MUMBAIAs they investigate the

murder of Sheena Bora,allegedly by her motherIndrani Mukerjea, thewife of former Star Indiachief Peter Mukerjea, thepolice have pieced togeth-er a chilling sequence ofevents.

Sources say on April 24,2012, the day of the mur-der, Indrani Mukerjeacalled Sheena in theevening and asked to meetwith her to discuss some-thing.

Sheena reportedly wentto the meeting place inMumbai's Bandra, withher boyfriend and step-brother Rahul Mukerjea,the son of Peter Mukerjeafrom an earlier marriage.Rahul reportedly left andSheena called her mother.

Police sources say the43-year-old media execu-tive dragged her daughter

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MUMBAITemperature: 340CPrecipitation:72%Humidity:75%Wind: 19Km/hr

HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTFRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015

Owning Ambedkarsans his views

No 'Leniency' for Congress Leaders DamagingParty's Electoral Prospects: Rahul Gandhi

Gauahar Khan: The only pres-sure on me is to work harder P8

NEW DELHIFrench Defence Minister

Jean-Yves Le Drian will visitIndia next week during which agovernment-to-governmentframework agreement for the36 Rafale fighter jets is likely to

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Rafale Deal:French DefenceMinister to VisitDelhi Next Week

PANAJIGoa police, while challenging

the anticipatory bail granted toformer Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat in LouisBerger bribery case by a lowercourt, today said it was "gross

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Bail to DigambarKamat 'Miscarriage ofJustice', Goa PoliceTells High Court

NEW DELHIThe performance of the

Narendra Modi government isexpected to come up for reviewnext month during a meeting ofhis party, the BJP, and its ideo-logical mentor, the RashtriyaSevak Sangh or RSS. The

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Nepal unrest: Highalert soundedalong border

JAIPURUnion Minister Harsh Vardhan

today asked the state governmentsto make optimal usage of science tosolve problems at all sectors and totake the benefit of scientificresearch to the masses.

"I noticed some sort of apathy instate governments for having a ministry or departmenton science. Important research works are happening at

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Benefits of Scientific Research Must ReachMasses: Union Minister Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHIThe government today

launched an e-payment gatewayto receive payments for diver-sion of forest land from projectproponents to speed up transac-tions and make them "moretransparent".

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, afterlaunching the module, said that it will end delays in thedeposit of such levies and asserted that the

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Prakash Javadekar Launches E-PaymentGateway For Land Diversion Payments

ABU DHABIA brother's tweet to External

Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajled to the rescue of his sister fromhuman traffickers in United ArabEmirates (UAE), a media reportin Abu Dhai said.

Dev Tamboli, a worker inQatar, said his sister was held captive in Al Ain by ahuman trafficking gang last week, Xpress Abu Dhabinewspaper reported yesterday.

"Need help for rescuing my sister from UAE. Shewent to UAE for a job on 14th but now locked up in a

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Indian Man's Tweet to Sushma SwarajSaves Sister From Human Traffickers

NEW DELHICBI today filed its

chargesheet against Saradhagroup chairman Sudipta Senand his two companies foralleged cheating.

CBI spokesperson saidchargesheet has been filed in

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CBI Files AnotherChargesheet Against SaradhaGroup's Sudipta Sen

CHANDIGARHPunjab Deputy Chief

Minister Sukhbir Singh Badalwould lead a high-level delega-tion to South Korea tomorrowto attract investment in thestate.

During his five-day visit toSouth Korea, the Deputy Chief

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Punjab Deputy ChiefMinister Sukhbir Badal toVisit South Korea

P3P2

Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 340CPrecipitation:26%Humidity: 56%Wind: 20Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 320CPrecipitation: 63%Humidity:90% Wind: 13Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 330CPrecipitation:53%Humidity:64%Wind: 18Km/hr

NEW DELHIBJP today indicated

that it will finalise seat-sharing deal with is alliesfor the Bihar Assemblypolls by the first week ofSeptember.

Claiming that PrimeMinister NarendraModi's rallies had set offa "storm of change" inthe state which ChiefMinister Nitish Kumarand Lalu Prasad haveruled for 25 yearsbetween them, the saf-fron party said over 60lakh people had attendedmore than 50,000 publicmeetings organised by itso far.

Party general secretaryand Bihar in-charge

Bhupender Yadav toldreporters that they hadinformally met the lead-ers of their allies likeLJP, RLSP and HAM(Secular) over the seat-sharing arrangementsand formal talks will beheld in the first week of

September.Asked about the possi-

ble date for finalannouncement of seat-sharing, he noted that itwas made in the firstweek of September forprevious Assembly

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NDA Likely to Finalise Bihar Seat-SharingDeal by First Week of September

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GUWAHATIAssam Chief Minister Tarun

Gogoi today requested PrimeMinister Narendra Modi assis-tance of Rs. 500 crore assis-tance for the flood-hit state.

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Assam CM Tarun GogoiSeeks Rs. 500 CroreFlood Assistance FromPM Modi

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIAs India celebrates the

golden jubilee of India'svictory in the 1965 warwith Pakistan, most ofthe veterans who foughtin that war, are fighting avery different battle onthe streets now, demand-ing One Rank OnePension from the PrimeMinister Narendra Modiled National DemocraticAlliance government.

Even after 50 years,memories are crystalclear for veterans likeWing Commander(Retd), Vinod Nebb. Atjust 22 years of age in1965, he had not even

completed the entiretraining course, but heconvinced his superiorsto be permitted to fly theHunter fighter bomber.He was awarded India'sthird highest war timegallantry award, Vir

Chakra, for bringingdown a Pakistani Sabreaircraft.

But the recent dead-lock between the govern-ment and ex-servicemenover the implementation

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Sheena Bora Forced Into Car, Strangledon Highway: Chilling Details of Murder

1965 War Heroes Fight a New Battleas India Celebrates its Golden Jubilee

Sting CD Case:Congress toFile ComplaintAgainst BJPDEHRADUN

The Congress todaytermed the sting CD episodeas part of a conspiracy tomalign the Uttarakhandgovernment's image andsaid it will lodge an FIRagainst the BJP for levellingbaseless allegations againstthe party.

"The BJP was in a crack-ing hurry to go to the presswith its allegations againstUttarakhand governmentbut despite more than amonth after the press confer-ence held by the party inDelhi for the purpose, it hasnot produced the original

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NEW DELHIThe new civil aviation

policy, which is in theadvanced stage of finali-sation would provide along-term road map forthe sector's growth, CivilAviation Minister AshokGajapathi Raju said.

"Government is in theprocess of developing acomprehensive CivilAviation Policy whichshall provide a long termroad map for the aviationsector...the growth of

aviation and tourismindustry also has signifi-cant ripple effects onother segments, particu-larly in the services andhospitality sectors", Mr

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New Civil Aviation Policy in AdvancedStage of Finalisation: Centre

NEW DELHIBJP today dug up old

tweets of Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwalto attack him for support-ing his Bihar counterpartNitish Kumar's bid toretain power in the state,and said their alliancewas solely aimed atderailing its agenda ofdevelopment.

