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W ith US President Donald Trump by his side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday categorically rejected any scope for third party medi- ation on Kashmir, saying it was a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan, and “we don’t want to trouble any third coun- try” — a position that was immediately backed by the American leader who had recently offered to mediate. In an apparent backtrack- ing from his earlier comments, Trump said he feels that both India and Pakistan can resolve the Kashmir problem on their own. The two leaders appeared together to speak to the media after overnight talks on the sidelines of the G-7 summit and ahead of their formal meeting. Modi and Trump were meeting for the first time after the Union Government revoked Jammu & Kashmir’s special status by abrogating Article 370 and bifurcating the State into two Union Territories. New Delhi’s move was severely criticised by Pakistani leadership, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, who made provocative anti- India statements, triggering tensions in bilateral ties. “All the issues between India and Pakistan are of bilat- eral in nature, and we don’t want to trouble any third coun- try. We can discuss and resolve these issues bilaterally,” Modi said. He said India and Pakistan were together before 1947 and he was confident that the two neighbours can discuss their problems and solve them. “When I called Prime Minister Khan after the elec- tions, I told him that Pakistan has to fight against poverty, India too has to fight against it. Pakistan has to fight against illiteracy and disease, and India has to also fight against them...I told him we should work together for the welfare of our people,” Modi said. On his part, Trump said he and Modi spoke about Kashmir “at great length” last night and he feels that both India and Pakistan can resolve it on their own. “We spoke last night about Kashmir, the Prime Minister really feels he has it (situation) under control. They speak with Pakistan and I’m sure that they will be able to do something that will be very good,” Trump said. “I have very good rela- tionship with both the gentle- men (Modi and Khan) and I’m here. I think they can do it (resolve the issue) themselves,” he added. Trump’s comments on Monday are being seen as a total climbdown from the time when he had made a startling claim that Modi has asked him to mediate on Kashmir, the claim was strongly reject- ed by India. Trump has also offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on more than one occasion in recent past. “Pakistan’s propaganda was dealt the final blow in the meeting between the PM and President Trump. Pakistan was hoping to get some statement which will give it a last ray of hope. The meeting has cate- gorically confirmed that any issue concerning India and Pakistan has to be discussed bilaterally,” BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said in New Delhi. Trump also said, “We are talking about trade, we’re talk- ing about military and many different things. We had some great discussions, we were together last night for dinner and I learned a lot about India.” Thanking Trump for con- gratulating him after his recent election victory, Modi said their two countries “share democratic values.” Later, Trump tweeted that he had “a great meeting with my friend Prime Minister Modi.” “Excellent meeting with @ P O T U S @realDonaldTrump! We had useful discussions on bilateral matters. We agreed to address trade issues for mutual bene- fit soon. Looking forward to expand cooperation as large democracies for the benefit of our citizens and global peace and prosperity,” Modi tweeted. Briefing the reporters after the talks between Modi and Trump, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the two leaders had a “very warm, very posi- tive meeting” which lasted 40 minutes. This was their third interaction since Modi was re- elected in May this year for a second five-year term. When asked about the dis- cussion on the Kashmir issue during the talks, the Foreign Secretary said there was “no discussion” on it during the bilateral meeting. To another question, Gokhale said India has not taken any steps to harm the regional stability. “The nor- malcy is returning to J&K,” he said, adding that certain restrictions will remain in place in the state to maintain law and order. “Their meeting principal- ly focussed on trade and ener- gy,” Gokhale said. “The Prime Minister spoke of the importance of energy imports from the US and he referred to the fact that USD 4 billion worth of imports were already in the pipeline and that would be expected to be stepped up,” he said. During his visit to the US next month to address the UN General Assembly, the prime minister is expected to have a round table with the top CEOs of the US energy com- panies in Houston, Gokhale said. “The objective is two fold, first to see how we can import more energy from the US and second is how we can invest in the energy sector in the US,” Gokhale said, adding that President Trump has offered to send a top administration offi- cial to the conference to facil- itate it. Later, the White House issued a readout that said the two leaders discussed ways to broaden their strategic part- nership and greatly increase trade between the United States and India. “President Trump reaf- firmed the need for dialogue between India and Pakistan to reduce tensions and acknowl- edged India’s role as a critical partner in Afghanistan,” it added. B enchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty saw their best day in over three months on Monday, buoyed by the Government move to with- draw additional surcharge on foreign investors and initiate steps to revive the economy. The BSE gauge Sensex set- tled with a gain of 2.16 per cent or 792.96 points, while the NSE Nifty ended 2.11 per cent or 228.50 points higher. Indian equities during the second half of the trading ses- sion also got a boost from the news that the US and China will soon resume trade talks despite many failed negotia- tions in recent months. However, Asian markets closed with significant losses as investor worries grew over the ever-lasting US-China trade war, though sentiment revived in other markets, including India and the Europe, after the news broke out about a possi- ble resumption of talks between the two major economies. Riding on a wave of eco- nomic stimulus optimism, the 30-share Sensex opened over 663 points higher, but global volatility wiped out its gains as the session progressed. It swung 1,052 points during the day before settling at 37,494.12. The index, however, made a roaring comeback in the later half tracking news about US- China trade talks resumption. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty reclaimed the 11,000- level. During the day, it climbed a peak of 11,070.30 and touched a low of 10,756.55. It finally closed at 11,057.85. Both benchmarks Sensex and Nifty have logged their best single-day gains in over three months, since the return of the Narendra Modi Government for a second term. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced a raft of relief mea- sures, including the rollback of enhanced super-rich tax on for- eign and domestic equity investors, for the ailing econo- my. She also announced exemption of startups from “angel tax”, a package to address distress in the auto sector and upfront infusion of 70,000 crore to public sector banks. To bolster consumption, the Government also said that banks have decided to cut interest rates, a move that would lead to lower EMIs for home, auto and other loans. Yes Bank topped the gain- ers’ list on the Sensex. It was followed by HDFC, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, L&T, SBI, Axis Bank and Kotak Bank — rallying up to 5.24 per cent. On the other hand, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, Hero MotoCorp, Vedanta, RIL, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki and Bajaj Auto fell up to 2.01 per cent. Sectorally, BSE finance, realty, bankex, capital goods, industrials, FMCG and power index rallied up to 3.86 per cent. While BSE metal index fell 1.12 per cent. Broader BSE midcap and smallcap indices rose up to 1.65 per cent. Meanwhile, the Indian rupee depreciated 36 paise to 72.02 against the US dollar. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.92 per cent to $59.34 per barrel. I n a setback to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, a designated CBI court on Monday extended his CBI cus- tody by four days for interro- gation in the INX Media case. The remand will end on August 30. Chidambaram was produced in the court on the expiry of his four-day CBI custody which was granted to the agency on August 22. Chidambaram, 73, was arrest- ed by the CBI on August 21 from his Jor Bagh residence. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said the CBI demand was “justified” that Chidambaram has to be further interrogated in its custody. “Investigation is the pre- rogative of the investigating officer which he has to conduct within the framework of law... I am of the view that further police custody of accused Chidambaram is justified and accordingly the accused is remanded in police custody till August 30,” the judge said in his order. The court allowed Chidambaram’s family mem- bers and lawyers to meet him for half-an-hour every day during the CBI custody. The CBI sought extension of Chidambaram’s custody to confront him with certain e- mails and to unearth the larg- er conspiracy involved in the case. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General KN Nataraj, repre- senting the CBI, asserted that there is sufficient ground for extension of Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation as he was confronted with a co- accused during the interroga- tion from August 23-26. The confrontation with co- accused is not complete, the prosecutors said, and placed before the court a file contain- ing e-mail exchanges between the accused persons. The former Finance Minister was produced before the trial court hours after the Supreme Court refused to entertain his plea challenging the Delhi High Court order which had dismissed his antic- ipatory bail plea in the corruption case lodged by the CBI. T he Delhi Assembly on Monday approved the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government's supplementary demands for 290 crore for the free ride scheme for women passengers in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and Delhi Metro trains. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the Finance portfolio, tabled a proposal under the supple- mentary demands for the grant of 142 crore to fund deploy- ment of marshals in buses and 47 crore for the regional rapid transit system corridors and it has been approved by the Assembly with the voice vote. Sisodia said the free-ride scheme would be implement- ed soon in the public transport buses, but it would take some time incase of metro trains as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had to make preparations for it. Over all, the Delhi Assembly approved 479 crore supplementary grants for the transport sector moved by the Finance Minister. According to the supple- mentary grants tabled by the Minister, the Government has granted 479 for Transport Department, out of which 142 crore is for Road Safety Cell payment to marshals and 140 crore for free travel for women in DTC buses and cluster buses, while 150 crore has been granted for subsidy to DMRC for women commuters and 47 crore for RRTS corridors. Sisodia informed the Assembly that some proce- dural approvals are under process and once everything is finalised and the project will get a Cabinet nod, the Government will implement the scheme for buses. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during his Independence Day address had announced that the AAP Government will implement the free ride scheme for women in DTC and cluster buses from October 29, marking the Hindu festival Bhai Dooj. Under the RRTS, three corridors — Delhi-Ghaziabad- Meerut, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Gurgaon-SNB (Shahjahanpur-Neemrana- Behror) will converge at Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station. P rime Minister Narendra Modi speaks very good English, but he just doesn’t want to talk, US President Donald Trump said jokingly on Monday before the two “friends” met for formal talks on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit. The two leaders held 40- minute discussions in Biarritz, the French town which is hosting the meeting of the world’s most industrialised nations. Modi and Trump exchanged a warm handshake and spoke to the media on Indo-Pak tensions, bilateral trade and other issues. Modi answered questions posed by reporters in Hindi. “He (PM Modi) actually speaks very good English, he just doesn’t want to talk,” Trump joked when Modi asked reporters to let the leaders talk in privacy. The two leaders also held each other’s hand while every- body present in the room burst into laughter. W ith Pakistan failing to get traction for its bel- ligerent stand on Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that he will raise the issue at every international forum, including at the UN General Assembly. Khan once again raised the fear of nuclear war say- ing, “In a nuclear war, no one will win. It will not only wreak havoc in this region, but the entire world will face consequences. It is now up to the international com- munity.” RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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With US President DonaldTrump by his side, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi onMonday categorically rejectedany scope for third party medi-ation on Kashmir, saying it wasa bilateral issue between Indiaand Pakistan, and “we don’twant to trouble any third coun-try” — a position that wasimmediately backed by theAmerican leader who hadrecently offered to mediate.

In an apparent backtrack-ing from his earlier comments,Trump said he feels that bothIndia and Pakistan can resolvethe Kashmir problem on theirown. The two leaders appearedtogether to speak to the mediaafter overnight talks on thesidelines of the G-7 summitand ahead of their formalmeeting.

Modi and Trump weremeeting for the first time afterthe Union Governmentrevoked Jammu & Kashmir’sspecial status by abrogatingArticle 370 and bifurcating theState into two UnionTerritories. New Delhi’s movewas severely criticised byPakistani leadership, includingPrime Minister Imran Khan,who made provocative anti-India statements, triggeringtensions in bilateral ties.

“All the issues betweenIndia and Pakistan are of bilat-eral in nature, and we don’twant to trouble any third coun-try. We can discuss and resolvethese issues bilaterally,” Modisaid.

He said India and Pakistanwere together before 1947 andhe was confident that the twoneighbours can discuss theirproblems and solve them.

“When I called PrimeMinister Khan after the elec-tions, I told him that Pakistanhas to fight against poverty,India too has to fight against it.

Pakistan has to fight againstilliteracy and disease, and Indiahas to also fight againstthem...I told him we shouldwork together for the welfareof our people,” Modi said.

On his part, Trump said heand Modi spoke aboutKashmir “at great length” lastnight and he feels that bothIndia and Pakistan can resolveit on their own. “We spoke lastnight about Kashmir, thePrime Minister really feels hehas it (situation) under control.They speak with Pakistan andI’m sure that they will be ableto do something that will bevery good,” Trump said.

“I have very good rela-tionship with both the gentle-men (Modi and Khan) and I’mhere. I think they can do it(resolve the issue) themselves,”he added.

Trump’s comments onMonday are being seen as atotal climbdown from the timewhen he had made a startlingclaim that Modi has askedhim to mediate on Kashmir,the claim was strongly reject-ed by India. Trump has alsooffered to mediate betweenIndia and Pakistan on morethan one occasion in recentpast.

“Pakistan’s propagandawas dealt the final blow in themeeting between the PM andPresident Trump. Pakistan washoping to get some statementwhich will give it a last ray ofhope. The meeting has cate-gorically confirmed that anyissue concerning India andPakistan has to be discussedbilaterally,” BJP spokespersonGVL Narasimha Rao said inNew Delhi.

Trump also said, “We aretalking about trade, we’re talk-ing about military and manydifferent things. We had somegreat discussions, we weretogether last night for dinnerand I learned a lot aboutIndia.”

Thanking Trump for con-gratulating him after his recentelection victory, Modi saidtheir two countries “sharedemocratic values.”

Later, Trump tweeted thathe had “a great meeting withmy friend Prime MinisterModi.”

“Excellent meeting with @ P O T U S@realDonaldTrump! We haduseful discussions on bilateralmatters. We agreed to addresstrade issues for mutual bene-fit soon. Looking forward toexpand cooperation as largedemocracies for the benefit ofour citizens and global peaceand prosperity,” Modi tweeted.

Briefing the reporters afterthe talks between Modi andTrump, Foreign Secretary VijayGokhale said the two leadershad a “very warm, very posi-tive meeting” which lasted 40minutes. This was their thirdinteraction since Modi was re-elected in May this year for asecond five-year term.

When asked about the dis-cussion on the Kashmir issueduring the talks, the ForeignSecretary said there was “nodiscussion” on it during thebilateral meeting.

To another question,Gokhale said India has nottaken any steps to harm theregional stability. “The nor-malcy is returning to J&K,” hesaid, adding that certainrestrictions will remain inplace in the state to maintainlaw and order.

“Their meeting principal-ly focussed on trade and ener-gy,” Gokhale said.

“The Prime Minister spokeof the importance of energyimports from the US and hereferred to the fact that USD 4billion worth of imports werealready in the pipeline and thatwould be expected to bestepped up,” he said.

During his visit to the USnext month to address theUN General Assembly, theprime minister is expected tohave a round table with the topCEOs of the US energy com-

panies in Houston, Gokhalesaid.

“The objective is two fold,first to see how we can importmore energy from the US andsecond is how we can invest inthe energy sector in the US,”Gokhale said, adding thatPresident Trump has offered tosend a top administration offi-cial to the conference to facil-itate it.

Later, the White Houseissued a readout that said thetwo leaders discussed ways tobroaden their strategic part-nership and greatly increasetrade between the UnitedStates and India.

“President Trump reaf-firmed the need for dialoguebetween India and Pakistan toreduce tensions and acknowl-edged India’s role as a criticalpartner in Afghanistan,” itadded.

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Benchmark stock indicesSensex and Nifty saw their

best day in over three monthson Monday, buoyed by theGovernment move to with-draw additional surcharge onforeign investors and initiatesteps to revive the economy.

The BSE gauge Sensex set-tled with a gain of 2.16 per centor 792.96 points, while theNSE Nifty ended 2.11 per centor 228.50 points higher.

Indian equities during thesecond half of the trading ses-sion also got a boost from thenews that the US and Chinawill soon resume trade talksdespite many failed negotia-tions in recent months.

However, Asian marketsclosed with significant losses asinvestor worries grew over theever-lasting US-China tradewar, though sentiment revivedin other markets, includingIndia and the Europe, after thenews broke out about a possi-ble resumption of talks betweenthe two major economies.

Riding on a wave of eco-nomic stimulus optimism, the30-share Sensex opened over663 points higher, but globalvolatility wiped out its gains asthe session progressed. Itswung 1,052 points during theday before settling at 37,494.12.The index, however, made aroaring comeback in the later

half tracking news about US-China trade talks resumption.

Similarly, the broader NSENifty reclaimed the 11,000-level. During the day, it climbeda peak of 11,070.30 andtouched a low of 10,756.55. Itfinally closed at 11,057.85.

Both benchmarks Sensexand Nifty have logged their bestsingle-day gains in over threemonths, since the return of theNarendra Modi Governmentfor a second term.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Fridayannounced a raft of relief mea-sures, including the rollback ofenhanced super-rich tax on for-eign and domestic equityinvestors, for the ailing econo-my. She also announcedexemption of startups from“angel tax”, a package to addressdistress in the auto sector andupfront infusion of �70,000crore to public sector banks.

To bolster consumption,the Government also said thatbanks have decided to cut

interest rates, a move thatwould lead to lower EMIs forhome, auto and other loans.

Yes Bank topped the gain-ers’ list on the Sensex. It wasfollowed by HDFC, BajajFinance, HDFC Bank, ICICIBank, L&T, SBI, Axis Bank andKotak Bank — rallying up to5.24 per cent.

On the other hand, TataSteel, Sun Pharma, HeroMotoCorp, Vedanta, RIL, TataMotors, Maruti Suzuki andBajaj Auto fell up to 2.01 percent.

Sectorally, BSE finance,realty, bankex, capital goods,industrials, FMCG and powerindex rallied up to 3.86 percent. While BSE metal indexfell 1.12 per cent. Broader BSEmidcap and smallcap indicesrose up to 1.65 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Indianrupee depreciated 36 paise to72.02 against the US dollar.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, rose 0.92per cent to $59.34 per barrel.

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In a setback to former FinanceMinister P Chidambaram, a

designated CBI court onMonday extended his CBI cus-tody by four days for interro-gation in the INX Media case.The remand will end onAugust 30. Chidambaram wasproduced in the court on theexpiry of his four-day CBIcustody which was granted tothe agency on August 22.Chidambaram, 73, was arrest-ed by the CBI on August 21from his Jor Bagh residence.

Special Judge Ajay KumarKuhar said the CBI demandwas “justified” thatChidambaram has to be furtherinterrogated in its custody.

“Investigation is the pre-rogative of the investigatingofficer which he has to conductwithin the framework of law...

I am of the view that furtherpolice custody of accusedChidambaram is justified andaccordingly the accused isremanded in police custody tillAugust 30,” the judge said in hisorder.

The court allowedChidambaram’s family mem-

bers and lawyers to meet himfor half-an-hour every dayduring the CBI custody.

The CBI sought extensionof Chidambaram’s custody toconfront him with certain e-mails and to unearth the larg-er conspiracy involved in thecase.

Solicitor General TusharMehta and Additional SolicitorGeneral KN Nataraj, repre-senting the CBI, asserted thatthere is sufficient ground forextension of Chidambaram’scustodial interrogation as hewas confronted with a co-accused during the interroga-tion from August 23-26.

The confrontation with co-accused is not complete, theprosecutors said, and placedbefore the court a file contain-ing e-mail exchanges betweenthe accused persons.

