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C ongress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, accusing him of “colluding with the criminal” and allow- ing him to escape from the country. Rahul sought the FM’s res- ignation on the back of a claim made by his party MP PL Punia that he saw Jaitley and Mallya together in the Central Hall of Parliament on March 1, 2016, as the duo held an elab- orate 15-20 minute discussion. On Wednesday, Jaitley had rubbished Mallya’s claim that he met Jaitley in Parliament where he had offered to settle his bank dues. Jaitley said he never gave any appointment to Mallya, but the liquor baron accosted him on one occasion in Parliament and offered to make some settlement with the banks, which he (Jaitley) refused to entertain. The FM claimed there was no further talks between them. The Congress president also attacked the Modi Government on the way the CBI lookout circular (LOC) notice against Mallya was dilut- ed, allowing him to leave the country. “Who changed the lookout notice for Mr Vijay Mallya from ‘detain’ to just ‘inform’? It can only be someone who con- trols the CBI,” Rahul tweeted. After Jaitley’s prompt rebuttal of Mallya’s claim of the purported meeting, Punia spiced up the controversy by insisting he had seen Jaitley and Mallya talking animatedly in the Central Hall of Parliament, for first few minutes standing and then continuing their dis- cussion sitting face to face. “On March 3, we heard from the media that he (Mallya) fled the country on March 2. I have clearly stated about this in each of my inter- view with the media. There are CCTV cameras, we can all see that for proof. If I am wrong, I will resign from politics,” Punia claimed. Latching on to Punia’s claim, Rahul challenged Jaitley to get CCTV footage of March 1. “Mr Jaitley is lying, the Government is lying on Rafale and the Government is lying on Vijay Mallya. A meeting was held with Mr Arun Jaitley and Vijay Mallya. The logistics of Mr Mallya leaving the country were discussed in that meet- ing,” Rahul told reporters. “Mr Vijay Mallya was given free passage out of the country by the Finance Minister, who has clearly said the criminal told him that he is going to run away. Well, why did you let him run away? Why did you not stop him? Because you were colluding with him,” he added. Describing it as an “open and shut case of collusion”, he said there was some deal between Jaitley and Mallya and called for the Finance Minister’s resignation. Asked whether the Congress would move a privi- lege motion, he said the party would do what it could. However, Jaitley has to first explain why he did not act when told that Mallya was going to “run away to London”, Rahul said. He also sought to know what transpired at Jaitley’s “extended meeting” with the “gentleman in Parliament House”. The Congress has also gone on offensive against dilu- tion of the LOC. Continued on Page 4 T he BJP on Thursday defended Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against allegation of “colluding” with liquor baron Vijay Mallya and asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to resign and disclose his family’s proximity with the absconding tycoon. Addressing a Press confer- ence, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said Mallya is a criminal and his words could not be taken seriously. The BJP leader, however, did not answer whether the Government would give CCTV footage for forensic examina- tion to test the claim of the Congress that the said meeting between Jaitley and Mallya took place in the Central Hall of Parliament. Goyal claimed that due to Rahul’s family “relations” with Mallya, banks were pressured by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to sanction loans to the fugitive businessman, violating all norms. “Rahul Gandhi should answer what were the relations between his family and Mallya,” Goyal said, adding that the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines was given loans bypassing all norms, laws and regulations. He said Rahul is an offender and his resignation will be forced by the people of India. However, it was not clear from what office Goyal wanted Rahul to step down. Goyal ran a small clip of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in which the former PM is heard saying private airlines need to be helped to come out of the financial mess. Goyal alleged that the RBI was pressurised to arrange for a company-specif- ic loan. The Minister said the Modi Government is in the process of recovering the money from Mallya and the Congress “is creating defence by telling lies.” The BJP also pointed out that Manmohan had told his officials and gave it in writing to help Mallya, for which the liquor baron had thanked him profusely. Through the day, one after another several BJP leaders appeared on TV chan- nels to attack Rahul and defend Jaitely. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad insinuated that Rahul may have played a role in influencing Mallya to impli- cate Jaitley in his escape from the country. Prasad said Mallya made this claim only after Rahul visited London recently. The BJP also alleged that both the Congress and the Gandhi family were close to the fugitive liquor baron. Party spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged that it appeared Rahul owned the now defunct Kingfisher Airline by proxy and there are “18 pages worth of evidence” about their links. “Papers show that Kingfisher Airlines was not owned by Mallya but by the Gandhi parivar,” Patra said at a Press conference. Patra read out from the documents to point out that the loans to the now defunct airline were restructured twice in 2008 and 2012. “That he and his mother Sonia Gandhi used to get free business upgrade (in Kingfisher flights) is some- thing which is in the public domain,” Patra added. Meanwhile, BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman termed as “motivated” the Congress’ demand of Jaitley’s resigna- tion, saying it is a strategy to deflect attention from the UPA Government’s “cronyism and favouritism”. Continued on Page 4 S ecurity forces gunned down eight terrorists on Thursday in three separate encounters — two in north Kashmir and one in Jammu region. Twelve secu- rity officials, including five jawans of the CRPF, four State policemen, and three Army soldiers, received injuries dur- ing the operation. Five terrorists, including three infiltrators, were killed in two separate encounters in north Kashmir’s Keran sector of Kupwara and Sopore, official sources said. An overground worker of a pan-Islamic outfit was arrested in Ganderbal district. Officials said three uniden- tified infiltrators were killed in a fierce gunfight after the Army foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kupwara in north Kashmir on Thursday. In another incident, two Pakistan’s Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists were killed in an operation at Checkipora, Sheikhpora village in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In Kakriyal area along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, a three member fidayeen squad, believed to be cadre of Pakistan-based ter- rorist outfit Jaish-e- Mohammad, was eliminated by the joint team of security forces led by para-commandos of the Indian Army, jawans of the special operations group of State police and the CRPF on Thursday. The 33-hour operation ended in the killing of one of the three surviving terrorists who opened fire on security forces when he came face to face with them during the combing and search opera- tions in thickly vegetated fields of Kakriyal. Till the time of filing the report, several teams of bomb disposal squad and others were deployed at the encounter site to completely sanitise the area and clear the same from “booby traps” in the form of planted IED’s or land mines. The local residents, who remained closeted inside their homes since early morning, also heaved a sigh of relief after the operation was called off. The security forces ensured no major collateral damage to the civilian houses and man- aged to contain terrorists in iso- lated areas. The educational institutions remained closed in the area to prevent any unto- ward incident. The traffic on the national highway also remained suspended while operation was on in the area. General Officer Commanding Uniform Force Major General Arvind Bhatia while confirming the elimina- tion of all three terrorists in Kakriyal area told reporters, “These terrorists possibly infil- trated from the Samba sector and were heading towards Kashmir Valley to carry out some major strike with the help of their handlers and vast net- work of overground workers”. He said since it was diffi- cult for these terrorists to sus- tain them across Jammu region in the absence of overground workers network, they were possibly heading towards Kashmir Valley. T he Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections witnessed a see-saw battle between the Congress party’s student wing NSUI and RSS-affiliated ABVP for the post of the president, with one leading the other at different stages of counting. However, there was a big disappointment in store for the CYSS, the AAP’s student wing, and AISA who had joined hands to defeat the ABVP and the NSUI. Ankiv Basoya of the ABVP bagged the post of DUSU pres- ident by defeating Sunny Chillar of the NSUI by margin of about 1,700 votes. Ankiv got 20,467 votes. The vice-president post too was won by the ABVP as Shakti Singh defeated NSUI rival Leena by more than 8,000 votes. Shakti secured 23,046 votes and Leena 15,000 votes. The post of secretary was bagged by the NSUI as Akash Chaudhary defeated his ABVP counterpart Sudhir Dedha by a margin of about 6,000 votes. The joint secretary post went to ABVP’s Jyoti Chaudhary (19,353 votes). He defeated his rival Saurabh Yadav (14,381) from the NSUI by a margin of approximately 5,000 votes. Last year, the NSUI had won DUSU’s president and vice-president posts, while the ABVP had won secretary and joint secretary posts. The ABVP’s popular face Shakti proved too formidable for his opponents as he led by a whopping margin against NSUI’s Leena from the very beginning. Political pundits feel that Shakti — Kshatriya from the eastern Uttar Pradesh — was the ABVP’s game changer. High voltage drama went on throughout the counting when members of various stu- dent organisations in poll fray engaged in scuffle over the issue of “faulty” EVMs, which led to a halt in counting. But the counting resumed in the evening. In the initial trends, the NSUI gained an upper hand for the president post, but it lost in subsequent phases. The NSUI claimed that they were leading on the post of president and the secretary after the six rounds of count- ing when about 6 EVMs broke down. The NSUI alleged elec- tion panel wanted to set the faulty EVMs aside and contin- ue the counting to which the NSUI staunchly objected. While the ABVP asserted there was a certain problem with only one EVM meant for the post of secretary. “We demanded that count- ing should not be stopped just because of one EVM, whose vote can be counted later on after correction,” said Monica Chaudhary of the ABVP. Continued on Page 4 D elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asserted that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government will suc- ceed in cleaning the Yamuna River though it will take time. Kejriwal, who is currently on a visit to South Korea, made the assertion in reply to a tweet that raised the failure of urban reju- venation projects in India and stalled plans for the Yamuna River front development. Kejriwal accused previous Governments of not cleaning the Yamuna River and not implementing the river front development projects. “Becoz then, AAP govt wasn’t there. Now, it will hap- pen. As there have been con- crete improvements in other spheres during AAP govt, we will work hard on cleaning drains and Yamuna. It will take time. Koreans did it in 27 months. But I am confident that we will succeed,” he tweeted. During his trip to South Korean capital Seoul, Kejriwal visited Cheonggyecheon stream that was transformed from a polluted water body to a popular tourist spot. “The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul, which I myself saw on Wednesday at the downtown, was centred on revitalising the stream that had been covered for decades by a highway over- pass. The city of Seoul used its own resources to bring new life to the downtown by enhancing the urban environment. The restoration of the Cheonggyecheon Stream led to the revitalisation of central Seoul, unleashing the potential for green public space,” he said. Addressing the International Conference on Urban Regeneration at Seoul, Kejriwal said, “Delhi is a vibrant city state and popular- ly known as mini-India, where people of different religions, regions and cultures live hap- pily and contribute to India’s economy in a major way. Capital cities, the world over, are administratively run dif- ferently and Delhi too has a unique and somewhat complex administrative structure, which however is a matter of a sepa- rate conversation at some other occasion.” Continued on Page 4 P rime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to celebrate his 68th birthday in his parlia- mentary constituency of Varanasi, where he will spend the day with schoolchildren and watch a film based on his life, a district official said here on Thursday. Modi is likely to go for a two-day visit to Varanasi on September 17 and 18. He will also offer prayers at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple dur- ing his visit and address a public gathering in Varanasi, the official said. On his 68th birthday, the PM will watch a 32-minute film called “Chalo Jeete Hain” with schoolchildren and is also like- ly to inaugurate several devel- opment projects worth crores of rupees. A special cleanliness drive will be launched and health camps will also be organised in the town, he said. Continued on Page 4

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Congress president RahulGandhi on Thursday

demanded resignation ofFinance Minister Arun Jaitley,accusing him of “colludingwith the criminal” and allow-ing him to escape from thecountry.

Rahul sought the FM’s res-ignation on the back of a claimmade by his party MP PLPunia that he saw Jaitley andMallya together in the CentralHall of Parliament on March 1,2016, as the duo held an elab-orate 15-20 minute discussion.

On Wednesday, Jaitley hadrubbished Mallya’s claim thathe met Jaitley in Parliamentwhere he had offered to settlehis bank dues. Jaitley said henever gave any appointment toMallya, but the liquor baronaccosted him on one occasionin Parliament and offered tomake some settlement withthe banks, which he (Jaitley)refused to entertain. The FMclaimed there was no furthertalks between them.

The Congress presidentalso attacked the ModiGovernment on the way theCBI lookout circular (LOC)notice against Mallya was dilut-ed, allowing him to leave thecountry.

“Who changed the lookoutnotice for Mr Vijay Mallyafrom ‘detain’ to just ‘inform’? Itcan only be someone who con-trols the CBI,” Rahul tweeted.

After Jaitley’s prompt

rebuttal of Mallya’s claim of thepurported meeting, Puniaspiced up the controversy byinsisting he had seen Jaitley andMallya talking animatedly inthe Central Hall of Parliament,for first few minutes standingand then continuing their dis-cussion sitting face to face.

“On March 3, we heardfrom the media that he(Mallya) fled the country onMarch 2. I have clearly stated

about this in each of my inter-view with the media. There areCCTV cameras, we can all seethat for proof. If I am wrong, Iwill resign from politics,” Puniaclaimed.

Latching on to Punia’sclaim, Rahul challenged Jaitleyto get CCTV footage of March1. “Mr Jaitley is lying, theGovernment is lying on Rafaleand the Government is lying onVijay Mallya. A meeting washeld with Mr Arun Jaitley andVijay Mallya. The logistics ofMr Mallya leaving the countrywere discussed in that meet-ing,” Rahul told reporters.

“Mr Vijay Mallya was givenfree passage out of the countryby the Finance Minister, whohas clearly said the criminaltold him that he is going to runaway. Well, why did you let himrun away? Why did you not

stop him? Because you werecolluding with him,” he added.

Describing it as an “openand shut case of collusion”, hesaid there was some dealbetween Jaitley and Mallyaand called for the FinanceMinister’s resignation.

Asked whether theCongress would move a privi-lege motion, he said the partywould do what it could.However, Jaitley has to firstexplain why he did not actwhen told that Mallya wasgoing to “run away to London”,Rahul said.

He also sought to knowwhat transpired at Jaitley’s“extended meeting” with the“gentleman in ParliamentHouse”. The Congress has alsogone on offensive against dilu-tion of the LOC.

Continued on Page 4

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The BJP on Thursdaydefended Union Finance

Minister Arun Jaitley againstallegation of “colluding” withliquor baron Vijay Mallya andasked Congress presidentRahul Gandhi to resign anddisclose his family’s proximitywith the absconding tycoon.

Addressing a Press confer-ence, Union Minister PiyushGoyal said Mallya is a criminaland his words could not betaken seriously.

The BJP leader, however,did not answer whether theGovernment would give CCTVfootage for forensic examina-tion to test the claim of theCongress that the said meetingbetween Jaitley and Mallyatook place in the Central Hallof Parliament.

Goyal claimed that due toRahul’s family “relations” withMallya, banks were pressuredby the previous UnitedProgressive Alliance (UPA)Government to sanction loansto the fugitive businessman,violating all norms.

“Rahul Gandhi shouldanswer what were the relationsbetween his family and Mallya,”Goyal said, adding that the

now-defunct KingfisherAirlines was given loansbypassing all norms, laws andregulations. He said Rahul is anoffender and his resignationwill be forced by the people ofIndia. However, it was notclear from what office Goyalwanted Rahul to step down.

Goyal ran a small clip offormer Prime MinisterManmohan Singh in whichthe former PM is heard sayingprivate airlines need to behelped to come out of thefinancial mess. Goyal allegedthat the RBI was pressurised toarrange for a company-specif-ic loan. The Minister said theModi Government is in theprocess of recovering themoney from Mallya and theCongress “is creating defenceby telling lies.”

The BJP also pointed outthat Manmohan had told hisofficials and gave it in writingto help Mallya, for which theliquor baron had thanked himprofusely. Through the day,one after another several BJPleaders appeared on TV chan-nels to attack Rahul and defendJaitely. Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad insinuated thatRahul may have played a rolein influencing Mallya to impli-

cate Jaitley in his escape fromthe country. Prasad said Mallyamade this claim only afterRahul visited London recently.

The BJP also alleged thatboth the Congress and theGandhi family were close to thefugitive liquor baron. Partyspokesperson Sambit Patraalleged that it appeared Rahulowned the now defunctKingfisher Airline by proxy andthere are “18 pages worth ofevidence” about their links.

“Papers show thatKingfisher Airlines was notowned by Mallya but by theGandhi parivar,” Patra said at aPress conference.

Patra read out from thedocuments to point out that theloans to the now defunct airlinewere restructured twice in 2008and 2012. “That he and hismother Sonia Gandhi used toget free business upgrade (inKingfisher flights) is some-thing which is in the publicdomain,” Patra added.

Meanwhile, BJP leaderNirmala Sitharaman termedas “motivated” the Congress’demand of Jaitley’s resigna-tion, saying it is a strategy todeflect attention from the UPAGovernment’s “cronyism andfavouritism”.

Continued on Page 4

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Security forces gunned downeight terrorists on Thursday

in three separate encounters —two in north Kashmir and onein Jammu region. Twelve secu-rity officials, including fivejawans of the CRPF, four Statepolicemen, and three Armysoldiers, received injuries dur-ing the operation.

Five terrorists, includingthree infiltrators, were killed intwo separate encounters innorth Kashmir’s Keran sectorof Kupwara and Sopore, officialsources said. An overgroundworker of a pan-Islamic outfitwas arrested in Ganderbal district.

