55% 52% India’s bid to join NSG runs Indian cricket takes...

New Delhi: China remainedthe last major obstacle in theway of India’s membershipbid in the Nuclear SuppliersGroup as 47 of 48 memberssupported New Delhi’s appli-cation at its special plenarysession in Seoul on Thursday.

The session debated untilmidnight but failed to come toa conclusion after hours ofdiscussions, with China ada-mant in its opposition. Ques-tions and doubts by other fen-ce-sitting countries dissolvedin the course of the evening,leaving China as the last man

standing against India. Offi-cials in Seoul said the mee-ting would restart on Friday.After Thursday’s NSG mee-ting, delegations were askedto revert to their headquar-

ters for fresh instructions.China raised a procedural

block early in the day, refu-sing to admit the India mem-bership issue for discussionin the meeting. This, diplo-

mats in the room said, causeda delay of over five hours, asthe members wrestled withan agenda item.

Lone HoldoutAs 47 NationsSupport Delhi

India’s bid to join NSG runsinto the great wall of China

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PM Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelinesof the SCO summit in Tashkent on Thursday

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�All eyes on US, P 13

Continuing his Twitteronslaught on officers

working closely with finan-ce minister Arun Jaitley —who is being seen by manyas his real target — Subra-manian Swamy on Thurs-day alleged that economicaffairs secretary Shakti-kanta Das was involved in aproperty case linked to Co-ngress’s P Chidambaram.

Defending Das, Jaitleycalled Swamy’s tweet “anunfair and false attack on adisciplined civil servant”.On Wednesday, he had saidit was wrong to attack offi-cers who can’t defend them-selves in public. P 9

Now, Swamyguns for ecoaffairs secy

Kolkata: With rising debttightening its noose aroundthe Mamata Banerjee govern-ment, the chief minister is rea-dy to bury political differencesand initiate talks with statesfacing a similar plight — Left-ruled Kerala and Congress-ru-led Punjab — to drive a hardbargain with the Centre.

Mamata wants speaker Bi-man Banerjee to hold a specialsession on this issue and invitedelegates from other debt-stressed states to attend it tofind a way out of the crisis. Thespecial session is likely someti-me after the current session

ends on July 4. Terming it a “death trap”,

the CM on Thursday said un-less the debt-ridden states co-me together to press for theirdemands, the country’s federalstructure would be in tatters.“It isn’t a question of just me or

you. The new generation willnever forgive us,” she said.

Since taking over the reinsof the state in 2010-11, her go-vernment has added Rs 1.13lakh crore to the debt kitty,which already stood at Rs 1.86lakh crore at the end of Left te-nure, taking the state’s total li-ability up to Rs 2.99 lakh crore.

CM wants states tojoin hands on debt

Motihari: A youth belongingto a landed family allegedlyraped the 13-year-old daughterof a daily-wage labourer in Bi-har’s East Champaran dis-trict. He then returned fourdays later and wounded hergrievously by inserting a stick

after she was raped. The re-port was allegedly doctored toestablish that she wasn’t as-saulted at all. Police have dis-missed the case as an affair,claiming no evidence of sexu-al assault or injuries.

After allegedly raping heron June 11, the accused wayla-id her again after two days.

was left for dead in front of herhut after the ordeal.

The minor, in a grim battlefor survival, has been lying ata government hospital for aweek now, virtually unatten-ded. No senior administrativeofficials or cop has visited her.A medical test was conductedonly on Wednesday — 11 days

into her genitals. The accused — who is in

his late 20s — stormed thegirl’s hut with his relatives, in-

cluding his father, before dra-gging her out and brutalizingher in front of her parents andneighbours on the road. She

Bihar teen raped, then brutalized on road after 4 daysChandra Bhushan Pandey TNN

On Thursday morning,there were three menleft standing in a race

that had begun with 57 candi-dates. There was Ravi Shas-

tri, who served as Team In-dia’s director for 18 months,and Australian Tom Moody,whose glittering résumé in-cludes a coaching stint withSri Lanka and guiding Sun-risers Hyderabad to the 2016Indian Premier League title.

And then there was Anil‘Jumbo’ Kumble, the manonce hailed by Sachin Tendul-kar as India’s greatest match-winner. Kumble joined therace for the job of India’scricket coach virtually at theeleventh hour, but his entry

proved to be a game-changer.As an undisputed great,

there was no contesting Kum-ble’s stature. However, hislack of coaching experienceled to him not being includedin the shortlist of 21 candi-dates submitted to the cricketadvisory committee of Ten-

dulkar, Sourav Ganguly andVVS Laxman on June 21. Butthe panel — all of whom werepart of India’s ‘golden genera-tion’ along with Kumble —asked for his name to be in-cluded anyway.

Indian cricket takes a‘Jumbo’ leap of faith

THE LEGEND➤ Top Test wicket-taker (619) for India. Third highest in world, after Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708)

➤ Also India’s top wicket-taker (337) in ODIs

➤ One of only 2 bowlers to take all 10 wickets in inningsin international match

➤ Led India in 14 Tests, including ‘Monkeygate’ series

WHAT SWUNG ITFOR HIM➤ Respected by former team-mates Tendulkar, Laxman and Ganguly, who played a key role in choosing

the coach

➤ Wasn’t shortlisted initially, but panel called him for interview. He gave an impressive presentation onhis vision for Indian cricket

CHALLENGES➤ Hectic schedule for Team India. Windies tour to be followed by 13 home Tests, including 5-Test series against England, which beat

India on its last visit here

➤ India has not won any ICC event since the 2013 Champions Trophy.