The former FinanceMinister was produced beforethe trial court hours after theSupreme Court refused toentertain his plea challengingthe Delhi High Court orderwhich had dismissed his antic-ipatory bail plea in the corruption case lodged by the CBI.

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The Delhi Assembly onMonday approved the Aam

Aadmi Party (AAP)Government's supplementarydemands for �290 crore for thefree ride scheme for womenpassengers in Delhi TransportCorporation (DTC) buses andDelhi Metro trains.

Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia, who also holdsthe Finance portfolio, tabled aproposal under the supple-mentary demands for the grantof �142 crore to fund deploy-ment of marshals in buses and�47 crore for the regional rapidtransit system corridors and ithas been approved by theAssembly with the voice vote.

Sisodia said the free-ridescheme would be implement-

ed soon in the public transportbuses, but it would take sometime incase of metro trains asthe Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) had tomake preparations for it.

Over all, the DelhiAssembly approved �479 croresupplementary grants for thetransport sector moved by theFinance Minister.

According to the supple-mentary grants tabled by theMinister, the Government hasgranted �479 for TransportDepartment, out of which �142crore is for Road Safety Cellpayment to marshals and �140crore for free travel for womenin DTC buses and cluster buses,while �150 crore has beengranted for subsidy to DMRCfor women commuters and�47 crore for RRTS corridors.

Sisodia informed theAssembly that some proce-dural approvals are underprocess and once everything isfinalised and the project will geta Cabinet nod, the Governmentwill implement the scheme forbuses.

Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal during hisIndependence Day address hadannounced that the AAPGovernment will implementthe free ride scheme for womenin DTC and cluster buses fromOctober 29, marking the Hindufestival Bhai Dooj.

Under the RRTS, threecorridors — Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, Delhi-Panipat andD e l h i - G u r g a o n - S N B(Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror) will converge at SaraiKale Khan RRTS station.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi speaks very good

English, but he just doesn’twant to talk, US PresidentDonald Trump said jokinglyon Monday before the two“friends” met for formal talkson the sidelines of the G-7Summit.

The two leaders held 40-minute discussions in Biarritz,the French town which ishosting the meeting of theworld’s most industrialisednations.

Modi and Trumpexchanged a warm handshakeand spoke to the media onIndo-Pak tensions, bilateraltrade and other issues. Modianswered questions posed byreporters in Hindi.

“He (PM Modi) actuallyspeaks very good English, hejust doesn’t want to talk,”Trump joked when Modiasked reporters to let theleaders talk in privacy.

The two leaders also heldeach other’s hand while every-body present in the roomburst into laughter.

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The Election Commission(EC) has barred Nitish

Kumar-led Janata Dal (United)from using its poll symbol‘arrow’ in the upcoming pollsin Jharkhand and Maharashtradue to its resemblance with thebow and arrow symbol of theJharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) and Shiv Sena.

The JD(U) said it willapproach the EC and theJharkhand High Court seekinga review of the order and mayeven approach the court if theCommission denied it relief.

The EC’s order came afterthe JMM moved an applicationon June 24, requesting it not to

allow ‘arrow’ symbol to JD(U)in Jharkhand as it may confusethe voters. Just ahead of the LokSabha elections, the JD(U) hadsecured an order from the ECbarring the JMM from con-testing in Bihar on its symbol‘Bow and Arrow’ since it wasvery similar to JD(U)’s symbol,the ‘Arrow’.

According to a senior EC

official, the order is in keepingwith provisions of the ElectionSymbols Order of 1968 asapplicable to all such state par-ties in similar situations. Theofficial explained that while theJD(U)’s symbol is accepted onpriority in Bihar, similarly inJharkhand, it is the JMM’ssymbol that gets priority. TheJD(U) is a recognised State

party in Bihar and ArunachalPradesh, where its symbol, the‘Arrow’, is reserved, the JMM isa recognised State party inJharkhand, and its symbol ‘Bowand Arrow’ is reserved in thatState. Shiv Sena too has thesymbol of ‘Bow and Arrow’,which is its reserved symbol inMaharashtra, where it is arecognised State party.

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In an attempt to mobilisemass support for the Modi

Government’s move to abrogatearticles 370 and 35-A, the BJPon Monday announced amonth-long nationwide contactprogramme, beginningSeptember 1. The Yatra will beaimed creating awareness inpublic about its idea of “one-Constitution-one-nation” in370 smaller towns and 35 bigcities, including Kashmir Valley.

Nine places, including fourin Kashmir Valley, have beenchosen in the erstwhile Jammu& Kashmir, now a UnionTerritory with an Assembly, forthe exercise, said UnionMinisters Dharmendra

Pradhan and Gajendra SinghShekhawat here at a Press con-ference. The conference alsosaw eight political leaders fromKargil and two from Ladakhjoining the BJP.

Barring an Assembly,Ladakh is now also a UnionTerritory directly administeredby the Centre like Jammu &Kashmir. Among others whojoined BJP included Jammu &Kashmir legislative councilchairman Haji Inayat Ali andLadakh Autonomous Council’s executive memberMohammad Ali.

Pradhan said the decisionon revoking Article 370 was“historic” and one of the fewmoments in the history ofindependent India that united

people across political and ide-ological divides.

All the key BJP leaders,Chief Ministers, Central andState Ministers would partici-pate in “jan sampark abhiyan”which would be headed byPradhan and Sekhawat withBJP vice-president Jay Pandaalso included in the team.

BJP Ministers said withthe abrogation of Article 370and Article 35 A, J&K has beenfully integrated in the country and would fulfill theaspirations of “new genera-tion” in the State.

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In a significant boost to theIAF’s strategic airlift capa-

bilities, Boeing, the manufac-turer of C-17 Globemastertransport aircraft, deliveredthe 11th plane to the IAF onMonday. This came about afterthe Government last yearapproved procurement of threeadditional C-17s at a cost of Rs8,000 crore.

At present, the IAF has tenplanes with the inductionbeginning in 2013. The dealinked in 2011 was worth 4.7billion dollars. The contracthad an option clause of buyingsix more planes but shortage offunds delayed the induction ofmore planes.

The C-17 fleet is a vitalfleet of the IAF’s combat airliftcapability as the plane canland in toughest of placesthereby ensuring logistic sup-port to the troops deployed inremote areas guarding the Lineof Actual Control(LAC) facingChina and Line ofControl(LoC)with Pakistan.The planes have in the past fewyears have also carried outhumanitarian assistance duringnatural calamities.

The C-17 is a premiertransport aircraft as it is mas-sive and long-haul aircraft car-rying large combat equipment,troops and humanitarian aidacross long distances in allweather conditions.

“Boeing today deliveredthe 11th C-17 Globemaster IIIadding to India’s capability tomeet current and future strate-

gic airlift requirements,” thecompany said in a statement.

The IAF C-17s have per-formed a wide range of opera-tions in military missions, andprovided peacekeeping sup-port, humanitarian assistanceand disaster relief in India andinternationally, since inductionto the Sky Lords squadronbased at Hindon airbase nearthe national capital in 2013.

In 2016, C-17 Globemastermade a historic landing on ashort 4,200-foot runway of thehigh altitude MechukaAdvanced Air Landing Groundin Arunachal Pradesh, just 29km from the LAC, a move thatdemonstrated IAF’s the abilityto reach the remotest parts ofthe country.

Boeing has been maintain-ing IAF’s C-17 fleet throughtechno-logistics support andtraining for aircrew that oper-ate the platform. “The C-17fleet has maintained high ser-viceability rates since its induc-tion. Boeing is responsible formaintenance, field support ser-vices, modifications andupgrades, technical manualsupport and logistics engineer-ing services,” the company said.

Boeing’s C-17 simulatortraining centre, established in2016, provides training servicesto the IAF, and has completedover 5,100 hours of training foraircrew and loadmasters. “Withthis delivery, there are 275operable Boeing-built C-17saround the globe. Boeing plansto sustain them to ensure theymeet the mission at hand,” thecompany said.

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The Special ProtectionGroup (SPG) protection

given to former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh has beenwithdrawn following a reviewby multiple security agenciesbut he will continue to get Zplus security, officials said onMonday. The former PM’s Zplus security cover will bemanaged by CRPF.

“The current security coverreview is a periodical and pro-fessional exercise based onthreat perception that is pure-ly based on professionalassessment by security agen-cies. Dr Manmohan Singh con-tinues to have Z+ security

cover,” a Home Ministryspokesperson said.

The decision to withdrawthe SPG security, the country’shighest grade of protection, was

taken after a three-monthreview involving the CabinetSecretariat and the Ministry ofHome Affairs with inputs fromvarious Intelligence agencies,

officials said.With the removal of Singh’s

SPG cover, the top notch secu-rity cover will now be givenonly to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and theGandhi family — Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi andher children, Rahul andPriyanka. According to proce-dures laid down by the SPGAct, 1988, Singh was entitled toSPG cover for one year after hedemitted office in 2014.

His SPG security cover wasrenewed annually after a reviewof the threats faced by him andhis wife Gursharan Kaur. Singh’sdaughters, who were also givenSPG cover, gave up the protec-tion voluntarily in 2014.

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Ahigh-level meeting chairedby Union Home Minister

Amit Shah with ChiefMinisters of the Maoist-affect-ed States on Monday decidedto jointly fight the Left WingExtremism. The meetingreviewed the ongoing opera-tions against Naxals and devel-opment initiatives in theremote areas.

Chief Ministers NitishKumar (Bihar), Naveen Patnaik(Odisha),Yogi Adityanath(Uttar Pradesh), Kamal Nath(Madhya Pradesh), RaghubarDas (Jharkhand), BhupeshBaghel (Chhattisgarh) and YSJaganmohan Reddy (AndhraPradesh), besides top police andcivil officials of 10 Left WingExtremism (LWE)-affectedStates, attended the meetingwhere ongoing operationsagainst Naxals and develop-ment initiatives were reviewed.

“Had a very fruitful meet-ing with the CMs of the LWEaffected States. Discussed sev-eral issues related to the secu-rity & development of theseStates. Left Wing Extremism isagainst the idea of democracyand under the leadership of PM@narendramodi we are com-mitted to uproot it,” Shahtweeted after the meeting.

Top officials of paramili-

tary forces and the HomeMinistry also attended themeeting, first-of-its-kind afterShah assumed charge as theHome Minister about threemonths ago. Senior police offi-cials from the 10 Maoists-hitStates are Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand, Odisha, WestBengal, Bihar, Maharashtra,Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh and UttarPradesh were also present inthe high-level meeting.

Addressing the meeting,Bihar CM Kumar said the fightagainst Left Wing Extremismwas a joint responsibility of theCentre as well as the States.

Kumar flagged the need for achange in the existing policywhich put the entire financialburden of deployment ofCentral forces in the Naxalism-affected areas on the StateGovernments concerned.

Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Bhupesh Bagheldemanded more funds fromthe Centre to combat LeftWing Extremism in the Stateand said his Government willeliminate the menace throughdevelopment policies as well asproviding security and gener-ating trust among the people.

Uttar Pradesh CMAdityanath said Naxal activities

are fully under control in theState and the wheel of devel-opment is moving even in theareas affected by the menace.Adityanath said the State is ben-efiting from the informationexchange with bordering States.

Jharkhand Chief MinisterRaghubar Das said several topNaxal leaders have surren-dered under the popular sur-render and rehabilitation pol-icy for the Naxalites to join themainstream.

There has been 60 per centdecline in the Naxal-relatedincidents in Jharkhand between2015 and 2019 as compared to2010-2014, he said.

Union Ministers NitinGadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman,Ravi Shankar Prasad, NarendraSingh Tomar, Arjun Mundaand Mahendra Nath Pandeyalso joined the meeting later inthe day and discussed with theChief Ministers issues con-cerning roads, telecommuni-cation, agriculture and others.

According to HomeMinistry statistics, 8,782 casesof Naxal violence were report-ed during 2009-13 as against4,969 during 2014-18, a reduc-tion of 43.4 per cent. As manyas 3,326 people, including secu-rity force personnel, lost theirlives in 2009-13 as against 1,321in 2014-18, a reduction of 60.4per cent, the Ministry said.

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) on

Monday filed chargesheetagainst Associated JournalLimited (AJL), senior Congressleaders Moti Lal Vora andBhupinder Singh Hooda inthe designated court atPanchkula in connection witha money laundering case.

“AJL, Moti Lal Vora andBhupinder Singh Hooda weredirectly involved in theprocess/activity connected withacquisition, possession or pro-jection of “Proceeds of Crime”i.e. Plot No.C-17,Sector 6,Panchkula to the tune of Rs64.9 crore,” the ED said in astatement.

The ED had attached theproperty located at Plot No. C-17, Sector 6, Panchkula. TheAdjudicating Authority ofPMLA, had subsequentlyordered confirmation of theprovisional attachments order.

The investigation underPrevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) wasbased on a case that theattached property was allottedto AJL in the year 1982, but the

same was resumed back by theEstate Officer, Haryana UrbanDevelopment Authority(HUDA) through an order onOctober 30, 1992 as the AJL didnot comply with the conditionsof allotment letter.

The Resumption Orderattained finality after dismissalof the Revision Petition in 1996.However, Bhupinder SinghHooda, the then Chief Ministerof Haryana and Chairman ofHUDA, “blatantly misused hisofficial position and dishonest-ly allotted the said plot afresh inthe guise of re-allotment to theAJL at original rates plus inter-est in violation of necessary con-ditions/ policy of HUDA

through an order on August 28,2005, the ED said.

“Also, Hooda did notadhere to the legal opinion ofLegal Remembrance, Haryanaand recommendations ofHUDA Officers and FinancialCommissioner Town andCountry Planning (FCTCP).Thus, the CM caused wrongfulloss to HUDA and wrongfulgain to AJL,” the agency said.

Hooda further favouredthe AJL by granting them threeundue extensions for con-struction in the said plot fromMay 1, 2008 to May 10, 2012until the AJL completed theconstruction in the year 2014,it added.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Monday soughtresponses from the Centre andseveral States on a plea seekingdirection to State Governmentsto set up online RTI portals forpeople to electronically applyfor the required informationinstead of filing applicationsphysically.

A Bench comprising

Justices N V Ramana and AjayRastogi issued notices to theCentre and 25 states on a PIL,filed by Delhi-based NGO‘Pravasi Legal Cell’, which saidthe RTI Act is a “powerful tool”and its true objective could beachieved only by timelyresponse to citizens’ request.

The plea said the Centrehas established an online RTI

portal in which any Indian cit-izen, including NRIs, can applyfor information under the RTIAct with the desired ministryor department.

It said that the Centre inDecember 2013 had requestedState Governments to explorethe feasibility of implementingonline RTI in their respectiveStates but only Maharashtra

and Delhi have establishedportals for that. “A personseeking information under theRight to Information (RTI)Act from any department of thestate government, at presenthas to make a physical appli-cation and cannot do sothrough any electronic means,”said the plea, filed throughadvocate Jose Abraham. PTI

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Hindu body ‘NirmohiAkahara’ is “unnecessari-

ly” opposing the plea of deity‘Ram Lalla’ for the title of dis-puted Ramjanam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid land as both theparties will “stand” or “fall”together, the Supreme Courtsaid on Monday.

A five-judge Constitutionbench, headed by Chief JusrticeRanjan Gogoi, was critical of thesubmission of ‘Akhara’ thatbeing the ‘shebait’ (devotee),only its lawsuit was maintain-able and the case filed by deity‘Ram Lalla Virajman’, throughnext friend Deoki NandanAgrawal, should not be allowed.

“There is no conflictbetween your (Akahara’s) suitand the suit filed by plaintiffnumber 1 (Ram Lalla)... Evenif the suit of plaintiff (deity andothers) is allowed, your right as‘shebait’ stands,” the Benchsaid while hearing the argu-ments on the 12th day of thedecades-old, politically sensi-tive case.

“You (Akahara) can claimyour ‘shebait’ right indepen-dently. Unnecessarily, you areentering into the conflictingterritory you need not go to. Itis for Sunni Waqf Board to dothat,” said the bench, com-

prising Justices SA Bobde, DYChandrachud, Ashok Bhushanand SA Nazeer.

The Bench asked senioradvocate Sushil Jain, appearingfor ‘Nirmohi Akahara’, that ifthe lawsuit of the deity was dis-allowed then for whom will theAkahara be ‘shebait’ of.

“You (Akhara) standtogether and you will falltogether. Your argument is thatDeoki Nandan Agrwal (whohad filed the lawsuit on behalfof the deity as the next friend)had no right to file the suit.

“You (Akhara) cannot bethe ‘shebait’ of the mosque,” thebench quipped, adding, “Ifyour suit succeeds, it will beadverse to the deity.” Jain, how-ever, said the ‘Akahara’ was notsaying anything against thedeity and moreover, the law isnow well settled that the deityneed not be a party in all thelawsuits and can be represent-ed through ‘shebait’.

“A shebait can maintain thesuit on behalf of the deity in itsown name and need notimplead the deity as a party,”the senior lawyer said.

The Bench asked Jain toapprise it of the view of‘Akahara’ on Tuesday as towhether it was still seekingdismissal of the lawsuit filed bythe deity and others.

New Delhi: The Supreme Courton Monday directed that aforensic audit report be given tothe Enforcement Directorate,Delhi Police and the Institute ofChartered Accountants in India(ICAI) for taking appropriateaction against Amrapali direc-tors and auditors for siphoningoff over Rs 3,000 crore of homebuyers’ money.

A Bench of justices ArunMishra and UU Lalit alsodirected the apex court registryto disburse Rs 7.16 croredeposited by the Amrapaligroup to the National BuildingsConstruction Corporation(NBCC) for completion ofstalled projects of the group.

The Bench also directedthe Noida and Greater Noida

authorities to set up a nodal cellfor issuing completion certifi-cate to home buyers.

It also directed the author-ities to depute one officer notbelow the rank of deputy man-ager to coordinate with thecourt receiver, senior advo-cate R Venkataramani, in deal-ing with the affairs of Amrapali.

The Bench posted matterfor hearing on September 11.The court had on August 13asked the Noida and GreaterNoida authorities to grant com-pletion certificates to thousandsof harassed home buyers resid-ing in various Amrapali projectsin compliance with its verdictand warned that the officialsconcerned will be sent to jail ifthey fail to do so. PTI

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Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav on Monday

dissolved the party’s Delhi unit.The move comes just days

after he dissolved the SP’s UttarPradesh unit, including thestate executive, and districtand youth wings, in an attemptto rejig the party after its LokSabha poll debacle.

“SP president AkhileshYadav has dissolved the party’sDelhi unit with immediateeffect,” a statement issued byparty chief general secretaryRam Gopal Yadav said.

The SP has no presence inthe Delhi assembly and theUttar Pradesh unit was dis-solved on Friday.

New Delhi: A Srinagar-basedCRPF helpline on Mondaynotified three new mobilenumbers for the public, espe-cially Kashmiris, who requiremedical or any other emer-gency help for themselves ortheir families in J&K.

