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F ormer Finance and Home Minister P Chidambaram will spend at least four days in the CBI custody. A Delhi court on Thursday allowed the CBI plea for custodial interrogation of Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case till August 26. The agency had sought a five-day remand to unearth the larger conspiracy in the case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar asked the CBI to con- duct medical examination on Chidambaram as per the rules. The court also allowed the family members and lawyers of Chidambaram to meet him for half an hour every day dur- ing his CBI custody. “Considering the facts and circumstances, I am of the view that police custody is jus- tified,” said the judge and remanded him in CBI’s custody till August 26. Even if Chidambaram’s CBI custody ends on August 26, it will not be the end of his woes. The court could either deny him regular bail and send him to judicial custody, or the Enforcement Directorate could seek his custodial interrogation. In both the cases, it will be a while before Chidambaram could earn his freedom. The CBI sources said cus- todial interrogation was required as the agency gathered inputs indicating prima facie involvement of Chidambaram in other approvals by Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in which the former Finance Minister had alleged- ly received bribes through his son Karti’s firms. A number of Letters Rogatory (judicial requests) is pending in certain countries, CBI sources said. Chidambaram’s advocates opposed the CBI plea on the ground that all the other accused, including his son Karti, have already been grant- ed bail in the case. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, argued that the first arrest in the case was of Bhaskar Raman, chartered accountant of Karti, who is presently out on bail. Besides that, Peter and Indrani Mukherjea, also accused in the case, are out on default bail as they are in jail in connection with another matter, Sibal said. Contending that grant of bail was a rule, he asserted that the issue before the court was of personal liberty. He also con- tested the demand for five-day custodial interrogation of Chidambaram. Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, representing the CBI, told the court that the agency was not extorting con- fession but it has the right to reach the root of the case. Besides Sibal, senior advo- cate Abhishek M Singhvi appeared for Chidambaram and opposed CBI’s plea saying that the former Union Minister was not a flight risk. Singhvi said that the entire CBI case was based on the statement of Indrani Mukherjea, who has turned approver in the case. Chidambaram cannot answer what the CBI wants to hear and added that the agency cannot seek remand on the ground of evasive replies. There was no allegation of tampering of evidence by the CBI, Singhvi asserted. Singhvi contended that police remand can only be granted in special circum- stances and this was a case where there was no new devel- opment. He said the agency was asking Chidambaram only old questions since his arrest on Wednesday night. Continued on Page 4 I n a desperate move to stoke violence in Jammu & Kashmir after the abrogation of its special status under Article 370 and to internationalise the issue, Pakistan has started recruiting battle-hardened Afghan and Pashtun fighters to create trouble in the State. Nearly 100 of these fight- ers are now perched at launch pads to infiltrate into the State. At the same time, there is fear that terrorists might plan “spec- tacular strikes” within Kashmir and other major Indian cities. Besides this hard intelli- gence input, reports also indi- cate that Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has deployed a team of at least 12 terrorists to under- take cross-border raids and target security forces on the Line of Control (LoC). Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT), Afghan militants and highly trained Special Services Group (SSG) of the Pakistan Army may specially target Lipa Valley in North Kashmir. Giving details of these lat- est developments across the border after the revocation of Article 370 nearly three weeks back, officials in the security establishment said on Thursday the JeM also held a meeting presided over by Rauf Asghar, brother of JeM chief Masood Azhar, in Bahawalpur on August 19 to draw the strate- gy to engineer terrorist attacks. The meeting was also attended by launch comman- ders of JeM. They oversee infil- tration of terrorists after the Pakistan Army gives them cover fire. As regards to using Afghan fighters hailing from North- West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said the ISI and the Pakistan Army resort- ed to it due to depleting strength of local Kashmiri ter- rorists. Continued on Page 4 I n yet another case of crimi- nal apathy, five sanitation workers who had entered into a sewer died after inhaling toxic gas in Nandgram locali- ty on Thursday. The police have registered a case of neg- ligence causing death and launched an investigation to fix responsibility. Authorities have been asked to submit a report within 15 days. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while expressing condolence over the death of the workers, announced a compensation of 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased who were identified as Damodar (40), Horil (35), Sandip (30), Shiv Kumar (32) and Vijay Kumar (40), all res- idents of Samastipur in Bihar. They were working at a project, sanctioned by the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, to connect domestic sewer lines with the main drainage system of the city, District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said. They were employed by a private contractor, which was carrying out the project under Amrit Yojna of the civic body’s water department in Krishna Colony near Nandgram area under Sihani Gate police sta- tion limits, he said. Around 1 pm, one of the men went inside the sewer line but did not come out. Then one by one the other four men went inside to find the rest. When none of them came out, another man went inside and saw the five men lying in an unconscious state, the official said. The contractor did not provide safety kits to the work- ers, the DM added. The men were rushed to nearby Mariam Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, the DM said. “Bodies of sanitation workers were taken to hospital with help of locals. A worker went unconscious after inhaling poisonous gas, after which other sanitation workers jumped to save him, however, they also lost their lives in rescue attempt,” said a local resident of the area. A case has been lodged against the contractor, EMS Infracon, and three of its engi- neers after the civic body filed a police complaint alleging negligence. E quity markets saw a blood- bath on Thursday sinking by 587 points as the Government dashed any hope of a stimulus — something being talked about for a fort- night — to revive the sagging economy. The bears latched on to the news to go for aggressive selling, pushing the index to six-month low. The rupee also continued with its freefall, and ended at 71.81 to a dollar, hit- ting eight-month low. The market has been con- solidating in the range of 11900-11100 (Nifty) for the past fortnight in the hope that stimulus package was on the way. It is bizarre that all these days no Government official cared to deny media reports about possible stimulus such as withdrawal of surcharge on FIP investment and removal of minimum alternate tax (MAT) as well as a package for revival of the auto sector. Soon after Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian on Thursday said using taxpayers’ money to bail out companies going through a “sunset” phase will create moral hazards and such a step is an anathema to the market economy, the marked tanked, triggering another round of selling in banking, auto and metal stocks. Continued on Page 4 O pposition parties, includ- ing the Congress, the TMC, the DMK, the RJD, the Samajwadi Party and the National Conference staged a protest in the national Capital on Thursday seeking immedi- ate release of political leaders put under detention in Jammu & Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D Raja, SP leader Ramgopal Yadav, Loktantrik Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav, RJD’s Manoj Jha and TMC’s Dinesh Trivedi were among those who took part in the protest. Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti took the opportunity to join the protest after his father was arrested by CBI on Wednesday night in connection with a money-laundering case. Addressing the protest, Azad said, “There is something grave happening in the State and the Government is hiding it from us. He also slammed the role of the country’s media, say- ing, “It is being reported by for- eign media but not our media.” Blaming the Modi Government for perpetrating excesses on the people of the State, Azad evoked the mem- ory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying he was a thorough gentleman, a great parliamentarian and a democrat. “If Vajpayee was at the helm of affairs, this would not have happened,” he added. Yechury alleged that the Centre had manipulated the Constitution and the process had started months ago when the ruling BJP withdrew from the coalition Government, headed by Mehbooba Mufti, in Jammu & Kashmir. “All this is a part of a larger conspiracy. They want to make India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ (Hindu nation) by abrogating the Constitution itself,” he said. In a resolution passed dur- ing the protest, the Opposition parties said as a consequence of abrogation of Article 370 with- out holding consultations with the people of Jammu & Kashmir or their representa- tives, an undeclared state of Emergency had come to force in the Valley. Continued on Page 4 A day after Dalits organised a rally to protest the demo- lition of Sant Ravidas temple in Tughlakabad by the Delhi Development Authority on the Supreme Court order, the Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to reconstruct the temple at the “same spot” and demanded that the Central Government to bring an ordi- nance to transfer the land right for Sant Ravidas temple. The Assembly demanded that the Centre should file a review petition before the Supreme Court. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated, “The site was donated by the Afgan monarch Sikander Lodhi to Sant Ravidas, who is widely worshipped by the Dalit and other communities. This is a historically significant site which Sant Ravidas visited and lived for some time and forms a part of Dalit struggle for iden- tity and rights. Demolishing this temple not only crushes the religious sentiments but also the history of Dalit struggle.” Continued on Page 4 C ountries like India, Iran, Russia and Turkey would have to fight against terrorists in Afghanistan at some point of time, President Donald Trump has said, ruing that the job against the extremists is being done only by the United States some 7,000 miles away. “Look, India is right there. They are not fighting it. We are fighting it. Pakistan is right next door. They are fighting it very little. Very, very little. It’s not fair. The United States is 7,000 miles away,” Trump said. The US President said on Wednesday that other nations currently are making very less efforts against the terrorists in Afghanistan. “At a certain point Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey they are going to have to fight their battles too. We wiped out the caliphate 100 per cent. I did it in record time but at a certain point all of these other countries where ISIS is around they have been deci- mated by the way, badly decimated,” Trump told reporters at the White House while responding to a question on the reemergence of ISIS in Afghanistan. “All of these countries are going to have to fight them because do we want to stay there for another 19 years? I don’t think so. So, at a certain point other countries and that includes Russia and it includes Iran and Turkey and Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan and India,” he said.

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Former Finance and HomeMinister P Chidambaram

will spend at least four days inthe CBI custody. A Delhi courton Thursday allowed the CBIplea for custodial interrogationof Chidambaram in the INXMedia corruption case tillAugust 26. The agency hadsought a five-day remand tounearth the larger conspiracyin the case.

Special Judge Ajay KumarKuhar asked the CBI to con-duct medical examination onChidambaram as per the rules.The court also allowed thefamily members and lawyers ofChidambaram to meet himfor half an hour every day dur-ing his CBI custody.

“Considering the facts andcircumstances, I am of theview that police custody is jus-tified,” said the judge andremanded him in CBI’s custodytill August 26.

Even if Chidambaram’sCBI custody ends on August26, it will not be the end of hiswoes. The court could eitherdeny him regular bail and sendhim to judicial custody, or theEnforcement Directorate couldseek his custodial interrogation.

In both the cases, it will be awhile before Chidambaramcould earn his freedom.

The CBI sources said cus-todial interrogation wasrequired as the agency gatheredinputs indicating prima facieinvolvement of Chidambaramin other approvals by ForeignInvestment Promotion Board(FIPB) in which the formerFinance Minister had alleged-ly received bribes through his

son Karti’s firms. A number ofLetters Rogatory (judicialrequests) is pending in certaincountries, CBI sources said.

Chidambaram’s advocatesopposed the CBI plea on theground that all the otheraccused, including his sonKarti, have already been grant-ed bail in the case.

Senior advocate KapilSibal, appearing forChidambaram, argued that the

first arrest in the case was ofBhaskar Raman, charteredaccountant of Karti, who ispresently out on bail. Besidesthat, Peter and IndraniMukherjea, also accused inthe case, are out on default bailas they are in jail in connectionwith another matter, Sibal said.

Contending that grant ofbail was a rule, he asserted thatthe issue before the court wasof personal liberty. He also con-

tested the demand for five-daycustodial interrogation ofChidambaram.

Solicitor General (SG)Tushar Mehta, representingthe CBI, told the court that theagency was not extorting con-fession but it has the right toreach the root of the case.

Besides Sibal, senior advo-cate Abhishek M Singhviappeared for Chidambaramand opposed CBI’s plea sayingthat the former Union Ministerwas not a flight risk. Singhvisaid that the entire CBI casewas based on the statement ofIndrani Mukherjea, who hasturned approver in the case.

Chidambaram cannotanswer what the CBI wants tohear and added that the agencycannot seek remand on theground of evasive replies. Therewas no allegation of tamperingof evidence by the CBI, Singhviasserted.

Singhvi contended thatpolice remand can only begranted in special circum-stances and this was a casewhere there was no new devel-opment. He said the agencywas asking Chidambaram onlyold questions since his arrest onWednesday night.

Continued on Page 4

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In a desperate move to stokeviolence in Jammu &

Kashmir after the abrogation ofits special status under Article370 and to internationalise theissue, Pakistan has startedrecruiting battle-hardenedAfghan and Pashtun fighters tocreate trouble in the State.

Nearly 100 of these fight-ers are now perched at launchpads to infiltrate into the State.At the same time, there is fearthat terrorists might plan “spec-tacular strikes” within Kashmirand other major Indian cities.

Besides this hard intelli-gence input, reports also indi-cate that Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) has deployed a team ofat least 12 terrorists to under-take cross-border raids andtarget security forces on theLine of Control (LoC).Pakistan’s Border Action Team

(BAT), Afghan militants andhighly trained Special ServicesGroup (SSG) of the PakistanArmy may specially target LipaValley in North Kashmir.

Giving details of these lat-est developments across theborder after the revocation ofArticle 370 nearly three weeksback, officials in the securityestablishment said on Thursdaythe JeM also held a meetingpresided over by Rauf Asghar,brother of JeM chief MasoodAzhar, in Bahawalpur onAugust 19 to draw the strate-

gy to engineer terrorist attacks. The meeting was also

attended by launch comman-ders of JeM. They oversee infil-tration of terrorists after thePakistan Army gives themcover fire.

As regards to using Afghanfighters hailing from North-West Frontier Province(NWFP), officials said the ISIand the Pakistan Army resort-ed to it due to depletingstrength of local Kashmiri ter-rorists.

Continued on Page 4

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In yet another case of crimi-nal apathy, five sanitation

workers who had entered intoa sewer died after inhalingtoxic gas in Nandgram locali-ty on Thursday. The policehave registered a case of neg-ligence causing death andlaunched an investigation to fixresponsibility. Authorities havebeen asked to submit a reportwithin 15 days.

Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath,while expressing condolenceover the death of the workers,announced a compensation of�5 lakh to the kin of thedeceased who were identifiedas Damodar (40), Horil (35),Sandip (30), Shiv Kumar (32)and Vijay Kumar (40), all res-idents of Samastipur in Bihar.

They were working at aproject, sanctioned by theGhaziabad MunicipalCorporation, to connectdomestic sewer lines with themain drainage system of the

city, District Magistrate AjayShankar Pandey said.

They were employed by aprivate contractor, which wascarrying out the project under

Amrit Yojna of the civic body’swater department in KrishnaColony near Nandgram areaunder Sihani Gate police sta-tion limits, he said.

Around 1 pm, one of themen went inside the sewerline but did not come out. Thenone by one the other four menwent inside to find the rest.When none of them came out,another man went inside andsaw the five men lying in anunconscious state, the officialsaid. The contractor did notprovide safety kits to the work-ers, the DM added.

The men were rushed tonearby Mariam Hospital, wheredoctors declared them broughtdead, the DM said. “Bodies ofsanitation workers were takento hospital with help of locals.A worker went unconsciousafter inhaling poisonous gas,after which other sanitationworkers jumped to save him,however, they also lost theirlives in rescue attempt,” said alocal resident of the area.

A case has been lodgedagainst the contractor, EMSInfracon, and three of its engi-neers after the civic body fileda police complaint allegingnegligence.

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Equity markets saw a blood-bath on Thursday sinking

by 587 points as theGovernment dashed any hopeof a stimulus — somethingbeing talked about for a fort-night — to revive the saggingeconomy. The bears latched onto the news to go for aggressiveselling, pushing the index tosix-month low. The rupee alsocontinued with its freefall, andended at 71.81 to a dollar, hit-ting eight-month low.

The market has been con-solidating in the range of11900-11100 (Nifty) for thepast fortnight in the hope thatstimulus package was on theway. It is bizarre that all thesedays no Government officialcared to deny media reportsabout possible stimulus such aswithdrawal of surcharge on

FIP investment and removal ofminimum alternate tax (MAT)as well as a package for revivalof the auto sector.

Soon after Chief EconomicAdviser KrishnamurthySubramanian on Thursday saidusing taxpayers’ money to bailout companies going througha “sunset” phase will createmoral hazards and such a stepis an anathema to the marketeconomy, the marked tanked,triggering another round ofselling in banking, auto andmetal stocks.

Continued on Page 4

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Opposition parties, includ-ing the Congress, the

TMC, the DMK, the RJD, theSamajwadi Party and theNational Conference staged aprotest in the national Capitalon Thursday seeking immedi-ate release of political leadersput under detention in Jammu& Kashmir after the abrogationof Article 370.

Congress leader GhulamNabi Azad, CPI(M) generalsecretary Sitaram Yechury, CPIgeneral secretary D Raja, SPleader Ramgopal Yadav,Loktantrik Janata Dal’s SharadYadav, RJD’s Manoj Jha andTMC’s Dinesh Trivedi wereamong those who took part inthe protest. Congress leader PChidambaram’s son Karti took

the opportunity to join theprotest after his father wasarrested by CBI on Wednesdaynight in connection with amoney-laundering case.

Addressing the protest,

Azad said, “There is somethinggrave happening in the Stateand the Government is hidingit from us. He also slammed therole of the country’s media, say-ing, “It is being reported by for-

eign media but not our media.”Blaming the Modi

Government for perpetratingexcesses on the people of theState, Azad evoked the mem-ory of former Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying hewas a thorough gentleman, agreat parliamentarian and ademocrat. “If Vajpayee was atthe helm of affairs, this wouldnot have happened,” he added.

Yechury alleged that theCentre had manipulated theConstitution and the processhad started months ago whenthe ruling BJP withdrew fromthe coalition Government,headed by Mehbooba Mufti, inJammu & Kashmir. “All this isa part of a larger conspiracy.They want to make India a‘Hindu Rashtra’ (Hindu nation)by abrogating the Constitutionitself,” he said.

In a resolution passed dur-ing the protest, the Oppositionparties said as a consequence ofabrogation of Article 370 with-out holding consultations withthe people of Jammu &Kashmir or their representa-tives, an undeclared state ofEmergency had come to forcein the Valley.

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Aday after Dalits organiseda rally to protest the demo-

lition of Sant Ravidas temple inTughlakabad by the DelhiDevelopment Authority on theSupreme Court order, the DelhiAssembly on Thursday passeda resolution to reconstruct thetemple at the “same spot” anddemanded that the CentralGovernment to bring an ordi-nance to transfer the land rightfor Sant Ravidas temple.

The Assembly demandedthat the Centre should file areview petition before theSupreme Court.

The resolution moved byChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

stated, “The site was donated bythe Afgan monarch SikanderLodhi to Sant Ravidas, who iswidely worshipped by the Dalitand other communities. This isa historically significant sitewhich Sant Ravidas visited andlived for some time and formsa part of Dalit struggle for iden-tity and rights. Demolishingthis temple not only crushes thereligious sentiments but alsothe history of Dalit struggle.”

Continued on Page 4

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Countries like India, Iran,Russia and Turkey would

have to fight against terroristsin Afghanistan at some point oftime, President Donald Trumphas said, ruing thatthe job against theextremists is beingdone only by theUnited States some7,000 miles away.“Look, India is rightthere. They are notfighting it. We arefighting it. Pakistanis right next door.They are fighting itvery little. Very, very little. It’snot fair. The United States is7,000 miles away,” Trump said.

The US President said onWednesday that other nationscurrently are making very lessefforts against the terrorists inAfghanistan. “At a certain pointRussia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,

Turkey they are going to haveto fight their battles too. Wewiped out the caliphate 100 percent. I did it in record time butat a certain point all of theseother countries where ISIS isaround they have been deci-

mated by the way,badly decimated,”Trump toldreporters at theWhite House whileresponding to aquestion on thereemergence ofISIS inAfghanistan.

“All of thesecountries are going

to have to fight them becausedo we want to stay there foranother 19 years? I don’t thinkso. So, at a certain point othercountries and that includesRussia and it includes Iranand Turkey and Iraq andAfghanistan and Pakistan andIndia,” he said.

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The North Delhi MunicipalCorporation has launched

a three day campaign in all 104wards of North Delhi to sensi-tise residents about vectorborne diseases like dengue,malaria and chikungunya.

A senior corporation saidthat in this awareness cam-paign, areas prone to mosqui-to breeding in governmentbuildings, police stations andschools will be checked bypublic health department. Theofficial said that insecticides arealso being sprayed as per therequirement in such areas tocontrol breeding.

Urmila Chaudhary,Chairperson of the anti-malar-ia committee also visitedRohini Zone to inspect schools,government offices and underconstruction premises in thearea. In addition, the publichealth department staff and'Dengue Breeding Checkers'(DBCs) went door-to-door tocheck the breeding of mosqui-toes and also distributed spe-cially designed pamphlets onprevention of vector borne dis-eases.

Besides, officials fromhealth department in associa-tion of zonal officials also vis-ited schools and briefed chil-dren about the diseases causedby mosquitoes and how to

prevent breeding in their sur-rounding, the official said.

Chaudhary appealed pub-lic to cooperate to preventdengue, malaria and chikun-gunya. She expressed her con-cern over the rising outbreak ofdengue and malaria this year,saying that prevention is thebest option we have to preventit as there is no treatment fordengue.

The National Capital haswitnessed a spurt in cases ofmalaria as the number ofpatients suffering from the dis-ease has crossed 300 marks.Also, 17 fresh cases of denguetraced last week, taking thetotal number of patients to 198.However, out of total cases ofmalaria, 183 cases diagnosedbelong to the neighbouringstates while 123 patients suf-fering from dengue traced in

Delhi belong to other states. According to SDMC which

tabulates the data on vector-borne diseases in the city all thethree corporations have foundmosquito-breeding in at least75,133 households and 67,548legal notices have been issuedthis year. Last year, 2,798dengue cases and four deathswere recorded by the SDMC.

Doctors in the city have advised people to usemosquito repellents, wear fullSleeve clothes and avoid placesthat are more prone to the dis-eases.

According to the SDMC,10 people had died due todengue in Delhi in 2017, ofwhich five were not residents ofthe national capital. Overall, thevector-borne disease hadaffected 9,271 people in the citylast year.

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The Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana policeclaimed to have arrested a wanted arms supplier named

Praveen Chaudhary from Jewar in UttarPradesh onWednesday evening. He was involved in dozen cases ofmurder, loot and Arms Act and was wanted in Delhi, NCRand Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, the accused had supplied 150illegal weapons and ammunitions to members of SunderBhati gang, Balraj Bhati gang, Anil Dujana gang and NeetuDabodia gang.

The accused is reported to have told the police thathe used to supply weapons to sharpshooters of the gang.He also took care of the logistics for gang members forcarrying out operations in the state.

"Chaudhary also revealed his involvement in severalincidents of murder, loot and illegal arms supply. We expectto get more information from him during his policeremand," Inspector Sandeep Kumar, STF (Gurugram) said.

The arrest was made based on a tip-of and the STFteam received a lead input about his presence in UttarPradesh's Jewar and nabbed him.

The accused was also involved in a case of roberywhich he had committed along with his three accomplicesat Badshahpur in Gurugram. A case in this regard had beenregistered at the Badshahpur police station including ArmsAct.

"The accused has served a jail term in the past. Duringthe questioning, the accused reveals that he was in con-tact with a gangster and wanted to eliminate someone.Chaudhary had also killed someone in Aligarh court.

"He was one of the most wanted criminals. Severalother cases are also registered against them, regarding mur-

ders, loot includingArms Act.

He will be pro-duced before the dis-trict court for ques-tioning further,"Kumar, said.

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In order to generate aware-ness among children about

the concept of ‘safe touch’,the North Delhi MunicipalCorporation (NMC) hasdirected its schools toobserve a "Child SafetyWeek" from September 9-14.

A safety team of the civicbody will explain to the chil-

dren about the concept of"safe touch". A senior NMCofficial said that the schoolsafety committee shouldinclude the head of the school,four students, four parentsfrom the school managementcommittee, a senior teacher, aprimary teacher and a mem-ber of the non-teaching staff.It should also have a bal-anced representation of maleand female members, headded. The civic body isundertaking this initiativealong with the DelhiCommission For Protection ofChild Rights (DCPCR). Thecivic body has directed theheads of its schools to consti-tute safety sub-committeeswithin 10 days if they are notalready in place.

According to circular

issued by the civic agency allheads of schools are directed toensure that the safety com-mittees in each school under-take a 'Monthly Safety Walk'during the week to ensuresuccessful completion of theSafety Week.

It also said a 45-minutesession on "safe touch" be heldfor the students of Classesfour and five. The educationdepartment of the NMC willclosely monitor the process,the circular said, adding thatthe monthly safety walks beconducted on a regular basishenceforth.

It has divided the schoolsinto various zones and fiveschools from each zone will beissued appreciation lettersdepending upon the indepen-dent observation of officials.

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Amid the row over theinstallation of statue in the

Delhi, the Congress backedNational Student Union ofIndia (NSUI) has blackened thebust of Veer Savarkar and gar-landed the busts of BhagatSingh and Netaji SubhashChandra Bose installed by theAkhil Bhartiya VidyartiParishad (ABVP) led DelhiUniversity Students' Union(DUSU) at Delhi University'sArt Faculty.

The bust was installed bythe DUSU president ShaktiSingh on Tuesday, who was alsoearlier demanded to renamethe DUSU office by VeerSavarkar.

Crticising the move ofABVP, the leader of NSUI said,"Savarkar cannot be kept on thesame pedestal as that of Boseand Singh". About 20 NSUIactivists blackened the bust ofSavarkar and offered a shoechain on the mid night ofThursday. They also raised slo-gans Bhagat Singh and Netajiamar rahe (long live).

"How could they have putthe bust of Savarkar alongsideNetaji and Bhagat Singh, thattoo overnight? We had to takematter in our hands. The uni-versity administration has beensilent about the issue. The var-sity is working at the behest ofABVP, the child unit of RSS,"said Akshay Lakhra, NSUIleader.

The ABVP called it a"heinous act". "Last night, thehumiliation done by the NSUIto the statue of Veer Savarkarat Delhi University is a heinousact and such an act for trivialpolitical interests reflects theCongress' thinking of the greatfreedom fighter of India," said

Monika Chaudhary, thenational media convenor ofABVP.

The ABVP will make stu-dents aware about this "nega-tive mindset" of the NSUI andits parent organisation, shesaid. "In the context of thisdeplorable act, the ABVP urgesthe administration to take sternaction against those involved ininsulting the statue of freedomfighter," Chaudhary said.

Sources said DU ProctorNeeta Sehgal issued a showcause notice to former DUSUpresident Shakti Singh onWednesday demanding ananswer on his act of installingthe bust without due permis-sion from the authorities with-in 24 hours.