Officials said three uniden-tified infiltrators were killed ina fierce gunfight after the Armyfoiled a major infiltration bidalong the Line of Control inKeran sector of Kupwara innorth Kashmir on Thursday.

In another incident, twoPakistan’s Jaish-e-Muhammadterrorists were killed in anoperation at Checkipora,Sheikhpora village in Sopore

area of north Kashmir’sBaramulla district.

In Kakriyal area along theJammu-Srinagar NationalHighway, a three memberfidayeen squad, believed to becadre of Pakistan-based ter-rorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, was eliminatedby the joint team of securityforces led by para-commandosof the Indian Army, jawans ofthe special operations group ofState police and the CRPF onThursday.

The 33-hour operationended in the killing of one ofthe three surviving terroristswho opened fire on securityforces when he came face toface with them during thecombing and search opera-tions in thickly vegetated fieldsof Kakriyal.

Till the time of filing thereport, several teams of bombdisposal squad and others weredeployed at the encounter siteto completely sanitise the areaand clear the same from“booby traps” in the form ofplanted IED’s or land mines.The local residents, whoremained closeted inside their

homes since early morning,also heaved a sigh of relief afterthe operation was called off.

The security forces ensuredno major collateral damage tothe civilian houses and man-aged to contain terrorists in iso-lated areas. The educationalinstitutions remained closed inthe area to prevent any unto-ward incident. The traffic onthe national highway alsoremained suspended whileoperation was on in the area.

General OfficerCommanding Uniform ForceMajor General Arvind Bhatiawhile confirming the elimina-tion of all three terrorists inKakriyal area told reporters,“These terrorists possibly infil-trated from the Samba sectorand were heading towardsKashmir Valley to carry outsome major strike with the helpof their handlers and vast net-work of overground workers”.

He said since it was diffi-cult for these terrorists to sus-tain them across Jammu regionin the absence of overgroundworkers network, they werepossibly heading towardsKashmir Valley.

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The Delhi UniversityStudents’ Union (DUSU)

elections witnessed a see-sawbattle between the Congressparty’s student wing NSUI andRSS-affiliated ABVP for thepost of the president, with oneleading the other at differentstages of counting.

However, there was a bigdisappointment in store forthe CYSS, the AAP’s studentwing, and AISA who hadjoined hands to defeat theABVP and the NSUI.

Ankiv Basoya of the ABVPbagged the post of DUSU pres-ident by defeating SunnyChillar of the NSUI by marginof about 1,700 votes. Ankiv got20,467 votes. The vice-presidentpost too was won by the ABVPas Shakti Singh defeated NSUIrival Leena by more than 8,000votes. Shakti secured 23,046votes and Leena 15,000 votes.

The post of secretary wasbagged by the NSUI as AkashChaudhary defeated his ABVPcounterpart Sudhir Dedha bya margin of about 6,000 votes.The joint secretary post went toABVP’s Jyoti Chaudhary(19,353 votes). He defeated hisrival Saurabh Yadav (14,381)from the NSUI by a margin ofapproximately 5,000 votes.

Last year, the NSUI hadwon DUSU’s president andvice-president posts, while theABVP had won secretary andjoint secretary posts.

The ABVP’s popular face

Shakti proved too formidablefor his opponents as he led bya whopping margin againstNSUI’s Leena from the verybeginning. Political punditsfeel that Shakti — Kshatriyafrom the eastern Uttar Pradesh— was the ABVP’s gamechanger.

High voltage drama wenton throughout the countingwhen members of various stu-dent organisations in poll frayengaged in scuffle over theissue of “faulty” EVMs, whichled to a halt in counting. Butthe counting resumed in theevening. In the initial trends,the NSUI gained an upperhand for the president post, butit lost in subsequent phases.

The NSUI claimed thatthey were leading on the postof president and the secretaryafter the six rounds of count-ing when about 6 EVMs brokedown. The NSUI alleged elec-tion panel wanted to set thefaulty EVMs aside and contin-ue the counting to which theNSUI staunchly objected.

While the ABVP assertedthere was a certain problemwith only one EVM meant forthe post of secretary.

“We demanded that count-ing should not be stopped justbecause of one EVM, whosevote can be counted later onafter correction,” said MonicaChaudhary of the ABVP.

Continued on Page 4

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Thursday

asserted that Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Government will suc-ceed in cleaning the YamunaRiver though it will take time.Kejriwal, who is currently on avisit to South Korea, made theassertion in reply to a tweet thatraised the failure of urban reju-venation projects in India andstalled plans for the YamunaRiver front development.

Kejriwal accused previousGovernments of not cleaningthe Yamuna River and notimplementing the river frontdevelopment projects.

“Becoz then, AAP govtwasn’t there. Now, it will hap-pen. As there have been con-crete improvements in otherspheres during AAP govt, wewill work hard on cleaningdrains and Yamuna. It willtake time. Koreans did it in 27months. But I am confident

that we will succeed,” he tweeted.

During his trip to SouthKorean capital Seoul, Kejriwalvisited Cheonggyecheonstream that was transformedfrom a polluted water body toa popular tourist spot.

“The CheonggyecheonRestoration Project in Seoul,which I myself saw onWednesday at the downtown,was centred on revitalising thestream that had been coveredfor decades by a highway over-pass. The city of Seoul used itsown resources to bring new lifeto the downtown by enhancingthe urban environment. Therestoration of theCheonggyecheon Stream led tothe revitalisation of centralSeoul, unleashing the potentialfor green public space,” hesaid.

Addressing theInternational Conference onUrban Regeneration at Seoul,Kejriwal said, “Delhi is a

vibrant city state and popular-ly known as mini-India, wherepeople of different religions,regions and cultures live hap-pily and contribute to India’s

economy in a major way.Capital cities, the world over,are administratively run dif-ferently and Delhi too has aunique and somewhat complex

administrative structure, whichhowever is a matter of a sepa-rate conversation at some otheroccasion.”

Continued on Page 4

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Prime Minister NarendraModi is likely to celebrate

his 68th birthday in his parlia-mentary constituency ofVaranasi, where he will spendthe day with schoolchildrenand watch a film based on hislife, a district official said hereon Thursday.

Modi is likely to go for atwo-day visit to Varanasi onSeptember 17 and 18. He willalso offer prayers at the famousKashi Vishwanath temple dur-ing his visit and address apublic gathering in Varanasi,the official said.

On his 68th birthday, thePM will watch a 32-minute filmcalled “Chalo Jeete Hain” withschoolchildren and is also like-ly to inaugurate several devel-opment projects worth croresof rupees.

A special cleanliness drivewill be launched and healthcamps will also be organised inthe town, he said.

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Arat snake was rescued fromthe campus of the National

Council of EducationalResearch and Training(NCERT) in South Delhi and acobra was rescued from thecampus of the Air Force CentralAccounts Office in SubrotoPark, Dhaula Kuan onWednesday. This follows thesighting of another rat snake atRajghat by a DTC employeeearlier this month and that ofan Indian rock python in AyaNagar. But this should’nt be amatter of worry.

Snakes are an importantcomponent of our natural envi-ronment and commonlyencountered even in urbanareas especially during themonsoon and this year, too, res-idents have reported sightingsof various species of the reptile.

Although the presence ofsnakes is a good indicator forthe Capital's ecology, distress

calls to snake-rescuers by resi-dents indicate that most peoplebelieve all snakes are harmful.But that is not the case. So,here's a primer.

The National CapitalRegion (NCR) abuts both theAravali hills and the Ridgearea which are forest areasespecially inviting for snakesduring the rainy season. Thisrainy season too the common-ly seen snake species witnessedwere the Rat Snake, Cobra and

the Black Headed Royal Cobra,Giant Python, Juvenile Pythonand Indian Rock Python.

According to the IndianMeteorological Department(IMD), Delhi recorded "mod-erate" rainfall till September; thechances of snakes being visibleare higher as the quantum ofrainfall increases. An increasein the presence and visibility ofthe reptile is expectedTughlakabad, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU), Aya Nagar

and the Ridge belt near ShankarVihar and residents seem a bitpanicky at the prospect. Butsnake rescuers, wildlife activists,environment scientists andecologists emphasised thatevery species of snake is notharmful for humans; in fact,only a minority of about 10species of the 300 found inIndia are.

Kartick Satyanarayan, Co-founder and CEO of WildlifeSOS, said, "Finding a python inurban areas is not uncom-mon... they usually wander outfrom open, forest areas intoadjoining human habitationswhen their underground bur-rows get flooded."

He added, "Indian RockPythons (Python molurus) areoften mistaken to be dangerousbecause of their size and theyface extreme threats due toignorance among the public.

Not many people are aware thatpythons are non-venomous."

Wildlife experts believethat many species of snakeshave adapted extremely well toliving with humans. Speakingabout snakes' behaviour, hesays snakes usually prefer toretreat when encountered butcan become defensive if threat-ened. "Most snake bites arereceived by people who try tocapture or kill a snake." But peo-ple are slowly learning aboutthese beautiful creatures cele-brated in Indian mythologyand dharmic traditions. WhenCobras were rescued respec-tively from Delhi Race Coursepremises and the basement offactory in DSIIDC, Bawana,recently, snake-rescue teamswere called who removed thebeautiful although dangerousreptiles without harming them.

Explaining about the

behaviour of Cobras,Satyanarayan said,"Cobras sel-dom bite; but if they feel threat-ened they will give out a warn-ing sign by displaying theirhood. They use their venomprimarily to hunt prey like rats,mice and frogs. People get acci-dentally bitten only when theystep on the snake or anuntrained person attempts tocatch or handle these snakes,"he said. "Dealing with ven-omous snakes can be quitechallenging even for experts."

One more incident was seenwhen a four foot long juvenileIndian Rock python was foundcoiled up on a scooter in a res-idential colony in Aya Nagar,Phase-5. "I was shocked to findthe snake coiled up on the deckof my scooter. As we are closerto the outskirts of the city, thereare many forested areas nearbyand we often find snakes in the

neighbourhood. We are gratefulto the Wildlife SOS team fortheir quick response to our call,even in the late hours of thenight", said Kiran Kumar whofound the Python. During themonsoon season many reptilesstruggle to find a safe habitat inthe deforested cities and end up

in habitats."Growing habitat destruc-

tion and encroachment is rapid-ly blurring the lines betweencities and forests. Consequently,the wildlife living in proximityto such expanding areas has nochoice but to forage or seek shel-ter in urban habitats," he said.

"Most snakes are burrow-ing reptiles and they spendmost of their time under-ground but during monsoonstheir homes get destroyed dueto flooding and are forced toventure into human habita-tions, in search of rodents andlizards," he added further.

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In a tragic incident, two resi-dent doctors and a nursing

officer suffered burn injuriesafter a fire broke out onThursday afternoon at eye oper-ation theatre on fourth floor inthe new OPD building ofSafdarjung Hospital.

According to a Delhi FireServices (DFS) official, around12 pm on Thursday seven firetenders were rushed to the spotand the flames were dousedwithin half an hour. "We suspectoverheating of spirit (chemical)as the cause of the fire," said DFSofficial.

Acting on the incident thehospital administration has alsoconstituted an enquiry commit-tee to probe the incident."During a routine eye surgery ataround 12 noon, a fire incidentoccurred due to the spirit swabgetting a fire accidentally. Thepatient suffered no harm butthree persons, a PG resident doc-tor (26), a senior resident doc-tor (30) and a nursing officer(33), received thermal injuries,"said Dr Rajendra Sharma, med-ical superintendent, Safdarjang

hospital. In another fire incident on

Wednesday night, a man waskilled and another was injuredafter a fire broke out at a godownin Mori Gate.

"The deceased are identifiedas Rajender (40) and the injuredwas identified as Yogesh (24) ina fire incident at Mori gate. Afire broke out on the groundfloor of the godown where thevictims were engaged in weldingwork, said Nupur Prasad,Deputy Commissioner of Police(DCP), north district.

According to DFS official,they received a call at 8:50 pm onWednesday regarding a fire in agodown in Mori Gate area fol-lowing which four fire tenderswere rushed to the spot. "The firewas brought under control by 10pm," said a DFS official.

"The godown houses auto-mobile spare parts. During theprocess to douse the flames twopersons injured were rescued.Both the victims were rushed toa nearby hospital where Rajendrasuccumbed to injuries whileYogesh is being treated for burninjuries and is currently underobservation," said the DCP.

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The Gurugram Traffic Policehas collected �14.54 crore

by issuing 86.82 lakh challanstill August 2018. In 2017, thetraffic police had issued 6.84lakh challans, collecting �14.06crore.

The top ten traffic viola-tions include; two lakh challansfor Auto, 1.23 lakh for wrongparking, 1.02 lakh for drivingwithout seat belt, 98.773 thou-sand for triple riding, 72.876thousand for without helmet,44.278 thousand for wrongside driving, 17.165 for withoutdriving licence 12.322 thou-sand for without insurance,12.130 thousand for withoutregistration certificate and11.169 thousand for impoundvehicles.

Traffic police said theincrease in prosecutions forvarious traffic violations waspossible due to sustained andstringent action against theviolators and keeping a tab onthe frequent violators. Specialdrives, which were conductedduring vulnerable hours on

regular basis, have played animportant role in nabbing theoffenders.

The police have alsocurbed drunken driving fig-ures as compared to the previ-ous year. Till August 2018around 2,837 drunk and dri-ving challans were issued whilethe figure of such offences was8,324 last year.

The data also revealed thattwo-wheeler drivers areresponsible for most of the traf-fic violations, be it rash driving,jumping red lights or ridingwithout helmet. Mostly, thepeople on two-wheelers arethe victims of mishaps.

"To curb the traffic violencein the city we used to organisespecial drives. We hold sever-al checkpoints and given thestrict order to the traffic per-sonnel to mark their presenceeffectively and also time to timethe traffic police carry outawareness campaigns to curbtraffic violations, DCP (traffic),Sulochana Gajraj said.

Officials say normally theGurugram traffic police issuespot fines to around 3,500vehicles in a day.

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On the fourth day of AamAadmi Party (AAP)

Government's dream projectDoorstep Delivery (DSD), thedepartments of Transport andRevenue topped the list, regis-tering a highest number of callrequests 1,156 and 1,127respectively. Out of the 40 DSDservices “caste certificates, dri-ving licences” are on top of thelist. Out of the total 3312 ser-vice requested, 1156 requestswere for transport departmentrelated work.

As per the official data, thetotal calls received on thefourth day stood at 71,637 ofwhich a total of 13,677 wereanswered. Thursday was a hec-tic day for the 'sahayaks' as theyvisited 372-households in thenational Capital till 5 pm.

According to the officialdata released by DelhiGovernment on Thursday, otherdepartments such as food andcivil supplies received 540requests, Social Welfare depart-ment received 252 requestswhile other departments SC/ STWelfare and Delhi Jal Board(DJB) received 120 and 111requests respectively.

According to an official ofthe Delhi Government, the

most popular and demandingservices are caste certificate,driving license, income certifi-cate, changes in RegistrationCertificate (RC), water con-nection, mutation, registrationof marriage and others.

According to Governmentdatabase, the total number ofcalls connected since the

launch of scheme is 71,637. Outof these 13,677 were answereddirectly when they called; restare being called back. A con-firmation SMS is being sent tothose callers who were unableto get to the operators by thecall centre, the number ofmessages sent till 5 pm was37,527.

A dedicated team has beenput up to call back those num-bers who were not attended asthe line was waiting. “OnThursday till 5 pm, the totalnumber of unique numberscalled back stood at 8,600 sincethe launch (4,400 on Thursdayand 4,200 on September 12). Thetotal number of calls answeredand called back for the day(September 13) stood at 9,802 till5 pm (5,402 direct answered callsnad 4,400 call backs),” the offi-cial spokesperson said.

The total number ofappointments fixed for differ-ent services to be availed by thecitizens of Delhi was 4,066 till5 pm on September 13.

The call centre startedworking at an enhancedstrength since Wednesday .The number of operators whohandled the calls stood at 150and phone lines were 200.

In addition to the 1,076helpline, Government websitesare also receiving requests fordoor step delivery of services.

It may be recalled that 40door step delivery scheme waslaunched by the City ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal on10th September, since then ithas been flooded with calls asdenizens calling DSD helplinenumber 1,076.

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Tragic death of five sanita-tion workers has once

again started the blame gameand the age old alibi of pass-ing the bucks. All concernedagencies are trying to washtheir hands of and are tryingto shirk away from theirresponsibilities. Amid theblame game, what still remainsto be answered is that who isto be held accountable for theloss of five lives? What are thesolutions to avoid such inci-dents? Why are they forced toclean sewer lines withoutputting on safety gears despitethe fact that Delhi had wit-nessed 10 deaths of sewageworkers due to the negligenceof the civic authorities in2017?

Every year, manual scav-engers die, asphyxiated bypoisonous gases owing to thecriminal apathy of the gov-ernment agencies. The death

of five manual scavengers inDelhi on Sunday (September10) testifies to this grim real-ity.