The ‘madadgaar’ helpinepublished the three numbers —9469793260, 9469793430,9469793401 — through its offi-cial Twitter handle,@CRPFmadadgaar, and said it isputting “committed efforts toprovide necessary assistance tothe citizens 24X7”. “In case of anyemergency, medical assistance orany other requirements of essen-tial assistance please dial”, thesenumbers, it said. PTI

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Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghel

on Monday said that his gov-ernment will eliminate Naxalsfrom the state with the help ofdevelopment policies, securityand trust and demanded morefunds from the Centre tocombat the menace.

Speaking at a meeting ofchief ministers of Left WingExtremist-affected states atVigyan Bhawan, New Delhi,Baghel said the Centre shouldprovide 100 per cent fundsinstead of 60 per cent toChhattisgarh for constructionof roads under Rural RoadsProject-II. He said thatChhattisgarh state is biggerthan Kerala in terms of areaand being a Naxal-affectedstate construction of roads inremote areas is difficult.

The meeting was chairedby Union Home MinisterAmit Shah and attended byMinister of State for HomeAffairs G Krishna Reddy,

Home Secretary Ajay KumarBhalla and chief ministers ofLWE-affected states.

Elaborating on the stepstaken by his governmenttowards development andbuilding trust amongst thepeople of the state, the chiefminister said that the govern-ment has distributed forestrights certificates to forestdwellers and re-startedschools damaged and demol-

ished by Naxals in Bastarregion of the state, said anofficial communiqué receivedhere.

He said that the state haswitnessed less Naxal incidentsthis year as compared to lastyear. He added that the stategovernment has also takeninitiative in the direction ofproviding more job opportu-nities to locals. He further saidthat Jawahar Setu Yojana has

been launched to provide roadconnectivity to remote vil-lages.

Informing the meetingabout the works done by hisgovernment, the chief minis-ter said wages of tendupattacollector has been raised from`2500 per standard sack to`4000 per standard sack.Health checkups, treatmentand distribution of medicinesfacilities have been expanded

in tribal-dominated regions ofthe state under“Mukhyamantri Haat BazaarClinic Scheme”.

He said that the govern-ment will start providing freeof cost nutritious food daily ateach gram panchayat in thestate from October 2, 2019 i.e.on the 150th birth anniversaryof Mahatma Gandhi. It willprove to be a hallmark step ineradicating malnutrition and

anemia from the state, headded.

Drawing the Centre’sattention towards develop-ment in the field of securityand coordination betweenstates, the chief minister saidsix states includingChhattisgarh have set upunified command for anti-Naxal operations. He alsoinformed that the state hascompleted construction ofmore than 1550 km of roadsunder Road RequirementProject- 1.

Explaining in detail newinitiatives taken by his gov-ernment for forest dwellers,Baghel said the governmenthas started taking back fraudcases against tribals, settingup food processing units intribal-dominated areas to pro-vide job opportunities, return-ing lands in Lohandigunda,distributing revenue ‘patta’ inAbujhmaad region etc.

Chhattisgarh ChiefSecretary Sunil Kujur andDGP D M Awasthi were alsopresent at the meeting.

We’ll eliminate Naxalism with trust,security and development: Baghel

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Chief Electoral Officer,Chhattisgarh Subrat

Sahoo said all the preparationfor the bye-poll has beencompleted and adequatesecurity arrangement hasbeen made for free and fairelections.

Election Commission ofIndia on Sunday announcedthe date for bye-poll ini n s u r g e n c y - r i d d l e dDantewada Assembly seat,reserved for Scheduled Tribe.The polling will be held onSeptember 23 and countingon September 27.

Briefing the media onMonday, Sahoo said electionmodel code of conduct hasbeen made effective inDantewada state assemblyconstituency covering

districts of Dantewada andNarayanpur.

The total electors as perthe final publication of elec-toral roll is 1,88,263 out ofwhich 89,747 are male votersand 98,876 are female voters.There is no third gender voterin the constituency.

The assembly constituen-cy has a total of 273 pollingcentres. Around 5 PinkBooths (Women polling cen-tres) will be established. The

constituency has 256 servicevoters and will be issuedElectronic Transfer of PostalBallot.

During State Assemblygeneral election 2013 the per-centage of voting was 62.03%but it was only 60.67% in2018. So, to create awarenessamong the electors,Systematic Voters’ Educationand Electoral Participation(SVEEP) programme havebeen undertaken.

The district administra-tions of Dantewada andNarayanpur have been askedto pull down all the hoardingsand publicity materialsinstalled through governmentfunding.

Restrictions have alsobeen imposed on official visitsof ministers and use ofgovernment vehicles.

The voter’s identificationhas been made mandatoryand Electoral Photo IdentityCard (EPIC) shall be the maindocument while other docu-ments as per the past practicewill be utilized.

With scheduleannounced, C-Vigil has beenactivated for districts ofDantewada and Narayanpur.The citizens can registerviolation of election modelcode of conduct throughC-VIGIL Citizen App.

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Bharatiya Janata PartyNational Election Officer

and former union agricul-ture minister RadhamohanSingh said as per reports theparty’s membership hasincreased by 3.45 crore inthe country, though the tar-get was to increase 20 percent members.

He was on a day-longvisit to Raipur.

Talking to media onMonday, he said party boothpresident and local commit-tees’ elections will be heldfrom September 11 toSeptember 30 based on thecertified electoral roll. It willbe certified by the electionofficers. Mandal presidentand committees’ election is

scheduled from October 11-31 while state council mem-bers’ election is scheduledfrom November 11 to 30,2019. In each phase 10 daysgap has been kept for regis-tering complaint, its resolu-tion and preparation for nextphase.

He further adds that

today state-level electionworkshop was held. This willbe followed by district levelworkshop on August 28-30.Then finally in month ofDecember the BJP partynational level election will beheld.

BJP state presidentVikram Usendi said it was

Election Commission’sdecision not to announceChiktrakot by-poll, but theparty was ready for it. “Weare preparing the partyworkers for the electionalong with the partyorganizational election asthe mass contactprogrammes are alreadycontinuing,” Usendi said.

He pointed out thatexact membership figure isnot out as compilation workis continuing. On theoccasion of 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi, from October 2 toOctober 31, Members ofParliament and other leadersof the party in the state willtake part in a 150 kilometres‘Padyatra’ (foot-march)adhering to the PrimeMinister’s appeal.

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The Congress on Mondayclaimed that they will

register an easy win in theupcoming Dantewadaby-polls.

Notably, theChhattisgarh Chief ElectoralOfficer (CEO) hadannounced that the pollingfor Dantewada seat will beheld on September 23.

“During the 2018 assem-bly elections Congress hadbagged 11 seats in Bastarregion. This time we will winthe election as at the groundlevel we have introduced aslew of public welfare worksand several decisions for thebetterment of people weretaken by Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel’s govern-ment,” claimed Chairman of

Chhattisgarh Congresscommunication departmentShailesh Nitin Trivedi.

According to Trivedi inpast nine months Congress-led state government hasalways kept Bastar on its pri-ority list. For the first timeBaster DevelopmentAuthority (BDA) is being ledby a MLA from Bastar, sothat BDA could take deci-sions that are in accordancewith the needs of the region.

Citing decisions like hik-ing the remunerations forTendupatta leaf collectorsfrom `2,500 to `4,000,returning the acquired landat Lohandiguda back tofarmers, revision of over4,50,000 land Pattas andseveral others, he claimedthat Congress party wasworking for the welfare ofTribal people in Bastar.

Singh Deo to head Cong screeningcommittee for Jharkhand pollsRAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Health Minister TSSingh Deo on Monday was appointed as

Congress party’schairman of screen-ing committee forupcoming stateassembly elections inJharkhand.

Apart fromSingh Deo,Kodikunnil SureshMP, Saleem AhmedSecretary AICC,

RPN Singh GS in-charge, Rameshwar OraonPCC President and Alamgir Alam CLPleader in Jharkhand are the other membersof the committee.

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On the occasion of NationalSports Day ( August 29),

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghelwill give away the ChhattisgarhState Sports Awards 2019 toplayers, coaches and judges at afunction at Pandit DeendayalUpadhyay Auditorium, G.E.Road, Raipur at 5.00 pm.

The sports and youthwelfare department hasdeclared the final list of winners

of different category of awardson Monday.

The panel had earlierreleased the interim list of win-ner inviting objections andclaims against the list. Afterresolving the claims and objec-tions, the final list has beenannounced.

As per the final list, eightplayers will get Shahid RajivPandey Puraskar (`3 lakheach), seven players to get

Shahid Kaushal Yadav Puraskar(`1.5 lakh each), two coachesand one judge to get VeerHanuman Singh Puraskar (`1.5lakh each) and five players toreceive Shahid Vinod ChoubeySamman (`25,000 each), 10players to get Shahid PankajVikram Samman (`25000 each)and Chief Minister’s Trophy (`5lakh) for year 2018-19 will go toCycle Polo Senior and Juniorteam.

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Acondolence meeting topay tribute to the former

union finance and defenceminister Arun Jaitely wasorganised by the BharatiyaJanata Party at its DivisionalOffice, Ekatma Parisar,capital city, Raipur on Monday.Arun Jaitely had passed awayon August 24.

BJP state presidentVikram Usendi recallingJaitely’s contribution saidhe had an able organiza-tional skill and was a greatintellectual due to which heplayed a key role in partypolicy making.

Raipur MP Sunil Sonisaid Jaitely emerged as a

student’s leader tomainstream politics cuttinga mark of his won. Hewould always beremembered for buildingone of core areas of nation.

Former agricultureminister and Raipur citySouth MLA BrijmohanAgrawal said even in toughconditions, he pulledtogether along all states to

implement, one tax onenation concept of GST.

Former ministers, BJPfrontal organization officebearers and key organiza-tional leaders expressedtheir views recalling thedifferent aspects andpersonal traits of late ArunJaitely. They also recalledhis contribution for theparty at different levels.

Antagarh Tape case:

Amit Jogi denies

receiving SIT noticeRAIPUR: Janta CongressChhattisgarh (J) leader Amit Jogi onMonday claimed that he had notreceived any notice to appear beforethe Special Investigation Team (SIT)in Antagarh case.

However, the SIT categoricallystated that the team had even pastednotice at Amit Jogi’s Kota-based res-idence.

Amit Jogi in a tweet postedfrom his official handle claimed thathe had not received any notice fromthe SIT. He challenged the team totell when was he served notice andthrough which person. Jogi alsopointed out that he had not takenany anticipatory bail in the case.

Meanwhile, the SIT rejected hisclaim. Deputy Superintendent ofPolice (DSP) Abhishek Maheshwariinformed that notices were served toAmit Jogi many times at his housesbased in Kota, Pendra and Bilaspur.

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Transport, forest, housing andenvironment minister

Mohammed Akbar said that partyoffice bearers, workers and peopleare coming forward to share theirvarious problems for resolution bythe government.

It would be taken up at appro-priate level to resolve them.

He was speaking to media afterthe public meeting programmeheld at Congress headquarters,Rajiv Bhawan on Monday.

Akbar said people across thestate are coming up with their

problems.Prominent among the issues

raised by the public is the demandfor upgradation of Pipariasub-tehsil as full- fledged tehsil.The concerned department hasbeen forwarded the demand letterfor necessary action, he said.

A social organization workingtowards environment awarenessgave information regarding a

drive they started for ‘Plantationin each house’. A publicity song onenvironmental awareness wasreleased. The office bearers saidthat they had commenced theplantation drive from their ownand relatives’ houses.

Minister assured theorganization for providing free ofcost saplings from forestdepartment. Minister said thatprimary cooperative committeeoffice bearers raised the issue ofdelimitation of their cooperativecommittees and problems faced inprimary publication.

Cong sure of itswin in DantewadaWe will win election as at groundlevel we have introduced a slew

of public welfare works andseveral decisions for the

betterment of people

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Problems of people will be resolved: AkbarMinister assures organizationto provide free of cost saplingsfrom forest department

BJP’s membership swellsby 3.45 crore: Radhamohan

BJP recalls contributionof late Arun Jaitely

All preparations for by-polls completed: CEO

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Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh

on Monday ordered a slew ofadditional measures for therelief and rehabilitation of theflood victims in various partsof the state, including supply offree high quality wheat seeds tofarmers for the upcoming Rabiseason.

Reviewing the post floodAction Plan (AP) for the state,the Chief Minister asked theAdditional Chief Secretary(Development) to ensure time-ly supply of wheat seeds to theflood affected farmers, whohave already suffered hugelosses as a result of damage tocrops due to inundation of theirfields in flood water.

The Chief Minister alsoasked the CooperationDepartment to convert theshort-term loans of the floodaffected farmers into medi-um-term loans.

He has directed theRegistrar Cooperative Societiesto advance fresh crop loanlimits to such farmers to enablethem to cultivate the Rabicrop.

Taking note of the damageto the rural rink roads andother marketing infrastruc-ture, he has directed the MandiBoard to take on repair workon war footing as the waterrecedes.

Capt Amarinder has onceagain asked the Powercom tomove expeditiously for therestoration of power supply inthe flood ravaged villages. ThePSPCL chairman has beenasked to further intensify theirefforts by employing specialteams of engineers to complete

the power restoration work.Amid fear of outbreak of

water-borne epidemics in thewake of the floods, the ChiefMinister has ordered thePrincipal Secretary Health totake effective measures to checkthe outbreak of diseases likediarrhoea, cholera, entericfever, jaundice etc as well asvector borne diseases likemalaria, chikungunya, dengueetc.

He has also asked theHealth Department to ensurefogging of the flooded areas toprevent the breeding of mos-quitoes.

The Principal Secretary(Food and Civil Supplies) hasbeen directed to ensure ade-quate supply of ration anddrinking water to the affectedfamilies.

The Animal HusbandryDepartment has also madeelaborate arrangements to tack-le disease among cattle. Nearly150 special veterinary teamshad been deputed to provideveterinary healthcare to around61,000 cattle affected by recentfloods in 225 villages of ninedistricts across the State.

Special veterinary teamsare working round the clock toprovide medicines and vacci-nation to the livestock affectedby the floods in the villages ofJalandhar, Moga, Ludhiana,Ferozepur, SBS Nagar, Ropar,Fazilka, Tarn Taran andKapurthala.

NEW RING EMBANKMENTCONSTRUCTED AT TENDIWALA

In the wake of damage tothe existing embankment alongthe Satluj River on the side ofTendiwala village in Ferozepur

district due to heavy dischargeof water from the Pakistanside, the existing embankmenthas been fortified by the con-struction of a new RingEmbankment.

The Government’s officialspokesperson informed thatthe Drainage Department hasprepared a new ring embank-ment which will provide morestrength and protection to theexisting one and subsequentlyguard against release of excesswater from Pak side toFerozepur.

“The inundation of waterinto the area has caused mas-sive soil erosion resulting intoweakening of the existingembankment. The Army andthe National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) is deployed,who, with the active support ofthe natives, strengthened theembankment,” said thespokesperson.

But, apprehending proba-ble rise in quantum of waterowing to incumbent rains, theDrainage Department has con-structed a new ring embank-ment in close proximity to theexisting one which is approxi-mately four feet to 10 feet highand is 400 feet long, said thespokesperson.

Spokesperson said that thering embankment is muchhigher than the existingembankment, so it will safe-guard sudden rise of water inthe river.

Notably, the new ringembankment has been con-structed in a record time of 24hours.

Earlier, the StateGovernment had denied thereports as “false” and “incor-rect” regarding the collapse

and further breach in theTendiwala embankment.

The governmentspokesperson had clarified thatthe reports carried no merit,and there was “no breach whatso ever in the Bundh atTendiwala. The DistrictAdministration is maintain-ing a close vigil and is taking allpossible actions to avert anybreach”.

“In fact, an Inner Bundh isbeing constructed to deal withany emergent situation arisingout of a breach in the MainBundh. The situation continuesto be tense but is under con-trol,” said the spokesperson, inthe official statement releasedin the morning.

PUNJAB GOVERNMENTISSUES POST FLOODACTION PLAN

Punjab Government onMonday issued the post-floodaction plan with exhaustiveguidelines to the DistrictAdministrations of the flood-affected districts to save humanlives and animals from diseasesand to restore normalcy.

The plan was issued forJalandhar DistrictAdministration in particular onthe directions of the ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh while directing theDeputy Commissioner toimmediately bring it intoaction.

“Likewise, all the DeputyCommissioners of flood-hitareas including Kapurthala,Roopnagar, Ferozepur,Ludhiana, Fazilka and Mogahave also been asked to imple-ment the same,” said an officialgovernment spokesperson.

The guidelines explicitly

state that economic, physicaland mental wellbeing of theaffected citizens should betaken care of.

Categorizing the nature ofresponsibilities of the districtlevel officers, the Civil Surgeonshave been asked to carry outIEC activities to educate themasses about diseases whichusually occur post floods.

Personal protection meth-ods like boiling water, propercooking of food, washing ofhands, use of ORS and Zinctablets, personal hygiene andcleanliness of surroundingshas to be communicated.

Information on water-borne diseases like diahorrhea,vomiting, cholera, vector-bornediseases like Malaria,Chickengunia and Dengue etc,skin and eye diseases has alsoto be conveyed.In a one of itskind of actions recommended,in order to boost the morale off lood victims, StateGovernment has suggested torope in counsellors for pre-vention of psychological dis-eases arising out of acute stress.

It has been directed toadvance special care for man-agement of outbreak of epi-demics. Outreach medicalcamps are to be established toprovide medicine, counsellingand for referral services tohigher centres.

District Development andPanchayat Officer is to ensuredisiliting of water and repair ofstreets and drains in the floodaffected villages. Maximumwork may be provided to theMAGNREGA job card holdersof the flood affected areas sothat the affected people canearn their earning.

Food and Civil Supplies

Department has to ensure sup-ply of ration and water whereever needed. Power supply is tobe restored at the earliest.

Deputy Registrar Co-oper-ative Society has been asked toreport regarding the flood-affected societies and loss ofstock of fertilizer, if any.

As a measure to give reliefto the flood-affected membersof the cooperative societies,Department has been asked towork out a proposal to convertcertain short term loans of themembers into medium termloans and to facilitate memberfarmers for sowing next Rabicrop, fresh short term loan oragriculture inputs be advancedto the concerned farmers.

It has been directed thatcompilation of data pertainingdead or drowned animals bedone by the relief teams forextending compensation ofcattle head that succumbed tofloods.Besides, loss to life andproperty and the estimatedcrop area damages are to beassessed at the earliest for thedistribution of relief or grant.

Punjab Chief SecretaryKaran Avtar Singh, chairing ahigh-level meeting of Group ofSecretaries on DisasterManagement to review floodrelief operations in the State onMonday, directed to immedi-ately release the funds to meeturgent financial requirementsin affected areas.

