search- McGrath three days earlier (5/44) and Mitchell Starc (4/43) Morgan added: “All of However, that proved a compet- ing for their maiden title. At Eden against Namibia. The chase was FINCH OFF TO A FLYER raced through England’s top those things. But I itive total as Australia slumped Gardens in Kolkata, David Boon far from straightforward, with ngland and Australia met in order, the former removing James think excitement to 39/6 in reply. John Snow had scored a fine 75 as the Australians Andy Caddick taking 4/35 as Ethe teams’ World Cup opener Vince with the second ball of the probably should be both Chappell brothers built steadily on their way to 253/5, Australia slumped to 135/8. four years ago and it was current match. Ben Stokes provided some the dominant one. removed leg before but Gilmour Mike Veletta chipping in with a That was when Bichel joined skipper Aaron Finch who was the resistance, making 89 before Starc “Everyone is then made a second crucial quick-fire 45 not out. England master chaser Michael Bevan star man, making 135 as removed him with a stunning excited to play contribution of the game. He looked to be in control in response (74 not out) in the middle and Australia powered to352/9. yorker to end any slim hopes this semi-final. and Doug Walters (20) added as Bill Athey and Mike Gatting the pair added 73 for the ninth George Bailey chipped in with 55 England still had. Australia even- The fact that an unbeaten 55 to take Australia added 69, but an ill-advised reverse hitting role at the top of the order, wicket to take Australia home. and Glenn Maxwell scored a 40- tually ran out winners by 64 runs, through the home, Gilmour making 28 at a sweep from Gatting off the part- scoring 53, while opening partner With seven wickets and then an ball 66, while Steve Finn did his but as the two teams meet for the group stages run a ball on a wicket where no time off-spin of Allan Border turned Gooch scored 58. Neither was unbeaten 34, Bichel was bit to stem the flow with a hat- second time at this World Cup – getting to this one else had found any fluency. the game on its head. He departed there at the end, but England inevitably named Player of the trick on his way to 5/71. 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Rup a Wimbledon semi-final Nadal, who was also champion in blockbuster on Wednesday, 11 years 2010, broke Querrey six times, sent  7;; after their epic 2008 title duel down 10 aces and 44 winners in a  :6* which is widely regarded as convincing display which will ndy Murray and Serena the greatest Grand Slam give him great hope of beat- AWilliams' mixed doubles ce Indian shuttler Kidambi final ever played. ing Federer for the 25th time. dream team came unstuck at ASrikanth Wednesday said he Eight-time champion "It's great (to be facing Wimbledon on Wednesday when was looking forward to doing Federer racked up his Federer at Wimbledon the star pairing were knocked out well in the Olympics next year 100th match win at again)," said 33-year-old by the top seeds. but preferred to focus on the Wimbledon and reached his Nadal whose recent 12th The pair lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to tournaments coming up. 13th semi-final with a 4-6, 6- Roland Garros victory took him Bruno Soares of Brazil and Nicole The 26-year-old shuttler 1, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Japan's Kei to 18 Slam titles. Melichar of the United States, who from Guntur said playing the Nishikori. "It's difficult to imagine to be progress to the quarter-finals. tournaments before the The 37-year-old will be playing again in that situation and here we The third round match was 1    ;  Olympics and qualifying first is in the semi-finals of a major for the are. I'm excited to play against Roger played out on the 4,000-seater  -  -    %   # important. 45th time. here at Wimbledon again after such Court Two sunken bowl — a rare    !  "There is one more year left. Nadal, the two-time champion, a long time." appearance outside the Centre There are 15 more tournaments made the last-four for the seventh Djokovic reached the Court and Court One big show Murray, a former world number until April next year. time and 32nd at the Slams, by Wimbledon semi-finals for the courts for the likes of multiple for- one, is easing his way back into So I have to win a few of beating Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-2, ninth time, racking up his mer champions Murray and tennis via the doubles after under- them and Im working really 6-2. 70th career win at the All Williams. going radical hip resurfacing hard towards achieving that. Just Friday's semi-final will England Club in the process. British home favourite surgery. trying to improve," he told be the pair's 40th meeting The defending champion reporters on the sidelines of the and third at Wimbledon hit back from a break down in time. Xavier Malisse at Wimbledon in inauguration of VSR Sports after Federer won the 2006 the first set to carve out a Next up is Bautista Agut, 2002. Academy here. and 2007 finals before commanding 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win who made his first Grand Slam He broke for a 4-3 lead but 15- Srikanth, who had a spectac- Nadal swept to his over 21st seed David Goffin of semi-final with a 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, time Slam winner Djokovic then ular 2017 and climbed to the famous 2008 triumph. Belgium. 6-3 victory over Argentina's reeled off the next nine games, tak- No.1 world ranking before The other semi- In a ruthless display, Djokovic Guido Pella. ing the first set, and the second in enduring a difficult time subse- final will see four-time reeled off 15 of the last 17 games to "He started well and was which he allowed the Belgian just quently, said it has been a great champion and top secure a place in the semi-finals of dictating play from the base- four points on his serve. season for him and he was look- seed Novak the majors for line," 32-year-old Djokovic The contest was over by the ing forward to the rest of 2019. Djokovic tackle the 36th said of Goffin. time Djokovic broke for a 3-1 lead in "Its been a great season for Roberto Baustista "Things could have gone a the third set. me.I havent been playing for the Agut, the 23rd different way if I had lost the "Even if you play well, it's not last 2 months but still its been a Spaniard who has made first set but I was very pleased enough because he continues to play great 2019. the last-four at a major with the second and third. deep, close from the line, left, right. There are many more tour- for the first time. He added: "I had a tough He was everywhere," said a shattered naments coming up so Im look- Federer is also the match in the third round (against Goffin. ing forward to doing well," the oldest man to make the Hubert Hurkacz). Other than that, Bautista Agut, 31, booked his first world No.9 added.  !         semis of a major since Jimmy I've won in straight sets and played appearance in a Slam last-four at the Asked if his confidence lev- Connors at the 1991 US Open. really well throughout the tourna- 27th attempt by seeing off Pella, who els had dipped after his struggles doing well in the past few years, medal next year.. "We have a lot of information ment. had never previously reached a quar- post 2017, Srikanth said that was especially in the Commonwealth We have done well in the last on Rafa and so does he about us. I "It's exactly what I wanted and ter-final at the majors. not the case and he was confident Games and the Asian Games last five-six years, won a good num- know people always hype it up in a hopefully I can go in the right direc- "Novak is the number one in the of doing well against top players. year and expected to put up a ber of medals at the big way," said 20-time major winner tion in the semis as well." world and he's playing really well on "... Its about winning those good show in the 2020 Olympics Commonwealth Games last year, Federer. Goffin was on top in the early grass," said Bautista Agut, who has a crucial points that will definite- in Tokyo. the Asian Games last year and "They did that again in Paris this stages as he sensed the opportunity 3-7 record against the Serb. ly change the complexion of the "I am looking forward to the hope we can do well in the year (when Nadal won their semi- to become the first Belgian man to However, two of those wins came match(es)," he added. Olympics. My ultimate aim Olympics too," he added. final in straight sets). I'd love to play make the semi-finals at a Slam since this year in Doha and Miami. Srikanth said India had been would be to win the Olympic ,  ' >    %    Liverpool have tied down "We wanted to sign him again, to  .*:6&<68 the reins from Jose He's a great professional. goal." Champions League hero Divock Origi extend the contract, and the nice thing Mourinho last December, He's never been any problem. United have been linked to new long-term contract, the club is he wanted to as well. He realised it anchester United man- said it was "business as usual" "Jesse and Paul were with Southampton's Mario announced on Wednesday. was a tough time (but) we never gave Mager Ole Gunnar and warned the club were walking around and it's been Lemina and Spurs playmak- "Divock Origi has committed his him up in that time." Solskjaer on Wednesday dis- under no pressure to offload portrayed as a fight between er Christian Eriksen among future to Liverpool Football Club by Origi had entered the final 12 missed speculation that Paul Pogba, or anyone else. the two boys. There are no others, but the United man- signing a new long-term contract at months of his old deal and was Pogba is to leave Old "There are no bids for problems between the boys. ager remained coy on his Melwood today," Liverpool said in a reportedly stalling on the offer of a Trafford, saying there had our players. Agents talk all Pre-season has been very transfer targets. statement without revealing details new one because of concerns over been "no bids" for the mid- the time. We are Manchester good so far." "We are still in the mar- over the length of the deal. playing time. fielder and "agents talk all the United, we don't have to sell Uncertainty has also sur- ket. We are patient. We don't The Belgium international has "I'm very happy to be able to sign time". players," he said at a press rounded David de Gea's have to overspend. We want largely been a peripheral figure at this contract and it gives you a boost The 26-year-old World conference after training future but Solskjaer said he the right players for the right Anfield since signing from Lille in at the beginning of the season, as well Cup-winner's future has ahead of matches in the was optimistic about the goal- price," he said. 2014. as the end of the season last year," said overshadowed United's pre- Western Australia city keeper remaining at Old Solskjaer said he expect- However, he came to the fore by Origi. season tour since they against Perth Glory on Trafford, despite only one ed Alexis Sanchez, who scoring twice in a remarkable 4-0 win "When we had to make the deci- arrived in Perth on Monday, Saturday and Leed United on year remaining on his con- limped out of Chile's Copa over Barcelona in last season's sion I just wanted to speak with the with Real Madrid and Tuesday. tract. America third-place play-off Champions League semi-final, second club first and my entourage, but the Juventus rumoured as possi- "When you're at "David has had a summer defeat by Argentina on leg to overturn a 3-0 first-leg deficit. feeling was always that I wanted to stay ble destinations. Manchester United you &&!    > /      where he's been negotiating Saturday, to be fit for the start Origi then scored again in the and extend my contract." Mino Raiola, Pogba's expect all these things to pop and we hope we're going to of the Premier League season. final victory over Tottenham as Origi went on to score seven goals agent, told UK radio station up in the summer." Solskjaer said there had been it's going to be a media, I get it sorted," Solskjaer said. After playing the two Liverpool won the competition for a in total last season, as he also netted talkSPORT on Tuesday that Footage on social media no dust-up and that the don't want to call it, but it's "I'm positive, of course matches in Perth, United will sixth time. a vital late winner at Newcastle as "everyone knows the willing- Tuesday suggested Pogba Frenchman had been on the an agenda against Paul," he with David I've said many travel on for further pre-sea- "It's a story really only football can Liverpool fell just short of chasing ness of Paul to move on". and teammate Jesse Lingard end of unfair press treatment. said. times how lucky I am and son games in Singapore and write," said Liverpool manager Jurgen down Manchester City in a thrilling But Solskjaer, who took had clashed on the trip, but "With Paul, it looks like "He's a top, top bloke. happy we are to have him in China. Klopp. Premier League title race. AFP