The Delhi Bhartiya JanataParty has blamed the AamAadmi Party, which in turnannounced an investigationinto the matter. Yet, experiencesuggests that even after a detailinvestigation and providingcompensation to the familiesof the men but the actualworking conditions of thosewho have to clean Delhi'ssewers are improbable tochange.

President of SwatantraMazdoor Vikas SanyuktMorcha Sanjay Gahlot said inabsence of essential safetyequipments, sanitation work-ers are forced to work in suchinhuman condition. Only 10per cent workers survive tilltheir retirement age and manyof them suffer from diseasesand quit, others die, he said.

“Most of the workers areassociated with the corpora-

tions on contracts basis andnever paid on time by the civicbodies. In these circumstances,they are hired by the privatecontractors to clean sewerlines without wearing any pro-tection for merely Rs 700- 800in a day.

Though prohibited by theSupreme Court in 2014, man-ual scavenging practice con-tinues unabated in the city.The failure in implementing theban on manual scavenging andrehabilitating those engaged insuch inhuman practice are stilldying and with no succor innear future.

Drain cleaner SubhashJeenwal, associated with theEast Delhi MunicipalCorporation (EDMC), told ThePioneer that he felt an acutesense of humiliation every timehe has to go down sewers to

clear blocked drains: “We enterthese drains risking our lives,many a time without adequatesafety equipment, and we takeoff our clothes before doing it.We never got any safety equip-ment to protect ourselves fromthese hazardous fumes. We aredoing this job to run our fam-ilies,” said Jeenwal in hush toneadding that what else he can dobecause from his childhooddays he only know this job.

Many sanitation workers inDelhi still go down into theinnards of the city's sewage sys-tem daily without any safetyequipment despite the DelhiGovernment having announceda blanket ban on manual clean-ing of sewers with a warningthat anyone found violatingthe rule will be booked underIPC provisions relating to cul-pable homicide.

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Lieutenant Governor (L-G)Anil Baijal on Thursday

advised Delhi Police to make itspresence more visible and itspersonnel more accessible.

The L-G's advice cameduring a meeting chaired byhim on 'Law and Order' wherehe reviewed general crime sit-uation in Delhi. The meetingwas attended by Commissionerof Police, Special CPs and JointCPs of Police, Delhi.

In the meeting, the DelhiPolice made a detailed presen-tation in this regard coveringdifferent aspects of law andorder situation and preventiveas well as corrective measures.

The main issues discussedincluded strategy to controlcrime with CCTNS ProjectCore Application Software

(CAS) version has beenupgraded from 3.0 to 4.5 mak-ing police Rojnamcha on RealTime with time stamping ofgeneral diary reference, FIRs,complaints, NCR, Kalndaras,missing and UIDB reportsfrom central server with effectfrom 1 September.

Delhi Police officials alsoinformed L-G that they aregoing to integrate their systemwith courts, jails, Prosecutionand Forensic SciencesLaboratory (FSL) for sharingof information. “This systemwill soon be integrated withDIAL 100 which will directlytransmit the calls received inPCR to the concerned PoliceStations for taking action.The other applications whichare to be integrated are MVTheft e-FIR, Criminal DossierSystem, Automatic Finger and

Palm Prints IdentificationSystem (AIFPIS), Crime andCriminal Information System(CCIS), ZIPNET, PersonalInformation System (PIS),”said Police official in themeeting.

Delhi Police furtherinformed LG that in order toimprove the quality of investi-gation, a Pilot Project is beingplanned for separation of inves-tigation from law and order intwo Police Stations in each dis-trict.

“The investigation teamswill be formed under theInspector (Investigation). Thisnewly created investigationwing will be given sufficientstaff strength and resourceswith clear mandate of theirresponsibilities and duties,” asenior Delhi Police official inthe meeting.

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In a bid to combat air pollu-tion problem in national

Capital, the Delhi Governmenton Thursday has written a let-ter to neighbouring States totake action. In a letter to StateEnvironment Ministers ofHaryana, Punjab, Rajasthanand Uttar Pardesh, DelhiEnvironment Minister ImranHussian said pollutants,instance SO2, NO2 and PM 2.5coincide with agriculture/cropburning in neighbouring States.

It may be noted that dur-ing winter, pollutant valuesremain high in Capital'satmosphere due to wind pat-tern and low wind speed.

At time when the DelhiHigh Court and green tribunalalso directed to States to takepreventive steps, Hussian askedState authorities to take time-ly steps to avoid critical situa-tions that may arise due toburning of crop residue.

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The Delhi Traffic Police onceagain saved a life on

Thursday by providing thespecial green corridor serviceto transport a live heart to AllIndia Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) from IndiraGandhi International Airport(IGIA) in just 12 minutes.

The patient was admittedat Delhi AIIMS hospital forheart transplant treatment. Alive heart was transported fromSurat to IGI Airport onSeptember 13. A team of DelhiTraffic Police transported theheart from IGI airport to theAIIMS Hospital situated inSouth Delhi in just 12 minutes,covering almost 14 km.However, the normal traveltime to cover the distance isaround 40-45 minutes but thetraffic teams green corridorproved its best.

“With maintaining traffic,our main motto is to save thelives of hundreds of people whoare in emergency and need. Anormal person takes 45 min-utes to reach AIIMS from

IGIA, but the meticulous plan-ning and coordinated execu-tion the staff of the Traffic unitof Delhi Police made it possi-ble by covering the distance injust 12 minutes with the help ofgreen corridor,” said AlokKumar, Joint Commissionerof Police (Traffic).

The flight landed at Delhiat 9:55 am and the organ andreached the AIIMS hospital at10:05 am.

He further added thatexcellent planning and execu-tion of green Corridor notonly facilitated the movementof organ to AIIMS in minimumtime but also ensured thatthere was hardly any pile up onthe route and adjacent roadsdue to the Green Corridor.

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The South Delhi MunicipalCorporation (SDMC) has

decided not to charge toll taxfor a period of another 17days from specified commer-cial vehicles entering into Delhifrom all border toll points.

The decision to suspendcollection from 14thSeptember to 30th September2018 was taken due to ongoingwork to install “RadioFrequency IdentificationDevice” (RFID) technology atall 13 toll plazas points cover-ing 65 toll lanes.

However, during this peri-od ECC (EnvironmentCompassionate Charges) willbe charged from specifiedcommercial vehicles duringthe period, a senior SDMCofficial said.

On August 10, SDMC hasdecided not to charge toll taxfrom vehicles entering intoDelhi for the next 36 days.

It may be recalled thatSDMC is in the process ofinstalling RFID at 13 bordertoll plaza points in Delhi, cov-ering 65 toll lanes to complywith the orders of SupremeCourt order.

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Ahigh-level delegation ofDelhi Congress led by its

president Ajay Maken metLieutenant-Governor AnilBaijal seeking his interventionto end sealing of non-pollutinghousehold industries in the city.

Maken also demanded theL-G to immediately issue anotification to change the def-inition of household indus-tries from 5kv to 11kv powerand from 5 workers to 11workers.

“People are angry with thesealing action and forced col-lection of conversion charge bymunicipal corporations and ifit is not stopped, over 50 lakhpeople will come out on thestreets and the condition in

Delhi will get vitiated,” he said.In the meeting with Baijal,

Maken said the civic bodiescome directly under the

The L-G and the UnionHome Minister, and demand-ed that orders be issued to thethree municipal corporations ofDelhi to stop collecting con-version charges.

The delegation also includ-ed AICC incharge of Delhiaffairs PC Chacko, former min-isters Arvinder Singh Lovely,Haroon Yusuf, and convenor of'Nyay Yudh' campaign MukeshSharma.

Party president alsoaddressed many meetingsacross the city to garner sup-port of the public. Hitting outat the BJP and the Aam AadmiParty, Maken said that both

these parties were in collusionin the illegal sealing of non-pol-luting household industries inthe Capital.

The Congress is running'Nyay Yudh' campaign against“illegal” sealing of non-pol-luting household industries inthe city. A large number ofprotesters including labourersand household industry own-ers will attend the 'NyayYudh' rally at Karol BaghFriday (September 14) ,Sharma said.

More than 40 big and smalltraders' and shopkeepers' asso-ciations have pledged theirsupport to Delhi Congress''Vyapar Bachao-MazdoorBachao' rally at Karol Bagh, hesaid.

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In the Left bastion ofJawaharlal Nehru University

(JNU) the right to freedom ofspeech and expression seemsto have selective parlancebased on majoritarian view asseen during its presidentialdebate when no sooner didthe right wing candidate tookto dais and greeted with“Vande-Mataram” it evoked amassive outcry among theaudience to oppose it.

As a consequence the pres-idential speech of ABVP can-didate Lalit Pandey wasstopped for around 20 minutes,only to be resumed after theintervention of election com-mittee after a considerable gap.

There was nothing muchin the speeches of the presi-dential candidate of differentstudent wings as almost all ofthem, mostly candidatesbelonging to Left ideology,unequivocally targeted PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andthe higher education policies ofthe Central Government intheir bid to garner votes. TheJNU's vice-chancellorMamidala Jagadesh Kumar alsoremained in their target.

Among the presidentialcandidates, Jayant Jigyasu, ofthe Chhatra RJD, outshinedothers in his speech. Jayant whowas earlier a member of AllIndia Students' Federation(AISF) severed his connection

from the party allegingKanahiya Kumar of promotingcaste based politics.

“In the digital India 'atta' iscostlier than data”, he said.Reiterating the words of RJDleader Lalu Yadav he said we donot need smart cities but rathersmart villages for nation'sdevelopment.

In his speech Jayant took onModi-led Central Governmentfor refusing to accept foreignaid-in-grant for the Keralafloods, massive seat cut throughUGC gazette notification etc.He also advocated the policy ofwomen reservation based oncaste. He said that that thereservation is the best solutionfor the upliftment of marginal-ized, backwards and the poorclass. He targeted both the leftwing and the ABVP for thealleged disappearance of JNUstudent Najeeb Ahmad. Hesaid that the left leaders are

“hypocrites” while the rightwing ABVP is “shameless”.

Raking the issue of “seat-cut” he said that the studentswho are in their masters willface difficulty in getting admis-sion in Ph.D.

“We have chosen the fieldof academics over that of med-ical and engineering after muchthought and fight with our par-ents not because after doingour masters we will have tomove to Galgotias Univesity forresearch. We have to fightagainst this,” said Jayant. Healso slammed Governmentover 13-point roster forappointments in universitiessaying that it will keep out thereserved categories from get-ting jobs. “In the governmentimagination there are noScheduled tribes,” he said.

While Lalit Pandey, tried toevoke nationalism and allegedthat N.Sai Balaji , the presi-

dential candidate of Left Unitywas present and raised “anti-national” slogans on 9February, 2016 . He alsoaccused left of terming theIndian Army “rapist” whilepraising the martyrs. Heslammed AISA and SFI ofcontesting the JNUSU electionsin alliance while saying thatsuch alliance is formed bythem in Delhi University (DU).He said that a sense of fear iscreated among the commonstudents by the left parties, say-ing that if they would not votefor them than ABVP will comein the Union.

The left student organisa-tion of JNU are contesting theelection in alliance against theRSS-affiliated ABVP while fewindividuals and candidatesfrom parties like NSUI andBAPSA are also in fray. Thevoting is on Friday between 9am to 5:30 pm.

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Self-styled godman andastrologer Ashu Bhai,

accused of raping, molestingand threatening to kill awoman and her minor daugh-ter was allegedly arrested fromGhaziabad by Anti-Auto ThiefSquad of Shadahara distict,police revealed on Thursday.Later Crime Branch took thecustody of Ashu Bhai.

A case was registeredagainst self-styled Ashu at HauzKhaz Police Station and waslater transferred to the CrimeBranch.

According to the com-plaint filed by the victim, shewas in contact with the self-styled godman since 2008.She had visited the accused inhis Rohini Ashram to gettreatment for her daughterwho has some health issues.The minor was allegedlystripped of her clothes andmassaged.

In 2013, the victim allegedin her complaint, she had goneto Ashu's Rohini Ashram todeliver Diwali gifts. She wasallegedly spiked and raped bythe self-styled godman, hismanager Ravi Shankar andtheir associates. When she

regained consciousness andconfronted the accused, heallegedly threatened to kill her.

The victim also accused theself-styled godman's son Samarand his friend Sourav and stat-ed that they molested andraped her. They also forced herto bring her daughter.

The accused Ashu Bhaiallegedly changed his namefrom Asif Khan and used torepair cycles in the early 1990's.He claimed to have specialabilities and gained a followingin Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.He also began promoting him-self in Television and Media.He was able to set up anashram in Rohini and HauzKhaz.

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India has not been able tosecure membership of the

Nuclear Suppliers Groupbecause of China’s veto, a seniorTrump Administration officialsaid on Thursday assertingthat the US will continue toadvocate for New Delhi’s mem-bership in the elite grouping asit meets all the criteria.

India has been seekingentry into the 48-member elitenuclear club, which controlsnuclear trade, but China hasrepeatedly stonewalled its bid.

While India, which isbacked by the US and a num-ber of western countries hasgarnered the support of amajority of the group’s mem-bers, China has stuck to itsstand that new membersshould sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),making India’s entry difficult asthe group is guided by the con-sensus principle. India is not asignatory to the NPT.

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(NSG) is a consensus-basedorganization. India has notbeen able to secure member-ship as a result of oppositionfrom China,” Alice Wells, thePrincipal Deputy AssistantSecretary of State for South andCentral Asia, told aWashington audience.

“ We have deemed thatwe’re not going to limit ourown cooperation with Indiabased on a Chinese veto. Ofcourse, we moved ahead witha STA One authorisation andwe certainly believe that India

meets all of the qualificationsof the nuclear supplier’s groupand will continue to activelyadvocate on behalf of India’smembership,” Wells said inresponse to a question.

He said by grantingStrategic Trade Authorisation(STA-1) status, the US hasplaced India in the inner circleof America’s closest allies.

“ It reflects just the inti-macy of the strategic partner-ship,” she said in response toa question at the Center forStrategic and International

Studies (CSIS), a top Americanthink-tank.

The senior StateDepartment Official hopedthat the nuclear deal with Indiawould finally see light of theday with the approaching of its10th anniversary.

“ With Westinghouse com-ing out of bankruptcy, we nowhave an opportunity to crossthe finish line to really culmi-nate in what was this historicprocess that began a decade agoto be able to have one of ourpremier companies provide insome of the safest and cleanestfuel that will benefit, tens ofmillions of Indian citizens,”she said.

“ It’s a really another excit-ing chapter that hopefully wecan close. Certainly, we will besupporting Westinghouse as itcontinues its conversationswith India,” she said.

US President George WBush had signed the legislationon the Indo-US nuclear deal,approved by the US Congress,into law on October 8, 2008.

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Justice Ranjan Gogoi, one of thefour judges who revolted against

Chief Justice Dipak Misra earlierthis year, was on Thursday appoint-ed the next Chief Justice of India(CJI).

He will assume office onOctober 3 after the retirement ofJustice Misra.

Justice Gogoi will have a littleover a year before he demits officeon attaining the age of 65.

He was appointed as a judge ofthe Supreme Court on April 23,2012.

Along with three senior-mostJudges of the apex court — Justices J.Chelameswar, Madan B. Lokur andKurian Joseph — Justice Gogoi held anunprecedented press conference inJanuary this year raising, among otherthings, questions over assigning cases todifferent judges by Chief Justice Misra.

Born on November 18, 1954, JusticeGogoi was enrolled as an advocate in1978. He practised in the Gauhati High

Court on constitutional, taxation andcompany matters.

He was appointed as a permanentjudge of the Gauhati High Court onFebruary 28, 2001. On September 9, 2010,he was transferred to the Punjab andHaryana High Court.

He was appointed as Chief Justice ofPunjab and Haryana High Court onFebruary 12, 2011.

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Triple talaq victim and the woman whotook the fight against halala to the

Supreme Court, Shabnam Rani has beenattacked with acid in UP’s Bulandshahr. Itis being alleged that the Shabnam’s brother-in-law and his friend were the ones whoattacked her with acid.

Shabnam lives in Delhi and was marriedoff to Bulandshahr. She accused her husbandof giving her triple talaq and also forcing herto perform halala with her brother-in-law.

When Shabnam was visiting her in-lawsin Bulandshahr, two men threw acid on her.She was rushed to the local hospital and hercondition is said to be stable.

Under nikah halala, a man cannotremarry his former wife unless she marriesanother man, consummates the marriage,gets a divorce and observes a period of sep-aration period called ‘iddat’. The SupremeCourt, in March this year, had issued a noticeto the Centre on the issue of nikah halala andpolygamy. Last year, the Supreme Court haddeclared instant triple talaq unconstitutionaland a bill to make it a penal offence wasmoved in the Parliament later.

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From Page 1“ Residents of Delhi expect

their provincial Government,currently headed by me, tosolve all their problems.Expectations of the people arenot without basis and it is theduty of any government elect-ed by them to solve theirproblems. Urban Regenerationa very wide term and accord-ing to me, covers many crucialaspects,” said the CM.

