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I n a major victory for India, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism”. India hailed the ICJ verdict with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying “truth and justice” have prevailed. “We welcome today’s ver- dict in the @CIJ_ICJ. Truth and justice have prevailed. Congratulations to the ICJ for a verdict based on extensive study of facts. I am sure Kulbhushan Jadhav will get justice. Our Government will always work for the safety and welfare of every Indian,” the PM tweeted. The Ministry of External Affairs too welcomed the ICJ decision. “We appreciate direction by the ICJ that Pakistan should review and reconsider convic- tion sentence given to Jadhav by Pakistani military court. We note that the court has directed that Pakistan is under an obligation to inform Jadhav without further delay of his rights to provide Indian con- sular officers access to him in accordance with Vienna Convention,” Raveesh Kumar, MEA Spokesperson, said. Asserting that the ICJ ver- dict validated India’s position on this case, Kumar said India expected Pakistan to imple- ment directive immediately. “This judgment validates India’s position on the case. We’ll continue to work vigor- ously for Jadhav’s early release and return to India,” he said. Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” after an in- camera trial in April 2017. His sentencing evoked a sharp reaction in India. A Bench led by President of the Court Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf ordered an “effective review and reconsid- eration of the conviction and sentence of Kulbhushan”. The Bench also ruled by 15 votes to 1 that Pakistan had violated India’s rights to consular visits after Jadhav’s arrest. Pakistan “deprived the Republic of India of the right to communicate with and have access to Kulbhushan, to visit him in detention and to arrange for his legal represen- tation”, the judges said. Pakistan was under the obligation to inform India about the arrest and detention of Jadhav under the Vienna Convention, Judge Yusuf ruled. The Bench observed that there was a three-week delay in informing India about Jadhav’s arrest on March 3, 2016, lead- ing to a “breach” of Pakistan’s obligations under the Vienna Convention. Noting that India has made a number of requests for the consular access, which was denied by Pakistan, the court said it was “undisputed” fact that Pakistan did not accede to India’s appeals. The court said Pakistan has not explained how any of the wrongful acts allegedly com- mitted by India may have pre- vented it from fulfilling its obligation. T he 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs cannot be forced to take part in the proceedings of the ongoing Assembly session while Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar enjoys the freedom to decide on their resignations within such time-frame as con- sidered appropriate by him. This is the crux of the Supreme Court ruling on the ongoing Karnataka political crisis that has come as a big jolt for the JD(S)-Congress alliance, which faces trust vote in the State Assembly on Thursday. The order by a Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dashed the hopes of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to cling to power, who is locked in an intense face-off with rebel MLAs. The Speaker’s inaction on their resignation has so far saved the Government, but now that the rebels cannot be compelled to abide by the whip and attend the House, the fall of the Kumaraswamy regime looks inevitable. While Speaker Kumar wel- comed the court decision and said he would conduct himself responsibly in accordance with the principles of the Constitution, the rebel MLAs camping in Mumbai also hailed the decision and said there was no question of going back on their resignations or attending the session. Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said Kumaraswamy will have to resign on Thursday when he faces the confidence vote in the Assembly since he doesn’t have majority. Expressing reservations on the order, the Congress said it nullifed the whip and provid- ed “blanket protection” to MLAs who have betrayed pub- lic mandate, setting a “terrible judicial precedent”. The court order on pleas by rebel MLAs for a direction to the Speaker to take a decision on their resignations comes a day before the Congress-JD(S) Government faces a floor test which will end the suspense over the numbers game trig- gered by a raft of resignations by lawmakers of the ruling coalition. While 16 MLAs — 13 from the Congress and three from JD(S) — have resigned, two independent MLAs S Shankar and H Nagesh have withdrawn their support to the coalition Government. The ruling coali- tion’s strength in the House is 117 — Congress 78, JD(S) 37, BSP 1, and nominated 1, besides the Speaker. M umbai terror attack mas- termind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed was arrested on Wednesday on terror financing charges by the Counter- Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Province, just days ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit to the US. Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty on, was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to get pre-arrest bail in terror financing cases registered against him there when he was arrested, a CTD official told PTI. “The JuD chief was going to Gujranwala from Lahore on Wednesday morning when a CTD team intercepted him near Gujranwala city (some 80- km from Lahore) and arrested him on terror financing charges,” the official said. Saeed was presented before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gujranwala that sent him on judicial remand for seven days. He was subse- quently shifted to Lahore’s high-security Kot Lakhpat jail where former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is serving seven years imprisonment in a cor- ruption case, the official said. In a statement, the CTD said Saeed was arrested in a case registered in Gujranwala and he will face the trial in ATC, Gujranwala. The CTD on July 3 had registered 23 FIRs against 13 top leaders of Jamaat-ud- Dawah (JuD), including Saeed, on the charges of “terror financing” in different cities of Punjab province. On Monday, Saeed and his three aides were granted pre-arrest bail by an anti-ter- rorism court in Lahore, which stopped police from arresting them till August 3 in a land grabbing case and setting up a Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) sem- inary over there. Saeed-led JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the LeT which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. He was listed under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 in December 2008. The US Department of the Treasury has designated Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and the US, since 2012, has offered a $10 million reward for information that brings Saeed to justice. Under pressure from the international community, Pakistani authorities have launched investigations into matters of the LeT, the JuD and its charity wing the Falah-e- Insaniat Foundation (FIF) regarding their holding and use of trusts to raise funds for ter- rorism financing. Saeed’s arrest comes just ahead of Prime Minister Khan’s maiden visit to the US on July 21 during which he will hold talks with President Donald Trump. L and dispute led to a mas- sacre in Ghorawal area of Sonebhadra district on Wednesday when a gram prad- han and his henchmen opened indiscriminate fire on villagers to forcibly take possession of a property. The firing claimed the lives of as many as 10 persons, including three women, and left 18 injured out of whom the condition of four is said to be critical. The incident occurred in Murthiya village under Ghorawal police station. Taking a serious note of the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the District Magistrate of Sonebhadra to ensure proper treatment to all the injured per- sons. He also constituted a two-member high-level team to probe the firing. The CM has asked Divisional Commissioner of Mirzapur and Varanasi Zone ADG to jointly investigate the incident on the causes and fix responsibility for the laps- es that led to the incident, and submit report within 24 hours. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav blamed the UP Government for the inci- dent and demanded 20 lakh each for the families of the deceased. “The incident proves that there is no rule of law in the State,” Akhilesh Yadav said. According to ADG (Law and Order) PV Ramashastri, Murthiya village head Yagya Dutt and his supporters opened fire on the victims following a quarrel over the long-pending land dispute. G oa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said the State Government is planning to bring in a legislation to make the HIV test mandatory for couples before registration of marriage. “The plan is to make the HIV test mandatory for couples before registration of marriage in Goa,” he said. The Goa law department is vetting the proposal to make the test compulsory in the coastal State, he said. “Once the legislation is cleared by the law department, we can introduce it in the State Assembly during the upcoming monsoon ses- sion,” Rane said. In 2006, the then Goa Congress-led Government pro- posed a similar legislation which met with opposition from several quarters. A letter purportedly issued by the special branch of the Bihar Police with directions for collecting details about func- tionaries of the RSS and its affiliates has raised hackles of State BJP leaders and brought to fore the uneasiness in its ties with the JD(U). Home department officials were tight-lipped about the veracity of the purported com- munication dated May 28 wherein a report on name, address, telephone number and occupation of district-level office-bearers of 19 Sangh Parivar outfits had been sought by the special branch. The recipients of the letter had been asked to submit their reports within a week. State BJP leaders expressed surprise over the police move with BJP MLC Sachchidanand Rai saying the party must be careful of the intentions of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who holds the home portfolio in the NDA Government in Bihar. BJP MLA and State vice- president Mithilesh Tiwari expressed surprise that the police were involved in sur- veillance of activists of Sangh Parivar, “Who are known to be selflessly devoted to nation building”. Tiwari, however, asserted the development will not have any bearing on the BJP-JD(U) ties. BJP MLC and party’s media cell national co-incharge Sanjay Mayukh said it would be better if the officials responsi- ble for issuing such a commu- nication come clean on the matter. “I am astonished that the Government is seeking such information. The Government should have had the information by now since Sangh activists are not known to be secretive. They function in a transparent manner,” he remarked sarcastically. Rai pointed to the timing of the letter. It was around the same time when Nitish Kumar refused to join Narendra Modi Government at the Centre despite contest- ing the Lok Sabha polls as an NDA ally. Kumar’s JD(U) was expect- ed to have representation in the Union Cabinet. However, the Chief Minister who also heads the party decided otherwise stating that the JD(U) was being offered a symbolic rep- resentation not commensurate with its strength in Parliament. The Chief Minister has also remarked wryly on a cou- ple of occasions thereafter that the BJP is actually not in need of allies for running its Government at the Centre and a mere symbolic representation is of no significance. Lucknow: Two policemen were shot on Wednesday in Sambhal district as some unidentified miscreants opened fire at a jail van and fled with three under- trial prisoners. Sambhal Superintendent of Police Yamuna Prasad said two con- stables, escorting 24 undertri- al prisoners to Moradabad after after a hearing in a Chandausi court, were killed in the auda- cious attack on the police team. Chief Minister Yo g i Adityanath expressed grief over the death of the two police per- sonnel. He announced a com- pensation of 50 lakh each to the next of kin, a Government job to each dependent. PTI T he top-heavy Punjab Police has turned heavier. For, the State Government on Wednesday promoted its three IPS officers of 1988-batch to the rank of Director General of Police taking the total number of DGPs to 11, against just two sanctioned posts. As per the orders issued on Wednesday, Punjab’s Bureau of Investigation director Prabodh Kumar, additional DGP (Prisons) Rohit Choudhary, and ADGP, Armed Battalion, Jalandhar, Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota have been promoted as DGPs. The officers will con- tinue working on the same posts. Already, Punjab has eight police officers in the DGP- rank, out of which the senior- most IPS of 1984-batch Samant Kumar Goel is on central dep- utation, and has recently been elevated as the head of coun- try’s intelligence wing, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Now, there are 10 DGPs in the state. However, Punjab had set a record of sorts in 2017, by giving DGP rank to as many 12 IPS officers. Besides the 11 DGPs, Punjab has another 17 addi- tional director general of police against seven sanctioned posts, and over 35 Inspector Generals (IGs) against 19 sanctioned posts. According to the state’s authorised strength of IPS offi- cers, there are only two cadre posts of the DGP. The remain- ing are serving either on ex- cadre posts — additional posts created as per requirement by a state police force, or are in posts held by junior ranked officers in the past. After the officer holding ex-cadre post of the DGP superannuates, the post auto- matically cease to exist. And the chief minister has the powers to create ex-cadre posts of the DGP rank. It was during the militan- cy period of the 1980s and 1990s, when ex-cadre posts were created to appoint officers at operational levels required to meet extraordinary circum- stances. One officer in the DGP rank, DGP (Railways) Jasminder Singh of 1986-batch, will superannuate in August. Currently, 1987-batch IPS officer Dinkar Gupta is the state DGP, after superseding 1985-batch Mohd Mustafa, 1986-batch Jasminder Singh, and 1986-batch S Chattopadhayaya. Besides, 1987-batch C Sita Rami Reddy — posted as DGP (Investigation), Lokpal, 1987- batch MK Tiwari — posted as DGP-cum-MD, Punjab Police Housing Corporation, and 1987-batch VK Bhawra — posted as DGP (Intelligence) are in the DGP rank.

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In a major victory for India,the International Court of

Justice (ICJ) on Wednesdayruled that Pakistan must reviewthe death sentence to Indiannational Kulbhushan Jadhav,who has been sentenced todeath by a Pakistani militarycourt on charges of “espionageand terrorism”.

India hailed the ICJ verdictwith Prime Minister NarendraModi saying “truth and justice”have prevailed.

“We welcome today’s ver-dict in the @CIJ_ICJ. Truth andjustice have prevailed.Congratulations to the ICJ fora verdict based on extensivestudy of facts. I am sureKulbhushan Jadhav will getjustice. Our Government willalways work for the safety andwelfare of every Indian,” thePM tweeted. The Ministry ofExternal Affairs too welcomedthe ICJ decision.

“We appreciate direction bythe ICJ that Pakistan shouldreview and reconsider convic-tion sentence given to Jadhavby Pakistani military court.We note that the court hasdirected that Pakistan is underan obligation to inform Jadhavwithout further delay of hisrights to provide Indian con-sular officers access to him inaccordance with ViennaConvention,” Raveesh Kumar,MEA Spokesperson, said.

Asserting that the ICJ ver-dict validated India’s positionon this case, Kumar said Indiaexpected Pakistan to imple-

ment directive immediately.“This judgment validatesIndia’s position on the case.We’ll continue to work vigor-ously for Jadhav’s early releaseand return to India,” he said.

Jadhav, 49, a retired IndianNavy officer, was sentenced todeath by the Pakistani militarycourt on charges of “espionageand terrorism” after an in-camera trial in April 2017. Hissentencing evoked a sharpreaction in India.

A Bench led by Presidentof the Court Judge AbdulqawiAhmed Yusuf ordered an“effective review and reconsid-eration of the conviction andsentence of Kulbhushan”. TheBench also ruled by 15 votes to1 that Pakistan had violatedIndia’s rights to consular visitsafter Jadhav’s arrest.

Pakistan “deprived theRepublic of India of the rightto communicate with and have

access to Kulbhushan, to visithim in detention and toarrange for his legal represen-tation”, the judges said.

Pakistan was under theobligation to inform Indiaabout the arrest and detentionof Jadhav under the ViennaConvention, Judge Yusuf ruled.

The Bench observed thatthere was a three-week delay ininforming India about Jadhav’sarrest on March 3, 2016, lead-ing to a “breach” of Pakistan’sobligations under the ViennaConvention.

Noting that India has madea number of requests for theconsular access, which was

denied by Pakistan, the courtsaid it was “undisputed” factthat Pakistan did not accede toIndia’s appeals.

The court said Pakistan hasnot explained how any of thewrongful acts allegedly com-mitted by India may have pre-vented it from fulfilling itsobligation.

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The 15 rebel Congress-JD(S)MLAs cannot be forced to

take part in the proceedings ofthe ongoing Assembly sessionwhile Speaker KR RameshKumar enjoys the freedom todecide on their resignationswithin such time-frame as con-sidered appropriate by him.

This is the crux of theSupreme Court ruling on theongoing Karnataka politicalcrisis that has come as a big joltfor the JD(S)-Congress alliance,which faces trust vote in theState Assembly on Thursday.

The order by a Benchheaded by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi dashed the hopes ofChief Minister HDKumaraswamy to cling topower, who is locked in anintense face-off with rebelMLAs.

The Speaker’s inaction ontheir resignation has so farsaved the Government, butnow that the rebels cannot becompelled to abide by the whipand attend the House, the fallof the Kumaraswamy regime

looks inevitable.While Speaker Kumar wel-

comed the court decision andsaid he would conduct himselfresponsibly in accordance withthe principles of theConstitution, the rebel MLAscamping in Mumbai also hailedthe decision and said there wasno question of going back ontheir resignations or attendingthe session.

Karnataka BJP chief BSYeddyurappa saidKumaraswamy will have toresign on Thursday when hefaces the confidence vote in theAssembly since he doesn’t havemajority.

Expressing reservations onthe order, the Congress said itnullifed the whip and provid-ed “blanket protection” toMLAs who have betrayed pub-

lic mandate, setting a “terriblejudicial precedent”.

The court order on pleas byrebel MLAs for a direction tothe Speaker to take a decisionon their resignations comes aday before the Congress-JD(S)Government faces a floor testwhich will end the suspenseover the numbers game trig-gered by a raft of resignationsby lawmakers of the rulingcoalition.

While 16 MLAs — 13 fromthe Congress and three fromJD(S) — have resigned, twoindependent MLAs S Shankarand H Nagesh have withdrawntheir support to the coalitionGovernment. The ruling coali-tion’s strength in the House is117 — Congress 78, JD(S) 37,BSP 1, and nominated 1,besides the Speaker.

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Mumbai terror attack mas-termind and JuD chief

Hafiz Saeed was arrested onWednesday on terror financingcharges by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)of Punjab Province, just daysahead of Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan’s maidenvisit to the US.

Saeed, a UN-designatedterrorist whom the US hasplaced a $10 million bounty on,was travelling to Gujranwalafrom Lahore to get pre-arrestbail in terror financing casesregistered against him therewhen he was arrested, a CTDofficial told PTI.

“The JuD chief was goingto Gujranwala from Lahoreon Wednesday morning whena CTD team intercepted himnear Gujranwala city (some 80-km from Lahore) and arrestedhim on terror financingcharges,” the official said.

Saeed was presented beforean Anti-Terrorism Court(ATC) in Gujranwala that senthim on judicial remand forseven days. He was subse-quently shifted to Lahore’shigh-security Kot Lakhpat jail

where former Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif is serving sevenyears imprisonment in a cor-ruption case, the official said.

In a statement, the CTDsaid Saeed was arrested in acase registered in Gujranwalaand he will face the trial inATC, Gujranwala.

The CTD on July 3 hadregistered 23 FIRs against 13top leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), including Saeed,on the charges of “terrorfinancing” in different cities ofPunjab province.

On Monday, Saeed andhis three aides were grantedpre-arrest bail by an anti-ter-rorism court in Lahore, whichstopped police from arresting

them till August 3 in a landgrabbing case and setting up aLashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) sem-inary over there.

Saeed-led JuD is believedto be the front organisation forthe LeT which is responsiblefor carrying out the 2008Mumbai attacks that killed 166people.

He was listed under UNSecurity Council Resolution1267 in December 2008.

The US Department of theTreasury has designated Saeedas a Specially DesignatedGlobal Terrorist, and the US,since 2012, has offered a $10million reward for informationthat brings Saeed to justice.

Under pressure from theinternational community,Pakistani authorities havelaunched investigations intomatters of the LeT, the JuD andits charity wing the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF)regarding their holding and useof trusts to raise funds for ter-rorism financing.

Saeed’s arrest comes justahead of Prime Minister Khan’smaiden visit to the US on July21 during which he will holdtalks with President DonaldTrump.

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Land dispute led to a mas-sacre in Ghorawal area of

Sonebhadra district onWednesday when a gram prad-han and his henchmen openedindiscriminate fire on villagersto forcibly take possession of aproperty.

The firing claimed the livesof as many as 10 persons,including three women, andleft 18 injured out of whom thecondition of four is said to becritical.

The incident occurred inMurthiya village underGhorawal police station.

Taking a serious note of theincident, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has directed theDistrict Magistrate ofSonebhadra to ensure propertreatment to all the injured per-sons. He also constituted atwo-member high-level teamto probe the firing.

The CM has askedDivisional Commissioner ofMirzapur and Varanasi ZoneADG to jointly investigatethe incident on the causes andfix responsibility for the laps-es that led to the incident, andsubmit report within 24hours.

Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav blamed theUP Government for the inci-dent and demanded �20 lakheach for the families of thedeceased. “The incident provesthat there is no rule of law inthe State,” Akhilesh Yadav said.

According to ADG (Lawand Order) PV Ramashastri,Murthiya village head YagyaDutt and his supporters openedfire on the victims following aquarrel over the long-pendingland dispute.

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Goa Health MinisterVishwajit Rane has said the

State Government is planningto bring in a legislation tomake the HIV test mandatoryfor couples before registrationof marriage.

“The plan is to make theHIV test mandatory for couplesbefore registration of marriagein Goa,” he said.

The Goa law department isvetting the proposal to makethe test compulsory in thecoastal State, he said. “Once thelegislation is cleared by the lawdepartment, we can introduceit in the State Assembly duringthe upcoming monsoon ses-sion,” Rane said.

In 2006, the then GoaCongress-led Government pro-posed a similar legislationwhich met with oppositionfrom several quarters.

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Aletter purportedly issued bythe special branch of the

Bihar Police with directions forcollecting details about func-tionaries of the RSS and itsaffiliates has raised hackles ofState BJP leaders and broughtto fore the uneasiness in its tieswith the JD(U).

Home department officialswere tight-lipped about theveracity of the purported com-munication dated May 28wherein a report on name,address, telephone number andoccupation of district-leveloffice-bearers of 19 SanghParivar outfits had been soughtby the special branch. Therecipients of the letter hadbeen asked to submit theirreports within a week.

State BJP leaders expressedsurprise over the police movewith BJP MLC SachchidanandRai saying the party must becareful of the intentions of

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,who holds the home portfolioin the NDA Government inBihar.

BJP MLA and State vice-president Mithilesh Tiwariexpressed surprise that thepolice were involved in sur-veillance of activists of SanghParivar, “Who are known to beselflessly devoted to nationbuilding”. Tiwari, however,asserted the development will

not have any bearing on theBJP-JD(U) ties.

BJP MLC and party’smedia cell national co-inchargeSanjay Mayukh said it would bebetter if the officials responsi-ble for issuing such a commu-nication come clean on thematter. “I am astonished thatthe Government is seekingsuch information. TheGovernment should have hadthe information by now since

Sangh activists are not knownto be secretive. They functionin a transparent manner,” heremarked sarcastically.

Rai pointed to the timingof the letter. It was around thesame t ime when NitishKumar refused to joinNarendra Modi Governmentat the Centre despite contest-ing the Lok Sabha polls as anNDA ally.

Kumar’s JD(U) was expect-ed to have representation in theUnion Cabinet. However, theChief Minister who also headsthe party decided otherwisestating that the JD(U) wasbeing offered a symbolic rep-resentation not commensuratewith its strength in Parliament.

The Chief Minister hasalso remarked wryly on a cou-ple of occasions thereafter thatthe BJP is actually not in needof allies for running itsGovernment at the Centre anda mere symbolic representationis of no significance.

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Lucknow: Two policemen wereshot on Wednesday in Sambhaldistrict as some unidentifiedmiscreants opened fire at a jailvan and fled with three under-trial prisoners. SambhalSuperintendent of PoliceYamuna Prasad said two con-stables, escorting 24 undertri-al prisoners to Moradabad after

after a hearing in a Chandausicourt, were killed in the auda-cious attack on the police team.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath expressed grief overthe death of the two police per-sonnel. He announced a com-pensation of �50 lakh each tothe next of kin, a Governmentjob to each dependent. PTI

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The top-heavy Punjab Policehas turned heavier. For,

the State Government onWednesday promoted its threeIPS officers of 1988-batch tothe rank of Director General ofPolice taking the total numberof DGPs to 11, against just twosanctioned posts.

As per the orders issued onWednesday, Punjab’s Bureau ofInvestigation director PrabodhKumar, additional DGP(Prisons) Rohit Choudhary,and ADGP, Armed Battalion,Jalandhar, Iqbal Preet SinghSahota have been promoted asDGPs. The officers will con-tinue working on the sameposts.

Already, Punjab has eightpolice officers in the DGP-rank, out of which the senior-most IPS of 1984-batch SamantKumar Goel is on central dep-utation, and has recently beenelevated as the head of coun-

try’s intelligence wing, Researchand Analysis Wing (RAW).

Now, there are 10 DGPs inthe state. However, Punjab hadset a record of sorts in 2017, bygiving DGP rank to as many 12IPS officers.

Besides the 11 DGPs,Punjab has another 17 addi-tional director general of policeagainst seven sanctioned posts,and over 35 Inspector Generals(IGs) against 19 sanctionedposts.

According to the state’sauthorised strength of IPS offi-cers, there are only two cadreposts of the DGP. The remain-ing are serving either on ex-cadre posts — additional postscreated as per requirement bya state police force, or are inposts held by junior rankedofficers in the past.

After the officer holdingex-cadre post of the DGPsuperannuates, the post auto-matically cease to exist. And thechief minister has the powers

to create ex-cadre posts of theDGP rank.

It was during the militan-cy period of the 1980s and1990s, when ex-cadre postswere created to appoint officersat operational levels required tomeet extraordinary circum-stances.

One officer in the DGPrank, DGP (Railways)Jasminder Singh of 1986-batch,will superannuate in August.

Currently, 1987-batch IPSofficer Dinkar Gupta is thestate DGP, after superseding1985-batch Mohd Mustafa,1986-batch Jasminder Singh,and 1986-batch SChattopadhayaya.

Besides, 1987-batch C SitaRami Reddy — posted as DGP(Investigation), Lokpal, 1987-batch MK Tiwari — posted asDGP-cum-MD, Punjab PoliceHousing Corporation, and1987-batch VK Bhawra —posted as DGP (Intelligence)are in the DGP rank.

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Almost a decade after thefirst ever census of wildlife

in the city’s Sukhna WildlifeSanctuary, the UT Departmentof Forest & Wildlife is nowgearing up to carry out the cen-sus exercise for the secondtime in 2020.

Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuaryspreads over an area of about26 sq km in the catchment areaof the Sukhna Lake. The firstcensus exercise in theSanctuary was conducted in theyear 2010.

“The Department hasplanned to carry out the secondcensus of wildlife in theSanctuary during next year.The census is likely to be con-ducted in the month ofFebruary,” UT ChiefConservator of Forest andChief Wildlife Warden,Debendra Dalai said whiletalking to The Pioneer.

He said, “Teams of expertswill be constituted for the cen-sus. Earlier, a three-day censusexercise was conducted in 2010

in the Sanctuary. After that,counting exercises were con-ducted but without themethodology being used dur-ing census exercise.”

For the wildlife census in2010, the UT Department ofForest & Wildlife had roped inexperts from Wildlife Instituteof India (WII) at Dehradun,leading environmentalists, stu-dents from Panjab University’sBiology and ZoologyDepartment and representa-tives from NGOs.

During the compilation ofcensus report, direct evidencesincluding the animals andmammals spotted in the areaand indirect evidences likefoot-prints and animal’s bodywaste is being considered toauthenticate the presence ofvarious inhabitants in theSanctuary.

The Chief Wildlife Wardenfurther said, “The residentmammalian species in theSanctuary are sambar, spotteddeer (chital), pangolin (anteater),wild boar, jackal among others.Leopards are also a frequent vis-itor in the Sanctuary.”

“At present, there are twocamera traps in the Sanctuary.We are planning to install threemore camera traps aroundwater bodies in the Sanctuaryby the end of this year. This willalso help in spotting the animalsespecially Leopards,” he added.

As per the first censusreport compiled by the WildlifeInstitute of India (WII) in2010, the total abundance esti-mation of Sambar in sanctuarywas between 1000 to 1200 andof Peafowl was between 900 to1100. As per the average, thegroup size of Sambhar inSanctuary was reportedbetween 3.39 to 10.07, whichwas higher than any other pro-tected area inthe country.

A total of10 teamsconstitutedfor the cen-sus hadencountered9 species ofm a m m a l sand 65species ofbirds. A team

had also encountered indirectevidences (pugmarks) of thepresence of Leopard in theSanctuary.

The resident mammalianspecies spotted were sambar,spotted deer (chital), pangolin(anteater), wild boar, jackal,small Indian civet, jungle cat,porcupine, Hanuman langur,rhesus monkey, Indian hare,common mongoose, Chitaland three- striped palm squir-rel.

Prominent among the vari-eties of birds in the forest areaare peacock, red jungle fowl,grey partridge, cuckoos, nightjars, golden oriole, kingfisher,swifts, hoopoes, hornbill, bar-

bets, woodpeckers, rollers, barnowls, parrots, doves, jacanas,plovers, coots, hawks, geese,swan, ducks, grebes amongothers.

