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NATIONModi likely to attend

Brics Summit in China

■ CITY... PAGE 2TS struggles to attach

babus’ ill-gotten assets■ CITY... PAGE 5

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N. Korea says US will payManila: The North

Korean state media onMonday slammed the

latest round of UN sanctions and vowed

to exact “thousands-fold” revenge against

the US. The UN SecurityCouncil on Sunday unan-

imously adopted newsanctions in response to Pyongyang’s long-rangeballistic missile tests on

July 4 and July 28.

■ Report on page 12

5 terrorists shotdead at borderSrinagar: The Army onMonday foiled a majorinfiltration attempt bymilitants to cross over

from Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK) into the

Machhil sector by killingfive ultras. “A major infil-tration bid was foiled on

Monday in the Machhilsector by alert troops,” adefence spokesman said

here. He said five mili-tants were killed in the

operation which wasgoing on when reports

last came in.

■ Report on page 9

6 sacked TripuraMLAs join BJP

Agartala: Six TripuraMLAs, who were sacked

by the Trinamul andvoted for NDA nomineeRam Nath Kovind in thepresidential election, onMonday joined the BJP.

The six legislators, led byformer leader of the

opposition (Congress) inthe Tripura Assembly

Sudip Roy Burman, werewelcomed into the saf-

fron party by ministerDharmendra Pradhan.

■ Report on Page 9

THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIAHYDERABAD I TUESDAY I 8 AUGUST 2017

S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | DCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

The state government hasstopped recruitment ofstaff till the proposedamendment to thePresidential Order scrap-ping the zonal system iscleared. The governmentwants to introduce a two-tier system by amendingthe Presidential Order, inplace of the three-tier sys-tem of government jobsthat is in place.

The government is in theprocess of recruiting onelakh employees, but hasnow put it on hold.

Sources said amending thePresidential Order was alengthy process. A seniorIAS officer who isinvolved in the processsaid recruiting staff with-out securing the amend-ment could create legalproblems in the future.

The state governmentwants the recruitment tobe done at the state level

and the district level aspart of the proposed two-tier system. The existingthree-tier system has azonal level which the gov-ernment wants to elimi-nate.

The State Cabinet hasalready approved amend-ing the Presidential Orderand the government hassent it to the Centre for

approval. After the UnionCabinet clears it, theCentre will send the pro-posal to the President forassent. The President willthen issue a communiqueamending the PresidentialOrder.

The total number ofvacancies in the state gov-ernment is 1.06 lakh and58,000 posts are to be filledthrough direct recruit-ment. The TelanganaPublic Service Commis-sion has issued severalnotifications to recruitstaff, and is preparing toissue some more to fill thevacancies.

TS job mela after Prez order■ New 2-tier system needs executive assentREFORM | HURDLE

SC bench to hearAyodhya land row

■ Dispute over Ram mandir, Babri masjid site

New Delhi, Aug. 7: TheSupreme Court has consti-tuted a three-judge benchheaded by Justice DipakMisra to hear a batch ofpetitions challenging theAllahabad High Court ver-dict in the Ayodhya landdispute case from August11.

The bench, whose othermembers are JusticesAshok Bhushan andAbdul Nazeer, would adju-dicate the dispute overownership of Ram temple-Babri masjid land.

The Lucknow bench ofthe Allahabad High Courthad in 2010 ruled a three-way division of the disput-ed 2.77 acres area at theRam Janmabhoomi-Babrimasjid site in Ayodhya.

The three-judge bench ofthe High Court, by a 2:1majority, had said theland be partitioned equal-ly among three parties —the Sunni Waqf Board, the

Nirmohi Akhara and RamLalla.

On July 21, a bench head-

ed by Chief Justice J.S.Khehar had said that itwould soon take a decisionto list the matter for earlyhearing.

The court’s remark hadcome on a plea of BJPleader SubramanianSwamy who sought urgentlisting and hearing of thematter.

Mr Swamy had said thatthe main appeals againstthe Allahabad High Courtorder are pending for thelast seven years in theapex court and theserequired urgent hearing.

He had also said that aseparate petition had ear-lier been filed by him seek-ing enforcement of hisright to worship withoutmuch hassle at the site.

The BJP leader had toldthe court that he has beenallowed by the SC to inter-vene in the matter and isseeking expeditious dis-posal of the cases. — PTI

RS test for Ahmed todayDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

A criminal complainthas been filed againstLegend Constructions,which is building resi-dential flats at Road No.14, Banjara Hills, for dis-charging water on to themain road and damagingthe infrastructure.

It has also been fined`10 lakh, the highest fineimposed by the corpora-tion. Construction mate-rial and pumps that wereflushing out water havealso been seized. The cor-poration has also barredthe builder from furtherconstruction.

■ Page 3: Mayor warnsbuilders

■ ■ TS wants recruitment to be done at the stateand district level as part of the proposed two-tiersystem. The proposed three-tier system has azonal level which the state wants to eliminate.

Student, 19, diesduring abortionPINTO DEEPAK | DCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Police have registered acase against SarangiMadhu and Dr Girija Ranifor abetting an abortion inthe course of which thepregnant woman died.

Malluri Harika, 19, fromSangareddy district, a sec-ond year engineering stu-dent living in a hostel inVanasthalipuram, fell inlove with a distant rela-tive, Sarangi Madhu, 21,18 months ago. He appar-ently proposed to her andthey began a physicalrelationship.

A few days ago, theyfound that Harika waspregnant but as they werenot married and as theirfamilies did not knowabout the relationship,they wanted to get rid ofthe pregnancy. After mak-ing enquiries in differenthospitals, they found

Anusha Clinic in Kamala-nagar in Vanasthali-puram, where Dr GirijaRani agreed to performthe abortion for `20,000.Harika was admitted tothe hospital on Saturdaynight and the abortionwas performed on Sun-day. After the abortion,Harika started bleedingheavily and later slippedinto unconsciousness.

■ Page 8: Parents claimboy was harassing the girl

■ Harika becamepregnant but asthe two were notmarried and astheir parents didnot know of theiraffair, they wantedto get rid of thepregnancy.

TIES FOREVER

School children tie rakhis on the wrist of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on RakshaBandhan, in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI

DC CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, AUG. 7

Ahead of the crucial RajyaSabha elections inGujarat on Tuesday, boththe Congress and the BJPare claiming to have thenumbers. There are threeRajya Sabha vacanciesfrom Gujarat but thereare four candidates in thefray — three from the BJPand one from theCongress.

From the BJP, party’snational president AmitShah, Union ministerSmriti Irani and formerCongress MLA turned-BJP-leader Balwantsinh

Rajput are in the racewhile political secretaryto Congress presidentSonia Gandhi, AhmedPatel, is the Congress can-didate seeking a fifthterm. As per the currentstrength of the GujaratAssembly each candidaterequires a minimum of 45votes to win. With theBJP having 121 seats outof the 182 seats its two can-didates Mr Shah and MsIrani will win smoothly.But it is going to be a con-test between Mr Patel andMr Rajput.

■ Page 9: Ahmedconfident of winning

● The open ballot sys-tem, introduced for theRS elections in 2005, isintended to preventcross-voting and cor-ruption. The vote exer-cised by the MLA, evenif it is across party lines,will be valid.

MLA VOTE VALIDEVEN IF IT IS FOROTHER PARTY

■ REPORT ON PAGE 4

MONEY

KCR: Nations tried GST, failedL. VENKAT RAM REDDY |DCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Chief Minister K. Chan-drasekhar Rao said thatpeople were divided intheir views on the GSTslabs, because of whichthe Centre was receivingobjections over a monthafter it came into force.

He said that the successof the GST would dependon how well the concernswere addressed by theCentre. He said severalcountries tried to imple-ment the GST but had toretract due to problems.

Mr Rao spoke about theGST at a meeting held inPragathi Bhavan onMonday. His commentsare significant againstthe backdrop of his deci-sion to approach the

Supreme Court to preventthe imposition of GST onthe work contracts of pro-jects launched prior to theGST regime.

Mr Rao has been askingthe Centre to announceexemptions or reduce theGST rates applicable toprojects of public impor-

tance such as MissionBhagiratha, MissionKakatiya, the 2BHK hous-ing scheme, irrigationand power projects. Hehas decided to write toPrime Minister NarendraModi on these issues andadopt a legal course ofaction based on the Prime

Minister’s response. MrRao will hold a meetingwith high-level ministersand officials, on Tuesday,to discuss the impact ofGST on the work con-tracts before he finalisesthe contents of his letterto Mr Modi.

On Sunday, Mr Rao dis-cussed the issue with offi-cials over the course ofseveral hours and esti-mated that the TS govern-ment would face an addi-tional burden of nearly`19,500 crore on accountof the imposition of GSTon ongoing projects.

Speaking about irriga-tion, he said that therewas plenty of water avail-able in the Godavari andthe Krishna, which, ifutilised properly, wouldbenefit both TS andAndhra Pradesh.

MATTERS

New Delhi, Aug. 7: Anumber of daily useproducts ranging fromidli/dosa batter tokitchen gas lighter maycost less as the GSTCouncil is consideringlowering rates on theseitems.

Meanwhile, SUVs, mid-

sized, large and luxurycars that had becomecheaper after GST roll-out on July 1 will costmore as the GST Councilhas approved a proposalto hike cess on them to 25per cent, from 15 per centnow. — PTI

■ Report on Page 14

GST SET TO LOWER PRICES OFMORE GOODS OF DAILY USE

LEGEND FINED`10 LAKH FORDAMAGES

■ The Lucknowbench of theAllahabad HighCourt, by a 2:1majority, had saidthe land be parti-tioned equallyamong three par-ties — the SunniWaqf Board, theNirmohi Akhara andRam Lalla.

In a relief to cricketerS. Sreesanth, the

Kerala High Court onMonday lifted the life

ban imposed on himby the BCCI in the

wake of the 2013 IPLspot-fixing scandal.

THE CASE:2013 May 16:

Rajasthan Royalsplayers S. Sreesanth,

Ajit Chandila andAnkeet Chavan

arrested for theiralleged role in spot-

fixing and bettingscandal in the sixth

edition of the IPL.All of them charged

under section 420(cheating) and 120-B

(criminal conspiracy)of the IPC.May 17: The threetainted players weresuspended by BCCI.May 26: Sreesanth, 3others sent to 2-daypolice custody by DelhiHigh Court.May 28: S Sreesanthsent to judicial custody.

HC LIFTS LIFE BAN ON SREESANTH

Cricketer Sreesanthleaves the Kerala HighCourt after hearing theverdict on Monday. — DC

■ Sreesanth moves fresh bail application beforea Delhi court after police invoked MCOCAagainst him and others.June 10: A Delhi court grants bail to all.Feb. 19, 2017: Sreesanth moves HC against ban.

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DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

The much-talked-aboutSpecial Courts Act, 2016 ofthe AP government, thatwas allegedly brought in toconfiscate Oppositionleader Y.S. Jagan MohanReddy’s assets, cannot actu-ally be applied in his cases.

Legal experts and govern-ment officials say it can beused only in disproportion-ate assets cases bookedunder Section 13 (1) (e) ofthe Prevention of Corrup-tion Act, to confiscate prop-erties of public servants. Itis not applicable to othersections of the Preventionof Corruption Act.

A senior legal expert ofthe AP government, said,“The Act has been notifiedand it is ready for imple-mentation. We have written

to the High Court to desig-nate certain courts underthe Act. The Act is aimed atspeedy disposal of cases ofconfiscation of properties ofcorrupt officials involved indisproportionate assets ca-ses only under section 13(1)(e) of the PC Act.”

After the Bill was passedin the AP Legislative Ass-embly, the finance and leg-islative affairs minister,Yanamala Ramakrishnudu,had said that the Act will beused to confiscate theproperties of Mr Reddy.

Mr Reddy is facing chargesof quid pro quo investmentsin several cases. Even casesagainst public servants likeIAS officers in Mr Reddy’scase, are under section 9 ofthe Prevention of Corrupt-ion Act and other sections,and the Special Courts Actis not applicable here either.

The allegation against MrReddy is that he influencedhis father, late Chief Minis-ter Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Red-dy, to favour certain compa-nies and individuals, andthe latter in return investedin Mr Reddy’s companies.This does not constitute adisproportionate assetscase. Advocates represent-ing Mr Reddy said that evenother sections of thePrevention of CorruptionAct are not applicable tohim as he was not a publicservant when the allegedoffence took place.

Section 13(1) has three con-ditions: the accused shouldown assets, which cannotpossibly be acquired bytheir legal sources ofincome; should be holding apublic office; be unable toexplain how they came toown these assets.

IN BRIEF

After I lost mymother at atender age,

BJP becamemy mother all

these years— M. Venkaiah Naidu

Vice-President elect

K. Narayana says Centre wants todismiss LDF government in Keralaby engineering political violence

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2CityTUESDAY | 8 AUGUST 2017 | HYDERABADDECCAN CHRONICLE

Chalo collectorateon August 9

Hyderabad: Student leadersof the Akhil Bharatiya Vidy-arthi Parishad (ABVP) have

called for a chalo collectorateon August 9, demanding res-olution of the many pending

educational issues. They havealso demanded the closure of

corporate junior collegeswithout affiliation in the stateand want the government to

look into the matter of stu-dents studying in these

unrecognised private juniorcolleges. Javvaji Dileep, sec-retary ABVP said, “The state

is yet to release `4,000crores reimbursement fees todegree and engineering col-leges. We want the pending

fees be released at the earli-est. We also seek an increase

in mess reimbursement feesfrom `1,500 to `3,000. If ourdemands are not met we will

plan a chalo Secretariat.’’

HAJ HOUSE YET TO PAY WATER

ARREARSDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Haj House may face watershortage due to the non-pay-ment of water bills. Six monthsago— the HMWS&SB discon-nected the supply as arrearswere not paid. The Haj campwill begin on August 13 and8,000 persons are expected tostay at Haj House.

“We have informed privatewater tankers. Without waterwe cannot conduct the camp,”said an official of TelanganaState Haj Committee. State HajCommittee officials had broug-ht to the notice of the TS WakfBoard which is incharge of pay-ments such as water, electricityetc about the problem. “Theyhave levied penalty on arrearsand we will settle it. It will bedone in a day or two,” said anofficial of TS Wakf Board.

KALOJI NARAYANAVARSITY EXTENDS

JOINING DATEDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

The Kaloji Narayana RaoUniversity of Health Scienceshas extended the joining date ofthe first phase of allotments upto 5 pm on August 9.

The move came after severalrepresensations were made bycandidates and parents seekinghelp in the extension of timefor joining the MBBS/BDScourses after first phase ofallotments under the compe-tent authority quota.

Candidates have beeninformed that they have beenprovided with extension timeand will have to report on thesaid date. However, if candi-dates do not join the course andcollege they are allotted to,they will not be eligible to exer-cise web-options in furtherrounds of counselling foradmissions into MBBS/BDS2017-18 as notified earlier.

TS struggles to attachbabus’ ill-gotten assetsU. SUDHAKAR REDDY | DCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

The Telangana State,which is struggling toattach the properties ofcorrupt officials, needsstringent legislation onthe lines of AndhraPradesh, to confiscateill-gotten wealth insteadof just attachment ofthe assets. The AP Spec-ial Courts Act 2016 enab-les the Anti-CorruptionBureau (ACB) to filepleas in the designatedcourts for confiscationof properties, where theproperty can be put topublic use, or be auc-tioned before the trial.

In Telangana, ACB off-icials still struggle withthe British-era CriminalLaw Amendment Ord-inance 1944 to attach pr-operties. Under this law,property can be co-nfiscated only after con-viction of the accused,which takes an averageof 10 years, till the trialis over. Moreover, in thecase of attachment,properties can be stillused by the accused.

In addition to the lackof a Special Courts Act,vigilance wings of vari-ous government depart-ments in Telanganadelay replying to therequests of the AntiCorruption Bureau toissue authorisation forfiling pleas in ACB cou-rts, seeking attachmentof properties of corruptofficials, and per-mission to prosecute.

A source in the TSACB said that in 2017,around eight attachme-nt orders were issued.However, goir.telan-gana.gov.in, the officialwebsite of the Telang-ana government, showsthat no governmentorder to this effect hasbeen issued in 2017.

The source said, “In2016, we booked 12 DAcases and in 2017 wehave booked around 10DA cases so far. Attach-ment orders have beenissued for eight cases sofar and are under proc-ess in eight other cases.

We are awaiting autho-risation from the depa-rtments. We are yet tosend in six other cases.”

In neighbouring AP, in2017, accordinggoir.ap.gov.in, around 13attachment orders wereissued by governmentdepartments under theCriminal Law Amendm-ent ordinance 1944. APwill soon start using theSpecial Courts Act afterthe High Court desig-nates courts for the pur-pose. In 2016, accordingto the ACB, around 50DA cases were bookedand this year, so far, 27DA cases have beenbooked in AP, thoughattachments were notdone in all the cases.

Legal experts andpolice officials point tonot only the corruptbabu-friendly attitude ofvigilance wings of vari-ous government depart-ments, but also to thelack of a proper law inTelangana to penaliseerring government offi-cials.

A senior police officersaid, “It is easy for theEnforcement Director-ate (ED) to attachproperties under thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act. TheCBI usually transfers allthe cases to the ED forattachment. State agen-cies can also transfercorruption cases to theED. However, the ED is

overburdened with thenumber of cases and sostates have to find theirown way.” He said thatthe Criminal LawAmendment Act is com-plicated, the proceduredifficult, and theprocess cumbersome.“TS needs an act similarto the Special CourtsAct in AP, which is onestep ahead of attach-ment where propertiescan be confiscated pre-trial,” he added.

According to theSpecial Courts Act 2016,authorisation is neededfrom the government forfiling plea for confisca-tion. Special designatedcourts can order confis-cation and governmenttakes control of theproperty and uses it forpublic purpose or auc-tions them.

If the case ends in anultimate acquittal, the p-roperty will be return-ed, or the money fromthe auction will be refu-nded. But in attachmentunder the PMLA orCriminal Law Amend-ment Ordinance 1944,the properties can’t bealienated and it will stillbe in the possession ofthe owner and can beconfiscated only after heis convicted.

Former IFS officialPadmanabha Reddy,who has been fightingfor quicker prosecutionand attachment of prop-

erties in ACB cases, saidthat there are caseswhere the attachmentprocess has been pend-ing for around 10 years.

“Forum for Good Gove-rnance has given a seri-es of suggestions to thegovernment earlier wh-ere we have asked for aone-month cap for issu-ing prosecution ordersand compulsory attach-ment of properties inDA cases till the case isdisposed of. The caseshall be disposed of in atleast three years againstthe current average ofcourt trial of 10 to 15years in ACB cases,” hesaid.

Describing the man-ner in which cases aredelayed, Mr Reddy said,“When the ACB seeksprosecution, the sectionofficer submits a twistednote, which results insending the case to theTribunal For Departm-ental Proceedings ins-tead of to the criminaltrial in the court. Thetribunal has neither alegal officer nor sup-porting staff. There arecases which are pendingwith the tribunal for thepast seven to eightyears. Command AreaD e ve l o p m e n tAu t h o r i t yIrrigationengineersform theb i g g e s tgroup booked.”

A file photo of ACB raids conducted at the residence of Dr M. Vijaya Gopalassistant director drugs control administration government of Andhra Pradeshat Municipal colony Malakpet in Hyderabad. —DC

■ British-era law allows confiscation only after conviction of accused

DISPROPORTIONATEASSETS CASES WHEREATTACHMENT ORDERSWERE ISSUEDAP - 2017

Kancharla Vijaya SagarBabu, deputy commis-

sioner of endowments;Properties `3.69 cr.

Bangarupalem Tangavelu,tonsurer, KalyanakattaComplex, Tirumala; prop-erties worth `1.05 cr.

Mudusuru Narendra @ M.Narendra Reddy, superin-tendent, establishmentsection (recruitment),TTD, Tirupati: Propertiesworth `98.49 lakh.

Dayam Peda RangaRao, motor vehicles

inspector, Itchapuram;Value of propertiesunspecified.

Padarthi VenkataSeshu Babu, executive

engineer, Nandyal;Properties worth `1.38 cr.

Subhas ChandaraPatro, deputy executive

engineer, R&B,Visakhapatnam:Properties worth `3.85crore

Chittiprolu RamakotiLingeswara Rao, super-

intending engineer in DrNarla Tata Rao ThermalPower Station,Ibrahimpatnam:Properties worth `94.94lakh.

Chensani VenkataNarayana Reddy, for-

merly CTO, border CTCheck Post, Itchapuram,now CTO, Parvathipuram,Vizianagaram district;Value of propertiesunspecified.

Mummana RajeswaraRao, deputy inspector

of survey, Urban LandCeiling, Maharanipeta,

Visakhapatnam;Properties worth`1.86 cr

Billa Sanjeevaiah, for-mer sub-registrar,

Bheemunipatnam:Unspecified amount as GOis empty on goir.ap.gov.in.

Vangapandu VenkataSatyanarayana, deputy

executive engineer,municipal Corporation,Eluru; Properties worth`1.01 cr.

Vibhuthi Suresh, headmaster, Salvation Army

Aided Primary School,Kanaparthpadu; Nelloredistrict; properties worth`92.47 lakh, orders can-celled the same day

Mar 15

Apr. 27

May 8

May 22

May 27

June 12

Jun 19

July 6

DISPROPORTIONATEASSETS CASEST S A C B 2 0 1 6

Maloth Peer Singh,deputy executive

engineer, Circle-XII, GHMC:Assets `2 cr, MV `7 cr. April 4: DugniVenkateshwarlu, AMVI,Medchal: `3 cr assets, MV`6 cr

D. JanardhanMahesh, section offi-

cer, town planning, GHMCCircle-18: `3 crore assets,MV `6 cr

DugniVenkateshwarlu,

AMVI, Medchal: `3 cr asets;MV `6 cr.

Velpula Krupadanam,sanitary supervisor,

GHMC North Zone: `3 crassets.

C. Vijay Kumar, Tax,inspector, Circle XIV,

GHMC: `1.5 cr assets, MV `5cr.

M. Vijai Kumar,director, boilers

department: `3 cr assets,MV `12 cr.

A. Santosh Venu,assistant city plan-

ner, town planning, GHMCKhairatabad: `4 cr asets,MV `10 cr.

Gujja VenkteshwarReddy, veterinary

assistant surgeon, veteri-nary dispensary,Kistareddypet: `2.25 crassets.

Madapa NarsimhaReddy, bill collector,

GHMC taxation, Abids: `3 crassets, MV `6 crore.

Mar 3

Apr 6

Apr 20

May 5

May 10

June 6

Aug. 5

Sep. 20

Oct. 10

T E L A N G A N A 2 0 1 7

MittakollaChandramouli,

mandal parishaddevelopment officer,Khanpur, WarangalUrban: `1.23 cr assets,MV `6 cr

Jan. 11 Md. GousePasha,

motor vehicleinspector, Bhadradri,Kothagudem: `3.45cr assets, MV `10 cr

Feb. 7 Rachakonda Srinivasa Rao, sub-registrar, Kukatpally: `20crore assets

June 13

Mohammad Yousuf, sub-registrar, Balanagar, Hyderabad: `4.5 cr assets

June 14

T.V. Ramesh Chandar Reddy, sub-registrar Medchal: `5 cr assets

June 15

April 7:Bobbala

Mohan Reddy,ASI,Karimnagar:`1.86 cr assets

Apr. 7

Gopu Sudhakar Reddy, assistant director,mines and geology, Suryapet: `3.6 cr assets

July 7

2014 pertaining toGuguloth Hamsa

Reddy, superintending engineer, R&B, Adilabad

July 28 2014 case pertaining to Engala Ramchander, town

planning building overseer, GHMC Circle-3.

Apr. 21 2014 case pertaining to Padala Sathaiah, junior

accounts officer, northern discom, Nizamabad

July 12

ukkamula Venkanna, deputy chief inspector offactories, Ranga Reddy: `3.25 cr assets

July 13 YeddlaGangadhar

Reddy, Dy. chiefinspector of facto-ries, Hyderabad(R):`3 cr assets

BathinaSurender

Goud, assistant com-mercial tax officer,Jadcherla: `1.85 crassets

July 27

Aug. 4

DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS CASES WHERE ATTACHMENT ORDERS WERE ISSUED IN 2016

NOTE: MV = MARKET VALUE AS ESTIMATED BY ACBTHE DATES MENTIONED ARE WHEN THE RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED.IN SOME CASES, THE RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE OFFICIALS AND THE PREMISES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS


The AP Crime Investigation Departmenthas attached properties worth `6,000crore belonging to fraudulent companiesand individuals who duped depositors bypromising attractive schemes.

AP CID Additional DG Ch D TirumalaRao, said that since 2014 around `6,000crore worth of properties have beenattached, whose market value is around`10,000 crore.

“Under Section 3 of the AndhraPradesh Protection of Depositors ofFinancial Establishments Act, 1999, it isa relatively less cumbersome processthan under the Criminal LawAmendment Act of 1944 and we haveconsistently followed up with the homedepartment which gave the orders with-out delay," he said.

Apart from major cases like N-mart,the Keshava Reddy school case, AbhayatGold , Gold Quest, Akashaya Gold, AvaniGold, Bommarillu, VR chits, Siri Gold,Agri Gold and SIMS, the CID has alsoattached the properties in chit fundfrauds. The government's official web-site, goir.telangana.gov.in revealed thatTS has attached properties in only a fewcases compared to AP.