“ Delhi’s waterscape her-itage is unique as it has a con-tinual natural water systemand there is a huge potential forpedestrianisation and urbanconnections along these water-ways. The aim is to channelisepedestrian movement withinthe city, using the existingwaterways, greens, historic andtransit features of the city inorder to enhance connectivitywithin the urban fabric. Theendeavour shall be to create apedestrian-friendly city.

“ The challenge Delhi facesis that people from variousparts of India have tendency tocome to the Capital city in thehope of employment and a bet-ter future. This has led tounplanned urban sprawl and it

is high time that this sprawl berevamped with a human face.Everybody has a right to leadlife with dignity and thereforegovernments must ensurerights of people living inunplanned colonies,” Kejriwaladded.

Besides this, Delhi hasdeveloped as a seamless citywith an urban continuumcomprising of a number ofrapidly growing towns inneighbouring States. This hasadded to the flow and move-ment of traffic within Delhi.Despite measures by way ofincreasing the length of theroad network and road surfacethrough widening, construc-tion of a number of flyovers /grade separators and, launch-ing of the Metro, the trafficcongestion has continued toincrease unabated, he said.

“ I have heard a lot aboutpublic transport of Seoul andthe successful use of technol-ogy for public transport inSeoul is a talking point acrossthe world. In Delhi, the Metrohas emerged as a very suc-cessful mode of public trans-port over the last 15 years andit is known for its profession-

alism and efficiency. With theuse of advanced IT, I am tolddetailed information on themassive Seoul traffic systemcan be collected in real-timeand a remarkable amount ofdata can be gathered andanalysed by the one centre ofSeoul TOPIS ((Seoul TransportOperation and InformationServices)” , Kejriwal said.

“ One of the biggest chal-lenges currently faced by Delhiand its adjoining areas is air pol-lution. Latest studies show thatmore than 70 per cent air pol-lution in Delhi is caused by fac-tors for which Delhi itself is notresponsible,” he further said.

“ Delhi also faces a serioussolid waste management chal-lenge. I will be happy to sug-gest the civic bodies of Delhito learn the Seoul model of dis-posal and management of solidwaste. Delhi is also seriouslyworking on water conservationand management, since insummer months Delhi faces ascarcity of water, due to the factthat our capital city is depen-dent on neighbouring Statesfor water, since it does not haveany water sources of its own,”the CM concluded.

From Page 1The Defence Minister

told PTI that a brief conver-sation which Mallya had withJaitley in a corridor ofParliament is being “ playedup” and asserted thatresponses to the issue have “

reinforced” the fact it wasnot a conversation of anymerit.

To a question aboutCongress MP PL Punia’sclaim that he had seen Jaitleysitting with Mallya inParliament’s Central Hall and

there would be CCTV footageto corroborate it, Sitharamanshot back, asking if thefootage would also have audiorecording. “ It already seemsa very motivated allegation,”she said of the Congress’charge against Jaitley.

From Page 1“ District officials are hold-

ing meetings regarding thevisit and all the securityarrangements are being madefor the various events in whichhe will take part, though thefinal itinerary of the PM’s visitis awaited,” the official said.

UP Chief Minister YogiAdityanath held meetings withthe district officials here onWednesday and reviewed thepreparations for the PM’s two-day visit, sources said.

From Page 1Apart from Rahul, sever-

al other Congress leaders keptraising the well-publicisedissue during the day in anattempt to corner the ModiGovernment.

On October 16, 2015, theCBI probing allegations offinancial fraud against Mallya,issued a lookout notice askingfor Mallya’s detention at theairport if he tried to leaveIndia.

However, on November24, 2015 the CBI diluted theLOC, dropped the detentionpart, and said the Bureau ofImmigration should onlyinform the probe agency if theliquor baron tried to leave thecountry. Since then the CBIhas claimed that the detentionpart was dropped becauseMallya was cooperating withthe probe and there was noapprehension of his fleeing thecountry.

From Page 1The NSUI insistence on resolving the issue

of faulty EVM first and going ahead with thecounting only after that, had delayed theprocess. Then the ABVP claimed that they werewining on all the four seats.

The counting was initially stopped for anhour when there were allegations of faultyEVMs, however, following objections by stu-dents the election officials decided to suspendthe counting. Reports said six EVMs hadstopped working after which the countingprocess was disrupted by candidates and theirsupporters. Chief election officer suspendedcounting after DUSU president Rocky Tuseedentered the counting area.

However, the polling which was suspend-

ed in the day by the election commission wasresumed in the evening after both ABVP andNSUI agreed on it. It was decided that for thesecretary post, in case the margin is less than426, the result will not be announced andDUSU election committee will decide on re-counting for the two EVMs. However, if thevote margin between top two candidates forsecretary post is more than 426 votes, resultswill be declared.

The outgoing DUSU had the president andvice-president from NSUI while secretary andjoint secretary from the ABVP.

The elections went off peacefully onWednesday with a turnout of around 44.46 per-cent which is slightly more than 43 percentrecorded last year.

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Agroup of lawyers allegedlybeat up a fellow advocate

on Thursday in Maharajganjfor taking up a case involvinga madrasa even as a local barassociation expelled him andanother colleague over thesame issue.

The civil court bar associ-ation of Maharajganj districtsaid it has ended the member-ship of the two lawyers for life-time for giving legal help thoseaccused of preventing chil-dren from singing the nation-al anthem at the madrasa onIndependence Day.

The bar association hasalso sent an application to thedistrict judge for cancellation ofthe space allotted to both theadvocates, the association pres-ident said.

No case has been lodged sofar but one of the two lawyerssaid he will approach the policefor registration of an FIR onFriday.

On August 15, a cleric,Mohammad Junaid Ansari,who was not a staff member ofMadrasa Arabia Ahle GirlsCollege, situated in Badagoarea under Kolhui police sta-tion, prevented students fromsinging the national anthemafter the flag-hoisting bymadrasa principalFaizlurrehman.

After a video of the incidentwent viral on the social media,police arrested him and twoother persons under Section124-A ( Sedition), 153B (impu-tations, assertions prejudicial tonational integrity), Preventionof Insult to National HonourAct 1971, Criminal LawAmendment Act and IT Act.

Protesting over the inci-dent, the bar association ofMaharajganj had decided thatno advocate of the district willgive legal aid to the accused.

“ The decision was taken ata bar association meeting onAugust 18 for not giving legal

aid to the accused, but twolawyers Manoj Singh andMainuddin Ansari went againstthe decision for which theirmembership has been endedfor lifetime,” said Jagdish Patel,the president of the civil barassociation, Maharajganj.

“ A copy of the actionagainst them has been sent tothe Uttar Pradesh Bar associa-tion. An application has beensent to the district judge for thecancellation of allotment ofsitting place of the two in thecourt campus,” Patel said.

He, however, did notrespond to questions regardingthe beating up one of thelawyers by a mob.

Reacting to the bar associ-ation decision, Advocate ManojSingh said everyone has theright to get legal aid and by rep-resenting the accused, he wasdoing his duty.

“ It is a fundamental rightof a person to get legal aid andI was just doing my duty.When a Pakistani terroristAjmal Kasab could get legal aid,why couldn’t they?” Singhsaid.

He, however, said he wasnot informed about the barassociation decision on notgiving legal aid to the accusedin the said case.

Singh also claimed that agroup of lawyers beat up Ansarifor providing legal aid to anaccused in the case.

“ I was working inside thecourt so they (the lawyers) werenot able to touch me but theyhave beaten Mainuddin Ansarifor giving legal aid to anotheraccused in the case. On Friday,after identifying all the lawyers,I will lodge an FIR,” he said.

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The Bihar Government onThursday approved a

scheme for providing interimrelief of �1 lakh to those affect-ed by mob violence besidesspeedy trial of such cases.

The scheme was approvedat a meeting of the state cabi-net here, chaired by ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar,Principal Secretary, CabinetSecretarriat Department,Sanjay Kumar told reporters.

The scheme provides foran interim relief of �1 lakhwhich would be made availableto victims of mob violencewithin a month of the incident.

Besides, all such cases willbe heard at fast track courtswhich would ensure comple-tion of trial within six monthsand a final compensationamount, inclusive of the inter-im relief, would be paid there-upon, the Principal Secretarysaid.

The decision has beentaken in keeping with recentguidelines issued by theSupreme Court with regard tomob violence, he added.

Notably, in the last oneweek, the state has witnessedmob violence in as many asthree districts where crowdshave taken the law in their ownhands and beaten to deathmen or women allegedlyinvolved in some sort of crime.

Another important deci-sion taken at the cabinet meet-ing is the approval of recom-mendations of a high-levelcommittee whereby contractualemployees in various govern-ment departments would getbenefits at par with the regularstaff, the Principal Secretarysaid.

Nod was also given forentering a loan agreement, forthe purpose of building villageroads, with the BRICS NewDevelopment Bank from which$350 million are to be bor-

rowed, he said.As per the loan agreement,

the money would be borrowedunder a Multi-TrancheFinancial Facility and a loan of$45 million would be taken forTranche, he added.

A sum of �122.71 crore wasalso approved for constructionof a building which wouldhouse the AryabhattKnowledge University based inPatna, he said.

Green signal was also givenfor releasing a total sum of�241.42 crore towards pay-ment of salaries, arrears andpost-retirement benefits toteaching and non-teaching staffof 28 colleges.

Approval was also accord-ed for payment of �14.98 crore-of which the state has con-tributed 40 per cent — toUNICEF for its SocialMobilisation Network schemewhich involves campaign toachieve cent per cent vaccina-tion of children, he added.

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Four terrorists belonging todifferent banned outfits

were arrested in Manipur, thepolice said Thursday.

One active cadre of thebanned terrorist outfit PeopleLiberation Army (PLA) wasarrested by police from TopKhongnangkhong area ofImphal East district onWednesday, a press release

issued by the police said.The police arrested a mem-

ber of the proscribed organi-sation United NationalLiberation Front (UNLF) onWednesday from Imphal Westdistrict, it said.

The police arrested twocadres of banned terrorist out-fit Kangleipak CommunistsParty (Noyon) group fromImphal West district, therelease added.

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Bihar Congress leaders hereon Thursday burnt an effi-

gy of Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley, following the claimof Vijay Mallya that he had metthe senior BJP leader beforeleaving the country.

BPCC leaders, includingits working president KaukabQadri, party MLC PremChandra Mishra, MLA andMahila Congress state presidentAmita Bhushan and former

State president Anil Sharmatook part in the demonstrationheld at Boring Road crossing inthe city, a party release said.

The release quoted theleaders as having said “ theCongress has always beenmaintaining that Mallya hasclose links with Jaitley ...” .

Mallya claimed in Londonon Wednesday that he met theFinance minister before leavingIndia and offered to settle hisdues, a charge denied by Jaitleyas “ false” .

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Manohar Parrikar was admit-ted to a private hospital atCandolim in North Goa dis-trict Thursday evening.

Sources in the ChiefMinister’s Office (CMO) con-firmed that he has been admit-ted to hospital but refused todivulge details about his health.

Deputy Speaker and BJPMLA Michael Lobo said hemet Parrikar at the hospital andthe Chief Minister was fine.

Parrikar returned from theUnited States in the first weekof September after undergoingmedical treatment. PTI

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ed party workers to follow themantra of 'Mera Booth SabseMazboot' to ensure victory inthe next general elections.

Addressing party workersof five Lok Sabha constituenciesvia the NaMo app, Modi saidthe BJP's biggest strength is itsworkers. Their hard work hasensured the party's historicsuccess and progress in a shortspan of four years, he main-tained adding the party's suc-cess was due to its workers andtheir grip over their respectivepolling booths.

Modi also asserted thatthe wind is blowing in the BJP'sfavour and Opposition partiesare clutching at each to with-stand its force.

"Mera Booth SabseMazboot (my polling booth, thestrongest)...This is the onlymantra and this is our strength,"he said in the video interaction.

Replying to a question onOpposition parties stitchingan alliance for the 2019 polls,Modi assured the party work-ers that the BJP will win again."... The wind is blowing infavour of BJP, even strongerthan 2014. That's why

Opposition parties are clutch-ing each other's hands to savethemselves from being blownaway," he said.

The Prime Minister alsourged party workers to con-tinuously interact with voters oftheir respective constituenciesand ensure that at least 20 fam-ilies and youth are workingwith the party in every pollingbooth.

He was addressing workersfrom Jaipur (Rural), Nawada,Ghaziabad, Hazaribagh andArunachal West.

Modi, who was nominatedthe BJP's prime ministerialcandidate this day in 2013, saidonly in the BJP can an ordinary

party worker can become itsleader. He also asserted thatsomeone else can also take hisplace tomorrow.

Lashing out at theCongress, the Prime Ministersaid it is, unlike the BJP, a onefamily party. He said he felt pityfor dedicated workers of theOpposition party.

"Many capable and com-mitted workers of the Congresswere sacrificed for interests ofthe family," he said. TheOpposition is resorting to liesin its campaign but today peo-ple in the country are awakewhile opposition is not ready tocome out of its slumber, thePrime Minister said.

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Intensifying its attack on the ModiGovernment over the Rafale deal, the

Congress on Thursday accused DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" again"about the number of the France-built jets anddemanded her and Prime Minister NarendraModi to submit to a Joint ParliamentaryCommittee (JPC) probe.

"Defence Minister is caught lying again onthe number of fighter aircraft required byIndian Air Force (IAF)," Congress spokesper-son Randeep Singh Surjewala told the media."Her claim that IAF does not have the infra-structure like parking place, maintenancefacility to fly 126 fighter aircraft is preposter-ous and goes against the grain of national secu-rity requirements," he said.

He said Modi's decision to "arbitrarily"reduce requirement of 126 fighter aircraft to36 was "unexplainable".

His remarks were in reference toSitharaman's interview to a national dailywherein she has said that the "Governmentchose to procure only 36 Rafale fighter aircraftfrom France in 2015, instead of the 126 beingnegotiated by the previous Government, asinfrastructure and other technical require-ments of the IAF do not allow greater induc-tion".

Dismissing Sitharaman's argument as"obnoxious" the Congress leader asked: "Canthe government and IAF not create parkingspace/maintenance facility in 6-8 years peri-od during which the aircraft will be delivered?

"Can creation of parking space/mainte-nance facility be a ground for compromisingair superiority and national security?"

Surjewala also held Sitharaman "guilty" ofnot disclosing the fact that mandatory 'FastTrack Procedure' for affecting 'emergency pur-

chase' was never followed by Modi at the timeof announcement of purchase of 36 Rafale on10th April, 2015".

"She has also failed to point out that nosuch 'emergency purchase' was approvedeither by the then Defence Minister ManoharParrikar or Cabinet Committee on Security.How does she now explain the fact that despitethe 'emergency purchase' in April 2015, aircraftwill not be delivered up to the year 2022 andthat also without 'India specific enhance-ments'," said the Congress leader.

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The apex consumer com-mission has directed the

Indian postal service to pay�24.8 lakh to two brotherstowards the maturity value ofthe small-savings scheme cer-tificates bought for them bytheir late father but were lost.

In two separate but com-mon orders, the NationalConsumer Dispute RedressalCommission (NCDRC) saidthat since there were noclaimants for the amount, thepost office could not haveappropriated the entire amountforever due to non-submissionof the certificates.

NCDRC rejected theappeal of the post office againstthe decisions of the OdishaState Consumer DisputeRedressal Commission and adistrict forum which haddirected payment of theamounts to the two brothers —Jambu Kumar Jain andChhagan Lal Jain, sons of LateRama Chandra Jain.

The postal department wasnot paying the maturity valuewithout submission of the cer-tificates.According to the

brothers' plea in the State com-mission and the district forum,their father had purchased 692Indira Vikas Patras (IVP) in thename of his sons, daughtersand others from the Head PostOffice, Bolangir.

Out of the 692, 88 IVPswere in favour of Jambu Kumarwhereas 160 were in favour ofChhagan Lal, the plea had saidand added that all of the 692IVPs were lost and it wasreported to the local police sta-tion in June, 2001.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday dis-missed a petition seeking a direction to

the Centre not to proceed with the recom-mendation of the apex court Collegium onthe appointment of a lawyer as a judge ofthe Allahabad High Court.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misraand Justice D Y Chandrachud said there was"no merit" in the plea which was also "notjusticiable".

"The Collegium has submitted its rec-ommendation. It is a constitutional process.In the midst of a constitutional process, thispetition is not maintainable," the bench toldadvocate Asok Pande, who has filed theplea.

When Pande claimed that there wereallegations against the lawyer whose namehas been recommended by the Collegiumand an FIR was also lodged against him andsome others, the bench said "you have saidin your petition that the FIR has beenquashed".

"There is no merit in the petition. It isnot justiciable," the bench said while dis-missing the plea.

The petitioner had sought a directionto the Union Ministry of Law not to pro-ceed to appoint the lawyer as a judge of theAllahabad High Court in compliance of theCollegium's recommendation last month.