Today, as Mr Kejriwaltravelled to Bihar to joinMr Kumar at an event,

BJP played up MrKumar's alliance with

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MIAMISea levels are rising

around the world, and thelatest satellite data sug-gests that three feet (onemeter) or more is unavoid-able in the next 100-200years, NASA scientistssaid Wednesday.

Ice sheets in Greenlandand Antarctica are melting

faster than ever, andoceans are warming andexpanding much more rap-idly than they have inyears past.

Rising seas will have"profound impacts" aroundthe world, said MichaelFreilich, director ofNASA's Earth Science

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SRIHARIKOTAThe Indian space agency

has already lined for put-ting US NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic ApertureRadar) satellite into orbitusing its GSLV-Mk IIrocket, its chief said today.

"As a part of cooperationwith the US space agencyNASA, we will be launch-ing a satellite using GSLV-Mk II in 2021," IndianSpace ResearchOrganisation (ISRO)chairman A.S. KiranKumar told reporters.

According to him, thereis good international mar-ket for launching two

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India to Launch a Heavier USSatellite With GSLV Rocket

BJP Uses Arvind Kejriwal's Old Tweetson Bihar Leaders as Ammunition

Sea Level Will Rise by 1 Meter,It's Unavoidable: NASA

BARAMULLAA second Pakistani ter-

rorist was caught inJammu and Kashmirtoday, less than a monthafter the capture ofMohammad Naveed, whohas given Indian investiga-tors vital information.

The terrorist has beenidentified as 22-year-oldJaved Ahmed fromMuzaffargarh in south-western area of Punjab inPakistan. He is also knownas Sajjad and AbuUbedullah. Four of hiscompanions were killed in

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Second Pakistani Terrorist CaughtAfter Encounter in North Kashmir

GUWAHATIFor two years, Mikhail

Bora says, he waited fornews of his elder sister,Sheena, who, accordingto their mother, was

studying in the US. "Frommy Facebook account,I've tried to send her mes-sage. But there was noreply. Her number wasoff. Every number was

off."Mr Bora, 24, says he

did not let things lie, hec-toring his mother at everyavailable opportunity to

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Indrani Mukerjea Did It Says SonMikhail, Explains Own Inaction

Pak Terrorist CapturedToday is 22, Says HisName is Javed AhmedBARAMULLA

The Pakistani terroristcaptured today after a 20-hour-long gun battle withsecurity forces in NorthKashmir, is a 22-year-oldfrom Muzaffargarh,sources have said.

The terrorist is beinginterrogated in a first arearight now; he has told inter-rogators that his name isSajjad Ahmed.

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Indrani Mukerjea'sEx Was in MumbaiWhen Sheena BoraWas KilledKOLKATA

Arrested on charges ofmurdering a 24-year-oldnamed Sheena Bora,Sanjeev Khanna, a busi-nessman from Kolkata,has said that he was inMumbai on April 24,2012, when Ms Bora, thedaughter of his ex-wife,Indrani Mukerjea, waslast seen alive.

Mr Khanna, who wasarrested last night, wasbrought to a Kolkata courttoday where his lawyersaid that on April 24,2012, he had travelled toMumbai for business andto meet with the daughterhe shares with Ms

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SRIHARIKOTAThe Indian Space

Research Organisation(ISRO) today launched itstwenty-fifth home-made

communications satellitein space using the Geo-synchronous SatelliteLaunch Vehicle (GSLV)

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ISRO's Big Launch: MilitaryCommunications Satellite GSAT-6

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BY ANANYA VAJPEYI

Earlier this month, onAugust 12, several mediaoutlets reported that the

Gujarat government’sDepartment of Social Justice andEmpowerment withdrew fourlakh copies of a Gujarati text-book meant for students of class-es VI to VIII, titled RashtriyaMahapurush Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The book,authored by Dalit scholar P.A.Parmar and published by SuryaPrakashan, Ahmedabad, wasselected and assigned by thesame government department tomark the 125th anniversary ofDr. Ambedkar (1891-1956),starting from his birthday onApril 14, 2015 and continuingfor one year.

According to a statementgiven to members of the press byK.D. Kapadia, the Director ofScheduled Caste Welfare, “Thepublisher added some things inthe book that were seen as send-ing a wrong message to theimpressionable mind of primaryschool students… Some matterspertaining to religious conver-sion that are there in the 22 vowsof Dr. Ambedkar were added bythe publisher, which were seenas going against the message ofnational integration.Government’s action will be inthe interest of the public.”

The withdrawal of this book— which had been printed inhuge numbers and had arrived atvarious district headquarters forfurther distribution — raises theobvious issue of the necessityand propriety of book bans in ademocratic culture. It alsoreminds us of the unwarrantedinterference by government bod-ies that are, strictly speaking, notmeant to be dealing with educa-tion policy or implementation, inmatters of syllabus creation,textbook content and socio-political “messaging” that tar-

gets young students, to use Mr.Kapadia’s language.

Conflict over textbooks

The banning of books and thecontinuous conflict over schooland college textbooks are prob-lems that have come up repeat-edly in Indian public life, acrossStates, and political parties, fromthe Left through the Centre tothe Right. These actions are not“in the interest of the public”,although they are invariablysought to be justified on thesegrounds.

More worrying in this case isthe stated reason for the with-drawal of the book. Dr.Ambedkar announced his deci-sion to convert to Buddhism,took a formal diksha fromBuddhist monks and, in turn, ledthe conversion of close to half amillion people on October 14,1956, in Nagpur.

He called the faith Navayanaor the New Way, a protestantBuddhism based on his reinter-pretation of classical Buddhism,his re-reading of its canonicaltexts, as well as his reorganisa-tion of its central doctrines,tenets, practices and institutions.In the last year of his life, hewrote a massive work titled TheBuddha and His Dhamma, tomake the teachings of theBuddha accessible to modernreaders. As part of the publicceremony of joining this newreligion, followers collectivelytook 22 vows, written byBabasaheb himself.

In the weeks following theNagpur initiation, and themonths following Dr.Ambedkar’s death on December6, 1956, close to four millionpeople, mostly Dalits, (predomi-nantly Mahars fromMaharashtra), adopted this faith.

The purpose of AmbedkariteBuddhism is to liberate Dalitsfrom untouchability and otherforms of social exclusion andhumiliation, all of which flowfrom the low status assigned tothem in the orthodox Hinducaste system. Dr. Ambedkar’svows are meant to both inductconverts into a genuinely egali-tarian society and enable them toleave behind modes of living,thinking and believing that werehierarchical, violent and humili-ating.