Asking officials to furtherspeed up the relief operations,the Chief Secretary directed thestate Health Department offi-cials to ensure adequate supplyof medicines for control ofwater related diseases in allaffected districts, and the FoodDepartment officials ensure

adequate supply of food mate-rials to the affected areas.

Deputy Commissioners ofJalandhar, Kapurthala,Ferozepur, Fazilka, Moga,Ludhiana, Shaheed BhagatSingh Nagar and Ropar joinedthe meeting via video confer-encing and explained the reliefoperations carried out in theirdistricts.They also shared theproblems being faced duringflood relief operations andsought immediate release of thefunds required to tackle the sit-uation. They further assuredthe Chief Secretary that the sit-uation was under control intheir respective districts.

Assuring every possiblehelp by the Government, theChief Secretary asked theGroup of Secretaries onDisaster Management, and theDeputy Commissioners to fur-ther step up the relief opera-tions besides adopting all pre-ventive measures to keep acheck on outbreak of any dis-ease in the flood-hit areas.

CIVIL SURGEONS DIRECT-ED TO PERSONALLY MON-ITOR ONGOING MEDICALCAMPS

Punjab Health and FamilyWelfare Minister Balbir SinghSidhu on Monday issuedinstructions to all CivilSurgeons to proactively mon-itor the ongoing medical campsbeing undertaken by theGovernment in the floodaffected regions.

“The need to ensure allmedical facilities reach all thoseneedy timely and regularly isparamount,” said the Ministerwhile lauding the Departmentfor their wholehearted effortsin this regard saying that theState Government would suit-ably honour officials and offi-cers for their commendableservice.

“To avoid any epidemicand after-effects of stagnantand polluted water which caus-es water borne, vector borne,skin and other communicablediseases, the medical camps arebeing organised in the flood-affected area by the HealthDepartment since August 18,”said Sidhu.

SARKARIA MIDST ACTIONFOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVEDAY

Amidst relief and rescueoperations for the fifth con-secutive day, Punjab WaterResources Minister SukhbinderSingh Sarkaria on Mondaypersonally supervised the plug-ging of various breaches thatarose out of flood fury in var-ious districts across the State.

Heaving a sigh of relief at sit-uation being finally under con-trol, the Water ResourcesMinister on Monday expressedsatisfaction over work of plug-ging the breaches.During his visitto Phillaur on Monday, Sarkairaappreciated the swift pace ofplugging work at the breaches inPhillaur sub-division.

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After witnessing two-monthlong drama at Jharkhand

Pradesh Congress Committee(JPCC) headquarters, the IndianNational Congress’ Interim pres-ident, Sonia Gandhi, announcedveteran State Congress leaderRameshwar Oraon as new JPCCpresident.

An official press releaseissued by the JPCC informedthat other than the State presi-dent, Gandhi also announcednames of five working presidentsof JPCC including KeshavMahto Kamlesh, Irfan Ansari,Sanjay Paswan, Rajesh Thakurand Manas Sinha.

Rameshwar Oraon, a for-mer IPS officer of Jharkhandcadre, is a senior leader of theparty and has manned differentposts in the State and Centralleadership. Oraon was also theChairperson of NationalCommission for ScheduledTribes.

Senior party leaders fromJharkhand met Gandhi at theoffice of All India NationalCongress on Friday eveningand shared their views on thecontenders for the importantposition. After that, there wasspeculation that Gandhi canannounce name of JPCC Chiefat any time. Former StateMinister Geetashree Oraon,former Union Minister SubodhKant Sahay, and others wereamong the leaders who metGandhi on Friday.

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In a major setback for theCongress, the Enforcement

Directorate (ED) on Mondayfiled a chargesheet againstC o n g r e s s - p r o m o t e dAssociated Journals Limited(AJL), senior Congress leaderMoti Lal Vora and formerHar yana Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda in itsprobe into the money laun-dering case.

The ED chargesheet isunder the provisions ofPrevention of MoneyLaundering (PMLA) Act. TheAJL is controlled by seniorCongress leaders, includingmembers of the Gandhi fam-ily. The group runs theNational Herald newspaper.

A senior ED official saidthe accused have been namedin the chargesheet for theirdirect involvement in theprocess connected with acqui-sition, possession or projec-tion of “proceeds of crime i.e.Plot No.C-17, Sector 6,Panchkula, to the tune of Rs64.9 crore.

The official said investi-gation under PMLA showedthe plot was allotted to AJL inthe year 1982, but it was“resumed back” by the EstateOfficer, HUDA on October30, 1992 as the AJL did notcomply with the conditions ofallotment letter.

He said the resumptionorder attained finality afterdismissal of a revision peti-tion in 1996.

“However, Hooda bla-tantly misused his officialposition and dishonestly allot-ted the said plot afresh in theguise of re-allotment to theAJL at original rates plusinterest in violation of neces-sary conditions or policy ofHUDA in an order datedAugust 28, 2005,” he said.

He alleged that Hoodaalso did not adhere to thelegal opinion of LegalRemembrance, Haryana andrecommendations of HUDAoff icers and FinancialCommissioner Town andCountry Planning (FCTCP).“Thus, the CM caused wrong-ful loss to HUDA and wrong-ful gain to AJL,” he said.

The official said Hoodafurther favoured the AJL bygranting them three undueextensions for construction inthe said plot from May 1,2008 to May 10, 2012 until theAJL completed the construc-tion in the year 2014.

The ED had filed a PMLAcomplaint in this case in 2016based on a CBI FIR, whichhad taken over investigationsin this case at the request ofthe BJP government ofHaryana, and the criminalFIRs filed by the HaryanaVigilance Bureau.

Last year in December,the CBI filed a chargesheetbefore a Panchkula court onnaming Vora and Hooda inconnection with the allegedirregularities in the case. TheED has questioned the twosenior Congress leaders inthis case.

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In what could be a faux pas,Himachal Pradesh Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur onMonday said the Governmenthad no plans to sell any state-run hotel after a website sug-gested that it aimed to shedownership of 14 properties.

The list of these hotels runby the Himachal PradeshTourism DevelopmentCorporation (HPTDC) wasquickly pulled off the site set upfor the upcoming RisingHimachal Global Investors'Meet. But by then the state gov-ernment had started drawingflak from the opposition overits alleged attempt to privatiseHPTDC hotels.

The question of leasingout or selling any HPTDCproperty does not arise, Thakursaid when reporters questionedhim about the list. Neither thestate cabinet, nor the revenueor tourism departments havetaken any decision to leaseout or sell any property. Noproperty can be leased out orsold without taking a properdecision in this regard, headded.

The website had suggestedthat 14 of the 56 HPTDCproperties, including PalaceHotel in Chail and Golf Gladeat Naldehra, are available forthe private sector on lease.The state government had pre-pared a list of HPTDC unitsrunning in loss for their prop-er management and this listwas wrongly uploaded on the

website, Thakur told reportersoutside the state assembly.

He said the list wasremoved from the portal onSunday and a report sought onthe episode.

The chief minister saidaction will be taken against theofficial found responsible foruploading the list on the web-site.

He claimed the oppositionCongress was trying to make abig issue out of nothing. Thestate government created thewebsite for the meet scheduledlater this year in Dharamsala toattract investment.

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President Donald Trump saidon Monday that US and

Chinese trade negotiators would"very shortly" resume talks inwhat he described as a break-through in the two economicsuperpowers' trade war.

"China called last night...,said let's get back to the table. Sowe'll be getting back to thetable," Trump told reporters atthe G7 summit in Biarritz.Trump said that Chinese offi-cials had made two "very, verygood calls" and that "they wantto make a deal".

The president's tone was inmarked contrast to the steadyhardening of positions in thenumber one and twoeconomies. Just last Friday,Trump sharply raised tariffs onall Chinese imports after Beijinghiked its own levies.

The United States is tryingto force China into deep reformsof its trading model to enddecades of practices, includingrampant intellectual propertytheft, that US companies sayprevents a level playing field.

However, US allies havepressured Trump at the G7summit in France, saying thatthe trade war puts the worldeconomy at risk.

Trump said that his pres-sure had paid off, bringing theChinese back to the table aftertalks had appeared to have goneoff the rails.

"They hurt very badly, butthey understand this is theright thing to do," Trump said.

"One of the reasons he's agreat leader, President Xi..., isthey understand how lifeworks." "It's going to be great forChina, it's going to be great forthe US, it's going to be great forthe world," he said.

"We're going to start veryshortly to negotiate..., but Ithink we're going to make adeal."

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US President Donald Trumpsaid Monday that it was "too

early" to meet Tehran's topdiplomat, who made a surpriseweekend visit to the G7 summit,but insisted that Washington wasnot looking for regime change inIran.

"It's too soon to meet, I did-n't want to," Trump told repor-ters at the summit, saying he kn-ew that Foreign Minister Mo-hammad Javad Zarif was goingto drop in for unscheduledtalks. "I knew he was coming,"Trump said of the visit, whichwas engineered by France'sEmmanuel Macron in a bid tobreak the diplomatic deadlockover Tehran's disputed nuclearprogramme.

"I knew everything he (Ma-cron) was doing and I approvedeverything he was doing,"Trump said, adding the Frenchpresident "asked for myapproval". A landmark 2015nuclear deal between Westernpowers and Iran all but collapsedafter Trump unilaterally with-drew US support last year, reim-posing sanctions that have crip-pled Iran's economy.

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Israeli warplanes hitthe Gaza Strip's rul-

ing Hamas movementearly Monday inresponse to earlierrocket fire from the ter-ritory into Israel, thearmy said in a state-ment.

Israeli authoritiesalso announced a punitivereduction in the flow of fuel tothe strip's main power station,meaning a deep cut in thealready rationed electricity sup-ply.

Three rockets were firedfrom Gaza into southern Israelon Sunday night, the Israeliarmy said.

"Three launches were iden-tified from the Gaza Strip intoIsraeli territory," it said in astatement. "Two ofthem were intercepted by theIron Dome aerial defence sys-tem." "In response, a shortwhile ago, (Israeli air force)fighter jets struck a number ofterror targets in a Hamas mil-itary compound in the north-ern Gaza Strip, including theoffice of a Hamas battalioncommander," a statement

Monday morning added.A Palestinian security

source said there were no casu-alties.

A separate statement fromIsraeli defence ministry unitCOGAT said the latest fuel cutwas personally ordered byPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu, who is also defenceminister.

"The prime minister andminister of defence, BenjaminNetanyahu, ordered to down-size the transfer of fuel throughthe Kerem Shalom (border)crossing to the power station inGaza by half, effective thismorning and until furthernotice," it said in English.

Netanyahu is fighting forreelection in a potentially toughgeneral election on September17 with critics from his right-

wing power base callingfor tougher actionagainst the IslamistHamas.

Nevertheless, ana-lysts say, he is anxiousto avoid escalationahead of the polls.

Israel andPalestinian militants inGaza have fought threewars since 2008.

Since the start of August,an uptick in rocket fire andPalestinian attempts to crossfrom Gaza into Israel havebeen met with Israeli strikes,threatening a fragile ceasefirebetween Israel and Hamas.

Israel has also used fishingrestrictions and fuel supplies asweapons, harshening and eas-ing restrictions on the block-aded coastal strip according tocircumstances.

Fuel deliveries, which arecoordinated with the UnitedNations and paid for by Gulfstate Qatar, were part of thetruce agreement.

They have improved elec-tricity supply in the enclave,where until the latest cut resi-dents were getting around 12hours of power a day, accord-ing to the UN.

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Iran’s President HassanRouhani came out strongly in

favour of talks Monday as histop diplomat came under firefrom hardline media for a sur-prise visit to a G7 summit.

"I believe that for our coun-try's national interests we mustuse any tool," Rouhani said ina speech aired live on state tele-vision.

"And if I knew that I wasgoing to have a meeting withsomeone that would (lead to)prosperity for my country andpeople's problems would beresolved, I would not hesitate.

"The main thing is ourcountry's national interests," hesaid to a round of applause fromthose gathered at an eventmarking government achieve-ments in rural areas.

Rouhani's remarks came ashis government faced criticismover the visit of Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif to theFrench seaside resort of Biarritzon Sunday for meetings on thesidelines of the G7 summit.

Zarif was invited to Biarritzby French President EmmanuelMacron, who has been leadingefforts to de-escalate tensionsbetween Iran and its arch-enemy the United States.

Iran's economy has beenbattered by US sanctionsimposed since last year whenPresident Donald Trump uni-laterally withdrew the UnitedStates from a landmark 2015nuclear deal between the Islamicrepublic and world powers.

The ultra-conservativeKayhan newspaper stronglycriticised Zarif 's visit onMonday in an article that calledthe trip "improper".

Kayhan said the fact that theminister's visit was the secondto France in a matter of dayssent "a message of weakness anddesperation".

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Hong Kong police onMonday said they were

forced to fire water cannon anda warning shot to fend off"extremely violent" demon-strators, as months of pro-democracy protests veer deep-er into violence.

Sunday's clashes in thesuburb of Tsuen Wan weresome of the worst in twelveweeks of political unresttremoring through the city.

As night fell, a group ofofficers were cornered by pro-testers armed with bricks andother weapons, Hong Kongpolice said in a statement.

An officer fell to theground under a barrage ofblows and "facing threats tolife", six policemen drew theirsidearms and one "fired awarning shot into the sky", itsaid.

It is believed to be the firstlive round fired by an officerduring the crisis.

Fifteen officers were

injured during the clashes, thestatement said, while dozens ofprotesters were arrested --including a 12-year-old -- forunlawful assembly, possessionof weapons and assaultingpolice.

"Police appeal to membersof the public to make a cleanbreak with violent protestors,"the statement added, vowing"relentless action" to bring the

perpetrators to justice.The firing of a live round

prodded an angry responsefrom social media users whomocked a police spokesmanwho had praised the "valiantand restrained" actions of riotcops on Sunday.

"If the police can't controltheir emotion, how can they bevaliant and restrained?" aFacebook user commented.

Earlier Sunday, a peacefulmarch across Tsuen Wan gaveway to violence.

Police used tear gas against the black-clad, gasmask-wearing hardcore pro-testers, who had built barri-cades and thrown bricks andMolotov cocktails at lines ofriot cops.

Police confirmed theydeployed two water cannonvehicles, whose jets hit thebarricades as demonstratorsran for cover.

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Russia on Monday saidradioactive isotopes were

released in a recent accident atan Arctic missile test site thatcaused widespread alarm asauthorities kept details underwraps.

The August 8 blast killedfive scientists and caused aspike in radiation levels butRussia did not admit nuclearmaterials were involved forseveral days.

The accident releasedswiftly decaying radioactiveisotopes of strontium, bariumand lanthanum, news agenciesreported, citing tests by theRosgidromet national weatherand environmental monitoringagency.

Alexander Uvarov, editor

of the independentAtomInfo.Ru news site, said theisotopes did not pose a threatto the population.

These isotopes are prod-ucts of nuclear fission of ura-nium, he told RIA Novostinews agency.

Sensors in the nearby cityof Severodvinsk detectedradioactive elements with ahalf-life ranging from a fewhours to up to 12.8 days andbreak down into radioactiveinert gases, Rosgidromet said.

"These inert radioactivegases were the cause of a briefincrease" in radiation levels, itsaid.

The monitor said earlierthat its sensors in Severodvinskmeasured radiation levels thatwere up to 16 times higher thanbackground levels after the

explosion, returning to normalafter two-and-a-half hours.

Russia's Rosatom nuclearagency has said that its spe-cialists killed in the accidentwere developing "newweapons" and providing sup-port for a missile with an "iso-tope power source."

Norway's nuclear safetyauthority said it detected tinyamounts of radioactive iodinein a region bordering Russiaafter the blast while it could notdetermine if this was related tothe accident.

The Russian authoritieshave confirmed that a doctorinvolved in treating the injuredhad a trace of radioactive iso-tope caesium-137 detected inhis muscle tissue, while deny-ing this was related to theaccident.

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At last, we are now hearing somevoices of sanity in the Congress!After practising politics of abusefor months and years and beingin denial ever since they were

reduced to a rump in the Lok Sabha after theparliamentary election in 2014, some promi-nent members of the Congress Party are nowadvising party members and political fellowtravellers to come to terms with reality.Jairam Ramesh, one of the saner voices inthe party, who has often tried to ensure thathis political loyalty does not cloud his judge-ment, has recently said that demonisingPrime Minister Narendra Modi all the timeis not going to help the Congress because MrModi’s governance model is not a “completenegative story”.

He seemed to be particularly impressedby Mr Modi’s “economics of governance” andthe Ujjwala Scheme to provide cooking gasconnections to women in poor householdsacross the country, which has given thePrime Minister political traction. AbhishekManu Singhvi, another senior member of theparty, soon joined the chorus to say that“demonising Modi was wrong.” The decisionsof the Modi Government “must be judgedissue wise and not person wise.” He even wentfurther to say that “the Ujjwala scheme is onlyone amongst other good deeds.”

This is quite in contrast to the constantcriticism of the Prime Minister by theparty’s top leadership, including SoniaGandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhion every issue. In fact, though the ModiGovernment has taken many significant deci-sions, which have won acclaim all round thecountry, there is not a single instance whenMr Modi’s work has been acknowledged bymembers of the Nehru-Gandhi family.

As regards abrogation of Article 370, thedecisive move made by the Modi-Shah com-bine has stunned the Congress Party andmade its leaders run hither and thither. Theutter confusion among the party brass isrooted in the party’s loud commitments to“protect” 370 at any cost. Only last April, theCongress declared in its manifesto for theLok Sabha election that “nothing will be doneor allowed to change the constitutional posi-tion.”

Having thus dug itself in on this issue,the party had nowhere to go but to plug thismoth-eaten line, which has been a drag onIndia’s unity and integrity. So, we had RahulGandhi declare loftily that national integra-tion cannot be achieved by “unilaterally tear-ing the state apart.” Priyanka Gandhi tweet-ed and asked “Does the Modi-Shah Govtbelieve India is still a democracy?”

Sadly, the Congress does not appear tohave a mind of its own on such criticalnational issues. Since the late 1960s, whenthen Prime Minister Indira Gandhi neededCommunist crutches to run her government,the party has been nose-led by Left-wingpoliticians and intellectuals, resulting in thecomplete abandonment of its nationalist ide-

ology. The Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) is now comfortablyensconced in this space and theCongress does not know whichway to turn. As a result, you willfind that invariably the Congressand the Communists sing thesame tune on all issues. AfterRahul Gandhi, P Chidambaramhas accused the government ofdismembering the state.

This is in line with theapproach of Left leaders, includ-ing Sitaram Yechury, who havedemanded that Jammu andKashmir (J&K) be restored to itsearlier status. However, theparty’s response to the 370 issueis not to be seen in isolation. Itis in line with the scepticism anddistrust it has displayed even inregard to the daring surgicalstrike carried out by the IndianArmy to eliminate several terror-ist launch pads across the Lineof Control in J&K on September29, 2016.