As per the census report,varieties of reptiles includingsnakes like cobra, rat snake,Common krait, Russell’s viper,Indian python and commonmonitor (Gho), freshwaterturtle also inhibits theSanctuary.

The wildlife habitat alsohouses wide variety of butter-flies, moth and honey-bee inabundance.

Notably, more than 10000wildlife enthusiasts visit theSanctuary every year.

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Private security personnelwho are not professionally

trained ‘how to control publicin case of emergency’ but aredeployed at Government hos-pitals through outsourcing forthe security of the doctors willbe replaced with home guardsin Haryana.

Haryana Health depart-ment has taken this decision inthe wake of increasing inci-dents of misbehaviour or attackon doctors allegedly by the rel-atives of deceased patients.

As per state health depart-ment’s figure, the state gov-ernment has set up 2643 sub-health centres, 513 primaryhealth centres, 128 communi-ty health centres and 22 districthospitals in the state wherein asmany as 2651 doctors havebeen deputed. However,sources in the department saidthat there are large numbers ofgovernment hospitals in thestate wherein no securityarrangements for the doctorshave been made.

Director General (DG),Haryana Health Services DrSatish Kumar Aggarwal said,“Security of the doctors is ourprime responsibility. As of nowprivate security guards aredeputed in government hospi-tals. CCTV cameras have alsobeen installed in many hospi-tals and more will be installed.”

Aggarwal said, “There is nodata available in the healthheadquarters wherein doctorshave registered complaints ofmanhandling or misbehavior

with them in the hospitals byrelatives of deceased patients.But on the direction of StateHealth Minister Anil Vij, thesecurity arrangements in thecivil hospitals will be strength-ened".

The Director General,Health said for this, a propos-al has been sent to the stategovernment for the approval onreplacement of private securi-ty guards with home guards."Private guards will be replacedwith home guards afterapproval from Chief MinisterManohar Lal,” he said.

Vandana Gupta, director,State Health Services said,“Recently a meeting regardingsecurity of doctors was held atSecretariat and some guidelineshave been issued to the healthdepartment and home guardsdirectorate. The Health depart-ment has submitted a propos-al to the state governmentregarding deployment of homeguards in civil hospital in thestate.”

Incidents of attack on doc-tors have been reported fromtime to time in Haryana.Recently a doctor in Karnal waskilled by his ex-staff. There isa general animosity towardsdoctors by the relatives ofdeceased patients even thoughmedical profession is consid-ered a noble profession. "It is amatter of concerns for all of usthat doctors being attacked byrelatives of patients," a healthofficer said, adding thereshould be uniform securitycode across government hos-pitals in Haryana. The gov-ernment must pass a law to

make any attack on doctors anon-bailable offence.

To provide security to doc-tors, Haryana government hasdeputed private security guardsthrough outsourcing at gov-ernment hospitals. However, asper department’s reports onviolence against doctors, theseprivate guards seem to havefailed to protect the doctors incase of emergency in the hos-pital campus because these pri-vate security personnel are notprofessionally trained by theagency concerned about how tocontrol public in hospitalpremises.

A doctor who visited StateHealth headquarters,Panchkula and has been deput-ed at a Ambala hospital, onWednesday said that in gener-al, cases of violence againstdoctors have become the normand shouldn’t be allowed tocontinue. The security arrange-ments at the hospital premisesneed to be strengthened so thatdoctors can feel safe and workfreely.

Another doctor said thatunprofessional private securi-ty personnel not trained con-trolling public in hospitals,have been deployed throughoutsourcing. Doctors arechecking around 100 patientsevery day at hospital. In emer-gency they have to face angerof relatives. The security needsimprovement. The safety offemale doctors during nighthours is also a concern, he said,adding alternate arrangementsshould be made to strengthenthe security of the doctors inhospitals.

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The meeting was held afterthe Government had invitedsuggestions from the scholars inconnection with the celebra-tions wherein prominent acad-emicians like Dr Prithipal SinghKapoor, Guru Nanak DevUniversity, Amritsar, formerVice-Chancellor Dr SP Singh,SGPC’s former chief secretaryHarcharan Singh, Punjabi TheTribune editor Dr SwarajbirSingh, former IAS JatinderbirSingh Randhawa besides a rep-resentative of the GNDU V-C.

During the course of meet-ing, all the scholars forwardedtheir valuable suggestions andinputs and emphasized thatevery ‘Nanak Naam Leva’should be made part of the cel-ebrations. They also rooted forassociating every organizationconnected with Guru NanakDev, an inseparable part ofthese celebrations.

After the meeting, the min-isters divulged that the celebra-tions would be observed withpanthic traditions. They furtheradded that as regarding theother suggestions received fromthe scholars, the officers havebeen directed to send a detailedreport after carefully consider-ing each suggestion. PNS

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The police chiefs of northernstates on Wednesday

resolved to cut the supply chainof narcotics and drugs besidessetting up of a Common Policeand Drug Secretariat to sharerelevant information betweendifferent Police forces regard-ing drug smugglers and gang-sters operating in the region.

The decision was taken inthe joint meeting of northernregion police coordinationcommittee, hosted by PunjabDirector General of Police(DGP) Dinkar Gupta whereinsenior police officers fromHaryana, Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, NewDelhi and Chandigarh partic-ipated.

The meeting of state policechief came ahead the scheduledmeeting of the states’ ChiefMinisters to be held atChandigarh on July 25, to behosted by Punjab Government.

Gupta, during the meeting,proposed quarterly joint meet-ings of Northern Police Chiefson rotation basis while addingthat senior police officers head-ing Anti-Terrorism Squad(ATS), Special OperationsGroup (SOG), Special TaskForce (STF) and Special Cellsshould hold bi-monthly meet-ings for sharing vital informationrelated to drugs and gangsters.

It was also decided at themeeting to develop and imple-ment a common IT-based plat-form of member states forquick sharing of information toachieve better coordinationand results in the drive againstdrugs and gangsters — towhich all the Police chiefsagreed.

The Haryana DGP Manoj

Yadava’s proposal to have acommon Police and DrugSecretariat, both in physicaland virtual space, was alsoaccepted by all the state policechiefs.

Yadava proposed that thedesignated nodal police officersfrom the neighbouring stateswould be present at the com-mon secretariat for promptand effective sharing of infor-mation relating to inter-statecrime and criminals, especial-ly on drugs, gangsters andheinous crimes.

The State Police Chiefsalso stressed on the need formodernisation of jails and forinvolvement of various stake-holders, such as health andeducation departments, apart

from NGOs, in the driveagainst drugs, especially foreffective ‘demand reduction’.

Himachal Pardesh DGPSita Ram Mardi expressed thatthere should be intelligencesharing and coordinated driveand joint operations among theneighbouring States to cut thesupply chain of narcotics.

Punjab and HP decided tocarry out joint operations inKangra-Pathankot area. Mardialso proposed that biometricidentification should be mademandatory for obtainingmobile phone connections andfor opening of bank accounts.

Chandigarh DGP SanjayBeniwal advocated introductionof Maharashtra Control ofOrganised Crime Act

(MCOCA) in the northernstates to deal effectively withgangsters and hardcore crimi-nals. On his suggestion, it wasalso decided that the possibili-ty of extending Punjab ArtificialIntelligence System (PAIS) toother states would be explored.

Rajasthan’s ADGP (ATSand SOG) Anil Paliwal pro-posed to take effective mea-sures for deportation of for-eigners involved in drugs.Uttarakhand IGP (Law andOrder).

Deepam Seth mooted theidea to evolve a joint compre-hensive policy on anti-drugmeasures for member states inwhich all the stakeholders anddepartments should beinvolved.

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Ridiculing SAD presidentSukhbir Badal over his

“crocodile tears” on the Bargarisacrilege issue, Punjab ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh on Wednesday made itclear that the State Governmentwould follow the cases throughto their logical conclusion.

The Chief Minister hasasked the state Advocate-General Atul Nanda to look intoall the legal options to take thecase to its logical conclusion.

Reacting to the Akali Dal’sdecision to challenge the CBIclosure in the Bargari cases, theChief Minister lashed out atSukhbir for trying to fool thepeople by pretending to be con-cerned about the issue.

Instead of probing the mat-ter himself, Sukhbir, who wasthen Deputy Chief Ministerand Home Minister of thestate, had been responsible forsending the first three casesrelated to the Bargari issue tothe Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI), pointedout the Chief Minister. Nowthat the CBI has completed itsprobe and filed a closure report,

Sukhbir is getting the jitters,indicating complicity at somelevel in the entire affair, headded. “How else can the SADdecision to challenge the CBIclosure report in court beexplained,” asked CaptAmarinder, lambasting Sukhbirfor once again seeking to politi-cize the sensitive issue andpossibly to wriggle out of hisown responsibility in ensuringa fair and thorough probe intothe matter under the SAD-BJPrule. The Chief Minister askedSukhbir not to forget the sim-ple fact that even now, whenthe CBI has filed the closurereport which he wants to chal-lenge, it is the NDAGovernment in power at theCentre, with his SAD a part ofit. It is time to stop trying tofool the people by twistingfacts and raising false flags, hetold the SAD president.

Reiterating his promise tobring to book all those involvedin the sacrilege of Guru GranthSahib, and the subsequentpolice firing on peaceful pro-testors, Capt Amarinder saidthat his Government was com-mitted to expose the entire con-spiracy that was clearly behind

the incident. “Nobody can beallowed to get away with suchbrazen attempts to spreaddisharmony in the state,” hedeclared.

GET CLOSURE REPORTOF CBI REJECTED BYUNION CABINET: RAND-HAWA CHALLENGESSUKHBIR

Punjab Cabinet MinisterSukhjinder Singh Randhawaon Wednesday challenged theSAD president Sukhbir Badalto get the closure report of CBIrejected by the Union Cabinet,of which SAD is the part andits Bathinda MP HarsimratBadal is the Minister.

“SAD president SukhbirBadal should stop the drama ofcrying hoarse over the closure

report filed by the CBI in theincident pertaining to the sacri-lege of Guru Granth Sahib atBargari as it was during the SAD-BJP’s tenure that the sacrilegeincident took place,” he said.

Reacting to SAD core com-mittee’s decision of rejecting theCBI closure report, Randhawasaid that if Sukhbir cared somuch about the Sikh interestsas he loudly professes at everyplatform, he should get the clo-sure report rejected by theUnion Minister HarsimratKaur Badal in the meeting ofthe Union Cabinet instead ofthe SAD core committee.

“If the Union Cabinetrefuses to reject the closurereport, Harsimrat must imme-diately tender her resignationand show solidarity with thepanth,” he said.

Randhawa said that therewas no use meeting the UnionHome Minister Amit Shahover the issue as the latterwould not take a decisioninimical to the agency which isdirectly under the command ofthe Union Government, espe-cially his Ministry.

SAD’S “POLITICAL

GIMMICK TO GRAB EYE-BALLS” AAP

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)on Wednesday said that theSAD’s decision to reject theCBI’s closure report in Bargarisacrilege case was “nothingbut a political stunt” enacted bythe Badals, who were privy tothe chain of events.

AAP MLA and the Leaderof Opposition in PunjabAssembly Harpal SinghCheema said that SAD chiefSukhbir Badal was a master oftheatrics who knew how toleverage a given situation inearning brownie points. “TheBadals, who were privy to thechain of events relating to theact, are now shedding crocodiletears. It is disgraceful thatthose who are allegedlyinvolved in the case as theirown government is in powerthen are expressing sheer igno-rance, out to gain sympathyfrom the people,” he said.

Expressing surprise overthe hip hop on the develop-ment, Cheema said that it wasonly due their overriding inter-vention in the affairs of inves-tigating teams that those behindthe incidents were walking free.

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Punjab Government hasstreamlined the process of

distribution of disabilities cer-tificates to the eligible benefi-ciaries by designating the com-petent authorities, hospitalsand institutions where thesedisabilities certificates are to beissued to the beneficiaries.

The state Health andFamily Welfare Minister BalbirSingh Sidhu took the decisionafter noticing that personswith disabilities have suffereda lot to get the disability cer-tificates issued from theDistrict and Sub-DivisionalGovernment hospitals.

“Taking strong cognizanceof this matter, the StateGovernment has designatedthe institutes or hospitals andcompetent authorities fromwhere the beneficiaries couldget their certificates withinspecified timeframe,” he said.

Sidhu said that strictguidelines have also beenissued to the Civil Surgeonsbeing the head of the Board atdistrict level and their respon-sibility has been fixed toensure the compliance of theRight of Person with Disability2016 (RPWD-2016) whichcame in to force from March

19, 2017.Besides, the Civil

Surgeons have also beeninstructed to make sure thatBoard would assemble at leastonce a week to deal with allcases pertaining to disabilitycertificates.

“No laxity would be tol-erated in this regard and if anyconcerned officer indulges indereliction of duty to issuecertificate or delay the processwithout any particular rea-sons, that particular officerwould be strictly dealt with,”he made it clear.

Sidhu said that personswith the disability of locomo-tor, persons with the disabil-ity due to chronic neurologi-cal condition, person withvisual impairment disabilitywould get their disability cer-tificates from all district hos-pital and sub-divisional hos-pitals.

For the hearing impair-ment, speech and languageimpairment, the Board willcomprise of ENT Specialist,one audiologist or speech lan-guage therapist as nominatedby Civil Surgeon, and the cer-tificates would be issued withconsultation of tertiary levelinstitution at all district hos-pitals.

Likewise, IntelligenceDisability and special learningdisability; mental illness, per-sons with disability causeddue to chronic neurologicalconditions, (MultipleSclerosis, Parkinsonism etc.),disability caused due to blooddisorder and multiple dis-abilities would also get dis-ability certificates at districthospitals.

Regarding compulsoryconsultation at the tertiarylevel instructions, Sidhu saidthat except of persons with thedisability of locomotor such aspermanent physical impair-ment of limbs, spine, amputa-tions and permanent physicalimpairment in club foots andothers as mentioned, consul-tation with a tertiary levelinstitution would be requiredin rest of all cases. If a partic-ular specialist as described isnot available then either theservices of such a specialistwould be arranged from near-by Government institution orthe case itself would be referredto the nearest hospital, said theMinister. While adding that thestate Health and FamilyWelfare director is the appel-late authority for all com-plaints or disputes related todisability.

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Sensing the gravity of thematter, the Punjab and

Haryana High Court here onWednesday decided to hear onThursday the Kathua rape vic-tim father's plea seeking deathpenalty for the heinous act andmurder of his eight-year-olddaughter in Jammu andKashmir last year.

The father has sought anenhancement of the life sen-tence awarded to three of theconvicts. After hearing brieflythe case, the bench headed byJustice Rajiv Sharma said thecase would be heard onThursday, when connectedmatters were scheduled forhearing.

The father is seeking deathpenalty for three of the six con-victs who were sentenced to lifeimprisonment by a trial courtin Pathankot in Punjab onJune 10. The Special Courtconvicted six of the eightaccused of the crime commit-ted and pronounced a lifeimprisonment of 25 years to

three -- temple priest and mas-termind Sanji Ram, DeepakKhajuria and Parvesh Kumar.

Investigating officers Rajand Dutta, and Special PoliceOfficer Surinder Kumar weresentenced to five years in jail fordestroying crucial evidence inthe case.

Sanji Ram's son Vishal wasacquitted due to lack of evi-dence, but the fate of his minornephew, the eight accused inthe case, will be decided by thejuvenile court.

His trial is yet to begin asa petition to determine his ageis awaiting judgment in theJammu and Kashmir HighCourt. According to the chargesheet, the girl, who belonged toa Muslim nomadic tribe, waskidnapped and held captive ata village temple in Kathua dis-trict on January 10, 2018.

The 15-page charge sheet,the eight-year-old girl wasstarved, sedated and repeated-ly raped in captivity over sev-eral days before being blud-geoned to death.

Her mutilated body was

found in a forest on January 17.Three days later, one of theaccused -- reportedly a juvenile-- was arrested by the police,the charge sheet said.

The abduction, rape andkilling of the child were part ofa carefully planned strategy toremove the minority nomadiccommunity from the area, itadded.

The case sparked outrageacross the state, forcing the gov-ernment to hand over the caseto the Crime Branch of Jammuand Kashmir Police.

The case constrained rela-tions between the then rulingcoalition partners, the PDPand the BJP after two ministersof the latter, Chowdhury LalSingh and Chander PrakashGanga, participated in a rallyorganised by the Hindu EktaManch in support of the arrest-ed accused.

The Supreme Court laterordered that the case be shift-ed out of Jammu and Kashmirand be heard on a daily basis bythe trial court in Punjab'sPathankot.

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After a week-long tour ofUnited Kingdom, Haryana

Technical Education MinisterRam Vilas Sharma onWednesday said that severalmemorandum of understand-ing (MoU) have been signed,which will increase employ-ment opportunities in the stateand research will be carried outwith the Universities ofLondon. The State will benefitgreatly from the visit of theTechnical EducationDepartment to Britain.

The delegation of four vice-chancellors and senior offi-cers of department of technicaleducation from June 30 to July6, led by Sharma held 20 meet-ings with various London uni-versities in five working days.

Addressing a news confer-ence here, Sharma said that ithas been agreed to set up anInternational Training Centrewith the assistance of King'sCollege of London to train civilemployees and technical fieldteachers of Haryana.

MoU has been signedwith University ofNorthampton and NottinghamTrent University, UK to estab-lish a progressive ecosystem to

identify the futuristic area forcollaboration.

MoU with NTPC Group ofColleges is under process.These groups have agreed toupgrade the vocational skillseducation and teachers trainingvia pedagogy training and pro-vide assistance in creating aneco-system forincubator/entrepreneurshipwith centre of excellences beingestablished in the state, hesaid.

The Minister informed thatduring London visit, the majorissues discussed included cur-riculum development, qualifi-cation framework, facultyexchange and visit, students’exchange, skilling, technicaleducation, joint academicresearch, commercialisation ofresearch, funding opportuni-ties, setting up of innovationand incubation centers andentrepreneurship learning andplacements.

Sharma further said thatthe Haryana government istaking all possible steps topropagate the message ofteachings of holy BhagwadGita at the International leveland the Gita Mahotsav will beheld at London from August 7to 9.

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Haryana Government onWednesday decided to

constitute Social AuditCommittees at block levelcomprising eminent personal-ities of the society to ensuretransparency in the registrationof building and other con-struction workers as well as dis-bursement of various benefitsto them under different welfareschemes run by StateGovernment.

The decision was taken inthe 18th meeting of theHaryana Building and OtherConstruction Workers WelfareBoard held under theChairmanship of ChiefMinister, Manohar Lal here.Minister of State for Social

Justice and EmpowermentKrishan Kumar was also pre-sent in the meeting.

At present there are8,56,980 Building and OtherConstruction (BOC) Workersregistered in the State and theyare being provided benefitsranging from Rs 1250 to Rs fivelakh under 24 differentschemes. The Social AuditCommittees would make surethat registration of workersengaged in the constructionworks are done in a fair andtransparent manner and onlythe actual beneficiaries are get-ting the benefits, said the ChiefMinister adding that highereducated persons, retired engi-neers, members of BlockSamitis and a member appoint-ed by the concerned Deputy

Commissioner would beamong the members of theAudit Committees to be con-stituted at the block level.

It was also decided to givethree months time to the build-ing workers whose onlineapplications for registrationare under objection due toincomplete applications, non-payment of registration feeand for not submitting requi-site documents so that theycould become eligible for reg-istration. The Chief Ministeralso directed to explore thepossibilities of hiring vacantgovernment buildings on rentfor providing facility of nightshelter to those constructionworkers who come to differentcities in Haryana in search ofwork.

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In a major administrativereshuffle, Haryana govern-

ment on Wednesday trans-ferred eight IAS and 25 HCSofficers with immediate effect.

Amongst the IAS offi-cers , Pankaj Agar wal,Director General, Supplies

and Disposals has been givenadditional charge ofManaging Director, HaryanaState Cooperative Federationof Sugar Mills Limited reliev-ing Mukul Kumar.

Ashok Kumar Meena,Chief Vigilance Off icer,HSVP, Panchkula and DeputyCommissioner, Hisar hasbeen given additional chargeof Commissioner, MunicipalCorporation, Hisar, against avacant post.

Anshaj Singh, DeputyCommissioner, Sonepat hasbeen given additional chargeof Commissioner, MunicipalCorporation, Sonepat, againsta vacant post.

Sharandeep Kaur Brar,Deputy Commissioner,Ambala and EO forManagement of GovernmentLand in Excised Area,Ambala Cantt. has been givenadditional charge ofCommissioner, MunicipalCorporation, Ambala viceRahul Hooda (Designate).Shiv Parshad, awaiting ordersof posting, has been posted asSpecial Secretary, FinanceDepartment, against a vacant

post . He wil l a lso beManaging Director, CON-FED, against a vacant post.

Mukul Kumar, AdditionalSecretar y, SecretariatEstablishment, DeputyCommissioner, Yamunanagarand Managing Director,Haryana State CooperativeFederation of Sugar Millsgoes as Additional Secretary,Secretariat Establishment. Hewil l a lso be DeputyCommissioner, Yamunanagar.He will hold the charge ofCommissioner, MunicipalCorporation, Yamunanagar,against a vacant post.

Vikram, Addit ionalDeputy Commissioner,Charkhi Dadri and Secretary,RTA, Charkhi Dadri(Designate) has been postedas Additional Commissioner,Municipal Corporat ion,Faridabad, against a vacantpost.

Rahul Hooda,Commissioner, MunicipalCorporat ion, Ambala(Designate) goes asAdditional Commissioner,Municipal Corporat ion,Gurugram, against a vacantpost.

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Noting unsatisfactory stateof affairs in dealing with

garbage at Gurugram andFaridabad, the National GreenTribunal has directed theHaryana government to clearabout 25 lakh tonnes of legacywaste at the Bandhwari landfillwithin six months.

A bench headed by NGTChairperson Justice AdarshKumar Goel also directed thestate government to deposit Rs20 crore in an escrow accountfor clearing the legacy wasteand constituted a committee toensure removal of waste fromthe site.

"We direct the State ofHaryana to transfer a sum of Rs20 crores to an escrow accountwith liberty to the State torecover the said amount fromthe concerned stakeholders inaccordance with the SolidWaste Management Rules,2016," the bench said in arecent order.

The committee will com-prise of Haryana chief secre-tary, Finance and Urban LocalBodies secretary,Commissioners of MunicipalCorporation of Faridabad andGurugram, CPCB representa-tive and member secretary of

Haryana state pollution controlboard.

NGT said the committeemay co-opt any other technicalpersons or agencies and afterthe removal of waste from theentire or part of the land, thestate may consider using partof the recovered land forIntegrated Waste Processingand Treatment Facility andalso for Treatment, Storageand Disposal Facility (TSDF)for hazardous waste.

"At the periphery a bio-diversity park can be developedto improve the air quality andambience. The committee mayhave the Commissioner,

Municipal Corporation, Indoreand Dr Syed Asad Ali Warsi,Chief Executive Officer of theIndore Municipal Corporationas special invitees," it said,adding that the panel maymeet preferably within twoweeks.

It said the special inviteesfrom Indore can be incorpo-rated in the committee asthey have successfully han-dled removal of waste in thatcity.

The tribunal directed thatan interim report of the stepstaken may be furnished to it byUrban Local Bodies secretaryof Haryana within a month by

e-mail, and posted the matterfor hearing on September 25.

NGT had earlier directedthe Haryana chief secretary tosubmit an action taken reportand take punitive action againstthe officers for failing to stopleachate from the Bandhwarilandfill site.

The green panel had earli-er directed the GurgaonMunicipal Corporation to sub-mit a performance guarantee ofRs 25 lakh for stopping leachatefrom the Bandhwari landfillsite. It had slammed theHaryana government and itscivic bodies over the disposalof industrial waste and con-struction debris in the Aravalliforests along the Gurgaon-Faridabad road.

The green panel was hear-ing a plea filed by environ-mentalist Vivek Kamboj andAmit Chaudhary, alleging thatthe municipal corporations ofGurgaon and Faridabad weredisposing industrial waste andconstruction debris in theseforest areas. Kamboj hadreferred to a media reportwhich said construction debriswere found dumped in the for-est and quoted a local residentas saying that several vehiclesdumped waste there everySunday morning.

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The Noida Authority is plan-ning to build "Pink Toilets"

for women at public places,with facilities for sanitary nap-kins and baby care, officialssaid Wednesday.

The authority's newlyappointed Chief ExecutiveOfficer Ritu Maheshwari saidfour such toilets would comeup initially and locations forthem would be finalised soon.

"The Public Health depart-ment has been directed tobuild 'Pink Toilets' for womenat appropriate public placesand to immediately start workon this," she said.

"These toilets will havevending machines for sanitarynapkins and proper disposalsystem for these napkins.

They will also have spacefor breast-feeding newborns,"she said.

Women residents andworking professionals havelauded the move to have "PinkToilets" but also cautionedabout proper cleanliness andhygiene, a major reason whythey avoid using public toilets.

"It is a good thought butthe cleaning staff should also befemale in such toilets.

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President Ram Nath Kovindon Wednesday hailed the

Supreme Court’s efforts to pro-vide judgements in nine ver-nacular languages to litigantswho are not conversant inEnglish saying the issue was“very close to his heart”.

He also congratulated theapex court collegium and theCentre for working together toensure that the top court is nowworking at its full strength of 31“able judges”.

“I appreciate the SupremeCourt’s open mindedness indeveloping and deploying soft-ware that translates judgmenttexts into different languages.I am certain that with time andexperience, the software pro-gramme will only improve andincorporate many more lan-guages. “Our aim should be toensure that the maximumnumber of judgements of theSupreme Court and the highcourts should be available inmajor Indian languages. Ideallythis should include judgmentson crucial constitutional mat-ters,” Kovind said after inau-gurating an additional buildingof the Supreme Court.

He noted that priority hasbeen given to judgements relat-ed to labour laws, consumerprotection, family and person-al laws, land acquisition andrental disputes, and similarareas — because these concerncommon people.

Chief Justice of IndiaRanjan Gogoi highlighted therole of the apex court in nationbuilding, safeguarding and pro-moting Constitutional values.“This institution has stood likea sediment of constitutionalethos and there have been sev-eral occasions where threats tothe constitutional fabric havebeen warded off by theSupreme Court of India.

“It would suffice to say thatthe commitment of this insti-tution that the call for justicecan and does have no com-

promise. Supreme Court ofIndia has responded in a man-ner appropriate and shall con-tinue to do so, round the clock-all over the year,” Gogoi said.

Law Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad advocated an all Indiajudicial service for recruitingjudges in subordinate courtsand said that the meritoriousand backward classes shouldget their due share in judicia-ry. “Perhaps today the time hascome to seriously reflect uponthe need for an all India judi-cial service having the bestplace, national law schools,good lawyers, giving due regardto deprived community in arobust manner and the recruit-ment, I am very clear, must bedone at national level,” he said.

In his inaugural address,Kovind said he was “happy toreceive and be introduced totranslations of 100 importantjudgments of the SupremeCourt. “These will now be avail-able in a variety of regional andIndian languages, and accessi-ble to hundreds of millions ofour fellow citizens who may notknow English,” he added.