Shakti Singh's tenure asDUSU president ended onAugust 21. The DelhiUniversity Students' Unionpolls will be held on September12. On Wednesday, the ABVPhad said it has instructed itsoffice-bearers in the DUSU toshift the busts to the office tillthe time the university admin-istration grants permission.

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The Delhi Police has arrest-ed three men for allegedly

beating two persons after theircar was allegedly hit by the vic-tim's vehicle in west Delhi'sPunjabi Bagh area. The inci-dent occurred on the inter-vening night of Wednesdayand Thursday and a video ofthe incident also went viral onsocial media.

The accused have beenidentified as Prabhjot Singh(27), Gagan Shegal (29), resi-dents of Tilak Nagar and PreetSingh (31), a resident of VikasPuri.

According to a seniorpolice official, Amit Bagga, anowner of a departmental store,lodged a complaint at PunjabiBagh police station where he

alleged that on Thursday ataround 12.30 AM, he, alongwith his manager Yugam, waspreparing to go back to thehome.

"One Swift car came frombehind in a rash and negligencemanner and hit his I-10 car,which was parked outside hisstore. The driver of the Swiftcar was inebriated," said the

police official. "Suddenly, the occupants

of the car started beating himand his manager Yugam andalso called their accomplices.Bagga ran towards stilt park-ing but they chased him andbeaten him mercilessly.Thereafter, they fled from thespot along with Bagga's bagcontaining around Rs 12 to

15 lakh," said the police official. "Later, a case under rele-

vant sections of the IndianPenal Code has been registeredand the accused were arrested.The accused, Prabhjot is aproperty dealer, Preet is a cardealer and Shegal is a contrac-tor," said the police officialadding that further investiga-tion is going on.

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A25-year-old man, citizen ofNepal, was allegedly

sodomised by his roommate inMukherjee Nargar area. Theincident took place on the inter-vening night of Tuesday andWednesday. Police said thatthey have arrested the accused.

According to Vijyanta Arya,the Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (DCP), North West dis-trict, on Wednesday, the victim,a resident of Nepal and present-ly working as cook in PayingGuest house in Indira VikasColony filed a complaint withthe police.

"In his complaint he statedthat on the night of 20/21, hewas present in his room. Atabout 1.00 am his roommateand another cook in the samePG identified as Gaurav, a res-ident of Indira Vikas colony,came to the room in an inebri-ated state and forcefully com-mitted unnatural sex with him,"said the DCP.

"Following the complaint, acase under section 377 of IPCwas registered and investigationwas taken up. During investigation, the complaint wasmedically examined andaccused Gaurav was arrested.He has been sent to judicial cus-tody," said the DCP addingthat further investigation isgoing on.

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In order to speed up devel-opment projects in East

Delhi, Member of ParliamentGautam Gambhir andCommissioner of East DelhiMunicipal Corporation(EDMC) Dr Dilraj Kaur held ajoint meeting with representa-tives of 'Oil and Natural GasCorporation' (ONGC) toexplore the possibility ofCorporate Social Responsibility(CSR) fund.

During the meeting, theEDMC officials appraised theMP and ONGC officials aboutthe areas where Corporationneeds fund through CSR.EDMC Commissioner said thatthe civic body needs funds insome key areas like- sanitation,solid waste management andeducation. "Considering thefinancial condition of theEDMC, CSR and other helpsare needed for the successfulimplementation of variousdevelopment programmes in atime bound manner," sheadded.

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The water level receded fur-ther on Thursday and was

recorded below the dangermark. Residents, who shifted totemporary makeshift tents aftertheir houses flooded, startedreturning back.

According to report, thelevel of Yamuna water atRailway Bridge was 206.60metres at 10 am. It is expectedto recede further, a seniorGovernment official said.

The water level of Yamunareached the highest level of206.60 metres on Wednesdaymorning. The river startedreceding from afternoon andflowed at 206.44 metres at 6

pm. It had crossed the dangermark of 205.33 metres onMonday.

Around 23,000 affectedpeople have been evacuatedfrom the flood-plains to saferplaces. Over 18,000 of themwere accommodated in morethan 2700 relief tents set up by

the Delhi Government agencies.Some tents remained

vacant as many residents at theYamuna Khadar didn’t vacatetheir shanties. Earlier onWednesday, Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal metpeople affected by the floodand said the Government willensure that there is no shortageof relief materials.

The river flows through sixdistricts of Delhi whose low-lying areas are prone to flood-ing. The administration hasdeployed 30 boats to preventaccidental drowning. In 1978,the water in the river rose to itshighest-ever level of 207.49metres, causing a devastatingflood in the national Capital.

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Aday after protest overdemolition of Ravidas tem-

ple turned violent onWednesday, Tughlaqabad inSouth east Delhi on Thursdaylimped back to normalcy as theDelhi Police deployed a strongposse of armed police person-nel in Govindpuri, Alaknandaand Tughlaqabad to keep trou-blemakers at bay.

“Police keeping a tight vigilon each and every activity in thearea. Around 60 CRP person-nel along with police have been

deployed on the temple site.Further pickets have been alsoinstalled at various points as aprecautionary measure,” saidChinmoy Biswal, the DeputyCommissioner of Police (DCP),South-East district.

Earlier, police had installeda board at the temple sitewhich says, “This land belongsto the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority (DDA) according toa Supreme Court order.Occupying it is a punishableoffence.”

However, a group of peo-ple, after being denied entry to

the temple site went on ram-page and clashed with resi-dents, passersby and DelhiPolice personnel onWednesday night.

RESIDENTS SPEAK“There has been a heavy

police deployment sinceWednesday morning as thetemple site is on walking dis-tance from here. At 6 pmpolice official came to us andasked us to close shops assoon as possible,” said KamalGupta, who is running a sweetshop in Tughlaqabad Extensionfor the last 10 years.

“We were pulling downshutters of our shops whensuddenly around 6.50 pm sev-eral people came and startedpelting stones at our shops andvehicles standing on roadside.Seeing the situation we alsolocked up ourselves includingfew customers in the shop till9 pm, They even broke theCCTV camera installed infront of my shop,” said Gupta.

“They had vandalised apolice bike in front of us andalso broke several car glasses.They were also using woodenbattens and whatever was com-ing in their way,” said Hari Om,a shopkeeper in the area addingthat the crowd dispersed in theresidential colonies after policeteam arrived here.

OKHLA ESTATE ROAD“After the group of protes-

tors entered the area we hadalready locked ourself insideour houses. The crowd herebroke several cars parked onmain road and in residentialarea,” said Atul Kashyap, a res-ident. “When the mob hadpassed away from the area wecame out of house and saw sev-eral vehicles were damaged bythe mob,” said Abdul, whoruns a briyani shop and is res-ident of the area.

“If they were protestingwhy did they vandalise somany vehicles. They couldhave raised their demand in apeaceful manner not by dis-turbing peace and people in thearea. Now we have a fear of thismob coming again,” saidTushar, a resident.

TIMELINEOn Wednesday, around 4

pm, a group of Dalit activists

who had gathered at theRamlila Maidan began march-ing towards Tughlaqabad.

“To maintain law and ordersituation in the area policehad already deployed heavyforce in the area but around4,000/5,000 agitators broke thebarricades. When police dis-suaded the protesters, they dis-persed but gathered again insmall numbers nearNizamuddin,” said a seniorpolice official.

“Police had set up barri-cades near Ashram Chowkand then at Maa Anand Mayi

Marg to stop them from reach-ing the site of the demolishedRavidas temple. However, theymixed among the locals toavoid being stopped by thepolice,” said the senior policeofficial.

Around 6 pm, the maindrama began when protestersbroke one layer of barricadeafter another when police triedto stop them from getting closeto the temple that was demol-ished 10 days ago.

The protesters approachedthe site, which had been cor-doned off by the Delhi Police.

However, several police officialswere also asked to call in theirteams and more than 600policemen covered the area inthe next one hour. A four layerbarricade was set up by thepolice, two of which were bro-ken by the protesters.

The protesters started pelt-ing stones at the police teamsas soon as police tried to stopthem. Around 7 pm, policestarted using tear gas shells butthe stone pelting continued.

The protesters smashedthe windshields and windowpanes of more than 20 cars

parked along the road. Seeingthe agitated crowd, the localsstarted to run haywire to savetheir lives. A few residentseven opened the gates of theirhouses for the locals.

“Around six Governmentvehicles were set on fire by themob. Several other vehicles onroads and residential areaswere also damaged by themob,” said a police official. Theprotesters were forced to recedeafter 29 rounds of tear gasshelling. Around 96 protesterswere arrested by the police.

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Terming the claim ofinstalling 2, 80,000 CCTV

cameras across the nationalCapital false, the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) Delhi unitpresident Manoj Tiwari criti-cised Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, saying theGovernment is misleading peo-ple at the cost of the publicexchequer.

“The amount being spenton advertisements is the moneyrecovered as taxes from thepeople of Delhi. The reality isthat CCTV cameras have notbeen installed in entire Delhi.Nobody can find these cameras

in any area and wherever thecameras have been installed,they are either out of order orno arrangement has been madefor their proper maintenance,”he said.

Tiwari said these camerasshould have been installed inthe first or second year of thetenure of this Government butit has not been installed even

after four and half years. “It clearly shows that the

publicity is being done in viewof the forthcoming AssemblyElections. All the MPs of Delhihave worked for the develop-ment of Delhi with the help ofCentral Government in theirareas whereas KejriwalGovernment has tried toobstruct the works related to thewelfare of the people,” he added.

He further said that peo-ple of Delhi expected healthyand clean Delhi but even afterfour and a half years of histenure, the AAP Governmenthas not taken any step to curbthe alarming level of pollutionin Delhi.

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Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar MLA AjayDutt tore open his shirt outside

the Delhi Assembly on Thursday toprotest against the recent demolitionof a Ravidas temple. “If the BJP peo-ple don’t want to let us live then theyshould hit us with sticks”, the AAPMLA said.

The Ravidas temple was demol-ished by the DDA earlier this monthon the orders of the Supreme Court.

Dalit protesters, who had taken tothe streets to protest the demolition ofthe temple on Wednesday had broughttraffic movement in several parts ofDelhi to a standstill. The protestersasked the central government torebuild the temple. The protest hadturned violent on Wednesday night,leaving several people, includingpolicemen, injured.

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Justice Sunil Gaur, who paved the way forformer finance minister and senior

Congress leader P Chidambaram’s arrestin the INX Media case by dismissing hisanticipatory bail plea, retired as a DelhiHigh Court judge on Thursday.

He had also passed an order clearingthe decks for prosecution of top Congressleaders, including Sonia and RahulGandhi, in the National Herald case.

Justice Gaur was elevated to the highcourt in April 2008. He was designated asa permanent judge on April 11, 2012.During his tenure, he heard several otherhigh profile cases.

On Monday, he denied anticipatorybail to businessman Ratul Puri, nephew ofsenior Congress leader and MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in theAgustaWestland chopper scam.

He had passed a judgement last yearasking Associated Journals Ltd, the pub-lisher of Congress mouth piece NationalHerald, to vacate its office at ITO here.

The decision was upheld by a divisionbench of the high court, but was put onhold by the Supreme Court in April this

year. The matter is still pending in the apexcourt.

Justice Gaur also dealt with someissues arising out of corruption cases,including the money laundering caseagainst controversial meat exporter MoinQureshi.

Denying anticipatory bail toChidambaram in the INX Media case onTuesday, the 62-year-old judge haddescribed him as the “kingpin”.

The Congress leader, who was arrest-ed by the Central Bureau of Investigationon Wednesday night, moved the SupremeCourt against the order.The apex court willhear Chidambaram’s plea on Friday.

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Reacting tothe state-

ment of DelhiChief MinisterArvind Kejriwalon Sant RavidasTemple in theAssembly onT h u r s d a y ,Leader ofO p p o s i t i o nVijender Guptasaid the ChiefMinister hastaken a irre-sponsible andi m p r a c t i c a lstand by reject-ing his proposalto remove theland of templefrom the forestcategory.

Gupta saidKejriwal wantsthe mattershould remain entangled in theCourts forever. “The ChiefMinister is putting obstacles inthe way to solution. I was mar-shaled out of the Assemblyalong with MLA O P Sharmaafter suggesting the solution onthis matter after discussionwith the Union EnvironmentMinister Prakash Javadekar,” hesaid.

Addressing the House,Gupta suggested that the mostappropriate and simple solutionis to remove the temple landfrom the category of forestland. “It is the responsibility ofthe Delhi Government to do

so,” he said.He said he had discussed

the matter with UnionEnvironment Minister PrakashJavadekar. He assured that ifthe Delhi Government removesforest tag from the templeland, Union Government willleave no stone unturned inmaking the place as grand asenvisioned by the devotees ofSant Ravi Dass. The DelhiGovernment should take ini-tiative and the BJPGovernment will discharge itsresponsibility of constructinggrand memorial to the greatsaint.

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ADelhi court on Thursdaysent Chandrashekhar

Azad alias Ravan, the BhimArmy chief, along with 95other protesters, to judicialcustody after they were arrest-ed following charges of rioting,attempt to murder and unlaw-ful Assembly.

Azad and other protesterswere detained on Wednesdaynight from Tughlaqabad areaafter they had staged a violentprotest by Dalits against thedemolition of a Ravidas tem-ple turned violent, promptingpolice to resort to “mild lath-icharge” and use tear gas shellsto disperse the mob.

After the mob took a vio-lent turn around six police per-sonnel were injured while 15protestors also sustained minor

injuries. “Station House Officer

(SHO) of Jaitpur police station,Anand Prakash, HeadConstable Narendra and SubInspector Jitender sustainedsevere injuries after they wereattacked with a sharp edgedweapon. They were dischargedafter a treatment at the hospital,” said a senior policeofficial.

“Police have also recoveredseveral wooden sticks (lathis)and iron rods from the spot,where most of the rioters weredetained. Crime team alsoinspected the spot,” said thesenior police official.

“Police on Wednesdaynight registered a FirstInformation Report (FIR)under sections143/147/148/149/186/353/332/308/323/435/437/120B/34 ofIndian Penal Code (IPC) at

Govindpuri police station,”said Chinmoy Biswal, theDeputy Commissioner ofPolice (DCP), South-East dis-trict.

“Police teams and CRPhave been deployed near thesite as a precautionary mea-sure,” the DCP added.

Meanwhile, condemningthe incident, an umbrella bodyof Dalit groups, which protest-ed the demolition of a Ravidastemple in Ramlila Maidan inCentral Delhi said that themarch to the disputed site inthe area on Wednesdayevening was a personal deci-sion of a few people.

Ahosk Bharti, the con-venor of the Akhil BhartiyaSant Shiromani Guru RavidasMandir Sanyukt SanrakshanSamiti said that those whomarched to the site of the tem-ple, had gone themselves.

“No directions were issuedby Samiti regarding the marchtowards site. People had goneon the site on their own will.We condemn the violence, butpeople should know it was thepolice that used force againstthe protesters first,” he claimed.

Bharti said the protestershad resolved to install a statue of Sant Ravidas at the site of the temple demol-ished by the DelhiDevelopment Authority onAugust 10 on the orders of theSupreme Court.

“We will do it sooner orlater, but in a peaceful manner.Some people become emo-tional Wednesday evening andthe protest took a violent turn.It was a one-day protest at theRamlila Maidan and people,who had come from variousstates, are now returning totheir homes,” said Bharti.

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From Page 1“Thus, the House resolves that the Central

Government has badly mishandled this issueby not supporting their cause in the court oflaw which finally led to its unjustified andunfortunate demolition,” it said.

Addressing the House,Kejriwal said Aam AadmiParty (AAP) Governmentwill construct the templeirrespective of the cost.

“I am ready to give 100acre in exchange of thefour acre where the templewas located, respecting thesentiments of people, wewant the temple should beconstructed on the samelocation,” said Kejriwal.

“Guru Ravidas livedthere and his vibrations arestill alive. There is a signif-icance of the land where thetemple was exist,” Kejriwaladded.

“Central government, Delhi DevelopmentAuthority (DDA) and Lieutenant Governor arethe main party in this case and they may filea review petition in the Court,” the CM said.

From Page 1Sustained operations

have seen the leadership ofnearly all local terroristsneutralised and the shelf-life of local militants nowranges from three days tofour months.

In this backdrop,Pakistan is determined toraise the violence level bypushing in Afghan fighters,they said adding a recruit-ment drive to rope them inPakistan OccupiedKashmir (POK). Moreover,the proscribed JeM lastweek conducted a sort ofrefresher course in Manserain Pakistan to motivate theterrorists to wage war

against India, officials said.Moreover, the firing pat-

tern as part of ceasefire vio-lations in the last few daysindicate that the infiltrationpush is likely to come infrom Uri, Keran and Gurez(north of Pir Panjal) andNaushera in south of PirPanjal, sources said.

Cautioning that vio-lence will be calibrated, offi-cials said incidents will takeplace once restrictions onmovement will be gradual-ly removed in the KashmirValley. They admitted inci-dents will see backlash in theState and other parts of thecountry and security forceshave to prepared to meet

with the challenge.Meanwhile, on the

efforts to take the issue toworld forum, Pakistan hasactivated Kashmir cell in allits missions and their offi-cials are addressing thePakistan Diaspora in sev-eral western countries.Moreover, Pakistan hashired lobbyists to furtherthe so-called cause ofKashmir. If violence takesplace in the State, Pakistanwill try to take the highmoral ground claiming thatsituation is not under con-trol and no longer an inter-nal matter of India therebynecessitating internationalintervention, they said.

From Page 1Mehta countered the argu-

ments put forth byChidambaram’s lawyers statingthat everybody was equalbefore the court. Mehta saidcertain facts about the case can-not be narrated in an opencourt and also opposed the pleathat Chidambaram be allowedto argue for himself, saying hehas able lawyers representinghim.

Mehta, during his initialarguments, said thatChidambaram entered into acriminal conspiracy with oth-ers in the scam.

“He is not cooperating inthe investigation,” Mehta said.

Chidambaram has beenevasive in replies and graveoffence was committed, he fur-ther said, adding it is a seriousand monumental case ofmoney laundering.

He also saidChidambaram’s custodial inter-rogation was necessary tounearth the “quid pro quo andlarger conspiracy” and he isrequired to be confronted withdocuments.

Opposing CBI’s arguments,Sibal contended that what theagency has said should not betaken as “gospel truth”. Sibalsaid Chidambaram was asked12 questions and he hadalready answered six of thempreviously.

Investigators don’t knowwhat to ask and they don’t havequestions ready with them,Sibal told the court.

After his arrest onWednesday night,Chidambaram was interrogat-ed only on Thursday morningat 11 am, he said.

During the arguments,Chidambaram said he has notslept for last 24 hours.

Sibal further argued thatCBI could have written a letterto Chidambaram for producingthe documents alleged to be inhis possession and the agencycannot say he was evasive dur-ing the investigation.

Contending that what hasbeen stated in the CBI casediary was not the truth, Sibalsaid it cannot be considered asevidence.

Mehta, during his argu-

ments, placed the Delhi HighCourt’s judgement dismissingChidambaram’s anticipatorybail plea and also referred tothe observations made in it.

He said chargesheet has notbeen filed in the case yet andthe case is at pre-chargesheetstage, therefore, “we need mate-rial which Chidambaram isholding”.

“Effective investigation ispossible only in custodial inter-rogation,” he argued.

Mehta contended that seri-ous, active and informed roleof the accused is made out andmoney trail is made out andhas to be probed.

Chidambaram’s custodialinterrogation is required to getanswer of certain questionsfor effective probe, he said.

Soon after entering thecourtroom at Rouse Avenue,73-year-old Chidambaram wasseen having discussion with hisparty leaders and senior advo-cates Sibal, Singhvi and VivekTankha.

Chidambaram’s familymembers, including his wifeNalini and son Karti, werealso present in the court dur-ing the hearing.

The CBI had registered anFIR on May 15, 2017, alleging

irregularities in the ForeignInvestment Promotion Board(FIPB) clearance granted to theINX Media group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during Chidambaram’stenure as the Finance Minister.

Following the CBI case, theEnforcement Directorate (ED)had registered a money laun-

dering case in 2018 in this con-nection.

Meanwhile, the SupremeCourt sent Chidambaram’splea challenging the DelhiHigh Court verdict dismissinghis anticipatory bail plea in thecase for hearing before a Benchheaded by Justice RBanumathi.

From Page 1Power Secretary Subhash

Chandra Garg also said lowinterest rates and availability ofcredit to private sector are bet-ter tools than a fiscal stimulus.

A weakening rupee, whichhit its lowest level in eightmonths, and lacklustre globalcues further weighed oninvestor sentiment, traders said.The 30-share BSE Sensex sank587.44 points, or 1.59 per cent,to finish at 36,472.93. Thebroader NSE Nifty slumped177.35 points, or 1.62 per cent,to 10,741.35. Both the keyindices closed lower for thethird straight session.

“Never has been in my40-year experience in the mar-ket, did I see wealth destructionlike the one we are seeingnow,” says Ram Das Agrawal,founder of the Motilal Oswal,commenting on the one wayfall in the market where hun-dreds of stocks have hit 52-week low.

While global slowdownhas seen equity market plum-meting across the world, butIndia has underperformedmost of its Asian peers, most-ly because there has not beenpolicy incentives to deal withthe crisis. Of course, the RBIhas provided monetary stimu-lus by lowering interest rate, butin the absence of demand cre-ation, credit off take itself hascome down.

Yes Bank was the biggestlaggard in the Sensex pack,plummeting 13.91 per cent, fol-lowed by Vedanta, BajajFinance and Tata Motors,which declined up to 7.76 percent. ONGC, SBI, HeroMotoCorp, ICICI Bank, TataSteel, HDFC twins and RIL alsoclosed with losses.

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The Babri Masjid was builtafter demolishing a Ram

temple at the disputed site inAyodhya and Hindus kept wor-shipping there without givingup its possession, a Hindu liti-gant Thursday told the SupremeCourt, while seeking enforce-ment of right to worship there.

Devotee Gopal SinghVisharad, who filed the lawsuitin the lower court in 1950 seek-ing right to pray, died in 1986and is now represented by hisson Rajendra Singh.

The five judge Constitutionbench headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi heard the argu-ments on the 10th day in thedecades-old politically sensitiveland dispute.

“The mosque was built after

demolishing the temple, anddespite that Hindus continuedworshipping there and did notgive up possession...Moreover,Muslims were never in posses-sion of the site,” senior advocateRanjit Kumar told the benchwhich also comprised JusticesSA Bobde, DY Chandrachud,Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer.

“I am making my submis-sions with reference toParasaran’s and Vaidyanathan’ssubmissions (both lawyers rep-resented the deity) that the placeis itself a divine site and that Ibeing the worshipper, my rightto worship, which is a civil right,should not be curtailed,” he said.

Referring to records, thesenior lawyer said magistrateMarkandey Singh onDecember 29, 1949 had initi-ated proceedings to attach thedisputed structure under theCode of Criminal Procedure(CrPC) following communaldisturbances.

The magistrate had soughtresponses from Hindu and

Muslim parties in support oftheir claim and counter claimover the property.

Twenty affidavits were filedin 1950 by persons from bothsides before the magistrate andthey are also part of the judi-cial records of the AllahabadHigh Court.

“Filing affidavits, per se, isnot enough to prove them. Thedeponents will have to appear toprove them... No court can saythat the facts of these affidavitsare proved,” the bench said.

These affidavits were filedin 1950 and the trial on lawsuitstook place “much much later”,the lawyer said.

The high court did notaccept the affidavits sayingthat the deponents were notavailable for cross examination,he said, adding that they arepart of the judicial recordsand be accepted by the apexcourt as the magistrate had ver-ified the statements and iden-tity of the deponents (makersof the affidavits).

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Aplea was filed in theSupreme Court on

Thursday challenging the con-stitutional validity of theamendments to the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act(UAPA) on the ground thatthese infringed upon the fun-damental rights of citizens.

The bill for amendments tothe UAPA was passed byParliament on August 2 and itreceived the President’s ascenton August 9. The amended Actallows the Centre to designateindividuals as terrorists andseize their properties.

The UAPA AmendmentAct, 2019 also provides forputting a travel ban on suchindividuals once they aredeclared as terrorists. The peti-tion has been filed by theAssociation for Protection ofCivil Rights (APCR), an NGO,which said the amendmentsinfringed upon the fundamen-tal right to reputation and dig-nity under Article 21 of theConstitution, without substan-tive and procedural due process.

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The Regional EmpoweredCommittee (REC), formed

by the Environment Ministry,has granted approval to a roadwidening project from Pathankotto Kullu on the condition that itwill involve minimum felling oftrees. As per the project propo-nent, the road widening workinvolves felling of 1,537 trees.

The REC granted theStage-1 approval to the project,asking the State Public WorksDepartment (PWD), the pro-poser, to deposit with it the NetPresent Value of the forestland being diverted for non-forestry purpose. The projectrequires diversion of 7.67hectare of protected forest land,the panel noted.

“Legal status of the forestland will remain unchanged.Efforts should be made to fellminimum number of trees.The trees should be felledunder strict supervision of thestate forest department,” theREC said, adding that no dam-age should be done to the

adjoining forest land.Clearance under the Forest

Conservation (FC) Act, isgranted in two stages.

While in Stage-I, the pro-posal is agreed to in-principle inwhich usually compensatoryafforestation, funds for raisingcompensatory afforestationthereof, realisation of Net PresentValue (NPV) of forest are stipu-lated and after receipt of com-pliance report from the state gov-ernment in respect of the stipu-lated conditions, formal approvalunder the FC Act is issued.

The in-principle agree-ment and formal approvalunder the FC Act are com-

monly referred to as stage-I andstage-II approval under theFC Act respectively.

“The User Agency (PWD)shall raise strip plantation onboth sides and central verge ofthe road at the project cost withmaintenance of seven to tenyears,” the panel directed whileapproving the project.

The PWD, in its proposal,had submitted that the pro-posed alignment does not passthrough any national park orwildlife sanctuary and involvesfelling of 1,537 trees. It said thatcompensatory afforestation hasbeen proposed at 15.34 ha inPathankot.