AP attaches `6K-cr assets of ‘shady’ firmsCOMPANIES THAT DUPED DEPOSITORS

■ Agri Gold case, Hyderabad, unspecified amountrunning into hundreds of crores of rupees

■ Grandhi Madhavi ofKanyakaparameswari

Mutually Aided CooperativeUrban Bank Limited in

Kukatpally. `3.25 cr

■ New Vision Foundation Nellore:Defaulted `28.72 cr■ Youth and Strength ChristianSocial Welfare Association,Nellore: Defaulted `4.42 cr■ Heavenly InterdenominalMission (HIM) Trust, Agiripalli,Krishna district: Defaulted ` 72.85 crore■ Sri Sai Ram Chits and FinanceCompany, Kasibugga,Srikakulam: Defaulted `78 lakh■ Bommarillu Farms & Villas

■ Jagadamba Logistics and Infra PrivateLimited, Central Crime StationHyderabad; `16 cr■ Battula Vijaya Rani, Illegal chit case `15 lakh

AP CID ATTACHMENTS UNDER DEPOSITORS ACT

India Limited, Visakhapatnam; `95 cr■ Siri Gold Farms & Estates PrivateLimited, Nellore, `95 cr■ N-Mart case- `126 cr■ Keshava Reddy School case, Kurnool:`750 cr■ Abhaya Gold, Vijayawada: `221 cr■ Gold Quest case: `110 cr■ Akshaya Gold, Ongole: `335 cr■ Avani Gold case: `19 cr■ VR chits case: `33 cr■ Agri gold case, Nellore: `3,966 cr■ SIMS case, Visakhapatnam: `340 cr

Special Courts Act cannotconfiscate Jagan’s assets

Mar 24

Mar 27

ACCORDING TO THE SPECIALCOURTS ACT 2016, AUTHORI-SATION IS NEEDED FROM THEGOVERNMENT FOR FILINGPLEA FOR CONFISCATION.

TS CID attachmentsunder the Depositors Act


IN BRIEF

Minimumgovernment,

maximumgovernance is

the motto ofKCR

— K.T. Rama RaoMinister

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OWNER’S PLIGHT

State owes croresto Housing Board■ Rent for government offices pile up COREENA SUARES IDCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Government bodiesowe crores of rupeesin rent to the stateHousing Board. Thesegovernment bodiesoccupy Housing Boardbuildings on eitherside of MJ Road,Nampally.

Way back on April 1,2004, the governmenthad fixed the rent onthe basis of area ofthe building, with aprovision to enhanceit every succeedingyear.

The rent is fixed at`21.43 per square feet,said board commis-sioner and vice-chair-person ChitraRamachandran.

Most departmentshave not cleared theirarrears and have con-tinued to default onrent. Others are pay-ing at the old rates.The heads of theoffices have stated thatthe funds allocated tothem are inadequate,and they are not in aposition to pay theenhanced rent.

“The board is facinga financial crisis. It isnot in a position to paysalaries and pensions.Besides, there is anincome-tax liability of

`2,400 crore,” MsRamachandran said.The board has writtento the Chief Secretaryto release the funds,she said.

Represenatives of Development and Welfare of the Blind (DWAB) School in Nalgonda metPrime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday on the occasion of RakshaBandhan. School representatives Rajyalaxmi and Nagamani tied rakhis on the PM andfelicitated him with handloom khanduvas. The PM thanked them and promised to visit theschool when he comes to Nalgonda. — DC

Seven families get GHMCtoilets on Raksha Bandhan DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Inspired by the story of abrother gifting his sister atoilet in Kowkoor, theGHMC, on the occasion ofRaksha Bandhan, allocatedtoilets as gifts by sevenbrothers in the Panjaguttacircle to their respective sis-ters.

K. Satyanarayana, theDeputy Commissioner ofJubilee Hills, said that atotal of 68 toilets had beenbuilt in areas, includingShaikpet, VenkateshwaraColony, Banjara Hills andJubilee Hills, at a cost of`12,000 each, under Centraland state governmentsschemes.

The size of each toilet isfour by five feet and ismeant to be used by a singlefamily. A sewage connec-tion, linked to the existingpipeline, has been providedby the GHMC.

“Of the 68 individual toi-lets that were built by theGHMC in Circle 10 B, sevenunused toilets were handedover to the families to safe-guard the dignity ofwomen. On the eve ofRaksha Bandhan, brothersinaugurated the toilets inthe Panjagutta Bhobighatand Singada Basthi areas,”Mr Satyanarayana said.

Individual and communi-ty toilets are being built aspart of the effort to makethe city open defecation-free.

Open defecation is a majorproblem in areas such asGajula Rama Ram, MachaBollaram, Boudha Nagar,Bansilalpet, Ramgopalpet,Golkonda, Golnaka,Sanathnagar, Borabanda,Moosrambagh, Athapur,Bharathnagar, Balanagar,Boranda, and Hayathnagar,

due to the lack of public toi-lets.

So far, the GHMC has iden-tified 2034 households thatneed individual toilets.

The construction of 1,486of these toilets has beencompleted, and 548 arepending. The completed toi-lets have been geotagged inorder to prevent irregulari-ties and encroachments.

The government has alsoapproved the constructionof toilets for people who livein illegal constructions onnalas.

KAVITHA ASKS SISTERS TO GIFT HELMET TO THEIR BROTHERS DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

TRS MP KavithaKalvakuntla gifted herbrother, K. Taraka RamaRao, the Minister forInformation Technology, ahelmet as part of a roadsafety campaign. Manysisters in Telangana fol-lowed suit and gifted hel-mets to their brothers onthe occasion of RakshaBandhan, on Monday.

K. Kavitha Rao, thedaughter of ChiefMinister K.Chandrashekhar Rao,urged sisters to gift hel-mets to their brothers andreceived an overwhelm-ing response on socialmedia. Many boys in thestate took to social mediato post pictures of them-selves receiving helmetsfrom their sisters whilebeing tied rakhis. K.Kavitha Rao herselfshared a picture of hergifting a helmet to KTaraka Rama Rao.

Rahul Puttakokkulafrom Nizamabad sharedhis feelings on Twitter,where he said, “I feelblessed that my sister gift-ed me a helmet on rakhi,for my safety, after gettinginspired by K. KavithaRao’s campaign. I am real-ly thankful to Kavitha fortaking up such a good ini-tiative to safeguard broth-ers. It’s a very good idea,my mother was very gladthat my sister gifted me ahelmet for my safety.”

K. Kavitha Rao launchedan online campaign calledSisters for Change on theoccasion of her brotherK.T. Rama Rao’s birthday,on July 20.

The campaign hasreceived praise from polit-ical leaders, actors andsports personalities,including GautamGambhir, Saina Nehwal,Gutta Jwala, VirenderSehwag, Rahul Dev,Priyadarshi, NitinGadkari and PoonamMahajan.

Mayor warns buildersagainst illegal actsDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

A criminal complaint hasbeen filed against LegendConstructions and thefirm was fined `10 lakh fordischarging water on themain road. The com-plainant was HyderabadMayor, BonthuRammohan.

While commutingthrough Road No: 14 inBanjara Hills, he sawworkers discharging wateron to the road late at night.Circle town planning andengineering officers weredirected to inspect andtake action.

During the inspection, itwas found that the builderswere constructing groundplus four floors with twocellars, approved by theGHMC.

Water had accumulatedin the cellars and in orderto clear this, the workersdischarged the water on tothe main road which dam-aged a road. The road hadbeen repaired only recent-

ly at a cost of `8 lakh.Considering who the

complainant was, theGHMC booked a criminalcase against the buildersand took other strongactions.

The Hyderabad mayorhas warned builders, espe-cially those releasingwater on to main roads,that action will be takenagainst them, includingbooking of criminal cases.

THE TENANTS■ AP State SocialWelfare Advisory

Board■ AP & TS

ResidentialEducation Board

■ Inquiry com-mission for STS■ Gagan Vihar

Building■ Groundwater

department■ Wakf Tribunal■ Chandra Vihar

Building

■ Vigilance andEnforcement■ TS BiodiversityEducation■ Agriculturaland ProcessedFood ProductsExportDevelopmentAuthority■ Central Boardfor WorkersEducation■ Manoranjanbuilding ■ Gruhakalpabuilding

A total of 68toilets hadbeen built in

areas includingShaikpet, Venkate-shwara Colony,Banjara Hills andJubilee Hills, at a costof `12,000 each, underCentral and state gov-ernment schemes. — K. SATYANARAYANA,

Deputy Commissioner

Row hits treetranslocation

Hyderabad: Local groups atNeknampur have alleged that

10 trees translocated fromLB Nagar on Sunday were re-

planted at Ibrahim Cheruvuby destroying the saplingsplanted as part of Haritha

Haram last year.Mr Sunil Chakravarthy, an ITprofessional who got the 10trees to the lake, said, “We

wanted to have some growntrees in the area.”

“Why can’t the GHMC ensureit has a good place to

replant the trees?. How canthey destroy saplings,” said

Ms Madhulika Chaudharywho was instrumental in

planting over 2000 saplingsat the lake bund last year.

GHMC biodiversity head,Damodar said, “We were not

informed about this translo-cation process. It was per-

mitted by the forest depart-ment and the tree protectioncommittee.” Permission had

been taken by SRDP officials.


TS willprosper fromPochampad

rejuvenation asall agriculturefields will get

more water— Pocharam Srinivas

ReddyTS minister

Ch Vidyasagar Rao launches 'Sistersfor Change' poster in Mumbai respo-nding to MP K. Kavitha’s campaign

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IN BRIEF

GLOBAL WARMING

Pollution makesclouds shine brighter■Pollution from factories is pumping aerosols into the airDONITA JOSE | DCHYDERABAD AUG. 7

Have the clouds beenlooking brighter thanusual? No thanks to pol-lution.

Scientists attributethis phenomena to theincreasing amount ofpolluting particles inthe air. For years, scien-tists have been observ-ing changes in theclouds due to climatechange and the gradualcloud ‘brightening’ is aresult of the same thathas been making spec-tacular clouds in thesky, especially in metrosand industrial areaswhere the pollutionlevel is higher.

Scientists said thatpollution from factoriesand cars has beenpumping aerosols intothe air which has beencombining with thewater in the clouds.“More aerosols in theatmosphere producessmaller cloud dropletswith the availability ofthe same amount ofwater vapor,” said DrArindam Chakraborty,assistant professor ofIndian Institute ofScience, Bangalore.

He added that whenthese smaller dropletsform a cloud, it alltogether reflects moreof sunlight and thus we

have a whiter andbrighter cloud.“Brighter clouds reflectback sun6s radiationinto the space and havea cooling effect to theplaces right under it,”explained Professor JSrinivasan fromDivecha Centre forClimate Change.

These aerosol-filledclouds hang around fora longer time in theatmosphere, becausethe droplets are splitinto many and do notbear enough wait to fallas raindrops. “Soaerosols can impact therainfall levels, but asthey reflect back someof the sun's rays. Theyalso have a coolingeffect,” said Professor GBala, faculty at Centreof Atmospheric andOceanic Science.

But despite this reflec-tive cover of aerosols,why do cities feel hot-ter? Professor Srinivasexplained, “The Co2 em-itted from the indus-tries is simultaneouslywarming the surface sowe can't notice the cool-ing effect of aerosols inclouds. While cities thatpollute will have a shi-eld of these reflectivebrighter clouds, cleanercities may have to suffermore heat caused by thepolluting cities carbonemissions.”

Using sea water cancool down the earthDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

To slow down carbondioxide from heating upthe earth, geo scientistshave proposed a newengineering method tomanually brighten mari-ne clouds in coastalareas.

In a research byUniversity of Washin-gton, scientists have pro-posed to replicate theeffect that pollutingaerosols have on cloudsby using the sea water.

The researchers pro-posed this idea for coastalareas with persistentlylow hanging marineclouds, which can easilycatch the salt from thesea water. In order to takethe salt to the clouds, adevice that would makethe sea water sprinkle upinto the sky as microdroplets would be placedin the sea. The researchnoted that the salt fromthese microdropletswould act as aerosols andbuild brighter clouds.

Scientists have a mixedresponse to this new tech-nique. “The geo engineer-

ing has enormous amo-unt of uncertainty as itcan alter the rainfall pat-terns,” said Professor GBala of Centre of Atmo-spheric and Ocea-nicSciences, IISC Bangalo-re. The aerosol-filledclouds always have theuncertainty in terms ofthe amount of rainfallsthey would bring to thearea. This new proposalcomes in chain with anarray of other proposalsto beat the climatechange with the earliestbeing putting up mirrorsin the space to reflect thesunlight.

“It is a dangerous toexperiment with the nat-ure by not fully knowingthe consequences. Everytechnology has unintend-ed consequences,” saidretired Professor BabuRao of IICT.

“Modelling studies haveshown that once suchgeoengineering is stop-ped after the earth coolsdown, the temperatureswould rise again. Thus, apermanent solutionwould be to reduce green-house gas emission,” saidDr Arindham from IISC.

Thomas Cook asked topay `1L compensation DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Famous travel aggregatorThomas Cook was orderedto pay `1 lakh as compen-sation by the district con-sumer forum ofHyderabad to a senior offi-cial from the Indian Armyfor putting his life in dan-ger in China.

Brigadier Manoj KumarMaggo, who fought hisown case in the court, hadalleged that he would havebeen arrested in China onthe charges of spying dueto the error made byThomas Cook in his traveldocument.

The travel company bymistake cancelled his tick-et instead of his son'sreservation, forcing himto travel between Shan-ghai and Beijing in a bul-let train in another per-son’s name. The officer inhis complaint stated thathe was informed aboutthe wrongful cancellationof his ticket only beforestarting the five-hour-longjourney and had to gothrough extreme fear ofbeing arrested by Chinese

officials for travelling on afake name and forged doc-ument.

He stated that he eveninformed the designatedstaff from the travelgroup's side about it. Butthe staff stated that shewas helpless.

The officer said that henarrowly escaped thegrievous consequences asofficials did not check thedocuments during thejourney and afterwards.

The travel company stat-ed that the tour was con-ducted as per the itiner-ary and none of the othertour members had anycomplaints. They said thewrongful cancellation ofticket was handled by anoverseas service provid-ing company, ‘Top ViewHoliday and Tours’, andthe error cannot be attrib-uted to them.

They stated that theywere simply an agent whowould ‘secure proper serv-ices for the tour fromindependent contractorsand service providers andare not in control of over-seas services.’ They addedthat alternate arrange-

ments had been madewhich would not havejeopardized the officer'sjourney.

The brigadier had alsoraised a complaint thatwhen attempted to leavethe tour after the sad inci-dent, the travel group didnot terminate the tour,adding to his miseries.Issues regarding theaccommodation were alsoraised, where the com-plainant demanded a fullrefund of `2,09,625 of thetour money and `8 lakh ascompensation.

The court observed thatthe officer’s fear was ‘jus-tified’ as defence person-nel are often unknowinglycategorized as spies due tounintentional errors. Thecourt also observed that“just because travel wasconcluded without anyunwarranted events orany consequential dam-age, the opposite partycannot absolve them-selves of any wrongdoingand consequent damagethat may have arisen.”

The court thus orderedthe travel company to pay`1 lakh as compensation.

Jalpally Tank, a centuries old water body is located atPahadisharef on RGI Airport road. — DC

Grabbers eyeJalpally TankASIF YAR KHAN | DCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

With encroachments infull swing, the centuries-old Jalpally Tank is thelatest water body in thesights of land grabbers.

Some influential per-sons are dumping hugeboulders and blocks ofdismantled RCC slabsinto the tank from theWadi-e-Mustafa Colonyside. A new graveyard hasalso come up in the FTL.

These are tactics longadopted by organisedland grabber mafia,opines Lubna Sarwath,member, Save Our UrbanLakes.

A road has been laid inthe tank to allow thetrucks to easily reach thebanks and dump con-struction debris and boul-ders so that it slowly fillsup.

The land grabbers laidthe road in the FTL areaand ensured big landparcels are encroachedupon, Ms Sarwath said.

The Jalpally municipal-ity had earlier revealedplans to convert the tankinto Mini Tank Bundwith all recreational facil-ities. Residents ofJalpally, Shaheennagar,Sadathnagar, Pahadisha-reef and Bandlagudawere to be benefited, ifthe plans were to beimplemented.

The water body is cen-turies old and is inter-linked with Umda Sagarand Palle Cheruvu. A few

other smaller water bod-ies in the basin wereencroached upon over aperiod of time.

According to heritageactivists, the Jalpallytank was the source ofdrinking water to the cityduring the Qutb Shahiand Asaf Jahi rules. “Thewater was drawn throughdedicated channels. Thelake still is one of theremaining fresh waterlakes in the city,” saidKareem Ansari, a her-itage activist.

When contacted,Jalpally municipalityCommissioner Mohd.Saber Ali denied anyattempts to encroachupon the tank.

“The tank is to its fullcapacity and I did notcome across any instanceof encroachments,” hesaid. The revenue depart-ment officials wereunavailable for their com-ments.

The waterwas drawnthrough dedi-

cated channels. Thelake still is one of theremaining freshwater lakes in thecity, the tank is to itsfull capacity and didnot come across anyinstance ofencroachments.

— KAREEM ANSARI, heritage activist.


After questioning studentsfrom different schools whowere found to be buyingdrugs, officers of theProhibition and Excisedepartment which wasinvestigating the drug rack-et unearthed in the begin-ning of July, zeroed in onthe Dutch national MikeKamminga, whom they con-sider a hard-core drug ped-dler.

Soon after getting infor-mation about him, theSpecial Investigation Teamdirected the SeriLingampally excise team toarrest him at his residencein Nanakramguda.

The Special Task Forceand local excise staff raidedthe house on the evening ofJuly 25 but Kamminga wasnot there.

“When we knocked on thedoor, his relatives opened itand told us that Kammingaand his wife had gone outand may come back in anhour. We suspected that oneof them passed on the infor-mation about the raids toKamminga,” a sourceexplained.

“He tried to destroy keyevidence, including iPhonepassword, and mailing andsocial media accountdetails. When he came backwith his wife to his resi-dence by the car, there wasa high drama. He didn't getdown from the car for a fewminutes and tried to

destroy the mobile phoneinformation,” the sourceadded.

The source said thatKamminga has not revealedany additional informationin the last three days he hasbeen in custody.

“We produced him beforethe court and shifted him tothe Cherlapally CentralPrison for judicial custody.He consumes marijuana,which is not illegal in hiscountry (the Netherlands).We suspect that the 2.6grams of drug DMT( D i m e t hy l t r y p t a m i n e )seized from his possessionwas procured onlinethrough darknet for circu-lating to his customers. Asper the NDPS Act, seizureof DMT of more than twograms is considered asheavy and commercialquantity,” the sourceexplained.

■ He tried to destroy key evidence, including iPhone password, social media accountDRUG | PROBE

EXCISE SEEKS CUSTODY OFNIGERIAN NATIONAL ALEXDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

The Special Task Force(STF) of the Prohibitionand Excise department isseeking police custody ofNigerian national AlexVictor, who was arrestedon August 1 at RajivGandhi InternationalAirport in Hyderabadwhile smuggling cocainefrom Mumbai.

The STF seized 10 gramsof cocaine from his posses-sion, which is consideredas commercial quantityunder the NDPS Act. TheSTF produced him before acourt for judicial remand.

An official from the STF

said that more informationwas needed from Victor.“He was staying in Mum-bai on a business visa andtried to supply cocaine toHyderabad. Based on credi-ble information, we nabbedhim but did not get muchinformation from him. Hesimply avoided our ques-tions by saying ‘no’ and ‘Idon't know’. He did not tellus about his visit toHyderabad. He just tried toconfuse us and acted likehe doesn’t know muchEnglish,” the official said.

The STF suspects thatthere is a large networkbehind Victor and wantsthe password to his mobilephone, which was seized.

■ THE SIT and localexcise staff raided hishouse on the eveningof July 25 but Kamm-inga was not there. ■ THE SOURCE saidthat Kamminga hasnot revealed anyadditional informa-tion during investiga-tion in the last threedays he has been incustody.

INTERACTIVE SESSION

Industries, textiles minister K.T. Rama Rao interacts with weavers at the HandloomExpo in Peoples Plaza on the occasion of National Handloom Day on Monday. — DC

INDULEKHA ARAKKAL | DCHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Obesity could be causedby poor sense of tastesaid, a new research byCornell University. Thestudy claims that losingone’s sensation of tastebuds leads to weight gainas people with diminishedsense of taste seek foodwhich is more in sugar,salt or fat to achieve thesame level of taste sensa-tion as people with nor-mal taste buds.

Dr Vimalakar Reddy, asurgical gastroenterolo-gist says, “Though obesityis caused by many factors,poor taste buds is definite-ly one of them. When thesensation in one’s tastebuds are less, they losecount of the quantity offood they are consumingand they don’t feel thatthey are eating too much.Imagine the the loss oftaste we feel when we aresick. The sensory thresh-old is high but sensitivityis low. No matter what youeat, there is never a feel-ing of satisfaction.”

Although all the taste

buds will experience thesame loss of sensation,doctors claim that peoplesuffer more from eatingsweets. “If one eats toomuch of spicy food itemsit will lead to gastronitisbut not obesity. Carbo-hydrates is the main cul-prit for obesity thereforepeople eating more sweetsdue to lack of taste isriskier.”

Patients suffering fromthe same seek moreintense stimuli to attainsatisfaction and thereforehigher calorie drinks andfood are consumed to get asense of taste.

Dr Venugopal Pareek, agastroenterologist says,“There is no cure for thesame. A person with nor-mal sense of taste wouldfeel bloated after a can of

coke but a person withpoor taste buds coulddrink upto one litre ofcoke which is a lot ofempty calories. Most ofthese patients get satisfiedonly with high carbohy-drate drinks.”

The study claims thatpeople with poor tastebuds tend to consumemore than six kilogramsof sugar annually asopposed to a person with anormal sense of taste. Thestudy was conducted withGymnema Sylvestre beinggiven to the participantsin a cup of herbal tea. It isa herb known to suppressone’s sense of sweetnessmomentarily. Patientswho were given more ofthe herb took more spoon-fuls of sugar in theirdrinks.

Poor taste buds can make you fatGUT FLORA LEADS TO GOODHEALTH, SAY RESEARCHERSDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 8

The gut microbiota, alsoknown as gut flora, is acommunity of microbesfound in the digestivetracts of humans. It con-sists of the largest collec-tion of microbes found inthe human body.Gastroenterologists saythat the gut microbiotaplays an important rolein the maintenance ofhealth, immunity, diges-tion, nutrition, and in themetabolism of bile acids.It also acts as anendocrine organ.

A study conducted byresearchers at theMacquarie University’sDepartment of BiologicalSciences and theUniversity of Sydney’sCharles Perkins Centrehas revealed that a fruitfly’s gut bacteria deter-mine its reproductivehealth. The study claimsthat similarly, a person’s

gut flora could also influ-ence reproductive healthand mating success.

Dr Naveen Polavarapu,a gastroenterologist,says, “We have evidenceto prove that bad bacteriaor infections in a per-son’s gut can lead toinflammation of thecolon, which can causeproblems in fertility.”

According to the study,the gut microbiota canplay a role in determin-ing the body mass ofone’s offspring as well.“People with high bodymass indexes have morebad bacteria. There aretwo kinds of bacteriapresent in our digestivetracts – good and bad.Gut infections often leadto the death of good bac-teria. This could affectthe body mass as gutflora plays an importantrole in the digestion ofcertain starches, fibres,oligosaccharides, andsugars.

■ Carbohydrates is the mainculprit for obesity, people eat-ing more sweets due to lack oftaste is riskier.■ When the sensation in one’staste buds are less, they losecount of the quantity of foodthey are consuming.

HEALTH FAD

Kamminga proves to be tough nut to crack

Mike Kamminga

POWER | SHUTDOWN10 am to 12 noon:

Laxmi Plaza, PeethambaramResidency, Diamond view,

Meghna Apartments,Government Institute of

Electronics, Ramser Café,Judges Quarters.

10.30 am to 12.30 pm:Sriramnagar B&C Blocks,

Pearl Village, GautamiSociety and area hospital.

11 am to 12 noon: GandhiHospital area, Gandhi Medical

College and boys hostel,Garonda Triveni, Vasavi

Majestic, Seven Hills Estate,Giridhar Homes, Sunnatal

Jannat, Krishnanagar Garden,ESI, Kalpaana timber depot,

MIGH Bhioguda, Rajiv Gandhistatue area, IDH Colony

Church, Uppalamma.Jayachandra Enclave,

Panchasheel park, GharondaEnclave, Indian Gas, SriPadmavathi Residency,

Himabindu Residency, FoodMart area, Water Works area,

Harshitha Residency,Bholakpur, Mekala Mandi,Mallikarjuna temple area,

Mantrala Balaiah.12 noon to 1 pm: Meghna

Shenoy, Dena Bank, BP petrolbunk, Tarapore Nursing Home

12 noon to 2 pm:Ambedkarnagar, Teachers

Colony, Loyanagar,Addagutta

12.30 pm to 2.30 pm:Sriramnagar A Block, area

behind Sharat Function Hall2.30 pm to 5 pm:

Polytechnic, Govt DomesticScience College, Hema Sai

Residency, ShirdisaiResidency, Municipal Park,

Sai Mithra Nilayam.

190 villages toget water tanksHyderabad: The Water Board

has identified 150 localitiesaround the Outer Ring Road,

to build water tanks. Boardmanaging director M. Dana

Kishore, directed the imple-menting agencies to com-

plete the ground inspectionand begins construction to

provide water to 190 villagesaround the ORR. The govern-ment had directed the WaterBoard to formulate proposals

to create two giant storagereservoirs.