“Digital technologies and

artificial intelligence often posetricky questions and challengesfor our courts by deployingthem for translation, our judi-ciary is converting such chal-lenges into opportunities,” hesaid. According to Kovind, all31 vacancies in the SupremeCourt have been “filled by ablejudges and this has happenedafter a full decade, and for thisachievement I must congratu-late the Collegium and theGovernment for workingtogether with such under-standing and urgency”.

He said efficiency andresponsiveness of the judicialsystem are dependent on bothquality and quantity. The CJIsaid there is a dire need forintrospection among the stake-holders as to where and howthey would like to see this insti-tution in the decades ahead.

He said the top court and allits constituents would require torevamp existing methodologiesand revisit conventional wisdomand traditions in good time sothat the institution is geared upand ready to meet new kind ofchallenges that seem to beemerging.

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In a big push for India’snational security, the Rajya

Sabha, on Wednesday, passedthe National InvestigationAgency (Amendment) Bill2019 with a voice vote, allow-ing it to probe terrorist actsagainst Indians and Indianinterests abroad. The Bill hasbeen already passed by the LokSabha on July 15 amid objec-tions by the Opposition.

The Upper House wit-nessed a heated discussion onthe NIA Amendment Bill in theafternoon. The latest amend-ments will enable the NIA toadditionally investigate offens-es related to human trafficking,counterfeit currency, manu-facture or sale of prohibitedarms, cyber-terrorism, andoffenses under the ExplosiveSubstances Act, 1908.

Participating in the debate,Union Home Minister AmitShah said that Oppositionshould not undermine the effi-ciency of the bill and the leg-islation will not be misused.Participating in the debate,Shah defended the govern-

ment for not filing an appealagainst the acquittal of all fouraccused, including the radicalright-wing’s SwamiAseemanand, in the 2007Samjhauta Express blastscase.

Replying to Congressleader Abhishek Singhvi’s citinga special NIA Court observingthat National InvestigationAgency (NIA) had miserablyfailed to prove charges againstmain accused SwamiAseemanand and three othersin the Samjhauta train blastcase, Shah said the chargesheet in the case was filed bythe Congress government.

“Prosecution agency arguesthe case (in the court) based onevidence in the charge sheet...In Samjhauta blast case, the

charge sheet was filed onAugust 9, 2012, when your(Congress) government wasin power. A second challan wasfield on June 12, 2013, whenUPA was in power. Challan wasfiled with no proof (against) theaccused. The case was regis-tered out of political vendetta,”he alleged. “Punishment isbased on the charge sheet.”

“How could they(Assemanand and three others)be punished when there was noproof,” he said. “What willjudge do when there was noproof in the charge sheet?”

On the question of doingthe same in Pakistan, he saidthe Modi Government throughsurgical and airstrikes afterthe Uri and CRPF attacks hasshown it can strike inside theenemy territory.

“Don’t worry aboutPakistan,” he said, adding thereare other foreign countrieswhich would reciprocate indealing with terrorist actsagainst Indian and their prop-erties. He appealed to theHouse to pass the amendmentunanimously to give a unitedmessage against terrorism.

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It seems the officials of theCentral Board of Excise &

Customs (CBEC), an arm ofthe Finance Ministry, are notyet aware of the decision takenby Modi Government in 2015wherein interviews for recruit-ment of non-gazetted postswere scrapped as the NationalAcademy of Customs, IndirectTaxes and Narcotics (NACIN)is conducting interviews toselect its customs agents.

The matter came to thelight after some ‘qualified’ can-didates didn’t find their namein the final list in the recentlyconcluded selection examina-tion for customs agents byNACIN. Notably, the customsagents are appointed by theDepartment to carry out paper-work for goods imported fromabroad and for this, onlineexamination is conducted bythe NACIN.

The historic decision wastaken by the Modi Governmentto put an end to corruption inrecruitments and ensure selec-tion in a transparent manner.

As per the examinationcriterion, even after passing awritten test to become a customagent, it is still mandatory toclear the interview, which ishandled by a commissionerlevel official.

The nature of customagent’s job is like GST agent,

LIC agent or an income tax fil-ing agent, but still at the levelof the commissioner level, thisinterview is being carried outon its own. According tosources, the candidates havealso made several complaints atthe highest level against thecontinuation of interview.

Intriguingly, when con-tacted, senior-level officialsexpressed their ignoranceabout the continuance of inter-views for the customs agents.“After January 1, 2016, onwardsthe interview process for selec-tion of lower-level staff was dis-continued, while it continuedfor selection of Group Bgazetted or above positions,”the official said, adding thatappointment of custom agentshould also be done on thebasis of passing the writtenexamination only as when theinterview for a job is non-exis-tent, there is no justification forinterviewing agents.

New Delhi: The Central PublicWorks Department (CPWD)will hire a single private firmfor three years to carry out“comprehensive maintenance”of bungalows of UnionMinisters in Lutyens’ Delhi.Until now, several private con-tractors were hired by theCPWD for undertaking repairworks at the bungalows occu-pied by Central GovernmentMinisters.

The CPWD also set a tar-get of March next year for con-structing the “Museum onPrime Ministers of India” in theTeen Murti Bhavan complexhere, which houses the NehruMemorial Museum andLibrary (NMML). According toan official, “the comprehensivemaintenance” will be carriedout at a cost of Rs 72.36 crore at these bungalows tillAugust 2022.

“We have selected a privateagency to carry out compre-hensive maintenance, whichincludes day-to-day mainte-

nance, special repairs and secu-rity-related works. “The agencywill do these works at a cost ofaround 72.36 crore against theestimated cost of Rs 94.68crore,” the official said.

The department is respon-sible for the maintenance worksof Union Ministers bungalowsin Lutyens’ Delhi. It has recent-ly constructed 36 new duplexflats which have four bed-rooms each, a lift, modularkitchens and an office area.These flats have a view of theRashtrapati Bhavan. These low-rise building flats are equippedwith solar panels, LED lights,a dedicated basement parkingfor two cars each and all mod-ern amenities to cater to theparliamentarians.

The CPWD is the biggestconstruction agency of theCentral Government and itlooks after the maintenance ofCentral Government buildingsand erecting of fences on thecountry’s international bor-ders, among others. PNS

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The Centre on Wednesdayapproved Rs 1,600 crore

worth pre-investment for thehighest and largest hydro elec-tric of India, DibangMultipurpose Project, inArunachal Pradesh.

The decision taken at theCabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs (CCEA)chaired by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi gave clearanceto the project which will gen-erate 2,880 MW (12x240 MW)power to produce 11,223 MegaUnit of energy in a 90 per centdependable year. This is thelargest ever hydro-electric pro-ject to be constructed in India.

The dam is 278 metreshigh and will be the highestdam in India once completed.The project is located on theDibang river in Lower DibangValley District of ArunachalPradesh. Under the project, a278-metre high concrete grav-ity dam (above deepest foun-dation level), six horseshoe-shaped head race tunnels oflength varying from 300 metreto 600 metre, an undergroundpower house and six horse-shoe-shaped tail race tunnels oflength varying from 320 metreto 470 metre will be con-structed.

On completion, theArunachal PradeshGovernment will get 12 percent free power from the pro-ject i.e. 1,346.76 MU, one percent free power (i.e. 112 MUswill be given in the Local AreaDevelopment Fund), accordingto the statement. The totalvalue of benefit to Arunachal

Pradesh from free power andcontribution to the LADF willbe Rs 26,785 crore over the pro-ject life of 40 years, it stated.The construction of DibangMPP shall prevent the sizeabledownstream area from floods,said Union Ministers PiyushGoyal and Prakash Javadekar,detailing the project approvedby the CCEA.

After implementation ofmaster plan of theBrahmaputra Board for floodmoderation of all rivers con-tributing to the Brahmaputra

river, of which Dibang MPP isone of the component, sizablearea will be protected fromflooding and help in mitigatingthe perennial damage due tofloods in Assam. The project ishaving all statutory clearancessuch as TEC, environmentclearance, forest clearance(stage-l) and defence clear-ance except forest clearance(stage-II) for seeking invest-ment sanction from the CentralGovernment.

Javadekar said the UnionCabinet has approved the pro-

posal for introduction of Damsafety Bill 2019 in Parliament.The Bill aim to implementsafety procedures for around5,600 dams in the country.

The CCEA also approvedtwo railway projects in UttarPradesh and one in Assam toease traffic on the busy Delhi-Kolkata route and through thenortheastern States. The CCEAhas given its approval to lay 150km-long third railway linebetween Allahabad and Pt Deen

Dayal Upadhyaya Junction (for-merly Mughalsarai) at an estimated cost of Rs 2,890crore. The project will be com-pleted by 2023-24 and will beexecuted by the ConstructionOrganisation of North Central,said Piyush Goyal.

The capacity constraint onthe route, which is currently at159 per cent, is expected tocome down to around 80 or 90per cent after the completion ofthe project, he said.

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Responding to the Congressstatement in the Lok Sabha

that there was a Chineseencroachment on July 6, UnionDefence Minister RajnathSingh on Wednesday said Indiaand China are respecting bilat-eral pacts to maintain peaceand tranquility on the borderthough at times “apriya halat”(unpleasant situation) do takeplace along the Line of ActualControl (LAC) .

The Defence Minister wasresponding to Congress leaderin the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjanwho had raised the issue ofChinese troops “entering oversix km in Demchok” in Ladakhthis month saying they alsoplanted their flags in the Indianterritory.

Rajnath assured that notonly along the LAC but all bor-ders in the country were secureand allayed Opposition con-cern over the alleged border encroachment by theChinese troops.

Making a statement on theprevailing situation along theIndia-Chinese border, Rajnathsaid there is complete restraintby armed forces of India andChina at Doklam followingmonths long stand-off betweenthem in 2017. While saying tohe said “kabhi-kabhi apriyahalaat” do crop up along theborder but several mechanismsare in place to iron out issues.

The Defence Minister saidPrime Minister Narendra Modiand Chinese President XiJinping had an informal sum-mit meeting at Wuhan where itwas decided that peace andtranquility will be maintainedat the border.

The Defence Ministerwondered as to why theCongress leader raised theissue in the House and assert-ed that the Union Governmentis very much aware of the sit-

uation on India’s border andperiodically reviews it.

The Government hasfocused on building infra-structure, like tunnels, roads,railway lines and air fields,along the Indo-China border,he said.

Both Governments, theDefence Minister said, period-ically engage at different levels,including meetings betweentheir National SecurityAdvisors and join-secretary-rank officials, he said.

Following the Wuhanmeeting, they have also issuedstrategic guidance to theirarmies, he said.

“India and China arerespecting bilateral pacts toensure peace and tranquillityalong border,” he said.

Peace has mostly prevailedalong the border but differ-ences in the two countries’perceptions about the posi-tion of the LAC have causedunsavoury incidents at times,he said. It has been happeningsince 1962, he said, referring tothe Indo-China war.

Meanwhile, Biju Janta Dalleader B Mehtab in a statementstressed on the need to back thegovernment on the issue andalso its foreign policy. TheHouse should extend full sup-port to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in one voice, hesaid.

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In a significant move, theUnion Cabinet on

Wednesday cleared sevenamendments to the insolvencylaw. The amendments to theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode (IBC) are aimed at fillingcritical gap in the corporateinsolvency resolution frame-work while at the same max-imising value from the resolu-tion process.

The amendments would“enable the Government toensure maximisation of value ofa corporate debtor as a goingconcern while simultaneouslyadhering to strict timelines,”said Union Ministers PrakashJavadekar and Piyush Goyal,briefing the media about Cabinetdecisions. The changes areexpected to lead to timely admis-sion of applications and timelycompletion of the corporateinsolvency resolution process.

The amended Code wouldalso provide greater clarity onpermissibility of corporaterestructuring schemes, clarityon rights and duties of autho-rised representatives of voters,manner of distribution ofamounts amongst financial andoperational creditors as well asapplicability of the resolutionplan on all statutory authorities.The amendments would“enable the government toensure maximisation of valueof a corporate debtor as agoing concern while simulta-neously adhering to strict time-lines,” the release added.

The Cabinet decided toextend the 15th FinanceCommission’s term by a monthtill November 30, and broad-ened the ambit of its recom-mendation to include funds fordefence and internal security,an official statement said. TheGovernment on November 27,2017, notified the 15th Finance

Commission, headed by NKSingh, to suggest, among otherthings, the formula for devo-lution of funds to States by theCentre for five years com-mencing April 1, 2020.

Cabinet meeting chairedby Prime Minister NarendraModi also approved a bill toscrap 58 laws which have losttheir relevance. The NDAGovernment in its two termshas sent to the chopping block1824 old laws which hadbecome redundant. After theRepealing and Amendment Bill,2019 gets parliamentary nod,137 laws, which according to thegovernment, have lost their rel-evance will be scrapped in thenext lot.

The list of the 58 lawswhich will be repealed was notimmediately available, butsources in the Governmentsaid most are Acts which wereenacted to amend principal ormain laws.

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The CBI on Wednesday con-ducted searches at six loca-

tions including Lucknow andAllahabad at the premises offormer Samajwadi Party MPAteeq Ahmed and his associ-ates in connection with a caserelating to alleged abductionand assault of a businessman.

Certain incriminating doc-uments and articles have beenrecovered during the searches,a CBI spokesperson said here.

The agency had registereda case on June 12 for IPCSections relating to criminalconspiracy, criminal intimida-tion, extortion, robbery, cheat-ing, forgery, grievous hurt toextort property, rioting andunlawful assembly following adirective from the SupremeCourt. The case was original-ly registered by the UttarPradesh Police.

It was alleged in the FIRthat the former MP had been

demanding extortion moneyfrom the Lucknow-based realestate dealer and businessmanMohit Jaiswal.

It was further alleged thatwhen the businessmanopposed the same, the associ-ates of Ahmed abducted himfrom Lucknow in a car andtook him to Deoria jail, wherethe former SP MP was present.

It was further alleged in theFIR that the businessman wascriminally intimidated andbeaten up by Ahmed and hismen and all his four businessfirms were forcefully trans-ferred in the name of the asso-ciates of the dubious politician.

Ahmed was an SP memberin the 14th Lok Sabha fromPhulpur in Uttar Pradesh from2004 to 2009.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka BJPchief BS Yeddyurappa onWednesday welcomed theSupreme court order on thepolitical crisis, asserting that itwas a “moral victory” for therebel MLAs, whose resigna-tions have pushed the rulingCongress-JD(S) coalition tothe brink of collapse.

Yeddyurappa underlinedthat the political parties cannotissue a whip to the 15 rebel law-makers, who have resignedtheir Assembly membership,and they cannot be compelledto attend the House proceed-ings.

The apex court gave its ver-dict keeping all the facts aboutKarnataka in mind, he said.

Against this backdrop,Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy will have toresign on Thursday when hewill face the confidence vote inthe Assembly, Yeddyurappatold reporters here.

"When there is no majori-ty, he (Chief Minister) willautomatically resign tomor-row," he said.

The BJP president alsoemphasised that the speakerhas been directed to take adecision at the earliest andsubmit his order to theSupreme Court.

"I welcome the SupremeCourt decision. It is a victoryof the Constitution and democ-racy. It is a moral victory forrebel MLAs.

"It is only an interim orderand in the future, the SC willdecide the power of the speak-er. It will set a new trend in theparliamentary democracy,"Yeddyurappa said.

The Supreme Court direct-

ed on Wednesday that the 15rebel Congress and JD(S)MLAs "ought not" to be com-pelled to take part in the pro-ceedings of the KarnatakaAssembly, which is slated todecide the confidence motionmoved by the HDKumaraswamy-led StateGovernment on July 18.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi also saidKarnataka Assembly SpeakerKR Ramesh Kuma was free todecide on the resignations ofthe rebel legislators within suchtime-frame as deemed appro-priate by him. PTI

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Feeling “neglected” and“humiliated” at the hands of

top brass of the PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP), threetime former MLA and CabinetMinister Mohammad KhalilBandh on Wednesday bidgoodbye to PDP after tender-ing his resignation to the partypresident, Mehbooba Mufti.

Bandh was one of thesenior PDP leaders from SouthKashmir and served the partyunder the leadership of PDPPatron Mufti Mohd Sayeed fora long time. He resigned fromthe post of district presidentPulwama and from the basicmembership of the party.Bandh, who last served asAgriculture Minister, had wonthree Assembly elections since2002 from South Kashmir

Assembly segment.Sharing his angst, Bandh in

his resignation letter wrote,"the party had upended afterMufti Mohd Sayeed'sdemise,where the old/elect-ed/experienced lot was notonly neglected but humiliatedto the core and a few men withparachute launching decid-ed/dictated and shaped a dis-aster of where we stand today".

In his resignation letter,PDP leader also wrote, " it isn't an easy decision since I have been part of this party since long. But i dobelieve with conviction that apolitical party isn't worth con-tinuing when the basic andfounding principles are com-promised, elected representa-tives are treated like naive menwith a miniscule authority bothwithin the Government andotherwise".

With his resignation,Bandh joined the club ofaround 10 senior PDP leaderswho had already stepped out ofthe party accusing close aidesof PDP Chief Mehbooba Muftiof playing 'dirty' politics.

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Muzaffarnagar: Five peoplehave been arrested for alleged-ly slaughtering stray cows and60 kg meat has been seizedfrom their possession in UttarPradesh's Shamli district, offi-cials said on Wednesday.

The men, Imran, Irshad,Asif, Aleem and Momin, werearrested after police raided aforested area near Burtada vil-lage following a tip off, theysaid.

Police also seized 60 kgmeat which they suspect isbeef.

Two pistols and instru-ments used for slaughteringcows were also recovered fromthe accused, police said.

A case has been registeredand an investigation is on,they said. PTI

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Even as the Opposition fault-ed the Trinamool Congress

Government for trampling legalprovisions while dealing withthe rival outfits, Bengal ChiefMinister on Wednesday saidthat her Government was com-mitted to frame good laws so asto ensure justice for all.

The Chief Minister claimedthat her Government hadalready set up 19 human rightscourts ever since it came topower in 2011.

In a tweet on the occasionof International Justice DayBanerjee said “BanglaGovernment is committed toframing good laws for peopleand ensuring good justice forall,” adding “19 human rightscourts have already been set upin the last eight years.”

In a prompt rebuttal ofBanerjee’s claim opposition BJPand CPI(M) wondered “whynetizens are being targeted bythe police for innocuous face-book posts if the record of

human rights is so admirable inBengal,” and “why the policeand TMC goons are teaming upto prevent no-confidencemotions against Trinamoolboards in a number of munic-ipalities.”

The opposition leadersraised the issue of a governmentsub-assistant engineer posted inEast Midnapore being show-caused for sharing a humorouspoetry on the Chief Minister.“Is this not a violation of humanrights,” asked a BJP leader fromthe district mentioning how aBJP youth leader from HowrahPriyanka Sharma was recentlyjailed for sharing a meme andhad to seek bail from theSupreme Court.

Questioning the ChiefMinister’s claim of “superbhuman rights records,” RajuBanerjee another saffron leadersaid if that be so then “why theBJP is being forcibly stoppedfrom bringing a no-confidencemotion in Bongaon munici-pality despite a High Courtorder.”

Lucknow: A wanted Naxalitecarrying a reward of �50,000 onhis arrest was held onWednesday by the UttarPradesh Anti Terrorist Squad(ATS) from Bareilly, police said.

Kheem Singh was arrestedfrom outside the Bareilly railwaystation on a specific informationprovided by Manish Srivastava,who was in custody for hisalleged involvement in Naxalactivities, Inspector General ofthe squad Asim Arun said.

Singh, who hailed fromUttarakhand was on his way toDhanbad to meet his fellowcadres, the IG said, adding acountry made pistol, cartridges,a pen drive, a knife and a wirecutter were recovered from hispossession.

The accused is beingbrought to Lucknow and will bepresented before the courtwhere attempts will be made totake him in remand.

Singh was active in manyfarmers' agitations between1983 and 2003 and was a mem-ber of CPI (Maoist), the policesaid.

He was wanted in a numberof cases in Uttarakhand, theysaid, adding the state police haddeclared a reward of �50,000 onhis arrest.

Earlier this month, the stateATS had arrested a couple —Manish Srivastava and his wifeVarsha alias Anita Srivastava —from Bhopal for their suspect-ed involvement in Naxal activ-ities. PTI

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Kollam (Kerala): A Keralitewho had allegedly raped aminor girl two years ago andfled to Saudi Arabia, wasnabbed with Interpol's helpthree weeks ago and broughthere from Riyadh by a Keralapolice team early Wednesday.

Sunil Kumar, 38, had rapedthe 13-year-old girl, belongingto the scheduled caste com-munity, in 2017 when he hadcome to Kerala from theMiddle East for a holiday,police said.

Charges had earlier beenframed against him underIndian Penal Code section 376(Rape), the Protection ofChildren from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act and theScheduled Caste and Scheduled

Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities)Act, police said.

The accused had befriend-ed the girl's uncle and had com-mitted the crime. The incidentcame to light after the victimspoke to her classmates abouther ordeal.

Childline, an NGO, wasinformed and a case was reg-istered.

The victim, who was shifted to a women's home here, later allegedly com-mitted suicide by hanging,police said.

It was after the girl's deaththat the accused, slipped out ofthe country, they said.

As the case gathered dust,Kollam police commissionerMerin Joseph decided to track

Sunil Kumar and bring himbefore the law.

A red corner notice wasissued by Interpol on therequest of Kerala police, MerinJoseph said.

A letter of request wassubmitted to the NationalCrime Bureau, Riyadh, follow-ing which the accused, whowas working as a tile worker,was detained two weeks ago,police said.

The Kerala police was theninformed and a three-memberteam— Kollam police com-missioner Merin Joseph, dis-trict crime record bureau assis-tant commissioner M AnilKumar and Oachira circleinspector R Prakash, left forRiyadh on July 14. PTI

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Mathura: Over 11 milliondevotees undertook circum-ambulation of the holyGovardhan hillock and visit-ed the Mudiya Poono Mela inUttar Pradesh’s Mathura dis-trict that ended onWednesday.

The fair, which is dubbedas Mathura's 'mini-Kumbh',began on July 12 and was toend on Tuesday but it contin-ued till Wednesday amid ahuge rush.

"Over 11 million devoteeshave undertaken the circum-ambulation of the hillock thisyear," said an elated SarvagyaRam Mishra, the DistrictMagistrate, as the festivitiesended without any untowardincident.

Shortcomings would beanalysed and necessar yactions will be taken nexttime, he added. PTI

Jammu: A 35-year-old woman andher minor niece were killed onWednesday after being hit by anArmy vehicle in a border village inRajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir,police said.

A four-year-old boy, who isparalysed by polio and unable tospeak, was also injured in the acci-dent which took place near QillaDarhal in Laam area of Nowsherasector, a police official said.

He said while seven-year-oldRubia Kousar died on the spot, heraunt Kaneeza Begum succumbed toinjuries at a hospital after being hitby the army vehicle.

The boy, Yasin Din, is admittedat a hospital where his condition isstated to be critical, the official said.

He said police have registered acase and started an investigation tobring the erring driver to book.

Senior civil and police officersvisited the area and took stock of thesituation following the accident, hesaid. PTI

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Ballia: Senior Samajwadi Partyleader Ram Govind Chaudharyhas accused Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath of implicating SP MP AzamKhan in fake cases and said hisparty would fight against thisharassment.

"Yogi Adityanath is person-ally taking interest in incitingpeople to lodge fake casesagainst Azam Khan out of polit-ical vendetta," the SP leaderChaudhary said on Tuesdaynight. "Samajwadi Party willraise this issue of harassment ofits senior leader in the VidhanSabha and also come on the roadagainst it," said Chaudhary, alsothe Leader of Opposition.

The charge of land grabbingagainst Khan is fake as the uni-versity about which it is beinglevelled is 16 years old and noone had raised it till now.

Chaudhary alleged Muslimsand Yadavs were being targeted

in the state as per a plan.SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

has already constituted a 21-member committee, led byleader of opposition in theLegislative Council AhmadHasan, to probe "fake cases"lodged against party MP AzamKhan in Rampur.

"The 21-member commit-tee of party legislators led by theleader of opposition in legisla-tive council will reach Rampuron July 20 and probe fake casespertaining to the encroachmentof land of farmers against Khan,who is also the vice-chancellorof Mohammad Ali JauharUniversity," said SP chiefspokesman RajendraChowdhury. The committeewill also probe into incidents ofharassment to Khan by the dis-trict administration and submitits report to the party presidentwithin three days of the visit, headded. PTI

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Thiruvananthapuram: Morethan three years after a majorfireworks tragedy at a Keralatemple claimed over 100 lives,a judicial commission of inquirywhich probed the incident sub-mitted its report to ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan onWednesday.

Justice PS GopinathanCommission, which probed thetragedy that hit the century-oldPuttingal Devi temple atParavoor in Kollam district,submitted the report to theCM at his official residence here,official sources said.

In one of the worst templetragedies in Kerala, as many as111 people died and more than300 injured during an explosionas an unauthorised display offireworks display was going on

at the temple precincts in theearly hours of April 10, 2016.

A spark from a cracker fellon to a large storehouse ofcrackers and fireworks, trigger-ing the massive explosion thatdestroyed more than 100 hous-es and partially damaged 2,000houses in the vicinity.

Several wells at the nearbylocality caved in under theimpact of explosion.

Prime Minister NarendraModi and then Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi hadvisited the accident spot. PTI

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The toll in Tuesday’sKesarbhai building collapse

at Dongri in south Mumbaimounted to 14 on Wednesday,even the MaharashtraGovernment called off thesearch and rescue operationafter the Mumbai fire brigadeand NDRF personnel ascer-tained that there were no morebodies left under the debris ofthe four-storey structure.

The civic officials peggedthe number of fatalities at 14and number of persons injuredat 9, as they wound up thesearch and rescue operations at4 pm, more than 28 hours afterthe 80-year-old Kesarbai build-ing caved in like a proverbialpack of cards.

Of the 14 persons killed inthe mishap, there were fourwomen, seven men and three

male children. The nineinjured comprised five women,two men and two children —one male and one female.

The 80-year-old Kesarbaibuilding — which had in Julylast year had been classified ina structural audit submitted tothe Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) as a struc-ture “to be evacuated for demo-lition at the earliest” — hadcaved in at around 11.30 am.

At a joint of meeting of theBMC Commissioner, state-runMHADA chief, Mumbai PoliceCommissioner and state hous-ing department officials that he

had convened, Maharashtrachief minister DevendraFadnavis reviewed the situationarising out of Tuesday’sKesarbhai building collapse.At the meeting, it was decidedto enact a law to facilitate re-development of C1 buildings –the structure that need to beevacuated for demolition at theearliest.

It was also decided that theand old and dilapidated be re-developed with MHADA as thebuilder and that the displacedresidents from the old buildingsbe give rent for two years,pending the redevelopment oftheir structures.

Meanwhile, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis announceda compensation of �500,000each to the kin of the deceased,�50,000 to all injured and thegovernment will foot all theirmedical expenses.

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Patna: Death toll in the Biharflash floods, caused by torrentialrainfall in the catchment areas ofNepal over the weekend, soaredto 67 on Wednesday.

The officials asserted thatwater levels have begun torecede in the inundated areasand focus has now shifted to pre-vention of outbreak of diseases.

The death figure, as per thestate disaster managementdepartment, has registered amore than two-fold rise since 24hours ago when it stood at 33.

