PATNAPrime Minister

Narendra Modi's responseto the fierce attack on himtwo days ago by BiharChief Minister NitishKumar, CongressPresident Sonia Gandhiand the RJD's Lalu Yadav,was a jibe.

At a 'Parivartan rally' inBihar's Bhagalpur today,PM Modi scoffed, "Suchbig leaders came togetherat Patna's Gandhi maidanand could only chantModi, Modi, Modi,Modi." That he thoughthappened only at NDArallies and his tripsabroad, the PM quipped.

He said not only thepeople of Bihar but alsothose in the rest of thecountry were disappoint-ed that the rival alliance"uttered not a word on theplans it has for Bihar'sdevelopment."

In his speech today at

his fourth rally in Bihar,where elections will beheld by November, PMModi sought to under-score that its developmentagenda sets apart his BJPfrom rival parties. He saidhe was "happy" that hisannouncement last monthof a central aid bonanzafor Bihar had forced rivalsto "come to the issue ofdevelopment in this elec-tion."

"This election is for theBihar assembly, thosewho have ruled for 25years need to account fortheir performance, notme. I will furnish a com-plete account in the LokSabha elections," the PMsaid.

Like before, severalscathing attacks on ChiefMinister Nitish Kumarwere at the centre of hisspeech today.

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Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai Flags Off'U-Special Bus' for DU Students, Staff

Rahul Gandhi to Lead A 'SaveFarmer March' in Odisha

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SHIMLAAt least 15 people were killed

and 12 others injured onTuesday after a private busrolled down a 200-metre gorgein Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaurdistrict ahead of Rampur, police

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15 Killed as BusFalls Into Gorgein HimachalPradesh

THIRUVANANTHAPURAMA special CBI court here on

Tuesday sentenced nine of the13 people convicted for the2009 murder of Paul MuthootGeorge to life imprisonmentand the remaining four to three-

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9 Get LifeImprisonment forBusinessman PaulMuthoot's Murder

NEW DELHIThe government on Tuesday

decided to recognise yoga as asports discipline and put it inpriority category.

"It has further been decided torecognise yoga as a sports disci-pline and to place it in the

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GovernmentRecognises Yogaas Sports Discipline

NEW DELHIWith Prime Minister Narendra

Modi voicing concern over calldrops, the government has goneinto hyper action mode with TRAIbeing asked to help address theproblem by assessing the infra-structure and capacity of the tele-com operators for effectively providing services.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) wants TRAI to CONTD. ON PAGE 5

Government Goes Into Hyper ActionMode to Address Call Drop Issue

VATICAN CITYPope Francis on Tuesday

called on priests to pardonwomen who have abortions, andthe doctors who perform them,during the upcoming Jubileeyear -- overruling hardline tradi-tionalists within the CatholicChurch.

"I have decided, notwithstanding anything to thecontrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year

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Pope Francis Tells Priests to PardonWomen Who Have Abortions

DHARAMSALAThe Central Tibetan

Administration (CTA), based inDharamsala in HimachalPradesh, on Tuesday asked Chinanot to go ahead with its plan topick the reincarnation of theDalai Lama, saying there would

be an international pushback."If communist China goes ahead with its plan to pick

the reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, therewill be an international pushback," the CTA said in astatement. Its reaction came on the day when Beijing

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Don't Pick Dalai LamaReincarnation, China Told

COLOMBOSixteen Indian fishermen

were arrested on Tuesday afterthey illegally entered the watersoff northern Sri Lanka, a navyofficial said.

Navy spokesperson IndikaSilva told news agency Xinhuathat three fishing boats werealso seized and the fishermen

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Sri Lankan Navy Arrests16 Indian Fishermen

NEW DELHIIn a huge relief for con-

sumers, private lender HDFCBank cut its base rate, or mini-mum lending rate, from 9.70per cent to 9.35 per cent onMonday. HDFC Bank is thecountry's second largest privatesector bank by assets.

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HDFC Bank SlashesInterest Rate, EMIsSet to Fall

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NEW DELHIAustralian Defence

Minister Kevin Andrewson Tuesday held talkswith External AffairsMinister Sushma Swarajahead of his meetingwith his Indian counter-part Manohar Parrikar.

The meeting discussedways to strengthen Indo-Pacific partnership,tweeted external affairsministry spokespersonVikas Swarup.

Mr Andrews, whoarrived in India onMonday evening on athree-day visit, is slatedto meet Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

In a message ahead ofhis India visit, Mr

Andrews said: "I lookforward to identifying arange of new ideas toincrease our existingdefence cooperation at

this year's talks."As the first Defence

Ministers' Meeting fol-lowing the release of the

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DHARWADThe police in Karnataka will

investigate whether the killingof scholar MM Kalburgi onSunday is linked to the murdersof two other rationalists,Narendra Dabholkar andGovind Pansare.

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Professor MM Kalburgi'sKilling Eerily Similar to Thatof Two Other Rationalists

NEWS IN BRIEF

KOLKATAWest Bengal govern-

ment today assured tradebodies that it will com-pensate in case of anydamage or loss to openshops during bandh onSeptember, an official ofa retailers trade bodysaid after a meetingchaired by ChiefMinister MamataBanerjee.

"Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee todayassured us to remainbeside the traders in casewe face any problem inkeeping our shops opentomorrow. She alsoassured us police protec-

tion and compensation incase of any damage,"Ravindra Nath Koley,member of the task forceon agricultural productsprice, said at the statesecretariat after a meet-ing.

Ms Banerjee had said

earlier that she wants tofinish the bandh andstrike culture fromBengal and hencerequested all to opposethe nation-wide strikecall by central tradeunions.

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'All They Chanted Was Modi Modi': PM'sDig at Sonia Gandhi, Nitish Kumar

Mamata Banerjee Assures Trade Bodiesof Compensation for Loss on Bandh

Face Action if YouComplain Directlyto PM Modi,GovernmentWarns BabusNEW DELHI

Government officials,including those in the armyand paramilitary forces,have been warned of actionif they complain directly tothe Prime Minister.

The Department ofPersonnel and Trainingtoday reminded officials ofrules dating back to 1957that say bypassing one'sown boss and writing tohigher authorities will betreated as unbecoming con-duct.

"In spite of these instruc-tions, it has been observed

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BEIRUTAfter a day of conflict-

ing reports about theextent of damage thatIslamic State militantshad inflicted on theTemple of Baal in theancient city of Palmyra,Syria, a United Nationsagency confirmedMonday the structurehad been largelydestroyed.