Visitors barredat airport

Hyderabad: The Bureau ofCivil Aviation announced

restrictions on the entry ofvisitors into airports. Based

on this, the CISF has stoppedissuing visitors’ passes at theShamshabad airport. An offi-

cial from the CISF said thatthe BCA had issued the order

based on routine alertsissued by the Intelligence

Bureau in connection withthe Independence Day cele-

brations. “As per the circular,visitors are not allowed in air-ports till August 20,” he said.The CISF beefed up securityinside the airport with addi-

tional deployment of staff.The police has increased sur-

veillance at the areas sur-roinding the airport.



Police arrested the 22-year-old man who abduct-ed and sexually assaulteda 13-year-old girl inBalapur. The cops arrestedthe man’s mother too.

Police said the suspect,Md Azmatullah Khan,lured the girl with promis-es of marriage and tookher to Karnataka, wherehe sexually assaulted her.A hunt is on forAzmatullah’s sister andhis friend who helped himto trap the girl. Balapurinspector S. Mohan Reddysaid that Azamullah Khanwas the neighbour of thegirl. This slowly led toboth talking on the phoneand later he proposed toher, but she rejected it.

He told his motherRukiya Begum about hisproposal and how she hadrejected it and asked herto talk to the girl’s parents.When Rukiya spoke to thegirl’s mother she alsorejected it. But Azamullahkidnapped the girl withthe help of his mother, 16-year-old sister and friendYousuf Ba. “On August 2,he took her to MGBS andfrom there went toGulbarga. In Gulbarga hetook a room in a lodgewhere he sexually assault-ed the girl by force,” theinspector said. On thesame night he brought herto Hyderabad and stayedat a dargah inPahadishareef for one dayand on Friday he droppedthe girl at her home.

IN BRIEF

Faultyconstructionof 2BHKs inKhammam

must be prob-ed, they are

collapsingbefore

inauguration — Sandra Venkata

Veeraiah

K. Laxman says both KTR and Etalaare party to GST Council decisions; it’snot proper to fight Centre’s decisions

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RTC bus runsover cyclist

Hyderabad: A man was killedon the spot when an RTC bus

rammed his bicycle atKeesara on Saturday night.

The deceased was identifiedas Banothu Venkanna, a resi-dent of Rampally in Keesara.

"On Saturday night as hewas returning home, a TSRTC

bus rammed his bicycle andkilled him on the spot. The

bus belonged toChengicherla Depot arAnupama Colony" saidpolice personnel from

Keesara. The man died onthe spot and was shifted to

hospital for post-mortem.Based on a complaint,

Keesara police booked acase and booked the driver.

Three jailed forsound pollution

Hyderabad: Three peoplewere convicted and given

two days imprisonment forviolating sound pollution

control rules late on Mondayby conducting an event using

high volume sound systems.Chilkalguda police arrestedKonkala Balaiah, 38, a resi-

dent of Mahboobnagar, HariBabu Chary, 21, a resident of

Padmaraonagar and RevallNarean, a 31-year-old fromMettuguda. “The three vio-

lated the Noise PollutionRegulation and Control Rules

-2000 by organising func-tions where high volume

sound systems were used,"said the detective inspector

of Chilkalguda, K. Srinivasulu.

Man held for theft,2 phones seizedHyderabad: A 29-year-old

man was caught by Dundigalpolice for theft. The cops

recovered an autorickshawand two cellphones from him

in all worth `1.2 lakh. Theaccused was identified as E.Marriah. “We brought him infor questioning after findinghim suspicious,” said inspec-tor Shankaraiah. “We recov-

ered property worth `1.2 lakhfrom him,” added the inspec-

tor. Dundigal police bookedthe accused under IPC sec-

tions. He was sent tojudicial custody by court.


Rachakonda police registereda case against a rally held inNacharam for using drones.Police also issued a notifica-tion banning the use of drones.

Police said despite a ban onthe use of drones from 2014some persons were usingdrone cameras for marriagefunctions and other events inRachakonda commissioneratelimits without obtaining per-mission from the police andthe Director General of CivilAviation.

A case was registered againstthe organisers of WheelathonCycle Rally at Nacharampolice station for using a dronewithout permission. Besidesbeing a safety issue, dronesalso poses a security threat.The Airspace over cities inIndia have a high density ofmanned aircraft traffic. Due tolack of regulation, operatingprocedures/standards anduncertainty of technology,Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS) pose a threat to air traf-fic.

The Director General of CivilAviation is in the process offormulating regulations (andglobally harmonize those) forcertification and operation forthe use of UAS in the Indiancivil airspace. Till such regula-tions are issued, no non-gov-ernment agency or an individ-ual can launch an UAS inIndian airspace for any pur-pose whatsoever, said an offi-cial release from the police.

All owners of function halls,gardens, farmhouses, resortsand hotels in Rachakonda aredirected to take note of therules and ensure strict compli-ance, failing which action willbe taken against the concernedas per law, the release added.

NAVEEN KUMAR | DC HYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Child marriages havebeen a pressing issuesince a long time evenafter piecing togetherlaws to arrest them.Shamshabad andHayathnagar in the cityhave the dubious dis-tinction of leading thechart. Apart from illiter-acy and economical rea-sons, parents, who con-duct child marriages,state that they are opt-ing for the nuptial knotfor their children at atender age so as to pre-vent them from crossingthe boundaries of caste.

“We have been vigilantand have been followingup the cases reported tous. In the past 10months, we have avertedabout 12 child marriagesin the Shamshabadarea,” said PV Padmaja,deputy commissioner ofpolice, Shamshabad. Acity-based NGO hastipped off more than 50child marriages in thelast four months in andaround the city.

Child marriages takethe life out of girls.“Child marriage is acurse on a girl. It causesa major disruption inthe girl’s life, health andeducation. And she is lit-erally stigmatised,” saidV. Padmavathi, a mem-ber of the child welfarecommittee for RangaReddy district. “Thepoor child is unaware ofwhat she is being forcedinto. We, however, res-cue the girl either beforethe marriage or after it,”Padmavathi added.

Besides economic rea-sons, caste also plays arole in the increasing

number of child mar-riages. Some parentsmarry their children ata young age to preventthem from falling in lovewith persons from othercastes. The parentsbelieve that child mar-riages make their chil-dren safe from inter-caste romance. “Parentsbelieve that if she elopeswith someone or getromantically involved

with a person fromanother caste it bringsshame to the family,”said Achyuta Rao, chieffunctionary of a city-based NGO for children.

Child marriages alsoend the academic careerof a girl. A member ofthe child welfare com-mittee said, “Even if thegirl is good at studies,the parents force herinto marriage.”

Child marriages goon despite the law■ Many parents are afraid of intercaste marriages

DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Awareness campaignscan play a major rolein curbing child mar-riages. The govern-ment should kickstartthis drive. Moreover,strict implementationof the laws also canprevent this socialmenace.

Social activists feelthat awareness cam-paigns should coverthe parents. “The par-ent should know theimportance of educa-tion in a girl's life. Herlife is completelyruined when parentsperform underagemarriage,” said an offi-cial of a city-basedNGO.

The first step that thechild welfare commit-tees takes when tippedoff about a child mar-riage is to seek the helpof the child protectionunit, which, in turn,

informs the police andaverts the social disas-ter. Later, the girl istaken to a shelterhouse till the proposedwedding date. The par-ents are counselledand kept under surveil-lance for a year and adeclaration is takenfrom them that theywill not repeat it infutute.

“In case the marriagetakes place, weapproach the in-lawsand rescue the girl. Ifthe minor girl is sexu-ally abused, the ‘hus-band’ is booked underthe Pocso Act and thegirl is shifted to a shel-ter house,” addedPadmavathi, a memberof the child welfarecommittee for RangaReddy district.

Proper guidance isneeded for parents tolook after the childafter this traumatisingincident at a youngage.

Awareness canplay major role


Child marriage bringsdeath to the child. Theminor girl is ruinedphysically, mentally andsocially after gettingmarried at a tender age.The parents should becounselled so that theybecome aware of thedangers of their act.

“As the girl is a minor,her decision makingpowers have notmatured. She believesher parents and entersmarriage,” said Dr.Diana Monteiro, a psy-chologist.

The reasons for theparents to opt for childmarriage are differentin rural and urbanareas. “In rural areas,they simply believe thatthe girl needs to be mar-ried young. They arealso not aware of thelaw. On the other hand,in urban areas, childmarriage is conductedas a punishment if thegirl is found to have arelationship. In suchcases, her education isstopped and marriageconducted. City-dwellers, however, areaware of rules. But thatdoes not bother them,”said Dr PurnimaNagaraja, another psy-chologist in the city.

In most cases, there isa huge age difference.“The groom is oftenmuch older. Later, thiscauses depression,”added Dr Purnima.

MARRIAGESDESTROYMINOR GIRLS


The Secunderabad RailwayPolice busted an interstateganja smuggling gang andarrested seven personsincluding a woman in dif-ferent cases.

The police also seizedganja worth `28 lakh fromthem. The smugglers weresmuggling ganja fromOdisha to Mumbai intrains.

In the first case, the sus-pects are Jitender Pradhan,Pappu Sahu, BabhullaNahak, Pankaj Jain andJogya Bontu Lima and inthe second case, JayanthKumar Sahoo and SabitriSahoo.

The Railway Police saidthe suspects hailing fromdifferent parts of Odishawere into ganja smugglingsince many months and had

been supplying Mumbaiand some other parts ofMaharashtra.

“They purchased ganjafrom villages at cheapprices and transported it toMumbai through trains andsold it to dealers there athigh prices,” Mr S.Rajendra Prasad, the in-charge superintendent ofpolice (Railways) said.

On Sunday night, policefound the suspects travel-ling suspiciously in the

train and nabbed themalong with their luggage. Itwas found that they werecarrying six trolley suitcas-es packed with 32 packets ofganja weighing around 150kg.

The value of the seizedconsignment drug isaround `25 lakh, said MrPrasad.

In another incident, twoother suspects were foundtravelling in suspicious cir-cumstances. They werearrested and cops foundthey were carrying two lug-gage trolleys packed with 14packets of ganja weighingaround 70 kg which theyhad purchased from vil-lages and were transport-ing to Mumbai.

The value of the seizedganja is around `13 lakh.The police seized 220 kgganja worth `28 lakh fromthe suspects.

Ganja smuggling racketbusted, seven arrested

Railway police in-charge SP S. Rajendra Prasad presents the arrested ganja smugglersand the packages seized from them to the media on Monday. — DC

■ RAILWAY policesaid the suspectshailing from differentparts of Odisha weresmuggling ganja sincemonths and had beensupplying Mumbaiand some otherareas of Maharashtra


The SIT has filed ninechargesheets in the gang-ster Nayeem case. OnMonday officials saidthat 227 cases have beenregistered and 128 sus-pects were arrested. Theinvestigations are in thefinal stage.

“During the probe, theSIT arrested 128 accused,and 109 were taken intocustody. The SIT exam-ined 895 witnesses. We

could complete the inves-tigation in 22 cases sofar,” said a senior officialfrom SIT.

“Five police officerswere suspended andmemos were issued to 20officers. They wereinvolved in the criminalactivities of Nayeem andhis associates,” he added.

An ex-member of theCPI (M-L) Peopl’'s WarGroup (PWG), the 45-year-old Nayeemuddin isan accused in the murderof IPS officer N.S. Vyas,

founder of the anti-Naxalelite force Greyhounds.He was also involved inover 20 murder cases,dozens of extortion casesand other offences.Nayeem was on the radarof the TS police in con-nection with the murderof TRS leader K. Ramulu,who was shot dead in2014.

After he gave up theNaxalism, he became agangster forming groupslike the Nallama Cobrasand the Kakatiya Cobras,

which targeted humanrights activists andMaoists for a long time.Nayeemuddin is anaccused in around 100cases of attempt to mur-der, extortion, kidnap, etcthat took place in the last21 years.

He was reported to haveextorted millions ofrupees from realtors andpoliticians.

After a nine-year man-hunt, the Telangana Statepolice killed Nayeem atShadnagar last year.

SIT files 9 chargesheets■ 227 cases registered, 128 suspects nabbedNAYEEM | CASE

Md. Azmatullah Khan

MAN HELD FORABDUCTION,RAPE OF MINOR

VIDYASAGARHELD IN SURYAKUMARI CASEDC CORRESPONDENTVIJAYAWADA, AUG. 7

The mysterious death ofDr K. Surya Kumari, arelative of Karnatakacadre IAS officer K.Hepsibah, who was ear-lier reported missing,has raised many ques-tions with theMachavaram policegearing up to file a cus-tody petition to questionaccused BobbiliVidyasagar, son of for-mer TD legislator B.Jayaraju.

Police filed a caseagainst Vidyasagar fol-lowing a complaint bySurya Kumari’s parentsagainst Vidyasagar.Police questioned himfor three days till Friday.With the confirmation ofthe death of SuryaKumari on Saturday,police took Vidyasagarinto custody. He wasremanded for 15 days.

Surya Kumari’s moth-er Mariamma and herfather said thatVidyasagar made hercommit suicide.Vidyasagar’s wifeSushma who had earlieraccepted a relationshipbetween her husbandand Surya Kumari, nowinsists that Vidyasagarwas not responsible forthe death of the girl.

Speeding car mowsdown two-year-oldDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

A 2-year-old child wasmowed down by a speedingcar on Monday in Saidabad.The child, Chaitra, was theyounger daughter of provi-sion shop owner Raju.Chaitra has an elder sisteraged 7. “The family has aprovision shop. At around8:30 am, while the parentswere in their shop and thechild was playing in front ofit a car hit her, killing heron the spot and sped away,”said inspector K. Sattaiah ofSaidabad. “We are checkingCCTV cameras nearby toidentify the car,” added theinspector.

Based on a complaint fromMr Raju, Saidabad policebooked a case under Section304A and launched an inves-tigation.

The 60-year-old grand-mother of Chaitra saw hergranddaughter beingmowed down by the car. “Wecould not see the driver. Iwas there and could not doanything,” said the woman.

“My granddaughter rolledover on the road. I carriedher up and she was bleedingfrom her ear,” said thegrandmother pointing ather blood stained clothes.“The family rushed the girlto hospital where doctorsdeclared her dead,” saidinspector K. Sattaiah.


Upset over his parentsrefusing to purchase hima new video game, anengineering studentcommitted suicide inAbdullapurmet. Thedeceased, GanduAbhinai, jumped fromthe top of his house.

Police said GanduAbhinai, 17, a resident ofKuntloor village inAbdullapurmet mandal,was studying BTech first

year in MVSREngineering College inNadergul. He joined col-lege on August 2.

Recently, they con-structed a duplex housein their village. OnSunday he asked his par-ents to buy him a newvideo game. His fatherSrinivas, a farmer andmother Padma a house-wife, told him to waitsome time due to expens-es incurred for con-structing the house. Buthe argued with his par-

ents, ran to the terraceand closed the door. Hisparents heard a loudnoise and they foundAbhinai in a pool ofblood.

Police said Abhinaicould have jumped fromthe top of the house. Hewas rushed to hospitalwhere he was declareddead. Based on a com-plaint from his father, asuspicious death casewas registered. The bodywas handed over afterpost-mortem.

Boy ends life over game

DRONE: RALLYORGANISERS

CHARGED

PUSHERS NABBED

The owner of a dog takes his pet in an autorickshaw without any safety precau-tions in the city on Monday. — DC

RISKY RIDE

SOCIAL EVIL


MLA Jeevan Reddy says Sriramsagarflood flow canal was built by Congress,now TRS is claiming credit for it

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About 26-suspects includingrowdy sheeters were nabbed fol-lowing a cordon and searchoperation carried out by the

West Zone police at Golconda. Geotagging Technology was

used. Eight stolen vehicles wererecovered. 62 bikes, which didnot have proper documentationwere taken from the residentialcolony. A migrant settlement

was raided too, as police sus-pected that many offenders havetaken shelter there. A seniorpolice official said, “This was toverify their background andfind, if they were involved inany recent offences in city.”

COPS CONDUCTCORDON AND

SEARCH

COPS FILE 557CHARGE-SHEETS

FOR DRUNK DRIVING


In the first week of Augustcops imprisoned three dru-

nk drivers for 20 days andsix offenders for 10 days fordrunken driving. About,557 charge sheets were filedagainst the drunken driv-

ers. All the 557 offenderswere produced in Court. 78respondents were awardedimprisonment, besidesimposing fines.



A 40-year-old man fromHyderabad who has beenstuck in the Saudi desertwithout adequate foodand water for a year is suf-fering from mental illnessdue to the torture inflictedupon him by his employer.

Mr Md Sadeq went toSaudi Arabia last year,after paying an agent `1lakh. Since then he hasbeen left in charge of adozen camels in thedesert, where he livesalone. His employer giveshim ten litres of waterand a little bit of foodtwice a month.

Mr Sadeq, a resident ofTalabkatta in the Old City,went on a “helper” visa inJune last year. “We paid `1lakh to Arshad, an agentfrom Attapur. He arran-ged for the visa and saidthat my son would be paid

a monthly salary of `1,200Saudi Riyal,” says MrSyed Ali, Mr Sadeq’sfather.

Upon his arrival inRiyadh, Mr Sadeq wastaken to the Al Hasaprovince in eastern SaudiArabia, where was askedto take care of the camels.“My son has called meonly twice. Friends whomet him in Riyadh saidthat he was suffering from

psychological problemsand was in need of urgentmedical attention,” saidMr Syed Ali.

The employer visits thecamel farm in order toensure that his animalsare healthy and well-fed,but he does not seem tocare about Mr Sadeq’scondition. Mr Sadeq hasnot been paid so far.

Mr Syed Ali tried toreach out to the employerthrough some relatives.He was told that theemployer had paid severalthousand Saudi Riyals tothe agents for an employ-ee. After going out ofreach of his family, MrSadeq accidentally bum-ped into some Hydera-badis working in the area,and they reported back tohis family regarding hiscondition. The family hasrequested external affairsminister Sushma Swarajfor help.

‘Deserted’ man suffers

RAIN COOLS CITY

IN BRIEF

Fearingdefeat, TD is

raking upunnecessary

issues beforeReturning

Officer— Shilpa Chakrapani

ReddyFormer MLC

Akhila Priya says her fight is notagainst Jagan, it’s against ShilpaMohan Reddy who ruined Nandyal

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Commuters try to shield themselves from the unexpected shower in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: Commuterswere caught unawares bya sudden spell of rain onthe Osmania Universitycampus on Monday.

The Met departmentrecorded 2.6 cm of rain atQuthbullapur, 1.8 cm atRamachandrapuram and1.5 cm at Golconda.

The weather bureau said

the rainfall was caused bya trough extending fromChhattisgarh to coastalTamil Nadu across northTelangana and the APcoast.

It is expected that thetrough would revive themonsoon rain.

The forecast for the statefrom August 8 to 12 is light

to moderate rainfall andthunderstorms at a fewplaces in the state.

Mainly dry and humidweather conditions pre-vailed over the state andthe temperatures areexpected to dip due to therain. As of Sunday, thestate faced a 14 per centdeficit in rainfall.

DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD AUG. 7

A 19-year-old from Jagtialdistrict, who went abroadto work as part of condi-tions laid down by thefamily of a girl he loved,has committed suicide.

Manchala Ganga Srin-andhan travalled to Bahr-ain to work for a privatefirm on June 2 and com-mitted suicide twomonths later.

In response to a requestfiled by Mr Nangi Deven-der Reddy of the Telang-ana Gulf Workers Assoc-iation, the Indian embas-sy in Bahrain said a deathcertificate has been issuedfor Srinandan, and thebody would be sent toIndia after completion oflocal formalities. Thebody is expected to reachhome this week.

Srinandhan was theyoungest of the three sonsof Mr M. Ganganarsaiah,an RTC conductor. He haddropped out of college andwas doing odd jobs. Hishis elder brother Navan-

andhan is in Dubai formore than two years andis well settled.

Encouraged by this, andthe condition laid down bythe girl’s family, he trav-elled to Bahrain on June 2to work as a helper in AlMoayyed Cleaning andMaintenance, LLC.

His brother, Mr Raghun-andan, said that he did notlike the stay in the firstweek, but adjusted slowly.He was very happy uponreceiving his first pay, toldhis parents that he wouldreturn after completinghis two-year term.

On the afternoon ofAugust 2, he spoke to hismother at around noonand told her that every-thing was fine and that hewould call her at night.

“Later we came to knowthat he had hanged him-self in his room. He waslast active on WhatsApp at1 pm. We have to find outwhat happened in this onehour. We suspect thatthere could have beensome harassment fromthe girl’s family whichmay have forced him totake this step,” MrRaghunandan said.

Youth ends life after ‘exile’fails to win lover’s kin over■ Srinandhan Bahrain job was condition set by girl’s family


Asra Begum, a residentof Hyderabad, has beensuccessfully rescuedfrom the clutches of herkafil in Saudi Arabiaafter continuous repre-sentation by Member ofParliament and presi-dent of AIMIM presidentAsaduddin Owaisi.

Ms Asra Begum hadgone to Saudi Arabia in2016 to work but she wasnot given proper food norwas she allowed to getadequate sleep.

According to the hap-less woman, she was fo-rced to work continuous-ly, without any breaks.

Fed up with the unend-ing harassment, Ms AsraBegum managed to sendword to her family of herpitiable condition.

Her family membersapproached the Hyde-rabad MP and sought hishelp to rescue her.

Mr Owaisi wrote toMinister of ExternalAffairs Sushma Swarajand also spoke to the con-sul-general at the Indianconsulate in Jeddah andrequested them to rescueher from her plight.

The case was followedup and Ms Asra Begumwas finally rescued andbrought back home. OnMonday, she, along withher family members,came to meet Mr Owaisiat the AIMIM headquar-ters and thanked him forhis efforts.

DC CORRESPONDENTRAJAHMUNDRY, AUG. 7

A student of Class Vchopped off the hair offour of her classmateswhile they were asleepin their hostel room fol-lowing a tiff over a triv-ial matter.

Nearly 150 girls studyat the AP Social WelfareResidential School inGodi village of Allav-aram mandal in EastGodavari. Four of them— Kirtana, LakshmiSoumya, Bhagyasri andChandu, woke up onSunday morning to findthat their hair had beenchopped off. The dumb-founded girls immedi-ately raised a hue andcry. As the news beganto spread, the schoolauthorities intervened.After conducting an inq-uiry, they identified Ris-hitha, a classmate of thevictims, as the culprit.

The school authoritiessaid that the girl hadused a pair of scissors tochop off her classmates’hair in the late hours ofSaturday, while theywere asleep. She workedso stealthily that none ofthem caught her in theact. k

GIRL CHOPS OFFCLASSMATES’BRAIDS

WOMAN REACHESHOME AFTERSAUDI ORDEAL

Doc wasn’t qualifiedto perform abortion■ Dr Rani was not registered as an obstetrician

DC CORRESPONDENT VIJAYAWADA, AUG. 7

The AP government hasfinalised guidelines forinter-state transfers ofstaff between it and TS.Under this, a governmentemployee working in onestate opting to go to theother Telugu state willlose seniority, accordingto the information avail-able.

The equal number trans-fer formula would be con-fined to 13 AP gazettedofficers and 104 gazettedofficers of AP-originworking in TS will have toremain there.

The general administra-tion department hasframed certain guidelineskeeping in view possiblequestions from the TSgovernment.

For example, if some 100gazetted officers of APorigin working in TS wantto return to their nativestate, the AP governmentwould initially check theavailability of posts in thesame cadre. If the numberis around 50, then only 50gazetted officers would begiven posting in AP, andthe rest have to stay backin Telangana state.

The same formula willapply in the case of offi-cials working in AP andheading for TS.

“These inter-state trans-fers are subject to thenumber of available postswith respective govern-ments and the norms pre-pared in the zonal sys-tem,” a bureaucrat said.

The file is pending withChief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu forfinal clearance.

This exercise has been

going on after the APReorganisation Act tookeffect, and there have beena series of meetings inthis regard.


The AP CrimeInvestigation Departmenthas decided to send teamsto China, Hong Kong, andother countries, to probethe `650-crore money-laundering case uncov-ered in Visakhapatnam.

Sources say that ChiefMinister N. ChandrababuNaidu had given consentfor a multi-national inves-tigation to be carried out.The case has been trans-ferred from the Visakhap-atnam Police to the CID.

The accused in the caseset up over 12 shell com-panies and opened sever-al bank accounts. Theylaundered money andevaded import and exporttaxes. They allegedly setup shell companies inKolkata and Mumbai andcreated documents toshow that they were pur-chasing software fromChina and Hong Kongwhile resorting to fraud.

Padmapriya Stone Crus-hing Pvt. Ltd. and Balmu-kunda Warehouses in Vi-zag, Lavender E-system,Wormwoods Technologi-es, Serikos Exports,Shivkripa Tradelinks, Fo-

xgiove Technologies, Clo-udberry Soft Solutions,Primrose Techno Solu-tions, Merac Esystem, Ka-ustav Export Import andDelphinium E-system ofKolkata have been identi-fied as shell companies.

Vaddi Mahesh, the keyaccused, is a native ofWest Godavari. He andseveral others have beenarrested in relation to thecase. A CID official saysthat the companies rece-ived inward domestic re-mittance of `680.94 crorein 2015-16, of which`569.93 crore was remit-ted to five companies inChina, Hong Kong andSingapore towards thepurchase of customisedsoftware using forgeddocuments. A case wasinitially booked by theVizag Police.

Hawala: AP torope in China

AP readies guidelinesfor inter-state transfers

SEEMANDHRA

Manchala GangaSrinandhan

DC CORRESPONDENTVIJAYAWADA, AUG. 7

The Presidential Ordergoverning zonal systemin the two Telugu stateswill play a vital role ininter-state transfers.