Sitamarhi with 17 deaths, asagainst 11 the previous day,remained the district reportingthe maximum number of casu-alties, followed by Araria (12),Madhubani (11), Sheohar (09),

Purnea (07) Darbhanga (05),Kishanganj (04) and Supaul(02). Casualty figures have risen,since Tuesday, in districts likeAraria, Kishanganj and Sheoharwhile Purnea, Darbhanga andMadhubani reported no deathtill Tuesday. Muzaffarpuradministration has confirmedthat no death has been caused byfloods so far while figures wereawaited from Katihar, Saharsaand East Champaran. Manymedia reports claimed that thenumber of deaths has alreadycrossed 80 and that bodies werebeing fished out from the watersin flood-hit areas by the per-sonnel involved in relief work asa result of which the toll wasshooting up. PTI

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Two main accused involved inthe alleged rape case of a

minor girl, resident of LohaiMalhar area of Billawar inKathua district, were arrested bythe district police on Wednesday,almost 10 days after the com-plaint was registered by theparents, facing death threats.

Due to inaction of the localpolice authorities, anger wassimmering in the area for lastcouple of days.

On Tuesday, several organ-isations joined hands togetherand disrupted traffic in the areato register their strong protest.

On Wednesday, Kathua dis-trict police issued a written

statement claiming, "PoliceStation Malhar has arrested twoaccused for committing rapewith a minor girl".

According to police, "boththe accused are identified asMohd Iqbal and Babu din, bothresident of Sadrota, LohaiMalhar".

Police had earlier registereda case FIR 07/2019 u/s 452, 376and Section 4 POCSO Act inPolice Station Malhar and alsoinitiated investigation in the

case. Police statement said,"After conducting medicalexaminations and other requiredprocedures IO has also record-ed the statement of victim u/s164 CrPC before magistrate".

According to local reports,the incident was reported in thefirst week of July, when the par-ents of the girl had gone to theBasantgarh area of Udhampur.

As per the complaint, "Twolocals reportedly barged into thehouse of the victim during nightand raped the minor girl"

To cool down tempers oflocal residents in the area, Sub-Divisional Police Officer,Billawar, was rushed to the spotto pacify the protesters onTuesday.

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AJoint team of securityforces on Wednesday elim-

inated Lashkar-e-Tayyeba(LeT) terrorist, responsible forrecruiting local boys, in GundBrath area of Sopore.

The killed terrorist hasbeen identified as Adnan AliChanna resident of AramporaBaramulla by the local policeauthorities.

Jammu & Kashmir policespokesman in a statement said,"the operation was launched inthe area on the basis of credi-ble reports of presence of ter-rorist in the area".

"During the search opera-tion, the hiding terrorist firedon the search party. The firewas retaliated leading to anencounter. In the ensuingencounter, LeT terrorist waskilled and the body wasretrieved from the site ofencounter". Police spokesmansaid, " it was a clean operationand the security forces sufferedno collateral damage during theencounter".

According to the Policerecords, "LeT terrorist AdnanAli Channa was operating inthe areas of Baramulla &Sopore and was involved inplanning and executing sever-

al terror attacks in the area. "Several terror crime cases

were registered against himincluding Case FIR No.41/2019 pertaining to thekilling of a civilian ArjumandMajeed Bhat in Jatti Baramullain March 2019, Case FIR No.33/2019 pertaining to firing ona civilian Feroz Ahmad Gojreeof Zaloora Sopore in May2019". According to police,Adnan was also involved inrecruiting locals to the terror-ist ranks.

Meanwhile, fresh batch of13,928 pilgrims offered prayersinside Amarnath Cave shrineon Wednesday taking the totalpilgrim footfall to 2.19 lakh onthe 17th day of the annual pil-grimage.

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Kolkata: The EnforcementDirectorate (ED), which hasbeen probing the money laun-dering aspect of the multi-croreSaradha ponzi scheme, onWednesday interrogated sus-pended TMC leader KunalGhosh for the second time.

Ghosh, who visited theagency's office here at CGOComplex, was questioned fornearly two hours.

ED sources told PTI thatGhosh, a former TrinamoolCongress MP, had allegedlyreceived funds from the Saradhagroup to head its media unit.

"We are probing the flow offunds which Ghosh had alleged-ly received from the Saradhagroup and also the money laun-dering angle," the sources said.

Ghosh was earlier interro-gated by the agency in connec-tion with the case in October2013.

The Saradha group ownedthe dailies 'Bengal Post' and'Sakalbela', which had ceasedpublication after the scam brokeout in April 2013.

Ghosh was initially arrest-ed by a special investigationteam of the Bidhannagar PoliceCommissionerate in November2013 in connection with thecase and later, the CentralBureau of Investigation(CBI)took over the investigation onthe orders of the SupremeCourt.

Ghosh was granted aninterim bail in 2016.

TMC's sitting MP SatabdiRoy, two businessmen SajjanAgarwal and Sandhir Agarwal,East Bengal Football Club offi-cial Debabrata Sarkar andArindam Das, a close aide ofSaradha scam mastermindSudipta Sen had also been sum-moned by the ED. PTI

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Aligarh (UP): Two childrendied and 52 others were takenill allegedly after drinking con-taminated water from a handpump in their village school inthe district.

The incident occurredTuesday afternoon in Salgawanvillage under Charra police station where two chil-dren, respectively aged sevenand one and a half years, diedwhile 52 others were taken illafter drinking "contaminatedwater" from the hand pump,Aligarh's Chief Medical OfficerML Agarwal said onWednesday.

There is a hand pump inthe school compound whichprovides drinking water to thechildren, said Dr Agarwal,adding the children com-plained of nausea, vomitingand loose motions after drink-ing its water.

They all were rushed to the

primary health centre afterthey were taken ill, the CMOadded.

The situation there is now"under control" and a probe hasbeen ordered in this connec-tion, he said.

A team of HealthDepartment officials includingdoctors has been rushed to thevillage, said Dr Agarwal,adding the team will camp inthe village till the completionof preliminary enquiry into thematter.

The medical team is also investigating whether the mishap could be connect-ed to the seepage of contami-nated water into the handpump following heavy rains, hesaid.

Agarwal said the children who were taken illwere being treated at the pri-mary health centre and wereout of danger. PTI

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Kolkata: Former KolkataPolice commissioner RajeevKumar on Wednesday toldthe Calcutta High Court thatthe CBI was indulging in apick and choose game by sum-moning him in the Saradhaponzi scam case among 121officers of the SIT that probedthe fraud on lakhs of investors.

Kumar's counsel MilanMukherjee submitted that helooked after the day to dayoperations of an SIT formedby the West Bengal govern-ment to investigate ponziscams, but the CBI did notconsider calling him as a wit-ness till October 2017.

Mukherjee claimed beforethe court of JusticeMadhumati Mitra that hecould have been the star wit-ness for the CBI, but was notconsidered for the role forthree and a half years since ittook over investigation.

Kumar, now additionaldirector general of WestBengal CID, moved the highcourt seeking quashing of anotice issued to him in May bythe CBI to appear before it forassisting the investigation intothe case.

The court adjourned hear-ing in the matter till Thursday,when it will be taken up forhearing again.

Mukherjee submitted thatKumar was the commissionerof Bidhananagar Police whenthe multi-crore Saradha ponziscam broke out in 2013 andlooked after the day to dayoperations of a SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) toprobe the scam.

The Supreme Court hadon May 9, 2014, ordered trans-fer of all cases related to ponziscams, including the oneinvolving Saradha Group, to

the CBI.Mukherjee wondered

whether the CBI is indulgingin a pick and choose game toharass Kumar as he was one of121 officers involved in thestate SIT investigation.

Kumar's counsel claimedthat the CBI has not been ableto unearth a single rupee fromthe money trail in the scamsince beginning its probe inNovember 2014.

He also claimed that therewere violations of provisions ofSEBI Act, RBI Act and IT Actin the scam, but these angleswere not investigated by theCBI, despite the SIT havingprovided it with leads intoalleged complicity of someofficers of the capital marketregulator.

A vacation bench of thehigh court had on May 30granted Kumar protectionfrom arrest and any coerciveaction till July 10 in theSaradha chit fund scam case.The protection from arrestwas later extended to July 22.

The bench had directedKumar to cooperate with theCBI investigation into the2,500 crore Saradha scam.

Kumar's counsels had ear-lier told the high court that hehas been interrogated by theCBI for 39 hours and 45 min-utes in Shillong, and claimedthat the probe agency wasnow seeking to take him incustody out of "vendetta".

They maintained thatKumar has neither beennamed as an accused nor as awitness in the seven chargesheets the probe agency hasfiled in the case so far. On May17, the Supreme Court hadwithdrawn protection fromarrest to Kumar, which it hadgranted earlier. PTI

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Kolkata: A total of 516 Indianfishermen, who had beenstranded in Bangladesh follow-ing inclement weather, onWednesday reached Kakdwipharbour in South 24 Parganasdistrict from where they hadsailed 10 days ago, the IndianCoast Guard (ICG) said here.

The fishermen on board 32boats were handed over to theICG by the Bangladesh CoastGuard (BCG) on Tuesday.

"The Indian Coast Guardsuccessfully handed over 516fishermen along with 32 Indianfishing boats to the West BengalState Fisheries authorities atKakdwip fishing harbour postrepatriation from Bangladesh"on Wednesday, the ICG said ina statement.

They had strayed intoBangladesh waters due to roughseas and strong currents on July6 and 7.

"They had been providedwith shelter at Payra Port by theBangladesh Coast Guard. Theywere also provided food, freshwater and fuel to reach back toIndia," the ICG said.

Under escort of the BCG,

the boats reached from PayraPort of Bangladesh to theInternational MaritimeBoundary Line (IMBL) forrepatriation, where they weretaken over by ICG ships Vijayaand Anmol.

The fishermen arrivedhome safely and united withtheir families, the ICG statementsaid.

Meanwhile, the search forthe remaining 24 missing fish-ermen is on by the BCG inBangladesh Waters and the ICGalong the IMBL and off WestBengal coast, the statementsaid.

Twenty-five fishermen hadgone missing after two fishingboats allegedly sank at the con-fluence of the Haribhanga riverand the Bay of Bengal on July 7,amid heavy rain and roughseas.

One of them, RabindranathDas, managed to remain afloatfor four days, holding onto apiece of bamboo, before beingrescued by a Bangladesh-flaggedcargo ship near the Chittagongport on July 11. He reachedKolkata two days later. PTI

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Itanagar: Two persons wereseriously injured and manyvehicles damaged in a massivelandslide here on Wednesday,officials said.

Triggered by incessantrain for the past few days, the

mudslips occurred at around8.45 AM along NH-415 nearthe police headquarters.

The arterial highway wasblocked for several hoursbecause of huge amount ofdebris.

The two injured persons— Tarin Mosu and Biri Tath— were admitted toRamakrishna MissionHospital (RKMH) here withhand and head injuries,Capital Superintendent ofPolice (SP) Tumme Amo said.

The debris was clearedand no one else was foundtrapped under it as had beenfeared earlier, Home MinisterBamang Felix said after visit-ing the site.

Dozens of cars, most ofwhich were parked along thethe roadside and inside anearby garage, were damagedas rocks and boulders rolleddown the hill and rammedinto them.

The highway remainedblocked for over five hours atthat spot and cars remainedstuck on both sides, Amosaid.

NH-415 is the lifeline forresidents in the twin capitalcities of Itanagar andNaharlagun, which are 14kilometres apart, as the roadconnects the north-easternstate with neighbouringAssam. PTI

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It is perhaps for the first time since theSadat-Begin accord presided over byJimmy Carter 40 years ago that the USlast month announced a very laudableand a concrete proposal for the devel-

opment and mainstreaming of Palestinians.Worth over $7 billion, the plan wasunveiled at a recent conference in Bahrainby Kushner, the son-in-law of US PresidentDonald Trump. Though the Palestinians didnot attend, some Israeli private entrepreneurswere present. For the present, without an offi-cial Israeli approval, it is difficult to visualiseany forward movement towards the imple-mentation of such a proposal, which madevirtually no contribution towards ending theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict.

To the current generation of youth,Islamic terrorism is synonymous withimages of 9/11, Osama Bin Laden and ISIS.To their parents, it would be the MunichOlympics massacre, a violent Beirut andnumerous hijackings. Research papers andbooks have been written to theorise thatIslam is a manifestation of a violent civili-sation and its interface with other religiouscommunities bristles with faultlines. Whilethis may be only true in certain specificinstances and not as a generality, at the sametime it would be important for us to under-stand the genesis of violence involvingIslamic groups in the contemporary scene.For this we have to go back in history byabout a hundred years.

When Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb,assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand onJune 28, 1914, a series of events was set inmotion leading to the World War I and thesubsequent collapse of the Ottoman andother empires. After the war, this resulted inuncertainty for Syria, Palestine, Egypt andAlgeria, countries which had been conquered400 years ago for the Ottomans by Selim I.Later, under the aegis of the League ofNations, a permanent Mandate Commissionwas constituted, which allowed certaincountries to be administered by those whohad won or occupied such territories. Syria,Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and Algeria,all parts of former Turkish Empire, were clas-sified as category A mandates, which wereentitled to eventual independence. Theadministration of Iraq, Palestine and Egyptwas handed over to Britain while Syria andLebanon were awarded to France. Keepingin line with the spirit of the mandates, Iraqbecame independent in 1937.

At this stage it is important to recall thatwhile the war was still raging, in November1917, then foreign secretary of Britain,Arthur James Balfour wrote to BaronRothschild, head of an English Jewish bank-ing family, pledging British support toZionist efforts for establishing a Jewish statein Palestine. This was a war-time commu-nication known as the Balfour declaration,conveying an intent on future policy in orderto win over the Russians, who were at thattime under the influence of Jews, for their

greater involvement in the wareffort as at that time Kerenskywas playing a very dominant rolein the government. Later, how-ever, with the success of theRussian revolution, also inNovember 1917, the groundsituation changed drastically asLenin declared an armisticewith Germany unilaterally.Nevertheless, the British promiseremained intact.

Even though the adminis-tration under the mandate wasin the hands of Britain, Jewsfrom all over the world began tomake serious plans and effortsto start administering thePalestinian territory sometimein future. This led to heavy influxof Jews into this area. Despite thefact that some of these areas werein an active theatre of WorldWar II, the hardliners wanted themandate to be circumvented asquickly as possible. The obviousaim was that when Palestinewould be ripe for independenceand the British left after the com-pletion of the mandate, it shouldbecome a Jewish territory. In duecourse, such hardliners began acampaign to harass the Britishso that they were compelled tovacate Palestine sooner thanlater. In this context, the activi-ties of the Irgun and the Sterngangs, both Jewish terrorist out-fits, are worth recalling.

Their campaign began inNovember 1944 when the SternGang assassinated the BritishMinister for the Middle East,

Lord Moyne, in Cairo. This wasfollowed by an escalation of vio-lence in Palestine, with severalincidents against the British. Inthe absence of any clear direc-tions on policy, the British chosenot to respond. But when Irgunlaunched a wave of attacks,bombing trains and bridgesconnecting Palestine to neigh-bouring states, a response cameswiftly. Mass arrests were madeacross Palestine and over 2,000Zionists were arrested. However,none of the ring leaders ofIrgun or Stern Gang was caught.This resulted in escalation of vio-lence with Irgun inflicting a dev-astating blow to the British rulein Palestine when it bombed theKing David Hotel in Jerusalem.As is well known, this bombingwas planned by the leader of theIrgun, Menachem Begin, later tobe the sixth Prime Minister ofIsrael and a joint winner of aNobel Peace Prize for the 1978Arab-Israel accord.

Begin, in his book TheRevolt, has explained “historyand experience taught us that ifwe are able to destroy the pres-tige of British in Palestine, theregime will break. Since wefound the enslaving govern-ment’s weak point, we did not letit go.” After the success of thisbombing, the Irgun and theStern Gang extended their activ-ities outside Palestine. An Irguncell bombed the British Embassyin Rome and followed this witha series of attacks on British tar-

gets in Germany. Later, Irgunbombed a club in London,injuring several servicemen.Prominent British public figuresconnected with Palestine alsoreceived death threats. In June1947, the Stern Gang launcheda letter-bomb campaign inBritain, which targetted promi-nent member of the Cabinet. SirStafford Cripps barely escapedbecoming a victim. Similarly, SirAnthony Eden was lucky to haveescaped. There was no counterfrom the British, much lessfrom the Palestinians, as theBritish by then, had almostmade up their mind to quit themandate.

Ultimately the strength ofthe Jewish activists, with supportof influential Jews from all overthe world and amply demon-strated by its armed struggle inPalestine, persuaded the UnitedNations in November 1947 topartition Palestine into separate,independent Jewish and Arabstates. This led to a virtual freefor all and a war-like situationbetween various competing fac-tions from which Israel emergedas a viable State, while Palestineceased to exist. The Palestinianpopulation, largely leaderlessand ill-prepared for war, was dri-ven out of what became Israeliterritory by a combination ofdeliberate attacks. When thewar ended, Palestinians hadbeen reduced to a refugee statusand kept in camps. Not surpris-ingly, this gave birth to a newgeneration of insurgents, wholater turned to the same meth-ods that Jews had used to driveout the British. This was thebirth of the PLO.

The seeds of terrorism hadbeen sown with the tree grow-ing rapidly with several branch-es of varied shades. Some weretaken over by the Left wing rev-olutionaries nurtured by theCold War politics. On the otherhand, we had a nation statefighting for its existence, secu-rity and sovereignty. This stateof action and reaction betweenIsraelis and Palestinians hascontinued for decades with sev-eral wars in addition to locallevel intersecting conflicts. In themean time, the politics of Islamicdominance, Gulf and MiddleEast oil, besides the super powerrivalries and their attempts toensure through surrogates thattheir sphere of influence remainsstrong and intact, has kept thepot boiling. This has had conse-quences for the world whichhave been serious and long-last-ing. The fallout from this insur-gency of eight decades ago is stillplaying out on the local, region-al and world stages in differentforms by different players.

(The writer is a retired DelhiPolice Commissioner and formerUttarakhand Governor)

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England won the trophy. TheKiwis were playing their secondconsecutive World Cup final andwere seen as the underdogs whowould quietly bag the prize withtheir humble yet outstandingperformance. Despite the defeat,the support that has poured in forNew Zealand has been unprece-dented. They proved themselvesto be worthy finalists by stoutlydefending a modest 242 againsta formidable England who weretouted as favourites from day one.With the World Cup now over, it

is the right time for India to chalkout a comprehensive plan for thefuture.

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The Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO)’s defermentof the launch of Chandrayaan-2is a matter of satisfaction ratherthan disappointment. It is com-mendable that ISRO scientistsdetected the technical glitch in thespace vehicle at the 11th hour.The whole world had an eye on

India’s moon mission. ISRO hasa shining record of big spaceachievements. It has launched 269satellites for 33 different countriestill November 2018. On February15, 2017, ISRO made a record bysuccessfully launching 104 satel-lites in a single rocket of whichthree were Indian and remaining

were foreign commercial satel-lites. It was the largest number ofsatellites launched on a singleflight by any space agency of theworld. On November 5, 2013,ISRO launched India’s first inter-planetary mission Mars OrbiterMission (MOM), also calledMangalyaan, which made Indiathe first Asian nation to reachMars orbit and the first nation inthe world to do so in its firstattempt. Any mishap during orafter launch of Chandrayaan-2would have been a huge setback.

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Overwhelmingly, India is aiming to makea swift shift towards electric mobility. Thereason behind it is the alarming rise in

atmospheric pollution levels. Standalone emis-sions from transport are estimated to increase 84per cent by 2030. Disturbingly, the capital sole-ly accounts for a population of 22 million inhab-itants, which is about 12 times denser than NewYork. Consequently, the last several years have wit-nessed an incessant increase in the number ofowned registered vehicles in the city. The sameleaves a very minuscule scope for the usage ofpublic transport like buses, metros, cabs, andautos. As the demand for non-commercialvehicular use increases, the per hectare vehicledensity in the city is only anticipated to increase.

Ambitiously, the Government of India hasmooted a roadmap for reduction of import ofcrude oil dependence to the tune of 10 per centby 2021-22 and slicing off 33 to 35 per cent ofthe intensity of energy emissions by 2030 as perthe Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)targets agreed at COP21 in Paris. This can beachieved by increasing production of natural gas;promoting energy efficiency and conservationmeasures; giving thrust on demand substitution;capitalising untapped potential in biofuels andalternative fuels/renewables; and implementingmeasures for refinery process improvements(SIAM White Paper 2019). The government haseven adopted several steps towards curbing pol-lution such as switching over to CNG transporta-tion along with various policy initiatives likeFAME I and now FAME II to substitute existingstatus quo with Electric Vehicles (EVs). Veryrecently, the government announced its desiredintention to move to mandate mass adoption ofelectric two and three wheelers. Due to failedprecedents, most of the affected auto makers haveto face grave concerns due to the absence ofthoughtful policy implementation by the govern-ment. So, there are still many questions. What hasbeen done so far globally or nationally to incen-tivise citizens? And, is the existing push by theIndian government sufficient to adopt and domass production of EVs? Is it a realistic approachor another added discontent and risk? What couldbe the possible challenges of benchmarking glob-al economy for India? Let’s try and explore theabove.

The adoption of EVs requires the willingnessand commitment of producers, industrial part-ners, public authorities, government and con-sumers. Globally, nations are using multiple strate-gies to promote the adoption of EVs. Forinstance, in Norway, there is an exemption of sev-eral statutory tax reliefs in the form of registra-tion tax, VAT, vehicle licence fees, road trollingcharges, free parking on municipal parking andeasy access to bus lanes. Other countries like UK,US, Sweden, France, and Canada have embracedrelaxed statutory norms such as road tolls, pointof sales incentives, declaration of tax credits, pur-chase incentives and higher fossil fuel-based ener-gy sourcing. Some of the welcoming steps areundertaken in India too, like waiver of road taxand toll charges, income tax benefits, free park-ing and 50 per cent reduction in power tariffs.Additionally, very recently, the sale of EVs hasbeen subsidised with a GST levy at five per centinstead of 18 per cent. However, the spare parts

associated with the production need acareful exploration.

Here, the underlying question is thereadiness of India in terms of infrastruc-ture back-up (like charging stations) tillthe proposed year (2025) of transitionto EV mode. For EV adoption at themass level, there has to be a healthy gridinfrastructure in rural India. Besides,India is not equipped and experiencedenough to create a battery plant set-upto obtain economies of scale from theassociated players. It seems that the tar-get set by the government is highlyambitious, yet impractical in a way.Moreover, since the auto sector con-tributes to half the GDP, most of thespare parts of EVs are to be still import-ed from China and other neighbouringnations, only to strain Indian foreignreserves and greater dependence onimports. Indian citizens mainly focus onvalue for money which remains adream with existing associated batteryand maintenance costs. In the initialphase, the move has to be steady, sinceanything in haste would be deleteriousto the initiative as a whole and furthermay cause displeasure among the users.Another drawback would be the speeddynamics of EVs in comparison to con-ventional vehicles. Needless to mention,India may have to incur a huge replace-ment cost of conventional vehicles.

Against this backdrop, it is quite rel-evant to evaluate the principal benefitsof the transition to EVs. One of therecent reports has mentioned that Indiahas the potential to shift to 100 per centelectric mode by the year 2025 thatwould, in turn, save 1 gigatonne of emis-

sions. Further, it could minimise depen-dence on crude energy sources andhence could reduce the existing burdenon foreign reserves. In a way, the evo-lution of an electric set-up may proveto be a business opportunity for charg-ing station infrastructure operators.As per FAME II guidelines, both end-users and manufacturers may berewarded in the form of zero road tolltax, subsidies in manufacturing, freemunicipal parking with supplementarypurchase discounts and so on.

At the same time, it is quite relevantto note that sectoral transport carbonemission accounts for only 11 per centin comparison to 47 per cent emissionsfrom the power industry and 25 per centfrom other industrial combination(IEA, 2018). With the higher demandof fuels in future, it is expected that thecontribution could rise to 346 TMT by2022 in a business-as-usual case, anincrease of about 150 per cent. This canpotentially result in an increased con-tribution to overall CO2 from thetransport sector, which is around sevenper cent against global averages of 20 percent (SIAM White Paper 2019). This isin stark comparison with global sectoralcomposition, making transport thefifth largest of the total after emissionsfrom land use changes (forestry). Doesit pose a serious question? Is our target-ing righteous to contain gross carbonemissions? Are we budging in the rightdirection or not?

Much said and done, the govern-ment’s foundation to ensure futureelectric mobility in the form of FAMEI and FAME II policy guidelines cannot

be questioned. Recently, the Centralgovernment has shown certain improve-ments along the same lines by way ofdeclaring income tax reduction of up to�1.5 lakh on the EV purchase loansalong with various exemptions such ascustom duty on EVs manufacturing. Buta lot needs to be still covered.

Certainly, e-mobility can’t be con-sidered an item of luxury but remainsindispensable for our very survival inthese toxic times. The only alternativeleft for us is to switch to green sourcesand transmission of energy in the nearfuture. Additionally, India needs toinvolve a greater number of private play-ers along with suitable related infra-structure. Surely, to encourage Indianmanufacturers, new industries for bat-teries (used in EVs) would make Indiaa globally competitive player, otherwiseit could only adversely affect our exportcompetitiveness. Especially for three-wheelers, CNG penetration could beincreased and by the year 2030 the gaso-line powered vehicles ought to be madeexclusively compatible, depending uponthe sustained availability of fuels.Further, second phase transformationscould be by promoting the use of EVsby the cab-hailing services (Ola, Uber)and retail delivery chains (Swiggy,Zomato).

In order to pave the way for a greenfuture, small but stringent efforts are tobe employed with amalgamated stakesto make it feasible.

(The authors are Research Scholar,University of Delhi and Assistant

Professor, Daulat Ram College forWomen, University of Delhi)

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In a welcome step, the NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT) has direct-ed the Central Pollution Control

Board (CPCB) to shut down pollut-ing industries in “critically polluted”and “severely polluted” areas withinthree months. This decision came onthe basis of a study jointly carried outby the CPCB and state pollution con-trol boards in 2009-10. In the study,the industrial clusters were notifiedas Polluted Industrial Areas (PIAs)and they were ranked as “criticallypolluted area” (CPA), “severely pol-luted area” (SPA) and “other pollut-ed areas” (OPAs), depending uponthe Comprehensive EnvironmentalPollution Index (CEPI) scores. TheNGT directive gives the much-need-

ed respite and breather to us citizens.Contending that economic

development cannot take place at thecost of public health, the bench,headed by NGT chairperson JusticeAdarsh Kumar Goel, directed theCPCB to assess, in coordination withthe state pollution control boards, thequantum of compensation to berecovered from polluting units forthe last five years, taking into accountthe cost of restoration, the cost ofdamage to public health and environ-ment and the deterrence element.The scale of deterrence may berelated to the period and the frequen-cy of defaults. Such other factors asmay be found relevant may also betaken into account. This initiativealone would go a long way in notonly acting as a deterrent for poten-tial polluters but also instill amongour people a culture of caring for theenvironment.

The NGT order specified that nofurther industrial activities or expan-sion will be allowed with regard to“red” and “orange” category units tillthe said areas are brought within theprescribed parameters or till the car-

rying capacity of the area is assessedand new units or expansion propos-als are found viable with regard tocarrying capacity and environmen-tal norms. It, however, also made itclear that white and green or non-polluting industries, which are notcausing any pollution, will not beaffected by this order.