Satellite imagesreleased by the U.N.training and researchagency UNITAR in

Geneva showed themain temple buildingand a row of columnshad been flattened. Theexplosion Sunday wasthe militants' secondattack on the

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U.N. Confirms Destruction ofan Ancient Temple by ISIS

NEW DELHIIndia's largest realty

firms will continue toexperience a challengingoperating environmentover the next year charac-terised by weak cashflows, flat sales and stag-nant prices, Moody'sInvestors Service said ina report on Tuesday.

"India's largest propertydevelopers will continueto face a challengingoperating environment

over the next 12 months -- including weak cash

flows, flat sales and CONTD. ON PAGE 5

MUMBAIIndrani Mukerjea, who is

accused of killing herdaughter Sheena Bora, hasallegedly claimed duringher interrogation that the24-year-old is in the USand is not coming forward

because she hates her.Police sources say Ms

Mukerjea, a former mediaexecutive married to TVtycoon Peter Mukerjea,has stuck to this assertionand has been "tough to

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NEW DELHIIn a move to placate for-

eign investors, the govern-ment has accepted a reporton minimum alternate taxor MAT which recom-mends a waiver of tax oncapital gains of earlieryears.

"Today I have acceptedthe report of the AP ShahPanel," Mr Jaitley said onTuesday evening, explain-ing that the report suggeststhat no retrospective tax belevied on foreign investors.

The markets - whichslumped today on a freshbout of weakness acrossthe globe and because ofdisappointment with weak

economic data - areexpected to cheer today'smove.

Global banks andinvestors had challengedthe legitimacy of MAT,which was intended toensure companies inside

India paid a minimum taxrate to foreign investors'gains.

The government had ear-lier conceded that MATwould not apply to suchgains from April 2015, but

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Government Accepts Shah Panel Report on TaxWaiver in Big Relief for Foreign Investors

Indian Realty Faces Flat Sales,Stagnant Prices Next Year: Moody's

Sheena Bora Alive and inUS, Claims Indrani Mukerjea

in Interrogation: Sources

NEW DELHIAccusing Pakistan of

using "new methods" forcreating unrest in Jammuand Kashmir and extend-ing the arc of violence toother areas, Army ChiefGeneral Dalbir Singhtoday said India is pre-pared for "swift and short"wars in the future.

Addressing the Tri-Service Seminar on the1965 Indo-Pak War, theArmy Chief said,"(Because of) the frequent

ceasefire violations andinfiltration bids by ourwestern neighbour, theborders remain live andactive. New methods con-tinue to be employed tocreate unrest in J-K.

"We are acutely awarethat the swift, short natureof future wars are likely tooffer limited warning time-- this calls for maintainingvery high levels of opera-tional preparedness at alltimes."

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India Prepared for Swift, ShortWars in Future: Army Chief

PATNAAs nearly one lakh peo-

ple crowded into a publicground, some of thempanda-climbing up poles

to watch Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, from adistance, Nitish Kumarurged Mr Modi to "stopthe chest-thumping and

show some moralcourage."

The tweeted and unso-licited pointers to the PM

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Stop Chest-Thumping, Says Nitish Kumar to PM

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BY MAHMUD DURRANI

Every sane individual —both in India and Pakistan— is convinced that it

spite of the acrimony anddecades of mistrust, it is in thestrategic interest of both thesenations to live in peace andfriendship. With a commongeography, heritage, culture andlanguage, good relations andharmony should come naturallyto the two neighbours but itseems that the baggage ofPartition continues to dominateour thinking and actions.

Over the decades, there havebeen numerous efforts to hold a‘meaningful dialogue and dis-cuss all outstanding issues’ butwith almost zero results. Evenduring the most recent meetingbetween the two Prime Ministersat Ufa in Russia, emphasis wasagain on discussing all outstand-ing issues but the so called dia-logue collapsed even before itbegan.

What is the reason for the fail-ure of the so-called dialogueprocess, even though in almostall such attempts in the past,each dialogue process was basedon a common understandingabout the broad objectives to beachieved?

At Ufa, the broad objectiveswere jointly agreed to andspelled out in the Joint Statementat the conclusion of the meetingbetween the two leaders.Unfortunately this latest dia-logue process beat all previousrecords and collapsed evenbefore it was begun, just a daybefore the scheduled meeting ofthe National Security Advisers(NSAs) of the two countries.

The main components of theUfa Joint Statement issued onJuly 10, as presented in the pressare:

I) The Prime Ministers ofPakistan and India met today onthe sidelines of the ShanghaiCooperation Organisation (SCO)

Summit in Ufa. The meeting washeld in a cordial atmosphere.The two leaders exchangedviews on issues of bilateral andregional interest.

II) They agreed that India andPakistan have a collectiveresponsibility to ensure peaceand promote development. To doso, they are prepared to discussall outstanding issues.

III) Both leaders condemnedterrorism in all its forms andagreed to cooperate with eachother to eliminate this menacefrom South Asia. [emphasisadded]

IV) They also agreed on thefollowing steps to be taken bythe two sides:

1. A meeting in New Delhibetween the two NSAs to dis-cuss all issues connected to ter-rorism. [emphasis added]

2. Early meetings of DirectorGeneral Border Security Force(BSF) and Director GeneralPakistan Rangers followed bythat of Directors General ofMilitary Operation (DGMOs).

3. Decision for release of fish-ermen in each other’s custody,along with their boats, within aperiod of 15 days.

4. Mechanism for facilitatingreligious tourism.

5. Both sides agreed to discussways and means to expedite theMumbai case trial, includingadditional information like pro-viding voice samples.

V) Prime Minister NawazSharif reiterated his invitation toPrime Minister Modi to visitPakistan for the South AsianAssociation for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) Summitin 2016. Prime Minister Modiaccepted the invitation.

Twin objectives

There were two principalobjectives expressed in the jointstatement. The first objective is‘to ensure peace and promotedevelopment, for which bothsides are prepared to discuss alloutstanding issues’. The secondobjective expressed in the jointstatement is to cooperate witheach other to eliminate the men-ace of terrorism from SouthAsia.

The Joint Statement proposeda proper follow-up plan for theelimination of terrorism (NSAmeeting, expediting Mumbaitrial) but no follow up action wasenvisioned on how the two coun-tries would proceed on the firstobjective, which is, ‘discussionof all outstanding issues’.Besides including the NSAmeeting, there was a need toinclude another paragraph in thejoint statement, to define someaction, for example, like thenomination of either the ForeignMinisters or the ForeignSecretaries of the two countriesto “explore modalities for dis-cussing all other outstandingissues like Kashmir, Siachen,etc.”From my perspective, theagreement at Ufa was flawed; itwas in fact loaded againstPakistan. While addressing theIndian concern of terrorism, itwas very silent on Pakistan’sconcerns of discussing all out-standing issues (especially the‘K’ issue).