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The National HighwaysAuthority of India (NHAI)

told the Supreme CourtThursday that the Rs 10,000crore Salem-Chennai 8-lanegreen corridor road project isof “national importance” andthe Madras High Court haderred in quashing the landacquisition process.

The ambitious 277.3-kmgreenfield project connectingSalem and Chennai under thecentral government’s‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’ schemeaims to cut travel time betweenthe two cities by half, to abouttwo hours and 15 minutes.

The NHAI told a benchheaded by Justice N V Ramanathat the high court had held thatenvironmental clearance (EC)was mandatory for the project.

“The reasons given by thehigh court (in the judgement)are factually incorrect,” SolicitorGeneral Tushar Mehta, appear-ing for the NHAI, told thebench which also comprised

Justices M M Shantanagoudarand Ajay Rastogi.

Mehta said the high courterred in saying that grant ofprior environmental clearancewas necessary for the project.

“If we have to take envi-ronmental clearance first andthen go for land acquisitionthen it will be like putting thecart before the horse,” Mehtatold the bench.

He said there was no dis-pute on the fact that EC isrequired before commence-ment of construction work forthe project.

One of the advocates,appearing for the farmers whohad moved the high courtchallenging land acquisitionproceedings, told the benchthat initially the project was forconnecting Chennai andMadurai but later it waschanged to Salem-Chennai.

The bench told Mehta thathe should give a flow chartreferring to legal questions aswell as the factual matrix of thecase.

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The Enforcement Directorate hasattached properties worth over �19

lakh of a man booked under the anti-money laundering law for allegedly dup-ing people by promising them secureadmission in an Uttarakhand medical col-lege.

Rohit Singh Chauhan is being probedfor cheating people to the tune of �1.29crore by dishonestly inducing them in get-ting admission in post-graduation cours-es under the management quota in HIHTMedical College, Dehradun, an officialsaid.

The properties attached under thePrevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA) are a 0.138-hectare plot valued at�4.83 lakh and a flat in New Delhi worth�14.69 lakh.

The plot is in the name of Chauhanand his father and the plot, in addition tothe two, is in the name of his mother, theofficial said.

The ED had initiated the probe on thebasis of an FIR and chargesheet filed byUttarakhand police against Chauhan andother accused in the case.

Chauhan played an active role in dup-ing the complainants and collected fundsfrom them. He transferred the money tohis and his family members’ account andutilised it for personal use, the official said.

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The Medical Council ofIndia (MCI) has taken

exception to the alleged massragging at Saifai MedicalUniversity in Etawah asking itwhy it should not be fined anddeclared ineligible for newadmissions for a minimumperiod of one year.

“Why exemplary fine of Rs1 Lakh for each incident of rag-ging, that of 150X1 Lakh, thatis equal to Rs 150 Lakhs be notimposed upon the institute,”asked the Board of Governorsin Supersession of MedicalCouncil of India (MCI BoG).

Stating that the incidentbrings out the “complete failureof the College authorities inaddressing the menace of rag-ging,” the MCI has given theuniversity 24 hours to reply inthe matter .

It also asked why the seniorbatches admitted to MBBScourse be not suspended fromattending classes for a mini-mum period of one month.

According to reports, sev-eral first-year students of the

university were made to paradeon the campus with their headstonsured. A purported videoclip on social media showed thestudents in white coats walkingin a single file, bowing theirtonsured heads and also mak-ing ‘salaam’ gestures. Anotherclip showed them in rows.

Even while promising“strict action” on a news chan-nel, University Vice ChancellorRaj Kumar had on Wednesdayappeared to condone “mild”cases of this kind.

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Packaged food in India has been rankedlowest in terms of its healthiness in a

major global survey of packaged foodsand drinks, an observation that shouldcome as a wake-up call for the govern-ment, which is battling with providinghealthcare to increasing patients of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes.

The survey — of the packaged con-sumables of 12 countries and territories— conducted by The George Institute forGlobal Health showed that India has theunhealthiest ie high levels of sugar, satu-rated fat, salt and calories in many of thefavorite packaged food items.

The UK tops the chart with health-iest packaged food followed by the USAand Australia, says the survey conduct-ed by The George Institute for GlobalHealth. The study is published in the lat-est issue of ‘Obesity Reviews’.

Researchers had analyzed more than400,000 food and drink products from 12countries and territories around theworld. Countries were ranked usingAustralia’s Health Star Rating system —

which measures the levels of the nutrientssuch as energy, salt, sugar, saturated fat aswell as protein, calcium and fiber andassigns a star rating from ½ (least healthy)to 5 (the most healthy).

India’s packaged foods and drinkswere found to be the most energy-dense(kilojoule content 1515 kJ/100 g) andSouth African products were least ener-gy-dense at an average of 1044kJ/100 g.The UK had the highest average HealthStar Rating of 2.83, followed by the US at2.82 and Australia at 2.81. India got thelowest rating of just 2.27 preceded byChina at 2.43 with Chile coming thirdfrom bottom at 2.44.

Lead author Dr Elizabeth Dunfordsaid the results were concerning becausepackaged foods and drinks are driving adouble burden of diet-related diseases inmany low — and middle-income coun-tries.

“Globally we’re all eating more andmore processed foods and that’s a concernbecause our supermarkets’ shelves are fullof products that are high in bad fats, sugar,and salt and are potentially making ussick,” she said.

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At a time when the Congressis speaking with a forked

tongue on the Government’smove to abrogate the specialstatus to Jammu & Kashmirunder Article 370, there camea new one on Thursday assenior leader and former UnionMinister Jairam Ramesh soughthis party to introspect and seereason why Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s governancemodel was not a “complete neg-ative story”.

Not recognising his workand demonising him all thetime is not going to help, saidRamesh adding it is time werecognise Modi’s work andwhat he did between 2014 and2019 due to which he wasvoted back to power by over“30 per cent of the electorate”.

Crisis-hit Congress, whichremained headless for two anda half months following itspresident Rahul Gandhi’s res-ignation owning up for theparty’s Lok Sabha debacle, hasbeen speaking in different voic-es on the issue of Article 370with its young turks backingthe Modi Government’s move.In the Lok Sabha elections, theCongress had run a very per-sonalized campaign againstModi and sought to demolishhis model of administrationand governance.

“We talked about farmers’distress throughout our entirecampaign, people realise therewas farmers’ distress but theydid not hold Modi responsiblefor it. You saw what happenedin the elections result

thereafter. We have tounderstand what made himrespectable,” he said.

The BJP got 37.4 per centof votes in the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections and the NDA, as awhole, secured nearly 45 percent of votes.

“Let me tell you it is not a

completely negative story whenit comes to economics of thegovernance, the politics of thegovernance is completely dif-ferent,” he said, adding “thesocial relations that have beencreated out of his governancemodel is also completely dif-ferent”.

To prove his point, Rameshgave the example of the PradhanMantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUJ)and how successful it turned outfor Modi. “In 2019, all of us inthe political discourse madefun of one or two of his pro-

grammes, but it has turned outin all electoral studies that thePMUJ is one single programwhich has been able to connecthim with crores and crores ofwomen and given him the polit-ical traction which he didn’thave in 2014,” he pointed out.

“Now if we are going to runthis down and say this is allhocus pocus and say these arewrong numbers, we are notgoing to confront this guy,” hecautioned.

Ramesh made the remarkswhile launching a book,

“Malevolent Republic: A ShortHistory of the New India” writ-ten by Kapil Satish Komireddi,a political analyst.

“He (Modi) talks in a lan-guage that connects him withthe people. Unless we recognizethat he is doing things whichpeople recognise and whichhave not been done in the past,we are not going to be able toconfront this guy,” said theCongress leader.

“Also, if you are going todemonize him all the time, youare not going to be able to con-front him,” warned the formerUnion minister, who held theportfolios of RuralDevelopment, and DrinkingWater and Sanitation in theManmohan Singh government.

Ramesh, however, soughtto clarify that he is not askinganyone to praise or applaud theprime minister, but only wantsthe political class to at leastrecognise the traits he hasbrought to the governance --particularly the “economics ofgovernance”.

Stating that something hap-pened in the last decade, whichcatapulted Modi from a “non-entity in national politics” in the2009 general elections to some-one who won elections back toback, Ramesh said people of thecountry -- right or wrong -- arenot relating “current distress tohis presence”.

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The Union EnvironmentMinistry has decided to

do away with the mandatorycharging of lease rent of�30,000 per MW from windpower projects, a move aimedto boost the sector as well asbring it at par with the solarand hydroelectric power pro-jects to attract investments.

In a review meeting heldhere on Thursday, UnionEnvironment Minister PrakashJavadekar said the move willboost the investment in windpower projects and will help in

providing wind power atcheaper rate.

Currently, to establish windpower project over forest land,the existing procedure requirespayment of mandatory chargesfor compensatory afforesta-tion and Net Present value(NPV). In addition to manda-tory charges, the wind powercompanies had to pay addi-tional lease rent of 30,000 perMW.

“The Government envis-ages to meet maximum ener-gy requirement by tappingrenewal energy resources and,to achieve the target of clean

energy in a time bound man-ner, various policies and regu-lations are being constantlyupdated,” the Minister added.

This additional cost is notmandatory for other renewalenergy projects such as solarpower and hydel-electric pro-jects. Additional cost for gen-eration of clean energythrough wind power, in turnescalate the per unit cost ofpower at consumer level,added a senior official fromthe Ministry.

The government has set anambitious target of having 175GW of clean energy capacity by

2022, including 100 GW solarand 60 GW of wind energy.

Also, “promotions of suchprojects also strengthen gov-ernment’s commitmentstowards international agree-ments, and one of the nation-al commitments pledged inParis in 2015 was to have 40 percent of the power from renew-able resources by 2030.

“It is noteworthy that cur-rently India has over achievedthe target and is well on trackto ensure that more than 50 percent of our installed capacitywill come from renewable by2030,” said the official.

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The BJP on Thursdayattacked the Congress for

supporting P Chidambaram,arrested in the INX Mediacase, saying it has “united toprotect corruption” and that acourt’s decision to send him tofour-day CBI custody shows a“prima facie case of corruption”.

Senior BJP leader andUnion Minister PrakashJavadekar also rejected theCongress accusation that theaction against the formerfinance minister is “political

vendetta”. “In fact, justice ishappening,” he said.

“The CBI court’s decisionto send him in remand makesit clear that it is a corruptioncase. There is a prime facie caseand that is why the court hasremanded him to the probeagency’s custody. Therefore,the Congress accusation that itis political vendetta is wrong. Infact, justice is happening,”Javadekar told PTI.

With top Congress leaders,including Rahul and PriyankaGandhi, strongly defendingChidambaram and accusing

the Union government of polit-ical vendetta, Javadekar hitback at the opposition party.

The Congress has united toprotect corruption. It is synony-mous with corruption. When inpower, it looted the country leftright and centre,” he said, anddescribed the INX Media case asa “scam of massive corruption”.

He referred to several allegedscams, including those involvingcoal block allocations, 2G spec-trum and the CommonwealthGames, to say the Congress’ ruleduring 2004-14 was “synony-mous” with corruption. He also

spoke of “Jeeja ji scam”, anapparent reference to contro-versial land deals involvingCongress leader Rahul Gandhi’sbrother-in-law Robert Vadra.

Rejecting the Congress’allegation that the governmentwas behind the action of inves-tigation agencies, he said thematter should be left to inves-tigation agencies and courts.

Another BJP leader andUnion Minister MukhtarAbbas Naqvi said on Thursdaythat the opposition party wastrying to convert corruptioninto revolution.

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Congress president SoniaGandhi on Thursday said

that former Prime Ministerlate Rajiv Gandhi also got amassive poll mandate in 1984but he did not use it to createan atmosphere of fear or tothreaten people, in an indirectattack on the ModiGovernment.

Addressing an event mark-ing Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th birthanniversary, Sonia said that herhusband gave the message thatunity can be maintained by cel-ebrating India’s diversity.

Sonia said the formerPrime Minister’s 75th birthanniversary is not a ritual beingmarked by the Congress, but anoccasion to reaffirm its resolveto uphold the values thatinspired him. Rajiv Gandhi’sbirth anniversary is an occasionto resolve to stand up and con-front forces determined todestroy the values that inspiredhim, she said in the presence offormer PM Manmohan Singh,senior party leaders includingRahul Gandhi.

“Rajiv Gandhi never poseda threat to democracy, he neversuppressed public opinion. Hisethics and honesty alwaysinspired him. The work done

by the late PM is somethingthat cannot be merely with slo-gans and pride rather it needshard work and strong will,”Sonia said.

Without naming any par-ticular party or name, she saidtoday there are those who arebusy inventing a new past forus, Rajiv was engaged in invent-ing in preparing for a newfuture. “To him, the past has tobe understood in all its com-plexities to build pride, not tostoke prejudice, to strengthensocial harmony, not fuel antag-onism and polarize our society,a society whose heritage hasbeen enriched by multiplestreams of faiths, beliefs andculture. He was proud of ourpast, but, at the same time he

held a firm conviction thatIndia has to be a modernNation,” said Sonia.

She recalled how a sectionaccused him of being elitist butit was he who crafted the neweducation policy in 1986through which he looked uponrural India especially childrenand got a chain of JawaharNavodaya Vidyalayas in everysingle district.

“His political adversariesaccused him of being out oftouch with reality with his fix-ation for computers. Yet it isthis magnificent obsession withtechnology and modernity thathas made millions of youth inour country ready to tackle thechallenges of the digital era. Ibelieve that his strategic reasonslaid the foundations for pros-perity of our country in thecoming century,” Sonia said.

On the occasion she alsoasserted that electoral ups anddowns are inevitable and chal-lenges facing the Congress areformidable, but it must con-tinue with its ideological strug-gle against divisive forces. Soniarecently took over as the party’sinterim President followingher son Rahul Gandhi steppingdown as party chief owningthe dismal performance in LokSabha this year.

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee broke her

silence on Thursday linking thearrest of senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram to the “sag-ging democratic culture” andthe “suffocating the politicalclimate” in the country.

Speaking to reporters, theChief Minister said, “I will notsay much about the legality ofthe matter as I am not the rightperson to do that but I am cer-tainly concerned about theprocess of arresting such a seniorpolitician … the way he wasarrested,” reminding, “he was theformer Finance Minister andHome Minister of India and asenior parliamentarian” whodeserved a dignified treatment.

The high drama aroundChidambaram’s arrest was notworth it, the Chief Ministersaid, adding, “the way his mat-ter was handled was sad andbad. It was really very bad andmade me extremely sad.”

All the pillars of Indiandemocracy were under attackunder the present Government,Banerjee said reminding howthe “Indian democracy is in abad shape. It is literally cryingin the wilderness.”

Incidentally, a number ofTrinamool Congress leaders,including Ministers and MPs,were facing corruption chargesand were being investigated bythe central investigating agen-cies like the CBI and ED.

Condemning the way theformer Union Minister wasarrested, another Trinamoolleader and Minister FirhadHakim said “this Governmentwill not allow the Oppositionto thrive in India. They havedecided to put all the dissent-ing voices behind the bars.

Attacking the NarendraModi Government for takingthe entire Opposition hostage,Congress leader in Lok SabhaAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury said“there is a deep-rooted con-spiracy behind Chidambaram’s

arrest. He is the person who hasbeen challenging theGovernment’s policies at vari-ous forums including parlia-ment. He was exposing theGovernment through hiscolumns in various Indian andforeign journals which theyare finding difficult to counter,and so they have silenced himby putting him behind the bar.”

Chowdhury also said that“the country is heading towardspolitical insolvency and bigeconomic slowdown againstwhich thisGovernment has noanswer. In order to turn thepeople’s attention from theseburning issues they are creat-ing new political drama … butthe Congress will take the issueto the people of India and fightit tooth and nail.”

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Chennai: DMK president MKStalin on Thursday lashed out atCBI officials for scaling thewalls of Congress leader PChidambaram’s bungalow atDelhi on Wedesday to gainentry, saying he considered it asan “insult to India”.

Stalin, whose DMK is anally of the Congress, backedChidambaram, reiterating hischarge of "political vendetta"behind the former UnionMinister's arrest.

"I saw on TV, the CBI offi-cers scaling the walls (atChidambaram's Delhi resi-dence). I consider it as an insultto India. It is condemnable," hetold reporters here.

On Wednesday, a CBI teamhad first knocked at the gates ofChidambaram's Jor Bagh resi-dence to gain entry, but findingno response, had scaled thenearly five-ft high walls to getinside. Once three officersreached inside, they opened thegates to allow entry to otherteam members waiting outside.

Responding to a query onCBI's handling of the entireChidambaram episode, Stalinrecalled that he had already

dubbed it as "political vendetta"on Wednesday.

He said Chidambaram hadappeared before the agenciesconcerned earlier when sum-moned by them in connectionwith the case.

Stalin also pointed out thatthe Supreme Court has decidedto hear on Friday the Congressleader's petition, seeking a stayof the Delhi High Court orderthat had dismissed his anticipa-tory bail plea. "His arrest whichhas happened in the meantimehas an intention of politicalvendetta," Stalin added.

Referring to the protest inDelhi over the Kashmir issue onThursday, he said the struggle"led by the DMK" and attendedby various political parties,including Congress, TMC,CPI(M) and NC, was a "success."

Restoration of normalcy inJammu & Kashmir post abro-gation of Art 370 of theConstitution, resumption oftelecommunication services inthe Valley and immediate releaseof all political leaders detainedwere the key demands made atthe protest in the national cap-ital, Stalin said. PTI

Bengaluru: Having a tightropeto walk by pacifying disgruntledMLAs who missed out onCabinet berth, coupled withallocation of portfolios to newMinisters, Karnataka ChiefMinister BS Yediyurappa onThursday decided to consultBJP central leadership to dealwith the situation.

Some disqualified formerlegislators of the Congress andJD(S) who helped bring downthe coalition Government head-ed by HD Kumaraswamyreportedly are piling pressure onYediyurappa, seeking theirpound of flesh and plum port-folios.

"Today evening I will go toDelhi and meet our nationalPresident Amit Shah and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andwill come back tomorrowevening or the day after morn-ing," Yediyurappa said.

Asked whether the alloca-tion of portfolios would takeplace after his return from Delhi,Yediyurappa said: "Today we willdiscuss and take a decision."

More than three weeks afterhe was sworn in as the ChiefMinister, Yediyurappa expand-ed his cabinet last Tuesday,inducting 17 Ministers.

Though the expansionbrought an end to the nearlymonth long wait for the cabinet

to take shape, it led to someheartburn in a section of theparty as several MLAs contin-ued to make no secret of theirdispleasure after missing thebus.

With several MLAs openlyexpressing displeasure overbeing left out, Yediyurappa hasbeen making attempts to dousethe embers, by reaching out tothem.

The Chief Minister onThursday too tried to pacifymiffed legislators includingSullia MLA Angara S, even asthe Bunt community threatenedprotest citing lack of represen-tation in the ministry, and Bovicommunity members stagedprotest in front of his residenceseeking induction of a ministerfrom their community.

Even as attempts are on topacify sulking MLAs, a phoneconversation between eight timeHukkeri MLA Umesh Katti,around whom several disgrun-tled MLAs are reportedly rally-ing, with Congress legislatorparty leader Siddaramaiah led tospeculation about the former'snext political move.

Speaking to a news channelKatti confirmed his talk withSiddarmaiah last night, but ruledout joining the Congress andclarified that he was with BJP.

"He (Siddaramaiah) called

me last night and addressed meas minister, I told him I'm notminister to which he said he wasaware of it and hence called.

He is my good friend...Imay meet whenever we areboth are in Bengaluru. But, I'mnot joining Congress leavingBJP, I'm 100 per cent in BJP," headded.

Yediyurappa has kept 16ministerial posts vacant toaccommodate some more BJPmembers and from amongthose 17 disqualified former leg-islators who helped him cometo power.

However, the disqualifiedMLAs seeking plum portfoliosis said to be causing delay in theallocation of portfolios for thenew ministers, despite roomsbeing allotted to them atVidhana Soudha, the state sec-retariat.

Reflecting the situation bystating that this government toowas a coalition government ina way, Minister V Somanan inresponse to a question about SA Ramdas not being mademinister, in Mysuru said, "Now17 of us have become ministers,still 16 berths are remaining.

When filling those 16 posi-tions who all have to be con-sidered that our state andnational leaders will decide," headded. PTI

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Sivaganga (TN): A sense of dis-belief and outrage was palpableamong supporters of Congressleader P Chidambaram in andaround his native village ofKaraikudi in Sivaganga districtover his arrest, even as a sectionof people expressed indifferenceand some outrightly opposedhim.

The former FinanceMinister was arrested by theCBI on Wednesday night fromhis residence in Delhi in con-nection with INX media cor-ruption case.

In the sleepy hamlet ofKandanur, about 10 km fromKaraikudi, though life appearedto go on as usual, the arrest ofChidambaram set tongues wag-ging.

Expressing disbelief, VNelliyan told PTI "this is noth-ing but an act of politicalvendetta." Condemning thearrest, the young man, beforeproceeding to a protest demon-stration held by Congressagainst the Centre, said theonly hope was the judiciary."The vindictive action hasincensed the common man," heclaimed, adding that the courtswould render justice and theBJP-led government would be

exposed for targeting "an hon-est gentleman."

Similar was the responsefrom a couple of others, includ-ing Rajaratinam andAvudayappan, who also laudedthe senior leader for maintain-ing "poise and cool" despite thegovernment "perusing vindic-tive politics."

Congress functionary E MS Abhimanyu of nearbyTirupattur said this is a "brutalmurder of democracy," addingthe arrest was shocking.

'Ilakiya' Natarajan, a long-time associate of Chidambaramhere expressed disbelief andshock over the former minister'sarrest. "He is a respectedParliamentarian and a formerMinister. What is the tearingurgency to arrest him by scal-ing the walls of his house? I justcannot believe that this can hap-pen to him. I am shocked andoutraged," he said.

G Vimal, who runs a con-struction material retail outlet indowntown Karaikudi said"Chidambaram is not a residentof our place. He is usually eitherin Chennai or Delhi..Only someparty workers are agitated hereand not the general public."

The trader alleged that theformer Minister visitedKaraikudi or Sivaganga onlyduring elections.

A couple of men in theperiphery of the very quietManagiri, where the statelybungalow of Chidambaram islocated though eager to knowabout the INX case declinedto offer comments.

Sivaganga is the nativeconstituency whichChidambaram represented fordecades. His son Kartiemerged victorious in thesame segment in the recentLok Sabha elections. PTI

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Allahabad: Senior SamajwadiParty leader Azam Khan onThursday moved the AllahabadHigh Court for quashing of aspate of FIRs registered againsthim in a single week in aRampur police station forallegedly grabbing farmers'lands to build a universitythere.

As the matter came up forhearing, a bench of justicesPritinkar Diwakar and JusticeRaj Beer Singh adjourned thehearing on the petition forAugust 29 on the request ofKhan's counsel RK Jain.

As soon as the court began the hearing, advocateVijay Gautam, appearing for farmers on whose com-plaints a total of the 27 FIRshave been registered againstKhan in Rampur's Azeem

Nagar police station, objectedto the "maintainability" of thepetition.

Gautam argued that thepetition is not worth hearingand need to be dismissed at theoutset as it is not maintainablefor the petitioner has soughtquashing of all 27 FIRs in a sin-gle petition.

He should have filed onepetition each for quashing ofeach of the FIRs, he contend-ed, prompting Khan's counselJain to seek adjournment of thehearing for another day.

The farmers on whosecomplaints the FIRs were reg-istered had already filed acaveat in the court requestingit to give them an opportuni-ty to have their say if Khanmoved court for quashing ofthe FIRs. PTI

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Mumbai: The Anti TerrorismSqaud (ATS) of MaharashtraPolice has arrested a man fromAssam for allegedly threaten-ing to kill Indian cricket play-ers, an official said onThursday.

Braja Mohan Das (19),resident of Shantipur inMorigaon district, was arrest-ed by a team of ATS with thehelp of Assam police onTuesday, the official said.

Das allegedly sent an e-mail to the Board of Controlfor Cricket in India (BCCI) onAugust 16, threatening to killIndian cricket players, he said.

The Mumbai ATS startedprobe as the cricket body hasits headquarters in the city. TheATS registered a case underIPC section 506 (criminalintimidation).

The investigating agencytraced the IP address fromwhich the email had been sentto Das, and arrested him.

The ATS obtained his tran-sit remand after producinghim before a local court inAssam and brought him here.

Probe revealed that he hadsent the same threatening mailto cricket boards of some othercountries too.

The Mazgaon court heresent him in ATS custody tillMonday, the official said,adding that further probe wason. PTI

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Kolkata: Buoyed by its stupen-dous performance in the last LokSabha polls, the West Bengal BJPhas clocked a record member-ship of 77 lakhs in the State,party leaders claimed onThursday.

The Bengal BJP has sur-passed the target set by the cen-tral leadership to enroll 60 lakhsmembers when the countrywidemembership drive began onJuly 6, according to the partysources. "As per the latest data,the membership drive has beenimmensely successful in Bengal.The central leadership initiallyhad set a target of 50 lakhs forBengal, later it was increased to60 lakhs.

"But we have surpassed thattarget too and with the mem-bership drive closing on August20, we have now 77 lakhs mem-bers across the State. It is indeedan achievement," BJP nationalsecretary Rahul Sinha toldreporters.

It is a massive jump from themembership campaign that wasdone a few years back when theparty had managed to enroll 42lakh members in its fold, he said.

Sinha said although themembership drive has closed inother parts of the country, but ina few states such as West Bengal,which are priority states forBJP, the exercise will continue tillDecember this year. PTI

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MNS chief Raj Thackeraywas grilled for more than

eight hours by the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) officials abouthis financial involvement inM/s Kohinoor CTNL which isbeing investigated for allegedirregularities in the IL&FS’sloans-cum- investments case.

Raj, whose questioning bythe ED officials began around12 noon and continued till wellpast 8 pm, emerged out of theED office at around 8.15 pm.

Raj, who looked a bit tired,waved once at the crowd gath-ered there and stepped insidehis car without interacting withanybody and drove to his“Krishna Kunj” residence locat-ed near Shivaji Park at Dadarin north-central

Mumbai.When Raj returned tohis residence at around 9 pm,a huge crowd had gatheredthere to greet him.