The order explicitly directed theCPCB to take the assistance ofexperts to compile information withregard to polluted industrial areasbased on water and air pollutionnorms and notify such data in thepublic domain within three months.The tribunal also directed theMinistry of Environment and Foreststo take steps for enforcement of anaction plan. The green panel soughta compliance report by the CPCBafter three months by email and post-ed the matter for hearing onNovember 5.

The welcome action by NGT hasbeen long overdue. The deplorablestate of affairs of our air and waterhas been a much-debated issue.Many initiatives have been discussedand discarded but none of the recent

months has seen any concrete actionbeing taken to rein in the pollutionlevels. However, with this step ofexpressly restricting industries in thealready critical zones, the NGT mayhave prevented an apocalypse notjust in the National Capital Region(NCR) but also elsewhere in Indiawhere urban industrialisation is rifeand has become a bane for the envi-ronment.

The cities that are the most to be

blamed are incidentally those whichrun along our major rivers such asthe Ganga and Yamuna. The easierdisposal of effluents and chemicalsin the river makes it easy for thesepolluting units, particularly if thenature of business justifies theirproximity to water sources. Tanneriesand leather goods manufacturershave wreaked havoc in the name ofeconomic growth and generatingemployment. Affluent people withconnections to the top echelons ofpower manage the ownership ofthese factories; as a result the enforce-ment agencies frequently find theirhands tied. In fact, these pollutingunits have become comparable withthe sand mafia, which digs up theriver beds in broad daylight acrossIndia in full contravention of thelaws. Anyone raising his or hervoice against the same is dealt within the most fearsome manner.

But with the NGT stepping inwith this order, backed by a time-bound execution, the errant lobby ofthe pollution industries seems to beon the back foot. If the courts canbring about a similar judgment for

the sand mafia that is backed by theenforcement power and machineryof the state, it will break the back ofthese mining lobbies that haveextracted a huge price from mothernature by mercilessly exploiting nat-ural resources. Across the world theconcept of industries in the middleof the cities is increasingly becom-ing outdated. The relocation of theunits has been done long ago and thepeople as well as the environmenthave stopped paying the price of liv-ing with toxins. But a sick India is stillfighting for clean urban air andwater.

The recent amendment to theMotor Vehicle Act, allowing forsteep and stiffer fines for traffic vio-lations, is an example of sorts to befollowed in the case of environmentalso. The stiffer the fines, the high-er the compliance. After all, nosmart businessman would like to payhis profit as environmental penalties.So let’s wish NGT the best and hopethat this order is the first of manymore to come.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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Private lender Yes Bank’sJune quarter net plummet-

ed 92.44 per cent to �95.56crore on a consolidated basisdue to a �6,232 crore additionto non-performing assets,which resulted the provisionsto zoom.

This is the second consec-utive quarter the bank hasshown a massive hit on the bot-tomline since the new manage-ment under Ravneet Gill tookover in March after the forcedexit of promoter-chief executiveRana Kapoor over governanceconcerns by the RBI.

The bank’s fresh slippagesat �6,232 crore nearly doubledif compared to the �3,408 crorein the previous quarter, leadingthe gross non performing assetsratio to rise to 5.01 per centagainst 1.31 per cent in theyear-ago period and 2.91 percent three months ago.

The overall provisions gal-loped 184 per cent to �1,784crore. It used �1,399 crore ofthe �2,100 crore in additionalprovisions made during theMarch quarter. Downgrade oftwo finance companies led toa �1,109 crore hit in provisionsduring the reporting quarter.

The provision coverageratio dropped to 43 per cent,one of the lowest among privatesector lenders.

Despite the setbacks, thebank, however, maintained itscredit cost guidance at 1.25 percent for the entire year, statingthat the same stood at 0.32 percent for the first quarter.

At the time of announcingresults last time, the bank had

said it has identified assets ofover �10,000 crore which led itto provide extra �2,100 crore andreport a maiden quarterly loss.

Later, reports had alsocome about watchers express-ing concern over its exposureto companies like DHFL, theAnil Ambani Group companiesand also the realty sector.

It sold one account with anexposure of �412 crore to anasset reconstruction company(ARC) during the reportingquarter.

“This was a ‘quarter ofconsolidation’ in which thebank has demonstrated strongresilience in revenues and assetquality. We believe that earn-ings trajectory should strength-en significantly from hereon,”the statement said in a “man-agement commentary” on thenumbers.

Its core net interest incomegrew by a tepid 2.8 per cent to�2,281 crore after absorbinglosses of �223 crore on NPAsduring the quarter.

The loan assets grew by a

slower than the system 10 percent, while the net interestmargin slipped to 2.8 per centprimarily on a surge in NPAs.

Retail loans grew 43.3 percent and now account for 18.3per cent of the overall loans asagainst 14 per cent in the year-ago period.

The corporate bankingassets slipped 4.6 per cent dur-ing the last three months, andgrew 4.2 per cent as comparedto the year ago period, and nowform 63.9 per cent of the over-all advances.

The bank’s overall capitaladequacy slipped to 15.7 percent, while the core tier-I stoodat 10.7 per cent, which pointstowards the need to utilise theenabling provision to raiseequity sooner.

The bank scrip, which hasbeen on a slide ever sinceKapoor’s termination, slipped5.25 per cent to �98.45 on theBSE, as against gains of 0.22 percent on the benchmark. Theresults were announced afterclose of markets.

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Shrinking of unorganisedsector is a “positive” indica-

tor of development and theGovernment will prepare aseparate data on unorganisedworkers in India, Labour andEmployment Minister SantoshKumar Gangwar told the theRajya Sabha on Wednesday.

The Government has takenseveral measures towardsexpansion of the organisedsector, he said.

Responding to the supple-mentaries during the QuestionHour, the Minister said, “...OurMinistry will prepare a nation-al data on unorganised sector.”

There is no separate pub-lished data for unorganisedsector as a whole. “However,the shrinking of unorganisedsector is a positive indicator ofdevelopment,” he said in hiswritten reply.

Under the Pradhan Mantri

Rojgar Protsahan Yojana(PMRPY) initiative, there hasbeen a signifcant improvementin registration of beneficiariesand as many as 1.2 croreemployees benefitted in the lastthree years, he said.

The Unorganised Workers’Social Security Act stipulatesformulation of suitable welfareschemes for unorganised work-ers. Life and disability cover isprovided through PradhanMantri Jeevan Jyoti BimaYojana and Pradhan MantriSuraksha Bima Yojana to theunorganised workers depend-ing upon their eligibility.

The health and maternitybenefits are addressed throughAyushman Bharat Scheme.Recently, the Governmentlaunched Pradhan MantriShram Yogi Maandhan to pro-vide monthly pension of �3,000to the unorganised workersafter attaining the age of 60years, the minister added.

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The Commerce andIndustry Ministry is for-

mulating a national retail tradepolicy and aims to take a deci-sion in this regard at an earlydate, Parliament was informedWednesday.

“Necessary steps for for-mulation of a national retailtrade policy are underway.The Government aims totake a decision in this regardat an early date,” Minister ofState for Commerce andIndustry Hardeep Singh Purisaid in a written reply to LokSabha.

He said a number of inter-actions with industry, tradeassociations, ministries con-cerned and states have beenheld by Department forPromotion of Industry andInternal Trade (DPIIT) to con-sider issues facing retail sectorand possible solutions forresolving them.

In a separate reply, theminister said the US imposedadditional customs duties of25 per cent and 10 per centon certain steel and alu-minium products, respec-tively in March 2018 on aglobal basis.

“While India’s steel exportin the affected lines to USdeclined 35 per cent during2018-19 compared to 2017-18,aluminium exports in theaffected lines have increased 14per cent during the same peri-od,” he said.

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C o m p a n yL a wA p p e l l a t eT r i b u n a l(NCLAT) onWednesdaydirected IDBI Bank, the leadlender of debt-ridden JaypeeInfratech, to file an affidavitlisting out new terms and con-ditions if a fresh round of bid-ding is conducted.

A two-member benchheaded by Chairman Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya has askedIDBI Bank to file an affidavit byFriday in this regard. The appel-late tribunal has listed the mat-ter for next hearing on Monday.

“Counsel appearing forlenders is allowed to file newterms and conditions in casefresh bidding takes place,” thebench said.

In the second round of bid-ding, the committee of credi-tors (CoC) had first rejected theresolution plan of SurakshaRealty and then voted againststate-owned NBCC’s offer.

In the voting that tookplace on NBCC’s bid, 34.75 percent of home buyers voted infavour, 1.44 per cent votedagainst, whereas 23.8 per centdid not vote.

All the 13 banks, whichconstitute 40.75 per cent ofCoC, voted against the bid bythe state-run firm to acquireJaypee Infratech. Home buyershave nearly 60 per cent voting

rights in the CoC.In its hearing Wednesday,

the appellate tribunal has sug-gested some guidelines for newterms and conditions.

“All allottees would begiven flats according to theirbuilder buyer agreement. Ifallottee not present then CoChas to decide how it has to beadjusted,” the bench said.

“Land attached to thebuilding and with commonarea amenities would remainwith the allottees,” it added.

Meanwhile, NCLAT alsoorally suggested to the counselrepresenting the Adani Groupto improve its bid. Adani hasmade an unsolicited offer toacquire the debt-laden realtyfirm.

Jaypee Infratech went intoinsolvency in August 2017 afterthe National Company LawTribunal (NCLT) admitted anapplication filed by an IDBIBank-led consortium.

In the first round of insol-vency proceedings conductedlast year, the �7,350-crore bidof Lakshdeep, part of SurakshaGroup, was rejected by lenders.Later in October 2018, theIRP started the second roundof bidding process.

New Delhi: The Government Wednesday approved a bill toamend the Companies Act, 2013.

The bill would replace an ordinance issued in 2019.“The proposed amendments will lead to further promotion

of ease of doing business, de-clogging of National Company LawTribunal and Special Courts,” an official release said.

The focus would be on serious cases of violations of the Actand ensuring enhanced compliance by corporates. PTI

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The Government plans toauction more than 41 new

coal blocks “very shortly”,Union minister Prahlad Joshisaid on Wednesday.

He told the Lok Sabha thata number of important stepshave been taken to augmentand monitor coal dispatches topower plants.

In 2018-19, all commodi-ties loading by the IndianRailways was 1,223.29 milliontonnes, out of which coal load-ing was 605.82 MT, which isalmost 50 per cent, the Coaland Mines minister said.

A committee, comprisingcoal and power secretaries,and Member (Traffic) ofRailway Board reviews coaltransportation and supply on aregular basis.

New Delhi: The Governmentis working for the revival ofstruggling PSU BSNL and itsresult could be seen soon,Union minister of state fortelecom Sanjay Dhotre said inLok Sabha on Wednesday.

Dhotre also said the BharatSanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) is providing 2G, 3Gand 4G (at few locations)mobile services in its LicensedService Areas (LSAs). PTI

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National Stock Exchange(NSE) Wednesday said it

has signed a pact with theHaryana Government to helpboost the growth of MSME sec-tor in the state.

As per the memorandumof understanding, NSE willsupport the Haryana govern-ment in enhancing the financ-ing opportunities for micro,small and medium enterprises(MSMEs) in the state, throughlisting on NSE’s SME exchangeplatform, NSE Emerge, thestock exchange said in a release.

On the other hand, theHaryana government wouldfacilitate the listing of MSMEson NSE Emerge through finan-cial assistance.

Besides, “HaryanaGovernment will explore thepossibility of setting up a gov-ernment-sponsored equity par-ticipation fund to invest in thefast growing SMEs in the state,

on the exchange platform,”NSE said.

As per the release, thestock exchange has similararrangements with seven otherstates — Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Rajasthan,Punjab, Gujarat, AndhraPradesh, and Odisha.

“Development of SMEs isthe focus for the state and to fur-ther this commitment, Haryanagovernment and NSE haveentered into mutual cooperationfor enabling SMEs to list on NSEEmerge for raising capital in anefficient manner and scale uptheir businesses to competeglobally,” said Devender Singh,Addl Chief Secretary ofCommerce & Industries,Government of Haryana.

Listing helps companiesto get better access to capital forexpansion and growth, pro-vides visibility to local compa-nies at the national level andgives them high credibility,NSE noted.

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The GovernmentWednesday extended the

15th Finance Commission’sterm by a month till November30, and mandated the panel tosuggest ways for allocation ofnon-lapsable funds for defenceand internal security.

The Government onNovember 27, 2017, notifiedthe 15th Finance Commission,headed by N K Singh, to sug-gest, among other things, theformula for devolution of fundsto states by the Centre for fiveyears commencing April 1,2020.

The meeting of theCabinet, chaired by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,Wednesday approved thechanges to the Terms ofReference (ToR) of the 15thFinance Commission toaddress “serious concerns”regarding the allocation of ade-quate, secure and non-lapsablefunds for defence and internalsecurity of India.

“Under the ToR of theCommission, it is proposed toensure an assured allocation ofresources towards defence andinternal security imperatives.

“The amendment providesthat 15th Finance Commissionshall also examine whether aseparate mechanism for fund-

ing of defence and internalsecurity ought to be set up andif so how such a mechanismcould be operationalised,” anofficial statement said.

Also the Cabinet approvedthe extension of the term of theCommission up to November30, 2019.

“It will enable theCommission to examine vari-ous comparable estimates forfinancial projections in view ofreforms and the new realities tofinalise its recommendationsfor the period 2020-2025,” thestatement added.

It further said that the ToRof the Commission takes intoaccount the fiscal /budgetaryreforms.

The commission was con-stituted in the backdrop ofvarious major fiscal /budgetaryreforms introduced by the gov-ernment in the past 4 years, likeclosure of the PlanningCommission and its replace-ment by NITl Aayog, removalof distinction between Non-Plan and Plan expenditure,advancing the budget calendarby one month and passing ofthe full budget before com-mencement of the new finan-cial year, introduction of Goodsand Services Tax (GST) fromJuly 2017 and new FRBMarchitecture with debt and fis-cal deficit path, it said.

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Markets regulator Sebi haslevied a total penalty of �20

lakh on four entities for indulgingin fraudulent and non-genuinetrades in the illiquid stock optionssegment of BSE.

The entities facing the penal-ty are: Arpna Capital Services PvtLtd, Assam Valley Finance andInvestments, Aroma Chemicalsand Anantnath Vincom Pvt Ltd,according to Sebi’s separateorders.

The capital market regula-tor imposed a penalty of Rs 5lakh each on the four entities.

After observing a large-scale reversal of trades in theilliquid stock options, the reg-ulator had conducted a probefrom April 2014 to September2015.

Pursuant to the investiga-tion, Sebi found that a total of2.91 lakh trades, comprisingover 80 per cent of all the tradesexecuted in stock options seg-ment during the investigation

period were non-genuine.The four entities were

among the various entities thatindulged in non-genuinetrades, the Securities andExchange Board of India (Sebi)said.

“Reversal trades wereundertaken by the Noticeewith its counterparty with apre-determined arrangementto book profit or losses respec-tively, and, therefore, the par-ties to the trades were not trad-ing in the normal sense andordinary course of business.Such transactions in illiquidstock options cannot be takenas genuine one,” Sebi said aboutfour entities in separate butsimilarly worded orders.

“These non-genuine anddeceptive trades are coveredunder the definition of fraudand dealing of Noticee werefraudulent as defined under..PFUTP (Prohibition ofFraudulent and Unfair TradePractices) regulations, the reg-ulator added.

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The Union CabinetWednesday approved

loans of �330.35 crore to threestate-owned pharma compa-nies to help them clearemployees’ liabilities, andannounced setting up of aministerial panel to decide onthe closure or sale of fourPSUs.

The Cabinet, chaired byPrime Minister NarendraModi, took the decision toprovide budgetary support asloan to the tune of �330.35crore for meeting the employ-ees’ liabilities of Indian Drugs& Pharmaceuticals Ltd(IDPL), Rajasthan Drugs andPharmaceuticals Ltd (RDPL)and Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd(HAL).

“Budgetary support of�330.35 crore would help indisbursing the unpaid salariesand providing support forVRS of employees of IDPL,RDPL and HAL. The decisionwould mitigate sufferings ofmore than 1,000 employees ofthese PSUs,” an official state-ment said.

Of the �330.35 crore,�158.35 crore will be utilisedto clear unpaid salary and�172 crore for meeting theVRS liability.

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The FMCG sector in Indiawill face a slowdown in

2019 with a growth rate ofaround 9-10% impacted by adip in demand, particularly therural, according to a report.

The FMCG growth rate forthe first half of 2019 is around12%, which is lower than theprevious forecast of 13-14%,the report by data analyticsfirm Nielsen said.

“Based on an analysis of keyfactors, a revised forecast for theyear-end of 2019 puts all IndiaFMCG growth to be in the 9-10% range,” the report ‘IndiaFMCG Growth Snapshot’added.

In 2018, FMCG sector hada growth rate of 14%, The sec-tor is estimated to have around�4.2 lakh crore sales.

According to the report,the demand is impacted byrural sales, which contributearound 36-37% of the totalFMCG sales.

In rural sales, 60% spend onFMCG is on food items whichinclude salty snacks and biscuits,said Sunil Khiani, Nielsen IndiaExecutive Director ClientSolutions. “Sales in urban areasare also impacted but the declineis almost twice in rural areas,” hesaid.

Earlier, growth rate of rural

sales was faster than urban mar-kets led by factors such asincreasing affordability, avail-ability, and demand.

“However, rural growth isslowing down double the rate ofurban in recent quarters.Thishas brought rural growth clos-er to urban growth in secondquarter of 2019,” it added.

Nielsen expects food cate-gories to grow at a higher rate inthe coming quarters at 10-11%and personal care and home carecategory at 7-8%. “The outlookfor next quarter stands at 7-8%and H2 2019 in the range of8%,” the report said.

According to the report, inApril-June 2019, FMCG valuegrowth has dropped to 10%“inching towards a slowdown”.

“The FMCG growth trendis majorly dampened by volumeled growth which has alsomoved 3.7 percentage pointsdown from 9.9% in Q1(January-March) to 6.2% in Q2of 2019,” it added.

According to Khiani, April-June 2016 had the slowestgrowth rate of 2.4%. “This is thethird consecutive slowdown inthe sector after Q3 of 2018which has 16.2% growth,” headded.

FMCG growth trends con-tinue to see a consistently highprice-led growth of 3.8% for thefirst two quarters of 2019.

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Extending gains for thethird consecutive session,market benchmark BSE

Sensex rose 85 points onWednesday, driven by gains inbanking and IT stocks.

After a volatile session, the30-share index settled 84.60points or 0.22% higher at39,215.64. It swung 203 pointsintra-day, hitting a high of39,284.73 and a low of39,081.14.

The broader NSE Niftyended 24.90 points or 0.21%upat 11,687.50. During the day,the index hit a high of11,706.65 and a low of11,651.15.

Top gainers in the Sensexpack included SBI, TechMahindra, HCL Tech, KotakBank, IndusInd Bank, AsianPaints, Infosys and TCS, risingup to 2.31%.

On the other hand, YesBank was the biggest loser,cracking 5.25% ahead of its Q1results.

ONGC, Maruti, Bajaj Auto,NTPC, Axis Bank and TataMotors were among the otherlosers, shedding up to 1.64%.

“Globally the markets weresoft on the back of fresh wor-

ries on the trade war. TheIndian market continued tomove sideways as the market islacking triggers for steep direc-tional moves. Markets havealready factored in weak earn-ings however, expectations ofrate cuts are keeping the mar-ket resilient.

“Bond yields rebounded6bps after falling for consecu-tive five days,” said SunilSharma, Chief InvestmentOfficer, Sanctum WealthManagement.

Sectorally, BSE IT, teck,FMCG, bankex and financeindices ended up to1.01%higher, while auto, utili-ties, oil and gas, energy, telecomand power lost up to 1.01 percent.

The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices under-performed the benchmarks,shedding up to 0.15%.

Elsewhere in Asia,Shanghai Composite Index,Hang Seng, Kospi and Nikkeiended in the red. Equities inEurope were trading on amixed note in their respectiveearly sessions.

On the currency front, theIndian rupee depreciated 10paise to 68.81 against the USdollar (intra-day).

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IT major Wipro Ltd onWednesday posted a

12.5%rise in consolidated netprofit at �2,387.6 crore for theApril-June quarter, and guidedfor up to 2% sequential revenuegrowth for the July-Septemberperiod.

Its revenue increased byabout 5.3% to �14,716.1 croreduring the reported quarter,compared to �13,977.7 crore inthe year-ago period. TheBengaluru-based company’sconsolidated income rose byabout 5% to �15,566.6 croreduring the reported quarter.

Wipro’s mainstay IT ser-vices revenue was USD 2,038.8million, up 4.3% year-on-year.The company, which competeswith rivals like TataConsultancy Services andInfosys, had earlier said its ITservices revenues in June 2019quarter are likely to be in therange of USD 2,046 million toUSD 2,087 million, excludingthe impact of the divestment ofits Workday and CornerstoneOn Demand business.

For the July-Septemberquarter, Wipro expects its ITservices revenue to be in therange of USD 2,039 million toUSD 2,080 million — translat-ing into a sequential growth ofup to 2%.

“We delivered IT servicesmargins of 18.4% and freecash flows of 98.8% of our netincome. We had a slower startto the year, we however remainfocused on our operations andcontinue to invest in talent andcapabilities for the future,”Wipro Chief Financial OfficerJatin Dalal said.

Wipro saw a sequentialdrop of 3.8% in net profit from�2,483.5 crore in March 2019quarter, while revenue dropped1.9% from �15,006.3 crore inthe previous quarter.

“Our efforts on client min-ing have resulted in an additionof three customers in morethan USD 100 million bucket.We will continue to build dif-ferentiated capabilities to drivebusiness transformation forour customers by investing inour big bets,” Wipro CEO andExecutive Director Abidali ZNeemuchwala said.

Wipro’s topline numberslag behind those of larger rivalsTCS and Infosys thatannounced their first quarterperformance last week. TCSlogged a revenue growth of11.4% to �38,172 crore duringthe June quarter, while Infosyssaw its topline rising 14% to�21,803 crore.

HCL Technologies, whichovertook Wipro to become thethird largest Indian IT services

company, is yet to announce itsquarterly results.

Wipro’s earnings per share(EPS) for the June quarter wasat �3.97 per share, up 12.5%from the previous year.

The company said it wouldcomplete its previouslyannounced �10,500 crore buy-back proposal of up to 323.1million equity shares (at aprice of �325 apiece) afterreceiving approval from mar-ket regulator SEBI.

Wipro’s IT products seg-ment reported revenue of �240crore, while that of its Indiastate-run enterprises (SRE)segment was about �210 crore.

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Private sector Yes Bank onWednesday reported a slump ofover 92.4% in its consolidatednet profit to �95.56 crore in thefirst quarter ended June this fis-cal. The bank had reported anet profit of �1,265.67 crore inthe April-June quarter of theprevious fiscal ended March2018. Sequentially, the privatesector lender had posted firstever loss of �1,508.44 crore inthe quarter ended March, 2019due to mounting bad loans.

Total income (consolidat-ed) increased to �9,105.79 crorein three months to June of2019-20, up from �8,301.06

crore in the same quarter of2018-19, the bank said in reg-ulatory filing. On standalonebasis, the bank’s net profitstood at �113.76 crore in April-June period this fiscal, down by91% from �1,260.36 crore ayear ago.

Income (standalone)increased to �9,088.80 croreduring the first quarter, asagainst �8,272.18 crore in thesame period previous fiscal. Interms of asset quality, the grossnon-performing assets (NPAs)of the bank swelled to 5.01% ofthe gross advances at June-endthis year, compared to 1.31% inJune 2018. The net NPAs roseto 2.91% from 0.59% a year ago.

In value terms, the grossNPAs or bad loans were at�12,091.10 crore at June-endthis year, up from �2,824.46crore. The net NPAs stood at�6,883.27 crore, compared to�1,262.57 crore.

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Mindtree on Wednesday post-ed a 41.4% rise in consolidat-ed net profit to �92.7 crore forthe quarter ended June 30.The Bengaluru-based firm hadregistered a net profit of �158.2crore in the year-ago period, itsaid in a statement. Mindtree’srevenues rose 11.9% to �1,834.2crore in the quarter.

