https://telegram.me/pdf4exams https://telegram.me/thehindu_zone follow us: tuesday, february 21, 2017 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu SC to hear Nambi Anand Sharma accuses No plan to seize Iraqi Indian women take on Narayanan’s plea PM Modi of vitiating oil, says U.S. Defense South Africa in inal of on February 24 poll atmosphere Secretary Jim Mattis World Cup qualiier page 11 page 11 page 12 page 16 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Allahabad . Malappuram . Mumbai NEARBY Trump still Centre not for terming IPL auction: Ben Stokes targets same seven nations Pakistan a ‘terror state’ breaks the bank at ₹14.5 cr. Associated Press Move will hit ties, says Home Ministry WASHINGTON A draft of President Donald Vijaita Singh Afghan players picked for the irst time; both join Sunrisers Hyderabad Trump’s revised immigra- New Delhi tion ban targets the same The Centre will oppose a Shreedutta Chidananda seven countries listed in Private Member’s Bill Bengaluru his original executive order moved in the Rajya Sabha Ben Stokes became the most but exempts travellers who recently seeking to declare Talks between Haryana expensive overseas player at already have a visa to travel countries like Pakistan “ter- govt, Jats inconclusive an IPL auction when he was to the U.S., even if they ror states.” PANIPAT signed for a jaw-dropping haven’t used it yet. Independent Member of A fresh round of talks ₹14.5 crore here on Monday. A senior administration Parliament Rajeev between protesting Jats and The explosive English all- official said the order, Chandrasekhar had moved Haryana government here on rounder was bought by the which Mr. Trump revised The Declaration of Coun- Rajeev Chandrasekhar Monday remained Rising Pune Supergiants after federal courts held up tries as Sponsor of Coun- inconclusive as the after an intense bidding war, his original immigration tries as Sponsor of Terror- “For decades, India and community members at the tenth edition of one of and refugee ban, will target ism Bill, 2016 to impose other countries in the re- remained adamant on their cricket's most eagerly anti- only those same seven legal, economic and travel gion have been victims of demands and said their stir cipated annual spectacles. Muslim-majority countries sanctions on citizens of terror attacks from organisa- will continue. “We have many heroes — Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, countries which promote tions and individuals based but this is the one hero we Somalia, Sudan and Libya. terror. The Bill came up for in and with the support of PAGE 6 NATIONĪ were lacking,” Sanjiv The official said green discussion on February 3. elements in Pakistan. Yet for Goenka, the RPS owner, said card holders and dual cit- The Home Ministry has decades we have remained Separatists call of later. “Ben Stokes was our izens of the U.S. and any of written to the Parliament engaged with Pakistan in an protest on Shivratri SRINAGAR first, second and third the seven countries are ex- Secretariat opposing the Bill attempt to draw it into the preference.” empt. The new draft also as it jeopardises interna- mainstream. Pakistan’s Separatists on Monday Tymal Mills, another Eng- no longer directs authorit- tional relations under the track record of fostering ter- decided to call of its scheduled protest and lishman, was sold to Royal ies to single out and reject Geneva Convention. rorism and terrorists is long shutdown on upcoming Challengers Bangalore for Syrian refugees when pro- “We have diplomatic rela- and incontrovertible… It is Friday in the wake of Shivratri ₹12 crore. The left-arm cessing new visa tions with the neighbouring time that we stop running to festival. quick, who has built a repu- applications. country which includes other countries to declare Shivratri is a key festival for tation as a T20 specialist, The official said the draft High Commissions as well as Pakistan a terror state and the minuscule population of was pursued by five teams is subject to change ahead trade relations. It will be not stood up and did this job Pandits living in Kashmir before RCB sealed the deal. ate members to find a team established faced the igno- ₹10 lakh to ₹2 crore in quick of its signing, which Mr. prudent to declare any ourselves.” Valley now. Karn Sharma, meanwhile, at the auction, when he went miny of remaining unsold. T. time. Trump has said could country as a terror state as A private member’s Bill became the costliest Indian to Gujarat Lions. “This will Natarajan, a 25-year-old left- However, Ishant Sharma, come sometime this week. India is bound by interna- can be enacted into a law NEWS Ī PAGE 10 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD player on the day, attracting enhance the prospects