For this, I blame PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif’s team,which failed to recognise thesmart manoeuvre by the Indianteam. No wonder all hell brokeloose in Pakistan on the PrimeMinister’s return to Islamabad.After that the Pakistani foreignpolicy establishment went intooverdrive to minimise the nega-tive domestic fallout. An effortwas made by Pakistan to expandthe mandate of the NSAs’ dia-logue by trying to insert Kashmirinto that meeting. Inviting theHurriyat leaders for a cuppa withthe Pakistani NSA in Delhi wasalso geared to squeeze in the

Kashmir issue. Naturally theIndian establishment was unwill-ing to give up their gains at Ufa.Thus, the talks were doomed tofail.

The Pakistani leadership andthe establishment need to realisethat with the arrival of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on thescene, they need to revise theirforeign policy template towardsIndia. Mr. Modi is committed tobreaking away from the past andplacing his personal stamp onIndia’s foreign policy. His stylewill certainly be more aggressivethan the style of his predeces-sors. I certainly do not proposean equally aggressive style byPakistan but certainly encouragea more intelligent and measuredapproach. I do believe Mr. Modiwants peace with Pakistan but onhis own terms. I foresee moredifficult times ahead but also seesome windows of opportunity.

Status quoist establishment

For a dialogue to succeedbetween two sovereign states,the only formulation which willnormally work is a win-win out-come based on compromise inthe spirit of give and take.Unfortunately, in the case ofIndia and Pakistan, though theprocess is called a dialogue, inessence it is posturing and tryingto outsmart each other. A secondproblem with the dialoguebetween India and Pakistan isthe dominant role of the estab-lishment, which is a status quoistentity. This attitude from bothsides often results in a stalemate.No wonder not a single majorissue like Kashmir, Siachen, SirCreek or even on trade has beenresolved.

Surprisingly in 1960, India andPakistan did manage to resolveone major issue to the satisfac-tion of both parties. This is thefamous Indus Water Treaty1960, which has survived all theyears, in spite of the two nationsfighting a number of wars.However, the successful conclu-

sion of this treaty was essential-ly due to the presence of a thirdparty, the World Bank.Unfortunately, today India hasvirtually ruled out the involve-ment of a third party to resolvebilateral issues between the twoneighbours.

Before Ufa, the CompositeDialogue too failed to resolveeven a single serious issue.However, I am not totally pes-simistic and take hope from asecret backchannel dialogue ini-tiated during the Musharraf-Vajpayee era, when impressiveground was covered towardsresolving the Kashmir issue. Buttoday we are back to square one.The media in both countries hasbecome very powerful and is theproverbial tail that wags the dog.Presently, the media and not thepolitical leadership mould publicopinion. I believe there is anurgent need to launch a secretbackchannel, away from theglare of publicity.

As I write this article, news ispouring in on an hourly basis ofthe destructive firing continuingalong what Pakistan calls theWorking Boundary and Indiacalls the International Border. InPakistan, it is almost an article offaith that all this firing is a resultof the Indian coercive strategy,while the Indian media and pub-lic is convinced that this destruc-tive activity is because of theaggressive designs of thePakistan Army. It is pathetic thatin this time and age, the truth islost while innocent people aredying and private property isbeing destroyed. Why are theflag meetings and hotlinesbetween the DGMOs ineffec-tive?

This situation can very easilyspin out of control and create awar-like environment. In realitysuch a crisis is usually created bya minor incident on the borderbetween the border securityforces of both countries and nota deliberate policy decision byeither country.

WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 02, 2015

The government gives in

Time to move from posturing to dialogue

BY SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI

All history is geographi-cally located and influ-enced. Similarly, all

geography is shaped, definedand redefined by history. Thisis evident not only from worldhistory but also from the histo-ry of Asia — the glory of oldAsia, its decline in colonialtimes, and its more recent riseagain.

The dialectic between historyand geography manifests itselfthrough the interplay of threefactors — geopolitical, geo-economic and geo-cultural/civilisational. In thecase of Asia, for nearly threecenturies, the geopolitical andgeo-economic realities werenegatively impacted by Europeand the West in general.However, that is largely a thingof the past. Asia has begun towrite its own destiny now. The20th century was marked byAsia’s liberation from colonialrule and imperialist subjuga-tion. The history of the 21stcentury will chiefly be the storyof Asia’s rise, a process that isalready underway in some partsof the continent. The otherunderdeveloped parts of Asia,especially in South Asia andSouth-East Asia, are craving tobecome a part of this story.

Geography as ally of historyUntil now, the political

boundaries carved out on thegeography of South Asia andSouth-East Asia had becomebarriers for the countries in thisvast region to overcome socio-economic underdevelopmentcaused by history. Now, thanksto advances in trade, transportand technology, the geographyof this region can be made anally to create a new history ofshared prosperity, progress andpeace, in addition to a revitali-sation of age-old, cultural-spir-itual-civilisational ties.

This is what has been envis-aged, on a broader expanse ofAsia-Europe-Africa connectiv-ity, by the super-ambitious‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ andthe ‘21st Century Maritime SilkRoad’ plans that have beenunveiled by China’s PresidentXi Jinping. India also has beenevolving its own regionalcooperation initiativessuch as ‘Mausam’and the ‘Spice‘Route’ inthe IndianO c e a nr e g i o na n dbeyond,althoughthese aren o w h e r eas compre-hensively pro-jected, norbacked with requisiteinvestments yet, as Chinais doing in the case of its ‘OneBelt One Road’ vision. [The‘Mausam’ project envisages there-establishment of India’sancient maritime routes with itstraditional trade partners alongthe Indian Ocean. It waslaunched in June 2014. The‘Spice Route of India’ visualis-es the India-centered link-up ofhistoric sea routes in Asia,Europe and Africa.]

Be it China’s strategy orIndia’s, neither can fully orsmoothly become a reality inSouth Asia without a strongpartnership between theworld’s two most populous andcivilisationally rich nations.Thekey to the success of this strat-egy is the early implementationof the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) corridor,which envisages a network ofmodern road, railway, port andcommunication and trade con-nectivities in a region stretch-ing from Kolkata to Kunmingin southern China. Even thoughBCIM is one of the richest

regions in the world — in termsof natural and human resourcesand home to nearly 500 millionpeople — it is also one of theleast integrated areas, economi-cally as well as socially.