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UNIONBANK 78.85 78.85 76.15 77.35NCC 85.05 85.05 82.1 82.85ADANIGAS 174.7 181 173.7 175.4BAJAJFINSV 7,867.95 7,905.00 7,819.95 7,844.95HINDALCO 198.95 204.05 198.05 203.45GILLETTE 7,082.85 7,082.85 6,973.00 7,024.00M&M 624 626 615.35 617.9DISHTV 33 33.65 31.85 32.95IDEA 11.79 12.49 11.65 11.97GAIL 146.1 146.3 142.6 143.4SPARC 143.5 147.5 139.15 142.15KAJARIACER 576 583 553.2 554.05IRB 87.45 95.45 86.25 91.9DLF 191.95 192.65 188.75 190.7MINDTREE 755.85 761.25 741.6 751.95ASHOKLEY 85.85 86.6 85 85.15EDELWEISS 175.8 175.8 153 161.55CANFINHOME 371.75 387.95 371.4 382.45EQUITAS 122 129.5 120.85 128.25BPCL 358.05 358.55 350.6 352.75RECLTD 154.95 155 151.65 153PFC 125.85 126.5 124.1 125.3ORIENTBANK 86 86.7 83.65 84SBILIFE 776 793.85 757.25 764.35CENTURYTEX 945.05 969 942 955.3SAIL 47.5 47.7 46.75 47.15SRF 2,777.55 2,784.40 2,680.00 2,719.50LUPIN 780.05 785 768.15 768.15COALINDIA 233 234 229.05 230.05MANAPPURAM 136 137.6 132.9 133.55HEG 1,200.00 1,219.00 1,164.45 1,168.75COLPAL 1,129.00 1,169.60 1,126.50 1,166.20GRAPHITE 300.75 304 297.1 301.15EIHOTEL 169.1 169.95 167.8 167.9BHARATFORG 463.8 473.8 461.7 462.45BIOCON 260 263.55 258.9 262.8HEROMOTOCO 2,540.00 2,556.30 2,508.80 2,520.00RAJESHEXPO 711.95 711.95 685 685.75BHEL 64.95 64.95 63.95 64.1TORNTPHARM 1,618.20 1,620.00 1,576.10 1,580.00MPHASIS 923.15 934 911 919.25IBVENTURES 291.7 295.9 287 290.4HCLTECH 1,020.05 1,043.25 1,020.05 1,041.00TATAGLOBAL 259.6 263.35 255.95 256.7GSFC 87.05 89.15 86.8 87.2AMBUJACEM 219.9 221.75 217 218.95UBL 1,346.00 1,420.00 1,346.00 1,392.55TATAMTRDVR 81.55 81.95 79.2 80.25CIPLA 555.9 558.2 548.4 557.3APOLLOTYRE 186.8 189.15 184.1 184.7CGPOWER 17.75 19.55 16.8 19.55PNBHOUSING 756.75 764.95 750 751.65ICICIPRULI 383 391.2 381 390.75IDBI 34.7 35.4 34.2 35.2OMAXE 201.9 201.9 199.75 199.75BAJAJ-AUTO 2,732.25 2,735.50 2,691.65 2,695.00ULTRACEMCO 4,625.00 4,625.00 4,596.15 4,608.75INDIANB 233.45 235.75 226.25 232.95IBREALEST 115 116.4 114.3 115.1PCJEWELLER 36.6 38 36.4 37.2LICHSGFIN 555.4 556.4 546.15 549.2TATAPOWER 68.35 69.65 67.95 69SUNTECK 452.3 453.05 445.35 446.7IDFCFIRSTB 42.05 43.35 42 43.1BEL 104.25 104.4 102.25 103.35TORNTPOWER 311 312.7 307.35 310.6STRTECH 166 170.5 165.25 168.05BATAINDIA 1,368.95 1,370.00 1,358.00 1,360.00CADILAHC 247 247 238.6 240.25DRREDDY 2,669.00 2,687.00 2,644.50 2,668.50NATIONALUM 47.25 47.9 47.2 47.55PETRONET 247.15 251.9 247.15 251.05ADANIPORTS 421.5 421.5 414.5 417.5GDL 117.85 119.05 114.65 117.5CHOLAFIN 280.9 286 268.3 275.5VGUARD 244.95 244.95 240 241HEXAWARE 361 366.5 357.6 359.05TATACHEM 607.65 615.75 604.7 610.6OFSS 3,311.45 3,369.75 3,280.00 3,321.05NBCC 54.55 55.15 53.7 54.15FSL 52.25 54 52.25 53.3RCF 55.2 58.2 55.2 56.8VOLTAS 596 598.55 588 589.55DIVISLAB 1,650.00 1,655.30 1,636.65 1,652.60BERGEPAINT 313.9 317.6 312.75 316.7CASTROLIND 129 131.4 128 131SOUTHBANK 13.2 13.36 13.13 13.31BANDHANBNK 547.9 548.15 535.55 539.45CUMMINSIND 740 756.6 732.25 755.85TVSSRICHAK 1,850.00 1,885.00 1,840.60 1,853.40GRASIM 920 938.9 920 926.55RPOWER 3.96 4.08 3.92 3.95RAYMOND 713 715.9 699 703.75WESTLIFE 315 319.85 301.3 302.5QUESS 485.1 492 465.5 472.3WOCKPHARMA 356.05 360.75 351.85 355.35GLENMARK 456.8 457.3 446 446.55AMARAJABAT 639.95 653.7 637.75 649.3MUTHOOTFIN 635 638 626 631.8GODREJPROP 980 991.95 980 989.7INTELLECT 285 285.75 270.4 271.4SUZLON 4.39 4.6 4.26 4.46DELTACORP 160.85 163.45 158 159.75MFSL 420.65 429.5 420.65 428.95AVANTI 329.8 344.6 329 336.45ICICIGI 1,060.35 1,073.00 1,048.70 1,049.05IEX 145.5 145.5 144.6 144.9NMDC 114.5 116.45 113.45 113.95BOMDYEING 99.65 100.8 98.3 98.95

FORCEMOT 1,311.80 1,330.00 1,296.05 1,308.00MRF 56,240.10 56,426.10 55,789.25 55,909.05GSPL 213.05 214.2 204.55 211BALKRISIND 755.65 762.55 747.7 748.5LTI 1,650.00 1,673.85 1,610.15 1,619.30GNFC 227.2 233.75 226.1 229.15GODREJIND 475.15 480.6 474 474.4SUNTV 481.35 485.5 476.85 479.65MGL 801 804.8 787.2 800.1ITI 87.65 88.5 87.1 87.55ABCAPITAL 89.45 91.7 89.45 90.35RCOM 1.63 1.7 1.63 1.63MOTHERSUMI 118 119 116.9 118.5RADICO 284.4 298.4 283.25 290.8JETAIRWAYS 46.8 48.2 46 47.95DEEPAKNI 304.15 317.9 303.25 310.95DBL 421.9 427.5 418.95 420.7TVSMOTOR 423.6 427.6 422.35 423.35CEATLTD 895 904.25 884.15 894NAUKRI 2,232.75 2,268.95 2,220.95 2,241.80BOSCHLTD 15,994.00 16,151.55 15,855.05 16,000.00KTKBANK 100.85 101 99.15 99.4BLISSGVS 159.15 159.8 157.25 157.5JAICORPLTD 98.4 100.1 97 97.9ABB 1,518.35 1,534.00 1,482.15 1,488.20MARICO 371.05 376 370.3 372.4LTTS 1,654.55 1,667.10 1,635.95 1,663.80HINDZINC 229.15 231.75 227.8 230.55OIL 173.1 173.6 169.7 170.5KNRCON 276.5 286.4 274 281.6IGL 320.15 322.2 316.45 317.9DEEPAKFERT 91 95.2 90.45 92.2ADANIGREEN 49.5 50 48.25 48.45SWANENERGY 106.05 106.05 103.45 104.5PFIZER 3,236.65 3,236.65 3,160.00 3,179.70OBEROIRLTY 567.35 574.55 556 559.95FRETAIL 436 444.4 423.35 428ABFRL 202 204.6 200 202.7KRBL 211.2 221.6 211 215GRUH 285.25 287.5 282.45 283.95AJANTPHARM 915 934.5 914.45 928.7ENGINERSIN 110.95 110.95 107.7 108.5MRPL 59.75 59.9 58.8 59.35EXIDEIND 205.8 208.35 203.9 205PRSMJOHNSN 94.15 96.3 93.75 95NIITTECH 1,340.00 1,348.90 1,340.00 1,344.60VENKYS 1,523.60 1,550.10 1,516.00 1,519.60PHILIPCARB 113 116.85 113 116.2NOCIL 104.9 105.05 100.65 104.8ADANITRANS 223 225.35 221 222NESTLEIND 11,666.00 11,742.40 11,618.00 11,722.20RNAM 227 227.5 226.85 227.25JINDALSAW 77.9 79.2 77.35 79.2ALBK 44.8 44.8 43.3 43.5JISLJALEQS 24 24.15 23.25 23.5PTC 64.3 64.85 63.85 63.95IBULISL 153.35 161.6 148 151.2INFRATEL 256.25 265.2 256.25 264.15SUVEN 240.75 247.7 239.65 245.3CROMPTON 234.35 237.8 228.8 230HFCL 20.6 20.9 20.4 20.5CONCOR 552.2 560.8 550.6 553.5THERMAX 1,079.50 1,096.75 1,079.00 1,096.75RALLIS 155.05 156.4 153.15 154.85GMRINFRA 15.28 15.28 14.96 15.05FCONSUMER 36.65 37.85 35.6 36.85CRISIL 1,444.00 1,444.00 1,380.85 1,382.00RITES 287.35 292 286.8 288.05BAJAJELEC 470.3 471.25 463.35 465.4JPASSOCIAT 2.71 2.89 2.66 2.72PARAGMILK 259 261 258.6 259.6GSKCONS 7,467.20 7,560.00 7,450.00 7,554.00TATACOMM 491.75 495.5 483 488.15RAIN 93 93.7 91 91.55TV18BRDCST 23.85 23.85 22.9 23.05VIPIND 411.25 415.95 410 411.5CHAMBLFERT 162.2 166.35 161.1 162.3TRENT 449.6 452.4 446 446.6CHENNPETRO 201.8 201.8 195 196.25NAVINFLUOR 639 646 623.4 624.4INDHOTEL 146.5 148 145.65 146.5BBTC 905.6 920.2 905.35 912.2LAXMIMACH 4,580.00 4,635.35 4,500.00 4,615.00NBVENTURES* 96.85 99 94.45 97.2NHPC 24 24.1 23.7 23.8FINOLEXIND 501.4 526.4 501 514.55TRIDENT 60.15 62.7 60.15 62.55APLLTD 526.4 529 522 527.55JUBILANT 469.55 472 462 468.4NIACL 139.05 140.25 133.9 134.35NESCO 560.95 575 549.1 552MEGH 59.25 61.05 59.25 59.65WHIRLPOOL 1,557.55 1,616.80 1,557.55 1,590.00GICRE 224.9 230.1 224 225.6IPCALAB 957.2 958.4 921.9 935.15SCI 30.8 31.4 30.6 30.75KEC 324.1 325.55 321 322.25INFIBEAM 42.6 43.1 42.3 42.55RAMCOCEM 771.75 781.4 770 775NLCINDIA 64.5 64.5 62.3 62.85BALMLAWRIE 179.4 180.95 176.2 177.6GREAVESCOT 131 134.65 130.4 133.9HINDCOPPER 38.6 38.6 37.45 37.55SANOFI 5,850.00 5,910.00 5,824.55 5,873.95HEIDELBERG 203 204.8 197.1 200.25PRESTIGE 278.9 281.1 273 276.5WELSPUNIND 55.75 57.2 55.75 56.6SHANKARA 359.95 370.95 354 358.65JAMNAAUTO 46.95 47.5 45.75 45.95

SADBHAV 180 186.35 179.75 185.15HONAUT 22,754.00 22,754.00 22,520.00 22,677.00AUBANK 675.9 682.6 663.6 668GUJGAS 163.6 165 161.75 163.9JKTYRE 77.85 78.8 77.8 78.65COROMANDEL 382.35 382.95 377.8 379.45SUNDRMFAST 457 458 447.25 452PGHH 11,001.05 11,001.05 10,879.95 10,886.00CREDITACC 525 533.35 522 528.5KANSAINER 432.35 449.5 430.25 430.25WABAG 288.8 292.3 286.25 287.55SONATSOFTW 350 356.8 343.2 351.45BIRLACORPN 617 630 608 615IDFC 35.5 36.45 35.35 35.95JSWENERGY 70.75 72.3 70.3 71.9ADVENZYMES 161.15 163 160.5 162.8LALPATHLAB 1,073.90 1,099.60 1,044.00 1,086.45MOTILALOFS 661 667.15 643.1 643.13MINDIA 22,051.05 22,362.80 22,051.00 22,190.35VBL 951.05 955.25 930.6 936.2CYIENT 540 545.7 529.4 544.3HSCL 92 94.5 91.35 91.9PNCINFRA 193.4 193.9 185.1 191.35INOXLEISUR 317.35 321.9 316 319.5VINATIORGA 2,144.55 2,180.50 2,143.50 2,173.90TTKPRESTIG 6,340.15 6,355.00 6,200.10 6,200.15JYOTHYLAB 163.55 163.75 162 163.3ATUL 3,807.45 3,831.90 3,789.55 3,791.05GUJFLUORO 920 934.8 914.4 922.95KEI 466 482 462.7 465.3EIDPARRY 166 167.95 164 164.3IRCON 394.4 394.4 386.35 388.25APLAPOLLO 1,547.00 1,566.00 1,532.00 1,556.35PIIND 1,150.00 1,150.00 1,132.20 1,149.00GODFRYPHLP 767.55 787 766.6 773.7JKCEMENT 978.55 995.4 974.3 989.95MAHSCOOTER 4,224.00 4,264.00 4,181.70 4,186.00SYNDIBANK 39.3 39.8 39.25 39.3MAHINDCIE 220.45 220.45 215.7 218.6DCMSHRIRAM 525.7 528.75 505 510.55THOMASCOOK 191.15 191.15 187.5 189.8AIAENG 1,770.75 1,783.50 1,754.00 1,754.00CENTRALBK 19.65 19.8 19.5 19.55BASF 1,137.95 1,168.00 1,137.95 1,153.45ASTERDM 125.15 127.3 125.1 125.9MAXINDIA 64.2 65 62.9 63.05CUB 205.85 210.1 205.85 208.1BDL 300.55 308.85 299.45 302.95CHOLAHLDNG 495 495 481 493.9MINDAIND 322.45 323 312.25 312.25HUDCO 38.55 38.9 38.25 38.25LAURUSLABS 348.55 364.05 348.55 356.9TATACOFFEE 77.8 79.1 77.25 78.3UFLEX 228.15 230.3 226.1 226.1JBCHEPHARM 372 379 369.15 374GRANULES 94.4 95.3 94 94.6ABBOTINDIA 8,875.00 8,875.00 8,686.00 8,699.95TIINDIA 402 419.3 399 415.7J&KBANK 39.3 39.75 39 39.25GLAXO 1,184.60 1,198.80 1,172.75 1,182.45SCHNEIDER 88.25 91.2 88.25 89.65WELCORP 137.35 138.4 135.6 135.6BAJAJHLDNG 3,560.70 3,587.25 3,536.10 3,561.50DCAL 221.55 222.5 213 213.9GODREJAGRO 496 496.75 490.75 494.75LAKSHVILAS 62.7 64.65 62.65 63.75KALPATPOWR 510.5 515 509.35 515NATCOPHARM 526.15 528.2 512 515GUJALKALI 487.4 498 482.3 485.7GESHIP* 248.5 261.5 248.5 261.5GICHSGFIN 260.75 260.75 253.25 255.4CARBORUNIV 340.4 340.4 332.75 335.4JKLAKSHMI 335.35 351.25 333.7 348.95IFCI 8.5 8.83 8.5 8.58TATAINVEST 855.05 859.9 848.25 851.5JSLHISAR 72.5 73.95 72.2 72.5ASTRAL 1,315.60 1,317.00 1,290.00 1,291.85SCHAEFFLER 4,400.00 4,400.00 4,357.10 4,370.55EVEREADY 74.9 75 70.5 71.15BAYERCROP 3,410.00 3,414.45 3,326.05 3,326.05MOIL 149.75 151.4 148.35 148.8HIMATSEIDE 158 160.55 157.8 159REDINGTON 99.95 102.25 99.5 100.65TEAMLEASE 2,985.75 3,005.00 2,936.55 2,990.00NETWORK18 25.85 26.05 24.15 24.45ASTRAZEN 2,005.00 2,021.50 1,996.90 2,005.60SUDARSCHEM 316.95 323.75 316 319.8MAHLIFE 413.15 424.25 408.3 421.25MASFIN 598.4 622 592.85 601.75WABCOINDIA 6,111.05 6,138.00 6,100.05 6,113.20GRINDWELL 588.15 589 571.55 583.25FORTIS 130.1 130.65 129 130.45HSIL 234 237.35 233 234.25BAJAJCON 315.4 315.6 310.6 311.35JCHAC 1,600.00 1,644.00 1,551.00 1,626.35DBCORP 174 180.3 168.45 172.95TATAMETALI 554.5 560 554.1 559.25LUXIND 1,118.25 1,122.00 1,103.60 1,103.60ORIENTCEM 107.9 109.7 106.05 107.6CENTURYPLY 143.4 147.6 143 143ESSELPRO 130.75 130.75 129.95 129.95MAHABANK 15.85 15.95 15.7 15.8BLUEDART 2,411.30 2,445.60 2,356.00 2,408.00GEPIL 839.85 856.15 839.85 856.15AAVAS 1,518.70 1,518.70 1,507.35 1,509.65SOBHA 572 574 567.5 568.05TAKE 124.2 125.2 121.25 121.65ISEC 221 225 220.5 224.2COCHINSHIP 367.1 369.95 365.45 365.55

UCOBANK 18.95 18.95 18.25 18.35CARERATING 910 910 904.3 905.2MMTC 22.45 22.9 22.35 22.6GALAXYSURF 1,239.45 1,239.45 1,225.05 1,234.90SJVN 26.4 26.4 25.7 25.8ASHOKA 126 127.55 124.6 126.8JMFINANCIL 73.05 74.8 72.35 74.55ALKEM 1,776.80 1,786.00 1,732.00 1,742.00BLUESTARCO 745.25 748.6 736.8 737.05SYNGENE 322 327.5 319 325.5SREINFRA 15.1 16.55 15.1 16.4ANDHRABANK 22.8 22.8 22.5 22.5CENTRUM 26.15 26.15 25.6 25.85CAPPL 417.2 418.8 412.05 413.85ENDURANCE 997.45 999.5 972 986.65VMART 2,058.45 2,058.45 1,996.05 2,020.00AEGISLOG 210.4 210.4 205.1 206CORPBANK 26.75 26.9 26.55 26.55FINEORG 1,383.45 1,453.00 1,383.45 1,448.55MAGMA 101 101 95.15 96.1IOB 12.1 12.22 12.03 12.04ECLERX 684.7 689 676.95 680GAYAPROJ 143 144.25 138.2 144.25GPPL 82.9 82.9 81.35 81.65JSL 31.25 31.6 30.85 31.4CCL 243 246.4 241 245PERSISTENT 622 622 609 613.15ZYDUSWELL 1,364.00 1,381.95 1,357.60 1,381.95ITDC 244 244 226.65 228.55HAL 674.05 683.6 666 676JAGRAN 100.45 100.5 97 97.85REPCOHOME 364.45 369.5 362.45 363.65

GHCL 223.1 223.1 220 220.6NH 229.9 229.9 224.65 224.9LINDEINDIA 507.7 512.15 501.9 503.15THYROCARE 465 465 458 461.65FINCABLES 383.65 385 382.8 385LEMONTREE 64.95 65.15 64.5 65GMDCLTD 72.9 73.15 72.65 72.8SUPREMEIND 1,089.30 1,090.65 1,080.15 1,080.15ASAHIINDIA 204.1 204.1 201.25 202KPRMILL 595.55 596.75 589.45 595.85MINDACORP 107.3 107.45 105.6 107.35STARCEMENT 119 119 110.95 113ITDCEM 93.6 94.1 91.55 92.05ALLCARGO 100.25 100.9 98.5 100.9TIMKEN 737 737 726 726VARROC 444.85 447.85 440.4 445FDC 170.15 171.65 168.5 168.5SYMPHONY 1,231.05 1,234.80 1,226.25 1,229.25ERIS 447.4 449.9 444 445INOXWIND 66.9 67.35 65.2 66.25ORIENTELEC 158.05 159.95 158 158.75SOLARINDS 1,177.55 1,177.55 1,160.20 1,160.20MONSANTO 2,191.00 2,203.50 2,181.00 2,187.85SHK 127.95 128 125.5 125.65PHOENIXLTD 650.8 665.25 650.15 659.1VTL 1,045.00 1,045.00 1,008.00 1,010.40SKFINDIA 1,928.45 1,945.00 1,922.45 1,945.00INDOSTAR 356.65 359.35 348.4 351.6IFBIND 765 765 735.8 740.6COFFEEDAY 219.4 219.6 216 216.2MAHLOG 458.55 460.6 451.15 453SHOPERSTOP 466 466.85 463.6 463.6TEJASNET 138.15 138.35 136 138.3TIMETECHNO 86 87.45 84 84.6SFL 1,272.50 1,305.00 1,271.00 1,295.00MHRIL 232.65 232.65 227.15 227.8HATSUN 701.55 703 701.5 703GULFOILLUB 835.5 844.6 835.5 839MAHSEAMLES 420.65 431.5 420.55 431.45HERITGFOOD 370.2 371.65 368 368ELGIEQUIP 269.5 269.5 257.15 264.4ZENSARTECH 248.45 248.45 240.05 243.05HATHWAY 22.3 22.45 22.05 22.2TVTODAY 282.85 284.4 280.55 283.95DHANUKA 390 400.2 388 393.5LAOPALA 199.45 201 193.7 199AKZOINDIA 1,745.00 1,753.50 1,729.65 1,746.20UNITEDBNK 10 10.02 9.92 9.97TRITURBINE 98.3 102.85 96.75 101.25APARINDS 566.6 567.45 560 560.75FLFL 466 470 460.8 470TNPL 177.7 177.75 176 176.75GET&D 223.65 226.65 221.85 223.95CERA 2,724.00 2,747.00 2,724.00 2,724.35TCNSBRANDS 805.75 805.75 784.85 784.85NILKAMAL 1,136.50 1,144.60 1,127.85 1,127.85SOMANYCERA 425.95 427.25 418.15 425.8SIS 851 855.7 833.85 855.65SUPRAJIT 200.3 200.3 200.3 200.3SHILPAMED 357.4 359.4 357.4 358.8

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11,670.75 11,706.65 11,651.15 11,687.50 24.9IBULHSGFIN 640 672.7 639.65 664.1 17.75ZEEL 346.25 355.9 345.65 355.25 9UPL 644 664.95 643.7 658 16.1HINDALCO 198.9 204.2 198.1 203.9 4.8SBIN 364.05 373.55 363.05 373 8.65TECHM 675.95 695.5 673.05 690.3 14.35INDUSINDBK 1,482.80 1,508.55 1,457.00 1,504.00 30.8KOTAKBANK 1,501.90 1,546.85 1,497.05 1,532.65 31.2HCLTECH 1,024.40 1,043.00 1,020.90 1,040.00 20.35BRITANNIA 2,753.95 2,809.95 2,748.00 2,801.00 53.85ASIANPAINT 1,377.00 1,404.85 1,375.50 1,394.00 21.7INFY 783.9 795 776.75 794 9.15HINDUNILVR 1,740.00 1,765.55 1,725.85 1,760.40 19.1VEDL 167.6 169.1 166.8 168.35 1.45CIPLA 554 558.5 547.45 557 3.45BAJFINANCE 3,440.00 3,481.75 3,440.00 3,465.05 16.35HDFCBANK 2,392.95 2,411.60 2,391.30 2,401.90 10.7HDFC 2,277.00 2,289.45 2,277.00 2,285.40 7.85ULTRACEMCO 4,600.90 4,622.55 4,590.90 4,614.00 13.1TCS 2,108.00 2,125.00 2,092.10 2,111.80 5.8ITC 272.45 273.15 270.7 272.6 0.65POWERGRID 208.8 210.55 206.45 208.9 0WIPRO 262 262.8 258.1 260 0ICICIBANK 424.6 427.05 422.5 424.4 -0.2INFRATEL 263 265.9 262 263.5 -0.2IOC 149.25 149.25 145.7 146.9 -0.15ADANIPORTS 420.2 421.1 414.3 417 -0.75TATASTEEL 476 479.8 468.5 475.7 -1BAJAJFINSV 7,882.00 7,909.00 7,820.50 7,858.70 -23LT 1,461.00 1,470.55 1,452.00 1,455.55 -5.65DRREDDY 2,665.60 2,687.90 2,642.45 2,666.00 -10.5BPCL 359 359 350.4 352.8 -1.65GRASIM 929.4 939 921.45 925 -5.5M&M 623 626.45 615.3 618.4 -4.5TITAN 1,110.25 1,118.00 1,105.30 1,106.50 -8.25JSWSTEEL 272 275 268.8 271.7 -2.2SUNPHARMA 433 436.3 428.1 429.65 -3.65AXISBANK 763.1 765.55 750.05 754 -7.05HEROMOTOCO2,521.00 2,556.60 2,505.05 2,520.00 -24.35RELIANCE 1,294.30 1,297.00 1,280.00 1,280.50 -12.5BHARTIARTL 350.55 353.4 344.8 347.25 -3.5TATAMOTORS 170 172.35 166.3 168.05 -1.95COALINDIA 232 234.15 229 230 -2.8NTPC 131.6 132.15 128.7 129.2 -1.75BAJAJ-AUTO 2,725.00 2,735.75 2,691.35 2,695.00 -37.45ONGC 152.4 153.65 149 149.95 -2.3MARUTI 6,168.00 6,174.00 6,050.00 6,059.00 -99.05GAIL 146.05 146.4 142.45 143.3 -4.05EICHERMOT 19,050.00 19,050.00 18,310.05 18,480.00 -561.25YESBANK 108.5 108.5 97.55 98.4 -5.45

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In a rare move, the US Houseof Representatives has passed

a resolution to condemnPresident Donald Trump’s“racist” tweets against four non-white Democratic congress-women who have been critical ofhis harsh immigration policies.

The vote on Tuesday camedays after Trump’s tweets aboutfour newly elected lawmakers -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ofNew York, Ilhan Omar ofMinnesota, Ayanna Pressley ofMassachusetts, and RashidaTlaib of Michigan — triggeredwidespread uproar.

Trump, on Sunday, in aseries of controversial tweets,said that four DemocraticProgressive congresswomenshould just “go back” to wherethey came from.

Moved by CongressmanTom Malinowski, the resolutionwas passed by the 435-memberHouse of Representatives, the

Lower House of the USCongress, on a partisan line of240-184 votes.

The resolution also got sup-port of four Republicans and anindependent in the Housewhere the Democratic Party hasa majority. Though the resultcarries no legal repercussions forPresident Trump, it was anembarrassing one for him.

Reproaching a sitting pres-ident on the record is anextremely rare in the US House.“It’s not who we are. It is play-ing with fire because the wordsthat the president used areheard by people with disturbedminds who do terrible things,violent things, and a line needsto be drawn,” Malinowski toldthe House. “So that’s what wehope to do,” he said. “Thesecomments from the WhiteHouse are disgraceful and dis-gusting and these comments areracist,” House Speaker NancyPelosi said during the debate.

Trump had been accused of

racism and xenophobia fortelling the members of congressto leave the country. ThePresident has since tweeted: “Idon’t have a Racist bone in mybody!” Ahead of the vote,Trump accused his four out-spoken critics of “spewing someof the most vile, hateful and dis-gusting things ever said by apolitician”. He, in a series oftweets, said “If you hate ourCountry, or if you are not happyhere, you can leave!”.

Congresswoman GraceMeng said that PresidentTrump’s comments are “racist”and his vile rants on Twitter arebeyond the pale, and show hiscallous disregard for the officehe holds. “He has not apolo-gised, shown any remorse, anddoubled down on his disgust-ing remarks. As an American,I am appalled by the President’s actions these pastfew days and the weak respons-es by my colleagues on theother side of the aisle.

London: The battle to be Britain’s nextPrime Minister enters its final straighton Wednesday with both candidateshardening their positions on Brexit,putting the future Government on a col-lision course with Brussels.

Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson,the favourite to replace Theresa May, andforeign secretary Jeremy Hunt, are nowboth referring to Britain’s departure withno overall deal in place as a realisticprospect. The business community andmany lawmakers fear dire economicconsequences from a no-deal Brexit

which would lead to immediate tradetariffs for certain sectors including theautomotive industry. Johnson and Huntare taking part in a final question-and-answer session later on Wednesdaybefore the result of the vote byConservative Party members isannounced on July 23 and the new PMis installed on July 24. Britain has twicedelayed its scheduled departure from theEuropean Union after 46 years of mem-bership and May’s failure to get parlia-ment to vote for her deal with Brusselsultimately forced her to resign. AFP

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Pakistan’s Sindh Assembly has unanimouslypassed a resolution demanding that the prac-

tice of forced conversions and abductions ofHindu girls must be stopped and action be takenagainst those involved in such activities.

The resolution — moved on Tuesday byGrand Democratic Alliance (GDA) lawmakerNand Kumar Goklani — was supported by theruling Pakistan Peoples Party as well asMuttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami, the Express Tribune reported.

The resolution comes months after theHuman Rights Commission of Pakistan in itsannual report in April raised concerns aboutincidents of forced conversions and marriagesof Hindu and Christian girls, saying around1,000 such cases were reported in the southernSindh province alone last year.

Washington: The US has wel-comed building of the land-mark Kartarpur Corridorbetween India and Pakistan tofacilitate visa-free travel of Sikhpilgrims, saying the Trump administration is“incredibly supportive” of any-thing that increases people-to-people ties between the twoneighbours.