The exercise of draw-ing up the guidelineswas done by Chief Secr-etary Dinesh Kumarand special chief secret-ary Satish Chandra,who have made an effortto reduce chances of aclash with the TS gov-ernment over adminis-trative issues.

A committee constitut-ed by the governmentwill receive the transferapplications in a stan-dard format.

After scrutiny, thosewill be sent to the gener-al administrationdepartment for finalorders.

Under these guide-lines, state, zonal anddistrict-level employees,lecturers and teachersare also eligible for

inter-state transfers.In the zonal system, 85

per cent is reserved forthe local quota and 15per cent is the generalquota.

This will be applicableunder spousal groundsalso, subject to the con-dition of the number ofposts and positions boththe states have agreedfor.

“Under any circum-stances, both the stateshave to honour the num-ber formula,” a bureau-crat involved in thisexercise said.

It may be recalled thatinter-state transfersrelated to Secretariatand heads of depart-ment offices werealready given approvalearlier by the govern-ment.

As per those norms,around 60 non-gazettedofficers working inTelangana Secretariatand HoD offices wouldbe given postings inAndhra Pradesh.

Panel to checktransfer pleas

LIFE RISKED


Dr Girija Rani, owner ofAnusha MaternityHospital, did not have alicence to carry out amedical termination ofpregnancy, according tothe district medical andhealth officer, Dr BajaliPawar.

N i n e t e e n - y e a r - o l dHarika’s 20-week-preg-nancy was terminatedby Dr Rani at her centrein Vanasthalipuram onSunday. Post abortion,there were complica-tions and the girl died.

The records of theRanga Reddy districtoffice show that Dr Raniwas not registered as anobstetrician. “There is apermission required bythe government to carryout abortion and thatwas not there with DrRani. She is a practicinggynaecologist but can’tcarry out procedureslike abortion which re-quire registration withthe government. Therecords show that thehospital’s registrationhad expired in January2017 and they have failedto renew the same.Hence, we are now goingto investigate the caseand take action againstillegal practice,” said DrBalaji Pawar.

The procedure foraborting a 20-week preg-nancy also requiresopinion of two inde-pendent gynaecologists.Dr Bhavani Guda, seniorgynaecologist, explain-ed, “When a 20-week-pregnancy is to be abort-

ed, there must be twoindependent gynaecolo-gists registered in obst-etrics with the govern-ment who must evaluatethe case. They have togive a report in writingwhether the abortionmust be carried out.”

This is required as thepregnancy has gone upto 20 weeks and so thereason for aborting it atthis stage has to berecorded properly by thetreating doctor in thediary.

Dr Guda explains whysuch a process has to befollowed, “Unwanted orillegal pregnancies areterminated at a veryearly stage. When apatient comes at 20weeks for termination,then it is a matter ofscrutiny. This is becausemedical issues likeDown’s Syndrome, gen-etic disorders and othermedical problems couldbe the cause for thisdemand and that has tobe evaluated. At thesame time, social issues

like rape or sexualassault have to be ruledout by the police. Theregistered gynaecolo-gists have to follow these

protocols before takingup the case of abortion.”Dr Girija Rani didn’tanswer despite severalcalls and messages.

Boy harasseddaughter: KinDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD AUG. 7

Police have registereda case against SarangiMadhu and Dr GirijaRani for abetting anabortion in the courseof which a pregnantgirl died.

“As her conditionworsened, doctorsadvised that she beshifted to OsmaniaHospital, but as hercondition worsened,Madhu took her toanother private hospi-tal close by, in Dil-sukhnagar, where doc-tors declared she wasalready dead,” said SIVijay Kumar fromVa n a s t h a l i p u r a mpolice station.

Harika’s familyclaim that Madhu hadbeen harassingHarika and forced herto accept his proposal.However, they werenot aware that the twowere in a relationship.

Based on a com-plaint from Harika’sfather, a case has beenregistered against

Madhu and Dr GirijaRani under Section312 (causing miscar-riage), Section 314,(death caused by actdone with intent tocause miscarriage)and Section 417 (cheat-ing) of the IPC.

“We are also writingto the health depart-ment for furtherinquiry into the caseand if the hospital hasall requisite permis-sions,” the SI said.

Anusha Clinic hasbeen in operation forover 20 years and isknown for its servicesin the surroundingareas.

■ HIS FAMILY sus-pects that there couldhave been someharassment from thegirl’s family whichmay have forced himto take this step.■ HE WAS the youn-gest of the three sonsof Mr M. Ganga-narsaiah, an RTC conductor.

■ THE `650-CROREmoney-laundering-case has been transferred from theVisakhapatnamPolice to the CID.■ Hong Kong, andother nations also tobe roped in.

Md Sadeq

MIM chief AsaduddinOwaisi interacts withAsra Begum.

Large tumourremoved

Hyderabad: A tumour meas-uring 6 cm by 7 cm was

removed from the pancreasof a 27-year-old woman via

robotic surgery. Dr MadhuDevarasetty, consultant surgi-

cal oncologist and roboticsurgeon at KIMS, said, “Thetumour was on the head of

the pancreases. As it wasvery large, the surgery lasted

5.5 hours.” He said robotic procedures

have helped remove tumoursfrom parts of the body that

are difficult to reach, andhelps the patient recover

sooner. The patient was dis-charged on the seventh day

after the surgery despitesuch a large size of the

tumour, he said.

OSMANIA DOCSREMOVE ROD

FROM MANDC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Osmania doctors removed aniron road which had got stucknear the spine of a 24-year-oldelectrician from Warangal. Thepatient, Mr M. Ramesh, fell onthe iron rod which piercedthrough his left buttock and gotstuck in spine near KakatiyaMedical College at Warangal.Mr Ramesh fell off an electricpole that he was working on,and the iron rod got impaled inhis back on Sunday.

Mr Ramesh was rushed toKakatiya Medical Collegewhich referred him toOsmania. The patient was sentin an ambulance with the rodstill in his body.

Dr Pandu Naik, senior anaes-thetist, said, “The patient waslucky that his vital organs wereintact. The nerves in his bodynear the lumbar 3 vertebrawere damaged, and removingthe rod was the biggest task.”

Neurologists, orthopaedicsand spine specialists begantheir surgery at 11 am whichlasted till 4 pm.

Hospital superintendent DrG.V.S. Moorthy said the nervescontrolling the movement ofthe limbs were damaged. “Thepatient was writhing in paindue to the iron rod in his bodyand had to be givenpainkillers,” Dr Moorthy said.

The operation was successfulbut Mr Ramesh will be kept inintensive care unit for threedays.

The doctors state that therehabilitation will take time ashis nerves connecting to thelimbs have been damaged.

TS SUSPENDS 5 MVIs FOR

TRUCK FRAUD DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Following a comprehensivereport submitted by the vigi-lance wing of the transportdepartment, in-charge commis-sioner and principal secretarySunil Sharma on Monday sus-pended five motor vehicleinspectors for illegally register-ing trucks while the vehicleswere either at Vijayawada ordid not present themselvesbefore the RTO.

As per rules, trucks should beregistered after their body isbuilt, but some persons incahoots with transport officialshad registered about 10 tankersand LPG cylinder transportvehicles.

After the fraud was detected,Chief Minister K. Chandra-sekar Rao directed for immedi-ate action against the culprits.

Transport minister P.Mahender Reddy ordered aprobe by Ranga Reddy DistrictTransport officer M. PraveenRao along with police intelli-gence and vigilance wings.

Based on the CCTV footageavailable with the RTA inVijayawada and details of theentries of vehicles, the officialsidentified the role of five MVIs.Based on a report submitted bythe RTA vigilance wing offi-cials suspended the MVIsincluding Chandra Shekar(Hyderabad Central), SureshReddy (Uppal), Shakkel Ahmed(Hyderabad South), PraveenKumar (Parigi) and Shankar(Khammam).

■ SHE IS a practic-ing gynaecologistbut can’t carry outprocedures likeabortion whichrequire registrationwith the govern-ment.■ RECORDS SHOWthat the hospital’sregistration hadexpired in January2017 and they havefailed to renew it.

Sarangi Madhu


CRUCIAL ELECTION

Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla says thePrime Minister has been informed about her‘flying doctor’ plan for people in hilly areas

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IN BRIEF

I would say theCongress is

facing anexistential crisis.

It is not anelectoral crisis.

The party really isin deep crisis

— Jairam RameshCongress leader

Bengaluru: Karnataka minis-ter D.K. Shivakumar on

Monday appeared before theIncome-Tax department offi-cials at the I-T office here in

connection with the raidsconducted at various proper-

ties linked to him last week.After being grilled by the

officials for three consecu-tive days in connection withan alleged tax evasion case,

the state power minister wasissued summons to appear

before the I-T department forquestioning. Mr Shivakumar,

who appeared along with hisbrother and Bengaluru RuralMP D.K. Suresh, said the offi-

cials might call him again,whenever required.

Shivakumarappears before I-T

JAWANSACCUSED OF

MOLESTATIONRABINDRA NATHCHOUDHURY | DCwith agency inputsBHOPAL, AUG. 7

Warden of a residential tribalgirls school in Chhattisgarh’ssouth Bastar district of Dan-tewada has filed an FIR alleg-ing that some of the hostel res-idents were molested by someCRPF jawans during a culturalprogramme held recently, lead-ing police to begin a probe intothe reported incident.

“We have received a com-plaint from the warden of thehostel. A case has been regis-tered against unidentified menin uniform for sexual harass-ment.”

Along with the police probe,the district administration hasconstituted a five-memberpanel to look into the allega-tion.

The incident allegedly tookplace on July 31, when aRaksha Bandhan programmewas organised by the CRPFtroopers at a residential schoolin Palnar village underKuakonda police station,Dantewada collector, SaurabhKumar said.

Bhopal: The cyber cell ofMadhya Pradesh police has

cracked a high-tech theftcase in which hackers hadbroken into three ATMs at

the district headquarters ofGwalior last year and stole

money. Following the interro-gation of the gang’s kingpin,

Ajey Choudhury, they havenabbed another gang mem-

ber, Shahid Qureshi, who toldthe police that they used

Chinese software to hack theATMs to withdraw money.

Darjeeling: Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha chief Bimal Gurung

on Monday threatened tointensify the agitation in theDarjeeling hills if the Centredid not intervene to resolve

the crisis as the indefinitestrike demanding a separatestate of Gorkhaland entered

its 54th day. The GJM leader-ship, on July 30, had given a

10-day “deadline” to theCentre to intervene and

resolve the crisis in the hills.“The deadline we gave willend soon, but if the Centredecides to sit idle, we will

intensify our agitation in thehills,” Mr Gurung said.

Chinese tech usedto loot ATMs

Bimal threatens tointensify protest

Assam bankerheld for fraud

Guwahati: In what mayexpose a network of fraud in

the banking sector, AssamPolice on Monday arrested a

deputy manager of theIndusInd Bank in Guwahati

from Noida for misappropri-ating over `3.5 crore from

the bank accounts. The com-missioner of Guwahati police

Hiren Nath said, “We came toknow that Olivia Dutta

Choudhury, the deputy man-ager of IndusInd Bank was ata resort in Nainital. We kept

a track of her travels andfinally arrested her near

Noida.”

Ahmedabad, Aug. 7:After weeks of dramaticpolitical developments,Gujarat looks set for anon the edge of seat con-test in the Rajya Sabhaelections which willdecide among others thefate of Ahmed Patel, thepolitical secretary toCongress chief SoniaGandhi.

It is after a gap of abouttwo decades that a contestis happening in RajyaSabha polls in Gujarat,where official nomineesof major parties used toget elected unopposed,after the BJP fielded aCongress rebel againstPatel, who is seeking afifth term.

The BJP has fieldedparty chief Amit Shah,Union minister SmritiIrani, and BalwantsinhRajput, who till recentlywas Congress’ chief whipin the House, for the threeRS seats. While its firsttwo candidate will sailthrough, the BJP willhave to manage extravotes to enable Rajputbeat Patel.

The Congress was rat-tled by the surprise exitof party stalwartShankarsinha Vaghelarecently. It was jolted fur-ther when its six MLAs,including Rajput, a rela-tive of Vaghela resignedfrom the Assembly. Threeof them later joined BJP,setting off alarm bells inthe party in Gujaratwhere Assembly elec-tions are due later thisyear.

However, six of the 51MLAs still in theCongress, apart fromVaghela, have not puttheir cards on the table.They were not among theMLAs packed off toBengaluru.

Vaghela has not quit theHouse yet, giving theCongress a major causefor worry.

He on Monday chose tomaintain a silence on hischoice of candidate forTuesday’s polls, but saidCongress nomineeAhmed Patel remainedhis “friend”.

“Each and every voter isthe owner of his vote. Thevote is the personal prop-erty of an MLA (for theRajya Sabha election).Therefore, I do not wantto reveal whom I will votefor,” Vaghela said.

Stating that he andPatel had been friendssince 1977, he said, “Ourrelationship is not limit-ed to politics.” He alsodismissed the talks thathe was in contact withthe BJP members. — PTI

AMITA VERMA | DC LUCKNOW, AUG 7

Even as the controversyon renaming the Mu-ghalsarai railway stationas Deen Dayal Upadhyayarailway station rages on,the Yogi Adityanath gov-ernment in Uttar Pradeshis planning to includebooks on the life and timesof its ideologue fromClasses I to VIII.

These will be in the formof comic books and willillustrate the journey of

the leader. Though it willnot yet be a part of the cur-riculum, the books are tobe read by all children.

Sources said, the booksare being published by theDeen Dayal UpadhyayaSewa Pratishthan, an off-shoot of the RashtriyaSwayamsewak Sangh.

The comic books arebeing printed in 14 lan-guages and will be sent fordistribution in all BJP-ruled states. “The focus ofthe books will be on‘Ekatma Manavwad’ (inte-

grated humanism) andsome of the books will be aconversation between a

teacher and his pupils.Through a question andanswer session between

the teacher and the stu-dents, the philosophy ofDeen Dayal Upadhyayawill be explained. His phi-losophy would have takenIndia to greater heights ifit had been adopted afterIndependence. It wouldhave also strengthenedour cultural roots,” said aSangh functionary. Comicbooks will mostly be forchildren in the primaryclasses to generate andsustain their interest wh-ile children in Classes IVand V may be quizzed on

what they have learnt fro-m the books, said officials.

Meanwhile, the Congressand the Samajwadi Partyalleged that this was aclear attempt to saffroniseeducation by the BJP gov-ernment. “Gandhi and Ne-hru are national heroeswho played key roles inthe freedom movement w-hereas Deen Dayal Upadh-yaya is an ideologue. Thismove is to saffronise thethinking of the younggeneration,” said aCongress leader .

Vaghela mum on hischoice for RS polls ■ Former Congress leader says Ahmed Patel is a ‘friend’

DC CORRESPONDENT CHANDIGARH, AUG. 7

In what has come as amajor embarrassment forChandigarh Police, thefootage of nine CCTVsinstalled along the roadon which Varinka Kundu,29-year-old daughter of anIAS officer was allegedlystalked by the HaryanaBJP chief ’s son, VikasBarla, has gone missing.

Apart from rising politi-cal pressure, this hascome as a major setbackto the police investigationin the high-profile case.The police has written tothe National InformaticsCentre to retrieve thefootage at the earliest.

The Congress onMonday accused the rul-ing BJP of “conspiring tohush up” the case.

All India Congress Com-mittee media in-chargeRandeep Surjewala saidthe Chandigarh policecomes directly under theUnion home ministry andthe Centre is trying to pro-tect Subhash Barala andhis son. He said, “TheUnion home ministry isconspiring to hush up the

case in a bid to protect theHaryana state BJP presi-dent and his son.”

“Will PM NarendraModi and BJP presidentAmit Shah tell the nationwhy they (Subhash Baralaand his son) are beingshielded,” he asked. “Ev-en before one has lodged acase, the CCTV footagegoes missing,” he asked.

Varinka alleged stateBJP chief son, VikasBarala, 23, and his friendAshish Kumar, 27, chasedthe victim while she wasdriving alone on her wayhome on Saturday. Theyeven tried to open thedoor of her car, shealleged. The duo wasarrested after she filed apolice complaint.

Stalking case: Footagefrom 9 CCTVs ‘missing’

New Delhi, Aug. 7: TheCentre has decided toobserve this Indep-endence Day as ‘SankalpParva’ and asked thepeople to dedicate them-selves to social causesand share their ideas tomake a new India.

The 70th IndependenceDay on August 15 to becelebrated as the‘Sankalp Parva’, theministry of personnelsaid in an order.

Terming ‘Quit IndiaMovement’ as an impor-tant milestone, the gov-ernment has asked peo-ple to take a pledge tocreate a new India thatis strong, prosperousand inclusive.

The Quit India Mov-ement or ‘August Kranti’began on August 9, 1942.“Under the leadership ofMahatma Gandhi, peo-ple across India, in everyvillage, city, transcend-ing all barriers cametogether with a commonmission to uproot impe-rialism,” the order said.

As the nation would beobserving 75th anniver-sary of the Quit IndiaMovement this year, fiveyears from now we willcomplete 75 years as anindependent nation, itsaid. — PTI

Agartala, Aug. 7: SixTripura MLAs, who weresacked by the Trinamuland voted for the NDAnominee Ram NathKovind in the presiden-tial election, on Mondayformally joined the BJP.

The six legislators, ledby former leader of theopposition (Congress) inthe Tripura AssemblySudip Roy Burman, werewelcomed into the saf-fron party by Union min-ister Dharmendra Pra-dhan, the party’s North-East Democratic Alli-ance convener HimantaBiswa Sarma, state BJPchief Biplab Kumar Deband state party observerSunil Deodhar.

Besides Roy Burman,the other MLAs areAshish Kumar Saha,Diba Chandra Hran-gkhawl, Biswa BandhuSen, Pranjit Singha Royand Dilip Sarkar. On July

3, Trinamul secretarygeneral ParthaChatterjee had said theparty would have no rela-tions with the six MLAs.

The six legislators hadquit the Congress andjoined the Trinamul inprotest against theCongress’ electoral tie-upwith the Left, ahead ofthe 2016 West BengalAssembly election.

In the run-up to thepresidential poll, theMLAs had announcedthat they would not votefor a candidate supportedby the CPM and weresacked by the Trinamul.

“When Congress betr-ayed us in our movementto oust the Left Frontgovernment, we thoughtMamata Banerjee wouldhelp us. But we foundthat she became close toSonia Gandhi andSitaram Yechury,” MrBurman said. — PTI

I-DAY WILL BECELEBRATED ASSANKALP PARVA

FASTING MEDHAREMOVED FROMPROTEST SITE

A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE ■ The Rajya Sabhaelection in Gujaratslated for Tuesdayhas become ahigh-stakes battlefor the ruling BJPand the OppositionCongress.

■ Four candidatesare in the fray forthe three vacan-cies to the UpperHouse of parlia-ment and the con-test is expected to

go down to thewire.

■ Before Congressveteran Vaghelabroke ranks, theCongress had 57MLAs in the 182-member House. Sixof its MLAs subse-quently resignedbringing down theparty’s tally to 51and the effectivestrength of thehouse to 176.

Congress leaders Bharatsinh Solanki, Arjun Modhwadia, Ahmed Patel atAhmedabad airport to receive the party’s MLAs from Karnataka on Monday. — PTI

6 sacked TrinamulMLAs join BJP

5 militants killed as Armyfoils major infiltration bidSrinagar, Aug. 7: TheArmy on Monday foiled amajor infiltration attemptby militants to cross overfrom Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK) into theMachhil sector by killingfive ultras.

“A major infiltration bidwas foiled on Monday inthe Machhil sector byalert troops,” a defencespokesman said here.

He said five militantswere killed in the opera-tion which was going onwhen reports last came in.

During the search, fiveweapons have been recov-ered by the Army, thespokesman said.

Meanwhile, threeunidentified persons triedto snatch a weapon from abank guard in Charar-e-Sharief area of Budgamdistrict in Kashmir onMonday but an alertpoliceman foiled theattempt, a policespokesman said.

He said the threeattempted to snatch theJ&K Bank guard’s rifle

but were foiled by thepoliceman deployed at thebank.

The trio managed toescape, but were caught inCCTV footage, thespokesman said.

He said a case has beenregistered and investiga-tion has been taken up.

He said anyone whohelps the police in theidentification of the per-petrators would be suit-ably rewarded and theiridentity would not berevealed. — PTI

DC CORRESPONDENTBHOPAL, AUG. 7

Social activist MedhaPatkar who launched in-definite fast on July 27demanding proper reha-bilitation for the peopleaffected by the SardarSarovar Dam project,was forcibly evicted fro-m the demonstration sit-e at Chikalda in MadhyaPradesh’s Dhar districton late Monday evening.The police have alsotaken her into custody.

She, along with 11activists, who had joinedin the hunger strikewere taken away in anambulance, a seniorpolice officer said.

“Her health conditionwas deteriorating. Themedical team which vis-ited her on Sunday hadcautioned that her con-dition might worsen ifshe did not end her fastimmediately.

Ms Patkar, however,said she would continuethe fast till her demandwas granted by the stategovernment.


Ahead of the crucialRajya Sabha elections inGujarat on Tuesday boththe Congress and the BJPare claiming to have thenumbers.

The Congress hadtransported its 44 MLAsto the party ruledKarnataka fearing defec-tions. Eight of the 57MLAs of the Congresshave resigned from theparty this includes for-mer Chief Minister Sha-nkersinh Vaghela and hisson. Presently the MLAsare back in Gujarat andare in a resort in Anand.Congress candidate Ah-med Patel speaking toreporters in Anand said,“I am confident of win-ning the Rajya Sabhaseat. All the MLAs arewith me despite the BJPtrying to break theMLAs.” He also addedthat “I have just got wordthat two NCP MLAs willalso be voting for me.”Reports further suggestthat the lone JD(U) legis-lator will be extendingsupport to Mr. Patel.

Hitting back at theCongress the GujaratChief Minister VijayRupani said, “BJP willwin all the three seatsand Ahmed Patel will def-initely lose.”

The BJP president MrAmit Shah is also inGujarat and he also metleaders of the BJP in thestate.

Over the last one weekthe political drama hasbeen unfolding inGujarat.

CONFIDENT OF WINNING,SAYS AHMED

GREEN BONDSchoolgirls tie a rakhi to a plant during an event celebrating Raksha Bandhan inChennai on Monday. — AFP

FATHER OF STALKINGVICTIM TO FIGHT IT OUTChandigarh, Aug. 7:The Haryana IAS offi-cer, whose daughter wasallegedly stalked by asenior BJP leader’s sonand his friend, onMonday took to socialmedia to seek “maxi-mum punishment” forthe accused, adding thathe will move court ifcharges against the duowere “diluted”.

“We will not interferewith the investigationor the prosecution, justas we do not want the

accused to influence theinvestigation in anyway,” he said in the post.Varinka Kundu wasvocal about social equal-ity. Responding toHaryana BJP vice-presi-dent Ramveer Bhatti co-mment about Varnika‘’roaming at night’ shesaid, “It is none of hisbusiness, it is my busi-ness and my family’swhat I do and where...Ifit wasn’t for men like th-ese, I wouldn’t be unsafegoing out.” — Agencies

■ Comic books will illustrate the life and times of the RSS ideologueHISTORY | LESSONS

UP kids to read about Deen Dayal from Class I

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

■ ■ COMIC books willmostly be for childrenin primary classes togenerate and sustaintheir interest whilechildren in Classes IVand V may be quizzedon what they havelearnt from the books


Despite the Sino-Indianmilitary tensions amidthe Doklam standoff,China is pitching for asuccessful Brics summitin the Chinese city ofXiamen next month,where Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is expect-ed to be present, on thegrounds that it’s in the“interests of all nations”.

Chinese President XiJinping had attended theBrics summit in Goa lastyear.

At an informal Bricsmeeting on the sidelinesof the G-20 summit inHamburg last month, MrModi was quoted as say-ing last month: “UnderPresident Xi’s chairman-ship, the progress andpositive momentum ofBrics has further deep-ened our cooperation.”Mr Xi had also appreciat-ed the momentum ofBrics during India’schairmanship.

“The successful holdingof the summit is in theinterests of all nations,”diplomatic sources saidin New Delhi. Chinaappears to be trying itsbest to delink the Doklamstandoff from the multi-

lateral Brics forum andsummit that it will host.

Brazil, Russia, India,China and South Africaare members of Brics.Whether the Doklamstandoff will be resolvedby the time the Brics sum-mit takes place will bekeenly watched in view ofMr Modi’s expected visit.

China has lambastedIndia over the past weeks,demanding the withdraw-al of Indian troops fromDoklam.

Indian and Chinese tro-ops have been involved ina seven-week faceoff atDoklam, which India andBhutan considerBhutanese territory.

China, however, regardsit as its own territory. Ch-ina has maintained that“there cannot be any roo-m for discussion exceptthat India withdraws itstroops”, and that NewDelhi should not resort toany “stalling tactics”.

Modi may attendBrics meet in China

■ Indian andChinese troops havebeen involved in aseven-week face-offat Doklam, whichIndia and Bhutanconsider Bhutaneseterritory.


It is not how much we have, but how muchwe enjoy, that makes happiness

Humour is the truth; wit is an exaggerationof the truth

CHARLES SPURGEONMIND POWER

STAN LAUREL

AUGUST 8 | 2017

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In theory, the reversal of the “no-detention” policy for Classes 5 to 8may lead to higher standards, but the risks-to-benefits ratio involvedin this drastic change isn’t very clear. Where the system of testingyoung students in formal exams may be undermined is in the dropout

rate, that could rise from 2010 levels and negate the principle of the rightof children to free and compulsory education up to the secondary level. Ifthe idea is to separate the wheat from the chaff, the question remains —what to do with those who may leave school and head straight into thechild labour market?