He had also sought quashing of the rec-ommendation besides a probe by either theCBI or a special investigation team (SIT)

into the FIR lodged at Allahabad under var-ious sections of the Indian Penal Code,including cheating and forgery.

He alleged in the plea that between 2002to 2007, an agricultural institute had filed24 writ petitions before the Allahabad HighCourt and five pleas before the apex courtin the name of dead and non-existent per-sons.

The plea claimed that the high courthad ordered its registrar to lodge an FIR inthe case in which the lawyer, whose namehas been recommended by the Collegium,was also named. It alleged that before theFIR was lodged, the lawyer's name was rec-ommended for appointment as judge in thehigh court but it was not processed later.

The petition said that the lawyer hadfiled a plea in the high court seeking quash-ing of the FIR against him, which wasallowed by the court.

After quashing of the FIR against him,the apex court Collegium recommended hisname for appointment as a judge in the highcourt on the ground that the state of UttarPradesh has not challenged the orderquashing lodging of the case, the plea hasclaimed.

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The Centre on Thursday saidit did not deny permission

to West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee to visitChicago on the 125th anniver-sary of Swami Vivekananda'shistoric speech.

"We did not receive anyrequest for clarification regard-ing the visit of MamataBanerjee to Chicago for anyevent. Reports about the denialof permission are, therefore, nottrue," External Affairs MinistrySpokesman Raveesh Kumarsaid in response to mediaqueries.

Banerjee had on Tuesdayalleged that "evil forces" threat-ened the Ramakrishna Mission,forcing it to cancel her trip toChicago.

"I think some evil forceshad hatched a conspiracy. Theydid not want RamakrishnaMission to organise the pro-gramme there. They also did-n't want us, people of Bengal, toattend it. It pained me and sad-dened me a lot," Banerjee saidwhile speaking at theRamakrishna Mission's global

headquarters Belur Math inHowrah district.

The Ramakrishna Missionhad invited Banerjee to be thechief guest at the event whichwas to be held on August 26 atthe Art Institute of Chicago.

Banerjee had to call off herscheduled trip after the organ-isers wrote to her that the eventhad been cancelled due to"unforeseen difficulties" and"demise of a monk".

Refuting the claim made byMEA, TMC spokespersonDerek O'Brien accused theBJP/RSS of pressurizing theRamakrishna Mission to call offthe programme.

"It is common knowledgethat the BJP-RSS wanted onlyone major programme to beheld in Chicago and that wouldbe under the banner of theGlobal Hindu Congress ( WorldHindu Foundation ) and thisprogramme would be attendedby Mohan Bhagwat. To ensurethis happened, intense pressurewas mounted on VivekanandaVedanta Mission in Chicago tocancel the programme forwhich Mamata Banerjee hadconfirmed," O'Brien ssaid.

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The negotiations for pro-curement of 126 Rafale jets

under the UPA Governmentfell through as State-run HALdid not have the required capa-bility to produce the jets inIndia in collaboration withFrench company DassaultAviation, Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman saidThursday.

Sitharaman also said thatan unprecedented interven-tion in 2013 by then DefenceMinister A K Antony when thecost negotiation committeewas giving final touches to thedeal put the final nail in the cof-fin.

After rounds of negotia-tions with HindustanAeronautics Ltd (HAL),Dassault Aviation felt that thecost of the Rafale jets willescalate significantly if theywere to be produced in India,she said during an interactionwith PTI editors and reportersat the agency's headquartershere.

"Dassault could notprogress in the negotiationswith HAL because if the aircraftwere to be produced in India,a guarantee for the product tobe produced was to be given. Itis a big ticket item and the IAFwould want the guarantee forthe jets. HAL was in no posi-tion to give the guarantee," shesaid.

Sitharaman said theweapon systems, avionics andother key add-ons to the Rafaleaircraft, expected to be deliv-ered beginning September2019, will be "much superior"than that negotiated by the

UPA, and her Government isgetting the planes for 9 per centcheaper than what was earlieragreed upon.

The previous UPAGovernment started negotiat-ing in 2012 with FrenchDassault Aviation to buy 126Medium Multi-Role CombatAircraft (MMRCA).

The plan was for DassaultAviation to supply 18 Rafale jetsin fly-away condition while108 aircraft were to be manu-factured in India by the com-pany along with HAL. Howeverthe deal could not be sealed.

The Congress has demand-ed answers from theGovernment on why HAL wasnot involved in the new deal.

Sitharaman said the UPAdeal collapsed as HAL did nothave the capability to produce108 aircraft in India.

"Even during negotiationwith HAL, Dassault felt that thecost with which the HAL willproduce will be far higher thanthe aircraft produced in France.That was the reality," she said.

The Defence Minister saidthe then Government couldhave come forward andpumped in resources into HAL,

but they did not.She said she has no inten-

tion of undermining HAL, but"why could not the thenDefence Minister say that wewill pump in all the requiredresources into the HAL. Hecould have done it. That wasnot done," Sitharaman said,adding that the currentGovernment was initiatingsteps to strengthen the State-run aerospace company.

In 2016, the ModiGovernment signed aGovernment-to-Governmentdeal with France for purchaseof 36 Rafale jets at a cost of�58,000 crore. The Congresshas been alleging irregularitiesin the deal.

Rebutting charges of cor-ruption in the deal, the DefenceMinister also asserted that peo-ple of the country have put aclosure on the issue as theyhave trust in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

"There is a trust in thePrime Minister. He is not goingto be corrupt. So with all this,I think mentally, people ofIndia have reached a closure onit, saying there is no corruptionhere," she said.

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India is mulling a proposal forthe creation of an

International Convention forCyber Crimes Cooperationwhich can help in simplifyingprocedures for Letters Rogatory(judicial requests) and act as aninformal mechanism for shar-ing information relating topending investigation.

The proposal is being joint-ly considered by the UnionHome Ministry, NationalSecurity Council Secretariat(NSCS) and the IntelligenceBureau amid inordinate delaysin prosecution of cases, espe-cially related to cyber crimesand financial frauds, as theservers used for communica-tion and for commission ofcrimes are often located inforeign shores.

Letters Rogatory is a formalrequest sent by a court of lawto the counterpart of foreigncountry to seek details of anaccused entity or individual orevidence relating to an ongoingcase.

The Government is alsoplanning to improve multi-jurisdictional coordination byappointing nodal officers atvarious levels and online plat-forms for cooperation.

A collaboration mecha-nism with stakeholders forfacilitating exchange of infor-mation on threats, trends, shar-ing expertise and internation-

al cooperation is also beingworked out for real-time inputson the goings on inside thedark net.

The Centre is further plan-ning harmonisation of laws,procedures and data retentionperiods and address issuesrelating to admissibility of evi-dence collected under MLATthrough formulation of laws.To boost the cyber infrastruc-ture, development of physicalinfrastructure and specialisedcyber forensic laboratories anddedicated cyber research unitsare being planned by theCentre.

A cyber awareness cam-paign for improving digital lit-eracy of citizens is also beingconsidered by the Government.The Centre will consult variousstakeholders including lawenforcement agencies relatingto cyber crimes and the StateGovernments. The Centre willalso seek to create a NationalCyber Crime InvestigatingAgency for investigation of allimportant cyber crime caseshaving inter-State and inter-national ramifications. Inaddition to this, theGovernment is considering aproposal to create CyberFusion Centres, a collaborationcentre for various agencies,academia and private sectoragencies besides investigatingagencies at the national andState level for developingauthoritative intelligence.

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The Supreme Court onThursday directed all States

to frame rules to allow selling ofuninsured vehicles involved inaccidents to pay compensationto the victims.

The prevalent rules do notallow selling of the uninsuredvehicles making it difficult to paythe compensation for the vic-tims. The top court directed thatthe rules should be framedwithin 12 weeks by all the statesin accordance with those cur-rently in force in Delhi.

If the rules currently exist-ing in Delhi are enforced acrossthe country, then it would makedriving of uninsured vehicledifficult as owners would run therisk of seizure of vehicle in caseof accident and being sold to paythe compensation for the victim.

Seven States — Jammu &Kashmir, Chattisgarh, Bihar,Punjab, Jharkhand, Puducherryand Lakshdeep — told the apexcourt that they have initiated theprocess of incorporating suchrules. Haryana said it has a sim-ilar rule, while Madhya Pradeshhas raised certain objections tothe rules for compensation.Delhi informed that it alreadyhas such rules in place.

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Against the backdrop of the hor-rific sexual abuse cases at the

shelter homes in Bihar and UttarPradesh, the Union Social Justiceand Empowerment Ministry hascalled for setting up local projectcommittees comprising parentsof inmates among others in the dis-tricts where residential homes arebeing run under its aegis.

The move aims to ensure safe-ty of the inmates at the residentialhomes being run under schemesnamely Samarth and Gharaundaand Vikaas. These programmes areoperating under the National Trustfor the Welfare of Persons withAutism, Cerebral Palsy, MentalRetardation and MultipleDisabilties Act of 1999. TheNational Trust is an autonomousbody under the Social, Justice andEmpowerment Ministry.

An official in the Ministry saidthat the members will includeparents of five inmates, three localdoctors and lawyers and three col-lege or school teachers in theregion where centres are set up.They will hold monthly meetingand submit a report to theMinistry, said the sources. In manyinstances, children of poor fami-lies, who cannot afford to look afterthem, stay in the shelter homes.

They said that the move fol-

lows an audit report by the TataInstitute of Social Sciences' (TISS)which found that sexual abuse ofvarying forms and degree of inten-sity was prevalent in almost allshelter homes in Bihar.

"The panel will keep a tab onthe functioning of these Centresrun under the National Trust Act,"the official added.

However, shortage of fundsand poor response from the stake-holders has failed the beneficia-ries: both the schemes have poorcoverage when compared to alarge number of people from thepoor sector needing such benefits.For instance, under theGharaunda scheme, 50 projectshave been sanctioned in which atotal number of 993 inmates ben-efitted. Just 14 projects have beenapproved in 2017-18 and �4 crorereleased.

The Gharaunda scheme aimsto provide an assured home andminimum quality of care servicesthroughout the life of the personswith Autism, Cerebral Palsy, men-tal retardation and multiple dis-abilities as mandated in theNational Trust Act. Also, ade-quate and quality care servicewith acceptable living standardsincluding provision of basic med-ical care from professional doctorsbesides vocational activities areprovided. Each centre has intake

capacity for 20 PwDs.Similarly, Samarth is a respite

care residential scheme aims toprovide respite home for orphansor abandoned, families in crisis andalso PwDs under the NationalTrust Act. Under the scheme, 45projects have been sanctioned inwhich a total 1102 beneficiariesbenefitted. In 2017-18, just 11projects got approval. TheGovernment has provided �3.05crore for the year.

Vikaas is yet another pro-gramme providing day-care facil-ities for the PwDs above 10 yearsof age. It offers day-care facilitiesincluding vocational skills. Underthe scheme, 124 projects havebeen sanctioens in which 3157beneficiaries. In 2017-18, 17 pro-jects were sanctioned. The bene-ficiaries list is too dismal, if onegoes by the number of persons suf-fering with intellectual disabilitiesin the country. Most of them arefrom the marginalized section,needing the help from the State.

The 2011 Census data esti-mates that only 2.21 percent of theIndian population has a disability— including 1.5 million peoplewith intellectual disabilities and amere 722,826 people with psy-chosocial disabilities. However,the Health Ministry claims thatover 6-7 percent of the populationhas psychosocial disabilities alone.

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The Trinamool Congress willnot allow the BJP to stir up

a ‘National Register of Citizens’crisis in Bengal, a senior partyleader and a Minister said onThursday saying the saffronoutfit was planning to provokesentiments throughout the bor-der districts so as to polarisevote before the next year’s gen-eral elections.

“There are reports that theBJP is going to engage theirpracharaks (campaigners) inthe border districts to incite thepeople into demanding anNRC in Bengal. But we willthwart the dirty move at anycost,” the senior Minister fromKolkata said.

According to sources theBJP was planning to launch acampaign in all the borderingdistricts from September 15onwards. “We want to make thepeople aware about the effectsof infiltration in Bengal par-ticularly in the border dis-tricts,” a State BJP leader saidadding “the local Bengali pop-

ulation was being deprived ofhundreds of crores of rupees onaccount of feeding the illegalinfiltrators from Bangladesh.”

According to sources theBJP was targeting the non-Muslim refugees fromBangladesh to further theircampaign. About 20,000 partymen, mostly refugees with pre-2011 Left leaning would beemployed by the party to carryout the NRC campaign.

“Our leaders have repeat-edly made it clear that they willnot tolerate Bangladeshis inIndia,” a State BJP leader saidadding the party however wascompletely sympathetictowards those refugees (readthe Hindus) who had beenforced out of Bangladesh.

“The people who havebeen forced to flee that coun-try will be considered sympa-thetically. But those who haveinfiltrated India with eithercriminal motive or to claim ashare of our economy will bethrown out of this country. Forthis we will demand NRC inBengal,” the leader said adding

his party will “prepare the peo-ple’s minds for the purpose.”

When asked as to whetherthe party would consider filingany PIL to suit its end theleader would not comment.

On the other hand theTrinamool leadership attackedthe BJP for trying to polarizethe electorate before the elec-tions. “It is before the electionsthat the NRC issue has come totheir mind. Bengal is notAssam from where they are try-ing to expel the Bengali-speak-ing population. We will fightagainst the BJP both here andin Assam,” the TMC ministersaid adding Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee might go tothe north-eastern State to cam-paign during the polls.

“Our leader MamataBanerjee has already warned thecommunal parties against rak-ing up the NRC issue in Bengal.She has vowed to thwart anyattempt to communalise Bengalin the name of NRC. We will notallow any such mischievousactivities in our State,” the leaderquoting the Chief Minister said.

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Union Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju on

Thursday urged security forcesin the Northeastern States tohave a seamless coordinationand intelligence sharing to ensurebetter security of the region.

The Union Minister saidthis speaking at the 25thConference of DGPs, IGPs andHeads of the Central PoliceOrganisations (CPO) ofNortheastern region. The twoday conference started atItanagar today.

Rijiju complemented theforces for successfully han-dling the complex issues overthe years leading to improvedsecurity scenario in the regionand said that the issue of secu-

rity and policing in northeast-ern states are unique due toregion’s geographical proxim-ity with other foreign neigh-bours like China, Myanmar,Bangladesh and Bhutan.

“Due to its geographicalsituation and exposure to inter-national border, the region hasto deal with not only internalbut external problem,” Rijjusaid while lauding the roleplayed by state police of north-eastern states and the consistentsupport by Central PoliceForces for maintaining law andorder situation in the region.

“ C o o r d i n a t i o n ,Cooperation and flawlessIntelligence sharing are crucialaspects for security. The secu-rity situation in northeasternstates have improved signifi-cantly in last four and half

years,” he said adding that thelevel of violence and causalityfigures in the region have comedown by more than 50 percent.

Mentioning the impor-tance of coordination andcooperation among northeast-ern states, the Union Ministersaid that though there are 8political units in Northeast butthey can work as one unit as faras security is concerned.

The Minister alsoannounced that the AssamRifles Academy at Diphu(Karbi Anglong, Assam) hasbeen identified for specializedtraining of the northeast policein counter insurgency opera-tions and NIA has been con-ducting training modules fornorth east police for investiga-tions of terror related cases.

Speaking on the occasion,

Arunachal Pradesh ChiefMinister, Pema Khandu urgedthe police chiefs to take stepsto ensure regular informal talksamong senior police officers ofinter- state border districts todeal with the concerns of peo-ple of border areas.

The DG, Police ofArunachal Pradesh, S. B. KSingh and Additional Director,Intelligence Bureau, A K Mishraalso spoke on this occasion.

The two day conference ofpolice and intelligence officers is being attended by the DG, police and seniorpolice officers from North EastStates, senior officers fromCentral Police Organisationand Intelligence Bureau. TheWest Bengal police depart-ment is also taking part in theconference.

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The prospects of a BJP-AIADMK poll alliance took

yet another setback onThursday as Thambi Durai, theDeputy Speaker of the LokSabha who is also a seniorAIADMK leader lambasted theHindutva party for its efforts tosaffronise Tamil Nadu.

Speaking to reporters atKarur on Thursday , Duraicame down on the BJP usingthe harshest of words. “TamilNadu is the land of RamasamyNaicker, C N Annadurai, M GRamachandran andJayalalithaa. This is theDravidian Land where there isno place for caste, religion andcommunalism. The BJP is try-ing to disrupt the Dravidianheritage and culture. We willnever allow the BJP to set itsfoot in Tamil Nadu,” said Durai.

The AIADMK leader hadlambasted the BJP last Fridayfor its alleged connivance withthe DMK in ordering CBIraids on the residences of TamilNadu health minister VijayaBhaskar and the State PoliceChief T K Rajendran in con-

nection with the Gutkha scam.Durai had alleged that the Narendra ModiGovernment had ordered theCBI raids on September 5 tohelp the DMK because Alagiri,the estranged brother ofDEMK chief M K Stalin washolding a rally at Chennai onthe same day.