Given that he had alsoonly co-operated but also spentquite some time with the inves-tigating officials, officialsources said that he would notbe returning to ED office forfurther questioning on Friday.

Raj was responding tosummons issued to him lastweek in connection with theinvestments that he had madein M/s Kohinoor CTNL, acompany funded by formerMaharashtra CM ManoharJoshi’s son Unmesh Joshi. TheED is investigating the allegedirregularities in the IL&FS’sloans and investments worthover �860 crore in M/sKohinoor CTNL.

Lucknow: The Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) on Thursday dis-tanced itself from the violentDalit protest in New Delhi'sTughlakabad area over thedemolition of a Ravidas temple,stressing that all its struggles arecarried out well within the ambitof law.

Taking to Twitter, BSP pres-

ident Mayawati said, "The inci-dents of vandalism that havetaken place in Delhi, especiallyin Tughlakabad, are unfair andthe BSP has nothing to do withit. The BSP always respects theConstitution and the law. Thestruggles of the party are carriedout well within the ambit of law."

In another related tweet,

Mayawati said,"The tradition ofBSP and its people not to takethe law in their hands is com-pletely intact even today, where-as it is common for other par-ties and organisations. Weshould not harm innocent peo-ple in the honour of our saints,gurus and great men."

She advised party workednot to violate Section 144 of theCrPC after any "unfortunateincident". "Do not not try toforcibly go to the incident site soas not to give the government anopportunity to take an autocraticand vindictive action," she tweet-ed. Tension prevailed in theTughlakabad area of South Delhion Wednesday following aprotest by Dalits against thedemolition of the Ravidas tem-ple by the authorities on an apexcourt order recently. PTI

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Mumbai: The Bombay HighCourt directed police to registerFIR against NCP leader AjitPawar and over 70 others in theMaharashtra State CooperativeBank scam on Thursday, observ-ing that they seemed to have"complete knowledge" that theiractions would cause a huge lossto the bank.

The court asked Mumbaipolice's Economic OffencesWing to register an FIR againstthe accused within five days.Prima facie there was "credibleevidence" against the accused, itadded. Pawar, PWP leaderJayant Patil and several formerdirectors of the bank areaccused of violating bankingand RBI regulations while dis-bursing loans to sugar mills atvery low rates and selling off

assets of defaulter businesses atthrow-away prices. Such sale ofassets, disbursement of cheaploans and a failure to ensurerepayment resulted in losses ofover Rs 1,000 crore to the bankbetween 2007 and 2011, it isalleged.

The accused also forgedrecords and fudged figures toshow the bank was makingprofits, it is alleged.

Pawar was a director of thebank during the relevant period.

Inquiries by the NationalBank for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and a chargesheet filed by a quasi-judicialinquiry commission under theMaharashtra CooperativeSocieties Act had blamedPawar and other accused forthe bank's losses. PTI

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Bengaluru: The first picture ofMoon captured by India'sChandrayaan-2 satellite, cur-rently in the lunar orbit, wasreleased by space agency ISROon Thursday.

The picture of Moon wastaken by Chandrayaan-2's LI4Camera from an altitude ofabout 2,650 km from the lunarsurface on August 21, the city-headquarters Indian SpaceResearch Organisation said.

"Take a look at the firstMoon image captured by#Chandrayaan2 #VikramLandertaken at a height of about 2,650km from Lunar surface onAugust 21, 2019. Mare Orientalebasin and Apollo craters are

identified in the picture," ISROtweeted along with the picture.

The space agency had onAugust 4 released a first set ofimages of the earth captured byChandrayaan-2 satellite.

ISRO had on Wednesdayperformed second lunar boundorbit maneuver forChandrayaan-2 and said allspacecraft parameters are nor-mal. There will be three moreorbit manoeuvres before thelander's separation from theOrbiter on September 2 andeventual soft landing in thesouth polar region of the Moon,planned on September 7.

India's GeosynchronousSatellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV

MkIII-M1, had successfullylaunched the 3,840-kg

Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft intothe earth's orbit on July 22. PTI

Jammu: Convener of PanunKashmir, an organisationadvocating the cause of dis-placed Kashmiri Pandits,Agnishekhar released a mem-orandum on Thursday in sup-port of the abrogation of pro-visions of Article 370 and saidthat over 700 eminentKashmiri Pandits haveendorsed it.

He claimed that allKashmiri Pandits are on onepage in support of the Centrescrapping provisions of Article370 "to pave the way for a newdawn of free environment inJammu & Kashmir".

"Over 700 top KashmiriPandits, including Padma Shriawardees, vice-chancellors,academicians and doctors,across the world have signed amemorandum in support ofthe abrogation of provisions of

Article 370 and reorganisationof Jammu & Kashmir,"Agnishekhar told reportershere.

He said that PanunKashmir was batting stronglyfor a Union Territory for theKashmiri Pandits... And thedemand has been finally met.

"It was an outcome of thestruggle of Panun Kashmirfor last 30 years. We welcomethe decision of the Central gov-ernment," Agnishekhar said.

Panun Kashmir ChairmanAjay Chrungoo said that some Kashmiri Pandits, givingstatements opposing the deci-sion of the government ofIndia do not representKashmiri Pandits at all.

"We condemn them...They do not represent any ofKashmiri Pandit organisation,"he said. PTI

Srinagar: Restrictions wereeased in most areas of Kashmirwith barricades being liftedand the movement of peopleand traffic increasing gradual-ly, but markets remained shutand mobile and internet ser-vices suspended for the 18thday on Thursday.

Officials said the situationwas peaceful and no untowardincident was reported fromanywhere in the Kashmir Valleyon Wednesday.

In view of the improvingsituation, the movement ofpeople and traffic was slowlyincreasing in the city and otherdistrict headquarters of theValley, they said.

Public transport stayed offthe roads, but a few inter-dis-

trict cabs and auto-rickshawswere seen plying in some areas.

The attendance of teachersin schools up to middle class-level and employees in govern-ment offices was also improv-ing. However, most students

stayed away due to the prevail-ing situation, they added. TheGovernment ordered thereopening of primary schoolsacross the Valley from Mondayand middle schools fromWednesday.

The officials said restric-tions have been eased in sever-al areas of Kashmir, includingin most parts of Srinagar.

Barricades have beenremoved from uptown andcivil lines areas of the city as

well as from most areas inother districts. However, thedeployment of security forcescontinues to avoid any law andorder problems, they said.

The officials said marketswere shut in most places in theValley, as they have been sinceAugust 5 when the Centrerevoked Jammu & Kashmir'sspecial status under Article 370and bifurcated the state into twoUnion territories — Jammu &Kashmir, and Ladakh. Shopsand other business establish-ments remain shut though thereis no strike call by any separatistgroup or other organisation.

Mobile services and inter-net remain suspended, the offi-cials said, adding that landlinetelephone services have beenrestored at most places.However, they continue to besuspended in several areas,including in Srinagar's com-mercial hub of Lal Chowk andPress Enclave. PTI

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Aligarh (UP): An AligarhMuslim University student wasarrested after his Facebook pageshowed an objectionable posteron Prime Minister NarendraModi carried recently by anti-India protesters in London,police said.

Mohammad Zaid Rashid(20), admitted at the universi-ty's off-campus centre in Bihar'sKishanganj this year, was herewhen he downloaded a picturefrom the protests over the scrap-ping of the special status forJammu & Kashmir.

Some former AMU stu-dents complained online to thepolice after Rashid's post sur-faced on social media.

In their complaint onTuesday they alleged that theposter had been put up on theAMU campus here, but the localpolice and the AMU authoritiesfound that this was not correct.

They traced the localaddress of the youth, a residentof the city's Hamdard Nagar.

AMU spokesman ShafeyKidwai said the incident waswrongly linked to the campus inAligarh.

“We found that the youthhad just been admitted to theoff-campus centre in Bihar. Wepromptly traced him to his res-idence and filed an FIR,” he toldreporters.

"We will take further appro-priate action in this matter afterthe investigation is complete," hesaid. Senior Superintendent ofPolice Akash Kulhari said a caseunder the IT Act and for pro-moting social discord has beenfiled against Rashid. PTI

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The spectacle took place onWednesday at Mishras ances-tral village Balua Bazar inSupaul district, where the ChiefMinister was himself present.

Video clips beamed bynews channels showed a seniorofficial frantically testing gunsof a couple of personnel beforegiving up helplessly.

The police headquartershere has, meanwhile, taken astrong note of the incident

and sought an explanationfrom the Supaul police.

However, the occasion pro-vided the opposition with freshammunition to train its guns atthe ruling dispensation, whichtakes pride in its claim of hav-ing brought rule of law to astate after over a decade ofalleged lawlessness.

When the guns of thepolice fail at a ceremonial func-tion where the Chief Ministeris in attendance, can these beexpected to be of any use whilechasing criminals. It is a testi-mony to the fact that NitishKumar has no control of lawand order, Rashtriya LokSamata Party chief UpendraKushwaha said in a statement.

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Chandra Mishra- echoed sim-ilar sentiments on twitter, say-ing when the Bihar police lacksthe capability to fire gunshotsduring a guard of honour,would it not boost the moraleof criminals. Not a single gun-shot was fired when thereshould have been 21. Whattype of honour did you accordto the late Jagannath Mishra@Nitish Kumar.

RJD Rajya Sabha memberand Lalu Prasads daughterMisa Bharti also sought tohave some fun as she shared anews clipping of the fiascothat has left the governmentheaded by her fathers archrival red-faced on her twitterhandle without adding anycomment. PTI

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Pune: An activist from Punehas blamed the MaharashtraGovernment for the recentdeluge in Kolhapur, allegingthat f lood lines of thePanchganga river there were"redefined" to provide benefitsto the construction sector.

Hundreds of villages inKolhapur and neighbouringSangli were flooded after heavyrains earlier this month. While55 people died in flood andrain-related incidents, lakhswere evacuated in these west-ern Maharashtra districts.

Environmentalist SarangYadwadkar, who claimed tohave accessed some documentsof the irrigation departmentthrough RTI, said around 500hectors land along thePanchganga river, whichshould have been in the flood-affected area (prohibited zone),was marked as residential zonein Kolhapur's developmentplan (DP) by "redefining" theflood lines.

There are two types offlood lines - blue for the floodlevel that occurs once in 25years and the red for that hap-pens once in 100 years, he said.

"The irrigation departmentissued a circular in 1989 tomark the flood lines for allrivers in Maharashtra, but itwas ignored. Instead of theflood lines, flood levels (generallevel of a particular flood)

were marked and these levelswere later superimposed on theDP maps of Kolhapur," heclaimed.

In one of the cases in 2015,the National Green Tribunal(NGT) issued directives to theirrigation department to markboth the flood lines over riversacross the state, the activistclaimed.

"The irrigation departmentstarted the survey work in2017 and by 2018 it identifiedthe flood lines (consideringwater flow at 2.14 lakh cusec forblue line and 3.22 lakh cusecfor red line) for the Panchgangariver and submitted it to theIndian Institute of TechnologyBombay," he said.

He said the IIT Bombayalso verified the report andstated that the flood lineswere correct.

But, when the Kolhapurchapter of the Confederationof Real Estate DevelopersAssociation of India(CREDAI) came to knowabout it, it found around 500hectors land going below theblue line and by defaultbecoming a 'no development'zone, Yadwadkar said.

The CREDAI, Kolhapur,in October 2018 wrote a let-ter to the chief minister, stat-ing that the work of demar-cation of flood lines is done bya private agency, Yadwadkar

said."It also stated that the 1989

flood-level is marked on theDP and as the flood that yearwas the largest, it was pointlessto mark new flood lines. It stat-ed that new flood lines will cre-ate confusion and unrestamong people," he said.

He said the CREDAI alsostated in its letter that coloniesand apartments were devel-oped on most of the portionfalling under the new floodlines.

"The chief minister, in hisremarks on the same letter,addressing the irrigationdepartment's secretary, wrote -'the flood line marked with DPshould be maintained',"Yadwadkar said. PTI

Jammu: Pakistani troops vio-lated ceasefire for the thirdconsecutive day on Thursdayand resorted to firing mortarsand small arms on forwardposts and villages along theLine of Control in Jammuand Kashmir's Rajouri dis-trict, inviting a befitting replyfrom the Indian Army.

"Pakistan initiated unpro-voked ceasefire violation byfiring of small arms andshelling with mortars in theSunderbani sector of Rajouridistrict at about 2045 hoursThursday," a defencespokesman said.

He said the Indian Armyis retaliating befittingly andthe exchange of fire betweenthe two sides was continuingwhen last reports werereceived.

On Wednesday, Pakistantroops fired mortars and smallarms on villages and forward

posts along LoC in theSunderbani sector.

Mohammad Addul Karimwas critically injured when amortar shell, fired by PakistanArmy, hit his house at villageDabraj in Mendhar sector lateTuesday night, officials said,adding he was immediatelyshifted to a nearby hospitalwhere he was declared dead.

Mendhar and KrishnaGhati sectors witnessed heavymortar shelling and firingfrom across the LoC onTuesday, resulting in the deathof Army soldier Naik RaviRanjam Kumar and injuries tofour other personnel.

Nearly half a dozen hous-es were also damaged in thePakistani firing, which hadforced closure of schools with-in the firing range in the twosectors. PTI

Surat: A case under the new lawwhich bans instant triple talaqwas registered in Surat onThursday against a Muslim manfor allegedly divorcing his wifeon phone.

This was first case underThe Muslim Women(Protection of Rights onMarriage) Act, 2019 filed inGujarat after the law was passedby Parliament, said DeputyCommissioner of Police PannaMomaya.

As per the complainantwoman, her husbandMohammad alias Vasim Pathanand his mother were ill-treatingher for the last one and halfyears.

In June, following a quarrel,Pathan took her to her parents'house and left her there, she said.

On the same night he calledher on phone and uttered talaqthrice, she alleged. She filed thecomplaint on Thursday. PTI

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Lucknow: As many as 19people lost their lives inrain-related incidents inUttar Pradesh where ragingwaters of major rivers havedisrupted normal life, offi-cials said on Thursday.

"As many as 15 personshave died due to rain relat-ed incidents in different dis-tricts of the state.

"The figure includedthree deaths in Amethi, twoeach in Raebareli, Sonbhadraand Mirzapur and one deatheach in Saharanpur,Hamirpur, Pratapgarh,Fathepur, Basti and,Ayodhya," the ReliefCommissioner's office said.

Besides the 15, fourmore persons have died inBallia and Bhadohi, accord-ing to reports. PTI

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India’s reputation as one of the world’smost corrupt bureaucracies is well-documented. On the CorruptionPerceptions Index, India ranks 78thand this outlook is with merit and

cause. What is surprising, however, is thatthe civil services examination and the postof a civil servant are still one that attractsgreat attention and fanfare. Any aspirant,who “cracks” the examination, is treated withgreat respect. This is, perhaps, why lakhs ofyoung aspirants spend days together, work-ing towards the goal of being part of theIndian bureaucracy.

A large number of these students arefrom prestigious institutes like the IndianInstitute of Technology and various NationalLaw Schools, among others. As a former civilservant, I find that this desire to join the civilservices, surprisingly, has not dwindled. Afew pessimists would say that these youngaspirants join the bureaucracy to extracttheir pound of flesh. As Theodore Rooseveltsaid, “A man who has never gone to schoolmay steal a freight car; but if he has a uni-versity education, he may steal the wholerailroad.” But levity aside, I think this isunduly harsh and frankly not true. In fact,as is true in most avenues of life, corruptionin the Indian bureaucracy, too, follows thePareto principle (also known as the 80/20rule) that is 80 per cent of all corruption inthe bureaucracy is carried out by 20 per centof the people. The problem is to identify andpunish this 20 per cent, which is bringingthe entire country and the service immenseshame and disrepute.

Corruption has no rigid definition, butthe most common academic connotation,which defines it as “the misuse of public officefor private gain”, seems to be the most appro-priate. While most times the media appearsto cover the “headline” scandals and/orinstances of corruption — ie, the kind ofscams that attract most eyeballs — rarely dowe realise just what the magnitude of every-day corruption is in our country.Transparency International estimates thatIndians end up paying bribes of over �21, 000crore (approx $3.5 billion) every year to accessGovernment services. Therefore, there are dif-ferent types of corruption, which differ fromservice to service. MR Venkatesh, a CharteredAccountant-turned lawyer, said it best in theselines, “IAS officers are after the rich people,IRS officers are after the middle class and IPSofficers are after the poor. This is the new var-nashrama created by the bureaucracy.” Whilethis looks like oversimplifying a complex issue,the crux of the problem does ring true.

So what are the causes of corruption?There are a number of people who have end-lessly theorised on the reasons why the Indianbureaucracy suffers from corruption. Onesuch reason is the country’s complex legal andregulatory framework. India remains anextremely difficult place to do business. To setup or operate any business here, an entrepre-neur or businessman has to jump through var-

ious hoops and then hope to gainfavour from the relevant bureau-crat even before starting his/herbusiness. It is, therefore, no coin-cidence that India’s low rankingon the Corruption PerceptionsIndex corresponds with its lowposition in the World Bank’s indi-cators for doing business.

Just to give an idea aboutthe ease of doing business inIndia, according to a WorldBank survey, the act of obtain-ing a single construction permitin India involves 27 discreteprocedures, takes 162 days andcosts 46 per cent of the totaloutlay to a construction firmbuilding a warehouse. The key-word here is “discretion.” Theminute it is brought in, the cor-rupt official gets an opportuni-ty to make a quick buck.

Another reason as to whycorruption persists in our coun-try is the lack of respect towardsentrepreneurs and businessmen.While we often get to hear prais-es about a Narayana Murthy oran Azim Premji, these examplesare an exception rather than thenorm. This because we, asIndians, have been encouraged totreat a business as an entity thatmakes money by stealing some-one else’s buck. This is why anynew business is looked at withsuspicion first and then withadmiration. While the conduct ofsome Indian promoters does

indicate that there is some truthto this perception, our lack ofopenness and admirationtowards entrepreneurs does thecountry more harm than good.

So what can be done? Weneed to change our attitudestowards businesses. There is nodenying the fact that there shouldbe a strict framework withinwhich all businesses flourish.However, a strict frameworkdoes not necessarily mean thatany new business ought to betreated with contempt. For exam-ple, it is important that everybusiness operates within therealm of the law and obtains allrelevant approvals. However,bureaucrats must not be givenany reason to place more hurdlesin helping them establish a busi-ness than those that are alreadypresent. It is evident that thisGovernment needs cash and,therefore, is on a tax collectionspree. However, in the long-run,it is impossible for anyGovernment to collect taxes if itcontinues to act in a targetted andadversarial manner. It is, there-fore, crucial for the Governmentto intimate and drive home thepoint to bureaucrats that theirrole is to facilitate the lives of hon-est citizens rather than acting asimpediments.

Another way to mitigate theeffects of corruption is toimprove information dissemina-

tion and use technology. Whilethe former is crucial and mustbe encouraged with zeal, the lat-ter must be approached withgreater care in a country likeIndia where technology is real-ly only to the benefit of a fewrather than most. The bestexample of how this can providebenefit is the recent change inthe law which allows drivers tocarry scanned copies of their dri-ving licences and RCs. Mostpeople, however, have not heardabout this change in the rules.

I have personally heard ofmany stories of traffic cops tak-ing bribes from unassuming dri-vers merely because they tellthem that they are required tocarry physical copies of their doc-uments. In such a case if peopleare informed about the change inrules and technology is usedmeaningfully, instances of bribeswill automatically be reduced.

While the problem of cor-ruption is huge, we can at leaststart adopting a differentapproach to tackle it. Bringingabout a change in mindset will beof great help. This should be cou-pled with other innovative solu-tions. With these changes, Ithink, we will find that the problem of corruption is not asinsurmountable as we think.

(The writer is former presi-dent of Jharkhand PradeshCongress Committee)

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Sir — It is a matter of concern thatthere has been a 83 per centincrease in forest fires in theAmazon rainforest area in Brazil.Conservationists have blamedBrazilian President Jair Bolsonarofor its plight, saying that heencouraged loggers and farmersto clear the land. Bolsonaro on theother hand has blamed non-gov-ernmental organisations, sayingthat they may have set the fires toembarrass his Government afterit’s decision to cut funding forthem. Ironically, Bolsonaro has noevidence to support his claim.

Spread across millions ofhectares in multiple countries, theAmazon basin not only hostsmassive sinks of carbon that helpsbring down the pace of globalwarming but is also home to threemillion species. The situationtoday is depressing. First and fore-most, the Brazilian Governmentmust realise the need to protect theforests. The international commu-nity must put diplomatic pressureon Brazil to convince it on the needto protect the forests and also helpit seek higher funds.

Tanisha ShrivastavaUjjain

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Chidambaram in a spot”(August 22). After a day-longdrama, P Chidambaram did

show up for a surprise Press con-ference at the Congress head-quarters, but by then, the dam-age had been done. During thePress conference, he claimedthat no formal chargesheet wasfiled against him in the INX

Media case and that there wasno question of him evading thelaw.

Had Chidambaram said thesame thing after the Delhi HighCourt rejected his bail plea, hewould have done much good not

only to himself but also to hisparty. The Congress leadership,too, had been crying hoarse,terming the action taken againstChidambaram a “political witchhunt” but the High Court hassound evidence against him.The case against him appears tobe water-tight. All eyes are nowon the courts. Only time willuncover the truth but certainly,the Congress has further lostcredibility among the masses.

Jai Prakash GuptaAmbala Cantt

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Upping deterrence ante?”(August 22) by Vivek Mishra. TheGovernment must come clear ifit is contemplating a change in its‘No First Use’ policy to checkmatePakistan or is this just anotherexercise to make the peoplebelieve that it can go to any extentto protect the nation’s interests?This issue demands wider debateand discussion.

KarthikVia email

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The small boat at Gujarat’s bustling PipavavPort bobs up and down as it waits to ferrypassengers to Shiyal Bet Island barely 600

metres away. It’s a rainy morning and the watersof the Arabian Sea are beginning to turn choppy.Fifty-year-old Dakuben jumps onto the boat withease, having undertaken the 12-minute journeyinnumerable times to visit her daughter in ShiyalBet. However, this time, her visit is mired in sor-row as she is going to mourn the death of her new-born granddaughter.

Gujarat’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is 30deaths per 1,000 live births and the state rankedtenth in the country according to the NITI Aayog’s2016 IMR report. According to statistics 69 percent of infant deaths in Gujarat were neonatal,higher than the national average of 67.60 per cent.

Anaemia is one of the major factors respon-sible for the rising neonatal, infant and maternalmortality in Gujarat, especially among ruralwomen. According to the fourth National FamilyHealth Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2014-15,54.9 per cent women in the age group of 14-49years are anaemic and 51.3 per cent of pregnantwomen have anaemia.

The NFHS-4 placed Gujarat among the top15 states with the highest incidence of anaemiaas the percentage of anaemic women there washigher than the national average of 53 per cent.

The survey revealed that lack of educationplayed a major role and anaemia was particular-ly high among illiterate women due to lack ofawareness about health-related issues.

At 31.2 per cent, Shiyal Bet’s literacy rates aremuch lower than the state’s 78.3 per cent (2011census). With the island’s female literacy rate beingjust 15.48 per cent, it’s no surprise that awarenessabout anaemia and other health issues is low.

In order to change this scenario, Vatsalya, aninitiative to improve the health and nutritional sta-tus of women, children, and adolescents wasundertaken in Shiyal Bet and 21 villages with sim-ilar poor health and development indicators inRajula Block in Amreli district. Launched in 2016by the Centre for Health Education, Training,Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA), a not for prof-it organisation, the three-year programme hasbeen able to bring down undernutrition, improveantenatal and postnatal care and ensure safe moth-erhood.

It has also been able to break myths relatedto early breastfeeding, promote healthy feedingpractices, timely immunization and increaseaccess to basic health services.

The intervention, supported by GujaratPipavav Port Limited (GPPL) APM Terminalsunder their corporate social responsibility initia-tive, used a multi-pronged strategy includinggames, Q&A sessions and street theatre to engagethe community. Sustained efforts, coupled withcommunity participation helped to bring downthe number of children suffering from undernu-trition from 30 per cent in 2016 to 14 per cent in2019. The number of children who attained nor-mal body mass index also rose.

The intervention marked up registration ofpregnancies by almost 42 per cent and increasedthe number of women receiving antenatal care,tetanus injections and folic acid tablets. A rise ininstitutional deliveries by 9.42 per cent was alsoseen at the end of the three years.

“We are committed to bringingchange in the lives of marginalised com-munities. Therefore, empowering themwith factual information and linkingthem to government schemes and pro-grammes was imperative. This interven-tion was more challenging because wehad to work in difficult-to-reach villageslike Shiyal Bet and with migrating pop-ulations and communities that were iso-lated and neglected. But we were able tomake a difference in their lives thanksto our dedicated field team, and our part-nership with the community, frontlinehealth workers and panchayat leaders,”said Pallavi Patel, Director, CHETNA.

A key to this success was the strat-egy to train women from the commu-nity as Vatsalya mitras (friends).This gavethe community a sense of ownership andled to increased participation. So whenShantuben Chauhan became a trainedVatsalya mitra, she used her influence asan anganwadi worker (AWW) to reachout to pregnant and lactating women.Chauhan, an AWW for the last 15 years,is a popular face in Shiyal Bet. With bothher marital and natal home being inShiyal Bet, Chauhan was able to mobilisethe community very effectively.

However, when the CHETNA teamfirst visited Shiyal Bet, they found thatalthough Chauhan was articulate andgood at her work as an AWW, she, likemost of the others, believed in manymyths related to reproductive and sex-ual health. One of the biggest miscon-ceptions she had was related to menstru-ation. Not only was it a taboo subject, butneither she nor her three daughters prac-ticed menstrual hygiene. Consideringthat only 54 per cent of rural women usea hygienic method of menstrual protec-tion (NFHS-4), this was not surprising.

The fact that women with at least 12 yearsof schooling were more than twice aslikely to be using a hygienic method (79per cent) as against women with noschooling (34 per cent) meant thatChauhan who is uneducated, didn’t getaccess to information which could helpher practice menstrual hygiene.