It is clear that the vows servethe dual purpose of discardingthe old and adopting the new.They help Neo-Buddhists rejectthe Hindu way of life that hadoppressed them for centuries,and, at the same time, asserttheir adherence to an emancipa-tory creed.

Dr. Ambedkar’s Buddhismwas as much an indictment ofHindu varna dharma as it was amodern statement of equality,intended to deepen the vision ofthe Constitution while alsorecalling the original critique ofthe Buddha against Vedic ortho-doxy. When the laws and prom-ises contained in the liberalstatute books proved inadequate,he tried to place vulnerable com-munities on an equal footing byendowing them with a positiveidentity and a separate pro-gramme of action.

Left to himself, Dr. Ambedkarmight have preferred a “civicreligion”. For him, Buddhismsupplemented the new republic’sguarantees of equal citizenship,universal adult franchise, funda-mental rights, reservations, free-dom of religion and a secularstate that he had struggled toestablish. But the main difficul-ties of Dalits stemmed from thevery structure of Hindu society,which did not change muchdespite Independence and the

Constitution. As he said in aspeech to the ConstituentAssembly, the political revolu-tion was not accompanied by asocial revolution. He also recog-nised that ordinary people inIndia, across castes and commu-nities, drew strength from tradi-tional religious faiths of variouskinds. Babasaheb hoped that theNavayana would have the two-pronged effect of addressingboth the problem of inequalityand the desire for a religion —one that generated self-respectand a distinct identity — amonghis followers.

Distinct purposeIn arranging the vows in a par-

ticular order, Dr. Ambedkarseems to have wanted to firstclear the ground, ensuring thatample distance is createdbetween the Hindu faith (andalong with it, the outcaste status)that the seeker was born into andthe new Dhamma that is going tobe embraced. The condemnationof Hinduism is unequivocal, andtakes precedence over the utter-ance of Buddhist vows.

The break amounts to a“rebirth”, as is stated in nouncertain terms in the penulti-mate vow (Vow 21: “I believethat I am having a re-birth”). TheGujarat government official’swords call this “going againstthe message of national integra-tion”, but obviously, it’s therather more forceful refusal ofthe Ambedkarite Buddhist toremain integrated within theHindu fold that has caused thediscomfort and led to a with-drawal of the textbook in ques-tion.

The government in Gujaratand the Centre want to appropri-ate the legacies of modern his-torical figures like Sardar Pateland Dr. Ambedkar even thoughthis makes little ideologicalsense, given the values these

stalwarts espoused and their lackof congruence with Hindutvapolitics. The BJP also has cyni-cal designs on Dr. Ambedkarwith the aim of capturing a shareof Dalit votes. The government-sponsored celebration of his125th anniversary — but theinability to actually stomach hiscritical views on the caste sys-tem or on Hindu deities, ritualsand beliefs — is an excellentillustration of the hollowness ofthe Hindu Right’s claims tospeak in favour of Dalit rights,national integration or the publicinterest.

Mr. Parmar, the book’s author,went on to tell journalists that hewould rather that the textbookhave a few blank pages or con-tain more photographs of Dr.Ambedkar, than that the publish-er, one Dharmesh Kothari,include the vows of his ownaccord, without consulting withhim. Withdrawing the bookseems like a defensive ploy onthe part of an implicitly Hindu— and Hindu majoritarian —government to shield what Mr.Kapadia called “the impression-able mind” of the student readerjust as it is about to encounterthe radical force and fiercelyanti-assimilationist tendency ofthe Navayana doctrine.

This is unacceptable. Studentsin Gujarat and elsewhere mustbe allowed to learn howBabasaheb sought to make a bet-ter, more equitable India. If toachieve this goal, he had toattack the worst aspects of socie-ty, religion and politics, whether“Hindu” or Indian, so be it. Ouryoung, the future citizens of thiscountry, have to be made awareof the courage it took Dr.Ambedkar to seek to annihilatecaste.

(Ananya Vajpeyi is with theCentre for the Study ofDeveloping Societies, NewDelhi.)

FRIDAY | AUGUST 28, 2015

Questions of timing and context

Owning Ambedkar sans his views

BY EMMA WATSON

After much initial confu-sion, it is now clear thatthe Muivah-Ravi agree-

ment or the Peace Accord ofAugust 3, on the Naga issue, isnot a “historic accord” as wasoriginally claimed by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andhis colleagues. The UnionMinister of State for HomeAffairs, Kiren Rijiju, and theNagaland Chief Minister, T.R.Zeliang, have now both clari-fied that it was only a “frame-work agreement”, which meansthat it is an agreement to pavethe way for a final settlementby laying out the framework onwhich it will be worked out.

So why the drumbeating thatis becoming a signature tune ofthe government? Why the rushto the media to proclaim some-thing that has not happened?Why call an agreement “his-toric” when the final agreementis yet to be signed? Why makethe claim of there being “signif-icant casualties” in a raid ‘deepinside Myanmar’ when Indianpara-commandos only hit tworebel bases, one of them aban-doned, and then killed only afew rebels? Jumping the gun isbecoming a dangerous habit,something better avoided, espe-cially on sensitive issues likethe Naga problem.

The Naga journalist, BanoHaralu, has quipped that if 18years has only led to a “frame-work agreement”, it left onewondering how much longerthe Nagas and India wouldhave to wait for a final settle-ment. Her poser: Is it “historic”because this accord has takenthe longest to work out? Surelywe will need to wait a whilebecause contentious issues stilldog the agreement to settleIndia’s longest running ethnicinsurrection. The haze has notyet lifted over many of the con-tentious issues involved.

Sovereignty and federalism

While Mr. Rijiju told TheHindu recently that theNational Socialist Council ofNagalim (Isak-Muivah) orNSCN(I-M) has given up on“Naga sovereignty”, theNSCN’s Thuingaleng Muivahsaid the opposite on August 14,at the 69th Naga IndependenceDay in his Hebron headquartersnear Dimapur town inNagaland. The Naga rebelchieftain clarified thatthe NSCN hadnever given upon Naga sover-eignty. But heclarified thatthe Indo-Naga finals e t t l emen twill be basedon the conceptof “shared sov-ereignty” becauseif India recognises the“unique history of theNagas”, the Nagas shouldrecognise India’s problems andlimitations. That spirit of give-and-take is most welcome butshould not be misconstrued as acompulsion instead of a choice.

“Shared sovereignty” is not abad idea because it can takeIndian federalism forward tonew heights. The Naga settle-ment can provide a new bench-mark to fulfil autonomist aspi-rations elsewhere in theRepublic and actually strength-en the bonds that hold this hugecountry together, because“shared sovereignty” within theIndian constitutional frame-work is an acceptance of themultiplicity of the Indian iden-tity as a historical fact. In thissubcontinent that straddles thecrossroads of Asia, there aremany with unique social identi-tites and who have a uniquehistory and a distinct way oflife despite an acceptance of

trans-regional religions and anover-arching post-colonial statethat many feel is rooted in anancient civilisation. Yet, thereare others who feel that it grewout of the British colonial expe-rience that produced a uniquenationalism that was federal inaspiration but unitary in termsof the state structure. A uniquefederalist solution wouldm e a n

g r e a t e rautonomy andmore powers to the Naga state(and to other Indian States aswell in future), whatever itsfinal territorial shape is. But,Mr. Muivah’s insistence thatthey have not given up onNagalim does complicate thescenario.