While the entire countryhailed the bravery and commit-ment of our soldiers and the sur-gical precision with which theArmy had targeted terroristhide-outs across the border, theCongress claimed that manysuch “surgical strikes” had beencarried out when it was inpower.

However, there were fewtakers for this story. While oneleader of his party inMaharashtra said the surgicalstrike was “fake”, Mr

Chidambaram demanded“proof” that the strike was car-ried out. Rahul Gandhi accusedthe Prime Minister of trying tomake “political capital” out ofsurgical strikes. The disrespectit showed towards the Indian AirForce (IAF) after its daringairstrike on Jaish-e-MohammadTraining Camps in Balakot onFebruary 26, 2019 was evenmore shocking. Chidambaramcriticised the government’s claimabout the number of terroristswho had been killed in the IAFstrike. Another Congress leader,Navjot Singh Sidhu, seemed todebunk the purpose of the strikeby asking “Were you uprootingterrorists or trees? Was this anelection gimmick?”

Finally, what about the phe-nomenal success of several socialsector schemes launched anddelivered by the ModiGovernment? The UjjwalaScheme, which proved to be agame-changer, has ensureddomestic cooking gas connec-tions to 60 million householdswith another 20 million in thepipeline over the next year or so.

Similarly, the medical insur-ance scheme that provides acover of �5 lakh per poor house-hold per year is the biggesthealth insurance scheme in theworld. Similarly, the Jan DhanYojana, which ensured that allpeople below the poverty lineopened bank accounts, has beena spectacular success, resulting

in the opening of over 360 mil-lion new bank accounts. This,too, is a global record. There aremany more such schemes whichhave been planned and execut-ed by the Modi Government butmembers of the Nehru-Gandhifamily have never ever acknowl-edged the efficacy of any one ofthem. Taking a cue from them,members of the Congress Partyhave spent their time pooh-poohing these schemes andthus losing support of the mil-lions of citizens who have ben-efitted from them.

The intolerance of theNehru-Gandhis to the achieve-ments of other national leadersfrom the days of Sardar Patel andDr BR Ambedkar is now awell-established truth and hasbeen adequately chronicled inrecent years. The family got awaywith this for many decades, butthe people have now begun tosee through the pettiness andjealousy that permeates the fam-ily’s responses in this regard.More importantly, public aware-ness has resulted in diminishingelectoral dividends for this fam-ily. If the Congress Party is to cutits losses, its responses to govern-ment decisions and schemes willhave to be more credible. JairamRamesh has shown the way.Hope others will follow!

(The writer is an author spe-cialising in democracy studies. Views expressed are personal)

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Sir — PV Sindhu created histo-ry by becoming the first-everIndian to claim a gold in the BWFWorld BadmintonChampionship. With this win,Sindhu has exorcised the ghost ofheart-wrenching losses in 2017and 2018.

Sindhu, a Hyderabad girl,has been in the internationallimelight for several years at theBWF World Championshipssince 2013. Her hard-workingand rigorous training prelude tothe world championship madeher a winner from the start. Andin the final match, her constantpeppering of Okuhara withsmashes was reminiscent of a fast-bowler torturing a tail-enderwith aggressive bowling. Whatreally did work in India’s favourwas her ability to keep at it with-out taking her foot off the gas.Moreover, she did not allowOkuhara to breathe, making herrun to the corners. Sindhu’s vic-tory is indeed inspiring to thosewho aspire to conquer the world.She certainly is PrakashPadukone’s true successor.

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Sir — Former Finance MinisterArun Jaitley was a gentleman,who contributed a lot to thenation. He was among the rarebreed of politicians whose onlyfocus in life was the developmentof the country rather than polit-ical upmanship. Using his supe-rior intellect, Jaitley was able to

strike a fine balance between hispolitical duties and personalfriendships. For him, there exist-ed no political party but just thenation that was to be servedwith all honesty and passion. Hiscontribution to India, his sharpwit and intellect and speechespeppered with shlokas fromHindu scriptures will be missed.

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Sir — The Indian political sce-nario will miss an erudite andsound politician like formerFinance Minister Arun Jaitley.As a Cabinet Minister holdingdifferent portfolios, his contri-butions to NDA-I and NDA-IIwere immense. His exemplaryoratorical skills can never be for-

gotten. Even when his partywas out of power, he main-tained a strong say as the Leaderof Opposition in the RajyaSabha. His loss will be felt acute-ly by all countrymen.

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Sir — Former Finance MinisterP Chidambaram, who wasarrested by the Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) in theINX Media scam, had allegedlyabused his power and authorityin benefitting the firm. TheCBI, however, could not arresthim for one year due to relieffrom courts. Sadly, high profilepoliticians in India sometimesgo unpunished as they engagereputed lawyers, something thatis impossible for the poorer andmiddle classes to afford. Thus,the rule of law is circumventedand not enforced like it shouldbe, irrespective of status andposition.

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The Union Government is considering far-reaching reforms in the gas sector. Theseinclude the setting up of a local gas trad-

ing platform to facilitate price discovery, strip-ping the power sector off its priority status bywithdrawing priority allocation of natural gasand hiving off the transportation unit of the GasAuthority of India Limited (GAIL), a public sec-tor undertaking (PSU) which currently holdsan overwhelming 75 per cent share of the gastransmission network.

The stated objective of these reforms is toenable energy firms to invest in exploration anddevelop gas fields so as to encourage indige-nous production and ensure that the countryattains self-sufficiency in this major source ofclean energy (currently 50 per cent of ourdomestic gas is imported). While theGovernment’s move is laudable, the mootquestion is whether the proposed measures willhelp it come anywhere closer to the goal. Theanswer will be a categorical “no”. The biggeststumbling block towards this is the lack of a“stable” and “predictable” policy environment.

As per the guidelines effective sinceNovember 1, 2014, for all domestic suppliescovered under the New Exploration andLicensing Policy (NELP) as also the blocksgiven on “nomination” basis to Oil Natural GasCorporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited(OIL) under pre-NELP, the price (call it nor-mal price) is a weighted average of the costs atfour international locations in the US, the UK,Canada and Russia. As per this formula, fromApril 1, 2019, the price is $3.72 per millionBritish thermal unit (Btu).

Under a special package for deep/ultra-deepand high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT)fields announced in March 2016, the suppliestherefrom are allowed a “premium” price andare linked to the prices of alternate fuels, includ-ing fuel oil, naphtha and imported LiquefiedNatural Gas (LNG). The current rate deter-mined on this basis is almost double than thenormal price.

Then there’s a third pricing mechanism thatexists for fields given under the Open AcreageLicensing Policy (OALP), which was introducedin July 2017. Supplies from these fields — con-ventional gas as well as unconventional hydro-carbons viz, shale gas, Coal Bed Methane(CBM) — are eligible for market-based price. Thesame also applies to unconventional hydrocar-bons from the fields that come under NELP.

ONGC and OIL have 149 small and margin-al oil and gas fields that account for a mere fiveper cent of their total output (courtesy the littleattention they receive from PSUs). TheGovernment intends to auction them to privateentities. After the transfer, new owners will getcomplete marketing and pricing freedom of sup-plies from these fields. In short, the pricing struc-ture is highly differential and has varying prices,depending on the source of supply and hydro-carbon type. Strangely, it also depends on theoperator in question.

In 2014, when the process of formulating thenew pricing policy was under way, energy com-panies — both private and public sector — lob-bied hard to adopt market-based price for all sup-plies. But the Modi Government opted for a for-

mula-based price applicable to all. TheGovernment’s stated logic behindrejecting a market-led price was thatsince the gas market in our country isat a very nascent stage and supply fallsshort of demand, this mechanism maylead to a sharp increase in price, whichuser industries, particularly fertilisersand power (together they consumenearly 3/4th of the available gas), maynot be able to afford.

There was merit in the argumentand the Government ought to have con-tinued with a “uniform” policy for allsupplies. Even then, seeking a higherprice for a deepwater high pressure,high temperature field is untenable asit is expected to contain much largerreserves than a shallow or on-shorefield, thereby generating extra revenuewith the same price. Likewise, givinghigher market-based price for shale gasor CBM from an existing field underNELP, where all costs have already beenfully recuperated under the subsisting“profit sharing” contract, makes nosense. But it buckled under continuingpressure from lobbyists, thus givingbirth to the present chaos.

Firms may have managed higherprice (via “premium” or market-basedprice) but there is no guarantee that thisalone can yield higher production asother factors, such as their ability to stickto output projections among otherthings, also come into play. In fact, thesefactors may work negatively. Take theexample of the Krishna GodavariDhirubhai 6 (KG-D6), operated byReliance Industries (RIL). Against an

initial estimate of over 10 trillion cubicft (tcf), the actual reserves turned outto be a mere about 2 tcf. As a result, pro-duction from this high-profile fieldplummeted to less than 10 million stan-dard cubic metres per day (mmscmd)against the promised 80 mmscmd.

No wonder, gas production hasdeclined from a high of about 52 bil-lion cubic metres during 2010-11 toaround 33 billion cubic metres during2018-19. This prompted theGovernment to come up with new ideaslike a local gas trading platform andstripping power plants of their priori-ty status. Both these ideas are bizarre.

The distribution of domestic gas istotally under Government control. It isdecided by an inter-ministerial commit-tee under the chairmanship of Secretary,Ministry of Petroleum and NaturalGas (MPNG). Of the total supply, amaximum quantity, 31 per cent, is givento the power sector, 24 per cent to fer-tilisers while 22 per cent is allotted forcity gas. There is no gas left for trading.In this backdrop, what will a tradingplatform do? What will be the relevanceof the price discovered on such a plat-form? To which supplies will this priceapply when almost all of it is regulatedand applicable prices pre-determined?

As regards power, the Governmentgives a boost to gas-based power plants(at 25,000 MW, these plants account forabout 10 per cent of the total genera-tion capacity) by assuring supply ofdomestic gas on top priority and charg-ing low price. Then suddenly, it seeksto withdraw the priority status. This will

result in steep increase in gas prices andexterminate them as well.

Today, there is an unholy mix ofcontrols and market-based principles.This is more dangerous than total con-trol on all aspects, which anyway is notdesirable. Doing things in fits and starts(as may be seen from a flurry of poli-cy changes during the last three years)will not take us anywhere. There is anurgent need for holistic reforms in thehydrocarbon sector.

The Government must dismantlethe existing regime of gas allocation andhighly differentiated pricing for a vari-ety of supply streams. Concurrently, itshould deregulate import of LNG (cur-rently all gas imports are canalisedthrough PSUs such as GAIL). Togetherwith hiving off port handling, gasifica-tion (of imported LNG) and transporta-tion infrastructure from GAIL, this willcreate an ecosystem that will ensureadequate availability (domestic plusimport) of gas to meet the demand.This is the way forward for the devel-opment of competitive markets.

This may as well result in a slightincrease in price over the current for-mula-based level yet, it will remain wellbelow the exorbitant level currentlypromised to specified supply sources.This will also offer a “stable” policy envi-ronment for energy companies to investin exploration and development of oiland gas fields. The larger question, how-ever, is will the Modi Government crackthe whip on these reforms?

(The writer is a New Delhi-basedpolicy analyst)

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On August 8 this year, thepowerful Anjuman-i-TajiranPakistan called off a four-day

shutter-down strike in Lahore. Thetraders’ organisation had announcedthe shutdown due to theGovernment’s new taxation policies.There were rumours that the militaryestablishment had aided theGovernment in getting the traders tocall off the strike. True or not, the factis that a rebellion from the so-called“trader classes” in a Muslim-major-ity country is always treated as a pos-sible precursor to an uprising againsta sitting Government.

Ever since the late 1970s, organ-ised traders have played a significantrole in the politics of various Muslimcountries, especially in Iran,Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt. This isoften explained as ‘bazaar politics’.

The word bazaar has Persian originsand means an enclosed marketplace.Twentieth century Marxist analysissaw bazaar politics at the core of thepolitical and economic action of thepetit bourgeoisie (lower-middle-classes) even though many politicalscientists have also seen it as anextension of middle class politicalactivity.

The study of the bazaar in thecontext of politics is not that old,despite the fact that they have beenintegral economic and physical main-stays of Muslim-majority regionsfor centuries. The expression “bazaarpolitics” first emerged soon after the1979 revolution in Iran. Traditionalbazaars of the country played a note-worthy role in the turmoil which top-pled the powerful Shah of Iran.

The action in this respect was ini-tiated by trader and merchant groupsoperating inside Iran’s many bazaars.The revolutionary movement againstthe monarchy was driven by variousforces, which included the commu-nists, secular democrats and theIslamic clergy. But it was the bazaarswhich eventually tilted the scale infavour of the clergy and the revolu-tion became “Islamic.”

The participation of groupsformed inside Iran’s traditional mar-ketplaces by traders, merchants andshop owners in the revolution wasinfluential enough for political scien-tists to begin studying the concept ofbazaar politics. Many such studies dis-covered that some political activity inthis context did take place prior to the1979 revolution. But it was duringand after the revolution that thebazaar emerged as a major politicalinfluencer.

ME Bonine and NR Keddie inModern Iran Dialectics demonstratethat the Shah’s “modernisation” poli-cies briefly benefitted the economy ofthe bazaars. However, this moderni-sation sought to shift economicactivity away from traditional mar-ketplaces to modern souks andemporiums.

But this did not see the tradition-al marketplaces recede. Instead, withthe continuing influx of migrantsfrom rural and semi-rural areas to thecities, the traditional bazaars were“ruralised.” Their owners and con-sumers now overwhelmingly camefrom petit bourgeoisie backgroundsand from transitional segmentsperched between traditional agrari-

an economics and modern urbancapitalism.

Due to the disorienting impactsof haphazard modernisation, thecustomary bonds between thebazaars and the clergy strengthened.This aided the clergy during therevolutionary turmoil. No wonderthen, Iran’s Islamic regime imme-diately inducted many membersfrom bazaar organisations in thenew regime.

Something similar happened inPakistan. Riaz Hassan’s 1985 study,Religious, Political and Social Changein Pakistan, demonstrates thatincreasing and unplanned urbanisa-tion between the late 1960s and thelate 1970s left a large segment of thepopulation, leading a highly precar-ious existence which was subjected toall kinds of exploitation.

This generated a considerableamount of disillusionment with mod-ernist Governments and their policiesof economic and social develop-ment. The persistent insecurity ofurban existence among many shop-keepers, traders and their families,over the years, resulted in the emer-gence of various religious move-ments. The number of mosques in

the cities multiplied and, throughthem, religious influences further per-meated social life. Much of this tookplace in the urban bazaar areas ofPakistan.

The late political scientist KhalidB Sayeed writes in Politics inPakistan: The Nature and Directionof Change that the bazaar’s firstmajor political endeavour inPakistan was during the 1977 protestmovement, against the populist ZABhutto regime. However, accordingto Phillip E Jones, the bazaar wasactive during the 1968 anti-Ayubmovement as well. But Sayeed is cor-rect in pointing out that trader out-fits were not as radicalised in the1960s as they became in the 1970s.

Sayeed writes that the traders hadwelcomed the Bhutto regime’srhetoric against big businesses butquickly turned against him when hebegan to nationalise small and medi-um enterprises. As mentioned byHassan, by the mid-1970s, the bazaarhad already established close linkswith the clergy and these rapidlyextended to the country’s religiousparties. Umair Javed, in his essay forthe anthology New Perspectives onPakistan’s Political Economy, writes

that mosques were extensively usedin bazaars to propel protests againstthe Bhutto regime.

Just as influential figures ofbazaar politics were co-opted byIran’s “Islamic” regime, the conserv-ative General Zia dictatorship inPakistan appropriated various pow-erful trader outfits, many of whosemembers became part of the local,provincial and national Assemblies.

From the 1980s onward,Pakistani bazaar politics has contin-ued to operate through pressuregroups that keep Governments fromimposing economic policies that areseen as unbeneficial to traders andshopkeepers. Trader organisationsand alliances in the bazaars have alsoretained their exhibition of “piety”and they often associate themselveswith, and even spearhead, cam-paigns against certain religiousminorities and against any move toreform the “Islamic” entries in theConstitution.

The Pakistan Muslim League (N)inherited the bazaar as a constituen-cy in the 1990s. But by the 2018 elec-tion, this constituency (in the Punjab)had split between PML-N, PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf and Khadim Hussain

Rizvi’s Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan.There is no study, as such, on how thebazaar in Karachi evolved after itembraced the politics of the Jamaat-i-Islami and Jamiat-i-Ulema Pakistanin 1977.

Largely, bazaar politics ofKarachi has remained pragmatic.Because even though almost asconservative as the bazaar politics ofPunjab, the one in Karachi hasn’tdemonstrated as much support tocauses that look to oust religiousminorities, impose social moralityor safeguard “Islamic laws,” as muchas Punjab’s bazaars have done in thelast three decades.

Maybe the ethnic diversity ofKarachi keeps this from happening asthe bazaars here are segmentedbetween different ethnic groups. Theyare more concerned about safeguard-ing their respective groups’ econom-ic stakes in a highly competitive, evencontentious, ethno-political environ-ment. That’s why, for example, one canexpect campaigns to restrict the entryof certain minority communities inthe bazaars of Punjab but no suchactivity has ever been reported fromthe bazaars of Karachi.

(Courtesy, The Dawn)

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Narendra Modi has been madeby one of the speakers of ameeting held by an Islamicextremist organisation onSunday challenging theGovernment of India for abro-gation of Article 370 of theConstitution and criminalisingthe Triple Talaq which was invogue among the Muslim com-munity.

The video recording of themeeting, organised by TamilNadu Muslim MunnetraKazhagam that went viral allover the State, has a speakeropenly declaring that he wouldbehead Modi and kill UnionHome Minister Amit Shah forcoming up with legislation onTriple Talaq.

The person also declaredthat the Parliament needs to beattacked for enacting such laws.He further added that he wasnot afraid of anything andasked the Intelligence of theState Police to take note of thesame and repeated his threatthat the Prime Minister of thecountry would be assassinated.

The Tamil Nadu BJP has

taken strong note of the inci-dent while the DMK, the majorOpposition party, chose toremain silent over the issue.Narayanan Thirupathy, BJPspokesman, filed a complaintwith the Chennai Police onSunday for which a receipt hasbeen issued by the police.

“This is a seditious speechas he threatens that he would notonly kill the democraticallyelected Prime Minister andHome Minister of the countryand behead them but also wouldattack the Parliament. This isa criminal offence under Section124A of the IPC .

The speaker also invokesreligion thereby creating enmi-ty between different groups onthe ground of religion which isan act prejudicial to the main-tenance of harmony,” saidNarayanan. He pointed out thathe would demand slappingcharges against the speakerunder sections 153A, Sections503, 504 and 505(1) (b) (C), readwith Sections 506of the IPC.