So the first step was to demystifymenstruation. The team knew thatonce they were able to get Chauhan onboard then she would get the others. “Iwas ashamed to discuss this issue. Thetraining helped me understand why Ishould not be ashamed and why men-strual hygiene is important. I used thescientific information to convince otherwomen and adolescents during Vatsalyasamwads (dialogue),” recalled Chauhan.

For Vatsalya mitra VandanabenGoswami, the training cured her of thebelief that she was ‘impure’ during herperiods and going to the temple orkitchen was wrong. “After I became bet-ter informed, I no longer forced mydaughters to follow these customs. I usedmy own example to convince otherwomen and girls,” contended Goswami.

The monthly Vatsalya samwadsproved to be a good move as they helpedbreak the ice on many ‘uncomfortable’issues like the tradition of early marriageand family planning in all 22 villages.Besides explaining the consequences ofearly marriage on the health of adoles-cents, the importance of antenatal careand postnatal care visits for pregnant andlactating women were discussed. Alsoaddressed were myths related to earlyand exclusive breastfeeding. Accordingto NFHS-4, just 50 per cent women inGujarat start breastfeeding in the firsthour of life as recommended by theWorld Health Organisation, thus depriv-

ing newborns of the highly nutritiousfirst milk, colostrums, and the antibod-ies it contains. In fact, about one in fivechildren who were ever breastfed weregiven something other than breast milkduring the first three days.

Raziben’s three children were amongthem. She had followed the custom offeeding her children goat’s milk or hotwater mixed with jaggery immediatelyafter birth. It was only after attending theVatsalya samwads that she understoodwhy this was not healthy for the newborn.This helped her initiate early breastfeed-ing for her fourth child born last year.Inspired by this, her friend and neighbourManjuben also breastfed her daughterwithin 24 hours of her birth in June thisyear. In fact, there was an 22 per centincrease in early breastfeeding by the endof the project.

A big factor in the improving healthand nutrition indicators was the partner-ship with local leaders and panchayats.Leaders like Gangabhai, the sarpanch ofKundaliya Village, played an active rolein mobilizing the community and pro-moting awareness.

“There has been a big change in myvillage after CHETNA began their work.The AWWs have become more informedand active. More women are attendingthe monthly Mamta Divas. Earlier only7-8 women had health cards, now 60 ofthem have cards. I also pay visits to sup-port and motivate them,” he said.

While the success has been encour-aging, challenges remain. Consideringthe entrenched patriarchy and caste bar-riers in Gujarat, sustaining behaviour-al change requires greater investment oftime and resources. Only then, will noone be left behind.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Maybe we can get through theclimate crisis without a glob-al catastrophe, although that

door is closing fast. And maybe we cancope with the huge loss of jobs causedby the revolution in robotics andArtificial Intelligence (AI) without asocial and political calamity. But canwe do both at the same time?

We should know how to deal withthe AI revolution because we havebeen down this road before. It’s a bitdifferent this time, of course, in thesense that the original industrial rev-olution in 1780-1850 created as manynew jobs (in manufacturing) as itdestroyed (in cottage industries andskilled trades).

The AI revolution, by contrast, is

not producing nearly enough replace-ment jobs but it is making us muchwealthier. The value of manufacturedgoods doubled in the United States(US) in the past 30 years even as thenumber of good industrial jobs fell bya third (eight million jobs gone).Maybe we could use that extra wealthto ease the transition to a job-scarcefuture. The climate emergency isunlike any challenge we have facedbefore. Surmounting it would requirean unprecedented level of globalcooperation and very big changes inhow people consume and behave, nei-ther of which human beings have his-torically been good at.

These two crises are already inter-acting. The erosion of middle-classjobs and the stagnation (or worse) ofreal wage levels generates resentmentand anger among the victims and isalready creating populist, authoritar-ian regimes throughout the world.These regimes despise internationalcooperation and often deny climatechange as well (Trump in the US,Bolsonaro in Brazil).

And there is a recession coming.Maybe not this year, although almost

all the storm signals are flying: Stockmarkets spooked, a rush into gold,nine major economies already inrecession or on the verge of one, an“inverted yield curve” on bonds andtrade wars spreading. Even USPresident Donald Trump is worried,which is why he postponed the harsh-er American trade tariffs againstChina, which were due next month.

Economists have predicted nineof the past five recessions as they sayin the trade, so I’m not calling the turnon this one. But a recession is overdueand a lot of the damage done by the

Great Recession of 2008 has still notbeen repaired. Interest rates are stillvery low, so the banks have little roomto cut rates and soften the next one.When it arrives, it could be a doozy.

So what can we do about all this?The first thing is to recognise that wecannot plot a course that takes usfrom here and now, through all thechanges and past all the unpleasantsurprises to ultimate safety, maybe 50years from now.

We can plan how to get throughthe next five years and we should bethinking hard about what will be need-

ed later on. But we can’t steer a safe andsteady course to the year 2070 anymore than intelligent decision-mak-ers in 1790 could have planned howto get through to 1840 without toomuch upheaval. They might have seensteam engines but they would havehad no idea what a railroad was.

We are in the same position asthose people with regard to both AIand the global environmental emer-gency (which extends far beyond“climate change”, although that is at itsheart). We know a good deal aboutboth issues but not enough to be con-fident about our choices — andbesides, they may well mutate andhead off in unforeseen directions asthe crises deepen.

But there are two big things wecan do right now. We need to stop theslide into populist and increasinglyauthoritarian Governments (becausewe are not going to stop the spread ofAI). And we have to win ourselvesmore time to get our greenhouse gasemissions under control (because weare certainly going to go through 450parts per million of carbon dioxideequivalent, which would give us +20C

higher average global temperature). The best bet for getting our pol-

itics back on track is a guaranteedminimum income, high enough tokeep everybody comfortable —whether they are working or not. Thatis well within the reach of any devel-oped country’s economy and has theadded benefit of putting enoughmoney into people’s pockets to saveeverybody’s business model.

And the best way to win moretime on the climate front is to startgeo-engineering (direct interventionin the atmosphere to hold the globaltemperature down) as soon as we getanywhere near +20C. To be ready then,we need to be doing open-air testingon a small scale now. There will behowls of protest from the right abouta guaranteed minimum income andfrom the greener parts of the left aboutgeo-engineering. However, both willprobably be indispensable if we wantto get through these huge changeswithout mass casualties or even civil-isational collapse.

(The writer’s new book is GrowingPains, the Future of Democracy and Work)

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Aday after considering cut-ting taxes to promote eco-

nomic growth, PresidentDonald Trump changed courseand said he would abandon theidea because the nation alreadyhad “a strong economy.”

Trump’s f lip-flop onWednesday came after recentmarket volatility and econom-ic uncertainty, and amid adebate about whether theUnited States was heading fora slowdown that would imper-il his reelection chances.

Trump earlier this weekacknowledged, for the firsttime, that his China trade poli-cies may mean economic painfor Americans, though heinsisted the tariffs are neededfor more important long-termbenefits. But his considerationof cutting payroll taxesappeared short-lived.

“I’m not looking at a tax cutnow,” he told reporters at theWhite House.

“We don’t need it. We havea strong economy.”

Trump also knocked downthe idea of indexing to the cap-

ital gains tax, which applieswhen investors sell assets, toinflation. He said he feared “itwill be perceived, if I do it, assomewhat elitist.”

Analysts have warned thata slowdown, if not full-blownrecession, could hit before nextyear’s election. Trump, howev-er, has largely praised the econ-omy’s performance and hishandling of it.

He has often blamed theFederal Reserve (andChairman Jerome Powell) andthe global slowdown for creat-ing dark clouds at home.

“Jay Powell and the FederalReserve have totally missed thecall. I was right and just abouteverybody admits that,” Trumpsaid Wednesday.

“He raised interest rates toofast, too furious, and we havea normalised rate. And now wehave to go the other direction.”

Some White House advis-ers fear Trump has undercutPowell’s credibility.

They worry that the pres-ident’s calls for rate cuts and hisdiscussion of indexing or a pay-roll tax cut could spook, ratherthan reassure markets.

Trump indicated he had nochoice but to impose the tradepenalties that have been a dragon US manufacturers, financialmarkets and, by some mea-

sures, American consumers.“Somebody had to do it. I

am the chosen one,” Trumpsaid on the White House lawn,looking skyward.

“Somebody had to do it.So, I’m taking on China. I’mtaking on China on trade.”

China, though, said tradewith the US has been “mutuallybeneficial” and appealed toWashington to “get along withus.”

A foreign ministryspokesman, Geng Shuang,expressed hope Washingtoncan “meet China halfway” insettling disagreements.

The US economy appears tobe showing vulnerabilities aftermore than 10 years of growth.Factory output has fallen andconsumer confidence haswaned as he has ramped up histrade fight with China. Trumprattled the stock and bond mar-kets this month when heannounced plans to put a 10 percent tax on $300 billion worthof Chinese imports.

The market reaction sug-gested a recession might be onthe horizon and led Trump todelay some of the tariffs thatwere scheduled to begin inSeptember, though 25 per centtariffs are already in place for$250 million in other Chinesegoods.

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The UAE will be the firstMiddle East country to

launch the RuPay Card duringPrime Minister NarendraModi’s visit to the Gulf nationon Friday, according to a mediareport.

The RuPay card is a first-of-its-kind Indian domesticDebit and Credit Card paymentnetwork, with acceptance atATMs, POS devices and e-commerce websites. It waslaunched in 2012.

“A Memorandum ofUnderstanding to establish atechnology interface betweenthe payment platforms in Indiaand UAE, would be exchangedbetween the National PaymentsCorporation of India andUAE’s Mercury PaymentsServices,” Navdeep Singh Suri,the Indian Ambassador to theUAE, told the UAE’s state-runWAM news agency.

“This will enable the RuPaycard to be used at point-of-saleterminals across the UAE,” hesaid.

“The UAE is the largest andmost vibrant business hub inthe region. It hosts the largestIndian community, receivesthe largest number of Indiantourists and has the largesttrade with India. By becomingthe first country in the regionto introduce the RuPay card, weexpect that each of these ele-

ments of tourism, trade and theIndian diaspora will benefit,”Suri said.

India has already launchedthe RuPay card in Singaporeand Bhutan.

Prime Minister Modi’sthird official visit to the UAEon August 23-24 is anotherimportant milestone in thebilateral comprehensive strate-gic partnership, the Indianenvoy said.

During the visit, Modi willreceive the ‘Order of Zayed’, thehighest civil decoration of thecountry for “giving a big boostto bilateral relations betweenthe two countries.”

Modi would also meet theCrown Prince of Abu Dhabi,Sheikh Mohammed bin ZayedAl Nahyan to discuss bilateral,regional and international mat-ters of mutual interest.

The India-UAE bilateraltrade touched almost $60billion last year with a fairlybalanced profile of about $30billion of exports and $30 bil-lion of imports, the envoysaid.

“On the investment side,we have already seen sizableinflows from India to the UAEin free zones like Jebel Ali,Hamriyah Free Zone Sharjahand Ras Al Khaimah EconomicZone and also in sectors rang-ing from manufacturing andreal estate to trade and ser-vices,” he said.

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Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal on

Thursday made a case for wholis-tic and comprehensive reforms ofthe World Trade Organisation(WTO) without ignoring theground realities, especially thestark inequality among devel-oped and developing nations.

He said instead of going fora piecemeal reform, the mem-bers should take on boardissues of all countries of theWTO. “It is the time when allmembers of the WTO startlooking at some of thosereforms that have been pend-ing for long. When we look atreforming the WTO, (it shouldbe done) holistically and com-prehensively. It cannot be pickand choose,” Goyal said.

He was speaking at a pro-gramme of South-South andTriangular Cooperation here.

“I do hope that as we lookat reforming the WTO, a littlebit more relevance to today and21st century realities will comeinto play,” he added.

The statement comes at atime when the US has called forreforming the world tradebody. The US wants formula-tion of some guidelines regard-ing special and differentialtreatment (S&DT), which ismeant for developing nations.

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Mines tri-bunal, hear-

ing the a petitionfiled by NMDCchallenging theGovernment ofKarnataka orderwithdrawing theextension of min-ing lease ofDonimalai Iron Ore granted tothe former in 2018, has stayedthe Karnataka Government’sorder till next hearing. The tri-bunal on Wednesday in itsorder said that “accordingly theimpugned order dated August17, 2019 and any consequentaction thereon are stayed untilthe next date of hearing”

The said stay order wouldprohibit the Government ofKarnataka to take any furtheraction regarding mining leaseor initiate auction process ofDonimalai mine.

NMDC on August 19,2019 filed a Revision Petition

before the Mines Tribunal,challenging the Government ofKarnataka’s arbitrary order ofwithdrawing the extension ofmining lease of DonimalaiIron Ore Mine granted to it onNovember 2, 2018, accordingto a press note issued by theGovernment of India enter-prise.

The petition challengesthe Karnataka Government’sAugust 17 order that with-draws the extension of lease ofDonimalai Iron Ore Mine,granted earlier for a period of20 years till November 3,2038.

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Power and New &Renewable Energy Minister

R K Singh on Thursdayapproved a proposal to declareocean energy as renewableenergy.

The Ministry of New andRenewable Energy (MNRE)has clarified to all stakeholdersthat energy produced usingvarious forms of ocean energy,such as tidal, wave, ocean ther-mal energy conversion, shall beconsidered as renewable ener-

gy and shall be eligible formeeting non-solar renewablepurchase obligations (RPO), astatement by the MNRE said.

This step has been taken bythe MNRE after some renew-able energy developers soughtclarification in this regard,according to the statement.

Under the RPO, distribu-tion companies (discoms) arerequired to have certain pro-portion of clean energy sup-plies. The proportion is fixed bystate power regulators. Thediscoms can also buy renew-

able energy certificates in lieuof mandated clean energy sup-plies, from the developers orrenewable power generators.

Oceans cover 70 per cent ofthe earth’s surface and representan enormous amount of ener-gy in the form of wave, tidal,marine current and thermalgradient.

A variety of different tech-nologies are currently underdevelopment throughout theworld to harness this energy inall its forms.

Deployment is currently

limited but the sector has thepotential to grow, fuelling eco-nomic growth, reducing carbonfootprint and creating jobs notonly along the coasts but alsoinland along its supply chains.

As India steps up its effortto contemplate its renewableenergy and climate changeobjectives after 2022, it isopportune to explore all pos-sible avenues to stimulate inno-vation, create economic growthand new jobs as well as toreduce our carbon footprint,the statement said.

New Delhi: VakilSearch, alegal-tech company whichoffers online legal, tax andcompliance technology ser-vices has launched SwadeshiStartup Movement to encour-age citizens of India to becomeentrepreneurs. Inspired by theSwadeshi Movement thatensued during the freedomstruggle era, this campaign isbeing launched to commemo-rate the Make in India initia-tive, in-line with Startup Indiaspearheaded by theGovernment of India. PNS

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new products AssuranceDuraPlus 2 and Wrangler ATSilentTrac for the Indian mar-ket. While Assurance Duraplus2 is designed for small-to-mid-sized passenger cars,Wrangler AT SilentTrac is tai-lored for confident SUV driverswith a strong desire for adven-ture and the freedom to explorewith full control over thewheels.

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State-run power giant NTPCon Thursday it has got

shareholders’ approval to raiseup to �15,000 crore throughissuance of bonds and to raiseits borrowing limit to �2 lakhcrore.

The company got share-holders’ nod through a specialresolution to raise funds up to�15,000 crore through issue ofbonds/debentures on private

placement basis in the domes-tic market at its annual gener-al meeting (AGM) held onWednesday, it said in a BSE filing.

According to the AGMnotice, the funds raised will beused for capital expenditure,working capital and generalcorporate purposes.

NTPC has also got share-holders’ approval to increase itsborrowing limit from �1.5 lakhcrore to �2 lakh crore.

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New Delhi: Weddingz.in, a wedding company posted that it hasgrown 480% since the acquisition of OYO. A year after its acqui-sition by OYO Hotels & Homes, India's largest, world's 3rd largestand fastest-growing chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes,living and workspaces, Weddingz.in has witnessed 480% growthin revenue. Backed by OYO's operational capabilities, a uniqueoffering of providing hassle-free wedding experience and 1500+talented employees, Weddingz.in has become a household namefor a great wedding experience. Weddingz.in has witnessed 636%growth in bookings since August 2018 and enjoys high customerdelight. PNS

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The Commerce Ministry willsoon come out with a new

foreign trade policy, whichprovides guideline and incen-tives for increasing exports, forthe next five financial years2020-25, an official said.

The ministry is givingfinal touches to the new pol-icy as the validity for the oldone will end on March 31,2020.

“We have taken views ofall stakeholders. The new pol-icy is likely to be announcedby September-end or early-October,” the official said.

The new policy wouldfocus on simplifying proce-dures for exporters andimporters besides providingincentives to boost outboundshipments.

The ministr y’s arm,Directorate General ofForeign Trade (DGFT), is for-mulating the policy.

At present, tax benefits areprovided under merchandiseexport from India scheme(MEIS) for goods and servicesexport from India scheme(SEIS).

In the new policy, changesare expected in the incentivesgiven to goods as the currentexport promotion schemesare challenged by the US inthe dispute resolution mech-anism of the World Trade

Organisation (WTO).In this backdrop, the gov-

ernment is recasting theincentives to make them com-pliant with global trade rules,being formulated by Geneva-based WTO, a 164 memberGeneva-based multilateralbody.

The Commerce Ministryhas also floated a cabinet notefor a new export incentivesscheme — Rebate of Stateand Central Taxes and Levies(RoSCTL) — that would becompliant with the WTOnorms.

The RoSCTL scheme isavailable for exports of gar-ments and made-ups. It wouldnow be proposed to extend itto all exports in a phasedmanner.

The new scheme wouldreplace the existing MEIS,which was challenged by theUS last year in the WTO. Itwould ensure refund of all un-rebated central and state leviesand taxes imposed on inputsthat are consumed in exportsof all sectors.

Major un-rebated leviesare state VAT/central exciseduty on fuel used in trans-portation, captive power, farmsector; mandi tax; duty ofelectricity; stamp duty onexport documents, purchasesfrom unregistered dealers;embedded CGST and com-pensation cess coal used in the

production of electricity.Exporters are demanding

incentives based on researchand development, and prod-uct-specific clusters under thenew policy.

Ludhiana-based HandTools Association PresidentSC Ralhan said the new poli-cy should have provisions forrefund of indirect taxes like onoil and power, and state leviessuch as mandi tax.

“Sectors like engineeringshould be promoted as theycreate huge number of jobs.There should be relaxation forobtaining l icence underExport Promotion CapitalGoods for modernisation ofindustry,” Ralhan said.

Assistant professor andexpert on agriculture eco-nomics Chirala Shankar Raohas said the policy should lookat ways to promote agriexports as it holds hugeopportunities.

During April-July 2019-20, the country’s exportsdipped 0.37 per cent to USD107.41 billion.

Since 2011-12, India’sexports have been hovering ataround USD 300 billion.During 2018-19, overseasshipments grew 9 per cent toUSD 331 billion.

The government is tar-geting to increase the exportsto USD one trillion in thecoming years.

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Equity markets closed deepin the red on Thursdayafter top government offi-

cials virtually ruled out a stim-ulus package for slowdown-hitsectors, triggering anotherround of selling in banking,auto and metal stocks.

A weakening rupee, whichhit its lowest level in eightmonths, and lackluster globalcues further weighed oninvestor sentiment, traders said.

The 30-share BSE Sensexsank 587.44 points, or 1.59%,to finish at 36,472.93. Thebroader NSE Nifty slumped177.35 points, or 1.62%, to10,741.35. Both the key indicesclosed lower for the thirdstraight session.

Chief Economic AdviserKrishnamurthy Subramanianon Thursday said using taxpay-ers’ money to bail out companiesgoing through a ‘sunset’ phasewould create moral hazards andsuch a step was an anathema tothe market economy.

Power Secretary SubhashChandra Garg also said lowinterest rates and availability ofcredit to private sector were bet-ter tools than a fiscal stimulus.

The comments have dashedhopes of some sort of a stimu-lus package from the govern-ment to boost growth and revive

flagging consumer sentiment,analysts said.

Yes Bank was the biggestlaggard in the Sensex pack,plummeting 13.91%, followedby Vedanta, Bajaj Finance andTata Motors, which declined upto 7.76%.

ONGC, SBI, HeroMotoCorp, ICICI Bank, TataSteel, HDFC twins and RILalso closed with losses.

Tech Mahindra, TCS, HULand HCL Tech were the onlygainers, spurting up to 1.57%.

“Benchmark indices con-tinue to remain weak with rupeehitting fresh lows and lack ofnews on the economic stimulusby the government... Investorsentiment was further damp-ened by statement made byChief Economic Advisor thatIndian economy doesn’t needfiscal stimulus to tackle slow-down.

“Besides policy uncertaintyon the domestic front, weak

global cues, foreign fund flow,currency and oil price move-ment would further determinethe trend of the market,” saidHemang Jani, head (advisory),Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.

Speaking at an event inDelhi, Subramanian stressed onthe cyclical nature of a marketeconomy.

“Since 1991 we are a marketeconomy, and in a market econ-omy there are sectors which goon sunrise and then go throughsunset phase.

“If we basically expect thegovernment to use taxpayers’money to intervene every timewhen there are some ‘sunsets,’then I think you introduce pos-sible moral hazards from ‘too bigto fail’ and as well as the possi-bility of a situation where prof-its are private and losses aresocialized which is basically ananathema to way the marketeconomy functions,” he said.

Speaking at the same event,

Power Secretary SubhashChandra Garg said reduction ininterest rates and availability ofcredit to private sector are bet-ter tools than a fiscal stimulus.Garg, who was FinanceSecretary till last month, alsosaid the first quarter GDP num-ber are likely to be lower than thesame period last fiscal.

Meanwhile, BSE realtyindex was the biggest sectoralloser, cracking 6.01%, followedby metal, finance, oil and gas,bankex and energy.

IT index was the sole gain-er, rising 0.30%, buoyed by aweak rupee.

The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices followedthe benchmarks, closing up to2.19% lower.

Globally, markets were jit-tery ahead of comments fromFederal Reserve Chair JeromePowell at Jackson Hole,Wyoming, US.

Elsewhere in Asia, ShanghaiComposite Index and Nikkeiended on a positive note, whileHang Seng and Kospi settled inthe red. Equities in Europe weretrading lower in their respectiveearly sessions.

The Indian rupee depreci-ated 33 paise to 71.88 against theUS dollar intra-day.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, rose0.65% to USD 60.69 per barrel.

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price on Thursday hit a new high of �38,970 per 10 gram bygaining �150 in the national capital, according to the All-IndiaSarafa Association, mainly on account of a weaker rupee andsafe-haven buying from investors due to weak equity market.Gold prices have been hitting a fresh high everyday sinceTuesday. Silver advanced by �60 to �45,100 per kg onincreased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

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case for extraordinary steps todeal with the unprecedentedstress in the financial sectorwhich has resulted in an eco-nomic slowdown in the country.

The government needs totake steps which eliminateapprehension from the minds ofprivate sector players andencourage them to step upinvestments, NITI Aayog ViceChairman Rajiv Kumar said. Healso said private investments willdrive India out of the middleincome trap.

Terming the stress in thefinancial sector as unprecedent-ed, he said nobody had faced thissort of situation in the last 70years where entire financial sys-tem was under threat.

“Nobody is trusting any-body else... within the privatesector nobody is ready to lend,everyone is sitting on cash... youmay have to take steps which areextraordinary,” he said at anevent here.

Elaborating further, Kumarsaid some of the steps hadalready been announced in theUnion Budget to address stressin the financial sector and givea push to economic growthwhich hit a 5-year low of 6.8 percent in 2018-19.