for arm seamer from Salem, a veteran of 74 Tests and 80 Asked about the revised or- tional norms,” said a senior once it has been screened a hefty bid of ₹3.2 crore. cricket in the sub-contin- earned 30 times his base ODIs, remained unsold at a der, White House spokes- government official. by a House committee, Mohammad Nabi and ent,” remarked IPL Chair- price of ₹10 lakh. base price of ₹2 crore. woman Sarah Huckabee which is optional, and Rashid Khan Arman became man Rajeev Shukla. Hyderabad’s Mohammed Cheteshwar Pujara, Irfan Sanders said the document Engagement continues passed by a majority vote. the first players from Afgh- A total of 66 players were Siraj was bought for a tidy Pathan, England's Jonny circulating was a draft and India has accused Pakistan Parliament adjourned for anistan in the IPL, after their bought, with the eight fran- ₹2.6 crore (SRH), and Bairstow, and South Africa's that a final version should of instigating terror attacks the recess and will resume services were acquired by chises spending a sum of Karnataka's K. Gowtham for Imran Tahir endured similar be released soon. The De- but the two countries have on March 9; there is a prob- Sunrisers Hyderabad. Ar- ₹91.15 crore on the day. ₹2 crore (MI), both players disappointment. partment of Homeland Se- maintained diplomatic rela- ability that the Bill might man, an 18-year-old leg-spin- rewarded for their Ranji curity did not respond to a tions even during the Kargil again be taken up for discus- ner, fetched a remarkable ₹4 A few surprises Trophy performances. STOKES STRIKES IT RICH; request for comment. war and Operation sion. crore. The UAE’s Chirag Suri There were a few surprises — Rajasthan’s Aniket Choud- SIRAJ FLOORED BY BID; Parakram. became the third cricketer while uncapped Indian play- hary (RCB) also struck it FROM DUSTY LANES TO AIDES SECRETLY PUSH UKRAINE While presenting the Bill, ‘PAK. ACTION AGAINST HAFIZ from one of the ICC’s Associ- ers made huge gains, some rich, his value rising from DAZZLING LIGHTS Ī PAGE 15 PEACE PLAN Ī PAGE 12 Mr. Chandrasekhar said, SAEED FIRST STEP’ Ī PAGE 10 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Wrong track Doctor who botched sterilisation acquitted Chhattisgarh High Court cites lack of State govt sanction for the trial Vidya Krishnan servant. Deaths at the Takhatpur taken later, it would still re- New Delhi On November 8, 2014, Dr. sterilisation camp were one quire sanction from the gov- Two years after 13 women Gupta, a surgeon at the the darkest chapters of In- ernment before the peti- died and 65 were impaired Bilaspur District Hospital, dia’s family planning pro- tioner is prosecuted for in a botched sterilisation conducted laparoscopic gramme since the policy those offences which clearly camp, the accused doctor, tubectomies on 83 women, achieved notoriety during falls within the ambit of dis- R.K. Gupta, was acquitted by within 90 minutes in an the Emergency (1975-77) charge of official duties. In the Chhattisgarh High Court abandoned, non-sterile when a compulsory sterilisa- the absence of obtaining on technical grounds last building. tion programme to limit prior sanction, the entire week. population growth was in- prosecution case becomes The surgeon — accused of “3 minutes per patient” troduced by the Indira ab initio, void and becomes using the same gloves, syr- Police investigation revealed Gandhi government. unsustainable.” inges and sutures on all the that Dr. Gupta had spent ap- In a 16-page verdict, the 83 women, and causing life- proximately three minutes High Court reasoned that, Challenge likely threatening infections — was per patient, and not fol- “The petitioner’s services The decision is likely to be acquitted after the prosecu- lowed infection control pro- were terminated on challenged, said Colin Gon- tion argued that the investig- tocols. 13.11.2014 in respect of the salves, lawyer appearing in ators did not have the State Dr. Gupta was arrested offence which had occurred the case. Road rage: A bull left the arena and ran on a road during a bull run held at Ariyur, near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, on Monday. Over 100 government’s sanction, ne- and released on bail 27 days on 08.11.2014 and though the ON PAGE 10 bulls took part in the event. Two persons were injured as some of the animals ran into the audience. C. VENKATACHALAPATHY cessary to prosecute a public after the incident. cognisance of which was CONTINUED Ī CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Have wheels, will run! Prosthetics ofer a new lease of life Keeping the routine: Rishi, an Australian terrier, taking his morning walk on the Marina beach. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT B. Kolappan Aditi R. for help with Rishi till Dr.