"The CBI raids were heldon that day itself only to divertthe attention of the generalpublic from the rally staged byAlagiri,” Durai had charged andasked the BJP to prove itsfidelity in its ties with theAIADMK.

Thursday’s outburst byDurai assumes significance asthe AIADMK launched itscampaign for theThirupparankundram by-poll

on the same day. Seven minis-ters in the EdappadiPalaniswamy overnmentundertook a bicycle rally in theconstituency with the declara-tion that no other parties wouldget back their security depositin the by-poll.

The election Commissionof India is yet to announce the poll schedule and the par-ties have not named the can-didates.

Durai’s tirades over thelast few months against the BJPhave put the party’s leaders ina dilemma. “We are underinstruction from not to react tothe statements made by theAIADMK and the DMK how-soever provocative they maybe,” said a senior BJP leader inTamil Nadu.

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The findings by TholTirumavalavan, president

of the Viduthalai ChiruthaikalKatchi (VCK), a Dalit fringeoutfit, that religious conversionto Islam offers the Dalits self-respect and economic inde-pendence has put the Hinduforces in the State on theirguards. Experts in PopulationStudies rejectedTirumavalavan’s argumentswhile Hindu activists term it asan effort to encourage moreDalits in the State to get con-verted to Islam or Christianity.

Arjun Sampath, leader ofHindu Makkal Katchi, whohad a providential escape fromthe knives of Islamic terroristsrecently, had submitted a mem-orandum to GovernorBanwarilal Purohit and ViceChancellor of ManonmaniamSundaranar University atTirunelveli stating that thePhD thesis submitted byTirumavalavan is a travesty oftruth and facts.

Tirumavalavan claims hehas brought to light the reasonsbehind the mass conversion ofDalits of Meenakshipuram in

Tirunelveli to Islam in 1981. Heargued during the viva voce ofhis Ph D thesis held recentlythat the Dalits were discrimi-nated against and oppressed allover the State. When a Dalityouth of Meenakshipuram fellin love with a girl belonging tothe upper caste, relations of thegirl stood up against theromance. The youth elopedwith the girl to neighbouringKerala and got married withher.

When the couple returnedto the village, the girl’s relationsthrashed the youth and hisfamily members. This forcedthe 180 Dalit families in the vil-lage embrace Islam to escapefrom the persecution“unleashed by caste Hindus”,says Thirumavalavan.

The VCK leader claimedthat the Dalits who got con-verted to Islam in 1981 pros-pered economically and social-ly. “The religious conversion of1981 has given the Dalits theeconomic independence andself-respect,” claimsTirumavalavan in the thesistitled “Mass ReligiousConversion atMeenakshipuram: a victimo-logical analysis.”

Leaders of Hindu outfitsare suspicious of the objectiveof Tirumavalavan’s studies.“This is an open invitation andencouragement to the Dalits toget convert to Islam,” saidSampath.

Dr Jatinder K Bajaj,demography scientist at theCentre for Policy Studies, is ofthe view that the findings andconclusion of Tirumavalavan’sfindings do not stand the testof scrutiny. “Individually one oftwo members of the commu-nity might have been benefit-ed because of conversion. Butmajority of them continue to bepoor and helpless. Why theleaders of Islam and Christiancommunities insist that theDalits among them need reser-vation?” asked Dr Bajaj.

Sampath who is a frequentvisitor to Meeakshipurampointed out that there are twokinds of Islam in the village.“The Dalits who were con-verted to Islam are known asNavi Muslims and are yet to getacceptance in the Islamic com-munity. Some of the familieshad to reconvert followingtheir failure to get suitablematches for their daughters,”said Sampath.

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Amid bickering in theCongress in Karnataka

casting a cloud on its coalitionGovernment with the JD(S),BJP chief Amit Shah has askedthe saffron party State unit “notto create any confusion” andinstead stick to playing the roleof the Opposition sincerely.

Rejecting charges byCongress leaders that the BJPwas trying to topple the coali-tion Government, the party'sKarnataka unit chief BSYeddyurappa said "there is noneed to doubt our motives."

BJP MLAs have beeninstructed not to give state-ments on the current politicaldevelopments pertaining toturmoil in the Congress, hesaid.

"BJP national presidentAmit Shah, with whom I spoketoday, has instructed us not tocreate any confusion.

We should not give anystatements about the politicaldevelopments taking place inthe State.

Instead, we should stick to

playing the role of oppositionsincerely," Yeddyurappa added.

Shah's advice to the partyunit comes amid allegationsthat BJP was trying to takeadvantage of the internal tus-sle in the Congress and poachon its MLAs to unseat theGovernment.

Some senior congress lead-ers have blamed the BJP for therecent discontent in their party.

The Jarkiholi brothers—municipal administration min-ister Ramesh and his MLAbrother Satish—are locked in aturf war with another ministerDK Shivakumar, casting ashadow over the coalitionGovernment.

The siblings are upset overShivakumar allegedly tryingto challenge their supremacy inBelagavi district through MLALaxmi Hebbalkar.

The tussle has spilled intothe open with the brothersassertion about the support ofeight MLAs and that they werein touch with the BJP fuellingspeculation about the stabilityof the H D KumaraswamyGovernment.

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MIM chief AsaduddinOwaisi on Thursday

claimed the RSS representsHindu nationalism and said hewould never accept any invi-tation from it to participate inany event held by it.

The Hyderabad Lok SabhaMP was reacting the invitationbeing extended by RSS to var-ious leaders for a three-day lec-ture series of RSS chief MohanBhagwat, scheduled to be heldin New Delhi next week.

The RSS has indicated thatit would invite Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi, CPI(M)general secretary SitaramYechury and the leaders of allthe political outfits of differentideologies besides religiousleaders, sportspersons, mediapersonalities and ambassadorsof more than 60 countries.

Owaisi said RSS stood forHindu nationalism. "It is anorganisation which believe inIndian nationalism. I willnever do this stupidity andmistake of what PranabMukherjee did...," he told

reporters here.He was referring to the par-

ticipation of the former presi-dent in an RSS event at Nagpurin June last, which had thentriggered a controversy withsenior Congress leaders oppos-ing it. "I cannot speak forCongress president and I canspeak only for myself.I wouldnever even in my thoughtprocess think for a secondabout such an invitation," hesaid when asked about his reac-tion to Gandhi being invited.

Owaisi attacked the Centreover rising fuel prices, sayingPrime Minister Narendra Modihas created enough darkness byensuring that the price price ofpetrol and diesel go beyondcommon mans means.

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The Uttar PradeshGovernment has decided

to release Bhim Army chiefChandrashekhar who isdetained under the NationalSecurity Act (NSA) in con-nection with the 2017Saharanpur violence.

Chandrashekhar alsoknown as Ravan, 30, wasarrested in June 2017 in con-nection with the May 5 clash-es in which one person waskilled and 16 others wereinjured at Shabbirpur village inSaharanpur.

On November 2, 2017, theAllahabad High Court hadgranted bail toChandrashekhar. However, aday before his release, he wasbooked under the NSA, thus

preventing his release.Under the NSA, he was to

be detained till November ."After going through the rep-resentation ofChandrashekhar's mother, ithas been decided to release himearly. He had to be in jail tillNovember 1," a spokespersonof the Home Department saidhere Thursday.

The NSA was invoked againstChandrashekhar and five oth-ers in the case. While threepeople were released earlier,Chandrashekhar, Sonu andShiv Kumar are still in jail.

Sonu and Shiv Kumar willalso be released early, thespokesman said, adding thatthe district magistrate ofSaharanpur has been directed"to release them".

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Signalling growing strainbetween The coalition part-

ners, Janajati Morcha, the rul-ing BJP's tribal wing in Tripura,on Thursday demandedimmediate severing of ties withthe Indigenous Peoples Front ofTripura (IPFT). BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) state JanajatiMorcha president SanjoyDebbarma said IPFT was cre-ating "chaos" across the stateover different issues.

Development works of thestate government have been hitdue to their activities. We havedemanded Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb to removethem from the ministry andsevere all ties with them,Debbarma told PTI.

He said the chief ministergave them a patient hearingand said the agreement withIPFT was finalised by BJP'scentral leadership and theywould be consulted regardingthe demand.

BJP and IPFT jointlysecured 44 seats in the 60-member state assembly in theFebruary 18 elections andformed government, ending25 years of CPI(M)-led LeftFront rule in the north easternstate. BJP secured 36 seats i.E.More than the majority mark.

IPFT, which emerged vic-torious in 8 seats, was laterallotted two berths in the statecabinet.

Differences between theBJP and its regional partnerIPFT surfaced in the run up to

panchayat by-polls, with aseries of clashes reportedbetween the workers of the rul-ing allies over submission ofnominations. The by-polls areslated for September 30.

When contacted, BJP statevice president and JanajatiMorcha leader RampadaJamatia accused IPFT sup-porters of attacking his houseat Killa in Gomati districtWednesday. He also allegedthat the house of MLA ofGolaghati constituency inSipahijala district, BirchandraDebbarma was also attacked byIPFT supporters.

Debbarma had filed a com-plaint and an FIR was lodged.IPFT supporters held attackson his family to force him towithdraw the FIR.

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The driver of a low-floor buswas dismissed from service

on Thursday after a video ofhim thrashing a minor girl, sus-pected to be a pickpocket, sur-faced on messaging mobileapplication WhatsApp, offi-cials said.

"The driver thrashed thegirl in the bus. After a videosurfaced, we identified himand the decision to terminatehim was taken. The termina-tion orders will be issuedtomorrow,” Suresh Kumar Ola,MD of Jaipur City TransportServices Ltd, which runs thelow-floor buses in the city,told PTI.

One of the passengers inthe bus shot a video of the inci-dent and circulated it onWhatsApp, prompting theauthorities to take actionagainst the accused driverHetram.

Kumar Ola said the buswas part of the 9A series,which operates on Tonk Road. The incident occurred nearNarain Singh Circle, and thebus conductor was not involvedin the thrashing, he said.

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The Lord Ayyappa shrine atSabarimala would open for

the five-day customary puja onSeptember 16 during theMalayalam month 'Kanni' andrestrictions imposed on devo-tees visiting it following the del-uge last month have been lift-ed, officials said Thursday.

However, private vehicles,including two-wheelers ofdevotees, would be allowedonly up to the Nilackal base sta-tion. A Kerala State RoadTransport Bus would transportthem to Pampa at the foothillsto enable their trekking to thehill shrine.

The floodwaters hadwashed away virtually all pil-grimfacilities on the banks ofthe Pampa river and theTravancore Devaswom Board(TDB) that manages the shrinehad imposed restrictions ondevotees visiting the temple forthe Onam festival season lastmonth.

The temple will remainopen till September 21.

After a high-level meetingto review the post-flood situa-tion at Pampa, TDB presidentM Padmakumar said the TataProjects Ltd has agreed to takeup the reconstruction work.

"Ayappa devotees can gothe shrine for worship duringthe Kanni month puja," hesaid.

The TDB and TataProjects would take all neces-sary steps to put in place nec-essary facilities for devoteesduring the three-month-longannual pilgrimage seasonbeginning on November 17, hesaid.

The TDB had recently con-structed a temporary footbridge'Ayyappa Sethu,' across thePampa by placing stones andsand bags. The 'Pampa-Trivenibridge-over-river', which gotsubmerged in the floods, wasalso restored to some extent.

During the rain mayhem,the Pampa overran its banks atseveral places, submergingmany shops, damaging build-ings, flooding pathways anduprooting electricity posts.

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BSP president Mayawati’sremarks holding the pre-

vious UPA Government andthe BJP equally responsiblefor the steep hike in fuelprices has ruffled many a feath-er in the Congress rank andfile whose leaders feel it willonce again raise a questionmark on attempts at strikingOpposition unity ahead of the2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The BSP chief ’s views onfuel price hike came a day afterher party stayed away from the“Bharat bandh” call given bythe Congress on the issue.

“These remarks, at a timewhen the need for unity amongOpposition parties is beingfelt clearly among all partners,could send a wrong signalboth to the public and the rul-ing party which is alreadydoubting our strength,” aCongress insider said Thursdayrequesting anonymity.

“Party workers are nothappy with the BSP president’sobservations and they are very

sceptical about her intentions,”he said, adding the Centralparty leadership surely needs totake note of it.

A senior Congress leadersaid her views on the topicneeds to be viewed as her bar-gaining tactics for more seats inthe Assembly polls inRajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh.

“By doing so, she is sort oftrying to gain upper hand innegotiations for the Assembly seats in theseStates...It is, however, for theCentral leadership to under-stand that we should weigh ouroptions and potential beforeentering into any alliance,” hestressed.

“Although the foundationof the intricacies of the alliance for the Lok Sabhapolls will be set much before inthe Assembly polls in theseStates, the party needs to beclear that its negotiations onseat sharing should not be atthe cost of the party and its

workers as Congress is thestronger party in these States,”he said.

Speaking on the fuel price hike, Mayawati has stated both the NDA and theUPA had disregarded the interest of the farmers and thepoor.

The previous UnitedProgressive Alliance (UPA)regime had brought fuel out ofgovernment control and theruling National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) continuedwith the policy, she had said, adding that after coming to power in 2014, theNDA had deregulated diesel,which had hurt the interest ofthe poor.

Mayawati’s statement islargely being viewed in thepolitical circles as a dent inOpposition unity against theBJP ahead of the 2019 LokSabha polls.

She had also criticised inci-dents of violence in some statesduring the protest, saying herparty had always desisted fromsuch acts.

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If Hyderabad has historic andmagnificent Mecca Masjid

can Andhra Pradesh capitalAmaravati afford not to haveone? AP Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu thinks theunder-construction capitalshould also have one.

At a review meeting withthe officials of Capital RegionDevelopment Authority atUndavalli, the Chief Ministerannounced that a gloriousmosque of international stan-dards will be built in Amarvatiwhich will be a wonderfultourist attraction. “The mosquewill be built on an area of 10acres under the supervision ofthe State Waqf Board”, he said.“There should be a mosque in

the architectural style of MeccaMasjid (of Hyderabad) and itshould become a major touristattraction”, he said.

Naidu made the remarkswhile reviewing the progress ofvarious projects in the capitalregion.

Historical significanceThough Guntur, Nellore,

Vijaywada, Rajahmundry andVisakhapatanam have someancient mosques but none ofthem could match the grandeurand historic significance ofMecca Masjid and several othermosques in Hyderabad.

Mecca Masjid, whichdraws its name from Mecca,the holiest place in Islam, wasbuilt in Qutub Shahi era ofHyderabad. Its foundationstone was laid by Qutub Shahi

king Mohammed Quli around1616 AD century and wascompleted in 1687 whenMoghul emeror Aurangzeb hasoccupied the Golkonda king-dom by defeating the QutubShahis. Though not complete-ly built in accordance with theoriginal plans Mecca Masjidremains one of the biggestmosques in India.

Chandrababu Naidu’smeeting with the officials alsodecided to allocate 3.5 acres ofland to Murli Fortune group in

the capital region for building ahealth and recreating resortwith an investment of �40 crore.

The meeting also okayedthe proposal to create a mari-na along the banks of riverKrishna by the Coastal MarinaPrivate Ltd and allotted 8 acresof land. Apart from other facil-ities it will have a jetty where60 boats can be anchored. Theproject was expected to becompleted in six months at acost of Rs 15 crore. The gov-ernment has also decided toallot 5 acres for the construc-tion of a convention centerunder PPP model by VarunHospitality Ltd.

CRDA commissioner ChSridhar said that in the admin-istrative city the secretariatand the departmental head-quarter buildings will be readyby January 15, 2021. AS part ofthese there will be four groundplus storied towers estimated tocost �932.46 crore. The GADtower where the office of theChief Minister will be locatedwill have 49 stories. It will bebuilt at a cost of �554.06 crore.

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Aspate of cases against itsleaders have the

Opposition Congress leaderscry foul against the TelanganaRashtra Samiti Governmentin the State. Party leaders havealleged that the caretakerGovernment was resorting tothe vendetta politics by reviv-ing old cases or by framing itsleaders in false case.

It started with the arrest offormer MLA JayaprakashReddy alias Jagga Reddy. Thenpolice issued notice to anoth-er senior leader A RevanthReddy and now a case underSC/ST Prevention of AtrocitiesAct against another formerCongress leader SrisailamGoud.

While Jagga Reddy wasarrested in connection with aold human trafficking case,the police has issued a notice toA Revanth Reddy in connec-tion with the case of allegedirregularities in Jubilee HillsHousing Society. In the latestdevelopment Jagadgiri policestation has booked a caseagainst Srisailam Goud on thecomplaint of a tribal RameshNaik. Naik has alleged that theformer MLA had insulted himpublicly in the name of his casteidentity.

A case of cheating andthreatening a business partnerwas also booked against anoth-er former Congress legislatorGandra Venkatramanna Reddyby Warangal police.