Regional reactions

The Assam Chief Minister,Tarun Gogoi, and the ManipurChief Minister, Okram IbobiSingh, have already issuedwarnings that they will opposeany final agreement on theNaga issue that has adverseimpacts on the interests of theirrespective States. While therehas been a war of wordsbetween the Bharatiya JanataParty and the Congress over theCongress Chief Ministers being

provoked, the truth is neitherMr. Gogoi nor Mr. Ibobi Singhcan accept an accord that willmake Nagalim a reality througha territorial reorganisation. So,the Indian government’s inter-locutor R.N. Ravi and Mr.Muivah will have to work hardto find a “non-territorial solu-tion” to meet Naga aspirations

of unity and one that does notupset neighbouring Assam andManipur. The “supra-statemodel” that Mr. Ravi’s prede-cessor, R.S. Pandey, worked onto provide cultural integrationfor the Nagas may find its wayinto a final settlement because aterritorial solution will be diffi-cult to sell to stakeholders.

The secrecy surrounding theAugust 3 accord is understand-able because the claims about itdo not clearly match what wasachieved. So, unlike all the pre-vious accords the Indian gov-ernment signed — like inPunjab, Assam, Mizoram and,finally, Tripura, between 1985and 1988 — the August 3accord was kept under wraps.The signing of the previous

accords, many of which I havepersonally covered as a fieldjournalist, were immediatelyfollowed by the text beingreleased to the media and intothe public domain. Secrecyonly triggers speculation andmakes no sense in a democracylike India, where even a“framework agreement” shouldbe subjected to some public

debate.

I t

was agood idea to

send a group of Nagaelders and lawmakers toMyanmar to speak to theMyanmar Naga rebel leaderS.S. Khaplang and get him toaccept the agreement. This wasa smart move by the Modiadministration — instead ofoutlawing the Khaplang groupof NSCN as was initially pro-posed. But Mr. Khaplangrefused to meet them andinstead deputed his militarywing chief, Niki Sumi, to speakto the visiting delegation. Thatupset the Modi administration.Now, India has asked Myanmarto hand over Mr. Khaplang andthree of his commanders,including Mr. Sumi, to India fortheir involvement in theambushes that killed more thantwo dozen Indian soldiers. InMarch this year, the Khaplangfaction broke the ceasefire with

India and is suspected to bebehind a series of violentattacks in Mizoram andArunachal Pradesh where per-sonnel of the 6 Dogra Regimentwere killed in an attack on anArmy convoy.

The Myanmar angle

Myanmar, clearly upset withthe mindless chest-thumpingafter the Indian para-comman-do raids, was trying to helpIndia in facilitating a dialoguewith Mr. Khaplang. Myanmar

has some stake in India’squest in finding its own

Naga solution because itexpects the impact ofthat to rub off on theNaga areas inMyanmar which theThein Sein govern-ment in Myanmar is

trying to control afteryears of failure. That is

something New Delhi wastrying to leverage. But now,

New Delhi’s move to have Mr.Khaplang and his commandershanded over to stand trial inIndia makes it difficult forMyanmar. The Thein Sein gov-ernment signed a ceasefire withMr. Khaplang’s group in 2012and it will find it difficult torenege on that unilaterally.Myanmar is facing enoughtrouble with the Kachins andthe Kokangs and would not liketo open up a fresh theatre ofoperations ahead of theParliament elections inNovember. These are the coun-try’s first general electionssince a nominally civilian gov-ernment was introduced in2011, ending nearly 50 years ofmilitary rule. Sources in theMyanmar government say itwould be best if India can bringMr. Khaplang back into the dia-logue process but that will notbe easy partly because he isupset with India signing thedeal with Mr. Muivah whichgives his bête noire a position

of primacy in the Naga move-ment. Defiant India-baiters likethe chief of the military wing ofthe United Liberation Front ofAssam, Paresh Barua, have alsobeen pushing Mr. Khaplang tokeep on the road to confronta-tion.

The trans-national and trans-border nature of the Naga prob-lem has not only helped fuelNaga insurgency for sixdecades but also complicatedthe issue, making it difficult fora final settlement to beachieved. The Modi adminis-tration must refrain from temp-tations to claim success for aproblem that has defied solu-tion for six decades — surelynot until a final settlement isworked out and implemented.Clarity of thought and brevityof expression are needed towork out a solution to India’slongest running ethnic insur-rection. Rhetoric is best avoid-ed even if that promises someimmediate political mileage.The human rights activist andlawyer Nandita Haksar, whohas intimate knowledge of theIndia-Naga negotiations, isright in saying that the realchallenge to a Naga settlementlies in its implementation —not the least because the Nagasare a divided people, onaccount of the tribal nature ofthe society, and also becausethe Indian state has playeddivide-and-rule to contain theonce powerful insurgency. So,the big push that the Modiadministration has given tosolve this problem is welcomebecause it gives a sense ofurgency to a dialogue that hasgone on for too long. But histeam must learn to hold fire andnot cross bridges before com-ing to them.

(Subir Bhaumik, a formerBBC Correspondent, is theauthor of the books on theNortheast, Insurgent Crossfire

‘Historic’ is still some way away

Fight For Right

Numbers lend themselves to words in myriad, com-plex ways. Data on population by religious com-munities in a country of India’s size and diversity

can be especially sensitive, with deep, long-term implica-tions for communal harmony and political stability. Goingby experience, population figures in terms of just religiousaffiliation will only serve as fodder for political groupspursuing conservative and majoritarian agendas. Withoutany correlation to other demographic features such asincome, education, occupation and mortality rates, tomerely present the rates of growth in the population ofspecific religious communities as stand-alone facts makesno sense at all. For a government to authorise the releaseof such potentially polarising data almost randomly, with-out taking any institutional responsibility, is highly ques-tionable. The Registrar General of India, who reports tothe Union Home Ministry, was given the clearance by thePrime Minister’s Office, but not enough thought appearsto have gone into the issues that might crop up consequentto the release of such data. The release came unannounced,almost as a matter of routine. Neither the Home Ministrynor the PMO took responsibility: there was no mediabriefing by any minister or official, just the release of rawdata without providing context. The inescapable conclu-sion is that the government was not worried about the sen-sitive nature of the data, and about their potentially divi-sive effects in the absence of explanatory addenda. All col-lections of data are value-neutral, but the manner of theirrelease and potential for use and misuse are not. Of course,even in 2004, when the Congress-led United ProgressiveAlliance government allowed the release of the data onpopulation by religious communities, the situation was notvery different. The then Census Commissioner, J.K.Banthia, defended the release of demographic characteris-tics based on religious composition as being in the publicinterest and resulting ultimately in public good. Thoughthe collection of data on religion has always been part ofthe census exercise, 2004 was the first time such data werereleased as a separate report. What is intriguing is that themanner of the release of the 2011 data is in sharp contrastto the care being taken in the release of the caste census ofgroups other than the Scheduled Castes and Tribes. If therelease of such data is to serve any purpose, that should beto better direct policy initiatives to target socio-economicbackwardness of specific groups. That the release wastimed close to the Bihar Assembly election injects anunnecessary political taint. But what is most disconcertingis that the government did not step forward to take institu-tional responsibility, or to provide an explanation of whyit was necessary to release such inherently polarising datawithout clear context. Governments are meant to upholdpeace among communities; law and order is their primaryresponsibility. It is therefore important that when sensitivedata of this kind are released, they take citizens into confi-dence on the context of such data.