Given the social implications of childrendropping out due to a harsh detention poli-cy, it would appear the clear alternative is tofocus on giving below-average learnerslessons in skill sets that may prepare themfor industry jobs. But this is something wehaven’t excelled in as a nation. Not evenengineers graduating from average collegesare regarded as employable by industry,which in India has always borne the respon-sibility of training its recruits. Where Chinascores is in fast-tracking the teaching ofskills to train students for specific jobs. Itspent years catching up with the rest of theworld on its way to becoming the so-calledfactory of the world.

There’s nothing like giving every child anequal chance to shine in academics at school, and then allow him/her totake life’s lottery in higher education. The difficulties arise only for thosewho may not be able to continue studies; and here community collegesthat teach craft than pure academics can play a bigger role. Skilling is aparallel education path that more industrialised nations have set up. Weneed a major change of perspective to understand the need for vocationaltraining for those who may prefer a quicker path to a job. To enable someto take it up at an earlier stage is a challenge we haven’t even begun totackle.

The debate on issues like the school curriculum and teaching methodshas been on long enough without any concrete new system in sight. Whileliteracy is a basic human right and all must be given a chance to leavepoverty well behind, not everyone in the vast student population of anation growing younger by the day will be a Nobel Prize aspirant. “Whereare the jobs?” a high court judge asked recently, when told that four lakhteachers would be trained in Tamil Nadu by the end of 2018. Predictingoutcomes has become a scary business in a land of burgeoning population,but it’s clear more has to be done to teach skills so students can alsobecome skilled workers if they desire for career and life security.

Gokul Gopalakrishnan

Given the socialimplications of chil-

dren dropping outdue to a harsh deten-tion policy, the clear

alternative is to focuson giving below-aver-age learners lessonsin skill sets that may

prepare them forindustry jobs

KARACHI

What if you could edityour genetic codeas easily as you canedit a sentence you

write on Microsoft Word…And if so, how far would yougo? In the near future, thatwill not be a hypotheticalquestion as the first majorstep towards gene editing hasalready taken place.

Scientists in the US havenow revealed that they havefor the first time edited out adangerous genetic mutationthat causes heart disease froma human embryo using a revo-lutionary gene-editing tech-nique called CRISPR. Lastyear, China became the firstcountry to use this techniqueto attempt to cure lung cancerin a human; previouslyCRISPR has been used to

develop TB-resistant cows. Due to US regulations, which

strictly bar allowing editedembryos to develop intobabies, none of the embryoswere allowed to develop formore than a few days.However, the test has pavedthe way for a future in whichwe may not only see geneticdisease eliminated, but alsothe ethically questionable cre-ation of “designer babies” and,eventually, superhumans.

Welcome to the “posthumanage” that promises wondersand terrors in equal measure.Take cyborgs. It now seemsinevitable that some kind ofintegration of man andmachine will increasingly bethe norm. Pacemakers havebeen used for decades, as havecochlear implants.

Britain’s National HealthService has also okayed the

implantations of the Argus IIbionic eye which can restoresight in some cases of blind-ness, and more recently peoplewith severe spinal injuriesresulting in paralysis havebeen able to regain the partialuse of their limbs thanks tochips in their brains.

In another experiment, a

man paralysed from the waistdown was able to control arobotic arm thanks to elec-trodes implanted in the brain.Taken further, brain implantsaimed at repairing memorycan also help patients suffer-ing from Alzheimer’s.

One company in Wisconsinhas implanted “rice-sizedmicrochips” in its employees’hands which perform the func-tions of office entry cards.Employees can also receivepayments via the chip.However, once Elon Musk’sNeuralink project is complete,such chips will seem mun-dane: Musk intends to inject amesh into our brains allowinghumans to directly interactwith machines and eventuallyeven communicate mind tomind. If that’s not enough,note that steps are also beingtaken to create a human “hive

mind” by linking the brains ofindividuals to create a “super-brain.” Scientists havealready linked the brains ofthree monkeys, and joined thebrains of four rats, allowingthem to solve a problem thatindividual rats struggled tocomplete. Human trials areonly then a matter of time, andwill eventually define themeaning of “brain trust”.

Meanwhile, one field worthkeeping a close eye on is nan-otechnology — the engineer-ing of materials and deviceson a molecular scale. Tech-nologists anticipate a future inwhich swarms of tiny robotswill be injected into humanbeings, working to fight dis-eases like cancer, activelyrepairing cells and evenenhancing human abilities byproviding us with enhancedlifespans.

Just last month, anothermajor threshold was crossedas scientists came a step closerto being able to grow replace-ment organs for humans byusing stem cells implanted inhost animals, and nowresearch is being conductedon enabling humans to re-grow limbs and organs.

Ultimately, how much of thisresearch makes it to the publicat large depends less on scien-tific advancement as it does onethically driven regulationsand laws, which will likely fallby the wayside as nations raceto achieve leadership in thebiomedical field. What is cer-tain now is that we are enter-ing an era where we will beable to, at least partially, dic-tate the course of our own evo-lution.

By arrangement with Dawn

DOUBLE STANDARDSThe murder of RSS workerRajesh in Kerala has shookthe Centre and Unionfinance minister ArunJaitley visited the house ofRajesh to offer his sympa-thies to the family (Jaitley:CPM needs to discipline itscadre, August 7). But whatabout the murders carriedout by cow vigilantes? TheCentre is not botheredabout them as the federalstructure is more importantthan valuable human lives.

Syeda Shaima RazviHyderabad

PROTECT FORESTS Although the government ofTelangana state has done the rightthing by planting lakhs of saplingsit is disappointing that naturalforests are not protected. Forestscannot be substituted withsaplings. The government must doeverything possible to save forests.

S.D. MukherjiHyderabad

PAINFUL TAX It is painful to note that the Centrehas no sympathy for even dialysispatients (GST may make dialysismore costly, August 7). But no oneshould feel bad because tax collect-ed from the public is used for publicwelfare. This will earn some heav-enly rewards for terminal patients.

Balatripuramani N.T.Secunderabad

LOW VALUE NOTES The RBI has stopped the printing of`2,000 notes but the common manfaces a problem in getting lowdenomination notes. The pumpingin of `500 and `100 notes is mean-ingless (RBI floods state with `500 &`100 notes, August 6). The govern-ment should have supplied ade-quate quantities of low value notes.

A. Mohan SwaroopHyderabad

CRIMINALS IN KHAKI It is shocking that the police ofstates like Chhattisgarh andJharkhand are hand in glove withcriminals and is refusing to helpthe Telangana state police to arrestcriminals of those states (Otherstate cops hostile, August 6). TheNIA must take action against thecriminal cops and their godfathers.

Varadaraja SwamyHyderabad

SEATBELTSThe inclusion of non-wearing ofseatbelt to calculate points for can-celling Driving Licence needs to bereviewed. It is very difficult todrive in Hyderabad as the roads arefull of potholes. Seatbelts increasethe discomfort of drivers andbrings no benefit as speed is gener-ally very less.

M.P. SharmaHyderabad

NEW SECRETARIAT Building a new secretariat onBison Polo Ground will createchaos as there is heavy traffic nearthe ground. Why can’t the new sec-retariat be built on the vastBegumpet Airport Grounds?

Arjun Dass PamnaniSecunderabad

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Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a longtime loy-alist of former PM Nawaz Sharif who was ousted in a recent judicialcoup after the Panama Papers disclosures, was chosen with care by

Mr Sharif himself with a view to next year’s parliamentary election. Thecomposition of the Abbasi Cabinet was also cleared by Mr Sharif, keepingin mind the needs of the election.

The Cabinet has three noteworthy features. It’s Pakistan’s largest-ever,and the expectation is that so many ministers drawn from all regions anddenominations will help positively impact the polls for the PakistanMuslim League (Nawaz).

For the first time in a quarter-century, the council of ministers has aHindu member in Darshan Lal from Sindh, normally regarded as astronghold of the PPP, a strong rival of the PML(N) in the electoral stakes.

The third noteworthy feature is the appointment of a foreign minister.KhwajaAsif, defence minister in the erstwhile Sharif government, getsthis post. Mr Sharif had made do with a foreign affairs adviser and veter-an politician Sartaj Aziz, acceptable to the military and Mr Sharif himself,had filled this slot. Through a regular foreign minister, does Mr Sharifwish to retain a modicum of influence in the stance toward India?

The former PM’s political calculations apart, it is the military whichcalls the shots. Were this not so, it is unclear if Mr Sharif would have beendismissed as PM by the Supreme Court. Therefore, at this stage, it may notbe wise to expect a constructive stand towards India.

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To project India globally,show more unity at home

The Lok Sabhadebate on for-eign policy lastweek was dis-appointing on

several counts. First, theOpposition could haveframed the issues better.Simply itemising wors-ened ties with mostcountries based on somerecent episodes simpli-fied external affairs min-ister Sushma Swaraj’stask as she argued effec-tively that the roots layin the Congress-led UPAgovernment’s 10-yearrule. Second, regret-tably, when the govern-ment is enforcing a redline at the Line of ActualControl abutting closefriend Bhutan’s bound-ary with China,Parliament, instead ofvoicing unanimous sup-port, aired dissonance.Third, the BJP riles theOpposition when eachdiplomatic move is trea-ted as born of “immacu-late conception” themorning of PrimeMinister NarendraModi’s swearing-inwhen, in fact, the themesare traceable to PrimeMinister P.V.Narasimha Rao and hissuccessors. Mr Modi nodoubt has brought newenergy and a person-alised style.

The immediate reasonfor the foreign policydomestic consensusbreaking down is theaggressive attack by theBJP, not only during theAssembly elections butlater by stealing man-dates like in Goa byforming governments byluring OppositionMLAs, particularly ofthe Congress. To worsenmatters, the BJP isusing every agencyunder its command,brandishing new dra-conian laws for check-ing money-launderingand benami deals tobrowbeat its politicalopponents.

Dr Henry Kissinger ina recent piece “Chaosand order in a changingworld” advises the West

to rethink its geo-strate-gic concept — byredefining Atlanticism.But US President DonaldTrump’s isolationistinstincts and Britain’sexit from the Europeanexperiment render thatdifficult. Europe’s natur-al leader Germany isreluctant to lead. Thisvacuum is accompaniedby instability in WestAsia caused by theIslamic State’s rise andthe collapse of gover-nance in Syria, Iraq,Libya and Yemen. DrKissinger prescientlyquips that the enemy’senemy may also be yourenemy. Finally, a resur-gent China by its “OneBelt One Road” concept,floated in 2013 and with$900 billion so far invest-ed in infrastructure pro-jects, is shifting the glob-al fulcrum from theAtlantic to Eurasia.

The Modi govern-ment’s performance hasto be measured againstthis background, andnot by nitpicking poli-cies in relation to oneneighbour or another.What has the Modi gov-ernment done to prepareIndia for the new worldorder or to shape it?

Sino-Indian relationscan be analysed first.Since 2008, China hasprogressively becomemore aggressive in deal-ing with all neighbours.In case of India, improv-ing Indo-US relationsonly increased Chineseparanoia. China block-ing India’s entry into theNuclear Suppliers Gro-up and blocking the list-ing of terrorist MasoodAzhar by the UNSecurity Council sanc-tions committee wasalready riling India. TheChina-Pakistan Econ-omic Corridor (CPEC)added fuel to it. Chinathen pegged it to itsOBOR initiative.

At that point India hada policy choice. TheModi government tookthe nationalistic route,berating CPEC asinfringing on Indian

sovereignty as it trans-verses Gilgit-Baltistan,which are Indian as ter-ritories belonging to theformer Kingdom ofKashmir.

The world not viewingOBOR as such put Indiain danger of being isolat-ed. Western companies,including Americanones, are salivating atthe prospect of businessdeals. General Electrichas already sold $2.3 bil-lion of equipment.Caterpillar, Honeywell,etc are in queue to reapbenefits.

Did the Modi govern-ment look at alternativeapproaches to haveChina accept in writing,as it does in the 1963 bor-der agreement withPakistan, that Gilgit-Baltistan is disputed ter-ritory as conditionprecedent to withdraw-ing its objections?Furthermore, Indiacould have extractedsupport for NSG mem-bership and Chinaallowing Masood Azharto be listed. It is possibleChina would not haveagreed, but at least thenIndia could use theChinese obduracy to jus-tify boycotting theBeijing Belt and RoadForum.

The Doklam standoffflows from the logic ofIndia dealing withChina more stridently.India’s neighbours arewatching this shadowplay carefully. Sri Lankahas already buckled,conceding control over15,000 acres adjoiningHambantota port to off-set the debt accruingfrom port development.The Chinese vice-presi-dent will be inKathmandu just beforeexternal affairs ministerSushma Swaraj arrivesthere. In the Maldives, apseudo-dictator is dis-torting constitutionalprocesses. Worseningrelations with China

will make Indian man-agement of relationswith neighbours morechallenging as they playone against the other.

Finally, the govern-ment’s handling of theWest Asian imbroglio isflawed. Sequential deal-ing with potentates ofthe Gulf or West Asiawithout a grand strategyor empathy cannotobtain India influence.The “open mike”remark by Israeli PMBenjamin Netanyahuthat Mr Modi hadquipped to him that hewas unlikely to getwater technology inRamallah indicates prej-udice that no PrimeMinister of India mustbetray abroad. To allowgau rakshaks to lynchunimpeded on religiousgrounds would be notedin the Islamic world.Iran’s supreme leaderrepeatedly linkingKashmir to atrocitiesagainst Muslims else-where verbalises thisconcern. Senior minis-ter Nitin Gadkari’s visitto fast-track theChahbahar port projectwill fail unless Mr Modiis seen as abiding by theletter and spirit of theIndian Constitution.

The latest reportsindicate a Talibanattack in WesternAfghanistan originatingin and supported byIran. Iran, with Russianconsent, is filling thepower vacuum in ashattering post-WorldWar I construct of WestAsian states. Civilisa-tional and historicpowers like Iran andTurkey resent beingpatronised bytransactional offers.

India may not yet rivalChina militarily or eco-nomically, but India hasalways had greater softpower fuelled by Indianphilosophy, tolerance,democracy, films, andthe like. But the purvey-ors of Hindutva areeroding that. Mr Modineeds a political andsocio-religious consen-sus at home and themoral authority derivedfrom it to have the voiceto shape the emergingglobal order in whichold certainties are over.

The writer is a former secretary in the external

affairs ministry. Hetweets at @ambkcsingh

India may not yetrival China

militarily or economically, butIndia has alwayshad greater softpower fuelled by

Indian philosophy,tolerance,

democracy, films,and the like

K.C. Singh


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Yes, the verdictis out —women areliars. The bru-talities inflict-ed upon themare not real;they are a

mere figment of imagination.Women are irrational beings.Without weighing the implica-tions of their actions, in theheat of the moment, they rushto file false complaints of cruel-ty and dowry demands againsttheir husbands and other fami-ly members. Later, when reali-ty dawns on them, they regretand wish to retract and savetheir marriages. But by then itis too late, the marriage is bro-ken irretrievably by her irra-tional action of approachingthe police and filing a case.

This is what our learnedjudges of the Supreme Courttell us. (Rajesh Sharma vs.State of UP, July 27). Addinginsult to injury, they proclaimthat the guidelines issued bythem to the police not to arrestthe accused until a family wel-fare committee investigates

the case and sends in a reportwill be beneficial to the wife, asthe woman will be saved fromacting in a hasty manner andruining her marriage.

The narrative that the judgeshave projected is totally out ofsync with the lived realities ofwomen. The experiences ofseveral women’s organisationsworking in cities, towns andrural areas indicate thatwomen approach the police asa last resort. This is becausethey, more than anyone else,are acutely aware that thereare few choices outside mar-riage for them. The natal fami-ly does not accept them and thegovernment has failed to pro-vide emergency shelters.Despite these odds, womenventure to file a case out ofsheer desperation.

At this stage, according toour judges, women should be“counselled” and sent back tothe same violent marriagewithout any protection. Thereshould be no restraint upon thehusband and his family to pre-vent further violence for, afterall, the violence was a mere fig-

ment of her imagination. So itappears that the only choiceshe is left with is to return andcommit suicide. Only whenthere is a dead body our judgesmay believe that it is a “gen-uine case” worthy of a com-plaint under Section 498A.

If only dead women couldspeak and give evidence incourt that the violence inflict-ed upon them prior to theirdeath was real, causing severeinjuries, skull fractures, abor-tions, damage to the cornea,broken noses, ruptured eardrums, damage to internalorgans.

They would also have toldour judges that most had noteven approached the policeprior to their death and the fewwho dared to approach thepolice were sent back withoutan FIR because it was just“normal” violence which anyhusband inflicts upon his wifeas part of the “normal wearand tear” of marriage. It is thebounden duty of women toendure and adjust. So despiteall the fancy laws in our statutebooks, these women werereduced to mere figures in offi-cial crime statistics.

Since life has been snuffedout of their lives, when theywere barely in their 20s and30s, the only voices whichjudges of our Supreme Courthear are of the relatives of hus-bands who had demandeddowry, inflicted violence uponthe women and caused extreme

humiliation to them. Are we tobelieve that in a city of over 20billion people, the 300-500 casesconstitute misuse of the legalprovisions of cruelty to wives?

In the anecdotal narrationsthat surround the myth of falsecases, there is a bedriddenmother-in-law, a teenaged sis-ter-in-law and a bright brother-in-law in an engineering col-lege whose future is marred bythe false implication. But if allthese cases were false, howcome the chargesheet is filed inover 90 per cent cases? Even inthe Rajesh Sharma case, thereis no denial of the fact thatSharma and his familydemanded `3,00,000 and a carafter the marriage. When thisdemand was not met, he left hiswife at her maternal homewhen she was pregnant andthereafter she suffered anabortion.

Within this master narrative,the gruesome murder ofShobha, a construction worker

in rural Parbani district ofMaharashtra does not createany ruffles in the media. WhenShobha had approached thepolice earlier, with a complaintof acute physical violence, thepolice sent her back withouteven registering a non-cognis-able complaint. If they hadacted promptly Shobha mighthave been alive today. Onenight when she was asleep, thealcoholic husband smashedher head with a boulder. Whenneighbours rushed in afterhearing screams of the threeyoung daughters, they foundShobha lying dead in a pool ofblood.

Then there is my neighbourin a quiet middle-class area insuburban Mumbai. A church-going elderly gentleman in hismid-60s strangled his 57-year-old wife to death over a minorquarrel a fortnight ago. Rachel,the housewife, had neverapproached the police even tofile an NC complaint againsther husband in 35 years of hermarried life.

The acute domestic violencein India has been highlightedthrough various national andinternational studies. Themost significant among themis the National Family HealthSurvey-III (NFHS-III) conduct-ed in 2005-06. This importantstudy revealed that 31 per centof married women were physi-cally abused and 10 per centwere subjected to “severedomestic violence” and 12 per

cent of those who reportedsevere violence suffered atleast one of the followinginjuries: bruises, wounds,sprains, dislocation, brokenbones, broken teeth, or severeburns and 14 per cent experi-enced emotional abuse.

The NFHS study broughtout the ground realitythat more than 54 per

cent of men and 51 per cent ofwomen responded that it wasokay for a man to beat his wifeif she disrespected her in-laws,neglected her home or chil-dren, or even over somethingas trivial as less or more salt inthe food.

Our judges seem to be oblivi-ous of the fact that “cruelty”under Section 498A does notneed to be related to dowry,nor does it have to involvephysical cruelty or death. Andyet even 35 years after this pro-vision was added to the IndianPenal Code our police, judges,lawyers and the media contin-ue to name it as a “dowry” law.

There is a class bias thatoperates here and the acuteviolence suffered by poorwomen in urban slums and far-flung rural areas goes unno-ticed by our judges. The fewcases that get registered arethose of women who approachthe police with a written com-plaint, accompanied by theirlawyers or those who are ableto “pull strings”.

It is tragic that Rajesh

Sharma has made a referenceto the Domestic Violence Actonly to the extent that the lawprovides for counselling. Thiscomment alone exposes theinherent bias of our judges.The PWDVA provides for pro-tection against domestic vio-lence, compensation againstthe injuries suffered, injunc-tion against dispossession, cus-tody of children and mainte-nance for the survivor and herchildren. Yes, every case underSection 498A needs to be linkedto DVA and magistrates needto be alert to provide womencivil remedies at the earlieststage.

It is true that a large numberof cases are languishing in ourcourts. It is because once thehusband and relatives arereleased on bail, they abscond.Since it is non-compoundablethe cases cannot be easilyclosed and becomes dormant.The role of the complainant islimited only to giving evidencein court. Until the case reachesthis stage, she is kept in thedark. Meanwhile, she mighthave moved on in life. This acton her part to rebuild her lifecannot be termed as “falsecase” and “misuse of law”. Ifonly our judges took a keeninterest in protecting women,Rajesh Sharma would havereached a different conclusion.

The author is a women’srights lawyer based in Mumbai

LONDON

We remember it notonly for the rainthat fell, the mudthat weigheddown the living

and swallowed the dead, butalso for the courage and braveryof the men who fought here.”

The Prince of Wales was ingood voice on July 31 at the cen-tenary commemorations of thebattle of Passchendaele — moreproperly, “Third Ypres”. It wasa pity he couldn’t say that weshould remember it not only forthe incompetence of the highcommand, but because themajority of the British troopswere at best only half-trained.

One of the enduring mythsabout war is that armies can beraised quickly. They can’t,because armed conflict is themost complex human interac-tion known. A soldier’s skill isnine parts judgment. It takestime to acquire — as true todayas it was 100 years ago, perhapseven more so. Yet we’re about tomake the same mistake as wedid before 1914: thinking we caninfluence events withoutputting boots on the ground andshrinking the Army to a tokenforce. The view in much ofWhitehall seems to be that inter-vention leads only to entangle-ment — and that interventionby land forces leads only tobloodier entanglement.

“Mission creep” isn’t a termheard much these days, but itsspectre seemed to be hauntingMark Sedwill, the national secu-rity adviser, last month at aRoyal United Services Instituteconference. “What is our corenational interest?” he wanted toknow. “What can we live with interms of outcomes? What shoulda Western comprehensivestrategic plan look like? Onlyafter answering that should wework out what we can and

should do.”The Pentagon’s view of things

was certainly putting the fear ofGod into policymakers at theevent. The head of the US Army,General Mark Milley, IvyLeague graduate and ex-SpecialForces, declared with biblicalportent that we are at one ofthose rare moments in history: afundamental change in the char-acter of conflict, caused byurbanisation and “the lethalityresulting from electronic emis-sions”. Were we going to be upfor it?

Yet the question could be acad-emic, for the latest StrategicDefence and Security Review(SDSR), announced recently andunusually quietly, whichSedwill is leading, looks likeshaping our armed forces in away that makes boots on theground simply not an option.The review’s starting point isthat the books don’t balance,largely thanks to expensivenavy and RAF equipment pro-grammes. The likely forthcom-ing departure of the chief of thedefence staff, Air Chief MarshalSir Stuart Peach, to Nato, isn’t agood sign either. Even with thestrongest chiefs, reviews havebeen bad enough.

But let’s be clear: no defencereview has ever resulted inmore spending. So the Army isgoing to feel the squeeze, and thedanger is that the guts will besqueezed out of it. Sedwill sayshe is “interested in effect, not innumbers”. But what if the effectyou need is mass? Army num-bers have already fallen to80,000, their lowest in two cen-turies. Numbers matter becausein war, people count. Thearmy’s significant and unprece-dented lack of mass is its great-est capability gap. It’s the onlyone you can’t fill by buying offthe shelf as an urgent opera-tional requirement.

The Army’s priority will be to

keep a mechanised division oftwo “manoeuvre” brigades andcombat support. Without it, wewouldn’t be able to fight along-side the Americans in high-intensity combat, which wouldmean the end of the special mili-tary relationship. Nor could weplay our part within Nato. Butwhat of the lighter, more agileunits?

Troop reductions would makethe army little more than ashell. Even now it could not sus-tain a brigade on operationsindefinitely without hugerecourse to the reserves. Sowhen intervention is no longeravoidable — Macmillan’s“events, dear boy” — it mayhave to be on the lines of Libya,Syria, and (to a lesser degree)Yemen: air support, with a fewadvisers on the ground, sometrainers perhaps, and specialforces for strategic targets.

But so-called stand-off inter-ventions have two inescapabledrawbacks. Without boots onthe ground, you don’t influencethe strategy.

Threats to take away supportdon’t cut much ice with localforces. They call the shots,metaphorically as well as liter-ally.

And even when there is mini-mal collateral damage fromstand-off weapons, they excitemoral repugnance, especiallywith drones and cruise missileskilling from afar, sometimescontinents away. Like theFrench man-of-war in Conrad’sHeart of Darkness shelling invis-ible enemies in the jungle —“incomprehensible, firing into acontinent”.

So as the fighting muddles on,the intervention risks slowlylosing whatever legitimacy ithad. The Nato bombing cam-paign against Serbia in 1999 wasa prime example.

Had it not been for the build-upof Allied Command Europe’s

ground forces on the Kosovoborder, under General Sir MikeJackson, the Serbs could proba-bly have toughed it out untilNato, with no worthwhile andlegitimate targets left, wasforced by the growing weight ofinternational opinion to stopbombing.