B e f o r ehistory changed its mapin the last century, the people ofthis region not only shared ageography without rigid bor-ders, but also close racial, lin-guistic, cultural and spiritualinterconnections. Sadly, whilethe neighbouring Associationof South East Asian Nationscommunity has become a zoneof prosperity, the BCIM region(barring southern China) ismostly underdeveloped, India’sseven north-eastern States pro-viding a stark example.

The potential of BCIMIndia will benefit from

BCIM, which was conceptu-alised 16 years ago, in manyself-evident ways. For instance,Agartala is 1,650 kilometresfrom Kolkata when one travelsthrough the ‘Chicken’s Neck’,the narrow strip of land north ofWest Bengal, which is only 23km wide. In contrast, the dis-tance gets reduced to just 350

km if the journey passesthrough Bangladesh. Similarly,India’s north-eastern Stateshave no access to the sea, eventhough Tripura’s southernmostborder town, Sabroom, is only

72 km

from Chittagong, an interna-tional port in Bangladesh. Atleast one major reason behindKolkata’s economic declineafter India’s independence is itsunnatural isolation from its nat-ural eastern neighbourhood.Apart from denting the devel-opment of West Bengal andIndia’s north-east, this has hurtBangladesh too. Landlockedfrom three sides, and with onlysea access to the rest of theworld, this potential economicpowerhouse (its population of160 million is greater than thatof Germany and France com-bined) is facing severe con-straints in its overall develop-ment.

BCIM also benefits India andBangladesh in other ways. Withnatural gas reserves of about200 trillion cubic feet, thelargest in the Asia-Pacific,Bangladesh could become one

of the major energy exportingcountries. Yet, today it imports500 MW of electricity fromIndia and is planning to importan equal amount fromMyanmar. Tourism too will geta boost. Bangladesh attracts

less than one million foreigntourists in a year. For

India’s north-e a s t e r n

States,the figure is

less than 2,00,000.Contrast this to the fact

that Vietnam attracts 8 million,Cambodia 5 million, andThailand 26 million foreigntourists annually.

Prime Minister NarendraModi should prioritise BCIMbecause it can not only be agame-changer for this region inAsia, but is also pivotal for his‘Act East’ Policy.

Cooperation possible, essen-tial

In the last week of August, Iparticipated in a conference inBeijing on BCIM and its inter-connection with “One Belt OneRoad”, organised by theInstitute of World Economicsand Politics (IWEP). Besidesarguing for BCIM’s expedi-tious implementation, Iemphatically said that the logicof India-China regional cooper-ation needs to be extendedwestwards through India by

connecting BCIM with theambitious China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC).During Mr. Xi’s visit toIslamabad in April 2015, Chinapledged to invest $46 billion onCPEC — roughly one-fifth ofPakistan’s annual GDP.CPEC’s main infrastructuralcorridor, running over 3,000km, will connect Kashgar inChina’s Xinjiang province tothe Gwadar port in Pakistan’sBalochistan province. Indiashould welcome this initiative.CPEC will no doubt boostPakistan’s progress and pros-perity. It will also helpPakistan tackle many socialand other internal problems,including the menace of reli-gious extremism and terrorism.It is in India’s vital interest tosee a stable, prosperous, pro-gressive, united and democraticPakistan, which is at peace withitself and also at peace with allits neighbours.

However, CPEC in its presentform, unlike BCIM, does notcomprehensively capture thebenefits of regional coopera-tion. It needs to be extendedinto landlocked Afghanistan,which is in urgent need ofnational reconstruction afterseveral decades of war. Itshould also be extended intoIndia through Kashmir andPunjab, the two provinceswhich are today dividedbetween India and Pakistan. Itslinkage with the Indian side ofKashmir is especially impor-tant. At present, many in Indiahave objected to CPEC passingthrough a part of PakistanOccupied Kashmir (PoK), onthe ground that it is disputedterritory. We should know thatIndia is in no position to stopCPEC. A better strategy wouldbe to turn this reality into anadvantage by proposing theconstruction of a sub-corridorbringing CPEC into the Indianside of Kashmir and beyond.

This will help make the disput-ed India-Pakistan border inKashmir largely irrelevant, asolution that India under PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh hadbeen actively pursuing withPakistan. Simultaneously,extending CPEC into Indiathrough Punjab and Sindh willmake the remaining stretches ofthe India-Pakistan borderporous with modern transportand trade connectivities. Inaddition, sea transport linkingPakistan, the western coast ofIndia, Sri Lanka, the easterncoast of India, Bangladesh andMyanmar should be strength-ened.

Enhancing security

Interconnecting CPEC, withits extensions into Afghanistanand India, and BCIM is notreally a novel idea. It is simplya 21st century version of the16th century road, built byShershah Suri, the Afghanemperor, connecting what laterbecame the capitals of fourcountries — Bangladesh, India,Pakistan and Afghanistan. As anew component of this regionalcooperation architecture, theIran-Pakistan gas pipeline,which is already a part ofCPEC, should be extended intoIndia. New Delhi has until nowremained cool to this flagshipproposal by Tehran, partly dueto perceived security issues andpartly on account of Americanpressure. However, with thelikely thaw in relations betweenIran and the United States afterthe Iran nuclear deal, and withChina playing the driver’s rolein CPEC (and hence in a posi-tion to exert pressure onIslamabad), the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline can indeedbecome a reality. Thus, theCPEC-BCIM interconnectionhas the potential to immenselybolster India’s energy securityboth on the western and easternflanks.

Charting a new Asian history

Fight For Right

In letting the land acquisition ordinance lapse, theUnion government must have hoped to come across asan administration that is responsive to public criticism