Myanmar, clearly upset with themindless chest-thumping after the Indian para-

commando raids, was trying to help India in facilitating adialogue with Mr. Khaplang. Myanmar has some stake in

India’s quest in finding its own Naga solution because it expectsthe impact of that to rub off on the Naga areas in Myanmarwhich the Thein Sein government in Myanmar is trying to

control after years of failure. That is something NewDelhi was trying to leverage.

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Sheena Bora ...into the car when she refused to get in, on

spotting Sanjeev Khanna, Indrani's ex-hus-band, in the rear seat.

Sheena was allegedly strangled on the high-way by Indrani, as Sanjeev Khanna andIndrani's driver Shyam Rai held her arms andlegs.

Overnight, the body was in the car insidethe garage of Peter Mukerjea's Mumbaihome. The next day, the body was taken inthe same car to Raigad, 84 km from Mumbai,where Sheena's burnt body was found on 23May.

Rahul Mukerjea has told the police thatwhen he called Sheena on April 25, hermobile was switched off. Two days later, hewent to the police to file a missing complaint.Sources say the police called Indrani, whotold them that Sheena had gone to the USbecause Rahul was stalking her.

Rahul has also told the police that the dayafter he tried to file the complaint, hereceived a text from Sheena's mobile phone,which said she wanted a break-up. He calledback but there was no response. He saysIndrani told him to stop chasing Sheena.

On an anonymous informer's tip-off, thepolice had been quietly investigating Indranifor four months but hit pay dirt only afterarresting her driver in an arms case.

"During his interrogation, he confessed tomurder. He took us to the spot where the bodywas dumped," said Mr Maria, who interrogat-ed Indrani Mukerjea.

Until Indrani Mukerjea's arrest on Tuesday,most of their friends and relatives thoughtSheena was her sister.

Indrani Mukerjea...put him in touch with Sheena, heaping new

tension onto a relationship with the wobbliestof foundations.

"She told me directly on my mouth that'stop irritating me, I've told you again andagain she is in the US, she wants to get settledthere. Then she will come back. And for thatI cannot give you any contact of her'" he wasreportedly told.

Neither of the Bora children were allowedto refer to Indrani Mukerjea as their mother.After they were born, Ms Mukerjea entrustedthem to her parents who live in Guwahati.She married a second time, and then a third,always referring to her offspring as heryounger brother and sister.

The cover was blown earlier this week,when Ms Mukerjea was arrested in Mumbaion charges of murdering Ms Bora in April2012. The police claims she has confessed tothe killing. Mr Bora says he has no doubt that"I am the next target" and that his mother isguilty. "If the police will come today, I willgive the evidence to the police right away.100%. Because she was my elder sister. Iwant justice for my sister," he said before hewas interrogated by the Mumbai Police inGuwahati, where he still lives with MsMukerjea's parents in a big house in a richneighbourhood. Ms Mukerjea, he toldreporters, had warned him last year that if hedid not stop seeking information on Ms Bora,she would stop sending money to his grand-parents and him.

Indrani Mukerjea's Ex Was...Mukerjea. The lawyer says Ms Mukerjea

did not permit that meeting and that MrKhanna is innocent of any wrongdoing.

Mr Khanna was Ms Mukerjea's second hus-band. Her daughter from an earlier relation-ship, Sheena Bora, was strangled and set onfire on the outskirts of Mumbai three yearsago, the police has said, by Ms Mukerjee, herdriver and Mr Khanna.

All her life, Ms Mukerjea presented MsBora as her sister. The murder has exposedthat the young woman was actually herdaughter, a relationship that Ms Mukerjea'shusband, Peter Mukerjea, says he wasunaware of.

After Ms Bora disappeared, her mother saidshe had moved to the US to study. The policelast week arrested Ms Mukerjea's driver inconnection with another criminal case.During interrogation, he allegedly confessedto killing Ms Bora on the order of MsMukerjea.

Second Pakistani ...a 20-hour-long gun battle in Baramulla,

North Kashmir.Security forces fired tear gas shells into the

cave Javed was hiding in to flush him out."The arrest of yet another Pakistani terror-

ist strengthens our position. There remainslittle doubt about Pakistani involvement inpropping up terror," said Union Minister ofState for Home, Kiren Rijiju.

Javed's group of five terrorists allegedlyentered India with his four companionsthrough Uri sector. The group was intercept-ed at Murgan Behak near the Line of Control(LoC), but they managed to escape. Theywere spotted again last evening, hiding in acave in the Panzla forest area in Rafiabad,around 85 km from Srinagar.

Javed was caught after a 20-hour gunbattle

One terrorist was killed yesterday and three

more were shot dead today.Javed has been taken to an interrogation

centre in Srinagar where he is being ques-tioned.

Earlier this month, Naveed was caught byvillagers after he attacked a paramilitary con-voy in Udhampur.

Naveed, who was in the Kashmir Valley fornearly two months before the attack, hasrevealed crucial details to investigators,including that he was trained in camps run bythe terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan.

India had planned to raise recent terrorattacks - in Udhampur and Punjab'sGurdaspur - and the revelations of Naveed ina meeting with Pakistan's National SecurityAdvisers scheduled for Monday; the meetingwas canceled at the eleventh hour amid sharpdisagreements. Islamabad has disownedNaveed, who had said just after his capturethat he belonged to Faisalabad in Pakistan.

Pak Terrorist...He is part of a group of five terrorists who

were intercepted yesterday close to the Line ofControl in north Kashmir. Four of them werekilled in the encounter in the higher reaches ofPanzala in Baramulla district and Sajjad wascaptured.

Sources said the terrorists were interceptedon a tip-off from Mohammad Naveed, thePakistani terrorist captured earlier this monthafter an attack on a Border Security Force con-voy in Udhampur, Jammu.