Script Open High Low LTPLICHSGFIN 437.15 437.15 405.70 412.85YESBANK 65.60 67.70 53.15 56.30DLF 168.60 168.60 137.75 144.30IBULHSGFIN 472.00 472.00 439.05 449.90SUZLON 4.29 4.29 4.12 4.16IDEA 5.50 5.71 5.20 5.26TATAMOTORS 112.20 114.00 106.20 107.65RELCAPITAL 40.60 40.75 30.40 32.00TATASTEEL 340.00 346.70 330.20 333.35RELIANCE 1271.00 1271.05 1239.05 1246.50ICICIBANK 411.20 412.40 397.90 399.15RPOWER 3.19 3.19 2.72 2.81INFY* 800.80 800.80 792.50 795.90RELINFRA 42.50 42.55 34.45 36.25DHFL 45.80 45.80 38.90 39.70SBIN 277.00 278.00 267.30 268.40BAJFINANCE 3260.00 3260.00 3100.00 3117.80MARUTI 6210.00 6297.95 6167.65 6206.95INDUSINDBK 1370.00 1370.00 1330.00 1335.70LT 1312.30 1327.70 1283.30 1294.10RBLBANK 372.00 377.80 343.90 348.15ASHOKLEY 62.30 62.40 57.50 57.95ONGC 121.90 121.90 116.25 116.85STRTECH 130.00 130.00 104.15 104.15VEDL 138.80 138.85 125.70 129.05HDFCBANK 2226.00 2226.00 2168.00 2173.75ITC 242.00 246.00 238.95 240.10HDFCLIFE 533.00 538.05 525.20 528.25SPICEJET 136.45 136.50 130.80 131.45AXISBANK 669.00 669.80 657.95 660.90BANKBARODA 94.20 94.95 89.75 90.55NMDC 89.15 90.05 78.00 78.65JINDALSTEL 97.60 100.70 95.55 96.85COALINDIA 189.95 189.95 177.80 180.70BRITANNIA 2383.95 2477.00 2383.95 2443.55MOTHERSUMI 97.90 97.90 95.00 96.85UPL 535.00 552.75 508.25 518.45IBVENTURES 195.15 196.00 172.20 190.10HATHWAY 33.60 38.60 33.30 34.35ICICIPRULI 387.00 387.00 376.95 382.90CANBK 221.90 221.90 208.40 209.70GAIL 122.45 124.70 120.10 120.65TCS 2186.05 2235.00 2171.00 2214.90TECHM 679.00 684.15 668.65 682.80HINDUNILVR 1856.00 1879.65 1842.25 1872.25BAJAJFINSV 7175.00 7185.00 6742.20 6764.60JUSTDIAL 682.00 682.00 654.05 676.05SUNPHARMA 416.00 420.65 408.85 414.50NTPC 118.00 118.25 113.80 114.65THOMASCOOK 160.85 160.85 129.40 129.40ZEEL 344.90 344.90 323.50 328.40ULTRACEMCO 3924.00 3942.85 3815.00 3835.10HDFC 2070.00 2072.65 2008.00 2014.85TATAPOWER 51.10 55.70 50.70 53.45L&TFH 97.50 97.50 92.05 93.10PNB 64.00 64.25 61.15 61.45INDIGO 1630.05 1650.30 1615.20 1619.90NBCC 30.70 30.70 29.05 29.30BIOCON 225.00 225.85 218.20 221.60IBREALEST 71.00 71.05 66.25 67.00BEL 93.40 94.15 92.05 93.30KOTAKBANK 1506.00 1509.15 1472.00 1477.30SAIL 31.20 31.80 29.70 30.05HEROMOTOCO 2718.10 2718.10 2612.00 2625.85IOC 122.00 122.00 116.55 117.70WIPRO 252.40 253.50 248.60 252.00HEG 960.00 960.00 886.10 894.75SOUTHBANK 11.00 11.00 10.40 10.52PETRONET 239.00 245.15 236.30 238.85SRF 2885.00 2885.00 2772.90 2787.85PCJEWELLER 31.00 31.00 26.65 27.00M&M 525.00 525.00 509.65 512.15GRAPHITE 283.30 286.00 274.90 276.20HINDPETRO 238.50 238.55 225.00 226.35NCC 54.70 54.90 51.25 51.85HAVELLS 650.00 664.80 642.40 656.15FORCEMOT 1257.95 1259.85 1181.80 1190.45PEL 1761.05 1785.00 1713.35 1725.60WOCKPHARMA 256.40 260.00 250.40 254.40UJJIVAN 256.80 267.60 256.80 260.25TITAN 1067.40 1070.00 1048.60 1062.35OMAXE 196.60 200.35 194.40 197.30DCBBANK 210.00 210.40 188.35 193.60ACC 1488.00 1488.85 1454.05 1465.10HDFCAMC 2201.00 2201.00 2125.00 2138.05GRASIM 695.00 708.70 682.00 687.80DMART 1481.00 1503.00 1478.00 1485.65TATAELXSI 634.90 638.75 603.55 606.75EQUITAS 103.90 105.05 101.45 101.95DBL 406.90 406.90 329.55 336.85ADANIENT 131.05 131.55 126.35 126.95GODREJIND 438.60 439.00 426.40 428.35BPCL 328.90 329.65 309.90 312.65BHARTIARTL 352.85 357.05 351.20 352.65BHEL 48.05 48.75 47.80 48.00M&MFIN 315.10 319.70 303.50 305.50EXIDEIND 174.00 178.50 168.70 170.75MGL 852.00 855.60 831.35 833.60HCLTECH 1070.70 1086.10 1056.85 1078.45ADANITRANS 223.65 225.95 214.50 216.30ESCORTS 449.00 449.00 429.50 432.00CGPOWER 10.65 11.65 10.65 10.65SPARC 151.05 151.10 143.10 144.95EDELWEISS 115.00 115.75 105.20 106.75JSWSTEEL 215.70 220.50 213.00 217.05HINDALCO 174.60 179.20 172.75 176.60BANDHANBNK 474.00 475.75 453.00 457.35UFLEX 198.70 202.00 198.00 199.65

SUNTV 415.00 426.15 407.10 415.35INDIACEM 75.75 76.10 70.55 70.90SBILIFE 828.00 837.40 808.10 815.35DELTACORP 146.80 147.70 142.25 146.05BANKINDIA 65.25 65.25 61.70 62.35UNIONBANK 60.00 60.70 57.90 58.45MANAPPURAM 122.00 122.00 117.60 118.20ASIANPAINT 1590.00 1593.90 1567.00 1570.35ENGINERSIN 98.70 102.00 94.10 95.35AMBUJACEM 200.45 200.85 196.50 197.70CADILAHC 211.20 217.00 206.45 214.00DISHTV 22.35 23.10 21.30 21.65GNFC 189.00 189.00 172.15 176.85ADANIPOWER 58.50 59.35 56.50 56.95TATAMTRDVR 52.85 53.05 50.25 50.85MARICO 394.00 394.15 389.65 391.45BATAINDIA 1470.20 1474.45 1447.35 1457.60DRREDDY 2527.00 2558.80 2503.40 2545.10PFC 101.20 102.70 100.05 101.80BOMDYEING 68.75 68.75 62.95 63.45OBEROIRLTY 504.00 504.00 476.10 483.85JUBLFOOD 1131.80 1149.90 1093.60 1104.95FEDERALBNK 82.85 82.85 79.90 80.40NOCIL 77.40 77.40 73.90 75.40CEATLTD 872.30 877.65 852.35 870.05GRUH 246.75 250.05 229.10 232.45IDFCFIRSTB 43.75 43.75 42.35 43.00APOLLOTYRE 160.30 165.25 160.30 163.15RAYMOND 565.85 566.90 543.70 547.65NESTLEIND 12649.90 12795.70 12410.85 12458.55AUROPHARMA 590.15 600.00 584.00 590.85MFSL 445.45 454.35 435.50 439.70STAR 377.90 384.70 370.20 377.05EICHERMOT 16190.00 16190.00 15500.00 15525.70BEML 756.00 757.60 721.00 734.75JAICORPLTD 72.00 72.00 66.50 67.60TVSMOTOR 368.00 368.35 352.85 356.30PERSISTENT 539.00 584.95 533.00 569.45KNRCON 246.15 249.30 237.80 241.00ABCAPITAL 90.00 90.35 86.65 88.05GODFRYPHLP 973.00 973.90 898.00 916.60DCMSHRIRAM 397.50 397.50 373.05 379.85NATIONALUM 38.90 39.30 37.70 38.00

REPCOHOME 312.70 317.20 309.00 312.80JAMNAAUTO 33.75 33.95 31.40 31.85CHOLAFIN 256.00 258.95 247.05 249.55LUPIN 735.85 745.95 731.75 737.25TATACHEM 556.25 556.25 545.40 550.75VENKYS 1420.00 1431.40 1360.30 1369.60DABUR 427.05 431.85 424.60 427.95WESTLIFE 289.70 289.75 271.45 275.75PARAGMILK 138.50 146.60 134.60 136.40NHPC 23.35 23.35 23.20 23.25ITI 67.80 67.80 59.70 60.15MAHLOG 352.00 353.00 325.60 344.85TATAGLOBAL 265.00 265.00 256.35 258.60RAJESHEXPO 717.00 734.25 702.00 728.80SUVEN 255.90 258.00 251.85 253.40GODREJCP 610.00 622.35 603.50 607.95PVR 1468.00 1483.30 1445.05 1453.95IGL 326.40 326.40 314.65 321.80NAVINFLUOR 705.60 706.50 663.00 690.05CIPLA 470.00 470.00 460.65 463.10KEC 273.90 273.90 250.00 251.50JPASSOCIAT 2.28 2.28 2.09 2.11SRTRANSFIN 1005.00 1006.30 981.30 986.95PRESTIGE 289.15 299.90 280.00 291.20IRB 85.45 85.45 80.65 81.50AJANTPHARM 947.00 969.90 931.65 965.25FSL 48.70 49.00 46.00 46.55NAUKRI 2134.65 2140.05 2040.55 2049.85PHILIPCARB 117.60 117.90 112.45 113.25HFCL 19.90 19.90 18.65 18.70MINDAIND 307.65 309.85 301.05 305.45MCX 841.00 852.00 825.75 837.55DIVISLAB 1536.60 1575.65 1532.05 1568.40ADANIPORTS 351.10 351.10 341.00 345.00JUBILANT 440.90 440.90 405.25 408.65RNAM 232.15 244.80 232.00 239.50BERGEPAINT 364.10 365.30 357.50 362.00RADICO 305.00 305.60 287.40 291.45AVANTI 295.10 295.10 281.55 282.40

BAJAJ-AUTO 2773.70 2774.65 2732.40 2741.55BHARATFORG 390.00 390.60 380.00 383.80RAMCOCEM 713.25 716.15 683.55 705.30APOLLOHOSP 1469.85 1474.00 1445.00 1450.45RECLTD 140.15 141.45 137.35 138.55ICICIGI 1131.25 1148.00 1121.80 1140.85PIIND 1108.00 1189.00 1095.00 1145.40ALKEM 1721.40 1792.50 1721.00 1750.05NIITTECH 1366.00 1374.50 1352.50 1360.45SONATSOFTW 313.65 316.10 309.55 315.35INFRATEL 246.50 248.60 244.35 246.55CENTURYTEX 830.00 836.85 809.70 811.95IDBI 25.40 25.40 24.10 24.45GLENMARK 364.05 365.60 356.35 359.55MEGH 43.70 43.80 42.00 42.20VOLTAS 588.00 605.50 586.00 597.95CANFINHOME 380.25 381.05 362.20 369.50SIEMENS 1153.00 1160.00 1131.00 1141.20PIDILITIND 1366.00 1369.50 1347.00 1360.70RCF 40.35 40.65 38.00 38.20DEEPAKNI 273.50 273.50 260.00 260.30SOBHA 471.35 471.35 448.55 450.45REDINGTON 100.70 105.45 98.50 104.70MINDTREE 700.85 703.70 681.50 693.10POWERGRID 204.00 205.55 200.85 202.80ADANIGAS 153.10 153.10 145.45 146.15TORNTPOWER 282.85 287.55 279.70 281.85TIMKEN 704.90 709.90 701.70 704.45COFFEEDAY 76.40 76.40 75.00 76.40GODREJAGRO 448.00 452.60 433.80 437.50HEXAWARE 382.00 384.00 376.45 377.85KAJARIACER 488.60 488.60 467.35 472.15SWANENERGY 100.85 101.50 99.75 100.80WELSPUNIND 47.20 49.35 45.40 47.85CUMMINSIND 570.00 574.25 554.45 568.80IPCALAB 943.70 964.50 943.25 958.70SUNTECK 447.00 448.40 421.30 428.75GODREJPROP 898.00 900.55 880.00 890.85HEIDELBERG 202.00 202.40 186.05 187.35ABFRL 186.00 191.30 185.50 189.65LAKSHVILAS 39.80 40.25 39.80 39.85BAJAJELEC 369.00 370.55 357.20 359.70UBL 1280.00 1308.60 1275.05 1291.60LALPATHLAB 1188.30 1215.00 1162.80 1178.25WABAG 273.15 273.15 261.60 263.40GICRE 172.00 172.00 158.00 160.20MUTHOOTFIN 609.00 619.25 594.50 598.45SYNGENE 303.20 305.50 294.00 304.35CASTROLIND 116.05 116.25 112.75 114.00J&KBANK 35.80 35.80 33.20 33.40BALKRISIND 732.85 738.45 724.70 735.55INOXLEISUR 272.15 274.15 255.00 258.80INDIANB 173.00 173.00 166.20 167.25SHANKARA 293.40 299.90 272.00 285.30AMARAJABAT 611.00 611.00 590.30 602.50RAIN 81.25 82.00 79.05 79.95JINDALSAW 66.65 66.65 64.55 65.10VBL 645.85 649.35 625.00 640.50KEI 458.15 458.15 391.75 413.85PTC 58.50 58.75 57.65 57.95GRANULES 91.10 92.30 88.05 88.60AUBANK 691.05 691.05 664.30 671.10CHAMBLFERT 138.45 139.15 133.70 135.85GMRINFRA 14.70 15.05 14.44 14.69LTTS 1563.80 1586.90 1556.00 1572.65HINDCOPPER 30.20 30.20 28.25 28.80TAKE 102.70 103.35 100.10 102.00CHENNPETRO 193.70 193.70 183.20 189.25ADANIGREEN 44.10 44.50 43.10 43.55PGHL 4315.00 4350.00 4080.00 4175.70MAHINDCIE 149.10 149.85 138.45 144.20JKTYRE 57.00 57.05 55.40 56.35TRENT 474.95 477.95 467.50 470.25OIL 143.70 144.60 141.80 142.30BBTC 758.00 767.70 740.25 757.35HSCL 78.55 78.75 75.00 75.90COLPAL 1204.95 1204.95 1180.30 1190.05MOIL 122.00 125.00 118.55 120.60INDHOTEL 128.60 130.25 121.15 124.70HUDCO 32.50 32.65 30.25 30.35VIPIND 382.00 382.10 369.00 370.70FRETAIL 419.80 423.80 409.40 413.45LTI 1608.15 1615.00 1587.75 1593.30ALBK 32.25 32.25 30.15 30.80TATACOFFEE 71.00 71.00 68.55 68.75BAJAJCON 252.85 265.00 243.10 244.30GSFC 72.10 72.30 68.65 70.85INTELLECT 221.20 221.90 210.25 212.95TATACOMM 426.00 430.10 420.40 423.10GICHSGFIN 172.20 172.20 160.00 161.45CENTRUM 27.80 28.50 27.50 28.10BALMLAWRIE 171.20 171.20 162.50 164.20TRIDENT 57.00 57.00 54.00 54.45CONCOR 482.00 487.70 480.05 482.60JMFINANCIL 71.50 71.55 70.05 70.65HINDZINC 202.35 202.50 198.35 199.55JISLJALEQS 20.40 20.40 19.10 19.50QUESS 446.00 453.55 441.00 449.60CROMPTON 223.35 226.00 221.15 224.00KALPATPOWR 480.50 488.95 464.60 468.80CARERATING 576.10 576.10 521.15 533.05SUNDRMFAST 405.50 412.00 400.00 406.05ISEC 205.00 206.90 200.00 202.25DCAL 176.20 176.50 159.50 165.80MPHASIS 959.85 972.40 954.40 967.90ORIENTBANK 63.05 63.15 60.10 60.40RITES 232.90 234.90 224.65 227.70TORNTPHARM 1668.00 1681.00 1652.50 1673.30KRBL 221.00 221.25 212.30 216.45

GSPL 216.45 219.70 213.60 215.95ENDURANCE 871.20 881.90 852.95 862.15JSWENERGY 67.60 67.80 66.70 67.10RCOM 1.03 1.04 1.03 1.03DEEPAKFERT 81.75 82.10 77.65 77.95CENTRALBK 18.70 18.70 17.90 18.10INOXWIND 35.05 36.80 33.20 33.65ESSELPRO 84.25 84.25 78.85 80.45INFIBEAM 40.15 40.55 39.55 39.85FCONSUMER 30.80 31.00 29.00 29.95KANSAINER 471.00 475.80 462.65 473.30APLAPOLLO 1304.35 1304.35 1259.20 1278.95GET&D 148.95 155.00 144.25 152.30FORTIS 121.70 123.10 120.50 121.65PNBHOUSING 692.00 692.00 671.35 674.45ATUL 3507.45 3574.95 3480.00 3541.70BDL 284.55 285.00 265.90 269.60EMAMILTD 297.00 297.00 280.25 283.50CUB 198.80 199.35 193.75 196.45KTKBANK 74.00 74.60 73.10 73.60OFSS 2883.00 2928.50 2844.00 2909.55GREAVESCOT 118.05 120.05 115.40 115.85GHCL 191.70 194.00 184.75 185.10AIAENG 1609.00 1620.00 1580.00 1593.55IDFC 34.15 34.15 32.75 33.20SCI 25.85 25.90 25.10 25.25IRCON 348.20 354.65 347.00 351.10COCHINSHIP 342.95 342.95 333.80 334.80LEMONTREE 52.60 53.15 52.05 53.00TV18BRDCST 19.05 19.05 18.10 18.30VINATIORGA 2006.05 2070.00 2000.00 2049.35VGUARD 229.60 229.60 225.70 226.95PHOENIXLTD 635.00 638.00 620.35 632.55COROMANDEL 360.00 361.00 348.95 357.10BLISSGVS 90.00 92.00 82.10 82.10MMTC 18.80 18.80 17.55 17.85GLAXO 1210.00 1219.50 1178.55 1204.65GESHIP* 246.30 246.40 232.65 237.45DBCORP 147.10 147.10 137.65 139.05MAHSEAMLES 398.00 398.00 365.45 368.90MOTILALOFS 552.05 575.90 539.00 562.00ITDC 167.50 167.50 154.45 156.25PFIZER 2900.00 2900.00 2860.00 2880.20TATAINVEST 776.50 777.20 745.05 750.65NATCOPHARM 534.00 545.70 531.00 542.80CYIENT 437.70 443.50 436.30 440.00ALLCARGO 91.95 94.60 89.75 91.85IOB 9.70 9.70 9.00 9.25LAXMIMACH 3682.45 3690.00 3600.00 3600.45RALLIS 155.50 157.70 150.25 156.10PAGEIND 17902.35 17984.00 17600.00 17680.50GUJALKALI 389.05 392.90 380.00 380.75ASHOKA 116.50 116.50 109.10 111.95CENTURYPLY 131.30 132.00 125.60 126.70GUJGAS 182.50 182.50 177.75 178.40BOSCHLTD 13701.00 13701.00 13206.00 13408.35ASTRAZEN 1698.00 1718.00 1660.00 1677.30TNPL 177.40 178.40 172.25 173.25GILLETTE 7069.55 7150.00 7057.50 7131.95MAHABANK 11.65 11.71 10.80 11.32ABB 1356.50 1356.50 1341.00 1349.00WELCORP 113.30 113.30 109.50 110.55ANDHRABANK 18.10 18.30 17.55 17.60ZYDUSWELL 1520.40 1550.00 1501.00 1513.55SADBHAV 121.10 122.80 115.15 116.15GSKCONS 8000.00 8122.35 8000.00 8095.95MRPL 46.65 46.75 45.75 45.90VTL 900.00 900.00 880.05 894.10NETWORK18 20.30 20.30 18.00 18.45FLFL 449.80 449.80 425.00 427.65NLCINDIA 54.50 55.20 53.85 54.10JKCEMENT 996.30 1005.30 973.30 987.90AAVAS 1450.55 1499.55 1446.90 1474.40AEGISLOG 200.70 203.45 197.05 199.35ABBOTINDIA 8946.50 9065.00 8577.00 8733.80FINCABLES 370.70 372.55 354.55 368.75THYROCARE 439.10 442.95 436.90 437.90INDOSTAR 274.15 275.85 272.95 273.35IEX 131.00 136.70 129.25 134.30THERMAX 1038.60 1045.00 1000.90 1014.85EIHOTEL 150.70 154.95 145.95 149.40UCOBANK 14.80 15.00 14.30 14.65GPPL 79.20 80.40 77.00 79.35JETAIRWAYS 34.00 34.00 32.85 32.85JSLHISAR 63.55 63.60 61.40 62.20VARROC 405.65 405.65 380.05 392.90SUPREMEIND 1121.65 1125.90 1090.00 1102.85BIRLACORPN 549.60 553.00 530.00 532.80SHRIRAMCIT 1295.00 1398.80 1295.00 1387.40IFCI 7.01 7.11 7.00 7.03FINOLEXIND 504.30 504.30 499.10 499.35SOMANYCERA 275.00 278.80 262.25 265.70GDL 93.40 94.15 89.45 90.30SYNDIBANK 30.00 30.15 29.55 29.75ECLERX 484.00 484.00 453.30 471.95TIMETECHNO 59.00 59.60 56.30 56.65PNCINFRA 197.40 198.10 191.10 192.05SHK 118.00 119.00 117.00 117.70JBCHEPHARM 381.15 381.40 379.70 380.30BAYERCROP 3120.10 3127.80 3055.35 3101.95LAOPALA 154.00 154.00 148.35 149.30NESCO 522.05 529.30 520.00 522.60ORIENTCEM 83.30 83.30 80.00 81.50WHIRLPOOL 1540.10 1550.40 1536.30 1539.55APLLTD 503.00 504.90 498.00 500.35BAJAJHLDNG 3331.75 3382.50 3323.70 3346.65MINDACORP 74.70 74.70 68.30 69.05ADVENZYMES 150.45 150.45 146.65 146.85TATAMETALI 524.00 525.00 498.85 500.55

ASTERDM 117.60 118.00 113.00 115.40TEJASNET 85.40 85.45 81.50 83.05MRF 57300.00 57699.00 57146.00 57585.90SHREECEM 18700.00 18715.50 18310.00 18462.05EIDPARRY 147.25 149.70 144.90 145.50GALAXYSURF 1297.00 1310.00 1290.70 1302.20NIACL 106.00 106.05 103.90 104.10VMART 1760.00 1781.50 1713.25 1745.65CAPPL 405.30 410.10 400.00 403.10PRSMJOHNSN 84.20 84.65 83.10 83.25SCHNEIDER 72.75 73.10 71.50 72.50GMDCLTD 62.00 62.05 60.10 60.35MAHSCOOTER 3978.55 3978.55 3873.10 3891.25PGHH 10399.00 10414.90 10160.65 10288.00CORPBANK 18.10 18.50 17.60 17.75HERITGFOOD 323.15 330.00 318.80 328.70SJVN 24.30 24.35 24.05 24.20SHILPAMED 260.00 260.10 250.10 251.50JKLAKSHMI 322.15 322.20 318.80 319.50TIINDIA 346.50 346.50 335.65 338.05JSL 29.00 29.00 26.80 28.25SREINFRA 10.60 10.73 9.88 10.10SCHAEFFLER 4060.95 4068.55 3952.00 4026.45RELAXO 422.15 425.00 410.15 421.80EVEREADY 81.25 81.40 77.35 77.35ASTRAL 1244.40 1250.65 1233.45 1239.85NILKAMAL 990.00 999.10 980.80 993.15HAL 660.00 666.70 646.60 647.90HIMATSEIDE 124.55 127.95 124.15 124.45NH 227.15 229.80 223.75 227.80BASF 990.00 993.00 976.00 987.70BLUEDART 2201.00 2240.00 2195.10 2230.25ZENSARTECH 215.75 217.00 214.10 215.60ASAHIINDIA 180.00 183.00 175.00 175.25IFBIND 629.70 629.70 602.05 606.30UNITEDBNK 9.61 9.61 9.11 9.24FDC 158.65 160.00 156.00 156.35MASFIN 608.45 616.90 592.50 593.40LUXIND 999.60 1010.00 983.50 995.10LAURUSLABS 335.00 336.15 326.55 331.65CARBORUNIV 273.20 273.65 266.40 269.60FINEORG 1430.25 1438.00 1425.00 1428.50TCNSBRANDS 713.85 713.85 662.45 670.80ELGIEQUIP 240.60 242.95 240.00 241.35ITDCEM 69.00 69.90 67.65 67.95MHRIL 208.85 212.75 208.15 209.65CCL 242.55 246.15 240.45 244.05GRINDWELL 563.30 574.55 563.30 564.70AKZOINDIA 1702.45 1711.00 1691.00 1691.75CRISIL 1242.05 1267.95 1242.05 1250.95SANOFI 6144.55 6145.00 5921.00 5945.70TTKPRESTIG 5681.10 5906.95 5681.10 5793.40GEPIL 721.85 744.35 707.00 739.25MONSANTO 2050.00 2064.20 2022.00 2055.65CREDITACC 510.50 513.00 500.00 506.50DHANUKA 318.85 327.55 307.75 326.90KPRMILL 574.05 574.05 545.05 548.85TRITURBINE 101.75 103.00 98.45 102.15CHOLAHLDNG 460.80 465.00 460.75 464.25APARINDS 529.00 532.80 517.65 528.35ORIENTELEC 152.25 154.40 149.00 153.10STARCEMENT 91.30 94.20 91.20 94.00NBVENTURES 86.00 86.00 83.10 83.65SUDARSCHEM 316.30 318.10 313.15 314.25SHOPERSTOP 361.25 365.00 360.00 360.15TEAMLEASE 2389.70 2425.00 2360.85 2411.80BLUESTARCO 718.40 718.40 708.25 709.05TVSSRICHAK 1655.00 1658.90 1632.35 1643.85JSWHL 2669.15 2785.00 2602.70 2675.00JYOTHYLAB 151.10 151.40 149.05 150.10LINDEINDIA 481.10 482.70 477.00 479.50GAYAPROJ 114.65 114.65 110.95 112.30ERIS 394.30 395.00 388.00 394.55HONAUT 23100.00 23150.00 22875.00 22953.80SUPRAJIT 181.00 181.00 176.25 177.20SYMPHONY 1219.25 1235.25 1219.25 1231.60SIS 702.40 815.35 702.40 796.90SFL 1140.00 1150.00 1124.10 1135.55GULFOILLUB 848.00 870.00 848.00 864.00MAHLIFE 362.40 373.50 362.40 368.70WABCOINDIA 6090.00 6144.00 6068.00 6085.10SKFINDIA 1834.85 1854.75 1834.70 1844.90MAGMA 67.00 68.00 66.15 66.70CERA 2403.55 2425.00 2375.60 2382.25HATSUN 601.90 603.00 581.00 584.30TVTODAY 299.90 301.00 298.00 298.50JAGRAN 69.70 70.10 69.00 69.50RATNAMANI 890.00 918.60 890.00 903.303MINDIA 20250.00 20329.50 20187.15 20213.45IBULISL 91.65 95.20 91.65 91.65SOLARINDS 1089.85 1091.40 1063.25 1071.20MAXINDIA 55.80 55.80 54.10 54.80JCHAC 1571.00 1581.55 1571.00 1576.00

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British Prime Minister BorisJohnson heads to Paris on

Thursday for talks with FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macronwho is expected to rebuff hislast-ditch efforts to renegotiatethe UK’s withdrawal from theEuropean Union.

Macron, who has said pre-viously he is happy to be the“bad guy” on Brexit, roundlyrejected Johnson’s calls to scrapa key plank of a deal negotiat-ed between the EU and formerBritish premier Theresa May.

“Renegotiation on theterms currently proposed bythe British is not an option thatexists, and that has alwaysbeen made clear by (EU)President Tusk,” Macron toldreporters on Wednesdayevening.

At stake is the so-called“backstop”, an arrangementguaranteeing that borderchecks will not return betweenEU member Ireland andNorthern Ireland which is partof Britain.