The Corridor will connectDarbar Sahib in Pakistan’sKartarpur with Dera BabaNanak shrine in Punjab’sGurdaspur district and facili-tate visa-free movement ofIndian Sikh pilgrims, who willhave to just obtain a permit tovisit Kartarpur Sahib. PTI

New York: The Mexican drugkingpin Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzman has been sentenced tolife behind bars in a US prison,a humbling end for a drug lordonce notorious for his ability tokill, bribe or tunnel his way outof trouble. A federal judge inBrooklyn handed down thesentence Wednesday, fivemonths after Guzman’s con-viction in an epic drug-traf-ficking case. The 62-year-old drug lord, who hadbeen protected in Mexico by anarmy of gangsters and an elab-orate corruption operation,was brought to the US to standtrial after he twice escapedfrom Mexican prisons.

Before he was sentenced,Guzman, complained aboutthe conditions of his confine-ment and told the judge he wasdenied a fair trial.

He said US District JudgeBrian Cogan failed to thor-oughly investigate claims ofjuror misconduct. AP

Washington: The Trumpadministration is proposing 57per cent increase in the merit-based legal immigration and halfof those would be based on fam-ily and humanitarian grounds,in an effort to overhaul the out-dated system.

Senior presidential adviserJared Kushner, who is also theson-in-law of United StatesPresident Donald Trump, saidhaving an immigration policythat would attract talented andmeritorious people from acrossthe world would create overUSD 500 billion in tax revenuesover 10 years. “It brings in a lotof people that are paying into thesocial safety nets. Not peoplewho are coming in and thenimmediately taking from thesocial safety nets, which rightnow have to support Americanswho are currently citizens,”Kushner told the Cabinet. AP

Yangon: Protesters in Myanmar called for themilitary to loosen its grip on politics Wednesday,as tensions mount over the country’s army-drafted constitution ahead of national electionsnext year. The 2008 charter, enacted by the rul-ing junta after decades of repressive army rule,bars embattled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyifrom the presidency and forces her to sharepower with the generals.

It also guarantees a quarter of parliamen-tary seats to the armed forces, along with pow-erful defence and security portfolios. Parliamentis set to discuss proposed amendments to thedocument but military MPs hold a veto on anychanges, prompting more than 1,000 protest-ers to gather in downtown Yangon and shoutslogans demanding constitutional reform.

“I think the military should stand with andthink for the public,” said Yangon resident ThiThi Han. But opinion over the issue is split, anda rival protest later on Wednesday demandedMyanmar leaders keep the charter as it is.

“Democracy here is so young, it requires themilitary to be in parliament until democracy isfully fledged,” said 39-year-old Zar Chi Lin. Theconstitution has long been a flashpoint inMyanmar politics. AFP

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Iran’s Foreign Minister saidWednesday that his country

has no choice but to manufac-ture missiles for defense pur-poses — comments that reflectmore backtracking after aremark by the top diplomatsuggesting the missiles could beup for negotiations.

Mohammad Javad Zarifsaid in an interview with NBCNews that aired earlier thisweek that if the US wants totalk about Iran’s missiles, itneeds “first to stop selling allthese weapons, including mis-siles, to our region.”

Iran has long rejected nego-tiations over its ballistic missileprogram, which remains underthe control of the Iranian para-military Revolutionary Guardthat answers only to SupremeLeader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The Foreign Minister’sremarks suggested a possibleopening for talks as tensionsremain high between Tehran

and Washington.But the Iranian mission to

the United Nations promptlycalled Zarif ’s suggestion pure-ly “hypothetical” and said theIranian missiles were “absolute-ly and under no conditionnegotiable with anyone or anycountry, period.”

In Tehran, the ForeignMinistry’s spokesman, AbbasMousavi, tweeted late onTuesday that Zarif ’s commentsmeant to challenge Washingtonand “threw the ball into the U.S.court while challengingAmerica’s arm sales” to itsMideast allies.

Zarif himself on Wednesdaybackpedaled on the missilesissue, saying Iran has no choicebut to manufacture the missilesfor its own defence.

He cited the 1980s Iran-Iraqwar and tweeted that, “For 8YEARS, Saddam (Hussein)showered our cities with missiles& bombs provided by East &West. Meanwhile, NO ONEsold Iran any means of defence.

We had no choice but buildingour own. Now they complain.”

“Instead of skirting the issue,US must end arms sales toSaddam’s reincarnations,” Zarifalso said.

Tensions between Tehranand Washington have sharplyescalated since President DonaldTrump unilaterally last yearwithdrew America from thenuclear deal between Tehranand world powers and re-imposed sanctions on Iran,sending its economy into freefall.

America has also rushedthousands of additional troops,an aircraft carrier, nuclear-capa-ble B-52 bombers and advancedfighter jets to the Mideast amidunspecified threats from Iran.

Mysterious oil tanker blastsnear Strait of Hormuz, attacksby Iranian-backed rebels inYemen on Saudi Arabia andIran’s shooting down of a USmilitary drone in the pastmonths further raised fears of awider conflict engulfing a regioncrucial to global energy supplies.

The Hague: In 15-1 ruling infavour of India at theInternational Court of Justice(ICJ) in Kulbhushan Jadhavcase, it was ad-hoc judge,Pakistan’s Tassaduq HussainJilani, who was dissenting voice.

Jilani, an ad-hoc judge in thecase, was the sole dissenter ineach of the seven rulings infavour of India that the ICJ deliv-ered on Wednesday in theJadhav case. However, Jilani didjoin the other members in agree-ing to entertain the case filed byIndia. The court ruled in favour

of providing consular access toJadhav and asked Pakistan tocontinue the stay on his execu-tion. Jadhav, an Indian navalofficer, was sentenced to deathby a Pakistani military court inApril 2017 for alleged espi-onage. India had approached theICJ to stay the execution.

In the February 2019 hear-ing of final arguments fromboth India and Pakistan in thecase at The Hague, Jilani hadjoined the proceedings only onthe fourth day as he had suf-fered a heart attack. PTI

Washington: US PresidentDonald Trump on Wednesdaywelcomed the arrest of JuD chiefHafiz Saeed by Pakistan, saying“great pressure” was exerted overIslamabad in the last two yearsto find the “mastermind” of the2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Saeed, a UN designatedterrorist whom the US hasplaced a USD 10 million boun-ty on, was arrested while he wasgoing to Gujranwala fromLahore on Wednesday morn-ing when he was arrested by theanti-terrorism authorities of

the Punjab Province.Saeed’s arrest comes just

days ahead of Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan’s maidenvisit to the US and talks withPresident Trump who has pre-viously admonished Pakistanfor not doing enough to rein interror groups operating from itssoil. “After a ten year search, theso-called “mastermind” of theMumbai Terror attacks hasbeen arrested in Pakistan. Greatpressure has been exerted overthe last two years to find him!”Trump said in a tweet. PTI

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Can you recall the 1986nuclear accident in the north

of the Ukrainian SSR, one of theworst man-made catastrophesin history? And the numeroussacrifices made to save Europefrom an unimaginable disaster?Chernobyl, a five-part mini-series, dramatises the tragedy.While Game of Thrones madeEmmy history with a record 32nominations, Chernobyl provedto be an Emmy powerhouse aswell as it landed 19 nominations,including a nod for star JaredHarris for lead actor in a LimitedSeries or Television Movie.

Harris, after he received thenews of his nomination, said thathe had a very good day. Askedhow he learned of his nomina-tion, the actor said, “My wife toldme about it. She said, ‘You’re avery lucky man’.”

This is Harris’ second nom-ination, following his 2012Supporting Actor nod for MadMen but he prefers not to contrastthe two experiences. “I don’tcompare it to the previous times.It’s a unique experience with adifferent group of people,” hesaid, adding that attending theEmmy Awards ceremony inSeptember is “going to be a greatreunion” with his co-stars EmilyWatson and Stellan Skarsgardalso scored nominations.

Reflecting on Chernobylracking up 19 nominations —this year’s third-most nominatedshow — Harris admitted that it’s“pretty amazing” but says that itspeaks to the overall quality of theproduction.

“When you review socialmedia, people were calling out setdesign, production design, soundmusic. People were aware of theimpact that every single elementof the show had on the audience,”he explained.

Speaking of social media,Harris cracked up when he hadread a comment from a Twitteruser who wrote, “I want my lifeto go so wrong, Jared Harris starsin a horrifying miniseries about

it.”“That’s hilarious,” he said,

laughing out loudly. “I hadn’tseen that.”

As for tracking social mediacomments about the show, Harrissaid that he tries to maintainsome moderation. “I see some ofit and not all of it,” he added. “Itry interacting with people whoenjoyed the show, if they havequestions, I try to answer them,but you can be on there for 24hours a day.”

In the miniseries, which tellsone the story of the worst nuclearaccident in history and the ensu-ing Soviet cover-up, Harris por-trays real-life scientist ValeryLegasov, who had headed thecommission investigating theChernobyl disaster. So how awarewas Harris of Legasov before tak-ing on the role? “I wasn’t aware

of him at all,” admitted Harris,“that was the point.”

When playing a historicalrole, Harris said research offeredhim a pathway into the charac-ter. “I always do research, espe-cially when you’re dealing with aperiod piece,” he said. “Peoplemisunderstand what the methodis. They think it’s somethingwhere you’re supposed to be, ‘Iam so and so,’ and you walkaround pretending to be that per-son. But you immerse yourself inthe culture, the time when theylived in, and understand whattheir mindset was, how they per-ceived the world. If you’re play-ing someone from theElizabethan era, they have acompletely different concept ofwhat the world is than if you’replaying somebody now. You haveto be able to understand that in

order to represent it in a scene,”said he.

When working on a projectinvolving such dark subject mat-ter, did the actors try to lightenthings up on the set? “Yeah, youhave to. Series creator Craig(Mazin), cracks jokes and makesfun of himself. He’s got a goodsense of humour. Stellan is just oneof the most glorious spirits you’veever met. Emily, she’s got a reallygreat sense of humour. But youhave to. You can’t keep touchingon that nerve all day because itgoes numb. And when you needit to be there and the cameras arerolling, you’ve exhausted it. Youhave to go somewhere else.”

Chernobyl is the latest in a runof critically acclaimed projects inwhich Harris has been involved,including such TV series as MadMen, The Crown, The Expanse

and The Terror.As he explained, the secret to

picking good projects is simplyfinding good scripts. “I read a lotof scripts, and you can tell with-in 10 or 15 pages how competentthe writer is,” he said. “And thesewere all scripts that caught meimmediately.”

Meanwhile, some may find itsurprising that Harris is a huge fanof RuPaul’s Drag Race, revealinghis two favourite competitorswere the most recent season’sBrook Lynn Hytes and Yvie Oddly.

“I was introduced to it thoughmy wife, she was a huge fan,” he

said of how he came to becomeenamoured of the show, andexplains what it is about Drag Racethat he connects with.

“What I really enjoy about itis that they use words rather thanfists and they use humour as a wayof deflecting, instead of gettinginto conflict,” he said. “There’s atremendous sense of humour,appreciation of language. I reallyenjoy that. I’m in awe of anyonewho can come up with a well-timed quip.”

(Chernobyl will premiere inIndia on Star World on September 2.)

Garments that are upcycled, clothesthat answer to the description ofcircular fashion or those which do

not waste water — how often do we seelabels flaunting these ideas?

Sustainable is a term often bandiedabout by different industries. And oftentimes we, as consumers, wonder if it isnothing more than a marketing gimmick.However, the textile industry is steppingup its act from start to finish to ensurethat sustainability and circular fashionextend beyond being mere words andbecome constructive actions.

Of course, there is a context and areason why this particular industryneeds to step up and get its act togeth-er. After agriculture, the textile industryis a front runner in the consumption ofwater. According to the Water FootprintNetwork, in conjunction with the UnitedNations Educational, Scientific, andCultural Organisation (UNESCO) IHEInstitute for Water Education, creating asingle pair of jeans requires about 2,866gallons of water! The use of chemicaldyes pollutes the environment whilewaste products generated during pre-and post-production as well as fre-quently discarded garments choke uplandfills.

At Textile Fairs India 2019 (TFI),which was being held at Pragati Maidan,there were companies and designersshowcasing their particular effort onmaking it a more sustainable effort.

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The world seems to be practicallysubmerged in a sea of plastic. But then,so are the seas. In view of that, some ofthe yarn manufacturing companies haveresorted to the best possible solution —mopping up PET bottles and then fash-ioning it into yarn.

DGM exports, Sulochna CottonSpinning Mills K S I Rajesh, says, “Weare converting 10,980 million pet bottlesevery year into fibre. The plastic is blend-

ed with Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) orfair trade cotton, which is being grownby farmers trained by several NGOs toconserve water and use organic fertilis-ers. So we are contributing in two ways,by using plastics and also by using BCI.”But not just this, the Tirupur-based com-pany is also actively working on waterconservation. A process called pigmen-tation uses zero water. It is keenly work-ing on environmental factors where theair emissions, chemical discharge andwater wastage are being minimised.“Hundred per cent of our energy needsare fulfilled by renewable energy poweras we have our own solar and wind pro-jects,” he points out.

However, this is not the lone playerin the game. Lotusville, which too, isbased out of Tamil Nadu, is manufactur-ing yarn with 80 per cent cotton and 20per cent polyester. “Even the cotton thatwe use is pre-production waste from thecutting section of the garment factorieswhile the 20 per cent of polyester is madefrom pet bottle waste. Moreover, sincethere is no dyeing involved as the fibretakes the colour of the original cotton,water is saved as well,” says A S Pravin,managing director. While using differ-ent waste products at different times doesalter the colour of the yarn, this is notvisible to the naked eye and can beobserved only under a colour test. Thecompany supplies yarn to home textilemanufacturers who manufacture towels,gloves and more for markets like Russiaand other parts of Europe.

Pravin also says that initially whenthe company started out with the idea ofsustainability, there were not too manytakers. So they marketed it as a more eco-nomical option to virgin cotton. “Whenwe started recycling three years ago, mostof the people were buying it as a cheap-er alternative. But the enquiries from thepast six months have been specificallyrelated to sustainability. We did about 60tonnes in two-and-a-half years whichrose by another 40 tonnes in the last sixmonths when the focus changed to sus-tainability,” he says.

The idea took birth in 2015 as thecompany wanted to innovate as it was notpossible to compete in the regular mar-ket. “A lot of waste is generated inTirupur as there is a well-developed cot-ton market which finds it hard to disposethe waste fibre. It is this, that we utilise,”he says.

However, wouldn’t the use of plasticaffect the breathability as well as lead thefabric to heat up which could could provedisastrous in a tropical country likeIndia? Rajesh points out, “We blend itwith natural fibre and cellulose and canalter the combination to make appareldepending on the requirements of theseasons and countries.”

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turers do their bit, it is time for thedesigners to step up their act too. SoniaTommy Antony, who has designedclothes for films like Chak de! India andDhoom 3, has a different take on circu-lar fashion. “Since we want variety inclothes, we are discarding them often.This in turn chokes the landfills. Peopleare trying to upcycle but I am trying to

reduce the consumption rate by makinggarments that are reversible. These arecompletely finished inside out and canbe worn both ways,” she says. One goesthrough the rack to find out that thereare lace dresses which on being reversedcarry a print, or one with two prints ontwo sides or even different colours. “Itgives you the option of two different out-fits without cluttering your wardrobe. Itis actually the lining of the garmentwhich is made of a different fabric andgives it a new look,” says Sonia.

Moving away from the delicate andfeminine clothes there are the regular,everyday, de rigueur ones, namely jeans.This particular industry even among tex-tiles bears the cross for using a largequantity of water. But Padma Raj Keshriis just trying to reverse that damage inhis own way. He says, “Annually, theworld consumes 6.8 billion units ofdenim jeans and during the manufactureabout 20 per cent of the fabric is wast-ed. I decided to use this and startedsourcing it from factories.” He found avendor who was ready to attach 50metres of fabric which he fashioned intoclothes. “Even then there was four percent waste so I started recycling denimfibres,” he adds. The genesis of the ideacould be traced to the time when he wasshifting homes and realised that he had30-35 pairs of jeans, which were wornout from critical areas and couldn’t beused. “I created a dress for a friend andhe loved it. I realised that there was amarket for this,” says he. However,while manufacturing apparel for themarket he does not prefer used jeans ashygiene is an issue. He makes jackets,jeans, jumpsuits and is planning to diver-sify into Indian wear as well. A jacketmade with different pieces of denim fab-ric and with a lot of detailing is one ofhis fastest moving items. “At a bigbrand it would not retail for less than�25, 000 while I am selling it for half theprice,” says the Ahmedabad-baseddesigner.

Next up is Aishwarya Iyengar, whoworks with the the philosophy of zero

waste and sustainability. Each of her gar-ments has trims and embroidery whichshe has sourced from old saris.“Unwearable saris have been fashionedinto bags. The swatches that we receiveon a daily basis have been used in shoesas well as for detailing in the kurtas asare the waste buttons,” says Aishwarya.She sources these from tailors, boutiquesand factories.

Pushpa, on the other hand, believesin the basic idea of slow fashion. “I ama designer by day and embroidery artistby night. Whenever there is handembroidery on anything, it immediate-ly becomes circular. On the other hand,anything which is replicated more is dis-carded more often as happens with retailgarments. If we buy clothes from adesigner, we preserve it because there ishand-feel or hand embroidery whichmakes it precious,” she says.

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How often have you bought a sus-tainable product which came packagedin reams and reams of plastic? AbhishekJain, director, Vishal Print-N-Plast, says,“We use virgin plastic granules to makepouches, and boxes while the carrierbags are made with pure non-woven fab-ric. These are packaging solutions foronline retailers as well as the ones whohave brick and mortar stores. These canbe easily recycled to make plastic chairswhich is not possible in plastic bags.”

Clearly, the end to end solutions arecoming from within the industry andhow.

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Public Relation Society of India,Delhi Chapter organised a

workshop on ‘Optimisation andEffectiveness of MediaInvestments’ at Himachal Sadanfor media and corporate commu-nication professionals as a part ofPRSI Delhi Chapter knowledgesharing initiative named ‘Underthe Shadow of Banyan Tree’ series.The event witnessed a footfall ofabout 60 participants from publicrelations departments of PSUs,government and other mediaagencies.

The workshop was moderatedby Vineet Sodhani, CEO, SpatialAccess Pvt Ltd, who talked aboutemerging media trends and saidthat it is a misconception to believethat greater spending on advertis-ing will always lead to the productbeing good or consumer worthy.

Naresh Kumar, Chairman,PRSI Delhi Chapter and GM (CC),Powergrid welcomed the mentorsand said, “The core of the work-shop was to highlight how even the

most expert and experiencedclients, at times become naive torealise the effective output of theirmedia spends.”

The welcome address wasdelivered by SS Rao, secretary,PRSI DC and AGM, CorporateCommunication (PFC). He said,“This new series will bring togeth-er professionals on a platform toenhance and polish their skills.”Rajat Gupta, EC member, PRSIwas the coordinator of the work-shop while GS Bawa, programmedirector, delivered the vote ofthanks.

On Guru Purnima andfoundation day of

Kalakosh division of IndiraGandhi National Centrefor the Arts (IGNCA), thecentre unveiled a statue ofsage of theatrologist BharatMuni, who composed theNatya Shastra, an ancientSanskrit text on perform-ing arts.

The statue wasunveiled by SonalMansingh (Rajya SabhaMP and classical dancer),Ram Bahadur Rai (IGNCApresident and senior jour-nalist), and AdwaitaGadanayak (National

Gallery of Modern Art,director general and sculp-tor), Bharat Gupta (trustee,IGNCA) and dancerPadma Subrahmanyam.

While speaking aboutthe statue, she said that shehad a sight of Bharat Muniin Dhyan Mudra.

The black sculpture,conceptualised bySubrahmanyam andsculpted by Bengaluru-based artists TN Rathnaand S Venkataramana, rep-

resents divine forces andthe classical art tradition ofIndia. Archeologist RJaganathan had guided thesculpture.

The Natya Shastra isconsidered to be the oldestliterature in the field ofdramatic arts. Legends saythat when god askedBrahma to create a Vedathat could be understoodby commoners, he createdPanchamaveda (fifth Veda)called the Natyaveda. After

creating the Natyaveda,Brahma asked BharatMuni to popularise thisVeda on earth. For this,sage Bharat introducedNatya Shastra.

Among others, DrSachchidanand Joshi,(member secretary ofIGNCA), Mallapuram GVinkatesh (ex-vice chan-cellor of KaranatakaUniversity), and Sanskritscholar Satyvrat Shastriwas also present there.

After closure of theDonimalai iron ore mine for

more than eight months,NMDC is set to resume opera-tions in accordance with thedecision of the Karnataka HighCourt.

NMDC has approachedKarnataka’s government to facil-itate execution of lease deed andresumption of operations atDonimalai mine. The resump-tion of mining at Donimalaiwould avoid further loss tonational and state exchequer

apart from providing the much-needed iron ore to the steelindustry for the development ofthe state.

Though it had been a longwait for NMDC, the news hasbrought in lot of cheers, especial-ly to steel makers, investors, themining fraternity, customersand employees who have beeneagerly waiting for it, said NBaijendra Kumar, IAS, CMD.

He also expressed his grat-itude for the co-operationextended by the Ministry ofSteel, government of Karnataka,legal bodies and particularly, allstakeholders for having faith onNMDC at all times.

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On the World Youth Skills Day, theMinistry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship (MSDE) celebrated thefourth anniversary of the Skill IndiaMission on Tuesday.

A clutch of big-ticket announce-ments and signing of MoU’s to empow-er the youth with appropriate skill-train-ing marked the celebrations. The eventsaw several ministers and governmentofficials who came together to showtheir commitment to the avowed mission.

Dr KP Krishnan, secretary, Ministryof Skill Development andEntrepreneurship, opened the ceremonyby welcoming all delegates and guest. Hesaid, “The Ministry would focus itsefforts on the informal and unorganisedsector especially the small and mediumenterprises.”

The event was graced by NirmalaSitharaman, Minister of Finance andCorporate Affairs as the chief guest.Sitharaman pointed towards how the SkillIndia Mission has offered new avenues oflivelihood to the youth of the country byurging young people to follow their heartin pursuing their ambitions. She said, “Ifyou want to acquire a particular skill andyou are comfortable with it, you shouldutilise it to the fullest. Do not settle forsomething just because it is easy. Strive forwhat you want and put in your heart toachieve it. Earlier, it was not easy to lookfor opportunities but today, through thehelp of the Ministry, the government hascreated an ecosystem for training. Iwould urge each one of you to utilisewhatever is given to you by the govern-ment.

Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Ministerfor Skill Development andEntrepreneurship, said, “I want to congrat-ulate all those who have been associatedwith Skill India in its four-year journey.An idea that germinated with our PrimeMinister’s vision of a Skilled India has nowreached its next phase. The foundation hasalready been laid. It is essential that thereis seamless convergence across skill devel-opment programs, for which we seek sup-port of all ministries, states and indus-tries.”

He added that a number of initiativeshave also been announced, “which willengage the youth in various skills designedto cater to new avenues of employment.We have placed emphasis on promotingapprenticeship and have rationalised thestipends to increase participation in thisprogram.”

The highlight of the event wasKaushal Yuva Samwaad, an open dialoguewith the youth to discuss potential issuesand solutions from the candidates’ per-spective. The two-week consulting pro-gramme was organised on a nation-widescale to engage young job-seekers andunderstand their views and ideas, iden-tify opportunities to help the Ministry inbuilding on existing programmes andimproving overall efficiency of its projects.The future recommendations would becompiled and referred for further programimplementations.

The MSDE also announced thelaunch of Kaushal Pakhwada, a 15-daycampaign, which began from July 16,where sessions and workshops will be con-ducted across the country to aspire youngtrainees under the Skill India Mission andpromote the initiative among them.

The event also witnessed an introduc-tion of the 48-member contingent, whichwill be representing India at World SkillsInternational Competition, which will beheld from August 22 to 28 in Kazan,Russia. These young skill trainees, below23 years, will be competing in 44-skillsagainst their peers from 66 other coun-tries.

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Council of India, Ness Wadia College ofCommerce and McDonald’s for degreeapprenticeship in the retail sector.

-Between the Media andEntertainment Skills Council, ShriShankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain Collegefor Women, Bot VFX Limited and VikatanGroup for degree apprenticeship in themedia sector.

-Between the National SkillDevelopment Corporation (NSDC) andthe State Bank of India (SBI) and anoth-

er with HDFC bank to promote appren-ticeship training in the financial sector.

- In another MoU, Urban Clap collab-orates with NSDC to ensure that it has aworkforce, which is 100 per cent SkillIndia-certified through recognition ofprior learning’s (RPL) programme underPradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana(PMKVY).

-Between RDSDE (RegionalDirectorate of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship) Punjab and Tridentgroup for women empowerment.

- Between the Directorate General ofTraining (DGT) and Dassault Aviation forthe launch of Aerostructure Fitter andWelder program at ITI, Nagpur

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Ministry of Human Resource andDevelopment (MHRD), a degree appren-ticeship programme in collaboration withindustry and academia has been launched.The dual vocational education programshall have apprenticeship or on-the-jobtraining embedded in a three or four yearuniversity degree programme.

-The SBI shall be engaging 5,000apprentices as banking front office exec-utive and tele-caller in FY19-20.

-The HDFC bank will be hiring10,000 trained professionals under the ‘jobready’ programme, designed and createdin association with NSDC, over the nextthree years.

-In collaboration between NSDCC,BFSI Sector Skill Council and India PostPayments Bank, 170,000 grameen daksewaks will be certified as banking corre-spondents under RPL program ofPMKVY.

Additionally, the directorate generalof training also announced the establish-ment of a new Japan India Institute forManufacturing (JIIM) in Haryana andnew courses in ITIs around training onElectric Vehicles (EVs), in line with anavowed intention of the government towork for greener energy sources.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Lawand Justice, Communications, Electronicsand Information Technology, said skillinghas been the backbone for all initiativesand the driving force behind this are theyouth of India.

“The concept of Skill India has aunique interplay with other visionaryschemes, including Make in India, Start-Up India, Stand-Up India, and DigitalIndia. All of these will have to work in tan-dem for them to succeed. The Indianeconomy has grown manifold to becomethe third largest in the world now. Today,our country’s youth aspire to be job-giversand not job-seekers and this has given riseto the number of start-ups in the coun-try. India has a unique demographic div-idend and I urge the Minister of SkillDevelopment, Dr Pandey, to match theaspiration of the youth with the globaldemand.”

Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister ofAgriculture and Farmers’ Welfare andMinister of Rural Development, added,“Skill training has always been an integralpart of the country’s culture and tradition-al education system. Our ITI ecosystemhas been one of the most credible andlong-standing network but it is onlynow, that these institutes are being mod-ernised through improvised curriculum,state of the art infrastructure andenhanced pedagogy to the meet the aspi-rations of youth, turning into preferredchoices for skill training.”

Ramesh Pokhriyal, Minister of HRD,said that India is set to become the hubof skill development in the world in thenext few years. “In the coming 25 years,India will be the only country that willremain young, allowing us more oppor-tunities for economic development.Apprenticeship is one of the most sustain-able modules through which our youthcan learn and earn at the same time. Therecent reforms towards initiating appren-ticeships are commendable.”

RK Singh, MoS, Ministry of Powerand Ministry of New and RenewableEnergy, Ministry of Skill Developmentand Entrepreneurship, said that the daymarked an important occasion to pauseand reflect on the efforts towards promot-ing skill training in the country. He said,“It is important to celebrate milestones.This is an opportunity for us to pause andreflect on the need gaps and the roadmapahead for Skill India. In a fast-movingeconomy riddled with disruptions, manyhave questioned whether India will be ableto address the needs of a vast populationby providing them skills that will makethem employable in the future. Theanswer is definitely yes and can be seenin the eyes of our youth who aspire to livea better life.”