Naveed was captured by a group of villagerswho he had tried to take hostage after attack-ing the BSF convoy.

He had told interrogators that he was trainedby the LAshkar e Taiba in Pakistan and thensent across the border to launch terror attackson security forces in India.

The Jammu and Kashmir police have bustedseveral groups of terrorists based on informa-tion from Naveed, who was in India for abouttwo months before he was captured.

Sting CD...CD and tools used in its making. It shows

there is no substance to the party's allegationswhich were levelled to bring disrepute to thestate government," PCC president KishoreUpadhyay told reporters in Dehradun.

As the BJP has failed to produce the originalCD and videography paraphernalia for foren-sic tests, an FIR will be lodged against theparty for maligning image of the state govern-ment, Mr Upadhyaya said.

Though not specifying a date for the FIR, hesaid it will be done in a day or two.

PCC Vice-President Jot Singh Bisht hadrecently threatened to take legal action againstthose behind the sting if the original CD andthe tools used in its making were not madeavailable to the party immediately.

1965 War ...of One Rank One Pension has led to disap-

pointment. "We deserve a better deal. Unfortunately

it's not happened. The government should goahead and announce it which will enable meto go ahead and take part in the celebrationwhich happens once in a lifetime I don't thinkI'm going to live beyond a 100 years to cele-brate another function," said WingCommander Nebb.

Wing commander (Retd) KS Parihar,proudly displays his medals, he was a part ofthe team that foiled Pakistan's plans to divideJammu and Kashmir through operationGibraltar, by winning the Haji Pir Pass onAugust 28, 1965. But the retired officerseems determined to take on the government.

Wing Commander Parihar said, "If it does-n't come through tomorrow I will join thestrike instead of celebrating 50 years of thewar."

The implementation of the scheme is apromise made by the BJP before last year'sgeneral elections. The scheme will give equalpension to servicemen retiring with the samerank regardless of when they retire.

At present, a soldier who retired manyyears ago is paid far less than someone sever-al ranks junior to him retiring now. Thescheme is expected to benefit 30 lakh formersoldiers.

India to...tonne satellites which ISRO would be tar-

geting.He said ISRO has to repeat its launch suc-

cess of its GSLV Mk II rocket to gain the con-fidence of satellite owners.

ISRO will also be launching four nano-satellites from US as a piggy back luggagefor its Astrosat to be launched next monthusing its another rocket polar satellite launchvehicle (PSLV).

ISRO successfully launched its communi-cation satellite GSAT-6 using its GSLV Mk IIrocket today.

"The launch proves that the successfullaunch of communication satellite GSAT-14last January was not a flash in the pan," saidMr Kumar.

ISRO officials told IANS that around 10satellites have been identified for launchusing GSLV-Mk II.

Queried about the status of testing areusable launch vehicle, Mr Kumar said theplan is to test fly a scaled down model (1/6thsize of real size model) later this year.

ISRO's Big...that uses an Indian made cryogenic engine

being tested for the third time.The heavyweight Indian rocket weighs 416

tonnes and is nearly 50 meters tall.The GSLV rocket is being powered using

an Indian made cryogenic engine. Dubbedthe 'naughty boy' this rocket has had a patchyrecord with less than half the flights beingsuccessful.

Chairman, Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) had said "GSAT-6 car-ries one of the largest antennas we have builta 6 meter diameter antenna, the prime pur-pose is to make sure that communication canhappen with smaller and smaller hand helddevices whether it is for data, video or voice.The users for this will be the strategic sectoras it gives a tremendous opportunity for usingvery small handheld devices in the remotestplaces."

In 2013, India had launched a dedicatedcommunications satellite for the Indian Navy.

The 2,117 kg Indian-made satellite carries avery special giant antennae which will openup in space like an umbrella. The large anten-nae will help India's strategic forces to com-municate with each other on secure linesusing special small hand held devices. Acapability most needed in today's modern net-work centric warfare.

NDA Likely ...elections in 2005 and 2010.Unlike the last two polls when BJP was in

a settled tie-up with Kumar-led JD(U) withboth parties having few differences, this timeits allies have been piling pressure for a larg-er share of 243 seats going to the polls than itis likely to concede.

Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP, UpendraKushwaha-led RLSP and Jitan Ram Manjhi-led HAM are fighting the assembly polls inalliance with BJP for the first time.

Mr Yadav said the BJP campaign in thestate had put development at the centre stageof campaign and attacked Mr Kumar for his"petty politics" over the Rs. 1.25 lakh crorepackage.

"He is opposing the biggest package forBihar for nothing but politics. This is a kindof petty politics we have not seen before...Modi's rallies have sparked a storm forchange in the state which will gather morepace after his rally in September 1 inBhagalpur," he said.

Asked about Congress criticisms of theCentre and the Gujarat government, the BJPleader said the opposition party was doing sofor political reasons.

Sea Level...Division."More than 150 million people, most of

them in Asia, live within one meter of presentsea level," he said.

Low-lying US states such as Florida are atrisk of disappearing, as are some of theworld's major cities such as Singapore andTokyo.

"It may entirely eliminate some Pacificisland nations," he said.

There is no doubt that global coastlines willlook very different in years to come, USspace agency experts told reporters on a con-ference call to discuss the latest data on sealevel rise.

"Right now we have committed to probablymore than three feet (one meter) of sea levelrise, just based on the warming we have hadso far," said Steve Nerem of the University ofColorado, Boulder and leader of NASA's sealevel rise team.

"It will very likely get worse in the future,"he told reporters.

"The biggest uncertainty is predicting howquickly the polar ice sheets will melt."

New Civil ...Raju said while inaugurating the 8th

International Conference on Indian CivilAviation & Tourism,' organized in the nationalcapital by ASSOCHAM.

BJP Uses...Congress, two parties assailed by Mr

Kejriwal in the past, to hit out at the AAPleader.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra quotedMr Kejriwal's tweet of October, 2013,where the Delhi Chief Minister had termedMr Prasad's imprisonment and Rs. 25 lakhfine in a fodder scam case as a "sweetdeal".

In a press conference, he also highlighteda tweet by Delhi Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia in which he had talkedabout hearing the stories of Mr Kumar'sand Mr Prasad's "goondaism" during hisBihar visit.

Taking a dig at the Delhi Chief Minister'sattempts to distance himself from MrPrasad while supporting Mr Kumar, DrPatra asked him to come clean on his rela-tion with the RJD leader.

He said the AAP leader ended up teach-ing a lesson to Chief Minister Kumar ingood governance by claiming that theCentre's and the Delhi government's mod-els of governance were only two models inthe country today.

JD (U), RJD, Congress and AAP have allcome together to derail BJP's developmen-

tal agenda in the state, Dr Patra said.

Benefits of Scientific...different level but its benefit should reach

the common people," Union Science andTechnology Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

"I appeal to all the Chief Ministers, scienceand technology ministers of different states towork on it," he said at the National Conclaveof State Science and Technology Councils inJaipur.