That is the second limitation ofstand-off interventions: the paceand duration of the campaign isdetermined by those who are onthe ground, whose priority willprobably not be speed. Strategicpatience is needed, therefore —a commodity that has beenscarce in the past and is not like-ly to be any more plentiful in thefuture. For it is another myththat wars are short. Warsbetween irregular forces arenotoriously and irrationallylong. Even in campaigns againstregular troops, although the ini-tial phase may be accomplishedquickly, as in Iraq and the fall ofBaghdad, consolidation is longdrawn out.

Yet another myth is the beliefthat special forces — clandes-tine, deniable — can do it all.They have precision, best direct-ed against strategic targets, butnot mass. They are a scarceresource and need a largerecruiting base — the rest of theArmy.

When briefing Tony Blaironce, the then Chief of theDefence Staff began to get theimpression that the PM believedthe SAS were much bigger thanthey really were, so he askedhim how many he thought therewere. “Forty thousand?” repliedBlair. To begin with, take offtwo noughts.

The final myth is that wars canbe won from afar. The truth isthat, just as in 1918, the last shotfired comes out of an infantry-man’s rifle.

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Victims of violence face judicial bias

Let your angerserve truth

Anger is one of theperennial prob-lems of human

beings. This instinct isso basic, it is universal-ly present in animalsand birds as well. Butman being a consciousanimal tries to get overit or hide it in social sit-uations, tries to changehis behaviour but itsprings up again in anconscious state.

And the reason isquite astonishing. Youare defeated by angerbecause you deal with itas an emotional entity,you want to control it.Whereas anger is notjust an emotion, it is anexistential energydeeply rooted in thebody, thoughts andwords.

There is anger of thebody, anger of thewords and anger ofthoughts. So if you real-ly want to remove angerit has to be eradictedfrom these three levels.

This is what Buddhatold his disciple.“Beware of the anger ofthe body. Master thebody. Let itserve truth.Beware ofthe anger ofthe mouth.Master yourwords. Letthem servet r u t h .Beware ofthe anger ofthe mind. Master yourthoughts. Let themserve truth.”

Osho decodesBuddha’s words withhis insights into mod-ern psychology andbody work.

He says that the bodyaccumulates anger, andhas its own ways ofaccumulating it.

For instance, whenyou feel angry yougnash your teeth, youclench your fists, tensethe muscles. Posturalintegration, rolfing, andmethods like that arebecoming very muchaware that yourrepressed anger, sexual-ity, greed and all kindsof poisons accumulatein the body, in the mus-cles.

By deep massage thosepoisons can be released.It can make you awarethat your body is carry-ing many things; andyour body drives youinto things, but you canmaster the body.

How can you master

the body? Interestingly,by relaxation.shavasana is the bestway of relaxing thebody. It means the bodyis so deeply relaxed thatit becomes like a corpse.This relaxes the physi-cal anger.

When you havelearned how to relax theanger of the body, thenthe next layer is to startbecoming aware of whatyou say.

Sometimes, uncon-sciously, you utter aword. You were notaware of the implica-tions of the word. Youmay not have everthought that it wouldcreate such trouble foryou. This is the anger ofthe mouth.

And third, the angerin your thoughts. Youmay refrain from say-ing something but theangry thoughts will goon surging in yourmind. These thoughtsare so strong that theycompletely overpoweryou.

Because your haverecorded all kinds of

things in themind andyou go one x p r e s s i n gthem, think-ing that youare sayingthem; that isnot true.Your mindgoes on

repeating old patternsand you go on gettinginto old problems, againand again.

If you can watch thebody, the mind and allits functioning, you willbecome so separatefrom them that you canmaster them.

Lastly, Buddha says awonderful thing: “Letthe anger serve truth.”It means we harbouranger because we areserving the false, theunreal. We get angry toprotect ourselves, toattack others. If we livea truthful life we willnot need so much angeror violence. The bodywill be relaxed, themind will be calm andthe words will echo ourinner peace and truth-fulness.

Amrit Sadhana is editor Osho Times

International. She facil-itates meditation work-

shops based on Oshoinsights around the

country and abroad.

There acute violencesuffered by poorwomen in urban slumsand far-flung ruralareas goes unnoticedby our judges. The fewcases that get registered are those ofwomen who approachthe police with a written complaint...

One of the enduringmyths about war isthat armies can be

raised quickly. Theycan’t, because

armed conflict isthe most complexhuman interactionknown. A soldier’sskill is nine parts

judgment.

Flavia Agnes

Amrit Sadhana

AllanMallinson


The next time you standon the weighing scale tocheck your weight, don’tforget to pull out themeasuring tape and

check your bulging waistline aswell. We all know that tummy con-sciousness cuts across nationsand classes. It’s no secret that aprotruding tummy is often consid-ered a social embarrassment.However, a majority of men inIndian households see it as a signof prosperity and marital bliss.

A new study published in thejournal Frontiers in Public Healthsuggests that the number of peo-ple who fall into the “overfat” cat-egory in the top 30 industrialisedcountries, are more than all of theobese and overweight people inthe world. In fact, the journal’sfindings claim that an estimated90 per cent of the men and 50 percent of the children in the US,New Zealand, Greece and Icelandare overfat. Researchers foundthat 80 per cent of the women inthese countries were overfat too.

“Overfat” is a term used todescribe body fat levels that canactually imbalance a person’shealth. People with “normalweight” or “non-obese” by tradi-tional standards, too, can fall inthe overfat category, which con-sists typically of people who havethe proverbial beer belly or pot-belly, but are otherwise in decentshape.

In fact, abdominal fat is one ofthe most dangerous kinds of fatone can have. Unlike your lovehandles — the pinchable fat rightbeneath your skin — abdominalfat is in your stomach area andgrows deep inside your body. Itwraps around your vital organs.Your liver borrows this fat andturns it into cholesterol that cansneak into your arteries. If yourarteries start to harden, this canlead to a heart attack or stroke.

In the past, several technologieswere used to tackle obesity, eachpromising obesity control and fatcontrol in a short span of time. Asto how effective they were, and thehidden dangers, it is anybody’sguess.

Being overweight imperils yourhealth in many ways. But what isnot so commonly known is thatone of main fallouts of obesity isskin ailments, which people most-ly neglect to treat. Besides the ele-vated risks for heart disease, dia-betes and certain types of cancer,excess weight also adverselyimpacts the health and appear-ance of your skin. The body thatcarries too much weight can leadto insulin resistance. When thishappens, darkened, velvety patch-es called acanthosis nigricans canform, especially in areas wherethe skin folds and overlaps likethe knees, elbows, groin, armpits,underarms and neck, even promi-nent marks on the face. Weightloss can improve the appearanceof acanthosis nigricans.

Obesity can lead to extremelydry skin and impaired woundhealing. Incidence of acne or pim-ples, pigmentation problems likemelasma and hirsutism is high inobese patients, especially infemales who have associated poly-cystic ovarian disease because ofhormonal imbalance, again due toobesity.

Stretch marks are anotherarea of concern as they areextremely difficult toremove, even with thelatest lasers and tech-nologies available tous. Fungal infec-tions as well aschronic skin dis-eases like psoria-sis and venousleg ulcers arehigh in over-fat individu-als.

Research hasshown thatIndians figurehigh on theobesity chartand have someof the highestrates of dia-betes. In fact,there is a higherprevalence of centralobesity in Indians ascompared toCaucasians. Globally,among children underfive years of age, at least 41million were found to beobese or overweight in 2014.The WHO report suggests it isrising at a frenetic pace in alldeveloping countries. Between1990 and 2014, the number of over-weight children has more thandoubled from 7.5 million to 15.5million. In 2014, almost half (48%)of all overweight and obese chil-

dren under 5 years age lived inAsia, and one-quarter (25%) inAfrica. Technology today is oftenused as a band-aid solution fortackling problems. But there is alack of awareness among peopleabout the latest technologies.Blaming inactivity on technologyis an excuse to ignore personalresponsibility. Today there arewonderful technologies that canbe used to encourage physicalactivity and prevent obesity. Butmost importantly, technology canhelp boost low confidence andimprove body image issues, whichcould lead to many other physicaland mental and problems.

(Dr Debraj Shome is a promi-nent Mumbai-based facial plasticsurgeon and director, The Esthetic

Clinics, India)

Medical studies describe it as body fat which can hurt a person’s health. India and China have the highest numberof obese children in the world. If on the one hand, we see an alarming spike in obesity levels in developing

countries, on the other, we have a growing obsession with body image. Hence, how we look matters a great deal.

TUESDAY | 8 AUGUST 2017 | HYDERABADD PAGE

12DECCAN CHRONICLECDisCourseTHOUGHT FOR THE DAY |

Obesity is not because it runs inthe family. It is because no oneruns in the family.

— Anonymous

A protruding bellywas a sign ofprosperity and power,but today it is asocial embarrassmentacross nations andclasses.

If you think Pot-Wheat-Pear-Beer is an exoticcocktail, you are likely to be a man! These aretypes of bellies, often used in the context ofmen. For women, there are many other areas oftheir bodies to be concerned about. Lately, men

seem to be embarrassed about their increasing waist-lines and are attempting to become flat and fit. Butthis male embarrassment and guilt at the big belly isa recent phenomenon. A protruding belly was onceacceptable, if not a matter of pride.

Bollywood is witness to this claim. There is nodearth of examples in the history of Hindi cinema. A

lead actor with his young son, showing-off his roundedphysique above stripped kachha trunks, singing Thande-

thande pani se nahan chahiye, was a hit in the ’70s! Onecould argue that Sanjeev Kumar’s acting prowess was belit-tled by his belly. On the contrary, the belly was part of beingdesirable. Actors from the Kapoor clan, including the leg-endary Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker, or Rishi Kapoor inChandni, charmed audiences in spite of their paunches. Aprotruding belly was a symbol of prosperity and power. Flatabs were not desirable in the industry then.

Then how come in the last decade or so, shame rather thanpride is the emotion associated with large male bellies? Prideat having a big belly has been replaced by the six-packs of themetrosexual male. What factors steered this change?

Reasons are largely structural and social. First, obesity,which was once a sign of wealth and prosperity, became more per-vasive among the urban and even rural middle class due to therapid transformation from an agrarian to an urban society. Risingincome levels and sedentary lifestyles played their part too in thisequalising process.

Then, the affluent began cutting visceral flab with the resourcesat their disposal like dieticians, gyms, slimming and beauty cen-tres and medical technology, all of which became booming indus-tries in early 2000.

Increasingly, the beauty-fitness-medical industry was targetingmen. Ads showing before-after images of large-bellied men chang-ing into Greek-gods were compulsively convincing. The supply-

side was ready.I argue that the demand among men for

slimming is essentially fuelled by changingrelationship dynamics between the genders.

More women in the work force during andpost liberalisation meant not only financialindependence but also a part in decision mak-ing. Also, pro-women legislations in the lastdecade challenged the patriarchal hegemonyof Indian society. Legislation such as theHindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005,

ensuring equal rights for daughters in their parental property; theDomestic Violence Act, 2005; the Sexual Harassment of Women atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 andthe Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017, are game-changersin giving women the negotiating power in various relationshipsthey had with men in their eco system. A recent advertisement ofan international washing machine brand is a testimony to this. Awife wittily tells her oversized but exercising husband that if any-thing was going out of shape, it was not his expensive shirt! Sheinsists he keep cycling ruthlessly dismissing him for working outfor six months while he solaces his gigantic tummy! The assertive-ness and aspirations of women about a fitter body has spilled overto the men — husband, son and boyfriend!

Male celebrities that did an image make-over by shedding excessbulges and belly, like the singer Adnan Sami, business czar-in-themaking Anant Ambani and Maharashtra’s Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis, have one thing in common — a woman — wifeor mother — who walked the talk herself. Roya Faryabi, NeetaAmbani and Amruta Fadnavis’ oomph factor motivated their men-folk to transform. Men are now playing alongside women in gettingin shape. When relationships were unequal and weighted towardsmen, bellies flourished, but assertive women are no longer willingto put up with ugly flab in their menfolk.

Men have much to gain and little to lose in the deal, other thanloose pants and losing their bellies.

(Dr Jaya Goyal is a social scientist with a PhD in Social Science. She has worked and written on public policy on

health, nutrition, outcome budgeting, social audits and caste reser-vations in higher education.)

CHEWTHE FAT

OBESITY &

SKIN DISORDERS

48%IN 2014 OF ALL OVERWEIGHT

and obese children in theworld under 5 years ofage lived in Asia, and25% in Africa.

CHINA AND INDIA HAVETHE HIGHEST NUMBEROF OBESE CHILDREN.

IN THE U.S., NEW ZEALAND, GREECEAND ICELAND ARE OVERFAT.

90% 80% 50%WOMEN CHILDRENMEN

DARKENED, VELVETY PATCHES CALLEDACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS CAN FORM IN AREASWHERE THE SKIN FOLDS AND OVERLAPS LIKE

THE KNEES, ELBOWS, GROIN, ARMPITS,UNDERARMS AND NECK, SOMETIME PROMINENTMARKS ON FACE TOO. GREY, BROWN OR BLACK

PATCHES MAY APPEAR.EXTREMELY DRY SKIN AND IMPAIRED WOUND

HEALING. ACNE OR PIMPLES, PIGMENTATION

PROBLEMS LIKE MELASMA AND HIRSUTISM.STRETCH MARKS

FUNGAL INFECTIONS AS WELL ASCHRONIC SKIN DISEASES LIKE PSORIASIS

AND VENOUS LEG ULCERS ARE MORECOMMON IN OVERFAT INDIVIDUALS.

1990

2015

20147.5 MILLION

603.7 MN | ADULTS

107.7 MN | CHILDREN

15.5MILLION

NUMBER OF OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME

COUNTRIES HAS DOUBLED

DR JAYA GOYAL

DR DEBRAJ SHOME

Research has shown that Indians figure high on the obesitychart. There is a also higher prevalence of central obesity inIndians as compared to Caucasians.

PRIDE AT HAVING A BIG BELLY HASBEEN REPLACED BY THE SIX-PACKS

OF THE METROSEXUAL MALE. THEAFFLUENT BEGAN CUTTING FLAB

WITH THE OF HELP OF DIETICIANSAND GYMS.

HEAVY DUTY AFFAIR

WEIGHT WATCH ● OBESITY IS MEASURED BYBODY MASS INDEX (BMI).PEOPLE ARE CONSIDEREDOBESE WHEN THEIR BMI, AMEASUREMENT OBTAINED BYDIVIDING A PERSON'S WEIGHTBY THE SQUARE OF THEPERSON'S HEIGHT, IS OVER 30KG/M2, WITH THE RANGE 25-30KG/M2 DEFINED ASOVERWEIGHT.

● HIGH BMI CAUSES LEUKEMIA AND SEVERAL TYPES OFCANCER, INCLUDING CANCERS OF THE ESOPHAGUS,LIVER, BREAST, UTERUS, OVARY, KIDNEY AND THYROID.

● THE LATEST NEWENGLAND JOURNAL OFMEDICINE STATES THAT IN

&

● CHINA AND THE USHAVE THE HIGHESTNUMBER OF OBESE

ADULTS.● CHINA AND INDIAHAVE THE HIGHESTNUMBER OF OBESE

CHILDREN.

ADULTS SUCCUMBTO OBESITY AND

RELATED DISEASES.OVER WHAT TIME

PERIOD?

3.4 mn APPROXIMATELY

OBESITY IS INCREASING AT ALMOST DOUBLE THE RATE

IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.

Ponder OverPotbelly

India’s Gotta Big Fat Problem!

Love those French friesand irresistible choco-late-dunked dough-nuts? Wait till youread this. Life-threat-

ening obesity and protrudingtummies have become a world-wide epidemic. To combat this,a bevy of modern techniques —bariatric surgery, diet pills,herbal teas et al — that promise

to cut your calorie intake andreduce your weight, have comeinto existence.

The latest to join the weight-loss bandwagon isAspireAssist, a weight loss pro-cedure approved by the US Foodand Drug Administration thatenables a person to eat fewercalories. Simply put, a thin tubeis placed in your stomach thatconnects the inside of yourstomach directly to a discreetbutton on the outside of yourabdomen. After each meal, thedevice enables you to empty, or“aspirate”, up to 30 per cent ofyour meal into the toilet. Butthis is not available in India.Bariatric surgery has stood thetest of time and the long-termresults are promising.

Obesity in India has reachedepidemic proportions in the21st century, with morbid obesi-ty affecting five per cent of the

country’s population. Morbidobesity, a condition in whichone has a high body mass index(BMI), is a serious health condi-tion that can interfere withbasic physical functions such asbreathing or walking. India isfollowing a trend of other devel-oping countries that are steadi-ly becoming more obese.

In fact, a report in the latestNew England Journal ofMedicine is ringing alarm bellsacross the world because itstates that in 2015, an estimated

603.7 million adults and 107.7million children worldwidewere obese. More shocking, itstates that China and Indiahave the highest number ofobese children! China and theUS had the highest number ofobese adults.

The study also states that hav-ing a high BMI causesleukaemia and several types ofcancer, including cancers of theoesophagus, liver, breast,uterus, ovary, kidney and thy-roid. Unhealthy, processed food

has become much more accessi-ble following India’s continuedintegration in global food mar-kets leading to a high carb andfat diet, low on proteins. This,combined with rising middleclass incomes, is increasing theaverage calorie intake per indi-

vidual among the middle classand above income households.A sedentary lifestyle coupledwith lack of exercise com-pounds this situation, makingit a pressing problem. Obesityis measured by BMI. People areconsidered obese when theirBMI, a measurement obtainedby dividing a person’s weight bythe square of the person’sheight, is over 30 kg/m2, withthe range 25-30 kg/m2 definedas overweight.

The Union ministry of healthand family welfare along withthe Indian Council of MedicalResearch, released updatedguidelines (in 2012) that a BMIover 23 kg/m2 is consideredoverweight. Asians are moreprone to have fat depositsaround the waist. With increasein the waist to hip ratio andoverall circumference of thewaist, the risk of mortality

increases. Of late there hasbeen significant research to for-mulate effective methods toovercome obesity. Obesity canbe controlled by diet and exer-cise, but in more severe cases,surgery is a viable option.There is a relatively safe rangeof surgeries, from endoscopy tolaparoscopy that can assist inreducing the BMI. In recentyears there have been variousstart-ups, which provide experi-mental devices to tackle obesity.They are of no use. Onlybariatric surgery is an effectiveand efficient procedure forweight loss and co-morbid con-dition resolution like diabetes,hypertension and sleep apnoea.

(Dr R.K. Sinha is a well-known Mumbai-based bariatric

surgeon. He has helped obesecelebs, politicians and models

shed weight.)

Obesity Bomb Hits Bharat

DR R.K. SINHA

APART FROM INCREASINGTHE RISKS FOR HEARTDISEASE, DIABETES ANDCERTAIN TYPES OFCANCER, OBESITY CANLEAD TO EXTREMELY DRYSKIN AND IMPAIREDWOUND HEALING.

Obesity in India has reached epidemic proportions in the21st century. Bariatric surgery has stood the test of time

and the long-term results are promising.


IN BRIEF

US willrespond by

Sept. 1 toRussia’s moveto reduce the

number ofAmericandiplomats—Rex Tillerson,

US secretary of state

Almost 2,00,000 people sign petition toprevent Brigitte Macron from being giventhe official post of French ‘First Lady’

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JuD launchespolitical party

Islamabad: Pakistan’s bannedmilitant group Jamaat-ud-

Dawa (JuD) is seeking toenter the political sphere by

launching a new party.Saifullah Khalid, a religious

scholar and longtime officialof the group, is president of

the newly-formed MilliMuslim League party. He told

reporters in Islamabad onMonday that his party willwork to make Pakistan “a

real Islamic and welfarestate” and that it’s ready tocooperate with like-minded

parties. The US has offered a$10 million reward for infor-mation leading to the arrest

and conviction of JuD’sfounder Hafiz Saeed. The

JuD widely is believed to bea front for Lashkar-e-Taiba,

the militant group behind the2008 attacks in Mumbai.

Singapore speakerto run for PrezSingapore: Singapore’sspeaker of Parliament

Halimah Yacob will contestfor presidential election next

month, becoming the firstwoman to run for the highestoffice. Ms Yacob, 62, will step

down as speaker, a post shehas held since 2013, and as

an MP for Marsiling-Yew TeeGRC, The Straits Times

reported. She will also resignfrom the People’s Action

Party, where she is a memberof the central executive com-mittee. Announcing her deci-

sion, Ms Yacob, who hadbeen in public service for 40

years, told residents andgrassroots leaders that,

“Taking part in the presiden-tial election would allow meto continue with my service

to the people of Singapore.”

12-yr jail soughtfor Samsung heir

Seoul: South Korean prosecu-tors on Monday demanded

the heir to the Samsung em-pire be jailed for 12 years

over his role in the corrup-tion scandal that brought

down the country’s last Pres-ident. At the final hearing in

the trial of Lee Jae-Yong, thevice-chairman of Samsung

Electronics, prosecutorscalled him the “ultimate ben-

eficiary” of crimes commit-ted in the scandal, which cul-minated in the impeachment

and dismissal of PresidentPark Geun-Hye. If the judges

convict him and agree withthe sentence recommenda-

tion it will be among theharshest penalties ever

passed on a top executive ofa chaebol — business groups

that dominate the country.

Shikarpur, Pakistan,Aug. 7: The confession ofa Pakistani teenager whowas captured moments be-fore carrying out a suicideattack has given police arare glimpse into a mili-tant network they say isbehind the recent surge insectarian violence.

Usman’s testimony desc-ribes a web of radical sem-inaries and training andbomb-making facilitiesstretching from easternAfghanistan, where the yo-ung man was recruited, toPakistan’s southern Sindhprovince.

Hundreds of people havedied in attacks on Paki-

stan’s small Shi’ite com-munity, heightening fearsin the Sunni-dominatedcountry of an escalationin sectarian bloodshedthat has been a persistentthreat for decades.

Pakistani police believethe network, which Usmansays aided him on his 2,000km journey, has also he-lped ISIS spread its extr-emist agenda in South As-ia, even without provenoperational links with itscore in the Middle East.

The Pakistani networkbrings together several kn-own jihadists belonging toextremist groups that havetargeted religious minori-

ties for decades, policesaid, providing fertileground for Islamic State’sideology to spread.

Usman’s confession doesnot name ISIS directly, butpolice say they believe thenetwork that recruitedand trained him was behi-nd five deadly sectarianbombings in Pakistan, fo-ur of which were claimedby the group. “ISIS has noformal structure (inPakistan). It works on afranchise system and thatis the model that is beingused in Pakistan,” seniorcounter terrorism depart-ment officer Raja UmerKhattab said. By that he

said he meant ISIS couldclaim attacks as its own,even if it had no directrole in coordinating them.

Usman, 18 at the time ofthe thwarted attack, is cur-rently on death row in thetown of Shikarpur, wherehe was caught.

Originally from the Swatvalley, his family fled toNangarhar after his father,a member of the PakistaniTaliban, was killed in a dr-one strike. Usman camehome one day to find hisbrother sitting with an ol-der man. “My brother saidyou should join jihad ...become a suicide bomber,”he said. — Reuters

Would-be bomber sheds light on Pak militant web

Sam Kanizay waits for medical aide at a hospital inMelbourne. — AFP

Tiny sea creaturesleave teen bloodySydney, Aug. 7: AnAustralian teenager eme-rged from a night-timedip in the ocean withblood streaming from hisfeet and ankles in a grue-some mystery that doc-tors have struggled toexplain.

Sam Kanizay wadedwaist-deep into the waterat Brighton Beach in sub-urban Melbourne on Sat-urday evening, standingstill for about 30 minutes.When he came out he wasbleeding profusely fromthe calves down.

“The cold water numbedmy legs. I felt what Ithought was pins and nee-dles but maybe it wasn’tjust pins and needles,”the 16-year-old told 3AWradio on Monday. Washi-

ng the blood off his legsin the shower did little tostem the flow from whathis family believed wasan attack by sea lice.

“It looked like hundredsof little pin holes or pin-sized bites distributed allover my ankle and the topof my foot,” he said.

Kanizay said doctorscould not explain thecause. So his father, Jarr-od, went back to the beachthe next night with a poolnet full of meat and cap-tured the animals he beli-eves could have been resp-onsible. He took a video ofdozens of the tiny bug-like creatures chompingon the chunks of meat.“What is clear is these lit-tle things really love me-at,” he said. — Agencies

MOUNTING PRESSURE

N. Korea vows US willpay ‘thousand’ times■ Beijing says will implement UN sanctions for sureManila, Aug. 7: TheNorth Korean state me-dia on Monday slammedthe latest round of UNsanctions and vowed toexact “thousands-fold”revenge against the US.

The UN SecurityCouncil on Sundayunanimously adoptednew sanctions inresponse to Pyongyang’slong-range ballistic mis-sile tests on July 4 andJuly 28.

Pyongyang also vowedthat the tough new sanc-tions would not stop itfrom developing itsnuclear arsenal, as itrejected talks.

The message of defi-ance was the first majorresponse to the US-draft-ed sanctions whichcould cost North Korea$1 billion a year.

The North’s sole majorally China, accused bythe US of doing too littleto rein in Pyongyang,piled on the diplomaticpressure by vowing tofully implement the newsanctions. “China willfor sure implement thatnew resolution 100 per-cent, fully and strictly,”foreign minister WangYi said.

“We will under no cir-cumstances put the nu-kes and ballistics rock-ets on (the) negotiatingtable,” North Koreanforeign minister RiYong-Ho said in a state-ment released in thePhilippine capitalManila where he wasattending a regionalsecurity forum.

“Neither shall weflinch even an inch fromthe road to bolstering upthe nuclear forces cho-sen by ourselves unless

the hostile policy andnuclear threat of the USagainst the DPRK(North Korea) are funda-mentally eliminated.”