and acknowledges key stakeholders’ concerns on impor-tant issues. But after having tried hard to sell the amend-ments as a pro-reforms measure, and to paint the opposi-tion as a misinformed and obstructionist lot, the Modi gov-ernment may find it difficult to gain any political mileagefrom the decision. Indeed, opposition parties are alreadyclaiming credit for having forced the government’s hand.And, in contrast, attempts by Union Ministers and leadersof the Bharatiya Janata Party to present the decision asbeing in the interest of farmers appear to be insincere andhollow. Too much had already been invested in the growthand reforms agenda for the government to now portray thedecision as pro-farmer. The confusion in the government’smind over the legislation showed up in more ways thanone. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and BJP president AmitShah described the decision as pro-farmer, in partacknowledging that some of the provisions were indeedanti-farmer. On the other hand, Prime Minister NarendraModi insisted that “rumours” had been spread on the landbill, indicating that there was nothing fundamentallywrong with it. The decision to let the ordinance lapse wasthe culmination of a series of measures to salvage at leastparts of the legislation. The government diluted it in somerespects before getting the amendments passed in the LokSabha in March 2015. Originally, it had exempted fivetypes of projects — involving defence, rural infrastructure,affordable housing, industrial corridors and infrastructureand social infrastructure — from the consent clause in the2013 Act brought forward by the UPA regime. It thendropped the ‘social infrastructure’ component. After seek-ing to exempt the five categories from the social impactassessment requirement, the Modi regime added a condi-tion that it should first be ensured that only the minimumextent of land was being acquired before applying theexemption. It sought to make the Bill more acceptable byintroducing a norm that one person in every affected fam-ily be given employment. It dropped a controversialamendment that would have enabled the acquisition ofland for private hospitals and educational institutions.Later, it considered giving State governments the flexibil-ity to have their own acquisition laws. Even the idea ofextending the benefits of the Act to 13 laws — pertainingto railways, highways and such other projects — throughan executive order is only in consonance with the originallaw that held back their inclusion till January 1, 2015.Thus, from the beginning the government, which on otherissues was tough and determined, appeared unsure anddefensive on the land ordinance. It was inevitable that inthe end it had to give in.

India will benefit fromBCIM, which was conceptualised 16 years

ago, in many self-evident ways. For instance,Agartala is 1,650 kilometres from Kolkata when one

travels through the ‘Chicken’s Neck’, the narrow strip ofland north of West Bengal, which is only 23 km wide.

In contrast, the distance gets reduced to just350 km if the journey passes through

Bangladesh.

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'All They ...swiftly, alleging in a tweet as PM Modi's

speech ended, "All that could be heard in itwas me, me...only me (Modi)."

The campaign for Bihar has so far beenmarked by a high-voltage exchange of wordsbetween Mr Kumar, who hopes to win a thirdterm as chief minister and PM Modi, aroundwhom the BJP has built its campaign for thestate.

Two years ago, Nitish Kumar had thrownthe BJP out of their 17-year alliance as itbecame clear that it would project Mr Modifor PM. He now takes the party on with newallies the RJD and the Congress.

Stop Chest-Thumping...are not selfless. Mr Kumar wants a third

back-to-back term as Chief Minister of Bihar.That's wishful thinking, said the PM, whoseParivartan rally in Bhagalpur is the fourth inhis election campaign. "Modi-Modi-Modi -even my opponents said only this," the PMsaid, referring to a rally held on Sunday inPatna by Mr Kumar and his allies. Congresschief Sonia Gandhi and regional powerhouseLalu Prasad shared top billing with MrKumar.

At his rallies, the PM has committed to spe-cial financial packages to assist Bihar, one ofthe most under-developed parts of the coun-try. Mr Kumar dared him today to acknowl-edge that the money on offer has already beenaccounted for in earlier schemes given to thestate by the Centre.

Mr Kumar also has not gotten over the PMsaying a few weeks ago that "deceit andbetrayal" are in the DNA of the ChiefMinister. Extrapolating that as an insult to allBiharis, he has sought an apology, a demandhe reiterated today.

The BJP and its three allies have decidedthat the PM will ask for votes directly forhim, and not for a presumptive ChiefMinister. This has pitched the election inBihar to a full-blown confrontation betweenMr Kumar and Mr Modi, who have, for years,and through a lengthy alliance of their parties,made no secret of their disregard for eachother.

Mr Kumar has alleged that as Gujarat ChiefMinister, the PM failed to do enough to stopthe communal riots of 2002 (a Supreme Courtinquiry has concluded that is not correct).When the BJP decided to pick Mr Modi as itscandidate for PM, Mr Kumar exited an 18-year-long alliance.

India Prepared...General Singh also noted that the recent

instances of terrorist violence are "clearpointers to extend this arc of violence to otherareas".

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, whoalso spoke at the event, said the security situ-ation is more complex and nuanced than ear-lier.

"Therefore, we need to be vigilant takinginto account all dimension so that all emerg-ing challenges are suitably addressed," hesaid.

Agreeing with the Army Chief that the1965 war had dealt a heavy blow to Pakistan,the Defence Minister said Pakistan paid forits "misadventure" and India had clearly wonthe war even though sceptics maintained itwas a draw.

A cursory analysis of 1965 war highlightsthe fact that the entire military establishmentof the nation needs to "constantly refine itscapabilities in order to ensure counter to anyhostile environment," he added.

Mr Parrikar also praised the leadership ofthen Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. Onhis part, General Singh said the war displayed"bold leadership" at all levels.

Face Action if ...that government servants, including offi-

cers and officials of para military forces andArmy personnel continue to represent direct-ly to the Prime Minister, Minister, Secretary(Personnel) and other higher authorities,directly," said the department.

The government has said that officials skip-ping "prescribed channels of communication"would be "viewed seriously" and appropriatedisciplinary action would be taken againstthose who violated the rules. Officials can'teven use emails or public grievance portals totake their plea to the prime minister, said thedepartment, in what is known to be a routinereminder.

Officials were told that complaints are to betaken to an immediate superior or the head ofdepartment or any other authority at the"appropriate" level.

"It is reiterated that the existing instructionsmay be brought to the notice of all govern-ment servants including officials of paramili-tary forces and members of armed forces,"said the directive.

The department has also reminded theemployees that government rules stop themfrom dragging in relatives into service mat-ters. "Representation by relatives of govern-ment servant is also treated as outside influ-ence," said the directive.

There are about 48 lakh central governmentemployees.

Australian Defence...Framework for Security Cooperation by

Prime Minister (Tony) Abbott and PM Modiduring the Indian leader's visit to Australia inNovember 2014, this year's talks will be par-ticularly important.

"This dialogue provides an opportunity forDefence Minister Parrikar and I to set thedirection of our bilateral defence engagementin line with the expectations of theFramework.

"India is the emerging democratic superpower of Asia. It is therefore sensible that therelationship between India and Australia bedeveloped and strengthened."

He said the inaugural bilateral maritimeexercise with the Indian Navy, titled AUSIN-DEX, to be held later this month, "is a strongsignal of both countries' commitment tobuilding defence relations".

He quoted Prime Minister Abbott as saying:"This is the time to turn the warm friendshipbetween Australia and India, the long historythat Australia and India have together, intosomething that will be meaningful, moremeaningful for us and significant for thewider world."