The minister stated that technology innova-tion, research or getting a patent becomesfutile when these things are not connected withpeople and not applied for their benefit.

"Science has a lot meaning and solution toproblems the country is facing in areas likewater, agriculture, medicines, energy amongothers," Dr Vardhan said.

"So much good quality work is going on inlaboratories but we are probably not being ableto connect it to people," the minister said,adding, "Today, it is not policy for science butscience for policy is important. We need tohave scientific output for government poli-cies."

The minister said that there is no dearth oftalent in the country as many innovations havetaken place in recent years and innovators,ranging from a tribal of a remote village to asophisticated IIT graduate, received nationalawards but the problem was of coordination.

Indian Man's ...room. Please contact," Mr Tamboli tweeted

to Mrs Swaraj on August 21."She has been kept captive with some other

girls. And are even beaten Pls help," MrTamboli later tweeted again.

Mrs Swaraj, the next morning, replied withan assurance of intervention.

"I have asked our ambassador in the UAEto help. He will speak to you and do the need-ful," Mrs Swaraj's reply on August 22 read.

Later in the day, concerted efforts by Al AinPolice, Indian embassy officials and someIndian community leaders helped rescue thegirl from the trafficking ring.

"We have rescued your sister with the helpof local police. She is being moved to a shel-ter home run by the Indian embassy," MrsSwaraj tweeted to Mr Tamboli that evening.

"My sister is safe now and soon after finish-ing some formalities, she will be sent home ...I am thankful to UAE and Indian authoritiesfor all the help," the newspaper quoted MrTamboli as saying.

Mr Tamboli's sister Swati (name changed),a stewardess training certificate holder, cameto Dubai to become an air hostess.

The 33-year-old, however, was given ababy sitter's job and was forced to work as ahousemaid in Ajman emirate.

"When she refused, her agents beat her up.After two days, she was taken to Al Ainwhere she was locked up along with 10 othergirls," Mr Tamboli said.

Mr Tamboli said that after a case was regis-tered, the agents sensed trouble and tried toshift the girl to Oman.

"My sister told me she picked up a fist-fightwith the men and managed to run away. Shehid behind a bush on the roadside andremained there until she was rescued by theAl Ain Police," said Mr Tamboli.

Prakash Javadekar...government's endeavour is to simplify the

administrative procedures without compro-mising on environmental safeguards.

"The module will end delays in the depositof compensatory levies. Technology must beused to the advantage of all and the govern-ment's endeavour has been to simplify admin-istrative procedures, without compromisingon environmental safeguards," the Ministersaid. The payment through the module has tobe made to the designated account dependingon the state in which the forest land which isproposed to be diverted is located.

The deposit of compensatory leviesthrough the e-portal will be optional tillAugust 31 this year. However, the payment ofthese levies by user agencies will be acceptedonly through the e-module route fromSeptember 1, 2015, an official statement said.

With the activation of the e-payment portal,no payments will be accepted other thanthrough the portal unless specifically orderedby ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation FundManagement and Planning Authority(CAMPA).

CAMPA had been created by the SupremeCourt. Before Stage II under Forest(Conservation) Act, 1980, which is the finalapproval stage, ad-hoc CAMPA is firstrequired to certify whether the compensatorylevies have been credited to the respectiveaccounts. "Till now, the verification of receiptof compensatory levies in the ad-hocCAMPA has been done manually involvingvarious steps and is a time-taking process.The launch of e-payment module will endsuch delays," the statement said.

Rafale Deal...be signed, which will pave the way for ink-

ing of the final contract.Defence sources said Mr Drian will arrive

here on Tuesday and is scheduled to meet thetop leadership.

The visit comes amid a deadlock in thetalks for the fighter jets over the issues of off-set, tweaking of weaponry technology among

others.The sources said discussions were held at

the "highest level" on both sides to get overthe roadblocks.

"One of the parties had to relent. TheFrench have agreedto the Indian conditions,"one of the sources told PTI.

It is expected that if all goes well, the con-tract for the 36 Rafales will be inked soon,which will come as a huge relief to the IndianAir Force which has been eyeing the aircraftfor over a decade.

Bail to Digambar ...miscarriage of justice." in the High Court.

The petition was heard today by Justice KLWadhane of the Goa bench of the BombayHigh Court.

"It is gross miscarriage of justice done inthis case, that is why this court (HC) has beenapproached with the plea," Special PublicProsecutor Subodh Dessai, representing theGoa Crime Branch, told the court today.

The High Court has the power to cancel thebail under section 439 (of CrPC), he said.

He argued that issues raised by Mr Kamat'slawyer were only to delay the matter.

Defence lawyer Surendra Dessai, opposingthe application, said cancellation of anticipa-tory bail cannot be sought on the same factsand circumstances which were cited in thelower court.

"There's nothing extraordinary or excep-tional that requires the HC to use its discre-tionary power (of cancellation of bail)," hecontended.

He also said that the application filed by theCrime Branch to cancel the anticipatory bailis premature and should be dismissed.

"The prosecution has come too early to thecourt seeking cancellation of anticipatorybail. They (crime branch) are having sleep-less nights. They should sleep well andcome," the defence lawyer said during thearguments.

Nepal unrest...three-day meet will begin on September 2,

sources said.During the meeting, the BJP will also

finalise the strategy for the coming assemblyelections in Bihar, which will be held by theend of November.

The heads of organisations affiliated to theRSS will also attend the meet to discuss coor-dination issues.

CBI Files Another ...Additional Chief Magistrate Court in

Alipore, Kolkata.She said the chargesheet has been filed

against Sen and Saradha ConstructionCompany Limited and Saradha Realty IndiaLimited under charges of cheating.

The agency is keeping probe open, she said.This is the 17th chargesheet filed in the chit

fund scam which spread across four states-West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Tripura inwhich investors were allegedly promised high-er returns on fixed deposits.

So far, CBI had filed chargesheets indictingMadan Mitra and others namely Saradhaowner Sudipta Sen, suspended TrinamoolRajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh and others.

The companies running the alleged schemesdefaulted on payment as they had diverted themoney into other businesses

Punjab Deputy ...Minister, accompanied by a delegation of

top state officers, would showcase Punjab "asthe most suitable investment destination forinvestment," an official spokesman saidtoday. Mr Badal will also present the stridesachieved by the state vis-a-vis ease of doingbusiness and also the new innovative fiscalincentives available for new investors, hesaid. As a part of his itinerary, the DeputyChief Minister is scheduled to have hecticparleys with business giants especially fromthe field of electronics, dairy, skill training,infrastructure development, transport, smartcities and environment.

Mr Badal would also meet key businessorganisations of South Korea like Samsungelectronics to call upon them for investmentin Punjab, he said.