Elsewhere in the State, theDMK, Lefts and Islamic outfitsare busy organising meetingsagainst the abrogation of thearticle 370 of the Constitutionand the legislation against theTriple Talaq. Though the DMK

and the Congress were vocif-erous in their attacks againstChief Minister EdappadiPalaniswamy for describingthe former union finance min-ister P Chidambaram as a bur-den on the earth, they chose tolook the other way when theTMMK meeting called forassassinating the PrimeMinister and the HomeMinister, said a senior intelli-gence official. He said thedepartment was looking intothe details of the speech.

Tamil Nadu Police andNational Investigating Agencyhave taken into custodyIslamic youths who werereportedly planning to subvertlaw and order in South India.

Sunday saw TMMK andMMK, two organisationsknown for their extremiststands, holding a rally inChennai where M HJawahirullah, president ofMMK accusing the Centre forselectively targeting innocentIslamic youth under the pretextof questioning them over theirlinks with various “freedomfighters”. He compared therecently amended UAPA Bill tothat of the Rowlatt Act whichculminated in the JallianwallaBagh massacre of the 1919.

Srinagar: Normal life remainedaffected in Kashmir for the22nd consecutive day onMonday as markets and schoolswere shut, but the movement ofprivate vehicles in the cityimproved, officials said.

Restrictions were lifted inmost areas of the valley, but thedeployment of security forcescontinued to maintain law andorder, they said.

The communicationblockade in Kashmir was easedto some extent as landline tele-phone services were restored inmost places across the valley inview of the improving situation,

the officials added. However,the services continued toremain snapped in the com-mercial hub of Lal Chowk andPress Enclave here. The mobileservices and internet, includingBSNL's broadband and privateleased-line internet, remainedsuspended since August 5when the Centre abrogatedArticle 370 of the Constitutionand reorganised the state intotwo Union territories —Jammu & Kashmir andLadakh.

Meanwhile, the officialssaid the situation remainedpeaceful on Sunday and no

untoward incident was report-ed from anywhere in the valley.

Markets across Kashmirremained shut for the 22ndconsecutive day as shops andother business establishmentswere closed, while the publictransport also was off theroads, the officials said.

They said the movementof private cars in the city andelsewhere in the valleyincreased. Private educationalinstitutions continued toremain closed whileGovernment schools witnessedminimal attendance of the stu-dents, they added. PTI

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claimed that the terrorists aretrying to disrupt 'apple econo-my' to trigger resentment amongpublic.

Twitter handle of theDepartment of Information andPublic relations late Mondayevening posted a tweet saying,"Ultras went to a large appleorchard in Village Wattoo,Shopian, threatened owner,unloaded apple consignment &directed that apple crop shouldnot be shipped". TheGovernment spokesman said,"This is the first such incidentever. where attempt is made todisrupt apple economy & createresentment among public" .The

authorities also refuted reportsabout shortage of life-savingdrugs at SMHS Hospital inSrinagar. The administrationclaimed that there was sufficientmedicines to sustain for a monthand a half. The administrationshared the drug controller reportwhich said that medicines worth�31.76 crore were supplied topharmaceutical dealers and dis-tributors in the Valley in the last35 days and stocks were beingreplenished regularly.

Areas, where local residentshave created road blocks, to pre-vent entry of security forces alsoremained peaceful barring fewodd incidents of protest demon-strations.

Apart from that, 30,000LPG cylinders were distributedin Srinagar in the last four days.

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schools reopened in Poonchdistrict of Jammu region onMonday after remaining closedfor over three weeks due torestrictions imposed in thewake of abrogation of Jammu& Kashmir's special status ear-lier this month, an officialsaid. Colleges in the district,however, continued to remainclosed and are likely to resumework this week after a reviewof the law-and-order situa-tion, the official said.

"The higher secondaryschools have started func-tioning normally across thedistrict. The schools in the cityand adjoining areas registereda 90 per cent attendance, andit was around 70 per cent infar-flung areas," DistrictDevelopment CommissionerRahul Yadav said. PTI

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Jammu: A week after it was sus-pended, the Poonch-Rawalakotcross-LoC bus service resumedon Monday, with 46 strandedpassengers, including 40 fromPoK, returning home, an offi-cial said.

The weekly service wassuspended on August 19 afterauthorities in Pakistan-occu-pied Kashmir (PoK) did notrespond to a call from theirIndian counterparts to let a busget across the Line of Control(LoC), according to officials.

"The bus service resumedwith 40 PoK residents and sixIndian citizens returning totheir homes," DistrictDevelopment Commissioner,Poonch, Rahul Yadav told PTI.

The permits of two otherPoK residents, who had arrivedin Jammu and Kashmir'sPoonch a week ahead of Eid-ul-

Azha to meet their relatives, isyet to expire, he said, addingthat there was no fresh travellerfrom either side.

The bus service, popularlyknown as 'Paigam-e-Aman', ison every Monday and it did notstop despite tension along theLoC in view of frequent cease-fire violations by Pakistanwhich has claimed the lives ofthree army personnel and acivilian since August 17.

However, it was suspendedlast Monday, after officials said"we had sent a message to PoKauthorities for bus service today(August 19), but they did notrespond". The relations betweenIndia and Pakistan is understrain following Centre's moveto scrap special status to Jammu& Kashmir and its bifurcationinto two Union territories —Jammu and Kashmir, and

Ladakh -- early this month. Billed as the biggest confi-

dence building measure, thebus service was started on theSrinagar-Muzaffarabad routein Kashmir in April 2005 andthe Poonch-Rawalakot route inthe Jammu region in June 2006,to facilitate divided familieson either side of the LoC tomeet each other.

The trade, which workson the barter system, betweenthe two parts of Kashmir start-ed in October 2008. However,India announced suspension ofthe trade at two points —Salamabad of Baramulla inKashmir and Chakkan-da-Bagh of Poonch in Jammu inApril, following reports that itwas being "misused" by ele-ments from across the borderto smuggle weapons, narcoticsand fake currency. PTI

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Kolkata/Gaya: A top operativeof terror outfit Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),who was involved in the 2018Bodh Gaya blast, was arrestedfrom Bihar by the special taskforce (STF) of the KolkataPolice on Monday.

The Centre in Maydeclared the Bangladesh-basedJMB, which was blamed for theterror attack at a cafe in Dhakain 2016 in which 22 peopleincluding 17 foreigners werekilled, as a banned terroristorganisation.

Ejaz Ahmad alias Amir, aresident of Birbhum district ofWest Bengal, was apprehendedfrom a house at Pathan Tolilocality of Buniyadganj policestation area in Gaya district, apolice officer said in Gaya.

"He (Ahmad) is the top-most Indian functionary andthe main recruiter of theorganisation working in thiscountry. He was in constanttouch with JMB terrorists inBangladesh. He is wanted ina number of JMB-related

cases," a police officer said inKolkata.

Acting on a tip-off that theaccused was hiding in Gaya district, a team of theKolkata Police STF and BiharPolice conducted a raid andnabbed him.

"Ahmad had played a vitalrole in the Bodh Gaya blast in2018. He was living with hiswife and children under different names and was regularly changing address,"he said.

A low-intensity bomb hadexploded on January 19 last

year, hours after Tibetan spir-itual leader the Dalai Lama hadfinished a sermon at theMahabodhi temple in BodhGaya.

"He was working as themain recruiter working in dif-ferent illegal madrasas whichcame up in the Indo-Bangladesh borders of WestBengal, Tripura and Assam,"the IPS officer added.

Ahmad has been bookedunder various sections of theIndian Penal Code and theExplosive Substances Act, headded.

No weapon was recov-ered from his possession, thepolice said adding that theywould be sending his mobilephone for forensic tests to findout details of his contacts, headded.

After the Bodh Gaya blast,Ahmad had fled first toBangalore and then to Keralaand in both places, he used towork as a mason from WestBengal. He returned to Gayasometime back. PTI

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Muzaffarnagar (UP): A localcourt has framed chargesagainst five people accused ofkilling a youth whose death wasa trigger for the 2013Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013.

District and Sessions JudgeSanjay Kumar Pachori hasframed charges under sections302 (murder), 147 (rioting),148 (rioting, armed with dead-ly weapon) and 149 of theIndian Penal Code against thefive accused.

The court fixed nextTuesday for producing wit-nesses from the prosecutionside against Prahlad, BishanSingh, Tendu, Devender andJitender.

According to the prosecu-tion, the five are among the sixpeople accused of stabbingShahnawaz to death at Kawal

village in Jansath area of UttarPradesh's Muzaffarnagar dis-trict on August 27, 2013.

His death and that of twoyouths in another incidentwere said to be the triggerbehind the communal clashesin Muzaffarnagar and adjoin-ing areas in August andSeptember 2013, whichclaimed 60 lives and displacedover 40,000 people. PTI

Mumbai: Mumbai Police onMonday registered an FIRagainst senior NCP leader andformer deputy chief ministerAjit Pawar and 70 former func-tionaries in the MaharashtraState Cooperative Bank (MSCB)scam case on alleged charges ofcheating and forgery, days afterthe Bombay High Court direct-ed them to file an offence.

Ajit Pawar, a nephew ofNCP chief Sharad Pawar, hadserved as deputy chief ministerfrom November 10, 2010 toSeptember 26, 2014.

Other accused includePeasants and Workers Party(PWP) leader Jayant Patil andthe then directors and seniorofficials from the supersededbank's units in 34 districts in thestate, an official said.

"We have registered anoffence at MRA Marg police sta-tion based on the complaint ofEconomic Offences Wing," anofficial said.

They have been bookedunder sections 420 (Cheatingand dishonestly inducing deliv-ery of property), 409 (Criminalbreach of trust by public servant,or by banker, merchant oragent), 406 (Punishment forcriminal breach of trust), 465(Punishment for forgery), 467

(Forgery of valuable security,will, etc) and 120 (B) (Punishment of criminal con-spiracy) of the Indian PenalCode (IPC).

On August 22, a bench ofJustices S C Dharmadhikariand S K Shinde of the HighCourt said there was "credibleevidence" against the accused inthe case and directed theEconomic Offences Wing(EOW) to register an FIR with-in five days.

The accused were alleged-ly complicit in causing losses tothe tune of Rs 1,000 crore toMSCB between 2007 and 2011.

An inspection by theNational Bank for Agricultureand Rural Development(NABARD) as well as a chargesheet filed by a quasi-judicialinquiry commission under theMaharashtra CooperativeSocieties (MCS) Act blamed the"decisions, actions and inac-tions" of Pawar and the otheraccused for the loss.

The NABARD audit reportrevealed breach of several bank-ing laws and RBI guidelines bythe accused in distribution ofloans to sugar factories andspinning mills, and subsequentdefault on repayment and recov-ery of such loans. PTI

Chennai: Decrying the prac-tice of allocation of separateburial and cremation groundfor Dalits, the Madras HighCourt observed on Mondaythat it appeared theGovernment itself was encour-aging divisions based on caste.

The court was hearing apetition initiated by itself aftera report said that access routesof a Dalit cremation groundwere blocked in Tamil Nadu'sVellore district for last fouryears, forcing the communitymembers to lower the deadbodies of their relatives froma bridge with the help ofropes onto a river bed.

In its oral observations, abench comprising Justices S

Manikumar andSubramonium Prasad notedthat all people irrespective ofcaste and religion wereallowed in all public places.

The high court said byallocating separate burialground to the 'Adi Dravidars'

(Scheduled Castes), the gov-ernment itself appeared to beencouraging such practice.

The bench also asked whysome schools continued to becalled "separate school forAdi-Dravidars" when the stategovernment had removed

caste names from streets.The court then directed

the Vellore district collectorand the Vaniyambadi tehsildarto furnish the details of theland used by the villagers inand around the burial ground.

According to reports,Dalit members ofNarayanapuram village nearVaniyambadi town, 213 kmwest of Chennai, were forcedto lower the bodies of theirrelatives using ropes from abridge into a river bed as theaccess to the burial ground onits banks had been blockeddue to alleged encroachmentby two people.

The high court had takencognisance of the issue last

week after its attention wasdrawn to a report in anEnglish daily titled "Dalits'airdrop' dead in Tamil Nadu".

The bench had last weekissued notices to the TamilNadu home secretary, theVellore district collector andthe tehsildar and sought theirstands on the issue.

As per the report, theDalit residents of the villagehave been lowering bodies tothe riverbank for the pastfour years. Though the Dalitssaid they did not face anydirect caste discrimination orthreats from other groups,they blamed the districtadministration for not remov-ing the encroachments. PTI

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Jalpaiguri (WB): The West Bengal Governmenton Monday submitted before the JalpaiguriCircuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court thatBimal Gurung, chief of one of the two GJM fac-tions, has fled the country, a claim vehementlydenied by his lawyer.

The court asked the State Government to filean affidavit on its claim that the Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha (GJM) leader was absconding.

A division bench comprising Justices JoymalyaBagchi and M Mandal also directed Gurung'slawyer to file a counter affidavit with regard to hisassertion that he was very much within the coun-try.

The court passed the direction while hearingan anticipatory bail prayer of Gurung in connec-tion with around 120 criminal cases filed againsthim and another GJM leader, Roshan Giri, overalleged incidents of violence during the DarjeelingHills statehood demand agitation in 2017.

The court gave the prosecution and Gurungtwo weeks each to file their affidavits and direct-ed that the matter would be taken up for hearingagain after five weeks. PTI

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Panaji: Reports in a section ofthe media that several crorerupees were spent on the treat-ment of former Goa chief min-ister late Manohar Parrikar was"unwarranted and absurd", StateHealth Minister Vishwajit Ranesaid on Monday.

Parrikar died on March 17this year of a pancreatic ailmentand some media reports in thestate put the cost of treatmentat Rs 5.72 crore.

These reports also tried tocompare this figure with thepoor state of the Goa MedicalCollege and lack of finances toset things right there.

In a statement, Rane said,"The comparison between thehealth care sector and moneyspent on ministers, includingformer CM Manohar Parrikar,for their treatment outside thestate is absurd and unwarrant-ed."

"The contribution ofManohar Parrikar is huge andit cannot be quantified in termsof money," he stressed.

What is the problem ifmoney is spent on MLAs aseven during the Congressregime, money was spent on ail-ing leaders like then MLAGurudas Gawas, Rane added in

the statement.He claimed it was the

responsibility of the state gov-ernment to take care of thehealth of MLAs and leaders whowork for the people of Goa.

The minister said there wasno dearth of money for thehealth care sector in Goa,adding that a super specialtyblock would be completed soonat the GMC.

He also informed that awell-equipped district hospitalwill come up in Margao in southGoa, and it would ensurepatients don't have to travel toGMC for treatment. PTI

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Rashtriya Samaj Paksha(RSP) chief and Dairy

Development MinisterMahadev Jankar’s claim thatSanjay Dutt would join hisparty on September 25 fell flaton his face on Monday, as theactor vehemently denied thathe had any plans to join anypolitical party.

A day after Jankar madethe claim at his party’s 16thfoundation day function aboutthe actor joining his the RSPon September 25, Dutt statedthat he had no plans to join anypolitical party.

In a brief statement issuedto the media, the actor said: “Iwill not be joining any politi-cal party. Mr Jankar is a dearfriend and brother of mine andI humbly wish him good luckfor his future endeavours".

Jankar had made the claimat the RSP’s 16th foundationday event here in the presenceof Minister of RuralDevelopment, Women andChild Welfare Pankaja Munde,after a video of the“Munnabhai MBBS” actor wasplayed out at the event.

In the 17-second videoclip, Dutt had said: "I congrat-ulate RSP National PresidentMahadev Jankar, my friendand my brother. if I wouldhave been here, I would havecome"

Later, speaking at the func-tion held at the historic ShivajiPark in north-central Mumbai,Jankar claimed: "Just now youheard the byte of big boss...bigbrother. Saanjay Dutt has givendate of 25 September to join(RSP).He is in Dubai (today).Had he been in Mumbai, hewould have joined us".

With the actor’s firmdenial about his plans to jointhe RSP, Jankar’s efforts togarner support for his partyhave come to a naught.

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Monday visited parts ofBurdwan village chatting withlocals over cups of tea, listeningto their daily woes and deliver-ing instant promises to solvethem.

After she personally pre-pared tea for inmates of a housein the beach town of Digha,Banerjee visited AlisaBaikunthapur village in EastBurdwan and spoke to the localtribal population. Most of themcomplained about poor roadconditions and lack of dwellingfacilities.

“It was a nice experience. Ispoke to the people shared teawith them and heard their prob-lems,” Banerjee said while com-ing out of the village with seniorcabinet colleague and KolkataMayor Firhad Hakim in her tow.

“There a fare number ofscheduled caste and tribal fam-ilies living here. They were quiteforthcoming in sharing theirissues. They told me about thepoor condition of the road andbad dwelling conditions whichI have already told the DM totake note of,” Banerjee saidadding she had asked the DM toget the road constructed andconstruct dwellings for thosewho do not have their ownhouses.

“Some people were alsotelling about the irregular receiptof widow pensions. I haveassured them that the things willbe taken care of.”

Incidentally, the Bengal BJPleadership has scoffed atBanerjee for imitating PrimeMinister Modi in order to earnpopularity among the masses bypreparing and sharing tea withthem.

“Look at the irony of fate.

A person rose from a chaiwal-la to a Prime Minister whileanother person is going theother way round,” a Bengal BJPleader said ironically ignorantof the fact that his own Stateparty president Dilip Ghosh onMonday roamed the sea beach-es of Digha sharing tea with thelocals and the tourists in a bidto expand his party’s massbase.

“There is nothing wrong inmixing with the people. It is onlywhen you lose contact with thepeople you face political alien-ation,” Ghosh said justifying histea campaign in Digha.

The TMC supremo’s out-reach programme has intensifiedafter her party’s colossal loss atthe hustings whence theTrinamool won 22 — downfrom 34 in 2014 — out of 42 par-liamentary seats and a fastemerging BJP bagged 18, leav-ing two for the Congress.

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Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-2,which is currently orbiting theMoon, has captured some moreimages of the lunar surfaceshowing several craters, theIndian Space ResearchOrganisation said on Monday

Sharing the pictures, theISRO said in a statement that thephotos captured by the lunarspacecraft are those of cratersSomerfeld, Kirkwood, Jackson,Mach, Korolev, Mitra, Plaskett,Rozhdestvenskiy and Hermite.

These craters have beennamed after great scientists,astronomers and physicists.

Crater Mitra has beennamed after Prof Sisir KumarMitra, an Indian physicist andPadma Bhushan recipientknown for his pioneering workin the field of ionosphere andRadiophysics.