Sheena Bora...crack."Sheena Bora was allegedly killed by a trio

of her mother, her step-father SanjeevKhanna and a driver on April 24, 2012. Thethree are accused of strangling her in a hiredcar, burning the body and dumping it inRaigad, 84 km from Mumbai.

Ms Mukerjea has insisted to the police thatshe hated her daughter, whom she introducedto the world as her sister, but did not kill her.

For three years, the 43-year-old had toldfriends and family that her daughter had goneto the US. The police are collecting details ofpassengers who travelled to the US during thetime of the alleged killing to nail what theybelieve is a lie.

Ms Mukerjea allegedly kept up an elaboratecharade by using Ms Bora's phone for a year,forging letters in her name and also sending afake resignation letter to her office. Sourcessay the laptop used to prepare that letter hasbeen recovered.

Texts from Ms Bora's phone to her step-brother and fiance; Rahul Mukerjea askedhim to "stop following her" as she had foundanother man and was happy in the US.

Ms Bora, say the police, had been dead forthree years. Last week, the police claimed tohave found her remains.

All three accused were produced before thecourt yesterday, and now face two morecharges - attempting murder and poisoning.Ms Mukerjea is accused of trying to kill herson Mekhail Bora, Sheena Bora's youngerbrother.

Police sources say Ms Mukerjea has beenevasive during hours of questioning, and haseven blamed Sanjeev Khanna, her ex-hus-band with whom she has another daughter,Vidhie.

U.N. Confirms...world-renowned ruins in a week.As local activists and antiquities experts

scrambled Monday to determine what hadhappened, all agreed the blast had damaged thebest-preserved structure of the temple, a stonebuilding that included the altar.

Some experts had clung to optimism by say-ing the extent of the damage was still unclear,while residents and activists said reports indi-cated severe damage.

Maamoun Abdulkarim, the director ofSyria's antiquities department, had said hethought the main building had remained stand-ing, nonetheless calling any damage a loss.

"It's not a political battle, but this is a cultur-al battle, and everybody should participate indefending this heritage, this civilization," hesaid.

The damage to the nearly 2,000-year-oldTemple of Baal came just a week after the mil-itants, who have held the Palmyra ruins andthe modern city with the same name for threemonths, destroyed another important ancientbuilding there, the nearby Temple ofBaalshamin.

The Temple of Baal was an even granderstructure, with a towering altar building on aplatform of large stone blocks at the center ofa larger plaza encircled by columns and partialwalls.

"It is not as huge as the damage atBaalshamin," Abdulkarim said.

Khaled al-Homsi, an antigovernmentactivist and Palmyra native who recently fledto Turkey but remains in close contact withresidents of the city, accused Abdulkarim oftrying to play down the damage. Homsi saidthat much of the structure had been knockeddown, including a portico of eight columnsjust outside its walls and the altar inside.

Homsi's uncle, Khalid al-Asaad, 83, a for-mer antiquities director in Palmyra, was killedby the militants two weeks ago, his body sus-pended from a traffic light.

Consecrated in A.D. 32 to the Semitic godBaal, the temple - also known as the Temple ofBel, a different transliteration of the god'sname - is considered one of the most importantsites in Palmyra. It was a relatively intactexample of the fusion of Middle Eastern,Greek and Roman influences.

In modern times, the Temple of Baal has alsobeen a cultural touchstone for Syrians. It hasbeen a backdrop for concerts in the annual

Palmyra Music Festival, as the ancientamphitheater has been more recently forIslamic State executions.

The ancient city of Palmyra, which stands inthe desert about 150 miles northeast ofDamascus, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Islamic State has widely publicizedimages of its fighters blowing up tombs anddestroying statues that it considers blasphe-mous under its extremist interpretation ofIslam. Archaeologists and antiquities expertsconsider the losses to be irreparable, leadingsome to feel, as Abdulkarim said last week,"very weak, very pessimistic."

On Monday, he added that among Syria'smany archaeological treasures, the Temple ofBaal had special significance for him.

"I visited the temple during the crisis," hesaid, "and I took many pictures with mydaughter, which is something I rarely do."

He added, "It was an honor to stand in frontof this great place."

Indian Realty...stagnant prices," the US firm said."Cuts in interest rates by the Reserve

Bank of India, if passed on by the banks,will filter down to the property market,reducing the cost of borrowing for develop-ers as well as buyers, and supportingdemand," said Moody's vice presidentVikas Halan, releasing the report on theproperty market titled "Cash flows toremain weak amid flat sales and highcosts".

"But high home prices and declines insavings rates will outweigh these factors,particularly in Mumbai and Delhi, whilemore generally, the property market inIndia exhibits a notable degree of variationin terms of affordability," he added.

Timely execution of projects by develop-ers have been stalled by delayed approvalsand stretched liquidity in the past two orthree years, which will continue to slowdown cash collection, the report said.

"Given companies' stretched cash flowpositions, we expect the execution delaysto persist," it said.

Delays also reduce investor demand fornew projects by locking up capital andreducing expected returns, the reportadded.

Developers like Indiabulls Real Estate,Lodha Developers, Unitech, DLF andOberoi Realty will face maximum sales andcash flow pressure as property prices arethe highest in Mumbai and Delhi.

Moody's said a few like BrigadeEnterprises, Prestige Estates and SobhaLtd. in Bengaluru will fare better owing tomore stable housing demand.

Pan-India companies like GodrejProperties and Mahindra LifespaceDevelopers will experience tighter liquiditycompared to their Bengaluru-based coun-terparts. However, their presence in mar-kets like Bengaluru and Pune will helpcushion the impact.

The aggregate sales volume for Moody'ssample of top eight developers declined by24 percent to 20.41 million square feet infiscal 2013-14. Sales improved in 2014-15,going up to 21.1 million square feet, butcontinued to trail earlier levels.

Owing to frequent delays, home buyersprefer projects from large and reputablebuilders, which coupled with the limitedsupply of fresh inventory, has helped sup-port the sales of large developers.

"Still, we expect their sales to remain flatover the next 12 months with affordabilityremaining a challenge," Moody's said.

"At the same time, despite the difficul-ties, we expect solid economic growth inIndia in 2014-15 to provide some supportto housing sales, while the likely gradualeasing of lending rates will boost investorconfidence and investment activity," itadded.

Mamata Banerjee...Mr Koley said Ms Banerjee told them she is

trying to introduce insurance protection insuch events.

Speaking about high retail price of vegeta-bles, Mr Koley said prices have soared due tofloods and excessive rainfall causing damageto crop.

However, prices will come down slowlywith fresh harvest of vegetables while onionprices have already started to ease, he said.