In an earlier statementreleased via its officialKCNA news agency,North Korea threatenedto make the UnitedStates “pay the price forits crime... thousands oftimes” for drafting thesanctions.

Mr Ri was among twodozen ministers attend-

ing the security forum,including the Chineseforeign minister, US sec-retary of state RexTillerson and top diplo-mats from other Asia-Pacific nations.

For his part, MrTillerson ruled out aquick return to dialoguewith North Korea, say-ing Washington wouldonly consider talks ifPyongyang halted itsballistic missile pro-gramme. — AFP

Islamabad, Aug. 7:Pakistan on Monday saidit was not bound by therecently-concluded tre-aty on the prohibition ofnuclear weapons as itfailed to take into acco-unt the interests of allstakeholders.

The Pakistan foreignoffice said in a statementthat the Treaty onProhibition of NuclearWeapons, adopted by avote on July 7 did not ful-fil these essential condi-tions both in terms ofprocess and substance.

It said Pakistan, there-fore, like all the othernuclear armed states,did not take part in itsnegotiations and cannotbecome a party to thetreaty.

Over 120 countries inthe United Nations votedto adopt the first-everglobal treaty to ban nucl-ear weapons. Eight othernuclear-armed nations,including the US andChina, did not partici-pate in the negotiationsfor the legally bindinginstrument to prohibitatomic weapons.

“Treaties that do notfully take on board theinterests of all stake-holders fail to achievetheir objectives...Pakis-tan does not consideritself bound by any ofthe obligations enshrin-ed in this treaty,” it said.

— PTI

PAK: NOTBOUND BYNUKE TREATY

U.S.-UK TRADEDEAL MAY BE‘CANCEROUS’London, Aug. 7: A dealwith the US after Brexitcould mean massive inc-rease in the amount ofcancer-causing toxins inmilk and baby food, theIndependent reported.

Compared to thestricter rules imposedby the European Union,American regulationsallow more than 20 timesthe quantity of harmfulaflatoxins in food prod-ucts, it said. The US alsoallows products madewith nuts and cereals tohave higher levels ofcarcinogens which dam-age the DNA and makecells more prone tobecoming cancerous.

While US regulationspermit 0.5 microgramsper kg of aflatoxins inmilk, cereals, nuts anddried fruits, the EUrestricts the levels to0.025 micrograms —twenty times lower,Independent reported.

In all milk and dairyproducts, EU limits are10 times lower at 0.05micrograms per kg.

Critics are warningBritish ministers frompursuing a quick tradedeal with Washington.This would weaken safe-ty standards, they warn.

Recently, there was afurore over whetherchlorinated chicken wo-uld flood the UK after atrade deal with the US.

— Agencies

London, Aug. 7: Britonswill be able to make socialmedia platforms like Fac-ebook delete information,including content pub-lished in their childhood,under government propos-als that will bring datalaws into line with newEuropean regulations.

Individuals will havemore control over theirdata by having “the rightto be forgotten” and askfor their personal data tobe erased in the measures

announced by digital min-ister Matt Hancock onMonday. Companies willalso have to ask people forpermission to collect per-sonal data rather then relyon pre-selected tick boxes,which are largely ignored,he said.

The changes also wouldmake it easier for peopleto find out what data com-panies or organisationshold on them, and wouldban firms from collectingpersonal information

without explicit consent.The proposed law gives a

regulator power to levyfines of up to $22 millionon firms that fail to com-ply.

The new rules will bringBritish law into line withthe European Union’s gen-eral data protection regu-lation (GDPR), which tig-htens and extends thescope of data protectionlaw. The GDPR is enforce-able from May 2018.

— Agencies

■ ‘Right to be forgotten’ allows people to protect their dataGOING | INCOGNITO

Brits can now delete their online past

FORGOTTEN MAO

Gold-coloured statues of Mao Zedong and other former leaders in the yard of a vil-lage committee in Huaxian, China. The fiberglass statues have been in the yard since2015 and were built to be part of a patriotic education base in the village. — AFP

Google sparksgender gap rowNew York, Aug. 7:Google found itself at thecenter of controversy onMonday after an employ-ee in a leaked internaldocument claimed “bio-logical causes” explainedthe lack of women in techindustry leadership roles.

The screed — dubbed“sexist” by US media —went viral, reviving thesimmering debate over aculture of sexism andlack of diversity in techsectors.

“I’m simply stating thatthe distribution of prefer-ences and abilities ofmen and women differ inpart due to biologicalcauses and that these dif-ferences may explain whywe don’t see equal repre-sentation of women intech and leadership,”read the 3,000-word fulmi-nation by an anonymousmale software engineer.

According to the author,natural aptitudes of menallow them to become bet-ter computer program-mers. Women, he said,have more “opennessdirected towards feelingsand aesthetics ratherthan ideas” — meaningthey “prefer jobs in socialor artistic areas.”

In response to theleaked memo, DanielleBrown, Google’s newvice-president of diversi-

ty, told employees in anemail that “it’s not a view-point that I or this compa-ny endorses, promotes orencourages.”

“I found that itadvanced incorrectassumptions about gen-der,” she said. “We areunequivocal in our beliefthat diversity and inclu-sion are critical to oursuccess as a company, andwe’ll continue to stand forthat and be committed toit for the long haul.”

It was unclear whetherthe memo’s author wouldface disciplinary action.

— AFP

GLOBE TROT

STOLEN BIKERETURNED WITHAPOLOGY NOTE

Two teenage thievesreturned a stolen bikewith an apology note.

The teens reportedly stole thebike from an apartment com-plex in Vancouver, theTelegraph reported.

Mel Flesher in a Facebookpost wrote that “some loser”had stolen her boyfriend’s kids’bike. When they saw the postthey decided to return the bike.They wrote an apology noteand also topped up the oil andput a new lock.

In the apology note, theteenagers said “they assumedit belonged to a teenager whohad outgrown it”. They signedit “regretful teenagers wholearned their lesson viarestorative justice”. — Agencies

An apology note was taped tothe stolen bike.

USINGWASTE

■ The teamencapsulated

cigarette buttswith bitumenand paraffin

wax to lock inthe chemicals

and preventany leaching

from theasphalt con-

crete.■ The encap-sulated ciga-

rettes buttswere then

mixed withhot asphalt.

trillion cigarettesare producedevery year,

leading to more than1.2 million tonnes ofcigarette butt waste

50% increase inthese figures by 2025likely, mainly due to anincrease in population.

6

UNIQUE ROADSCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO USECIGARETTE BUTTS TO BUILD ROADS. THIS

MAY HELP REDUCE HEAT IN URBAN AREAS.

■ Researchers in Australia have demon-strated that asphalt mixed with cigarettebutts can handle heavy traffic and alsoreduce thermal conductivity.

The best signal that NorthKorea could send that they’reprepared to talk would be tostop these missile launches

— REX TILLERSON,US secretary of state

N. KOREA A ‘DIRECT THREAT’DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SOUTH

KOREAN COUNTERPART AGREED THATN. KOREA POSES A “DIRECT THREAT”

■ THE two talkedover the phone aday after the UNSecurity Councilincreases sanc-

tions on the North.

■ AFTER the call,Mr Trump tweet-ed he was “veryhappy andimpressed” withUN vote.

A JOURNEY OF ASUICIDE BOMBER■ Usman’s testimony reveals aweb of radical seminaries andtraining facilities stretching fromeastern Afghanistan toPakistan’s southern Sindhprovince.■ Usman, who was arrested lastSeptember, did not name ISISdirectly, but police believe thenetwork that recruited him wasbehind five bombings, four ofwhich were claimed by ISIS.

London, Aug. 7: HBOwas the victim of a mas-sive data breach recently.Now it is being reportedthat the FBI has beencalled in to investigate.

Hackers claimed to ha-ve stolen 1.5 TB of data,Independent reported.Former Secret Serviceagent and cybersecurity

expert Erik Rasmussentold The Hollywood Repo-rter that with a cyberat-tack of this magnitudemore illegal contents areexpected to come out inthe coming weeks. “Itcould be emails, finan-cial documents, empl-oyee or customer infor-mation.” — Agencies

FBI TO INVESTIGATE HBO LEAKS

An ISIS bombing killed 88 at a crowdedshrine in Sindh province in February.

■ US regulationspermit 0.5 micro-grams per kg ofaflatoxins in milk,EU allows 0.025.

69%of Googleemploy-ees aremen,accord-ing to the com-pany’s latest figures.

■ In2016,Face

book hadjust 27%

seniorfemaleexecu-

tives

■ At Apple, onlyaround 30% of thetotal employees arewomen.

Donald Trump and Moon Jae-In


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BIZ BRIEFSSAT put off hearing

to August 10

Bengaluru: Tesla Inc onMonday said it would raiseabout $1.5 billion in a bondoffering as the US electric

car maker ramps up produc-tion of its newest sedan, the

Model 3. The debt offeringmarks Tesla’s debut in thejunk-bond market and the

company will start road-shows on Monday, IFR

reported, citing lead bankerson the deal. Elon Musk-led

Tesla is count-ing on the

Model 3, itsleast pricey

car, to becomea profitable,mass market

manufacturerof electriccars. Pre-orders for the

Model 3, which has a$35,000 base price, have

surpassed half a million,averaging about 1,800 per

day since its launch late lastmonth. At the launch, Mr

Musk however warned thatTesla would face months of

“manufacturing hell” as itincreases production of the

sedan.

TESLA TORAISE $1.5B

IN BONDS

Mumbai: The SecuritiesAppellate Tribunal (SAT) onMonday put off hearing on

Sahara Life’s petition againstIrdai order to sell its busi-

ness to ICICI Prudential Life,to August 10, as it wants to

conclude the hearing beforethe regulatory order comesinto effect from August 21.Irdai had on July 28 asked

private sector life insurerICICI Prudential Life to takeover the business of belea-

guered Sahara Life on orbefore August 21. The Irdai

order though asked ICICIPrudential to take over thebusiness of Sahara Life by

July 31

Trai to CCI: Cansettle tariff issueNew Delhi: Telecom regula-tor Trai on Monday shot offa letter to anti-trust watch-dog CCI asserting its power

and expertise to deal withmatters relating to competi-tion and predatory pricing in

telecom tariffs. CounteringCompetition Commission ofIndia’s contention over juris-

diction on market domi-nance and predatory pricing,

Trai emphasised that it hasthe wherewithal to examineall matters — even competi-

tion issues — falling withinits tariff-related powers, an

official said. Trai is reviewingrules of tariff assessment,

which among other issues,deals with promotional

offers and predatory pricing.

Poor response seesauction annulled

New Delhi: The governmenthas annulled the fifth round

of coal mines auction due topoor response from bidders.

In a notice to the bidders,the government said “the

tender process for the coalmines being auctioned under

5th tranche of auction ofcoal mine has been terminat-ed in accordance with Clause

3.3.2(b) of the tender docu-ment”. Thus, the tenders of

six mines will stand terminat-ed, the notice said.

According to a governmentofficial, the fifth round of

coal blocks auction has beenannulled as there was not

good response from the bid-ders because the steel indus-

try is in a bad shape.

Institutional ownership atan all-time high: MorganDC CORRESPONDENTMUMBAI, AUG. 7

The recent bull marketrally on the domesticbourses have led to theequity ownership of bothdomestic as well as foreigninstitutional investors hit-ting an all time high dur-ing the April-June period.

According to data analy-sed by Morgan Stanley, theforeign portfolio investors(FPI) equity ownershipsrose to 27.5 per cent as atthe end of June 2017 sur-passing the previous highof 27.3 per cent inSeptember 2016. Theiroverall investment inIndian equities are nowvalued at $395 billion.

On the other hand, thedomestic mutual fundshave increased their equi-ty holding for the 12thquarter running to 5.7 percent, highest level since

December 2001 whiledomestic financial institu-tions such as insurancefirms and banks increasedtheir stakes marginally to7.6 per cent. The combinedownership of all three cat-egories of institutionalinvestors have risen to 40.7per cent during the Juneended quarter, highestlevel in history.

Overall, institutionsremain more overweightin financial sector stockswhile they are most under-weight in healthcare andtechnology stocks.

Morgan Stanley pointedout that the FPIs are over-weight in just two out ofthe ten MSCI sectors withfinancials in the lead posi-tion followed by utilities.Their biggest underweightpositions are in healthcare,energy and materials.

Domestic mutual fundsare overweight in four sec-

tors with financials andconsumer staples emerg-ing as their most favouritepicks while they are large-ly underweight in technol-ogy and energy stocks.

Similarly, other domesticinstitutional investors likeinsurance firms are over-weight in four out of theten sectors with the largestbeing consumer staplesand utilities. Their biggestunderweight positions arein technology followed byhealthcare.

In 2017, overseas investorshave pumped in `56,131crore into the equity mar-ket while mutual fundshave invested `54,598.94crore during the same peri-od on the back of persistentinflows into equity orientedschemes offered by fundhouses. This has helped thedomestic markets to scalerecord high despite highvaluations.

BOURSES TOLDTO ACT AGAINST331 COMPANIES

ITRs grew 25% inFY17 to 2.82 croreNew Delhi, Aug. 7: Thenumber of income taxreturns filed for FY17grew by 25 per cent to 2.82crore, as increased num-ber of individuals filedtheir tax returns postdemonetisation, the taxdepartment said onMonday.

The growth in ITRs filedby Individuals is 25.3 percent with over 2.79 crorereturns having beenreceived up to August 5 asagainst over 2.22 crorereturns filed in the corre-sponding period lastfinancial year.

“As a result of demon-etisation and Operation

Clean Money, there is asubstantial increase inthe number of IncomeTax Returns (ITRs) filed,”an official statement said.

The total number ofreturns filed as on August5 stands at over 2.82 croreas against over 2.26 crorefiled during the corre-sponding period of FY17.

This was an increase of24.7 per cent compared togrowth rate of 9.9 percent in the previous year.

The last date for filing ofincome-tax returns byindividuals and HUFs,who need not get theiraccounts audited, wasAugust 5. — PTI

New Delhi, Aug. 7:Sebi on Monday directedbourses to initiateaction against 331 sus-pected shell companiesthat are listed and thesescrips will not be avail-able for trading thismonth, according to acommunication.

The regulator’s direc-tive came after the cor-porate affairs ministryshared a list of 331 listedcompanies that are sus-pected to be shell enti-ties and could even face“compulsory delisting”.

Stepping up the sur-veillance measures,these entities would besubject to independentaudit and if required,forensic audits couldalso be initiated to checktheir credentials.

In a communicationsent to the BSE, the NSEand the MetropolitanStock Exchange, the mar-kets regulator has askedthem to keep the 331shares in stage four ofthe Graded SurveillanceMechanism (GSM) withimmediate effect.

Securities coming instage four are permittedto trade only once amonth under trade totrade category.

— PTI

Daily use items may get a revisionNew Delhi, Aug. 7: Anumber of daily useitems ranging from idli/dosa batter to kitchen gaslighter may cost less asthe GST Council is con-sidering lowering rateson these items.

Tax rates on over twodozen products are beingsought to be lowered bythe GST Council afteranomalies in their fixa-tions were pointed out,official sources said.

To deal with businessesthat are deregisteringtheir brands post GST toavoid taxes, the fitmentcommittee has proposed tothe GST Council to consid-

er May 15, 2017, as the cutoff date for considering asa registered brand for thepurpose of levy of GST,irrespective of whether ornot the brand is subse-quently deregistered.

A final decision in thisregard would be taken bythe GST Council at itsnext meeting on Septem-ber 9 in Hyderabad.

Sources said that theGST Fitment Committeehas approved new ratestructure of over twodozen items and forward-ed the proposal to the apexdecision making body.

The GST Council in theAugust 5 meeting consid-ered and approved lowerrates for some of theseitems and the remainingwill be taken up in thenext meet on September9, they said.

Sources, however, couldnot state the items onwhich the tax rates havebeen lowered.

They said GST on driedtamarind has been pro-

posed to be lowered to 5per cent from 12 per centcurrently and so will bethe case in roasted gram.

Custard power wouldattract 18 per cent GST asagainst 28 per cent cur-rently while idli/dosa bat-ter would be charged with12 per cent tax against 18per cent currently.

Oil cakes would becharged with a uniform 5per cent GST irrespectiveof end use.

GST on dhoop batti,dhoop and other similaritems has been proposedat 5 per cent, down from12 per cent at present.

— PTI

BIZ BOOST

Amaravati: SRMUniversity founderchancellor Dr T.R.Pachamuthu on Mondayinaugurated the SRM-AP Amaravati academicprogramme for the year2017-18 at its newly con-structed premises inNeerukonda village inthe capital region of

Andhra Pradesh.Mr Pachamuthu said

that this is the fourth

campus of SRM groupwhere about 65,000 stu-dents are studying.

AY18 BEGINSAT SRM’S

AP CAMPUS


Thanks to the UnitedStates President DonaldTrump, almost everyone,has heard about the ParisAccord — an agreementbetween nations to com-bat climate change — now.

One step in this fight isgreater focus on renew-able energy such as solarand wind to meet the ener-gy demand.

While the United Statesplans to renegotiate for an‘improved’ deal, Indiaaims to meet its set target.

In recent days, powertariffs in the renewablesectors keeps falling tonew low and private com-panies are now ready topitch in.

Hyderabad-based start-up, Freyr Energy, plans tohelp the country meet itstarget via its mobile app,SunPro, which could beused to get an estimate ina matter of few touchesfor solar installation.

The SunPro app, avail-able in both iOS andAndriod, allows the user

with quite a few customi-sation option.

Saurabh Marda, co-founder and managingdirector, said, “The indus-try, we felt, is pretty unor-ganised. We soon foundout that there were twopaths to go forward forbringing in the orders.

“We could hire a salesteam for every location orcould disrupt the ecosys-tem. We decided to use thecraze of mobile apps asour way for disruption.”

Along with co-founderRadhika Choudary, whomMr Marda has known for along time, the duo set outto change the dynamicsbut soon realised the chal-lenges that impede thegrowth.

“With the sector seeing

increased interest, we did-n’t want to become yetanother company jump-ing in and later beingforced to wind up when abigger player with greatercapital venturing into thesector,” Ms Choudarysaid.

She added, “We are anintegrator and thus helpthe customer get the low-est price for their installa-tion. The lower tariffsworks as an additionalbenefit for us.”

As of June 30, 2017, thenation’s solar grid had acumulative capacity of13.11 GW. Meanwhile, thesolar-generation capacityas per date till March 31,2017 rose to 12,289 MWfrom 2,650 MW on May 26,2014 in India.

Now, harness the Sun’s power through an app

Freyr Energy co-founders Saurabh Marda (left) andRadhika Choudary

BIG

GST Council raisescess for SUVs to 25%New Delhi, Aug. 7:SUVs, mid-sized, largeand luxury cars that hadbecome cheaper afterGST rollout on July 1will cost more as the GSTCouncil has approved aproposal to hike cess onthem to 25 per cent, from15 per cent now.

Under the new GSTregime, cars attract thetop tax rate of 28 per cent.On top of this, a cess of 1-15 per cent is levied onthem to create a corpus tocompensate states forloss of revenue from GSTimplementation.

The finance ministry,in a statement, said thatafter introduction ofGST, the total tax onmotor vehicles (GST pluscompensation cess) hascome down vis-a-vis thetotal incidence in pre-GST regime.

“The GST Council con-sidered this issue in its20th meeting held onAugust 5 and recom-mended that the centralgovernment may movelegislative amendmentsrequired for increasingthe maximum ceiling ofcess leviable on motorvehicles falling underheadings 8702 and 8703 to25 per cent instead of thepresent 15 per cent,” thestatement read.

The decision on when toraise the actual cess levi-able on the same will betaken by the GST Councilin due course, it added.

The increase in com-pensation cess willrequire amendment tothe Schedule to section 8of the GST (Compensa-tion to a State) Act, 2017.

The vehicles that fallunder headings 8702 and8703 include mid-seg-ment, large cars, SUVsand motor vehicles whichcan carry more than 10persons, but less than 13.

Also, hybrid cars with

engine capacity of morethan 1500 cc and mid seg-ment hybrid cars of lessthan 1500 cc fall in the cat-egory.

The GST FitmentCommittee — which isresponsible for calculat-ing the tax rates on vari-ous goods and services —at its meeting on July 25felt that the total tax inci-dence in GST seems tohave come down vis-a-vispre-GST total tax figure.

The highest pre-GST taxincidence on motor vehi-cles worked out to about52-54.72 per cent, to which2.5 per cent was added onaccount of CST, octroi etc.Against this, post-GST,the total tax incidencecame to 43 per cent.

After 28 per cent GST, to

maintain the pre-GST taxincidence, the highestcompensation cess raterequired will have to be25 per cent, the fitmentcommittee felt. Againstthis, the ceiling rate ofcompensation cess onmotor vehicles is 15 percent.

The luxurty vehiclesmanufacturers hit out atthe move to hike cess onlarge cars and SUVs to25 per cent, saying it wasagainst the spirit of liber-al market dynamics andwould affect future plansof expansion under‘Make in India’ initia-tive. — PTI

■ Council to decide on implementation timeline later

JUMP

New Delhi, Aug. 7:Engineering exporters'body EEPC India onMonday said that ex-porters are facing diffi-culties in the GSTregime as their draw-back refunds will not bereleased till September-end or October.

Moreover, the sup-plies of goods to theexport-oriented unitsfrom the domestic tariffarea are not consideredas “deemed exports”under the new taxregime, resulting indenial of duty freeimports of inputsunder the ‘AdvanceAuthorisation’ schemeof the government, theexporters’ body said.

“In fact, several sche-mes for giving a boostto exporters by the com-

merce ministry havebeen turned upsidedown and their func-tioning has becomeextremely difficult ornot viable,” EEPC Indiachairman T.S. Bhasinsaid in a statement.

Exports of engineer-ing goods constitute thebiggest share in theexport basket and aretherefore, vital for jobcreation, particularlyin the SMEs segment.“Members have inform-ed us that it would beimpossible for them toexport in August andSeptember as per thisrefund time schedule.We request and kindlyurge the finance min-istry to make the GSTNoperative for process-ing returns,” EEPCIndia said. — PTI

Hard transition forexporters:EEPC

THE FINANCE ministry, ina statement, said that after

introduction of GST, the totaltax on motor vehicles (GST plus

compensation cess) has comedown vis-a-vis the total incidence in

pre-GST regime.

We are high-ly disappoint-ed with the

move as this will bea strong deterrentto growth of luxurycars in the country.As the leading luxu-ry car maker, thiswill also affect ourfuture plans ofexpansion here

— ROLAND FOLGER,CEO & MD,

Mercedes-BenzIndia

We will beforced to re-evaluate ourbusiness

plans in light of thisdevelopment. Thismove unfortunatelyis against the spiritof liberal marketdynamics and wecan only request toreconsider this pro-posal.

—RAHIL ANSARI,Head, Audi India

The vehicles that fall under headings 8702and 8703 include mid-segment, large cars,SUVs and motor vehicles which can carrymore than 10 persons, but less than 13

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were cutbetween`1.1 lakh

and `3 lakhfollowing

implementa-tion of GST,

which sub-sumed over a

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turers hit out at the move to hike

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Kochi, Aug. 7: In a big relief for S. Sreesanth, theKerala High Court on Monday lifted the lifetime-banimposed on the tainted pacer by the Board of Controlfor Cricket in India (BCCI) in connection with thespot fixing case.

Sreesanth was one of those charged for spot-fixingduring the sixth edition of the Indian PremierLeague ( IPL) in 2013. In September 2013, the discipli-nary committee of the BCCI gave him a life ban fromthe sport, effectively ending his career.

However, a Delhi Sessions court in 2015 had exoner-ated him in the spot-fixing case registered by the

Delhi Police which invoked the MaharashtraControl of organized crimes Act (MCOCA).

The BCCI had earlier in April this year rejectedSreesanth’s plea for a review of his life ban, say-ing it will not compromise on its zero tolerance

policy towards corruption.The country’s cricket board had alsoinformed the Kerala High Court that a crim-

inal court exonerating Sreesanth of spot-fixing charges was not enough to lift the

lifetime ban on him.After Sreesanth approached theKerala High Court in March this year

with a petition seeking the lifting ofhis ban, the court asked him to file areview plea before the BCCI.

The BCCI, though, remainedadamant and had earlier refusedto grant Sreesanth a ‘no objec-tion certificate’ for playing inScotland which led him tolaunch a scathing attack on the

board. — Agencies

The biggestfailure for me is

to not restore thebilateral series

between Pakistan andIndia.

— Shaharyar KhanoutgoingPakistan

Cricket Board(PCB) chairman

SHORT

AZHAR’SPENDING DUES

AT COA MEETNew Delhi: Former India cap-tain Mohammed Azharuddin’slong standing dues will come

up for discussion when theCommittee of Administrators(CoA) meet the BCCI office-

bearers in the capital onWednesday.

It is learnt that Azharuddin hasinformed the COA that the

Andhra High Court in its judge-ment five years back had

absolved him of all charges andalso enquired about the status

of his dues, which may be uptoa few crores.

“Yes, Azharuddin’s issue will bediscussed at the COA meeting.

Right now, there is no ban onAzharuddin and he has been

attending BCCI function. He haslast played for India in 2000.

For 17 years, he has notreceived the pension and also

his one-time ex-gratia paymenthas been withheld. The CoA will

be taking a call in this regard,”a senior BCCI official said on

Monday.The official claimed that

Azharuddin is not under anysanctions from the BCCI andthat’s the reason why all his

dues should be cleared by thecricket board.