During a meeting with a Korean delegationin the presence of Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal and Deputy CM in Chandigarhlast week, Vice President SamsungElectronics Kyoung Soo Kim had displayedkeen interest in biometric technology andoffered to explore smart city and biometricsproject collaboration in the state, thespokesman said.

Assam CM Tarun...In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Gogoi

pleaded for Rs. 500 crore to meet the emer-gent flood situation in the state.

He urged the Prime Minister for an imme-diate release of Rs. 387 crore under theNational Disaster Response Fund.

"I am given to understand that the sanc-tioned amount for Rs. 387 crore under NDRFis to be adjusted against the unspentbalanceof State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF),which will be a grave injustice because theunspent balance of SDRF is committedagainst projects already sanctioned and we, infact, need more funds to meet the committedliabilities," Mr Gogoi said.

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HEALTH/BOLLYWOOD8 NEW DELHI | FRIDAY | AUGUST 28, 2015Fight for Right

All day long as youwalk, run, climbthe stairs, your

knees take an enormousamount of stress. Beforeyou start panicking, youmust know that your kneesare designed to take thisamount of stress.

However, there may becertain habits that you fol-low unknowingly that putthe health of your knee injeopardy. Here are thebasics:

How do you sit?It's very important that

your knees are alignedproperly when you are sit-ting on a chair. YaasarNazar, ?SeniorP h y s i o t h e r a p i s t(Musculoskeletal andSport) at AktivOrthoopines, "One of the com-mon posture related mis-take that people make isprolonged sitting crosslegged, kneeling or keep-ing the knees bent."According to the AmericanAcademy of OrthopaedicSurgeons, the thighsshould be horizontal andthe knees should be posi-tioned at roughly the samelevel as the hips when seat-ed. Knees can also be a lit-tle elevated than the hips.

Break your sitting timeContinuous sitting can

be detrimental to the healthof your knees. In order tokeep the knees healthy andmoving, take breaks tostand up and walk around abit. Also, change your sit-ting positions every half

hour. That's not it. Duringprolonged sitting periods,keep stretching the legs toimprove blood flow. Thiswill also help activate theleg muscles that supportthe knee.

Incorrect standing pos-ture

How long do you standin a day? Well, before youstart the mental calcula-tion, you need to know thatincorrect standing posturecan adversely impact yourknees. So what's the rightposture? Dr Yaasar adds,"It must be borne in mindthat a posture per se doesnot cause pain. However,when a posture is pro-longed or held for a longtime, it can cause inflam-mation.' Here are sometips: - Your back should bestraight and you should notslump forward at yourshoulders or waist.

- Avoid locking your

knees while standing.Knees should be slightlybent.

- Stand with yourabdominal muscles tuckedin - suck in your stomach

- While standing yourhead should be centeredover your body.

- Evenly distribute yourweight on both the feetwhile standing

Workout basicsLike it or not, but some

knee injuries are a result ofstrenuous workouts. "Kneeinjuries happen when peo-ple forget their body limi-tation. This is most com-mon in group exerciseswhere you try to ape andbetter the person standingright next to you.Additionally, acute hipbends and acute kneebends can also be harmful,especially if you try toohard, beyond your comfortlevel," suggests Dr AshokRajgopal, Chairman -

Medanta Bone & JointInstitute. "If you are man-aging your knee pain withmedicines such as Brufenand Paracetamol and thepain refuses to subsideeven after a week or 10days, it's a clear indicationthat you need to see anexpert," adds Dr Rajgopal.

Knee-friendly exercises

Water workouts havelow impact on your knees.Even strength training alsohelps building muscles andprotects your knees. T'aichi is another workout thathelps you enhance yourrange of motion, lengthenyour muscles.Additionally, they makeyour ligaments and ten-dons more flexible. Yogaand Pilates help strengthenyour core body muscles aswell as leg muscles thatultimately support theknee.

Things no one told you about protecting your knees

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

Mo d e l - t u r n e d -actress GauaharKhan says even

though she may be next inline to get married after herelder sister Nigaar’s recentwedding, there is no pres-sure on her from her fami-ly to tie the knot and settledown.

The former “Bigg Boss”winner says she is in agood space in her career atthe moment and the onlything that is on her mind isto work hard and take upexciting projects.”Marriage with whom?There has to be someone.Nigaar has got married andshe is very happy. Butthere is no pressure on meby my family or anyoneelse. The only pressure onme is the one that I put onmyself to work harder,”said Gauahar on the side-lines of the Lakme FashionWeek here. The actresswas in a brief relationshipwith TV actor and her“Bigg Boss” co-contestantKushal Tandon, but theycalled it quits last year.Gauahar recently forayedinto the regional cinemascene with Punjabi movie“Oh Yaara AinvayiAinvayi Lut Gaya” oppo-site Jassi Gill. Gauaharsaid she took that step tobroaden herself as an

actress and is open to star-ring in more regional filmsbe it Marathi, Bengali,Tamil, Telegu and son on.

“The quality of regionalcinemas nowadays isexcellent. I am open to anyoffer coming my waybecause as an actor Ishould be up for any chal-lenge that comes my way.The Punjabi film that I didwas fantastic. I even learntthe language for it and nowI can speak it very fluently.I hope I can do moreregional films.”

The actress has starred inBollywood films like“Rocket Singh” and“Ishaqzaade” but since2012 she has stayed awayfrom the silver screen andfocused on television proj-

ects more. During thattime, she starred in herown reality TV series,besides winning “BiggBoss 7? and also perform-ing hosting duties on sev-eral shows. Gauahar saidthat she has signed a film,which she will beginshooting day after tomor-row. However, she did notconfirm if it is the thirdinstallment of the “KyaKool Hian Hum” filmseries. ”I am not supposedto talk about it. I am shoot-ing day after and that is allI can reveal right now. I ama producer’s actress and ifthey have told me to keepquiet about it then I amgoing to do so, I have toannounce it properly,” shesaid

Rajinikanth is backon Twitter; but NOTfor Kabali!

When Rajinikanthjoined Twitterlast year, he cre-

ated a sensation in socialmedia, with millions offans thronging to followhim. But after an year anda half after that memorableday, Rajinikanth has bare-ly ever made his presencefelt on Twitter.

But all of a sudden,Rajini woke up on Twitterafter a long slumber muchto the delight of his fans.Did he tweet about hisupcoming film Kabali?Did he reveal his new lookfrom the film or gavesome juicy insights aboutKabali? The answer is no.Instead, Rajinikanth wasback on Twitter to thankthe Government ofTamilnadu andJayalalithaa who haveannounced to make amemorial for late veteranactor Sivaji Ganesan.

Sivaji had been kind of amentor to Rajini and itseems like the superstarwas overwhelmed withthis welcome move byTamil Nadu government.Check out his tweetbelow:

Now that Rajini is backon Twitter, we hope hecontinues to tweet andgive his fans some updatesabout his next film Kabali!

Gauahar Khan: The only pres-sure on me is to work harder