Johnson considers thebackstop to be “anti-democra-tic” and an affront to Britishsovereignty because it willrequire London to keep itsregulations aligned with the EU

during a transition exit period.The EU argues this is nec-

essary to avoid the re-emer-gence of border checkpointswhich could lead to a return offighting on the divided islandwhere anti-British violence has claimed thou-sands of lives.

More evidence of deadlockon Thursday would raise thechances of a “no deal” Brexit,which France now sees as themost likely scenario despite theexpectation that it will wreakeconomic damage on Britainand the EU.

“The EU and member

states need to take the possi-bility of a ‘no deal’ outcomemuch more seriously thanbefore,” a senior EU official toldreporters in Brussels onThursday on condition ofanonymity.

The Paris visit is the secondleg of Johnson’s first foreign tripsince he became prime minis-ter a month ago.

On Wednesday, he toldGerman Chancellor AngelaMerkel in Berlin that the back-stop has “grave defects for asovereign, democratic countrylike the UK” and insisted theprovision “has to go”.

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President Donald Trump hasthreatened to end what he

called the “ridiculous” US pol-icy of birthright citizenship,which gives citizenship auto-matically to those born inAmerica, as he sought ways tocheck illegal immigration.

“We’re looking at that veryseriously, birthright citizen-ship. It’s frankly ridiculous,”Trump said Wednesday outsidethe White House whileresponding to a question on thebirthright citizenship, whichgrants automatic citizenshipto those born in the US.

His comments echoes hisadministration’s previous vowto unilaterally end the processby which babies born in thecountry automatically becomeUS citizens.

“Birthright citizenshipwhere you have a baby on ourland, you walk over the border,have a baby, congratulations,the baby is now a US citizen.We’re looking at it very, veryseriously,” Trump said.

During his 2016 presiden-tial campaign, Trump had saidthat he will end the birthrightcitizenship.

The 14th Amendment of

the US Constitution guaranteesbirthright citizenship andstates: “All persons born or nat-uralised in the United Statesand subject to the jurisdictionthereof, are citizens of theUnited States and of the Statewherein they reside.”

Indian-origin Presidentialcandidate Kamala Harris, aDemocratic senator fromCalifornia, mocked Trump’scomments on TwitterWednesday, stating thePresident “should ‘seriously’consider reading theConstitution.”

Trump’s statement cameas the administrationannounced a proposal to detainundocumented families togeth-er indefinitely, replacing theagreement that set a 20-daylimit for holding children, TheHill reported.

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German Chancellor AngelaMerkel said Thursday that

Britain could have until the dayof its scheduled EU departureto avoid a chaotic no-dealBrexit, clarifying that she hadnot set London a 30-day dead-line. Merkel had appeared tolay down the 30-day rule tosolve the vexed issue of theIrish border “backstop” whenshe met British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson in Berlin onWednesday.

“I said that what you wantto do in three or two years, you

can do in 30 days -- or rather,you would have to say: you cando it by October 31,” Merkelsaid at a press conference inThe Hague with Dutch pre-mier Mark Rutte.

“So it’s not about 30 days,but they were symbolic for thefact that you can do it in a shortperiod of time.”

Merkel said she was givingthe new date “because GreatBritain said they would like toleave the European Union on31 October.”

“And until then we have towork on it -- work on it if thewill exists on both sides.”

The German leader saidthe aim was to find a regimethat both respects the two-decade old peace agreement inthe British province ofNorthern Ireland “and at thesame time we can ensure theintegrity of the (EU’s) internalmarket.”

In Berlin on Wednesdaynight, Merkel had appeared togive London its biggest glim-mer of hope in weeks when shesaid that “we have said wewould probably find it in thenext two years, but maybe wecan do it in the next 30 days,why not?”

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Asenior Chinese officer saysthe country “will not sit

idly by” if the US proceeds witha sale of advanced F-16V fight-er jets to Taiwan, and warnedof other potential counter-measures in addition to pun-ishing foreign firms involved inthe deal.

Col. Chen Rongdi, chief ofthe Institute of War Studies atthe Academy of MilitarySciences, said at a defense

forum Thursday that Beijingconsidered the sale a violationof previous US commitments toChina regarding the island itconsiders its own territory to beannexed by force if necessary.

He did not elaborate onwhat additional measuresChina might take.

Beijing has repeatedly saidit will levy sanctions against UScompanies linked to a plannedUSD 8 billion sale anddemanded Washington cancelit immediately.

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Hong Kong university stu-dent leaders said on

Thursday they’ll call for a boy-cott of the start of classes topressure the government torespond to the protest move-ment gripping the city sinceJune.

Student union leaders from10 universities said they wantstudents to skip the first twoweeks of classes in September.

They vowed to escalatetheir action if the city’s Beijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam,fails to respond by Sept. 13.

Young people have been atthe forefront of the Chinesecity’s protest movement, whichwas sparked by calls for thewithdrawal of an unpopularextradition bill.

The bill, which would haveallowed suspects to be extra-dited to mainland China wherethe judiciary is not indepen-

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Iran’s President struck a mus-cular tone on dealings with

the US, saying Thursday that“talks are useless” as Tehran’snuclear deal with world pow-ers crumbles further. PresidentHassan Rouhani made thecomment in a speech in Tehranduring the unveiling of theBavar-373, a long-range sur-face-to-air missile system thathe described as an improve-ment to the Russian S-300.

“Now that our enemies donot accept logic, we cannotrespond with logic,” Rouhanisaid in the televised speech.

He added: “When theenemy launches a missileagainst us, we cannot give aspeech and say: ‘Mr. Rocket,please do not hit our countryand our innocent people.Rocket-launching sir, if you canplease hit a button and self-destroy the missile in the air.’”

On Wednesday, Iran’s stateTV reported that the Bavar-373is able to recognize up to 100 tar-gets at a same time and confrontthem with six different weapons.

Since 1992, Iran has devel-oped a homegrown defenseindustry that has producedlight and heavy weapons rang-ing from mortars and torpe-does to tanks and submarines.

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North Korea said Thursday ithas “no interest” in dialogue

unless Washington stops “esca-lating hostile military moves”, asa senior US envoy visited Seoulwith an eye on reviving nucleartalks with Pyongyang.

Talks between Pyongyangand Washington have stalledsince a second summit betweenUS President Donald Trumpand North Korean leader KimJong Un in Hanoi collapsedwithout an agreement.

The pair met again in June

in the Demilitarised Zone andagreed to restart working-leveldialogue. Meanwhile, NorthKorea has carried out severalshort-range missile tests inrecent weeks in protest againstannual US-South Korea jointmilitary drills that it sees as arehearsal for invasion.

Stephen Biegun, the USspecial envoy for North Koreawho leads the working-leveltalks, arrived in Seoul lateTuesday for a three-day trip,and said Washington was “pre-pared to engage” as soon as ithears from Pyongyang.

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Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan will host

his Russian and Iranian coun-terparts for a summit on Syriain Ankara on September 16, thepresidential spokesman said.

Despite being on opposingsides in the Syrian conflict,Syria regime backers Iran andRussia have worked closelywith rebel supporter Turkey to find a political solu-tion.

“The president will host athree-way summit with theparticipation of Russia andIran in Ankara,” spokesmanIbrahim Kalin said lateWednesday.

The announcement of themeeting between PresidentVladimir Putin, IranianPresident Hassan Rouhani andErdogan comes at a time whenSyrian forces have madeadvances into the last rebelstronghold of Idlib in Syria’snorthwest.

Rome: Italy’s President begana second day of talks Thursdayaimed at solving the politicalcrisis shaking the country afterthe disintegration of the pop-ulist Government.

President Sergio Mattarellawas set to meet all the mainparties, including the anti-establishment Five StarMovement (M5S) and far-rightLeague. Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte resignedTuesday after months ofalliance sniping and a bid byLeague leader and InteriorMinister Matteo Salvini to forcea snap election, just 14 monthsafter coming to power. AFP

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Did you know dabu or daboo is anancient mud resist hand blockprinting technique from

Rajasthan? The practice almost died inthe last century but was revived and isa flourishing business today. Day two ofthe Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive2019, saw designer Alka Sharma withher sustainable label of Udaipur,Aavaran. She presented her collectionMiniature Moon, which has been doneby the same old-age dabu technique. Ithas been embraced for printing intricatemotifs on the finest natural fabrics likemushru, mulberry silk and chanderi.Delicate and ethnic embroidery like pit-tan have been used for embellishing theclothes. Regalia inspired silhouetteshave been blended with modern designsto create this timeless and aesthetic col-lection.

The contemporary clothing labelspecialises in dabu mud resist, handdyed and block printed apparel. Thefabrics were eco-friendly, organic andnatural, which were in perfect syncwith the brand’s ethics of sustainabil-ity.

The process of dabu printing isquite complicated, involving manyworkers and multiple stages of print-ing, washing and dyeing. First, theplain fabric received from the millsis carefully washed to remove anyimpurities which may interferewith the dyeing process. Then,designs are meticulously andpainstakingly hand printed onto the fabric using blockswhich are dipped into fastdyes. The next and crucial stepinvolves the use of the mudresist which makes thisprint so unique.Ingredients like mud,gum, lime and wastewheat chaff are com-bined to make the‘dhabu’ or mud resistpaste which is thenpatted over certainparts of the design.The paste is driedwith sprinkledsawdust. This cov-ering essentiallyprotects theseparts of the fab-ric from the dyeused later on,creating aunique andcolorful effect.

After thisprocess ofprinting, thefabric is spreadout in the sunwhere it completelydries out. It is thendipped into a vat of dye,dried again and finally given a thor-ough washing to remove the paste andany excess dye. The dyes used are typ-

ically natural vegetable dyes and pastes.Thus the unprotected parts of the fab-ric catch the colour while the dhabu cov-ered bits remain plain. The fabric maybe dyed more than once in different col-ors to give each part of the design a dif-ferent hue.

Speaking about her debut at thefashion week, Alka said, “The label waslaunched to sustain and revive theancient, traditional craft of dabu printand provide economic empowerment tothe indigenous craftsmen of the region.The designs are very similar to themotifs used in all traditional Rajasthanitextiles, since the ‘blocks’ used forprinting are common to most of thesetechniques. They tend to be natureinspired designs of plants, birds, flow-ers, fruits as well as artistic ethnicmotifs.”

Actresses Mrunal Thakur walkedthe ramp for Aavaran. She said, “I am

excited to be walking the ramp forAavaran. This is truly thrilling as it willbe a debut for us both at the week.”

Designer Amit Aggarwal onWednesday launched his luxury pret col-lection, Flux, with cricketer HardikPandya and actress Lisa Haydon walk-ing on the ramp as showstoppers.Aggarwal, who is known for engineer-ing recycled products in the garmentshe designs, has this time tied up with R-Elan — Reliance Industries’ textile arm— to create the grandeur pieces in fluid,free flowing fabrics.

The designer used recycled polymerstrips to add structure to the gowns,dresses and skirts that comprised thecollection. Sheer wraps, exaggeratedsleeves, power shoulders and billowingskirts were the highlight of the show.There was the use of techniques like asplisse, fine draping and three-dimen-sional embroidery that added texture of

the pieces.Use of electric colours, shiny metal-

lic shades of silver, blue, purple andgreen, hues of emerald, petrol, neutralslike gold, blush and ivory made the col-lection pop up.

Speaking about his collection,Aggarwal said, “The entire collection isabout free flow. The fabric had a such alarge plethora of different coloura-tions... It never really stopped inspiringme. Going ahead and creating 100more looks.”

Haydon, who wore a purple drapegown said, “I really admire what Amitdoes. And especially this collection. It’sa great play of contrasts, structures. Eachtime a model walked the ramp wearingone of his pieces, I felt like ‘Oh my gosh,I want to wear that. And that’s always agreat sign, it means this is an excellentcollection.”

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Imagine yourself in a situation whereyour mother forces you to become

a murderer and you can only surviveby hunting food like animals and eat-ing it from dustbins.

When Sasural Genda Phool fameRagini Khanna heard the script of hershort film, Posham Pa, it fired a mil-lion questions in her head and caughther attention like nothing else hadbefore. She knew that it was going tobe one of her most challenging rolesbut was sure of doing it as she want-ed the audience to see her in charac-ters with different shades and break herestablished image of a happy bubblygirl next door.

When asked as to what appealedher the most? She said, “The script. AsI read it, it generated a lot of emotionsin me which I can’t even express inwords. I was grossed, I was intrigued,I was curious that how can somethingso dark be true?”

Posham Pa is a psychologicalthriller inspired by true events. It talksabout a disturbed mother who forcesher daughter to be a part of heinouscrimes and murders which in turnleads them to be charged with deathpenalty. The film, naturally, forces oneto think.

Ragini feels that the film plungesyou into such depths that you startquestioning everything. She wasimpressed by simplistic storytellingwhich sends a deep message. Raginisaid, “I always wanted to work withSumon Mukhopadhyay Sir (director).He has done films that have redefinedvarious conventions. In this film, it ispure and honest story telling. The truthis kept intact and very little is left toimagination. The way he has retainedthe authenticity of characters was onpoint.” The actress is happy with thecreative liberty the film offered. Sheshared that during the shoots everyonewas on the same page in terms of cre-ativity and there was a smoothexchange of ideas. You subconscious-ly unite when your cause is bigger andyou have a similar motive, the universejust conspires to bring you together.“That’s what happened with this film,

we shared an unsaid bonding whichwas magical. This translated on cam-era beautifully as it sensitive andcatches your aura and energy,” sheadded. This helps the film to connectclosely to the audience and impactdeeply,” she explained.

Talking about her character in thefilm, Shikha Deshpande, Raginishared, “My journey is from aninfant to a 30-32 year old. I haveplayed a street child who is raisedwith no sense of societal boundaries.She is raised like an animal at the costof her relationships and is willingto go to any extent for her sur-vival.” She questioned, “Howcan someone have an animal-istic motivation towardstheir choices? It is extreme-ly scary.” But, the other sideof Shikha is that she is anextremely intelligent girl witha brilliant mind. If she hadbeen raised as a child andnot animal, things wouldhave been different. It’s allabout how you nurture.Ragini shared that thewriters wanted to pointout the concept of natureversus nurture. Givingbirth to a child is verydifferent from raisinghim/her. The former is anatural process but thelatter is a life long com-mitment. Upbringingand education empow-ers you as it gives youa sense of right andwrong.

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that the film offered made it challeng-ing for the actor to get into the skin ofthe character. Ragini said, “Whileplaying this role I developed an unsaidbonding with Shikha. In the process oftrying to understand what she has gonethrough I experienced immense painas it was difficult for me to analyse my

own behaviour. Half the time Iwas shocked by my own acts. Ihad mood swings, I used tolaugh and cry on the set with-out reason.” She talked abouta scene of the film where she

says, ‘Maine kachre ki petimei se khaana nikaal kekhaaya,’ which involveda lot of self-pity. She alsotried to justify herselfthat ‘I am so because ofwhat I am goingthrough and not by

choice.’ Ragini furthershared that the role made herinhabit a scary headspaceand she wanted to let go ofthis character very soon asit was troubling her. “WhenI was traveling for the shooton the second day, I feltShikha in my skin. I was sogrossed by that because Iam raised on a moral con-ditioning which doesn’tbelong to the value struc-ture Shikha comes from,”she added.

In recent times wehave seen that more andmore films are inspiredby true events. Ragini’slast one, Gurgaon, wasalso one such. She said,

“We live in a fast moving world wheresomething is always happening some-where. This is enhancing real storytelling. However, there are also storieswhich the human mind has not expe-rienced and are a fragment of the direc-tors’ imagination.”

Short films have a very limitedtime frame to leave the audience withthought-provoking ideas but they arestill gaining attention in today’s sce-nario. “They require a low attentionspan as it is only asking for 20 minutesfrom you. A three-hour film or seriesis a long commitment while short filmsare quick,” said she. This digital era haspaved the way for newer platforms andopportunities. Ragini feels that it is giv-ing her the opportunity to play nega-tive roles which she is not sure wouldhave been possible in television. It asa blessing for her as she feels it providesher the chance to explore herself as anartist. She also emphasised on theresponsibility attached to digital con-tent in the past three to four years.Ragini said, “There is a lot of goodwork happening. We are directly com-peting with the international content.”With this increasing competition thecontent is getting better and everythingwith higher accessibility.

Talking about her journey sheshared that her mind has expandedwith it she has led and the people shehas been with. “The more I getenriched with life’s experiences, thebetter my art will be. It will have farmore depth and intensity. But at thesame time I don’t want to lose myunabashed rawness and candidness,”she added.

(The film is streaming on Zee5.)

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Actor Ayushmann Khurrana is riding high onsuccess of all his films. The actor who won

a National Award, (Best Actor) for Andhadhun,was celebrating the success of the film at a partywhen, in a surprising event, he came across a fanwho had gatecrashed the party.

The fun fact about this whole event was that,the fan was dressed in a cotton yellow saree, imi-tating Ayushmann from the poster of his forth-coming film Dream Girl, and he stormedthrough the venue holding his pallu, eager tomeet his favourite superstar. Ayushmann, whois known to be very cordial and loving towardshis fan, thanked him and took pictures with thefan.

Right after the trailer was released, it becamethe top trending video on YouTube and garneredover 15 million views in less than 24 hours.Audience all across the country and the worldare appreciating the actor and lauding him forhis unique choices and him being at the helm ofchanging the course of Indian cinema by puttingcontent based films on the top.

Fans have been going berserk over the trail-er so much so that they have been trying to callPooja aka the dream girl on the number givenat the end of the trailer.

The poster of Dreamgirl has the star look-ing quirky in a cotton saree and sitting on a rick-shaw. Nushrat Bharucha is the lead actress pairedalongside the actor with Vijay Raaz, ManjotSingh, Annu Kapoor and Rajesh Sharma amongothers in the cast. Directed by Raaj Shandilya,produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor andAashish Singh, the film is set to release onSeptember 13.

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The essence of Tappa liesin the name itself, whichimplies to bounce back.

It also makes one reminis-cence of a game from child-hood days. And in the array ofdishes that gracefully crowd themenu, the knowledge of a well-travelled chef is present but sois the taste of the food we hadas children.

While there was a separate‘bloggers menu’ which cata-logued the dishes that the chefswere most proud of, we oscil-lated between that and the a’lacarte menu to diversify the din-ner as well as to have panoram-ic view of the delicacies that areprepared at the restaurant. Sixmonths went in curating themenu which reflected in themost enticing array of dishes.I had never felt as blown away,figuratively speaking.

One of the best things,apart from the food, which willshortly be on the receiving endof my evaluation, were thechefs who were more eagerthan ever to describe the menuto us, and acquainted us withthe fusion dishes, an amiablemix of the Indian and interna-tional flavours.

I have seldom had theexperience of what peoplequote as bad service and myluck seemed to be on my sidethis time around too the flaw-less service meant that therecord remained unscathed. Apleasant smile and an incredi-bly hospitable attitude madeour evening more special, a lit-tle corny but the truth nonethe-less.

Before our ordered disheswere brought, chef Parul servedus amuse bouche, which I haveonly ever heard Monica Gellerrave about, in a little woodenbox. It had the flavour of the

Indian chat put on a tart and itwas in that moment that Iknew that this dinner wouldsoar past any expectations thatI harboured. And close behindwere our dim sums. The chefwho makes the dim sums hasabout 17 years of experienceand it showed in the varietythat he showcased.

The cream cheese, waterchestnut and chilli oil dimsums were suggestive of acheesy encounter but it’s not it.Instead of the chewy cheese thesoft skin of the dough was filledwith warm cream cheese whichcompletely melts in the mouth,and I say it without an ounceof exaggeration. They wereserved with chilli oil, so thespiciness is not too far behindthe warmth of the cheese.

There was five spice chick-en dimsums but if you are look-ing for an ‘authentic’ Chineseflavour from this dish, it is notthe one for you. But then,that’s exactly the aim of thechefs. The five spices usedwere not just Chinese but alsoIndian where the kick of thelatter flavour was quite promi-nent. It was interesting to knowthat the blend was made by thechef himself rather than beinga store-bought concoctionwhich many rely on. You willtaste the Indian-ness as well asthe Chinese-ness in the dimsums.

One of my most favouritedishes of the night, undoubted-ly, were the dim sums, had I satthere longer, I would havewaxed poetry of how soft andappetising they were, delicate-ly wrapped, and the chopsticksdug in the skin of the dim sumsso deliciously. I could feel thesoftness even before they hadthe opportunity to sit on mytongue.

Chillas were up next, and aschef Parul shared with us, theywere a product of endless tri-als and errors. Initially, chillaswere planned like soft crepesbut the chef did not want todesign and make somethingborne out of imitation.

We chose goat cheesechilla, it was crispy and youmight get a feel of a dosa, butthis was not quite that. It wasmade from sprouted wheatflour and though differentfrom the besan ones that aremade at home, it still hits anerve there. It was made invinegar and enveloped cap-sicum, spinach goat cheeseand beet root, which gave it aslight pungent taste. Andthough the chef had warnedthat it would be spicy, it had abalanced flavour. It was a dif-ferent experience altogether.While I did not find any flavouramiss, the chilla gave me flash-backs of the beet root and kalesalad I had at La Roca.

I have said it before, mostof my excursions at restaurantsare incomplete without pizza.And what is different aboutTappa’s menu is that instead ofthe classic round style, theyoffer pide which is a richbread from Turkey. And fromthe plethora of options, wepicked Chauka which was a

four cheese pizza and farm-house. The chefs must fancygoat cheese, because a lot ofthe dishes have it. Chauka wasa cheesy affair, obviously andI loved it and I could singpaean's to it but I prefer toquote Lady Gaga “brilliant,incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular.”

The farmhouse pide, onthe other hand, reminded meof the sour dough pizza I hadin Earls Court in London.The chefs don’t hold back onthe toppings, and we were pre-sented with a generous top-ping of broccoli, corns, toma-to, zucchini, jalapenos.Absolutely abundant inflavour.

Another favourite wasDosa a la Tappa. It had thetaste of the regular dosa butthe flavours were different. Itwas served with goat cheesesauce and green tomato chut-ney. The dosas were not full-fledged, rather they were rollsand miniature ones. It wasn’ta messy affair. One thing thatis noticeable and commend-able about Tappa was the pre-sentation of the dishes, whichoffer a vibe of it’s own. Theywere not simply served onplates, but have a creativetwist even in the presentation.The brownie points which

remained after the incredibleservice were given for thestyle of serving.

The green chutney, tangyin taste and spicy in flavour,complemented the dosaexceedingly well. The spicinesssits on the tongue, but that’swhat makes it good. Theflavour isn’t passable, rather itwas impressionable and estab-lishes its taste well enough.Definitely a must try.

I ordered three things formains of which Dosa a laTappa was also one along withKladi Kulcha and Manglorefried chicken. Each stuffedkulcha on the menu had a dif-ferent preparation, differentstyle and the taste of a differ-ent city all together.

The chicken was mari-nated in Manglorean flavours,deep friend and was toppedwith lemon yogurt on topwith some jalapenos and chill-is. The chicken was tender,super soft. If I would callsomething that is absolutelyflavour, it would be this dish.

I was a little perplexedwhen it came to dessert butsided with dark chocolate andlitchi fudge. A great judgementon my part. The fudge wasburied under a thick spread ofmeringue, and pieces of litchicoated in dark chocolateserved with a scoop of ice-cream. If I think hard enough,I might still be able to taste thefudge.

Tappa also offers in-houseice cream and the special ofthe evening was bourbon andfig. The bitter taste of thebourbon found a truce withthe sweetness of the ice cream,I couldn’t hold myself it wassuch a delight. This restauranthas engraved itself on my rec-ommendation list.

When you decide toindulge in authenticItalian cuisine, you

have to pair wine with it. Andit cannot be just ‘any’ wine.The idea is that theflavour of your drinkshould match theintensity of themeal’s sauce.However, everheard of authenticItalian meal beingpaired withwhisky?

Angad SinghGandhi, Glenfiddichbrand ambassador, cele-brated the disruptive fusionof a fine single-malt whiskywith modern Italian cuisine,prepared by Artusi Ristorantechef Oscar Balcon. The ideawas to create an “unusual pair-ing for today’s consumers,”who are looking for experi-ences that are extraordinary,and such practices also pave away for experimentation forboth consumers and chefs.

Here’s a take of chef Balconwho has carefully handcraftedthe four-course dinner, whichmarried the flavours of the ver-satile Glenfiddich’s 12-year-old, 15-year-old and 18-year-old variants.

�Tell us about the specialfour-course menu.

The menu includes a jour-ney that takes us through dif-ferent time and places. Just likefine whisky, it has firm roots intraditional methods, a founda-tion that is built on the quali-ty of natural ingredients. But atthe same time, it has a bright-eyed glance of contemporarypossibilities. It is a menu thatshowcases how wide-rangingthe pairing options in Italiancuisine truly are.

�How did you curate it? Whatinspired this special menu?

At the Artusi Ristorante,our culinary inspiration isalways the traditional cuisine ofthe Emilia Romagna region inNorthern Italy as it has a richand incredible quality of natur-al products. But this time wechose to look beyond the bor-ders and the quality of some ofthe finest whiskies fromScotland, such as Glenfiddich,fascinated me and inspiredthis spirit-paired dinner.

Just like fine wine, the tast-ing notes of fine whisky also

guide us in understanding itsaroma, taste and finish. Hence,we will deduct that smokey ele-ments that pair well with grilledmeats, while more mellow,round and sweetish notesmight make a match with thedessert. And thus, layer bylayer, we have curated a menuthat marries cheese, vegetables,home-made pasta and flamingdesserts with the correspond-ing notes of peat, smoke orround honey. We were indeedvery pleased with the resultingsymphony.

�What has shaped your foodlogic while growing up? Anyanecdotes to share...

Family, traditions and goodfortune. My food logic hasbeen shaped with the fortuneto be living in the vortex of the“age of great food” (nowadays,you can get great food any-where in the world) and thegood fortune to have had thepossibility to experience thebest dishes both in my homecountry as well as with exten-sive travels and living all overthe world.

�Which cuisine in the worldwould you say comes closestto the perfect sensory andnutritional balance?

Apart from our own, per-haps the traditional Japanese

cuisine is the one that perfect-ly balances the nutrition andsensuous elements.

�How do you source youringredients?