— PTI

TAKE

SREESANTH GETS LIFELINE

New Delhi, Aug. 7: TheBCCI on said it will adopt await-and-watch policy onpacer S. Sreesanth, whoselife ban was lifted by theKerala High Court, even asthe cricketer’s state associ-ation welcomed thereprieve.

Asked about the BCCI’sstand, acting president C KKhanna said: “The judge-ment has come. TheBCCI’s legal team willstudy the judgement andgive its observations.Obviously, their feedbackwill be taken and placed atan appropriate forum (gen-eral body).”

The Kerala CricketAssociation said it’s happywith the development. “Wewere right behindSreesanth from day one.We were in Delhi duringthose days (arrest and sub-sequent court hearings)when he endured a lot.Now that High Court hasgiven a verdict, hopefully,normalcy will return inhis life. We would love tosee him back in Keralashirt,” KCA secretaryJayesh George said.

The KCA, though,remained apprehensiveabout the BCCI’s stand.“Look, two years back, wehad appealed to the BCCIrequesting to liftSreesanth’s ban afterlower court in Delhi exon-erated him of all spot-fix-ing charges. The BCCIthen decided to stick to lifeban. Now that Kerala HighCourt has given the ver-

dict, the BCCI may think ofappealing to SupremeCourt. We don’t know whatwill be their stand,”George said.

When asked whetherSreesanth would be con-sidered for Ranji Trophyselection this season if allgoes well, George said:“That I can’t tell you rightnow as it will be a collec-tive decision by the associ-ation. Also we have ourselectors who needs to takea call on his fitness.

“He is 34 years and hasnot played for last fouryears. Obviously, with histalent and experience, heis an asset for Kerala Ranjiteam.

“We now have pacers likeBasil Thampi (currentIndia A player), SandipWarrier. If Sree is around,obviously they can gainfrom his experience.”

In his order, Justice AMuhamed Mustaque alsoset aside all proceedingsagainst Sreesanth initiat-ed by the Board of Controlfor Cricket in India. Thecourt had earlier soughtthe BCCI’s stand on theplea by the cricketer, chal-lenging the life banimposed on him by thegame’s governing body fol-lowing the 2013 IndianPremier League-6 spot-fix-ing scandal.

The BCCI had filed acounter-affidavit in thecourt in response to theplea by Sreesanth, whohad challenged the life bandespite a court droppingall charges against the 34-year- old pacer. The cricketboard had said, “The deci-sion of the sessions courtto acquit the petitionerfrom the criminal chargeshas no impact whatsoeveron the decision of theinternal disciplinary com-mittee of the BCCI to banthe petitioner from playingcricket tournamentsorganised by the BCCIand/or its affiliates.”

It had said the questionbefore the court waswhether the petitioner(and other accused) wasliable to incur penal conse-quences under relevantcriminal statutes.

— PTI

BCCI’s legal team to studyorder; KCA backs player

I want to playTest cricketagain, I still havethree to four

years of cricket left inme. I am glad to be backwhere I belong. Hardtimes come and go. Myaim is to get match fitnow and I will prepare forRanji cricket. I ambowling. I have a smallindoor net in my houseand that is where Ipractice. — S. SREESANTH

SREE EYES TEST COMEBACK

Colombo, Aug. 7:Wriddhiman Saha wearshis reticence like a badgeof honour and, quite likehis predecessorMahendra Singh Dhoni,doesn’t believe in sledging

opposition batsmen asmost wicketkeepersare wont to.

“I haven’t seen MSDhoni sledge ever.So it is not compul-sory that you haveto sledge.Sometimes (inorder to unsettleopposition), wecan twist things

and say likethe pitch ispoor, or youhave played apoor shot.That much isfine,” said

Saha, whenasked about his

take on sledging.Like many of his

contemporaries, his idolis Australian AdamGilchrist.

“I liked AdamGilchrist from child-hood — both his bat-ting and keepingstyle. I think of himas an ideal ‘keeper.There are otherwicketkeepers likeMark Boucher andIan Healy. Theywere also good.But AdamGilchrist is myfavourite,” saidSaha.

He loves beingunder the radar

and ish a p p ywhen his

p e r fo r m -ance makes

an impact inresult. “My

childhood coachJayanta Bhowmick

used to tell me that if I dowell then automaticallyyour name will be promi-nent in selection circles.He told me not to play formyself but for the teamwhenever you get evensmall opportunity keepcontributing to the team’scause. I have tried to dothat only. Even now I amonly trying to do well for

the team and if my con-tribution is there I willbe very satisfied,” headded.He was blissfully

unaware that third Testagainst Sri Lanka will behis 100th first-class game.“I am just being told thatthis is my 100th first-classmatch. I didn’t know. It isa milestone but I will tryplaying as long as possi-ble,” he said.

Coming from NorthBengal’s Siliguri, once thecradle of state’s table ten-nis, Saha was an outsiderwhen he shifted base toKolkata. He used to playfor Shambazar Club andthen for Kalighat in thefirst division league, stayin a shack in CentralKolkata’s Koley Marketwith other club cricketers.

“Coming from Siliguri,it was tough. When youcome from outside the cityit is tough because youhave to work out accom-modation, find out a goodclub and then think aboutgettinhg opportunities.After all these, comes theperformance,” the 32-year-old recollected his jour-ney.

“My aim was to keepperforming consistentlyin my keeping and bat-ting. I was doing that so Igot selected for Bengaland then got a nationalcall-up.”

On the match, he wasasked about clean sweep,Saha said: “We haven’tthought about 3-0. Webelieve in match by matchprocess. We are leading 2-0and in the next match, theaim is to produce a simi-lar performance,” hesigned off.

Keeping on pitches thatoffer turn and bouncemakes the job of astumper challenging butfor Saha it becomes moreenjoyable when RavindraJadeja and R. Aswhinbowl on such wickets.

Ashwin and Jadejaexploited the spin-friend-ly conditions to tormentthe Sri Lankans in the sec-ond Test, which India wonby an innings and 53 runs.“I enjoy keeping toAshwin-Jadeja on suchwickets. If a lot of ballscome to the keeper it isgood, otherwise we onlyget 10-12 balls all day com-ing to us. If you get moreballs coming to you thenyou are always morefocussed,” Saha said.

— PTI

KOHLI MEETS KHALI

India captain Virat Kohli meets Dalip Singh Rana, whogoes by his ring name The Great Khali in the WorldWrestling Entertainment, in Colombo on Sunday. “It wasGreat to meet The Great Khali, what a guy!” Kohli wroteon Twitter.

Manchester, Aug. 7:Moeen Ali completed a bril-liant series with a five-wicket haul as Englandbeat South Africa by 177runs in the fourth Test atOld Trafford on Monday.

Victory, achieved withmore than a day to spare,

also saw England take thefour-match series 3-1,

with Joe Root tri-umphant in his first

series as Englandcaptain.

South Africa,set a massive 380to win, were dis-missed for 202

shortly after teaon the fourth day,

with Ali wrappingthings up with two

wickets in two balls.That gave the off-spinner

a return of 5 for 69 in 19.5overs and 25 wickets intotal in a series where healso scored 252 runs.

South Africa, 43 for 3 atlunch, saw Hashim Amla(83) and captain Faf du

Plessis (61) put on 123 forthe fourth wicket.

But Ali then took threewickets for five runs in 11balls — including the prizescalp of Amla — as SouthAfrica collapsed from 163for three to 173 for six.

England had laid the plat-form for victory by estab-lishing a first-innings lead

of 136 that owed much toJonny Bairstow’s 99 and areturn of 4 for 38 fromJames Anderson — bowl-ing from the newly-namedJames Anderson End at hisLancashire home ground.

Ali’s second-innings 75not out then left SouthAfrica with a huge chase.

— AFP

India’s pace attackcompetent: BishopKarachi, Aug. 7: FormerWest Indies fast bowler IanBishop feels that the cur-rent pace attack of theIndian cricket team, whichis very competent, willhelp the team to be moresuccessful in foreign condi-tions.

Speaking topakpassion.net, Bishop wasasked about his opinion ofthe current Indian paceattack, to which he replied,“It’s good, MohammedShami, Umesh Yadav,Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Jasprit Bumrah — they’reall good”

“They all bring differentskill-sets. Bumrah’schanges of pace and york-ers, Bhuvneshwar swingsthe ball and he’s had toadapt his game to differentpitches and conditionsnow. He’s put on a little bitof pace too. Shami andYadav are very sharp andquick. So it's competent,”he added.

The West Indian, whonow officiates as cricketercommentator, furtherasserted that the currentbowling attack of theIndian team would helpthem not only to be good at

home, where they have aceoff-spinner RavichandranAshwin, but to be betteroverseas too. He also saidthat the current crop ofbowlers in the Indian pacebattery is the best he hasseen.

The Indian pacers haveshowcased their abilitiesto swing the ball both wayswhile generating greatpace and have been suc-cessful both home andaway.

Also, newly appointedIndian head coach RaviShastri already suggestedthat India’s pace batteryhas the capability to dis-mantle any batting lineupin any given conditions,which hand the Men inBlue an edge over theircompetitors in the longestformat. — Agencies

SCORECARDEngland (1st Innings): 362. South Africa (1st Innings): 226England (2nd Innings): A. Cook c de Bruyn b Morkel 10, K.Jennings c Amla b Rabada 18, T. Westley c sub (Markram) bMorkel 9, J. Root b Olivier 49, D. Malan c de Bruyn b Maharaj 6,B. Stokes c du Plessis b Olivier 23, J. Bairstow c Rabada b Olivier10, M. Ali (not out) 75, T. Roland-Jones c Maharaj b Rabada 11, S.Broad c de Bruyn b Morkel 5, J. Anderson c de Bruyn b Morkel 2.Extras (b-9, lb-13, w-2, nb-1) 25. Total (in 69.1 overs) 243.FoW: 1-16, 2-30, 3-55, 4-72, 5-129, 6-134, 7-153, 8-211, 9-237.Bowling: Morkel 13.1-2-41-4, Rabada 17-40-50-2, Maharaj 27-5-92-1, Olivier 12-5-38-3.South Africa (2nd Innings): H. Kuhn c Cook b Anderson 11, D.Elgar c Bairstow b Broad 5, H. Amla lbw b Ali 83, T. Bavuma cBairstow b Roland-Jones 12, F. du Plessis c Bairstow b Anderson61, Q. de Kock c Cook b Ali 1, T. de Bruyn c Stokes b Ali 0, K.Maharaj not out 21, K. Rabada c Westley b Anderson 1, M. Morkelc Root b Ali 0, D. Olivier c Stokes b Ali 0. Extras (b-4, lb-3) 7.Total (all out, 62.5 overs) 202.Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-18, 3-40, 4-163, 5-173, 6-173, 7-183, 8-195,9-202.Bowling: Anderson 14-7-16-3, Broad 12-5-24-1, Roland-Jones 9-1-52-1, Ali 19.5-1-69-5, Stokes 6-1-26-0, Root 2-0-8-0.

● The West Indianasserted that thecurrent India bowl-ing attack wouldhelp them not onlyto be good at homebut to be betteroverseas too

<<< James Anderson cele-brates a South Africanwicket. — AP

■ THE BCCI’S posi-tion in the past hasbeen to delink itsdecisions from anylegal proceedings.

■ THE KERALACricket Association,however, said it’shappy with the development.

■ THE ASSOCIATIONhad, two years ago,requested BCCI to liftSreesanth’s ban.

WAIT & WATCH POLICY

England beat Proteas, win series

ICC chairman Shashank Manohar is set to visitZimbabwe as the country is hopeful of convincinghim to host the Under-19 World Cup qualifiers

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Saha not gamefor sledging

Kochi, Aug. 7: Cricketer S.Sreesanth on Monday said he was“grateful to God” after the KeralaHigh Court lifted the life ban.

Sreesanth said he was eager tomake a comeback. “I want to playTest cricket again, I still havethree to four years of cricket leftin me,” Sreesanth told NDTV.

Sreesanth said he has startedpreparations for playing the gameand his aim was to find a place inthe Kerala cricket team.

The Kerala Cricket Associationsaid it would take a positive deci-sion on Sreesanth’s bid to play instate cricket tournaments.

“I am glad to be back where Ibelong. Hard times come and go.My aim is to get match fit now andI will prepare for Ranji cricket,”Sreesanth added.

The 34-year-old fast bowler saidthat he had already been practic-ing and now needed to prove him-self.

“I am bowling. I have a smallindoor net in my house and that iswhere I practice. I believe I got toprove myself,” said the Keralapacer.

He last played official cricketduring the 2013 IPL.

— Agencies


Australia Olympic icon Betty Cuthbert, only athlete to ever win gold in 100m,200m and 400m, dies aged 79

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER■ Tori Bowie dives at finish line to win World 100 metres race by 1/100th of a secondLondon, Aug. 7:America’s Tori Bowiedelivered a finish linemasterclass when shetimed her dip perfectly towin the women’s 100metres World champi-onship gold in spectacu-lar style on Sunday, leav-ing Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou with a con-solation silver.

The momentum of 26-year-old Bowie’ exempla-ry dip sent her sprawlingonto the track but by thetime she recoveredenough to look at the bigscreen she saw that shehad won by one hun-dredth of a second anddenied Ta Lou the chanceto claim Ivory Coast’sfirst world title in anyevent.

Olympic champion andrace favourite ElaineThompson never gotgoing and finished fifth,as Dutchwoman DafneSchippers took bronzewith a time of 10.96 secs.

Ta Lou appeared to havethe race sewn up but fatal-ly failed to throw herselfat the line and there weremoments of suspensebefore the result appearedon the stadium score-board.

The 26-year-old Bowie,who finished in 10.85 sec-onds, went one betterthan her silver medal atthe Olympic Games inRio de Janeiro last yearwhile Ta Lou was left toponder another desper-ately unlucky finish.

“I never give up untilI’m over the line,” Bowiesaid. “Ta Lou went awayfast but she always does.It didn’t bother me and Ijust kept pumping mylegs and arms until thefinish.

“The dive doesn’t feeltoo good now. But that hassaved me at champi-onships in the past. I’vegot a couple of days torecover before the 200heats so I’ll be okay.”

Ta Lou was alsounlucky not to walk awaywith a bronze medal inRio after being denied aplace on the podium bythe rarely-resorted tothousandths measure-ment. “I am just happy tohave this medal, it is adream come true,” shesaid. “I didn’t expect to bein the top three becauseall the girls have thepower and the talent tomake the podium.”

Thompson’s shockdefeat came after UsainBolt finished third in themen’s 100 metres onSaturday making it thefirst time since the 2005World Championships inHelsinki that Jamaicafailed to win either 100metres race.

It was also the firstsprint double for the U.S.Since Helsinki whenGatlin and LaurynWilliams were the cham-pions. Thompson, who

had looked in fine form inthe heats and won on thesame track in trainers toprotect an injury in aDiamond League meetingone month ago, was at aloss to explain her defeat.

“I don’t know what hap-pened. I just wanted to geta good start but they racewell,” she said.

“I’ll have to watch thevideo back because I don’tknow what went wrong. Ihave to give those threegirls a lot of credit, so bigcongratulations to them. Ididn’t execute my racewhich is a shame but I’mhealthy,” she added.

— Reuters

Tori Bowie of the USA dives to cross the finish line ahead of Ivory Coast’s Murielle Ahoure to win the women’s 100metres final at the World Athletics Championships in London on Sunday. — AFP

London, Aug. 7: ToriBowie’s dream of one dayseeing a sign in her homecommunity saying ‘wel-come to Sand Hill home toTori Bowie’ looks almostcertain to be realised afterher 100m win at the worldathletics championships.

For the sport of athleticsthe 26-year-old American’svictory — courtesy of herhabitual hurling herselfat the line which denieddiminutive Ivorian MarieJosee Ta Lou the gold —will be a welcome antidoteto the largely hostilereception of her compatri-ot and two-time dope cheatJustin Gatlin’s win in themen’s race the nightbefore.

For Bowie — who finallytasted gold in an individ-ual event after lessermedals in the Olympic 100and 200m as well as the2015 100 world final — itwill also be a moment ofglory shared with herpaternal grandmotherand her role model,Bobbie Smith.

But for Smith, Bowiesays she and her sisterTamara would have beentaken on by foster parents.“My mother dropped usoff at a foster care centrewhen I was just two,”Bowie told NBC last year.

“But my grandmotherended up fighting for usand winning custody ofus. We didn’t have muchbut she gave us character,”added Bowie, who hasshortened her name fromthe unusual Fentorish.

Smith for her part hadno hesitation in assumingher responsibilities to herdiscarded grand daugh-ters even though she hadfive children of her own tobring up in the tinyenclave in Mississippiwhich is so small Bowiesays there are no ‘stoplights’.

She said her own grand-mother had taken in sixgrandchildren, including

herself. “So I knew if shecould take in six, I couldtake in two. That helpedmotivate me and let meknow I could do it,” the 70-year-old told the Clarion-Ledger.

Bowie, who has donesome modelling and iskeen to get into actingwith her goal to attract theattention of gospel filmlegend Tyler Perry, saysshe and Tamara are eter-nally cognisant of theirgrandmother’s sacrifices.

— AFP

Tori, running tostand still in life

A dejected Usain Bolt poses on the podium during thevictory ceremony for the men’s 100m athletics event atthe IAAF World Championships in London. — AFP

Finally, cheers for GatlinLondon, Aug. 7:Applause eventuallydrowned out the boos thatgreeted American JustinGatlin when he receivedhis gold medal for the 100metres world title onSunday at the LondonStadium.

Sebastian Coe, presidentof the InternationalAssociation of AthleticsFederations, admitted ear-lier Sunday he was nerv-ous at how the crowd

would respond when the35-year-old two-time dopecheat, who had taken thetitle denying crowdfavourite and Jamaicansuperstar Usain Bolt afinal individual gold, inSaturday’s final, steppedon top of the podium.

However, those fearswere allayed when thebooing, mixed with mutedapplause, was replaced bymore enthusiastic clap-ping as Gatlin, who had

been jeered throughoutthe heats and then evenmore so when he wasannounced the winner onSaturday, received hisgold medal from Coe.

It had looked ominouswhen deafening roarsrang out for Bolt as hestepped up for his bronzemedal and then some boosgreeted silver medallistChristian Coleman wholooked slightly bemused.

— Agencies

Rajiv, Ajay victors in Round 3DC CORRESPONDENTHYDERABAD, AUG. 7

Rajiv Inuganti and AjayBhusan dished out com-posed games on the pooltable to blank their respec-tive opponents and finishon the winning side inRound Three of the ongo-ing Telangana OpenSnooker Championship inthe city.

Rajiv defeated ShaikShukoor with a dominating77-20, 61-14, 56-6 scoreline.

Rajiv took charge fromfirst frame and won it easi-ly at 77-20. Later, he was inno mood to compromise histop level game and com-pletely cornered Shaik 61-14, 56-6 to pocket the nexttwo frames and the match.

Meanwhile, Ajay Bhusandominated the table againstAbhiraj 3-0. Ajay’s cue han-dling skills and tempera-ment proved too much forAbhiraj who surrenderedthe match 25-81, 35-61, 20-70.

P. Hemanth Kumar was

the other player to sript adominating 3-0 victory. Hedefeated Baquer Hussain65-13, 66-22, 67-33.

Meanwhile, Balakrishnahad to toil hard to clinch avictory against Sharath.Both the players gave toughfight to each other, however,it was Balakrishna who hadthe last laugh as he wonwith a 59-38, 44-55, 70-38, 24-39, 59-56) scoreline.

In the match betweenSyed Parvez Shareef andDhruv Singh, the former

emerged winner with adominating 3-0 score. Theframe scores read 62-21, 57-55, 74-61 in Dhruv’s favour.

In the other match, MdGhouse dished out a come-from-behind victory overVarun Victor. After losingthe first frame 36-61,Ghouse channelised all hisskills and came back hardat his opponent to clinchthe match.

The scores in the nextthree frames read 59-40, 73-33, 74-18.

THE RESULTS■ Round 3: P. Hemanth Kumarbt Baquer Hussain 3-0 (65-13,66-22, 67-33); Mushtaq bt D.Rohit Kumar 3-1 (72-13, 58-36,32-56, 52-42); Balakrishna btSharath 3-2 (59-38, 44-55,70-38, 24-39, 59-56); RashidQureshi bt Aslam 3-1 (65-60,60-70, 53-43, 59-36); SyedAhmed bt Majeed Khan 3-0(67-7, 63-13, 63-37); AbdulMajid bt P. Sainath 3-1 (32-54,36-30, 48-37, 57-52); ChetanChabra bt John Vali 3-0 (82-74, 61-51, 60-43); JamesSundar Raj bt Sajjad Khan 3-0(awarded 1 frame, 74-6, 52-21); Pandurangaiah btSrinivas Rao 3-0 (102(88)-6,54-47, 70(50)-31); SandeepReddy bt Nizamuddin 3-1(60-40, 60-50, 43-63, 64-

37); Syed Parvez Shareef btDhruv Singh 3-0 (62-21, 57-55, 74-61); Dev Pal bt PawanKumar 3-1 (77-51, 23-49, 61-11,54-16); Ajay Bhushan btAbhiraj 3-0 (81-25, 61-35, 70-20); Rajiv Inuganti bt ShaikShukoor 3-0 (77-20, 61-14,56-6); Md Ghouse bt VarunVictor 3-1 (36-61, 59-40, 73-33, 74-18).■ Round 2: G. Jeevan Reddybt Md Muzammil 3-0 (52-19,52-23, 51-08); Clinton S. Rajbt Md Imran 3-1 (41-53, 46-34,59-23, 65-20); Rameezuddinbt Imran 3-0 (76-44, 72-42,53-46); Md Faizaan btIbrahim Easa 3-1 (51-16, 72-5,33-65, 60-40); B.L. Dheerajbt Kalyan Sharma 3-0 (57-47,51-40, 62-13); Mir Abid Ali bt

Arvind Goud 3-0 (52-39, 72-18, 54-26); Gopal bt Y.Karunakar 3-2 (43-53, 30-42,61-37, 47-37, 50-42); ShaikRafayath bt G. Nishanth 3-2(38-45, 60-33, 30-58, 60-26,60-48); Syed Alamdar bt P.Naresh 3-2 (38-57, 60-34, 53-37, 30-67, 56-23); Syed Abedbt Md Riyaz 3-1 (65-27, 65-31,42-56, 71-22); Salman btKoushik Wala 3-0 (59-20, 60-21, 52-31); Sajjad Khan btFarhaz Ahmed 3-2 (68-11, 55-20, 46-50, 49-59, 53-49); A.Naresh Kumar bt AbdulRasheed 3-0 (70-10, 59-22,48-40); Khaja Hussain w/oM.V. Ramana; Varun Victor btP. Gangadhar 3-2 (37-70, 59-22, 48-68, 56-48, 65-56);Surya Prakash bt G. Jeevan

Reddy 3-0 (62-21, 72-41, 55-49); Durga Prasad bt NabilLakdawala 3-0 (65-47, 58-27,56-53); Tarun Gupta bt G.Surender 3-0 (58-37, 69-18,58-04); James Sundar Raj btZubair 3-2 (71-30, 56-63, 38-65, 58-35, 71-50); Md Ghousebt K. Girish 3-0 (75-11, 71-05,58-27); John Bosco bt E. SaiKiran 3-1 (47-32, 58-66, 64-47, 82-32); Himanshu Jain btN. Srinivas 3-0 (70-13, 68-43,85-05); Chetan Chabra bt MdToufeeq 3-0 (66-50, 54-46,44-30); Abdul Nazeem btVenkataiah 3-1 (52-43, 70-28,42-50, 57-36); Saad Salmanbt Muzaffar 3-1 (39-33, 33-59,69-18, 78-22); Susheel btShankar Bhavani 3-2 (41-51,56-49, 59-65, 61-34, 65-34).

St. Louis, USA: ViswanathanAnand remained in contention

for a top spot after a fourth suc-cessive draw in the Sinquefield

Chess tournament. LevonAronian has had mixed resultswith Anand but the Indian hastroubled his opponent a great

deal in the past few years.For Anand, the fourth draw

serves him well as he has notreally been in great form. With

two points from four games,one win is what keeps Anandaway from being in the front

line for title race.— PTI

French finalistfails dope test

Fourth draw putsAnand in title race

Rome: Former French Openfinalist Sara Errani has failed a

doping test for a hormone thatcan hide the presence of the

male hormone testosterone, twoItalian newspapers reported

Monday.Traces of anastrozole, used in

the treatment of breast cancerbut also a masking agent, were

found in the urine of the 30-year-old former world number

five during a doping control car-ried out by the International

Tennis Federation, the Gazzettadello Sport and the Corriere

della Sera said.The tests were carried out in

February at her home, thereports said.

Errani was the beaten finalist atRoland Garros in 2012 and

reached her highest ever worldranking of five the following

year, a meteoric rise for a playerwho had only just broken into

the world top 100.According to the reports Errani,now 98th in the world, was due

to play in Canada but hasreturned to Italy to defend her-

self ahead of a public announce-ment expected by the ITF.

— AFP

SHORT TAKES

When I saw itpop up on

the board andit was all confi-

rmed, I thought,‘Oh my God, I

can’t believe thisjust happened’.

I don’t know wherethe finish (the dive)

comes from. Iguess just hunger,determination, I'm

motivated, Iwant it.

— Tori Bowie after winning the

100m final

Sara ErraniMy motherdropped us (her-self and sisterTamara) off at afoster care centrewhen I was justtwo. But mygrandmotherended up fightingfor us and winningcustody of us. Wedidn’t have muchbut she gave uscharacter.

— TORIBOWIE

Women’s 100metres World

champion


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