Next year’s Champs Trophy in

Englandwill be a

big test

Kumble EdgesOut Shastri,

Moody In RaceTo Be Coach

Indranil Basu & Gaurav Gupta

Kolkata:God! I am so stressedout... If you are in the habit ofsaying this, there’s now a wayto find out exactly how jangledyour nerves are. And what’s co-ol is that you can simply strapon a sunglass-type gadget andplay a game to see how you sco-re on the stress test.

This science-fiction type

‘fatigue monitoring device’ hasbeen developed by the electro-nics engineering departmentof IIT-Kharagpur. The institu-

te is now looking for a commer-cial partner to manufacturethe smart eyewear that is ex-pected to cost only around Rs10,000-15,000, but solve an every-day riddle without pinpricksor elaborate medical tests.

The name of the gadget —‘Wireless Go-No Go Device’ —gives away who it was mainlydesigned for. The stress testwill be particularly of use to pi-lots, where errors caused by fa-tigue can have disastrous con-sequences. “A mere 3-minutetest can declare a pilot fit or un-fit to fly. Hence ‘Go-No Go’ inthe name,” said Aurobinda Ro-utray, professor of electricalengineering at IIT-Kgp.

Stressed? Now, wear a pair ofglasses and find out how much

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The Bhutan governmenthas asked India to re-

turn a 252-year-old brassstatue of its founding fa-ther, Zhab Drung NgawangNamgyal, which has beenin Kolkata’s Asiatic Societyfor 152 years. Bhutan is cele-brating its 400th anniver-sary around Namgyal, whois revered as a deity in thecountry. However, AsiaticSociety has said it would be“impossible” to give it back,as it was a “gift”. The Brit-ish had taken it away afterdefeating the Bhutanese inthe Battle of Buxa. P 2

Bhutan seeksreturn of

ancient statue

For months, Promit KumarMitra, 48, had been doing

the city’s club and party circuitposing as a major general. Hisluck finally ran out when he de-cided to show his son aroundthe Eastern Command head-quarters at Fort William a fewdays ago. Officers there foundhim too young to be a majorgeneral. On Wednesday, mili-tary intelligence officerstraced Mitra to his house insouth Kolkata and handed himover to police. P 4

Man posing asArmy officer held

Delhi assembly deputyspeaker Rakhi Birla on

Thursday announced that thepetitions committee of theHouse will summon lieuten-ant-governor Najeeb Jung forquestioning in five cases filedwith the Anti-CorruptionBranch in 2014 in which no ac-tion has been taken. P 9

Delhi House panelto summon LG

FULL COVERAGE: P 24

�Unanimous choice, P 24

�Cops: Had an affair, P 9

�’Collective problem’, P 4

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The Chinese foreign ministryon Thursday further

softened its stand on the issueof India’s entry into the NuclearSuppliers’ Group, asserting thatthe issue would not affectbilateral relations between thetwo countries, reports SaibalDasgupta. Significantly, Chinadid not reiterate its earlierstance that the issue would not be formally discussed at the ongoing NSG meetingbecause it was not part of theofficial agenda. P 13

Beijing softens Delhimembership stand

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Voting took place on Thursday in a historic referendum on whether UK should remain a member of EU or leave

A record 46.5mvoters were entitled to take part in the polls, according to provisional EC figures

Polling opened at 7amBST(11.30am) and closed at 10pm (2.30am, Friday)

Edge for ‘Bremain’?Two last-minute opinion

polls gave the campaign led by PM Cameron to stay in EU 55% and 52%, respectively

Final results from 380 local govt areas in England, Scotland and Wales, plus one each for N Ireland and Gibraltar, to be declared on Friday morning

IN orOUT? P 18

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In a first in India, three pa-tients in Delhi prescribed

a new class of anti-diabetesmedicine (SGLT-2 inhibito-rs) have reported ketone-mia, where the body pro-duces high levels of bloodacids (ketones) that may alsorequire hospitalization. P 11

Concern overdiabetes drug

Shiv Sena and BJP continuedwith their war of words

with the former taking a dig atPM Narendra Modi, asking ifyoga would lessen the pain cau-sed by inflation and graft, andthe latter carrying an article inits publication ‘Manogat’ ti-tled, ‘Raut Saheb, when are youtaking Talaq?’ BJP was refer-ring to MP Sanjay Raut. P 9

BJP asks Senaabout ‘talaq’

Amasked and armed manbarricaded himself in a

German multiplex with do-zens of people inside beforebeing killed by police onThursday. No hostages we-re injured and people weresafely led out of the comp-lex in the western town ofViernheim, 75km south ofFrankfurt.

Authorities said theyhad no information on theman’s identity or motive.Media reports said thatthey saw a youth enter thebuilding with an “ammuni-tion belt” draped over hisshoulder. P 18

Masked mantakes hostages

in Germany, shot

Gujarati film ‘Salagto Saw-aal Anamat’, based on last

year’s quota agitation in thestate, has been denied a certifi-cate by Central Board of FilmCertification’s examining committee. P 7

CBFC objects toPatidar stir film

A NITI Aayog panel hassuggested that the con-

troversial Medical Councilof India be replaced by amedical education commis-sion that will have three independent wings to over-see curriculum, accredita-tion of colleges and medicalethics, reports MahendraSingh. The panel, headed byNITI Aayog chairperson Ar-vind Panagariya, hasrecommended that the newcommission be run by emi-nent persons from the medi-cal field, who may be allowedto continue professional co-mmitments as this would en-sure a wider talent pool. P 7

Scrap MCI, setup new body:

NITI Aayog panel