Government Accepts...had said the exemption did not apply

retroactively, upsetting investors in the USand Europe. The announcement had spookedthe markets and the sell-off in shares contin-ued for over three weeks leading to over 5 percent decline in the broader indices.

In May, the government set up a panelheaded by Justice AP Shah to suggest ways toresolve the MAT dispute as well as someother tax issues. The retired judge had met theFinance Minister recently and recommendedthat back-tax claims be cancelled. Mr Jaitleysaid the Shah committee submitted the finaldraft of its report on August 25.

India first introduced MAT during the1990s to ensure companies paid a minimumamount of tax, normally 20 per cent of prof-its.

Tax authorities began issuing MAT noticesto foreign portfolio investors late last yearand have so far sent claims for just Rs 600

crore but investors feared the final bill couldrun to billions of dollars.

Some foreign funds have appealed againstthe ruling in the Supreme Court. UK-basedAberdeen Asset Management has challengedthe MAT claim in the Bombay High Court.

Government Goes...ask telecom operators to disclose whether

they have enough infrastructure and capacityto serve customers effectively, sources said.

The move is part of DoT's efforts to curb themenace of call drops and also let people tomake a concerted decision while choosing anoperator.

According to sources, Telecom MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad has already spoken toTRAI Chairman RS Sharma asking him tocome out with guidelines which mandate tele-com operators to disclose such information tothe customers besides the government and theregulator.

The Prime Minister had last week voicedserious concern over the menace of call dropsand asked officials concerned to take urgentsteps to address it as it affects the commonpeople.

Mr Modi is believed to have told TelecomSecretary Rakesh Garg personally that peopleget irritated due to call drops and "curse thegovernment" and this needs to be addressed onwar-footing, the sources said.

The Prime Minister is worried that the prob-lem may even affect the data services in thefuture.

The problem of call drops has become ratherserious in the last 3-4 months and DoT hasasked the telecom operators last week fix itspeedily. The operators have sought 30-45days to address it.

DoT has already warned that if the operatorsfail to address the problem, the governmenthas the option of levying penalty under thelicence conditions.

According to the sources, Mr Prasad, in arecent internal DoT meeting, said that therewas lack of investment by operators toenhance their networks which was the mainreason for call drops.

A top DoT official said there has been a risein call drops in the last 5-7 months as operatorshave not yet optimised their spectrum after itwas allocated following the auction in March.

Also, operators are allocating more spectrumfor data, which has grown at a fast pace in thelast few months, leading to call drops.

Telecom operators have cited shutting downof mobile towers as also lack of spectrum asmajor reasons for call drops.

They have said that about 7,000-10,000 siteshave been locked or shut down across majorcities and have sought a uniform national pol-icy for installation of mobile towers.

A recent TRAI report found that most of thetelecom operators in Delhi and Mumbai werenot meeting the prescribed standards regardingcall drops.

Don't Pick...commemorated the 50th anniversary of the

founding of the Tibet autonomous region inLhasa.

"The pushback will not only come from theTibetan people but from millions ofBuddhists who traditionally share Tibet'sspiritual heritage and millions more in therest of the world who have benefitted fromthe teachings of the Dalai Lama," the CTAsaid.

Reiterating its policy on resolving the issueof Tibet with China through dialogue, it said:"Till now, China has repeatedly rejected themiddle-way approach."

"However, if wiser Chinese heads look intothe Tibetan proposal of not seeking independ-ence but autonomy for all the Tibetan peopleunder a single administration, they will findin the proposal a solution that respects Tibet'sdistinct cultural and ethnic identity and thatwhich preserves the territorial integrity, unityand stability of China," it added.

The Dalai Lama fled Tibet after a faileduprising against the Chinese rule in 1959.India is presently home to around 100,000Tibetans living here in exile.

The middle-path policy, followed by thespiritual leader, seeks greater autonomy forTibet rather than complete independence.

The Chinese, however, view the DalaiLama as a hostile element bent on secedingTibet from China.

The Tibetan government-in-exile is basedin the north Indian hill town of Dharamsala.

Pope Francis...the discretion to absolve of the sin of abor-

tion those who have procured it and who,with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it,"he said. In a message outlining special meas-ures for the Jubilee, Francis said he knew thatwhile "the tragedy of abortion is experiencedby some with a superficial awareness... manyothers... believe that they have no otheroption". The Argentine pontiff said he was"well aware of the pressure" that somewomen were under to abort, adding that hehad "met so many women who bear in theirheart the scar of this agonising and painfuldecision". The 78-year-old, who has repeat-edly urged the Church to show greater com-passion, said priests should use "words ofgenuine welcome", as well as making surethose involved were aware of "the gravity ofthe sin committed".

Francis announced earlier this year a

Jubilee year -- traditionally a time for remis-sion and forgiveness -- which will run fromDecember 8 to November 20 and be celebrat-ed not only in the Vatican but in diocesesacross the world.

15 Killed ...said. The toll could increase, officials

warned. The bus was on its way from RekongPeo to Rampur town when the accidentoccurred near Nathpa, some 180 km fromShimla. Superintendent of Police Rahul Nathtold IANS over the phone that the bus skid-ded off the road.

9 Get Life ...year jail terms.Convicts Jayachandran and K. Satheesh got

life terms for direct involvement in the killingand were asked to pay Rs.50,000 each as fine.

The four convicted for destruction of evi-dence were directed to pay fines of Rs.5,000each. One man was set free.

A bachelor, George, 32, belonged to thewealthy Muthoot business family, and hiskilling near Alappuzha on August 21, 2009,created a sensation in Kerala.

He was riding a car with Om Prakash andRajesh, two men facing several criminalcases. The Central Bureau of Investigation,which took up the case in January 2010, heldthat Satheesh stabbed George to death afterGeorge's speeding vehicle knocked down atwo-wheeler.

The accused and his friends followedGeorge after the accident, stopped him, andafter a verbal duel, killed him.

The killer gang was on its way to eliminateanother person when they ended up murder-ing George.

The CBI held a total of 18 people guilty inthis and another case.

Government Recognises...priority category," according to a sports

ministry release.The sports ministry reviewed the categorisa-

tion of various disciplines and also revised thescale of financial assistance admissible to eachcategory, which was further conveyed to theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) andall National Sports Federations.

Also, based on the past performance inmajor international events, it was also decidedto upgrade fencing from others to general cat-egory. It was also decided to place universitysports in the priority category.

Sri Lankan Navy...were handed over to the fisheries department

in Jaffna.This are the first arrests since Sri Lankan

officials released all the Indian fishermen lastmonth.