The space agency said thesepictures of the lunar surface weretaken on August 23 by theTerrain Mapping Camera-2 ofChandrayaan-2 from an altitudeof about 4,375 km. The first pic-ture of Moon captured byChandrayaan-2 was released byISRO on August 22.Chandrayaan-2, a three-modulespacecraft comprising an orbiter,lander and rover, was launchedon July 22. ISRO had on August21 performed second lunarbound orbit manoeuvre 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. PTI

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The City of Joy is back towhat it is best known for

rising up to a cause. In a rareshow of eco-consciousness,hundreds of school studentsfrom Kolkata on Mondaymarched at the BrazilConsulate where they submit-ted a memorandum for speedyaction on the ravaging fire inthat country that has been eat-ing away the world’s mostdiverse forest cover.

Alarmed at the steadilydepleting Amazonian forestcover, thanks to the ragingforest fire that has devouredabout 20 percent of Amazon’sthick rain forest cover theschool students carried hand-written banners to the Brazilconsulate and extracted com-mitment for speedy pullingback of the situation, sourcessaid adding “we have submit-ted a memorandum in thisregard.”

Satellite pictures showedabout 20 percent of the thickforest cover had been lickedaway by the raging fire that hadreached the Peruvian borders.The rain forests of Amazonprovide about 20 percent oxy-gen to the world.

Ahmedabad: The StateGovernment on Monday toldthe Gujarat High Court it hasso far constructed 81.06 kilo-metres of chain-link fencing onboth sides of a railway linepassing through lion habitat inAmreli district to prevent thebig cats from being run over bytrains.

In an affidavit submitted tothe division bench of Justice SRBrahmbhatt and Justice APThaker, the State Governmentsaid it has taken a host of mea-sures to curb unnatural deathsof Asiatic lions.

The Government said260.7 km railway track fromPipavav port to Surendranagarpasses through lion habitat inAmreli district, adding that ithad so far completed 81.06chain-link fences on this route.

The High Court had taken

suo motu cognisance of theState Government's disclosurein the assembly last year that184 lions, lionesses and cubsdied in 2016 and 2017, with 32of them dying of "unnatural"causes.

The Gujarat High Courthad sought explanations fromthe Centre and the StateGovernment.

In its affidavit, theGovernment said it has so farconstructed 37,201 parapetson open wells, including 703 in2019-20, to prevent lions fromfalling into them.

Tough measures have beeninitiated against illegal lionshows also, and 40 cases wereregistered against 134 offend-ers since 2016, with four caseslodged this year alone, theState Government told theHigh Court. PTI

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Kolkata: FiveBangladeshinationals werearrested whiletrying to crossover to India,BSF officialssaid on Monday.

A BSF statement said thefive Bangladeshi nationals wereapprehended fromSwarupnagar and Gaighataareas of the Indo-Bangla bor-der in North 24 Parganas dis-tricts on Sunday night.

During preliminary inves-tigation it was found that theyhad crossed over to India withthe help of touts.

The BSF have this yearapprehended 15 Indian nation-als and 731 illegal Bangladeshiintruders so far while theywere trying to cross the inter-national border. PTI

Guwahati: NRC state coordi-nator Prateek Hajela cameunder attack from the rulingBJP on Monday, with the partyraising apprehensions that for-eigners might make it to theregister as he was allegedlyundertaking the revisionprocess in consultation withjust two to three organisa-tions.

The final NRC list, whichwill identify bonafide citizensof Assam, is set to be publishedon August 31. The exercise ofupdating the NRC, unique toAssam, is being conductedunder the supervision of theSupreme Court.

Addressing a press meethere, BJP state president RanjitDass said people have told hisparty members that their

names had appeared in the firstlist, published in 2017, butwas removed from the "finaldraft" in July last year.

"NRC Coordinator PrateekHajela had been carrying outthe revision work based on hisown opinion and those of twoto three organisations, after theSupreme Court asked ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowalnot to interfere in the process,"Dass claimed.

The state BJP chief, how-ever, did not name the organi-zations he was referring to.

In such a situation, it is dif-ficult for Assam to come upwith an error-free register, hesaid.

"We have received feed-back. Many have told us theirnames appeared in the first

NRC list, but went missingfrom the final draft. Thesepeople had to appear severaltimes in different offices for re-verification of their documents.

"Also, there are reportsthat people who have beendeclared 'foreigners' were beingengaged for the NRC citizen-ship verification work," heexplained.

Dass claimed that names ofdescendants of freedom fight-ers and Assam agitation mar-tyrs were excluded during the

verification process."It seems we will get an

NRC which will include thenames of illegal foreigners andexclude genuine Indian citi-zens," the state BJP chief said.

Appreciating the Centre'sdecision to extend the deadlineto 120 from 60 days for filingappeals in the ForeignersTribunals, the BJP leader saidaround 40 lakh workers of saf-fron party have been directedto assist the ones approachingthe district legal cells. PTI

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Guwahati: Ahead of the pub-lication of final NRC list inAssam, ten persons declaredforeigners have been releasedon bail from a detention campin Goalpara district, a policeofficial said here on Monday.

The ten have beenreleased as per a SupremeCourt direction that thosedeclared foreigners and areunder detention for more thanthree years should be releasedon bail, he said.

The ten persons, includ-ing a woman, have been grant-ed bail by the ForeignersTribunal for a surety bond ofRs two lakh each and theirbiometric details, district

additional superintendent ofpolice Amitabh Basumotarysaid.

Their conditional releasebegan on August 9 and theywere allowed to leave thecamp which is located insideGoalpara district jai l ,Basumotary said.

The f inal NationalRegister of Citizens list, whichwill identify bonafide citizensof Assam, is set to be pub-lished on August 31.

Of the ten granted bail,nine are from Goalpara dis-trict and one from neigh-bouring Chirang district.They are aged between 39 and69 years. PTI

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Lucknow: The family of apolice officer who was killedlast year in violence overalleged illegal cow slaughterhere, demanded on Mondaythat the accused be sent backbehind bars, days after theycame out on bail to a hero'swelcome by their supporters.

The family's reaction cameafter a video surfaced whichshowed two of the accused —Shikhar Agarwal, who was aBJP youth wing leader, andJeetu Fauji — being garlandedby their supporters amidstcheers and sloganeering inwhat appear to be a festiveatmosphere.

Uttar Pradesh DeputyChief Minister Keshav Mauryatold reporters that his party or

government had nothing to dowith the incident.

"If supporters and rela-tives of someone who has beenreleased from the jail welcomethem, the Government or theBJP have nothing to do with it.The Opposition need not exag-gerate such things," Mauryasaid.

Inspector Subodh KumarSingh was killed last year inDecember in mob violencethat erupted after carcasseswere found near Mahaw vil-lage, officials had said then.

Six accused were released

on bail on Saturday by a courthere.

Reacting to their grandwelcome, slain police officer'sson Shrey Pratap Singh said onMonday that such elements arebetter behind bars than beallowed to roam free.

"I urge Chief Minister YogiAdityanath that these criminalswho were in jail for six monthsshould be behind bars in theinterest of society. Those whocan commit a crime once cando it again. I believe that suchpeople out of jail are danger notjust for me but also for others,"

he said.The deceased inspector's

wife also questioned as to whythe accused "got freedom injust six months".

Inspector Singh, who wentto restore order on that fatefulday, was targeted by a mob ofnearly 400 people.

A video of the attack,where a crowd could be seenopening fire and shouting "golimaaro" (shoot him), hadevoked outrage then with ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanathordering a probe by a SpecialInvestigation Team. PTI

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Shares of public sector bankson Monday zoomed up to

10 per cent after the govern-ment announced upfront cap-ital infusion of �70,000 croreinto them.

The stock of Central Bankof India zoomed 10.08 percent, Allahabad Bank 8.33 percent, Bank of Maharashtra5.98 per cent, Bank of Indiaclimbed 3.96 per cent, UnionBank of India 3.62 per cent,State Bank of India rose 3.38per cent and Punjab NationalBank jumped 3.46 per cent onthe BSE.

Among others, CanaraBank rose 3.39 per cent andBank of Baroda 1.71 per cent.

Finance Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman on Fridayannounced upfront capitalinfusion of �70,000 crore intopublic sector banks, a moveaimed at boosting lending andimproving liquidity situation.

The move is expected togenerate an additional lendingand liquidity in the financialsystem to the tune of �5 lakhcrore, she said at a press con-ference.

Vijay Bhushan, Presidentat ANMI on major announce-ments by finance minister saidanother significant announce-ment is the infusion of liquid-ity by providing an upfront�70,000 crore to PSBs whichwill release liquidity of �5 lakhcrore for easing out pressure onthe banking as well as theNBFC sector.

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The ongoingtrade war

between UnitedStates ofAmerica andChina will nothave anyimpact onIndian exportwhich is justbelow 2 percent of theglobal trade,C h i e fE c o n o m i cA d v i s o rKrishnamurthy Subramaniansaid on Monday.

Speaking to reporters onthe sidelines of a programmehere, he said the slew of mea-sures announced by the Centrefor the revival of muted growthin the economy was in the rightdirection, though it was nec-essary to focus on the ‘struc-tural reforms.’

“Our exports share is stillvery small. Our share of glob-al export trade itself is about2%. Therefore, we still haveenormous opportunity to grow.Even if there is actually someshrinkage in the pie of the glob-al trade, still we can grow ourpie. Exports cannot growunless actually we emphasiseon productivity, he said whenasked about the impact of thetariff war between US andChina on India.

“I would also add thatnews that the United States andChina are actually sittingtogether and there may be abreakthrough that is comingpossibly in which case will begood,” he further said.

Last week, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman hadannounced a raft of measures,including rollback of enhancedsuper-rich tax on foreign anddomestic equity investors,exemption of start-ups from‘angel tax’ and a package toaddress distress in the automo-bile sector, among others.

“The measures that havebeen announced actually are inthe right direction. What Ihave said is that it is importantto focus on economic growthand it is also important for usto focus on structural reformswhich is what the policy

announcement that I’ve madeessential in corporate sector,” hesaid justifying the measuresannounced by the FinanceMinister.

According to him, theCentre would do all that is need-ed for the economic growth.Subramanian said investmentsis a key driver of the economicgrowth while consumption is aforce multiplier.

On the proposed Rs70,000-crore capital infusion bythe Centre in public sectorbanks, he said, “I think this Rs70,000 crore that has beenannounced for recapitalisationof banks is quite importantbecause the financial sectormatters a lot for economicgrowth. Credit is basically thelifeline for economic growth.Therefore that is somethingwhich actually is important.”

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India’s economy will grow at amedian rate of 6 per cent dur-

ing the first quarter of the cur-rent financial year ended June30, according to a Ficci report.The country’s economy grew at8.2 per cent in April-June 2018-19. The growth numbers for thefirst quarter are expected to bereleased by the Central StatisticsOffice next week.

“The recently releasedunemployment numbers byNSSO reaffirm the grim situ-ation with regard to employ-ment in the country,” said FicciEconomic Outlook Survey.

It pegged the annual medi-an GDP growth forecast for2019-20 at 6.9 per cent, with aminimum and maximum esti-mate of 6.7 per cent and 7.2 percent, respectively.

The median is the middlenumber in a sorted, ascendingor descending list of numberswhich can be more descriptiveof a data set than the average.

A majority of the partici-pating economists in the sur-vey suggested the RBI willcontinue its accomodativestance, with a further cut in therepo rate in the remainingpart of 2019-20.

They felt that the prevail-ing real interest rates werehigh. They also signalled thattardy deposit growth is haunt-ing the banks as it is limitingtheir ability to lend and is pre-venting adequate transmission.

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The Government mayannounce two more

tranches of support measuresover the next fortnight, fol-lowing last week’s economyboosting package unveiled byFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, according to areport by DBS.

Sitharaman on Fridayannounced a raft of measures,including rollback of enhancedsuper-rich tax on foreign anddomestic equity investors,exemption of startups from‘angel tax’, a package to addressdistress in the auto sector andupfront infusion of �70,000crore to public sector banks, inefforts to boost economicgrowth from a five-year low.

“Taking a leaf of theserecent measures, we reckonthat the focus will be on fine-tuning measures along with anaccommodative monetary pol-icy, while steering clear ofbroad-based fiscal stimulus,”said Radhika Rao, Economist atDBS Group Research.

The latter, nonetheless,

could come into play if growthrisks turn starker in second halfof the year and into 2020, sheadded.

“While these measures(announced on Friday) willhelp improve sentiments andbuoy economic activity, wecontinue to see 30-40bpsdownside risks to our full-year growth forecast,” wroteRao.

The June quarter GDPnumbers due this week willmark a slowdown from Marchquarter’s 5.8 per cent year-on-year, as consumption con-tracted, investments in privateand public sectors weakeneddue to elections and servicessector was sub-par.

Third quarter growth isalso likely to stay weak but sta-bilise as Government spendingresumes after the elections.

An accommodative mon-etary policy stance accompa-nied by a jumpstart in thetransmission process is alsoexpected to lower lending rates.Despite a better third quarter,evolving trends lend downsiderisk to DBS forecast.

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The Government has com-pulsorily retired 22 tax

officials accused of corruptionand other malpractice as itcontinues to crack down onerrant bureaucracy.

The Central Board ofIndirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC) - the agency that over-seas GST and import tax col-lections - compulsorily retired22 superintendent rank offi-cers under Fundamental Rule56(J) on corruption and othercharges, official sources said.

Since June, this is the thirdround of sacking of corrupt taxofficials. Previously 27 highranking Indian RevenueService (IRS) officers includ-ing 12 from CBDT - the directtaxes body, were compulsori-ly retired using the same rulefor government employees.

Sources said, the actionwas in line with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’saddress to the nation from theramparts of Red Fort when hesaid some black sheep in thetax administration may have

misused their powers andharassed taxpayers, either bytargeting honest assesses or bytaking excessive action forminor or procedural viola-tions.

“We have recently takenthe bold step of compulsorilyretiring a significant numberof tax officials, and we will nottolerate this type of behaviour,”a source said.

The off icials retiredinclude 11 from Nagpur andBhopal zone, most of whomare accused of connivance forfacilitating clandestine manu-facturing and clearance of cig-arettes by an Indore-basedcompany.

One official each is fromChennai, Delhi, Kolkata,Meerut and Chandigarh zoneswhile two each are fromMumbai, Jaipur andBengaluru zones. In June, thegovernment had compulsori-ly retired 15 commissioner-level officials of CBIC oncharges of corruption, col-lecting and giving bribes,smuggling and even criminalconspiracy.

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The second stage of the bot-tom-up consultative at state

level designed to generate ideasand review performance ofPublic Sector Banks and theiralignment with national priori-ties, was initiated in Delhi. Themeeting was convened byOriental Bank of CommerceSLBC Convener-NCT Delhi andwas scheduled for two days i.e.for 22nd and 23rd of August,2019. The meeting was

addressed by Mukesh KumarJain — Managing Director &CEO- Oriental Bank ofCommerce, S Harisankar-Managing Director & CEO-Punjab & Sind Bank, Vijay Dube— Executive Director, OrientalBank of Commerce, Govind NDongre, Executive Director —Punjab & Sind Bank, SukeshKumar Gupta-General Manager& Convener SLBC — Delhi,Pradeep Chauhan- GeneralManager & AshutoshChoudhury-General Manager.

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New Delhi: TAFE on Mondayappointed Sandeep Sinha asCEO. Sandeep Sinha joinsTAFE with a successful trackrecord spanning over twodecades of global and domes-tic industry experience.

In his previous role asManaging Director, CumminsIndia, he led all the businessesand operation functions in theAsia region, and has beeninstrumental in increasing cus-tomer engagement and leadingtransformational quality ini-tiatives across the organisation.

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India on Monday offered forbidding seven new areas for

prospecting of oil and naturalgas on revamped explorationterms that look to expedite cutin import dependence by rais-ing domestic output. Fiveblocks offered are in little-explored Vindhyan sedimen-tary basin, while one block is inBengal Purnea basin. Theremaining block is the provenbasin of Rajasthan, accordingto the Directorate General ofHydrocarbons (DGH).

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Antoine Griezmann copied LionelMessi for the goal and LeBron

James for the celebration but it was hisnight for Barcelona on Sunday after hescored twice in a 5-2 win over RealBetis.

Griezmann imitated the basketballsuperstar by tossing confetti into the airto celebrate his second at Camp Nou,a curling effort into the corner that hesaid was inspired by watching Messi.

“I saw Leo do this in training, so Itried to copy him,” said Griezmann.“And for the celebration, I like the rit-ual that LeBron did so we tried to doit as well.”

Yet Griezmann was the star, if onlyfor the night with Messi in the stands,the Argentinian still short of fitness fol-lowing a calf injury.

A brilliant Barcelona performancealso delivered a resounding response tothe doubts arising from their defeat toAthletic Bilbao last weekend, amongthem a reliance on Messi, the need forNeymar and the future of ErnestoValverde as coach.

But as Carles Perez, Jordi Alba andArturo Vidal made it three, four andfive, the gloom was forgotten, alongwith Nabil Fekir’s opener in the 15thminute, that had Betis level at half-time.

“After a defeat, there is always a bigreaction,” Griezmann said. “We reallywanted to play another game andwhen so many players aremissing, the team steps up.”

Loren Moron slammed alate strike into the top cornerfor Betis but by then the gamewas up as Barca ensured nofurther ground was lost onAtletico Madrid, who beat Leganes 1-0 earlier on Sunday, or Real Madrid,who were held to a 1-1 draw onSaturday by Real Valladolid.

Barcelona will hope to have Messiback for the trip to Osasuna next week-end but with Luis Suarez and OusmaneDembele both out for longer,Griezmann’s statement display was

timely.Whether it also affects the

club’s attempts to prise Neymarfrom Paris Saint-Germainremains to be seen.

This was Griezmann’s firstgoal at Camp Nou in 14 appear-ances, five of them for Real

Sociedad and eight for Atletico, and hisoverall performance was of someoneready to lead, rather than serve as onlya foil for Messi.

The crowd also enjoyed a goal fromthe 21-year-old Perez, making his firstBarca start, and a substitute appearancefrom Anssumane Fati, who at 16became the second youngest player ever

to play for the club in La Liga.Earlier Atletico maintained their

perfect start with another 1-0 victory,this time over Leganes as Vitolo cameoff the bench to score a second-halfwinner at Butarque.

Joao Felix, Atletico’s 126 million-euro ($140 million) buy from Benficaand much-hailed replacement forGriezmann, was again quiet but againdelivered the match’s most memorablemoment.

The 19-year-old’s perfectly-timedpass provided set Vitolo free while Felixhad been picked out by Kieran Trippier,who was faultless on his second Atleticostart.

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Paris Saint-Germain starKylian Mbappe will be

out for four weeks andEdinson Cavani for threeweeks after both came offinjured in a Ligue 1 matchagainst Toulouse on Sunday,the French champions haveconfirmed.

F r e n c hWorld Cup-win-ning starMbappe limpedoff after hurtinghis left ham-string during atrademark sprintin PSG’s 4-0 win at the Parcdes Princes.

The injury means hewill miss PSG’s openingChampions League groupgame, which is set forSeptember 17 or 18.