With vistas of colourful cultureand a wide variety of traditions,spirituality, cuisine and enter-

tainment as well as the world’s tallest stat-ue, now explore the latest addition toGujarat’s attractions — India’s firstDinosaur Museum and world’s thirdlargest fossil park at Raioli village, nearBalasinor town.

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ment of surprise that has caught the eyesof one and many across the globe. AsGujarat was also home to dinosaurs inthe pre-historic times, it is one of the veryfew states in the country that has a richtreasure of fossilised remains ofdinosaurs.

One hundred and fifteen kilometresaway from the capital city ofGandhinagar, the museum is spreadacross an area of over 25,000 sq feet with10 galleries spread across two floors,depicting various forms of visuals includ-ing static and dynamic installations.Raioli is the world’s second largesthatchery and boasts of being fertilebreeding ground for many species ofdinosaurs, which existed 65 millionyears ago. Fossil remains, bones and eggshave been excavated here since the early1980s.

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era, when dinosaurs would roam aroundfreely in Raioli. Nearly 50 sculptures ofdinosaurs are showcased, including a life-sized one — Rajasaurus Narmadensis —the indigenous breed that can be calledthe ‘king of dinosaurs.’ Along with dis-

plays that elucidate evolution of earth,world, and dinosaurs of India andGujarat and the KT extinction theory, themuseum installations include 3D projec-tion mapping, 360-degree virtual reali-ty models, 3D stereoscopic projections,interactive kiosks, and a vivid display oftriassic, jurassic and cretaceous timesbesides gaming consoles and muchmore. The museum offers an informa-tive, interactive and amusing experiencefor children and people of all ages.

Arrive to witness the era of the gigan-tic reptiles. The museum is open totourists from 10 am to 6 pm. Tickets canbe purchased between 10 am and 5 pm,outside the museum. The museumremains closed on Monday.

Besides the Dinosaur Museum, thestate is well-known for its rich culture.The folk arts of Gujarat form a majorpart of the culture of the state. It pre-serves the rich tradition of song, dance,drama as well. Handicrafts includebandhani, patolas of atan, kutchhi work,khadi, bamboo craft, block printing,embroidery, woodcraft, pottery, namda,rogan painting and many more handi-crafts. Undoubtedly, the Arabs,Portuguese, Dutch, Mughals and Britishas well as Parsis have left their mark onits culture.

Ahmedabad, leading city of thestate is the most preferred place for med-ical tour or medical treatments in India.With world class health amenities andan affordable, reasonable pricing, the cityis becoming one of the most sought-aftermedical tourism centre in the country.More than 1,500 foreigners visit the stateevery year for various medical treat-ments.

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Commonwealth Table TennisChampionships, topping their groupsto qualify for the Super Eight stage inboth men’s and women’s team eventshere on Wednesday.

The domination of Indian paddlerswas such that they lost just two games— one by Achanta Sharath Kamalagainst Singapore’s Zheyu ClarenceChew in the men’s event and anotherby Ayhika Mukherjee againstChamathsara Fernando of Sri Lanka inthe women’s category.

The team management kept faith inthe threesome of Sharath Kamal, GSathiyan and Harmeet Desai, who didtheir job pretty well to first beatScotland 3-0 and then follow it up witha similar verdict against Singapore.

In the women’s event, India triedout their bench strength with differentcombinations in the two group match-es.

Manika Batra and AyhikaMukherjee, who played against SriLanka posting a 3-0 triumph in thecompany of Archana Kamath, wererested for the match against SouthAfrica.

Instead, Madurika Patkar andSutirtha Mukherjee were tried outwith Archana and they didn’t disap-point, posting yet another 3-0 victoryover South Africa.

The Singaporeans have brought ayoung women’s team here, whileEngland, just with experienced SamuelWalker in their ranks, is the team tobeat as they are likely to meet Indianmen in the knockout stage.

In the women section, Malaysiastunned Australia, the group C topper,3-1 in another match.

In a latest development, Ugandaand Guyana have got their respectivegovernment’s nod and they would besending their teams for participation inindividual events.

According to a communication toTable Tennis Federation of India fromthe two federations, Uganda will besending a five-member team whilethree from Guyana will compete in sin-gles and doubles events, which getsunderway from July 19 after the teamfinals.

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Paul Pogba shined as anunder-pressure Manchester

United stepped up their pre-season campaign with a 4-0thrashing of old rivals Leeds onWednesday.

United had faced criticismafter an unconvincing 2-0 vic-tory over a depleted PerthGlory on the weekend.

In a much-needed tonic,the Red Devils clinically dis-mantled Leeds, who have highhopes of returning to theEnglish Premier League for thefirst time since 2004.

Pogba, who has been linked

with a move to Juventus andReal Madrid, starred in United’sdominant first-half and waspart of a pretty chain of passingto set up 17-year-old MasonGreenwood’s first senior goal inthe seventh minute.

Moments later, a powerfulstrike from the French midfield-er was well saved by goalkeep-er Kiko Casilla.

But it was only a matter oftime before United brokethrough with a moment ofmagic in the 27th minute fromMarcus Rashford, a livewire inthe first half.

After a wondrous dribblepast the lead-foot defence, the

21-year-old expertly tapped itpast Casilla.

Manager Ole GunnarSolskjaer changed his entirelineup at half-time in a repeatof Saturday’s match againstPerth.

United continued to dictate,with Phil Jones scoring athumping header from a cornerkick in the 51st minute.

Anthony Martial roundedout a spectacular performancein the 68th minute by convert-ing a penalty after TahithChong was taken down in thebox.

The first clash in eightyears between the one-time

bitter enemies fizzled out, buta near capacity Perth Stadiumcrowd of 55,000 underlinedthe rivalry’s stature.

Romelu Lukaku was onceagain absent fuelling specula-tion he had been dropped fromthe squad amid reports he wasclose to securing a move to InterMilan.

United said the Belgiansuffered a knock at training.

United will have furtherpre-season games against InterMilan in Singapore on July 20and Tottenham in Shanghaion July 25, while Leeds willhead to Sydney to face WesternSydney Wanderers.

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Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu andKidambi Srikanth made impressive

starts to their campaign, progressing to thesecond round of the Indonesia Open withcontrasting wins at the BWF World TourSuper 1000 tournament here on Wednesday.

Rejuvenated after a month-long breakfrom a hectic BWF schedule, Sindhu andSrikanth prevailed over Japanese shuttlersAya Ohori and Kenta Nishimoto inwomen's and men’s singles respectively.

Fifth seed Sindhu, who is looking forher first title of the season, staved off a chal-lenge from Ohori with a 11-21, 21-15, 21-15 win, while eighth seed Srikanth, whohad entered the finals at India Open thisyear, beat Nishimoto 21-14, 21-13 in 38minutes.

While Sindhu extended her strangle-hold over Ohori with seventh straight vic-

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Premier League champions came from behind to beatWest Ham United 4-1 on Wednesday in China.

West Ham took the lead with a Mark Noble penal-ty before City levelled through David Silva, then LukasNmecha scored from the spot to give Pep Guardiola’sside the half-time lead.

England international Sterling, who enjoyed hisbest season last year for club and country, scored a

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The Indian football team was onWednesday handed a compara-tively easy draw for the 2022

World Cup second round Asian qual-ifiers, being clubbed with Qatar, Oman,Afghanistan and Bangladesh in GroupE.

The 40 Asian countries were divid-ed into eight groups of five teams eachin the draw held at the Asian FootballConfederation headquarters here. Allthe teams in each group will playhome-and-away round-robin matchesstarting from September 5.

The eight group winners and fourbest runners-up will advance to thefinal round of 2022 World Cup quali-fiers and the 2023 AFC Asian CupFinals, to be held in China.

The next best 24 teams from thesecond round of the joint qualifiers willcompete in a separate competition forthe remaining 12 slots in the 24-teamAFC Asian Cup.

India avoided the big guns fromPot 1 like Iran, Japan, Korea, Australiaand Saudi Arabia, but drew Asian Cupchampions Qatar. India were also notdrawn alongside bigger teams from Pot2 like Iraq and Uzbekistan.

India can beat the l ikes ofAfghanistan and Bangladesh and willhope to play their best against Oman,as well as World Cup hosts Qatar, if

they have to advance to the finalround of the qualifiers.

Interestingly, India were also drawnalong with Oman in the second roundqualifiers of the 2018 World Cup. TheArab nation beat India 2-1 (inBengaluru) and 3-0 (in Muscat) in2015.

But the latest clash between the twosides, just before the 2019 Asian Cup,had ended in a goal-less draw in AbuDhabi last December.

India head coach Igor Stimactermed the draw "a very tough chal-lenge".

"It will be an enormous challengefor your young team. We have beendrawn into a very tough group," Stimacsaid.

Without singling out any team,Stimac said that "we need to respectevery opposition".

"We need to respect everyone, notonly teams from Pot 1, and Pot 2, buteven teams from Pot 3, and Pot 4. TheIntercontinental Cup showed to all howstrange a game of football is. The twoteams which are playing the final(Tajikistan, and DPR Korea) are thelowest FIFA ranked teams in the tour-nament. That shows that everyone canbeat everyone," he said.

"I will teach the team to respect theopposition, but when we step on to thepitch, we will do everything to win.That is the way I am going to prepare

my team. We are just at the beginningof our journey. I hope that it will be along one," he added.

Wednesday's draw was conductedby FIFA Director of CompetitionsChristian Unger and Australian legendTim Cahill.

Asia's top ranked side Iran, whowill be aiming for a third consecutiveWorld Cup appearance, were pooled inGroup C alongside Iraq, Bahrain,Hong Kong and Cambodia.

Japan, Asia's best performers in the2018 FIFA World Cup where they weredefeated by Belgium in the Round of16, were drawn in Group F withKyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Myanmarand Mongolia.

Korea Republic, who haveappeared in every edition of the FIFAWorld Cup Finals since 1986, will haveLebanon, DPR Korea, Turkmenistanand Sri Lanka in Group H of the AsianQualifiers.

Saudi Arabia will face Uzbekistan,Palestine, Yemen and Singapore inGroup D while Australia will go upagainst Jordan, Chinese Taipei, Kuwaitand Nepal in Group B.

China, the host country for theAFC Asian Cup 2023, will have to nav-igate past Syria, Philippines, Maldivesand Guam in Group A in their bid fora second appearance in the FIFAWorld Cup Finals, its first since 2002edition.

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After a Champions Leaguetitle with Liverpool, Sadio

Mane is out to conquer a sec-ond continent in as manymonths as Senegal attempt tocapture a first Africa Cup ofNations title against Algeria inFriday's final in Cairo. A calfinjury ruined Mane's 2015Cup of Nations, while hismissed penalty knocked theteam out in a quarter-finalshootout two years ago, and hehas already twice failed fromthe spot in Egypt.

Mirroring the fortunes ofthe Teranga Lions, oftenfavourites but never champi-ons, the 27-year-old has some-times disappointed, althoughhe likely holds the key toSenegal erasing 60 years ofhurt in African football.Coming off his most prolificPremier League season, finish-ing in a three-way tie for the

golden boot with 22 goals, anda European crown in June,Mane is the face of a new, suc-cessful generation anddeserves recognition in thebattle for the revered Ballond'Or.

As the spearhead of ateam that returned to theWorld Cup in 2018 after a 16-year absence, Mane has guid-ed his side to the Cup ofNations final, the country'ssecond after 2002, with threegoals and an assist at thistournament. "He has some-thing unique, nothing is pre-dictable with him. There is noplan he can be held to. He canmake the difference at anymoment, with a dribble, apass or a sudden attack," saidSenegal coach Aliou Cisse.Hehas made Mane the focal pointof a fearsome, yet ever-chang-ing attack amid the shufflingof Ismaila Sarr, Keita Balde andKrepin Diatta around the con-

sistent presence of MbayeNiang and Mane.

In the absence of the sus-pended Kalidou Koulibaly, theforward will be forced toassume added responsibilitiesto get his hands on the trophy,an obsession for Senegal andtheir coach, who was the cap-tain of the runners-up 17years ago.

"I'm even ready to swap aChampions League for a Cupof Nations. Going to Dakarwith the trophy would beextraordinary. It would be mywildest dream," Mane toldFrance Football ahead of thecompetition. Victory in twodays' time would put Mane inesteemed company as one ofjust a handful of players withboth Champions League andCup of Nations honours, join-ing the likes of Cameroon'sSamuel Eto'o, Ivorian pairSalomon Kalou and YayaToure, Nigerians Finidi George

and John Obi Mikel, Ghana'sAbedi Pele and Rabah Madjerof Algeria.

It would also make a com-pelling argument for Mane'sBallon d'Or prospects, withLiberia's George Weah, in1995, the only African to haveclaimed the prestigious prize.

In front of him thoughstand the irrepressible duo ofLionel Messi and CristianoRonaldo, as well as club team-mate Alisson, Brazil's CopaAmerica-winning goalkeep-er. "You can't think about theBallon d'Or. What's importantfor Sadio is that he continuesto fight for the team and deliv-ers performances. He's in thatmindset. My talks with him areclear: give everything for theteam, and the team will giveyou it back," said Cisse. "He'sa boy whose head is screwedon right, who understandsthe team will always comebefore individuals."

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tory, it was Srikanth’s fifth win overNishomoto, who had defeated theIndian only once in their six meet-ings.

While World No 5 Sindhu willface either Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldtor Hong Kong’s Yip Pui Yin next,World No 9 Srikanth meets thewinner of the clash between France’sBrice Leverdez and Hong Kong’s NgKa Long Angus.

Among other Indians, HSPrannoy and B Sai Praneeth bowedout of the men’s singles competition.

brace in the sec-ond half as WestHam’s defencewent AWOL inNanjing.

Gu ard i o l afielded a mixtureof first-team reg-ulars and reserveswith Silva leadingthe side andKevin De Bruyne,who missed mostof last seasoninjured, a second-half substitute.

He wasjoined after thebreak by Germanwinger LeroySane, who hasbeen linked witha big-moneymove to BayernMunich.

S p a n i s hi nt e r nat i on a lmidfielder Rodrijoined City earli-er this month ona five-year dealfrom AtleticoMadrid.

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The Kapil Dev-led ad-hoc com-mittee has emerged as the fron-

trunner to pick the next nationalcoach but a final decision on panelformation would be taken only afterthe next Supreme Court hearing.

The application deadline for allthe coaching roles is July 30.

The Committee ofAdministrators (CoA) runningIndian cricket had asked the court fordirections on the continuation ofCricket Advisory Committee (CAC)comprising Sachin Tendulkar, SouravGanguly and VVS Laxman.

However, if there is no directivefrom the court on CAC, the CoAmight be left with no other alterna-tive but task the Dev-led committeewith picking the national coach, amove that could again divide the SC-appointed panel.

One thing is certain that nopanel would be formed till the nexthearing.

The ad-hoc body comprisingformer India captain Kapil,Anshuman Gaekwad and ShanthaRangaswamy had earlier appointedW V Raman as the Indian women’steam coach in December.

Earlier in the day, one of themembers confirmed that the BCCIhas approached the ad-hoc commit-tee to pick the men’s head coach aswell.

Back then, the CoA was a two-member panel — comprising chair-man Vinod Rai and former Indiacaptain Diana Edulji, who had called

the women's coach selection processunconstitutional.

She had asserted that only theCricket Advisory Committee wasempowered to do so. CoA is now athree-member body with theappointment of Lt General RaviThodge in February.

But with serious doubts over thefuture of CAC owing to conflict ofinterest charges, the CoA may haveconsidered it prudent to hand theresponsibility to the ad-hoc panel.

While Tendulkar has beencleared of conflict of interest charges,Ganguly and Laxman have been

asked to choose one out of their mul-tiple cricketing roles as per theBCCI constitution.

The COA, however, is yet to takea call on the matter.

Dev and Ranagsawamy too fallin the ambit of conflict of interest asthey are also responsible for the for-mation of the players’ association asper the new BCCI constitution.

The BCCI on Tuesday invitedapplications for the men’s team sup-port staff, including head coachwho will need to be less than 60 yearsof age with a minimum internation-al experience of two years.

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Andrew Strauss,England team director,

is all praise for captainEoin Morgan, saying hehas climbed Everest — thehighest mountain in theworld — by winning theWorld Cup 2019.

On July 14, Morgan-led England ended the 44-year-old drought tobecome world championswhen they defeated NewZealand on boundarycount in the summit clashof the 2019 edition of theshowpiece event.

“The question for himis what he wants to achievehere,” ESPNcricinfo quotedStrauss as saying, “becausehe has climbed Everest.That is the question for allthe players, because wehave made mistakes in thepast. We’ve won Ashesseries and got to No 1 inthe world and thought thatwas the end in itself.

“We have to find a wayof making this a launchpadfor something bigger andbetter and that is a hugechallenge,” added Strauss.

The former Englandskipper also said that it’supto Morgan to decidewhether he wants to leadthe side or not.

“I certainly hope thatwhat he is doing right now,unless he is absolutely clearhe wants to carry on, is justtaking a bit of time toreflect where he is at,” saidStrauss.

“To stay on as captainhe needs to be driven andmotivated to push peopleon as he has done over thelast four years and if he hasthe bit between his teeththen we’ve seen just what afantastic leader he is,” headded.

Wicketkeeper-batsmanJos Buttler, who is current-ly vice-captain in all threeformats, is Morgan’s mostlikely successor. He haspreviously led the side insix ODIs and four T20Is.

On Monday, Buttlersaid there was “no reason”why Morgan should notstay on as captain. “Thereis plenty of life in him yet,”he said. “I hope (he carrieson). He has done anincredible job. He is thebest captain we’ve ever hadand all of us love playingunder him. We are all veryhopeful.”

England will now shifttheir focus to Test cricketas they will face arch-rivalsAustralia in the five-matchAshes Series beginningAugust 1.

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India head coach RaviShastri has saluted New

Zealand skipper KaneWilliamson for showingremarkable composureduring his team’s heart-breaking loss to Englandin the World Cup final,where the winner wasdecided by boundarycount rule at Lord’s.

“Your composure anddignity viewing thesequence of events wasremarkable. Your dignifiedgrace and silence 48 hourssince is simply remarkable.

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Skipper ManishPandey struck

an impressivecentur y whileKrunal Pandyatook five wicketsto guide India Ato a 148-run winover West IndiesA in the third unof-ficial ODI and takean unassailable 3-0 leadin the five-match series here.

Opting to bat, India A put on a big total of295 for 6 in their allotted 50 overs and thenbowled out the hosts for 147 in 34.2 overs.

Although the visitors lost their openerAnmolpreet Singh for nought, the other open-ing batsman Gill (77 off 81 balls) and one-downShreyas Iyer (47 off 69 balls) shared a valuable109-run stand for the second wicket.

Thereafter, Pandey continued from whereGill had left, scoring a 100 off just 87 deliveries.

Pandey added a solid 110 runs with HanumaVihari (29) for the fourth wicket.

Chasing 296 for a win, the home team gotoff to a decent start with John Campbell (21) andSunil Ambris (30) putting on 51 runs togetherfor the opening wicket.

But soon, Krunal (5/25) ran through theirbatting line-up with a fifer to bowl West IndiesA out for below 150 runs.

Lower down the order, Keemo Paul (34) triedto put up some resistance but at the end it wasa comfortable victory for the Indians.

India A had won the earlier two matches atCoolidge (by 65 runs) on July 11 and at NorthSound (by 65 runs) on July 14.

The fourth and fifth unofficial ODIs betweenthe two sides will be played at Coolidge on Fridayand Sunday respectively.

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England have give JasonRoy his first Test call-upto face Ireland after the

Surrey opener played a key rolein his country’s historic WorldCup triumph, but pace bowlerMark Wood will be sidelinedfor between four and six weeks.

Roy was a crucial part ofEngland’s first World Cup-winning campaign, with hisreturn after missing threematches with a torn hamstringcoinciding with the winningstreak that carried them to thetitle.

South Africa-born Royscored 443 runs in the WorldCup, but England’s selectorswere keen to get him red-ballpractice ahead of the Ashesseries against old rivalsAustralia, which starts onAugust 1 at Edgbaston.

However, Durham’s Wood,who has a side strain, andSussex paceman Jofra Archer,suffering from the same injury,were not selected for theIreland clash.

Wood is expected to be outof action for four to six weeksfollowing the injury he sus-tained in Sunday’s final, leav-ing him certain to miss thestart of the five-Test Ashes.

Roy’s aggressive approachset the tone for England’sWorld Cup run, which culmi-nated in Sunday’s thrilling finalvictory over New Zealand.

With England meetingIreland at Lord’s in a Testmatch next week — scheduledfor four days instead of thestandard five — Roy will behanded the chance to underlinehis ability to thrive in thelonger form of the sport as wellas in limited overs.

It will be the 28-year-old’sfirst first-class match since lastNovember when he batted atnumber three for the EnglandLions against Pakistan A inAbu Dhabi, making 59 off 73balls.

England chairman of selec-

tors Ed Smith confirmed Roywould make his debut againstIreland, telling Sky Sports: “Wehave total confidence he will beable to adapt to red ball crick-et.”

On James Anderson’schances of being involvedagainst Ireland as he returnsfrom a calf tear, Smith added:“It's not clear. He’s makinggood progress and, if he’s fit toplay without risk againstIreland, that’s a possibility.”

After Eoin Morgan cap-tained England’s World Cupteam, it is Joe Root whoresumed his role as Test skip-per against Ireland.

Root’s squad includesSomerset bowling all-rounderLewis Gregory, who earnedhis first call-up after impress-ing for Somerset and the

England Lions.The 27-year-old has been

in fine form this campaign tak-ing 44 wickets at an average of13.88.

He is currently captainingthe England Lions againstAustralia XI in a tour match atCanterbury.

Warwickshire seamer OllyStone, who made his England’sone-day international debutlast winter in Sri Lanka, earnshis second call up to the Testsquad.

Stone, 25, has fully recov-ered from a back injury, whichhad kept him out for most ofthis season.

Lancashire wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Butt ler andDurham all-rounder BenStokes — man of the match inthe World Cup final — wereboth rested after their exploitsin the 50-over tournament.

Archer, who has yet tomake his England debut in Testcricket, will have a period ofrest before being considered forselection for the Ashes.

He will have a short breakin Barbados before returning tothe UK later this month.

After playing a pivotal rolein the World Cup triumph,Archer has been awarded anincrement contract by the ECBfor the next 12 months.

Meanwhile, a squad of 16players will attend a pre-Ashestraining camp this weekend atSt George’s Park, the FootballAssociation’s national footballcentre in Burton.

That group includes WorldCup winners Roy, Root, Buttler,Stokes, Wood, Chris Woakes,Jonny Bairstow and MoeenAli.

England squad to faceIreland in Test match at Lord’s,starting on July 24:

Joe Root (capt), MoeenAli, Jimmy Anderson, JonnyBairstow, Stuart Broad, RoryBurns, Sam Curran, Joe Denly,Lewis Gregory, Jack Leach,Jason Roy, Olly Stone, ChrisWoakes.

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Pakistan chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haqstepped down as the chief selector on

Wednesday but was open to take up any newassignment from the Cricket Board.

The under-fire chief selector told a pressconference in Lahore that he would not seekan extension or renewal of his contract,which expires on July 31.

“After more than three years as chief selec-tor, I have decided not to seek a renewal of mycontract,” the former skipper said.

“With the ICC World Test Championshipdue to get underway in September, the ICCT20 World Cup in 2020 and the ICC Men’sCricket World Cup 2023, I believe it is the righttime for the Pakistan Cricket Board to appointa new chief selector who can bring in new ideasand fresh thinking.

“I spoke to PCB chairman Ehsan Mani andManaging Director Wasim Khan on Mondayand conveyed my decision to them separate-ly. I also thanked them for backing and sup-porting the selection committee since takingover the reins of Pakistan cricket,” Inzamam,the most capped Test player, said.

A veteran of 120 Tests came under severecriticism as the chief selector for being uncer-tain about some selection decisions and poorplanning ahead of the World Cup, wherePakistan failed to qualify for the knockouts.

Chief selector since mid-2016, Inzamamheaded the selection committee that alsoincluded Wasim Haider, Tauseef Ahmed andWajahatullah Wasti

His decision to rest captain SarfarazAhmed and five other players for the one-dayseries against Australia in UAE before theWorld Cup was slammed by former stalwarts,critics and fans alike.

Inzamam claimed that the national teamhad come a long way since the retirements ofstalwarts like Misbah-ul-Haq and YounusKhan in May 2017 and now the youngstershave grown in experience and stature.

“They are now ready to excel and perform

consistently across the three formats. It hasbeen a pleasure to see these players grow andmake names for themselves in internationalcricket.

“I will follow their progress with interestbecause I firmly believe these players have allthe ingredients to take the Pakistan cricketteam to greater heights,” he said.

Inzamam did admit that the team couldhave done better during his tenure and theplayers have more potential than their resultsreflected.

“The team could have performed betterduring my time than the results reflect and Imay have inadvertently overlooked somepotentially deserving players, but I havealways had the best interests of Pakistan crick-et foremost in my heart. I hope the passion-ate Pakistan cricket fans will understand andcan see this in my decisions.”

Inzamam insisted that he, along with cap-tain Sarfaraz Ahmed and coach Mickey Arthurhad worked well as a group, stayed togetherin difficult times and continued to collective-ly move in the same direction.

Inzamam, meanwhile, made it clear thathe was ready to take up any new job that thePCB offered him.

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England World Cup heroBen Stokes asked the

umpires to take away the fouroverthrows that proved decisiveduring their summit clash winover New Zealand on Sunday,according to his Test team-mate Jimmy Anderson.

A throw from Black Capsfielder Martin Guptill deflect-ed off Stokes’ bat while he wasdiving to reach his crease tocomplete the second run andthe ball ran off to the boundaryin the dying stages of theEngland run chase.

Having taken into accountthe two completed runs and theresultant boundary from theoverthrow, Stokes was awardedsix runs, though some expertshave opined that he shouldonly have got five, which wouldhave left England a run short ofNew Zealand’s total of 241 for8.

If Stokes had his way, thematch might have neverreached a tie and gone to aSuper Over, where both teamsscored 15 runs and Englandeventually won the World Cupon boundary count.

Anderson, who will be

Stokes’ Test team-mate for theupcoming Ashes series againstAustralia, said that the Englandall-rounder, who apologisedthe moment the incident hap-pened by raising his hands, hadappealed to the umpires tooverturn their decision.

“The etiquette in cricket isif the ball is thrown at thestumps and it hits you and goesinto a gap in the field you don’trun. But if it goes to the bound-ary, in the rules it’s four and youcan’t do anything about it,”Anderson told the BBC’sTailenders podcast.

“I think, talking to Michael

Vaughan who saw him (Stokes)after the game, Ben Stokesactually went to the umpiresand said, ‘Can you take that fourruns off. We don’t want it’. Butit’s in the rules and that’s the wayit is,” added Anderson.

“It’s been talked about for awhile among the players, poten-tially that being a dead ball if itdoes hit the batsman and veeroff somewhere.”

Christchurch-born Stokessaid after the summit clashthat he might have to say sorry“for the rest of my life” for theextra runs which he labelled“fluke”.

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