Several talks to resolve the Indo-Sri Lankafishing row have resulted in a deadlock.Fishermen from both sides are often arrestedfor entering each other's waters.

HDFC Bank ...The surprise rate cut is likely to force other

major lenders into reducing rates, analystssay. HDFC Bank competes with ICICI Bankand State Bank of India, both of which giveloans at 9.7 per cent currently.

The revised rates are applicable fromTuesday, after which all loans linked to thebase rate will become cheaper. The reductionin rates will help drive demand for auto andhome loans, analysts say.

State-run Canara Bank has also cut its baserate by 10 basis points to 9.90 per cent from10 per cent, effective from September 3,2015.

HDFC Bank's latest rate cut comes aftercontinuous prodding by Reserve BankGovernor Raghuram Rajan, who has beennudging banks to cut their lending rates.

The central bank has cut its repo rate by acombined 0.75 per cent or 75 basis points thisyear, but commercial banks have been behindthe curve in reducing rates. The lack of trans-mission in interest rates has rendered DrRajan's repo cuts useless, analysts say.

Analysts expect the central bank to cut itsrepo rate for a fourth time on September 29.

Professor MM Kalburgi's...Four police teams have been formed to

investigate the murder of Dr Kalburgi, a well-known rationalist and Left ideologue whohad faced threats from rightwing Hindugroups. Two of these teams will travel toKolhapur and Pune, the hometowns ofNarendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare inMaharashtra, senior police officer PandurangRane said on Tuesday. United by the murders,all three families have agreed to meet in anattempt to speed up justice. Dr Kalburgi wasshot dead on his doorstep in Dharwad townby two men who came on a bike and askedfor "sir". The police believe hired killers wereused. "The killing has been done profession-ally. Professional killers are very unusual tothis region," Mr Rane said. In August 2013,Mr Dabholkar, an anti-superstition activist,was shot dead in Pune while he was out on amorning walk in Pune. In February this year,social activist and veteran CPI leader GovindPansare -- who was leading a campaignagainst toll tax among other issues -- was shotdead in similar circumstances in Kolhapur.

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While hamstring injuries usually occuramong athletes, they are also commonamong people who workout at the gym orthose who undertake strenuous exerciseswithout supervision.

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Moonlight pro-duction pres-ents yet

another interesting storyof a girl named lillywho hailed from a smalltown and wanna getrich, successful overnight. But,will she orwon't she? Stay tuned,promos to out soon.Samira Raza, in mainlead with supportingcast Reet, Roopa,Sahiba, Akanksha andGagan Deep Singh.Param of Moonlightproductions is veryhopeful that this smallbudget entertainer willdo big in the industry.

This small budget entertainer willdo big in the industry: Param MLP

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NEW DELHINot everything will go

as you expect in your life.This is why you need todrop expectations & gowith the flow. NEED- isjust a four letter word buthas a valuable meaning.

Actors Ashraf Khan,Actress PriyankaBishwakarma and support-ing star GDS Bhatti, Vijay,Sachin Sajan shall be onseen entertaining the bigscreen. Yes, right movienamed Need is a musical

entertainer by Moon lightproduction house, musiccomposed by Arya Singhand vocals by Vivaang andNatasha.

The film is based onreality expressed directorParam MLP. "I am influ-

enced by the happenings inour lives and subject needvaries from individual toindividual, some takeshortcuts while some ful-fill it in all sincerity." It isa must watch for everyoneof us.

NEED a musical entertainer by MLP

Actors HrithikRoshan andSonam Kapoor

star in the music video ofDheere Dheere, the hitsong from 1990'sAashiqui refurbished byrapper Honey Singh. Thesong is presented as atribute to slain Aashiquiproducer Gulshan Kumar.(Also Read: WorkingTogether After 6 YearsWas Amazing: Sonam onSalman )

The original song was acareer-making hit forsinger Kumar Sanu andcomposers Nadeem-Shravan.

Honey Singh's recraft-ing stays fairly faithful tothe melody, and it's still1990 in the music videowhich has lavish interiorsand a shrine to Sonamthat Bollywood mighthave thought romanticseveral decades ago but in

2015 is slightly creepy.

As a modernisation, theforthright Sonam is the

very opposite of the shyAnu of the 1990Aashiqui, played by AnuAgarwal.

The new Dheere Dheereis available here onHotstar.

John Abraham, who shares screenspace with established actors includ-ing Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and

Paresh Rawal in Welcome Back, says thathe is 'not insecure'.

"I am not insecure. I can do it," saidJohn at the trailer launch of the film.

Welcome Back is John's first film afterthe critically acclaimed Madras Cafe. Hishome production Vicky Donor was a suc-cess at the box office as well.

When asked about his views on being aproducer, John said, "I think every film isimportant. But I do not stress on one par-ticular film figuring whether it will workor not. My job is to perform and that iswhat I mean to do. I make films. I enjoy

doing that. I am not insecure and I know Ican do it".

John says that he has a 'great chemistry'with all the actors in Welcome Back. "Ihave worked with Anil Kapoor inShootout at Wadala. With Nana sir, I didTaxi No. 9211. I acted with Paresh sir inGaram Masala. So whatever chemistry Ihave with them is really special," Johnadded.

However, the actor says that he creditshis performance in the film solely toAnees Bazmee. "I have learnt a lot fromthese guys but I want to credit only Aneesbhai for my performance. The way he hasguided me in this film, is really really spe-cial," said John.

John Abraham: My Chemistry With theCast of Welcome Back is Special

Hrithik Roshan, Sonam Kapoor Star in HoneySingh's Version of 1990 Hit Dheere Dheere

Actress Athiya Shetty, who is set to make herBollywood debut with Nikhil Advani-directedHero, said that the Dil Dhadakne Do star Ranveer

Singh is one of her favourite actors. (Also Read: SalmanKhan Gave Athiya Shetty Guidelines to Succeed)

When asked to name her favourite actor, Athiya said:"I'm a big fan of Ranveer Singh".

"I really think he is amazing. He is doing such versatilefilms and roles and he has an amazing positive energy,"she added. (Also Read: Athiya, Suraj Are Khoya Khoyain New Hero Song)

Athiya spoke to the media in Mumbai, at the launch ofthe September issue of a magazine featuring her.

Hero is co-produced by superstar Salman Khan and isslated to hit the theatres on September 11. It will alsomark the launch of actor Aditya Pancholi's son SurajPancholi in Bollywood.

Athiya Shetty is a 'BigFan' of This Actor