He is also set to sit outthree league matches aswell as France’s Euro 2020qualif iers at home toAlbania and Andorra earlynext month.

Fellow forward Cavanicame off with a hip injury

in the same game and PSGconfirmed the Uruguayanwill be out for three weeks,meaning he could be readyin time for the start oftheir Champions Leaguecampaign.

The injuries come as

uncertainty continues tosurround Neymar.

The Brazilian’s desiredmove back to Spain has yetto materialise with just aweek remaining before theEuropean transfer windowcloses.

However, even if hestays, the world’s mostexpensive player is sus-pended for the first threegames of this season’sChampions League.

Earlier on Sunday, TheFrench champions’ prob-lems continued to mountdespite a 4-0 thrashing ofToulouse.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored a second-half double, but only aftercoming on as a substitutefor the injured Cavani,while Mbappe also depart-ed the scene after appear-ing to pull up with a ham-string injury following atrademark burst into thebox.

The capital-city giantssit three points behind earlyLigue 1 pace-settersRennes, who made it threewins from three by beatingStrasbourg 2-0.

Tuchel responded tolast weekend's defeat bymaking three changes to hisstarting XI, including drop-ping captain Thiago Silva tothe bench.

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India’s invincible run in the Olympic Testevent has boosted the confidence of the

women’s hockey team but there are still areaswhere it needs to put in the hard yards aheadof the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, said skipperRani Rampal.

India put up a brilliant performance at theOlympic Test Event as they defeated hosts Japan2-1 in the final to win the competition.

Captain Rani seemed extremely pleasedwith the way the side played against the likesof World No 2 Australia, World No 11 Chinaand World No 14 Japan.

“It was incredible to remain unbeatenthroughout the Olympic Test Event. Thehard work put in by all the players in the var-ious training camps ahead of the tournamentpaid dividends. A victory in this tournamentgives us a lot of confidence ahead of the upcom-ing tournaments,” said Rani.

“We still have to improve in certain areas,but the team is confident of booking a placein the Tokyo Olympics. Our preparations have

been excellent so far and we have to just keepbuilding on our game.

“The Olympic Test Event was very help-ful to understand the level of our game as weplayed against some strong teams includingWorld No 2 Australia. Our only aim is to qual-ify for the Olympics and I feel we are on theright track,” she added.

Rani further said that the side is a well-set-tled unit and all players are extremely clearabout their roles.

“Our team consists of players who are veryclear about their roles, and perform themindustriously on the field.

“We have gained momentum at the righttime and have to keep improving our skills asthe team approaches the FIH OlympicQualifiers,” said Rani.

She was all praise for drag-flicker GurjitKaur, who was the top-scorer of the competi-tion with three goals. “Gurjit has improvedimmensely in the last couple of years. She is avital player for us as a drag-flicker and I amdelighted to see her in form ahead of impor-tant tournaments for us,” said Rani.

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Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haqhas stepped down from the PCB Cricket

Committee after joining the race for theposition of national team’s head coach.

After days of speculation that Misbahwould be appointed head coach cum chiefselector, the 44-year-old on Monday con-firmed he was applying for the head coachjob the deadline for which ended onMonday.

“It has been interesting to see my namebeing mentioned as a future head coach ofthe Pakistan cricket team, but the fact is Ionly made the decision today,” Misbah saidin a statement.

“I am applying for the head coach’s rolefully aware that the competition will betough as I envisage there will be a few morevery competent and highly qualified peopleapplying for one of the most challenging jobsin the game.”

According to insiders, the PCB has notreceived applications from any high profileforeign coaches as yet with the best-knownname being former Australian batsmanDean Jones.

Former captain Waqar Younis hasapplied for the post of bowling coach andsaid he had thought about submitting his

resume for the head coach but with Misbahin the race he would prefer to work as bowl-ing coach.

The change of mind for Misbah cameafter he met with the PCB DirectorInternational Cricket Zakir Khan followingwhich the PCB announced he was steppingdown as a member of the CricketCommittee which recommended not renew-ing the contracts of former head coachMickey Arthur and his support staff afterthe World Cup.

The PCB wants to announce the newteam management by early September sothat it can start work for the upcoming lim-ited over series against Sri Lanka at homefrom September 25.

The PCB on Monday announced thatformer Test batsman Ejaz Ahmed will be thenew head coach of the under-19 team.

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PV Sindhu says she felt “angry andsad” after being criticised for not fin-ishing on top in the last two World

Championship finals and the Gold medalin the just-concluded edition is heranswer to all the critics who questiTwo-time silver-medallist Sindhu ended anagonising wait for an elusive gold with amaiden World Championship title onSunday.

“This is my answer to the people whohave asked me questions over and over. Ijust wanted to answer with my racket andwith this win — that’s all,” Sindhu wasquoted as saying by the Badminton WorldFederation’s (BWF) official website afterher crushing win over Okuhara.

“I felt really bad after the first WorldChampionships final and last year I wasangry, I was sad. I went through all myemotions, asking ‘Sindhu, why can’t youget this one match?’ but today came andI told myself to play my game and notworry — and it worked out,” she added.

The 24-year-old from Hyderabadbecame the first Indian to achieve the featby thrashing familiar rival NozomiOkuhara of Japan 21-7, 21-7 in one of themost lop-sided finals ever.

It was third time lucky for Sindhu,who lost to Okuhara and Olympic cham-pion Carolina Marin of Spain respective-ly in the 2017 and 2018 finals to settle forthe Silver twice.

Sindhu has been at the receiving endof criticism for coming short in the sum-

mit clashes of major events ever since the2016 Rio Olympics, where she had fin-ished second best to Marin.

Two years ago, Sindhu was denied thegold by Okuhara after an epic 110-minute final that went down as one of thegreatest battles in badminton history.

The Indian also lost the finals of theGold Coast Commonwealth Games, the

Jakarta Asian Games, besides the WorldChampionships twice. She had also fin-ished runners-up at Thailand Open andIndia Open last year.

The Gold was her fifth medal at theWorld Championships. She won a Bronzeeach in the 2013 and 2014 editions.

Sindhu is now the joint highestmedal-winner in women’s singles in the

World Championships history with for-mer Olympic champion Zhang Ning ofChina, who won an identical 1 Gold, 2Silver and 2 Bronze between 2001 and2007.

Sindhu credited her coaches for theperformance.

“A lot of credit to my coaches, GopiSir and Kim (Ji Hyun) and also to my par-

ents, my support staff and sponsors whobelieved in me,” she said.

“Everybody was wanting this winfrom me. After Rio Olympics Silvermedal, the expectations from me is real-ly high. Every time I go to a tournament,everyone expects me to win a Gold,”Sindhu said.

“After a year I also thought whatshould I do for it and instead of thinkingabout others, I thought may be I shouldjust play for myself and give my 100 per-cent and automatically I win becausethinking about others would put extrapressure on me.”

Now that Sindhu has added the miss-ing World Championships Gold to hercabinet, next in line for her will be theOlympic crown in Tokyo 2020.

“People are already asking ‘Sindhu,what about Gold in Tokyo 2020?’,” she said.

“Olympics is not so far but right nowit is step-by-step for me. I know theOlympic qualification is going so I hopeI do well, but right now I just want to enjoyit and don’t want to think anything else.

“Badminton is my passion and I feelthat I can win more titles,” she signed off.

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Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havocwith a five-wicket haul, com-plementing Ajinkya Rahane’s

long-awaited 10th Test hundred,as India decimated West Indies by318 runs inside four days to starttheir World Test Championshipcampaign in earnest.

India’s pace spearhead fin-ished with incredible figures of 8-4-7-5 while Ishant Sharma main-tained his fine form with a 3 for31 haul. The West Indies werebowled out for 100 in 26.5 overschasing an improbable target of419 on Sunday.

This was after Indian vice-captain Rahane (102) got his firstTest hundred in two years andadded 125 runs for the fifthwicket with the young HanumaVihari (93) as India declaredtheir second innings at 343 for 7.

The win took India to the topof the World Test Championshiptable with 60 points. NewZealand and Sri Lanka are cur-rently second and third respec-tively although they have equalnumber of points. Australiaand England are currentlyfourth and fifth with 32points each.

The win was 27th ascaptain for Virat Kohli,who now jointly tops thelist with MahendraSingh Dhoni. He hasalso gone pastSourav Ganguly(11) for most awaywins as India cap-tain.

It was a Bumrahshow in perfectweather conditionsas he sent the wick-ets cart-wheelingthrice during a sensational eight-over spell in which he concededjust seven runs. Playing his 11thTest, he also became the fastestIndian pace bowler to take 50wickets.

Bumrah swung the ballboth ways to torment thehome batsmen while Ishantand Mohammed Shami(2/13) too contributed in

India’s resounding victory whichgave them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Kemar Roach (38), MiguelCummins (19 not out) andRoston Chase (12) were the onlybatsmen who managed double-digit mark. Roach added 50 runsfor the last wicket with Cumminsbut it just delayed the inevitable.

No top-order batsman couldresist the furious spell fromBumrah, who first dismissedopeners Kraigge Brathwaite (1)and John Campbell (7) and latersaw the back of Darren Barvo (2),Shai Hope (2) and Jason Holderto complete his five-wicket haul.

After resuming the day at 185for three, Rahane scored a patient102-run knock but young bats-man Hanuma Vihari (93) missedout on his maiden Test ton by justseven runs.

India declared theirsecond innings at 343 forseven, the moment

Vihari was dismissed.

DEDICATED TO PEOPLEBack with a bang, India vice-

captain Ajinkya Rahane dedicat-ed his game-changing perfor-mance in the first Test to all thosewho have stood by him during the

past two years when he wentthrough a rough patch.

“This hundred was special.My time with Hampshire real-ly helped me.

I dedicate this hundred tothe people who backed me,supported me when I wasgoing through a rough patch,”Rahane said at the post-match

presentation ceremony.“It feels special. Getting

this hundred after 29 or 30innings. I’ve been getting70s, but getting a 100 means

a lot to me,” he added.

‘MORE CONFIDENT’India’s pace bowling main-

stay Jasprit Bumrah says he isalways evolving to polish hiscraft, the latest addition towhich is the outswinger that hewasn’t particularly confident ofuntil last year.

“I used to bowl theinswinger earlier, but the moreTest matches I’ve played, I’vegotten more confident to bowlthe outswinger, especially sinceEngland,” said Bumrah referringto the five-match series inEngland last year, which Indialost 1-4.

The 25-year-old has playedjust 11 Tests in his fast-risingcareer and has 55 wickets, aver-aging 20.63 at a brilliant econ-omy rate of 2.64.

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Ben Stokes said his remarkable centurywas “unbelievable” as England secured

an astounding one-wicket win overAustralia in the third Test at Headingley tosquare the Ashes series at 1-1.

England, dismissed for just 67 in theirfirst innings were seemingly dead andburied at 286-9, still 73 shy of a victory tar-get of 359.

But 28-year-old left-handed batsmanStokes, whose five-and-a-half hour inningswas a brilliantly paced mix of defence andaggression, saw England home with asuperb 135 not out.

“Unbelievable,” Stokes told Sky Sports.“It’s one I’ll never forget.

“I’ve got to try and take it all in,” addedStokes, whose batting heroics helped Englndwin the World Cup for the first time in July.

“I’m not sure it’ll ever happen again. It’sone of the two best feelings I’ve ever felt ona cricket pitch.”

He was involved in a run out of JosButtler which looked to have scupperedEngland’s chances, added: “Just never giveup. It’s not over until it’s over. WhenLeachy came in it was pretty clear what hadto be done. It was five and one. I’ll take five(deliveries), you take one.”

Bespectacled Leach, who hit a careerbest 92 as nightwatchman in England’srecent Test win over Ireland, played his partas Stokes acknowledged.

“He’s a super nightwatchman, knowingwhat he had to do. I couldn’t watch in the

end. I was just waiting to see what hap-pened.” Stokes, two not out off 50 balls atFriday’s close, faced 219 deliveries in total,hitting 11 fours and eight sixes.

“I think when it got down to the 30s Iwas thinking, ‘rein it in a little’, but when itwas in the 60s, 70s, 50s I had to really tryand I sort of got in the zone,” explainedStokes.

“We had to win this game to stay in theAshes and we managed to do it.”

‘OUTRAGEOUS’England captain Joe Root labelled his

longtime friend’s display “outrageous”.“We said at the start of the day, ‘we just

have to believe’ and while two people arealive and breathing, we have a chance,” saidRoot, who added just two runs to hisovernight score before falling for 77.

“We’ve seen some freakish thingsalready this summer in the World Cup butI didn’t think we’d see something similar inthis series.

“It was an incredible game of cricket, anincredible atmosphere and Test cricket isalive and kicking. This Ashes is alive andkicking.”

'TIP YOUR HAT'Meanwhile, Australia captain Tim Paine

said: “It’s hard to take, losing from that posi-tion but you tip your hat sometimes.

“Ben Stokes played an unbelievableinnings and in the end he was too good forus. It was probably the best Test innings I’veseen and the rest of the team thought thesame thing.”

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Hanuma Vihari’s primary skill isbatting but he is now trying to

sharpen his off-breaks in order to fitin as the “fifth bowler” in India’s Testset-up.

Being preferred as the sixth bats-man over Rohit Sharma, Vihariimpressed one and all with a com-posed 93 in the Indian second inningsand if the quality of his off-breaksimprove, could well force R Ashwin tocool his heels in near future.

“It is very important that my off-spin keeps developing not only formyself but also for the team. I fit intothe team because of the combinationthat I can be the fifth bowler,” theAndhra right-hander said at the post-match press conference.

“I want to keep improving andkeep getting better at it. So hopeful-ly, I will get in more overs and it will

help the team better,” he added.While his choice as an extra bats-

man kept Ashwin out of the playingXI as India opted for four bowlers witha single spinner in Jadeja, the young-ster is happy to pick the senior off-spinner’s brains whenever possible.

“(I feel) fortunate enough to gethelp from one of the best spinners inIndian cricket history. It’s nice sharingthe dressing room with him and talk-ing to him about off-spin bowling,”Vihari said.

For Vihari, adjusting to the natureof the surface and conditions becameeasier as he had led India A against theWest Indies A in three unofficial Tests,scoring a hundred and two half-cen-turies.

“...I knew how the wicket will play,”the 25-year-old stated.

He was asked to open the inningsagainst Australia Down Under andnow is back to playing in the middle-

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New Zealand held their nerve toclinch a hard-fought and com-

prehensive victory against Sri Lankain fading light in the second TestMonday and level the two-matchseries 1-1.

Victory was achieved with anhour left on day five when Lasith

Embuldeniya edged a short deliveryfrom Trent Boult to KaneWilliamson at gully.

Sri Lanka were bowled out for122 runs after New Zealand declaredtheir second innings on 431 for sixwith a first-innings lead of 185.

The game went to the last hourof day five at Colombo’s P Sara Oval,and although 19.4 overs remained

when tail-ender Embuldeniya wasthe last man dismissed, umpirescould have called off play at any timewith the light fast-deteriorating.

New Zealand’s bowlers werehurrying through their deliveriesknowing too well that they were rac-ing against time.

The first four days’ play had beenseverely affected by rain, wet groundconditions and bad light, but surpris-ingly the final day stayed cleardespite a 30-minute delayed start.

Sri Lanka had given away the ini-tiative to New Zealand after losingfive wickets for 32 runs before lunch,but a terrific fightback by wicket-keeper Niroshan Dickwella kepttheir hopes of salvaging a draw.

He showed plenty of characterduring a 51-run knock that lasted forthree-and-a-half hours.

There was little support from restof Sri Lanka’s batsmen, with skipperDimuth Karunaratne’s 21 being thesecond-highest score.

Suranga Lakmal and Dickwellahad batted for over an hour, but thestand was broken when Lakmalgloved one to close-in fielder TomLatham after tea.

Sri Lanka were still counting onDickwella when he fell for hisfamous sweep shot.

Tim Southee, Boult, Patel andWilliam Somerville claimed twowickets each while Colin deGrandhomme claimed the big wick-et of Angelo Mathews.

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Captain Virat Kohli is well aware that India’s play-ing XIs in Test matches are a subject of intense

debate but insists that all decisions are taken keepingin mind the “best interests of the team”.

There was a debate on the omission of senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the playing XI. Thelegendary Sunil Gavaskar termed his exclusion as“astonishing”.

But the lone specialist spinner Ravindra Jadeja didhis bit, scoring a timely half-century in the first inningsalong with a couple of wickets vindicating Kohli’s deci-sion.

“We have a group discussion and then we decidewhat’s best for the team. There will always be opin-ions about the XI, but people will know that it’s in theinterest of the team,” Kohli said at the post-match pre-sentation ceremony.

Kohli’s preference for the young Hanuma Vihariover limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma alsoworked wonderfully with the Andhra Pradesh-play-er scoring 93 in the second innings after looking goodduring a 32 in the first essay.

“Vihari got a nod because combination is impor-tant. He’s an effective part-time bowler and helps uswhen we need to catch up with the over-rate.”

Just like white-ball cricket, Jasprit Bumrah’s formand fitness are paramount in the red ball set-up also.And the captain understands that only too well.

“Bumrah’s workload is most important which iswhy he didn’t play any white-ball games (vs WI) afterthe World Cup. He will be a key factor for us as longas the World Test Championship continues.

“Shami is the same and Ishant is a banker, alwaysreliable. Umesh is there too and Navdeep is waitingin the wings. We are settled as our bowling options,but managing workloads will be important,” Kohli said.

He was all praise for man of the match AjinkyaRahane, who is back in form withscores of 81 and 102 in both innings.

“Jinx excellent in both innings,KL solid in both innings too.Mention to Viharitoo. We had tocome back inthis game 3-4times, so that is apositive movingforward fromAustralia,” said theskipper.

Kohli said he ishappy to be in a positionwhere he has a team which isexecuting most of the deci-sions taken by him.

“I am taking decisions,yes, but execution is done byothers who raise their hand.We enjoy everyone’s compa-ny, and that’s the reason forour success,” he said.

“It's a blessing that I amin a position where I can con-tribute to the team in morethan one way, but nothing ispossible without your team. Idon’t think the credit can betaken away from the team atall.”

The skipper expects that histeam will put up another pro-fessional performance inJamaica, starting on Friday.

“Jamaica is another oppor-tunity to do a professional perfor-mance. We know WI will comehard at us, and we will try to plugthe gaps from this Test.”

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Vihari missed out on his maidenhundred by only seven runs but was-n’t disappointed considering that hiscontribution in the team’s victorywas a significant one.

“We had a plan of batting onehour after lunch. So I thought that ifI could accelerate (post lunch) at thestart, I can get closer to my hundred.

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He rated Jasprit Bumrah’s spellbefore the tea on fourth day as the besthe has seen him bowl especially afterhe looked rusty in the first innings.

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