Mostly from Italy but alsoother great sources of top-notch ingredients globally.Also, from the small farmers inIndia who are growing and cre-ating a market for high-endspecialist produce, when inseason.

�European and Italiancuisines are known to beblended or tasted with wine.But here, you have blendedyour menu with whisky. Why?What was the idea behind it.Did it turn out to be as amaz-ing as the regular menu tast-ed with wine?

Wine is the traditionalpairing beverage for a fineItalian meal and I believe thatwill never change. However,every now and then, I think weshould be open-mindedenough for culinary adven-tures. And, more often thannot, we end up with a positivesurprise and great memories,much like the innovative part-nership with Glenfiddich.

�How do you think suchexperiments can help bring achange in the way peoplelook at the Italian cuisine?

Like often in life, an indi-vidual act rarely propels along-lasting change, yet weknow that repeated adventuresare the spice of life and ashumans, we become richerwith each new one. So, I wouldsay, it’s a toast to breaking bar-riers and to new and excitingdiscoveries.

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Neymar remains no closer to getting hisdesired move away from Paris Saint-

Germain amid reports on Thursday the Frenchclub have rejected an offer from Real Madridof 100 million euros ($111 million) plus play-ers.

French sports daily L’Equipe said Real hadoffered cash plus Gareth Bale, James Rodriguezand goalkeeper Keylor Navas, but PSG turnedit down because “the overall value of the offerdid not match their expectations”.

Paris paid 222 million euros to signNeymar from Barcelona two years ago and theirsporting director Leonardo is understood to bedetermined to only sell the forward for a dealconsidered to be of the same value.

Real have spent the summer trying tooffload Bale, while James is unwanted afterreturning from a loan at Bayern Munich andNavas is no longer the club’s first-choice goal-keeper.

Meanwhile, Barcelona remain hopeful ofbringing Neymar back to the Camp Nou, butCatalan daily Sport claims an attempt to sign theplayer on loan with an obligation to buy for 160million euros at the end of the season has beenfirmly rejected in Paris.

Sport claims Barcelona feel “it is very clearthat PSG are trying to prevent the

Brazilian from returning tothe Camp Nou in any sce-nario”.

PSG had previouslyreportedly turned down an

offer from Barcelona of 40million euros plus Philippe

Coutinho and IvanRakitic. Coutinho

has since joinedBayern on loan.

Juventus arealso believedto have stated

an interestin signingthe 27-year-old,who hasnot fea-tured in

any ofPSG’s match-

es so far this sea-son having beenfrozen out amid theuncertainty over hisfuture.

The transferwindow closes inFrance, Spain andItaly on September2, meaning time isfast running outfor a deal to bedone.

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Lionel Messi gaveBarcelona a timely boost

on Wednesday by returningto training with the rest ofthe squad after a calf injury.

Messi trained alone inthe morning before joininghis team-mates in the after-noon, increasing hopes thatBarca’s captain could play arole against Real Betis in LaLiga on Sunday.

He strained his calf onAugust 5 in his first train-ing session back followingthe Copa America and sub-sequently missed the club’spre-season.

It would be a surprise ifMessi started at Camp Nou,but Barcelona coachErnesto Valverde will beeager to have his star avail-able again, particularly afterhis team suffered a surprise1-0 defeat by AthleticBilbao in their openingleague game last weekend.

Messi’s absence hasbeen compounded byinjuries to other strikers.

Luis Suarez is expectedto be out for around amonth after hobbling offwith a calf problem againstBilbao. Ousmane Dembeleinjured his hamstring andwill need five weeks torecover.

Antoine Griezmann,the 120 million summer

signing from AtleticoMadrid, is the only fully-fitforward, with Rafinha and21-year-old Carles Perezpossible options to playbehind him.

The shortage up fronthas intensified speculationthat Paris Saint-Germain’sNeymar could return toBarcelona before the trans-fer window closes in Spainon September 2.

PSG sporting directorLeonardo admitted earlierthis month that the clubwere in “advanced negoti-ations” to sell Neymar buta deal is yet to be agreedwith Barca, who havealready spent around 250million euros this sum-mer.

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Brazilian star midfielder PhilippeCoutinho will not make his first

Bundesliga start when BayernMunich travel to Schalke on Saturdayfor Bundesliga clash, said coach NikoKovac on Thursday.

Coutinho, 27, has been the talk ofGermany since joining Bayern on aone-year loan deal from Barcelonaearlier this week.

Yet at a press conference onThursday, Kovac confirmed the

Brazilian would begin his first gameas a Bayern player on the bench.

“He is not quite at the level of fit-ness he needs to play for 90 minutes,”said Kovac.

“He has said that himself, and wedon’t want to take any risks. He hasonly been training for the last twoweeks, so he needs to catch up,” headded, but confirmed Coutinhowould be in the matchday squad.

“I know a lot of people want usto play him straight away, but every-thing has to be right.”

Kovac said Bayern’s other newattacking signing, Croatia wingerIvan Perisic, could make the startingeleven against Schalke.

“Ivan is much further along, hestarted training at the same time aswe did, and played several games forInter Milan in pre-season,” he said.

Bayern are under pressure topick up three points against DavidWagner’s Schalke side, having beenheld to a draw in their openingGerman league game against HerthaBerlin last week.

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Two-time Silver medallist P V Sindhuproduced yet another commandingperformance as she demolished

Beiwen Zhang of United States in straightgames to advance to the quarterfinals ofthe BWF World Championships here onThursday.

Sindhu won 21-14, 21-6 in thewomen’s singles pre-quarterfinals matchthat lasted just 34 minutes. The fifth seed-ed Indian had lost to the ninth seededAmerican opponent in the Indian Openfinal last year.

Sindhu now face second seed Tai TzuYing of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals.

The Indian completely dominated thematch, giving no chance to her Americanopponent. They were levelled 5-5 but fromthere, Sindhu led all the way to pocket thefirst game.

The second game was even better forSindhu as she led all the way from 1-1, tak-ing five straight points to 6-1 and thenanother six points on the trot to reach 14-5 before wrapping up the match.

In the men’s singles, B Sai Praneethdished out a superlative performance tostun world No 8 Anthony Sinisuka Gintingand progress to the quarterfinals but KSrikanth and H S Prannoy suffered defeatsto bow out of the showpiece event.

Seeded seventh, Srikanth lost 14-21,13-21 against Kantaphon Wangcharoen ofThailand in the pre-quarterfinal match thatlasted 40 minutes while Prannoy’s cam-paign ended with a loss at the hands ofworld No 1 Kento Momota of Japan.

Prannoy showed glimpses of brilliance,especially in the opening game, but could-n’t stop Momota from registering a 21-19,21-12 win, his fifth victory over theIndian in as many encounters.

World No 19 Praneeth, who hadreached the finals at Swiss Open this year,took just 42 minutes to dispatch sixth seed-ed Anthony of Indonesia 21-19, 21-13 toset up a likely clash with anotherIndonesian Jonatan Christie, seeded fourthand the reigning Asian Games champion.

In the opening game, Praneeth quick-ly erased a 0-3 deficit to move to a 8-5deficit. The Indian, who has had successagainst Anthony at the 2018 Asia Teamchampionship and 2017 WorldChampionship, kept his strangehold toenter the break with a 11-8 advantage.

After the interval, Anthony managedto turn the tables at 14-12 and alsothreatened to undo the good work of the

Indian but Praneeth got his bearings intime to pocket the opening game withthree straight points from 18-19.

In the second game, Praneeth zoomedto 6-2 but Anthony made his way to man-age a 11-8 lead at the breather. After thebreak, the Indian reeled off six straightpoints to make it 14-12. He kept march-ing ahead as Anthony crumbled.

Earlier, Momota dominated the pro-ceedings initially against Prannoy as hemoved from a 8-4 lead to grab a 11-7advantage at the break.

Prannoy started putting pressure onhis rival after the breather with an attack-ing game to claw back at 12-12 and keptsnapping at Momota’s heels.

At one stage, after the end of the 57-shot rally, an exhausted Prannoy was left

prostrated on the floor follow-ing a perfect net return from theWorld No 1. The point gaveMomota a two-point cushio at19-17.

But the Indian stuck to hisguns and a precise straight smashhelped him to level at 19-19.

Momota, however, upped thepace to grab the game point with a returnon the backline and then sealed it with apowerful smash.

After the change of sides, Momotaonce again found his way out of tricky sit-uations to run up a lead of 11-5 at thebreak. Prannoy tried his best but Momotaensured he had the last laugh as he con-verted soon after gaining nine matchpoints.

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Bengal Warriors came up withan all-round performance

on Thursday to defeat three-times former champions PatnaPirates 35-26 in a Pro KabaddiLeague match at the Nehruindoor stadium in Chennai.

Raider Maninder Singh, with aSuper 10 (10 raid points), anddefender Rinku Nar wal whoimpressed with a High 5 (5 tacklepoints), were the stars for Bengalwho forced two all-outs on therival team in a fast-paced secondhalf.

All-rounder Monu came in forKorean raider Jang Kun Lee in thePatna Pirates lineup as coach RamMehar Singh tried to halt their bad

run of form by bringing in more bal-ance to the starting seven.

The three-time champions start-ed on the front-foot with star play-er Pardeep Narwal looking ominousin the early minutes for the oppo-sition, ably supported by IranianMohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou.

Bengal were served well by theduo of K Prapanjan and ManinderSingh as they helped their sideclaw their way back into the game.

A closely fought first halfended 15-14 in favour of theWarriors.

Bengal Warriors inflictedthe first All-Out of the gameon Patna Pirates in the secondminute after the restart.

In the second half BengalWarriors produced a gooddefensive performance to keepthe Pirates at bay.

Rinku Kumar and JeevaKumar marshalled the Bengaldefence as Maninder upped hisgame in the second half toinflict a second All-Out on thePirates with 11 minutes remain-ing till the final whistle andopen up a 13-point lead (28-15).

Bengal Warriors moved tosecond spot in the points tablewith the result while Patnaremained at the bottom.

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Cristiano Ronaldoadmitted on

Wednesday his long-time rivalry with LionelMessi has made him “abetter player” and thathe enjoys a “healthy”rivalr y with theArgentine great.

H o w e v e r ,Portuguese star Ronaldo,whose influence at LaLiga giants Real Madridmirrored that of Messi at

Barcelona before he leftfor Juventus, admittedthat the pair have neversocialised together.

“I really admire thecareer he (Lionel Messi)has had and from hisside, he has alreadytalked of the disappoint-ment when I left Spainbecause it was a rivalrythat he appreciated,”Ronaldo told TVI inPortugal.

Ronaldo and Messihave won the coveted

Ballon d’Or five timeseach, a factor that helpseach player flourish.

“I have no doubt thatMessi has made me abetter player and vice-versa. When I am win-ning trophies it muststing him and it’s thesame for me when hewins,” he said.

“I have an excellentprofessional relationshipbecause we have beensharing the samemoments for 15 years.

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Ajinkya Rahane battled hisway through a shaky start toscore a fighting half-centu-

ry taking India to 134 for 4 at teaon the opening day of their inau-gural World Test Championshipencounter against the West Indies.

The Indian vie-captain scoredthe 18th half-century of his careerand was unbeaten on 50 off 122balls in company of Hanuma Vihari(18 batting). The duo added 41runs for the unbroken fifth wicketstand before umpires called for anearly tea due after heavens openedup.

The other significant contribu-tion came from opener KL Rahul(44, 97 balls), who did all the hard-work before frittering it away afterthe post lunch session.

Rahul, who looked soliddespite a top-order collapse was outfor 44 in the post-lunch sessionafter wicketkeeper Shai Hope tooka smart catch down leg-side offRoston Chase's bowling.

This was after Rahul along withan initially circumspect Rahaneadded 68 runs for the fourth wick-et.

Rahane, who has been in poorform for the past two years, was inhis element in the post lunch ses-sion, where he hit a flurry bound-aries including some lovely drives.

A square and straight drive offShannon Gabriel and a cover driveof Kemar Roach signalled hisintentions. Although he shouldconsider himself lucky after a mist-imed lofted shot off Chase wasdropped by Miguel Cummins,who tried latching onto the catchrunning backeards from his mid-on position.

To add insult to his injury,Rahane got a double off Cumminsto complete his half-century, whichwould be much of a relief for him.

Earlier, Rahul, who had awretched 18 months in the red-ballformat, before this Test match,

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looked composed in the first sessionafter India were reduced to 25 for 3inside the first eight overs on a track thatoffered bounce and lateral movementfor new ball bowlers Roach (2/24 in 11overs) and Gabriel (1/38 in 10 overs).

Mayank Agarwal (5), the ever-dependable Cheteshwar Pujara (2) andskipper Virat Kohli (9) were back in thepavilion in the first hour after JasonHolder put the visitors in on a bouncytrack.

Rahul (37 batting, 73 balls) andvice-captain Rahane (10 batting, 43balls) added 42 runs for the unbrokenfourth wicket and stemmed the rotgoing into the lunch break after 24 overswere bowled during the opening ses-sion.

Agarwal got one from Roach,which held its line and the opener did-n't fully commit forward with resultantnick being gobbled by Shai Hopebehind the stumps.

The dogged Pujara didn't last long

as he got a delivery from Roach thatmoved a shade away after pitching withIndia's No. 3 lunging forward. The edgewas taken low down by Hope.

Skipper Kohli relishes such adversesituations and tough conditions but itwasn't his day despite a promising startthat included a drive past point andanother past mid-on.

However, Gabriel's ball, one thatclimbed on him from short of length,saw Kohli fend awkwardly, only to becaught at gully by debutant ShamarhBrooks.

At 25 for 3, it could have been worsebut a determined Rahul put his headdown and left a lot of deliveries outsideoff-stump as Rahane also defendeddourly at the other end, waiting forRoach and Gabriel's first spell to end.

It was only when back-up pacerMiguel Cummins came into operationthat Rahul collected three of his fourboundaries — a cut and a couple of off-drives.

Not for once did Rahane lookcomfortable during the first session andboth his boundaries were freak ones.The first was a thickish outside edge thatbounced short of second slip beforegoing for four runs. The second was apull-shot and he wasn't entirely incontrol. However, the best part was thathe hung in there.

KEEMO PAUL OUTAll-rounder Kemmo Paul has been

ruled out of the first Test against Indiadue to an ankle injury and pacerMiguel Cummins was named as hisreplacement by Cricket West Indies.

Paul was ruled out due to an injuryin his left ankle and will remain inAntigua to continue his rehabilitation.

"With Keemo ruled out for thismatch, it's good to have someone withMiguel's quality back in the squad, ashe brings experience to the team,"Windies interim head coach FloydReifer said in a statement.

Cummins had made his Test debutagainst India three years ago and tooka career best 6 for 48 in the secondinnings of the second match of the four-Test series.

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Serena Williams will begin herquest for a seventh US Open

title and record-tying 24th GrandSlam victory against long-timerival Maria Sharapova in the USOpen women’s singles drawunveiled on Thursday.

Williams has dominated theRussian star in their head-to-head rivalry, winning 19 timeswith only two defeats, includingtheir past 18 meetings, mostrecently at the 2016 AustralianOpen quarter-finals, althoughSharapova advanced by walkoveragainst Williams in the fourthround at Roland Garros last year.

Eighth-ranked Williams islooking to match the all-timerecord of 24 Grand Slam singlestitles won by Margaret Courtwhen the year’s final major cham-

pionship gets under way Monday.The 37-year-old American has

dropped her past three GrandSlam finals appearances, includinglast month to Simona Halep atWimbledon and last year to Japan’sNaomi Osaka at the US Open aftera controversial game penalty forher tirade at umpire CarlosRamos.

Tournament officials have saidRamos will not work any match-es involving Serena or VenusWilliams, who could not face hersister until the semi-finals, beingin the same draw quarter as Czechthird seed Karolina Pliskova.

Serena was placed into thesame quarter as Australian secondseed Ashleigh Barty, the reigning

French Open champion whosefirst match is against 77th-rankedZarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.

Top-seeded Osaka opensagainst Russia’s 93rd-ranked AnnaBlinkova and could face a third-round date against 15-year-oldAmerican Coco Gauff, who elim-inated Venus Williams in the firstround at Wimbledon in a run tothe last 16 in her Grand Slamdebut.

Romania’s fourth-seededHalep, coming off her secondGrand Slam title, opens against aqualifier and could face a semi-final against Osaka, who defendsa Slam crown for the first time.

Pliskova, who lost her onlyGrand Slam final to Germany’s

Angelique Kerber at the 2016 USOpen, plays her first match againsta qualifier.

Venus Williams, 39, won the2000 and 2001 US Opens but has-n’t won a Slam since her fifthWimbledon title in 2008. Sheopens against China’s Zheng Saisaiand could meet fifth seed ElinaSvitolina of Ukraine in the secondround.

FEDEX IN DJOKER’S HALFTop-ranked defending cham-

pion Novak Djokovic could faceRoger Federer in the semi-finalsand Rafael Nadal in the final atFlushing Meadows.

Djokovic, who defeatedFederer last month in an epic

Wimbledon final for his 16thGrand Slam crown, had the 20-time Grand Slam champion andthird seed dropped into his half ofthe draw.

Second seed Nadal, who wonhis 18th Grand Slam title at thisyear’s French Open, has Austrianfourth seed Dominic Thiem on hisside of the bracket.

Djokovic will play his firstround match against Spain’s 76th-ranked Roberto Carballes Baena.

Federer will open against aqualifier as will Japan’s seventh-seeded Kei Nishikori, also in hisquarter of the draw.

Nadal’s first US Open matchwill be against Australia’s 61st-ranked John Mil lman, whoshocked Federer at the tournamentin 2018, while fourth-seededThiem’s opener will be againstItaly’s Thomas Fabbiano.

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Skipper Dimuth Karunaratnehelped Sri Lanka to 85 for two

at stumps on a rain-hit day oneof the second Test against NewZealand in Colombo onThursday.

Only 36.3 overs were possi-ble after rain washed out the firstsession and bad light ended playfor the day with Karunaratneunbeaten on 49.

Karunaratne, fresh from amatch-winning century in thefirst Test in Galle last week lastweek, hit six boundaries duringhis 100-ball stay in overcast con-ditions.

Former captain AngeloMathews was giving Karunaratnecompany in the middle to remain

unbeaten on nought after facing14 deliveries.

New Zealand all-rounderColin de Grandhomme, whomade the XI in place of MitchellSantner, said the match was“evenly poised”.

“There’s a bit of more bounceon this track than what weencountered in Galle and that’snice,” he said after play ended.

“If we can get a couple ofearly wickets tomorrow morningthat will be nice.”

Karunaratne batted withpositive intent despite losingopening partner LahiruThirimanne and Kusal Mendiseither side of tea.

Thirimanne never lookedcomfortable and his 59-minutestay at the wicket produced just

two runs.He was caught at extra cover

by skipper Kane Williamson. Mendis looked good as he

reached 32 with four fours andput on 50 runs with Karunaratneto steady the batting.

De Grandhomme gotMendis caught behind on aseaming delivery outside the offstump and Watling gloved thecatch.

Earlier, the entire openingsession and another hour was lostdue to persistent rain and the tosstook place at 1:10 pm (0740GMT). The afternoon sessionwent uninterrupted but play wasagain delayed by 28 minutes aftertea due to rain.After 7.3 overs inthe evening session, play wascalled off due to bad light.

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Jofra Archer took six wickets asEngland dismissed an Australia

side without star batsman SteveSmith for just 179 on the first dayof the third Ashes Test atHeadingley on Thursday.

Fast bowler Archer, in only hissecond Test, took 6-45 in 17.1overs — the first time he had takenfive or more wickets in an inningsat this level.

England, looking to level thisseries at 1-1, reduced Australia to25-2 after home captain Joe Rootwon the toss.

But David Warner (61) andMarnus Labuschagne (74) frus-trated England in a third-wicketstand of 111.

Archer, however, turned thetide by having Warner caughtbehind off a 90 mph delivery.

It was the start of a collapsethat saw Australia lose three wick-ets for three runs to be 139-5.

Travis Head was bowled for a

duck by Stuart Broad and MatthewWade, a century-maker in the firstTest, also fell for nought when arising Archer delivery deflected offthe thigh pad via his glove and intothe base of the stump, dislodginga bail.

Warner's innings was his firstdouble figure score of a serieswhere he had previously managedjust 18 runs in total, whileLabuschagne scored his secondsuccessive fifty after he made 59as a concussion substitute forSmith in the drawn second Test atLord's.

Warner had previously man-aged scores of just two, eight, threeand five this Ashes — his first Testcampaign since both he and Smithcompleted 12-month ball-tam-pering bans.

Warner's fellow top-order left-handers Marcus Harris and

Usman Khawaja both fell foreight.

Harris had been drafted in toopen alongside Warner afterCameron Bancroft was dropped

following 44 runs in four innings.But Archer, bowling from

around the wicket, squared Harrisup with an 87.3 mph ball and hadhim caught behind by wicketkeep-

er Jonny Bairstow.Moments later, with Australia

12-1 off four overs, rain stoppedplay.

When play resumed,Khawaja's glance off Broad wascaught by Bairstow.

England, however, had to firstreview New Zealand umpire ChrisGaffaney's original not out deci-sion.

More rain and bad light —even though the floodlights wereon — halted play in the secondsession.

The resumption saw anincreasingly assured Labuschagnehit two well-struck fours off first-change Chris Woakes.

England carelessly gave awayseveral over-throw boundaries indesperate run-out attempts andwhen Ben Stokes dropped short,Warner cut him for four to go to

49.A mistimed four off Stokes

through point saw Warner com-plete a 79-ball fifty — a landmarkgreeted with now familiar boosfrom some fans.

But there were cheers too, withWarner's wife Candice amongthose at the ground applaudingher husband's innings.

Warner was given out caughtbehind on 61 off Broad but suc-cessfully reviewed Gaffaney's deci-sion.

Labuschagne completed a 73-ball fifty as wickets continued tofall.

Archer had James Pattinsonwell caught by first slip Root andthen had Pat Cummins, the thirdduck of the innings, caughtbehind, the disbelieving batsmanfailing with a review.

Labuschagne's gutsy inningsended when he was lbw to Stokesafter missing a full toss, withArcher ending the day's play whenhe had tailender Nathan Lyon lbw.

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Former opener Vikram Rathour will replaceSanjay Bangar as India’s new batting

coach while Bharath Arun and R Sridhar wereexpectedly retained as bowling and fieldingcoaches respectively.

The senior national selection committeeheaded by MSK Prasad on Thursday recom-mended three names each for all the supportstaff positions and the top names in each cat-egory will be appointed after the formalitieswith regards to Conflict of Interest declara-tion is complete.

The 50-year-old Rathour has played sixTests and seven ODIs in 1996 without muchsuccess but was a domestic heavyweight forPunjab. Till 2016, he was a senior nationalselector under Sandeep Patil’s chairmanship.

As per the recommendations of theselection committee, incumbent Sanjay Bangarcame second while former England batsmanMark Ramprakash was third.

In case of Arun, there was no debate thatthe Indian bowling attack had become worldclass and it was reported last month that hewould be retained as the bowling coach. IndiaA coach Paras Mhambrey came second andformer bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad wasthird.

The most surprising aspect was JontyRhodes not featuring in the fielding coach’sshortlist where Sridhar predictably is going tocontinue. India A and U-19 fielding coachAbhay Sharma came second while T Dilipcame third.

In case of Rathour, he had earlier appliedfor NCA batting consultant and U-19 battingcoach’s position but his application was put onhold as his brother-in-law Ashish Kapoor isthe chairman of U-19 selection committee.

It was evident post India’s World Cupsemi-final exit that Bangar will find it diffi-cult to continue as his report card has beenpretty poor.

"If you see last five years (since 2014), def-initely there is some amount of improvement,looking ahead with the Test Championshipcoming up and 2 World T20s (2020 and 2021),we thought there should be some freshnessin that (batting) department, so that’s the rea-son why we went ahead with Vikram Rathouras first choice,” Prasad told reporters addingthat his committee had an informal discus-sion with interim Cricket Advisory Committee(CAC) members Kapil Dev and AnshumanGaekwad.

Prasad said Rathour has enough coach-ing experience even though he has notworked with a senior national team.

Former Mumbai Indians physio NitinPatel, who was part of India’s support staff dur-ing the victorious 2011 World Cup campaign,is all set for a comeback, pipping AndrewLeipus, who is second on the shortlist.

Englishman Luke Woodhouse, formerDelhi Capitals trainer S Rajnikanth, AnandDate, Grant Luden and Nick Webb are in con-tention for the strength and conditioningcoach's job.

However, all of them appeared for oralinterviews via Skype and they will have a prac-tical test at the National Cricket Academy(NCA) before a final call is taken.

The other notable candidate set to lose hisjob is incumbent administrative manager SunilSubramaniam, who is set to be removed forhis alleged misbehaviour towards top diplo-mats of the Indian government during theongoing tour of West Indies.

Girish Dongre has emerged as the topcandidate with Venkatesh Rajagopalan as thesecond choice and Anand Yalvigi as the third.

Prasad also made it clear that there wereno such suggestions from Indian team man-agement that they would only prefer Indiansupport staff.

He also made it clear that three shortlist-ed names is a mere formality unless the sec-ond or the third candidate is being potential-ly seen for India A or NCA job.

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India’s Davis Cup tie against Pakistanwas on Thursday postponed to

November after an in-depth securityreview by the International TennisFederation, which retained Islamabadas the venue despite the current“exceptional circumstances”.

The decision was taken after ameeting of the ITF’s Davis Cup com-mittee following persistent pleas byIndia to either shift the tie to a neu-tral venue or postpone it given the cur-rently high diplomatic tension betweenthe two countries.

The dates of the tie will be knownby September 9.

“Following an in-depth securityreview of the current situation inPakistan by independent expert secu-rity advisors, the Davis CupCommittee has taken the decision topostpone the Davis Cup Asia/OceaniaGroup I tie between Pakistan andIndia in Islamabad, due to be playedon 14-15 September,” the ITF said ina statement.

“The Committee concluded thatthis is an exceptional circumstancewhile the first priority of the ITF is thesafety and security of athletes, officialsand spectators. The tie has beenrescheduled for November, with theexact dates to be confirmed by theCommittee no later than 9 September.”