Jagga Reddy, an influentialleader of Sangareddy districtwas arrested on Monday last byHyderabad police on charges ofPassport forgery and humantrafficking. Deputy commis-sioner of police, north zone BSumathi said that the JaggaReddy, a MLA of opposition

TRS at the time had securedpassport for himself, his wifeand two other members of hisfamily in 2004.

But affixing the photos ofthree other persons on thepassport of his family membershe secured US visas for them aswell as himself. ‘By claimingthat they were his family mem-bers he accompanied them tothe US and helped them intravelling abroad”, Sumathisaid. Jagga Reddy will be takeninto police custody on Fridayfor questioning.

Another case was likely tobe filed against him inSangareddy as some farmershave complained that JaggaReddy had grabbed their landsin Ameenpur and Nagulapallyvillages.

Even before the Congresscould recover from this shock,senior leader A Revanth Reddyreceived a notice from JubileeHills police station asking himto appear before the police forquestioning within 15 days inconnection with the allegedirregularities in a HousingSociety.

Police said it received acomplaint of forgery and cheat-ing against Revanth Reddyfrom a lawyer S Rama Rao. Thecase was ten years old.

Revanth Reddy who was asenior leader of TDP before

joining Congress is already anaccused in cash for vote scamin the State.

The arrest of Jagga Reddyand the notice to RevanthReddy has also evoked a sharpreaction from the Congressleaders.

State Congress president NUttam Kumar Reddy said thatall the cases were the results ofa conspiracy by the ruling TRSleaders to defame Congressleaders ahead of the comingassembly elections. “KCR inconnivance with some policeofficials was selectively target-ing the Congress leaders andworkers”, he said vowing to payback TRS by its own coin in thedays to come.

Uttam alleged that KCRand another Minister T HarishRao were the real culprits in thehuman trafficking case as theyhad given recommendationletters to those aspiring to go tothe US in the case.

Former union minister SJaipal Reddy said, “these are nothing but politicallymotivated cases. KCR is misusing official machinery”,he said.

In his reaction RevanthReddy said, “Chief Ministerwas trying to target the politi-cians of Reddy communityand project them in a negativelight”.

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Five terrorists, includingthree infiltrators, were killed

in two separate encounters inNorth Kashmir’s Keran sectorof Kupwara and Sopore innorth Kashmir, official sourcessaid. An over-ground worker ofa pan-Islamic outfit was alsoheld in Ganderbal district.

Officials said three uniden-tified infiltrators were killed ina fierce gunfight after the Armyfoiled a major Infiltration bidalong the Line of Control(LoC) in Keran sector of fron-tier district Kupwara in northKashmiron Thursday.

Army sources said that thebodies of armed ultras werelying close to the LoC and thecounter-infiltration operationwas going on in the sector.

In another incident, twoPakistani Jaish-e-Muhammadterrorists were killed in anoperation at Checkipora,Sheikhpora village in Soporearea of north Kashmir’sBaramulla district.

A police spokesman identi-fied the slain ultras as Ali aliasAthar and Zia-ur-Rehman. Hesaid Ali was one of the impor-tant commanders of JeM andmastermind behind the SoporeImprovised Explosive Device(IED) blast in which four police-men were killed. Security sourcessaid a brief gunfight broke outlate on Wednesday night follow-ing the launch of cordon andsearch operation in theArampora area. They said laterthere was a lull for several hoursas militants reportedly moved tosome nearby house.

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Athree-member fidayeensquad, believed to be cadre

of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was elimi-nated by the joint team ofsecurity forces led by paracommandos of the IndianArmy, jawans of the specialoperations group (SOG) ofState police and Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) in Kakriyalarea along the Jammu-SrinagarNational Highway on Thursday.

A total number of 12 secu-rity personnel including fivejawans of CRPF, four Statepolicemen and three Armypersonnel received injuriesduring the operation, policesaid. A sub-divisional policeofficer was among thoseinjured in the operation. Hiscondition was stated to be sta-ble. Two para commandos also

received gun shot injurieswhile neutralising the thirdterrorist in the last leg of thecounter.

Emerging out of his safehideout the lone terroristopened fire on these com-mandos when he came face toface with them during thecombing and search opera-tions in thickly vegetated fieldsof Kakriyal. In the fierce gunfight the commandos elimi-nated him successfully endingthe 33 hour long chase insearch of these terrorists.

Till the time of filing the

report several teams of bombdisposal squad and others weredeployed at the encounter siteto completely sanitise the areaand clear the same from‘booby’ traps in the form ofplanted IED’s or land mines.

The local residents, whoremained closeted inside theirhomes since early morningalso heaved a sigh of relief afterthe operation was called off.

The security forces ensuredno major collateral damagewas done to the civilian hous-es and managed to containthese terrorists in isolated areas.

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Discontent in rulingTelangana Rashtra Samiti

(TRS) over distribution of tick-ets for Assembly elections is ris-ing by the day and the tusslebetween rivals took an uglyturn in at least in one con-stituency and many otherswere threatening to upsetparty’s applecart in many otherconstituencies.

In Chennur AssemblyConstituency of Mancherialdistrict where sitting MLANallala Odellu was denied tick-et and a member of Lok SabhaBalka Sumar was nominated byTRS one infuriated party work-ers set himself on fire andinjured many others. The inci-dent occurred during the visitto Balka Suman to the con-stituency. Suman alleged thatthe person had tried to harmhim by throwing kerosene onhim before setting himselfablaze.

R Ghattaiah, reported to bea supporter of Odellu pouredkerosene and set himself ablaze.He recived 80 pc burns while16 others including policeinspector Bhukya Narayan anda photographer Anees werealso injured as kerosene thrownby him fell on them.

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Toll in Jagtial bus disaster hasmounted to 62 with one

more injured succumbing toinjuries in Karimnagar hospitalon Thursday, police said. This isthe biggest loss of life ever in aroad accident in the State.

Local Minister E Rajinderand MP Vinod Kumar visitedthe family of the person whodied on Thursday and announ-ced financial assistance. A bus ofTelangana State road transportcorporation overturned and fellinto a gorge on Ghat road on Tu-esday when it was coming fromKondagattu temple to Jagatiyaltown. The over crowded bus waspacked with the pilgrims.Meanwhile an eerie silencedescended on the villages fromwhere most of the victims hailedeven as the ten day long GaneshChaturthi festival was beingcelebrated with gaiety elsewhere.The residents of worst affectedShanivarpeta, who lost 15 oftheir near and dear ones, werein deep shock and mourning.There was no celebration in thevillage on Thursday.

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The past week has been momentous. TheSupreme Court examined the constitution-al validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal

Code, an archaic law that continued for longer thanit should have, and held that actions between con-senting adults are outside the ambit of this penalprovision. By its decision, the Supreme Court gavea fresh lease of life to millions of Indians who hadto suffer due to the stigma, the fear and the abuseof being classified as criminals for nothing otherthan the right to love a fellow human being. Whilethis fortnight was one to celebrate in one respect,in other it was another week of comments fromthe Centre that can at best be called amusing andat worst be considered worrisome.

National Commission for Men: This pastweek, Harinarayan Rajbhar, the Bharatiya JanataParty MP from Uttar Pradesh said, “There is anational commission for women. But, there is nosuch commission for men. Men are committing

suicide on being harassed by women, and falsecases are being lodged against men.” This is notthe first time that Rajbhar has discussed his pas-sion for a ‘purush aayog’. In fact, he brought theissue up in the month of August as well in the LokSabha where it caused much amusement andlaughter. While the suggestion may seem laugh-able, the fact that the Member of Parliament fromBallia is absolutely unaware about the status ofwomen in India is far from laughable. The statis-tics on crimes against women is useful to exam-ine because it is a fair indicator of where womenstand compared to men in Indian society. Not toruin the surprise for Rajbhar but the statistics aredamning and do not aid his argument for aNational Commission for Men.

In this regard, the report published by theNational Crime Records Bureau in 2016 is illu-minating. As per this report, the rate of crimesagainst women, i.e. crimes per 1 lakh women wasup from 41.7 in 2012 to 55.2 in 2016. Furthermore,it is telling that a majority of the crimes againstwomen is usually by people who are known tothem because of which women are in any case hes-itant about filing criminal cases against theirabusers or are coaxed out of it by the family of thevictim. What may be of interest to Rajbhar, how-ever, is that despite incidence of crime againstwomen, the conviction rate for crimes againstwomen in 2016 at 18.9 per cent is at its lowest since2007. This is especially discouraging as even if awoman does have the courage to report a crime,

she, however, has to withdraw the complaint(which is common in cases of cruelty by husbandsor relatives, where the parties agree to a divorce,subject to the withdrawal of the complaint). Thereis often a stigma that is associated with the womanby society for no fault of her own.

In any event, if the argument is that somewomen are exploiting the legal process to punishmen, then as the conviction rates seem to show,the legal system does appear to take into accountsuch cases as well because the burden which isrequired to be discharged by the accuser is fairlyhigh. Furthermore, the argument against a‘purush aayog’ is not that there are no cases wherethere have been bogus cases filed against men forcrimes against women. In fact, the argument is asfollows: Firstly, in India today, due to a culture ofvictim blaming, the odds are stacked against awoman who decides to approach the legal systemfor a remedy from the start. Secondly, India likeany other country does not have an unlimited sup-ply of funds or resources. Therefore, as a respon-sible democracy, it must decide to allocate fundsand personnel towards its most urgent andimmediate causes. So, while it may be importantto be congnizant of such isolated instances of abuse,the current state of women is far worse than thatof men and, therefore, more focus, attention andresources are required to ensure that women aresubject to a just system.

Raghuram Rajan responsible for low growth: As you may have noticed, India has

not yet seen any ‘acche din’ and the state of the econ-omy proves as much. In this regard while talkingabout the low lending rates and hesitancy in theeconomy, Rajiv Kumar, vice chairman of NITIAayog, said, “The new mechanisms instituted[under the previous RBI Governor’s regime] toidentify stressed or non-performing assets andthese continuously continued to grow up whichis why the banking sector stopped giving creditto the industry.”

Such comments, unfortunately, follow thesame irresponsible policy of the Government toblame everyone other than itself for the ills of theeconomy, including the rising fuel prices, the spec-tacular fall of the rupee, the low employment rateand the low rate of growth. There are, however,two issues with this message. First that it lays theblame on the foot of a policy that places empha-sis on a clean-up of non-performing assets that hadaccumulated with banks and ignores that thisclean-up process is necessary for any economy togrow since it shows what the true state of bank-ing in the country is.

The Modi Government, however, obviouslyfavors obfuscation when reality does not suit theGovernment and grandiose overstatement whenthe data is mildly in favour of the Government.An instance of this was the change in the base yearto calculate GDP data which made the ModiGovernment look acceptable. However, what theBJP did not contemplate was that by using the samestandard, the performance of the UPA during its

tenure looks far better than any growth clockedby the Modi Government.

The second issue with this message is that itcontinues with the narrative that India’s low rateof growth has been caused due to external factorsrather than due to the incompetence of theGovernment. This can be seen when argumentsagainst high fuel prices are brought against theGovernment or the falling rupee. Astonishingly,as per this Government, demonetization, whichmust count as one of the biggest economic blun-ders in the world, played no role in the econom-ic slowdown of the country. It’s completelyignored by the Government that the move costIndia 1.5 per cent of GDP or that in the first fourmonths 1.5 million jobs were lost during just thefirst four months of 2017 and left the unorgan-ised sector, which primarily operates on cash, reel-ing from the move. As a reader, I would recom-mend you consider this to be your bimonthly recapof the strange time our country is going through,where any form of intellectualism is equated withanti-nationalism. While I hope this recap did pro-vide some entertainment, I think it is importantto recognise that some of the ludicrous commentsby BJP leaders that I mention from time to timeare only the ones that they say out loud after pre-sumably filtering them. One can, however, onlyimagine and truly fear what thoughts do not passthrough this very porous filter.

(The writer is Jharkhand PCC president, for-mer MP and IPS officer. Views are personal)

���������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “InDenial” (September 13). There can be nodoubt about Virat Kohli’s skills as a bats-man and his work ethics but the buckstops with him as the captain of theIndian cricket team. His claim that histeam is the best touring Indian team inlast 10-15 years, that too after 1-4 score-line in the five-Test series, defies logic.

To walk the talk, Kohli has tointrospect his leadership and decision-making skills — choosing to play aspinner over a seamer in cloudy con-ditions in London, and Ashwin play-

ing in fourth Test despite offie beingin clear discomfort physically and opt-ing Hanuma Vihari over triple centu-rion Karun Nair, are just few of theblunders committed by him.

Kohli and Ravi Shastri cannot bein denial, trying to paint a rosy pic-ture after a disastrous tour.

Bal GovindNoida

�� ���������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Lifemeans Life” (September 12). Had itbeen the assassination of members of

any other political party in TamilNadu, would the Tamil NaduGovernment have sought prematurerelease of the convicts serving life sen-tence? While the gracefulness of theGandhi family in condoning theaction of the assassins should bewelcomed, from the point of view ofthe country, in general, and theCongress in particular, the assassina-tion of former Prime Minister RajivGandhi was an irreparable loss.

The fact the convicts have beenlanguishing in jail for long is no jus-tification to seek their early release, asthey have been commuted to suffer

life sentence. The convicts are now at the mercy

of the State Governor BanwarilalPurohit as he holds the key. One hopesthat the Governor Purohit weighs thepros and cons before he takes anydecision. In any event, the decisiontaken should not set as a precedent.

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��� ���Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Lifemeans life” (September 12). PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassinators

already received generous clemency.The Supreme Court had, in 2014,reduced their capital punishment tolifelong imprisonment. Any furtherremission must be out of question.

The killing of a Prime Ministerwas a rarest-of-rare case. There shouldabsolutely be no question of pardon-ing and release of the convicts. Anysuch request has only political rami-fications and would be utterly illegal.

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should step down from his post.—Congress president

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Congress president RahulGandhi’s feeble attempt todraw equivalencebetween the MuslimBrotherhood and RSS

caused astonishment among thosefamiliar with the RSS and those whohave a national perspective.Alternatively, those professing a com-munist and/or Maoist ideology andpractitioners of opportunistic politicswere predictably elated. Neither ofthese responses was unanticipated.However, it must not be assumed thatGandhi lacks awareness about themayhem Islamists terrorists inflict onthe civilised world. Neither does thismean that he is unaware of the socialwork the RSS carries out through itsaffiliated organisations, not to men-tion the growing appeal and supportthe Sangh is receiving from societyat large. Why, then, would he makesuch a preposterous allegation?

Quite simply, his political advi-sors have succeeded in convincinghim that criticising the RSS will yieldpolitical dividends, that baseless andprovocative statements will com-pensate for the lack of ground workwhich is required to lift the grand oldparty from its political nadir. Hence,he has obviously been schooled torender these statements in a dramat-ic manner without bothering tocheck their veracity. When one suchstatement was legally challenged bya swayamsevak, the Congress presi-dent was seen avoiding his date incourt.

In reality, the Sangh is engagedin the work of connecting and bind-ing Bharatiya society with the ever-lasting thread of spirituality and anintegral and holistic view of life. Toequate this inclusive Bharatiya viewof life with the Muslim Brotherhoodis an affront to our great civilisation-al heritage and history. If one was toview Islamist ideology in practice, theword “brotherhood” itself is inappro-priate. In fact, the MuslimBrotherhood which he chose to citeas an example, views not only non-Muslims as beyond the pale but evenMuslims outside the Salafi/Sunni foldas outside their ideological communeand therefore not ‘true’ Muslims.

September 11 was the 125thanniversary of Swami Vivekanand’sChicago address to the Parliament ofWorld Religions. In that historicaddress, he presented to a world audi-ence the inclusive worldview ofHindu culture. This was not merelyan exercise in intellectualism, but onewhere the strings of the heart wereplaying a unique tune for an audienceunfamiliar with the Hindu view of lifebut responsive to the music in thosesincere words. Swami Vivekanandabegan his address with “MyAmerican Brothers and Sisters…”, anendearment which was received witha standing ovation that lasted a fewminutes.

He said: “I am proud to belongto a religion which has taught theworld both tolerance and universalacceptance. We believe not only inuniversal toleration but we accept allreligions as true. I am proud to belongto a nation which has sheltered thepersecuted and refugees of all reli-gions and all nations of the earth. Iam proud to tell you that we havegathered in our bosom the purestremnant of the Israelites, who cameto Southern India and took refugewith us in the very year in which theirholy temple was shattered to piecesby Roman tyranny. I am proud tobelong to the religion which has shel-tered and is still fostering the remnantof the grand Zoroastrian nation.Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horri-ble descendant, fanaticism, have longpossessed this beautiful earth. Theyhave filled the earth with violence,drenched it often and often withhuman blood, destroyed civilisationand sent whole nations to despair.Had it not been for these horribledemons, human society would be farmore advanced than it is now.”

Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar has alsodrawn a distinction with the Islamicview of the world. In his book“Thoughts on Pakistan” he says:"Islam is a close corporation and thedistinction that it makes betweenMuslims and non-Muslims is a veryreal, very positive and (a) very alien-ating distinction. The brotherhood ofIslam is not the universal brother-hood of man. It is brotherhood ofMuslims for Muslims only. There isa fraternity but its benefit is confinedto those within that corporation. Forthose who are outside the corpora-tion, there is nothing but contemptand enmity.”

The Muslim Brotherhood wantsto impose Sharia Law everywhere; theRSS stands for a Hindu Rashtra thatis based on the ideal of spreading uni-

versal acceptance as propagated byVivekanand. So, how can the funda-mentalist Islamist ideology of theMuslim Brotherhood be equatedwith the Universal Brotherhood ofSwami Vivekananda. Further, whydoes Rahul Gandhi feel compelled tospeak ill of an organisation that fol-lows the precepts of universal broth-erhood and is focused on organisingsociety?

A senior commentator said tome a few years agothat the Congresshas been reduced to a party desper-ately trying to come to power by anymeans and is outsourcing its intellec-tual activity to the Communists. Eversince the Congress outsourced its ide-ological arguments to the comrades,it has allied itself with intolerance andhas opposed national views andactivities.

Before Independence, theCongress was an open platform;among its members were HinduMahasabha members, supporters ofrevolutionaries, those with a radicalapproach (Garam Dal) and alsothose favouring a moderate approach(Naram Dal). There was space foreveryone. When this platform fornational liberation started takingthe shape of a political party it wentfrom being a large tent of ideas to acorporation which practiced alienat-ing and excluding those with differ-ent views. It was, however, a gradualprogression. Even after 1947 therewas space for diverse viewpoints; ifPandit Jawaharlal Nehru was anardent critic of the RSS, Sardar Patelinvited swayamsevaks to join theCongress party. In 1962, during the

Indo-China war, even a stridentcritic of the Sangh such as Nehru wasso impressed by the selfless service ofthe RSS that he invited the organisa-tion to participate in the RepublicDay Parade; even at short notice,3,000 swayamsevaks participatedwith pride in the parade.

During the 1965 Pakistan inva-sion, Lal Bahadur Shastri called fora meeting with prominent nationalleaders, including the second RSSChief Guruji Golwalkar, going so faras to arrange his transport to Delhi.During this meeting, a communistleader repeatedly asked Shastri: Whatwas “your Army” doing when Indiawas invaded? Agitated by this stanceespecially at such a critical time,Golwalkar intervened and asked thegentleman why he couldn’t just say“our army”? Did he not belong to thesame country?

This tradition of dialogue (sam-vaad) continued till the 1970s.Subsequently, the influence of com-munist ideology started gaining trac-tion in the Congress (at a time thecommunists themselves had ‘purged’themselves of their nationalist ele-ments who had long since beendenounced as ‘rightists’) and theintolerance and “otherness” inspiredby Stalinist ideals began rearing itsugly head. Confrontational languageand an ‘us versus them’ discoursestarted dominating. Apart from theBJP, most political parties reflect com-munist influence in their intellectu-al cells in varying degrees. For short-sighted political gains there is a ten-dency to side with attempts (inspiredby leftist ideology) of breaking or

weakening the unity of the people ofthe country and at the same timeopposing national ideas and forces.This enervating influence over thepast few decades has left the Congressin a strange condition, almost as if itsbody is but a shell that is now occu-pied by a Maoist soul. This is notmerely an observation, it is borne outby the displays of support theCongress routinely expresses forMaoist protests. Is it not alarming thatCongress leaders stand in solidaritywith those who raised slogans of“Bharat tere tukde honge, Inshallah,Inshallah”, “Bharat ki barbadi tak jungrahegi” or “Afzal Guru hum sharmin-da hai, tere qatil zinda hai”? AfzalGuru was the mastermind behind theterrorist attack on the parliament andwas sentenced to death by theSupreme Court.

When the Congress supportsthose instigating caste violenceundermining and violating theConstitution, one is compelled to feelit is its Maoist soul which guides itsactions. The infiltration of disruptiveUrban Maoists into mainstream lifeand their influence has only recent-ly come to light and when a main-stream party like the Congress whichhas held power for so many yearssupports their destructive designs itis not an occasion to be surprised butsaddened.

Despite ideological differences, itis important to concede that theCongress of the past never spoke inthe terms used by their current lead-ers or aligned with disruptive forcesthat undermined the country andnational interest. It is deeply worry-ing to see the oldest political party inthe country, one that enjoys supportacross the country, stand with suchanti-national elements. As a result, theCongress is eroding its support base.About 125 years ago SwamiVivekananda crossed the oceans toplant the flag of Bharatiya civilisation-al and cultural values in a foreignland. Today, a politician from thesame country, travels abroad andequates Indian cultural ethos with theMuslim Brotherhood. This is aninsult to Bharatiya civilisational val-ues and culture.

In a democracy it is but expect-ed that there will be differences inopinion and ideologies but it isimperative to rise above these differ-ences for the good of the nation. It isonly when this unity supersedespoliticswill the country find solutionsto the problems that ail us.

(The writer is Sah Sarkaryavah,RSS)

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Should individuals between ages 15 to18 years be called children?Internationally, those between 10 to 19

years have been defined as adolescents byUNFPA and WHO; as youths if between 15to 24 (UN, ILO); and as young people ifbetween 10 to 24 (UNFPA). Further,UNICEF and UNCRC considers everyoneunder 18 years of age as children. In India,the definition of who constitutes a child iscrucial because it is used to include and/orexclude them from privileges, rights andentitlements mandated under present leg-islations governing child rights.

Under the country’s amended ChildLabour (Prohibiion and Regulations) Act,those below 14 years are defined as childrenand those above (15 to 19) as adolescents.Does this matter? Yes, most emphatically so.One of the biggest impact for those nowclassified as adolescents is the loss of theirright to education. The Right to Free andCompulsory Education Act (RTE) appliesonly to children in 6 to 14 year age group.

Since labour laws do not considerthose in 15 to 18 year age group as children,education is no longer compulsory for them.On the contrary, they are permitted to workin ‘non-hazardous’ activities, such as domes-tic work, working in dhabas, carpet weav-ing, agarbatti and zari making factories.Statistically, India currently has 100 millionchildren aged between 15 to 18 years. Overthe next 10 years, a staggering one billionwill pass though this age group. The impli-cation of them missing out on one of theirbasic rights is huge considering only one inevery two children in this age group is study-ing and only one in every three school-goingchildren finish Class XI. Around 4.1 mil-lion are working and studying. And, that 38million are working in hazardous occupa-tions, is enough reason to rethink policiesand laws that deprive these children of theirchildhood.

Although rates of child marriage forgirls under 15 are dropping, the rate of girlsmarrying between 15 and 18 has increased.A 2018 report by Child Rights and You(CRY) reveals that 9.2 million in this age

group are married. About 3.4 million girlsare mothers and over 400,000 of marriedgirls have three or more children, probablybecause only 15 per cent of them use con-traceptives. Their inability to negotiatefamily planning could be linked to the factthat one in every five girls reported violenceby their husbands.

How can this be changed? CRY says oneway is to untangle the multiple definitionsthat constrain them from asserting theirrights. Vulnerabilities of this age group areoften overlooked and consequently, many fallthrough the cracks. Another way to maketheir transition from childhood to adulthoodjoyful and aspirational is to see them aschildescents and pay attention to this agegroup. CRY’s report, ‘Childescents in India:We Are Children Too’, details comprehen-sively the discrimination and deprivationfaced by the 15 to 18 age group and stress-es they might have seen as children too.

It points out several important gaps inchild protection stemming from multiplelayers of functionaries, legal systems andinstitutional support mechanisms that nei-ther interact with each other nor considerthe “needs of the child as supreme”. Forexample, pregnant unmarried girls in this agegroup face social taboos as well as actionunder the Protection of Children againstSexual Offence (POCSO) Act. This isbecause under this Act, sexual activityunder the age of 18 is an offence and requiresmandatory legal reporting. It has also madeit difficult for them to access safe abortionservices since the Act also makes it manda-tory for medical facilities to report such casesas sexual abuse. Further, Government pro-grammes, like the Janani Suraksha Yojanaand Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram,which provide free institutional delivery antenatal and post natal care, are only for womenabove the age of 19. Considering 76 per centof girls aged 10-19 are married in India, asizeable proportion of them become moth-ers before they turn 18. Why should they bedenied these benefits?

While there is a lack of disaggregatedand detailed data on categories of childrenin need of care and protection, an impor-tant area that needs concerted and urgentattention is to children in areas of conflict.In Naxal-affected States, preventing childrenfrom being recruited to armed conflict byMaoists/other outfits and being initiatedthrough the bal sanghas, young cadres of theinsurgents need sensitivity and an under-

standing of the ground situation.A way to prevent them from falling in

this trap is to revive the Bal Bandhuscheme. Introduced in December 2010 bythe National Commission for Protection ofChildren (NCPCR), with support from thePrime Minister’s National Relief Fund in fiveStates of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, the BalBandhu programme aimed to protect chil-dren’s rights in areas of civil unrest with thehelp of bal bandhus or child defenders cho-sen from the community. The result of thisthree-year programme piloted in nine dis-tricts in five States impacted by internal con-flict was remarkable.

Bal Bandhus, who were aged between18-30, worked closely with the communityand were able to form groups of bal mitras(friends of the child) as well as mahila san-gathans (women’s groups) to help them reachout to the community to talk to parents aswell as panchayat leaders like the sarpanch,mukhia and ward members. It was this col-lective of people from the community whowere able to persuade parents to allow theirchildren to study and not be pushed intowork to add to the meagre income of fam-ilies that had four or five mouths to feed andjust one earning member. They were ableto talk and even pull up headmasters whenschools didn’t function properly or uniformmoney was not distributed to the students.

Bal bandhus were able cut through cor-ruption and red tape to get students intoschools without paying an admission fee orprocure transfer certificates without havingto bribe teachers. They got the communi-ty to write letters to the mukhia for allot-ment of land for building school. It was theywho watched over the mid-day meals so thatration stocks were not siphoned off.

Bal bandhus were able to stop child mar-riages and ensure caste and community bar-riers were overcome with community cele-bration of Women’s Day, International Dayagainst Child Labour and IndependenceDay. Massive rallies and marches were heldperiodically to create awareness about childrights and seek public support against childlabour. This determined band of BalBandhus were able to constructively engagechildren and stop their recruitment into balsanghas or child cadres of the Naxals andanti-national forces. In the present scenario,childescents need a true friend. It’s time tobring them back the bal bandhus.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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mark in Delhi while dieselrates crossed �73 as the potentcombination of a depreciatingrupee and rising crude oil ratescontinued to push fuel priceshigher.

After a day’s lull, theupward march of fuel pricesresumed on Thursday withpetrol price being hiked by 13paise per litre and diesel by 11paise, according to a pricenotification of state-owned oilmarketing companies.

Petrol price in Delhiclimbed to �81 per litre whilediesel inched up to an all-timehigh of �73.08.

Delhi has the cheapest fuelrates among all metros andmost state capitals because of

lower taxes. Mumbai has thehighest sales tax or VAT.

In Mumbai, a litre of petrolnow costs �88.39 and diesel ispriced at �77.58 per litre.

Mumbai has the highestrate of VAT or sales tax in thecountry. According to oil com-panies, refinery gate price ofpetrol, without considering anycentral or state tax and dealer’scommission, is �40.49 per litre.The same for diesel is �44.32.

Retail rates are arrived atafter adding excise duty, whichis charged by the CentralGovernment, commission paid

to petrol pumps dealers andVAT, charged by the state gov-ernments.

Dealer’s commission onpetrol currently is �3.34 perlitre and that on diesel is �2.52.

While crude oil rates flirt-ed with the $80 per barrelmark, the rupee has plungedagainst the dollar. The combi-nation of the two makesimports costlier. Domesticretail prices are benchmarkedto international rates of the fuel.Since mid-August, petrol pricehas risen by �3.92 a litre anddiesel by �4.31.

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Since March 28 this year(stock markets were closed onMarch 29 and 30th for a localholiday), the 30-share Sensexhas gained 4,749.28 points, or14.40 per cent, to 37,717.96 ason September 12.

The key index touched itslifetime high of 38,989.65 onAugust 29, this year.

Led by rally in stocks, themarket capitalisation of BSE-listed companies jumped�12,01,444 crore to�1,54,26,441 crore as on

September 12.Stock exchanges are closed

on Thursday for “GaneshChaturthi”.

A number of initial publicoffers and subsequent listing ofstocks also helped the marketvaluation rise.

In April, the BSE Sensexgained 5.72 per cent, in May itrose by 0.41 per cent, in Junethe 30-share index went up by0.55 per cent, in July it surged6.64 per cent, in August itjumped 3 per cent, while inSeptember so far it has lost 1.55per cent.

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Walmart-backed Flipkartis expanding the furni-

ture category on its platformwith the introduction of newsub-brand ‘Pure Wood’ as itlooks to compete aggressivelyagainst not just its arch-rivalAmazon but also IKEA in theIndian market.

Flipkart has partnered withsolid wood furniture makers incities like Jaipur and Jodhpur inRajasthan for Pure Wood,which would be under its pri-vate label ‘Perfect Homes’. Thecollection named Amer,Mehrangarh, Nahargarh,Taragarh and Jaisalmer will bepriced between �5,000-70,000.

E-commerce companiesfocus on private labels becausethey offer higher margins andenable better control of inven-tory.

“If you see the furnituremarket in India, it is about $15billion in size. And yet, 90 percent of it is unorganised. Of the10 per cent that is organised,online players take up only 10-15 per cent, so there is a hugescope of growth,” FlipkartSenior Director (Private Labels)Shivani Suri said.

She added that estimates

(internal and industry) suggestthat online channels willaccount for 25-30 per cent ofthe organised furniture marketby 2020.

While she declined to com-ment on revenue targets, Surisaid Pure Wood and PerfectHomes would contribute sig-nificantly to the topline fromthe furniture category.

“Furniture is a difficultcategory. It’s not just aboutoffering the ‘touch and feel’experience, customers are look-ing for quality, durability andaffordability. Using consumerinsights from our platform,we are getting top designs inquality products at affordableprices for the customer,” shesaid.

Asked about competitionfrom Swedish giant IKEA,which recently launched itsstore in Hyderabad, Suri point-ed out that the opportunity inthe Indian market is huge.

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on competition, I’m sure theyhave their own strategy inplace. We are focussed onbringing an expansive range tocustomers, quality productsthat are affordable, accessibleacross India with a great servicepromise,” she said.

IKEA set up its first storein India last month and hasplans to open 25 stores by 2025.It is also looking to enter the e-commerce segment by nextyear, besides exploring smallformat stores as part of itsexpansion plans in the country.

Within the online catego-ry, Flipkart competes with itsAmerican rival Amazon aswell as players like UrbanLadder and Pepperfry.

The launch of the newrange also comes ahead ofFlipkart’s Big Billion Days salethat is slated for next month.

Suri said furniture underPerfect Homes are availablewith FurniSure - a certificationto assure customers of thequality and durability of theproducts.

The certification, sheclaimed, is offered after a rig-orous test process conductedthrough NABL-accredited test-ing laboratories, includingIntratek, MTS, BV, and SGS.

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With an aim to deepen thecommodity derivatives

market, regulator Sebi’s boardis likely to approve a propos-al to allow trading in this seg-ment by foreign entities withexposure to the Indian physi-

cal commodity market.Such foreign entities may

be allowed to hedge their expo-sures with derivatives tradingin all commodities traded onIndian exchanges, barring thesensitive commodities.

The board of Securities andExchange Board of India (Sebi)may approve a proposal in thisregard in its meeting schedulednext week, officials said.

Under the proposal, foreignentities, having actual exposureto Indian physical commoditymarkets, may be termedEligible Foreign Entities (EFEs).

A detailed set of norms foreligibility criteria, disclosureand KYC requirements, code ofconduct and safeguards againstany unwanted price fluctuationshas also been proposed. Thedirect participation of foreignentities having actual expo-sure to commodities is expect-ed to make Indian commodityderivatives market more broad-based, vibrant, deep and effi-cient. Further, it will also add tothe depth and liquidity in thefar-month contracts.

The regulator, in May,came out out with consultationpaper for allowing trading inthe commodity derivativesmarket by EFEs and hadsought comments from all the

stakeholders in this regard. The proposal followed rec-

ommendation from the regu-lator’s Commodity DerivativesAdvisory Committee (CDAC)for allowing in this market thehedge funds (category III alter-native investment funds), port-folio management service(PMS) firms, mutual funds anddirect participation of foreignparticipants having exposure tocommodities in the first phase.

In the second phase,CDAC proposed to allowbanks, insurers, foreign port-folio investors and pensionfunds in the commodity deriv-atives market.

Last year, Sebi had issuedconsultation papers for allow-ing mutual funds, portfoliomanagers and hedge funds,among others.

According to the proposal,such EFE should not be anIndian resident but may be aNon-Resident Indian (NRI),provided that such NRI isengaged in physical commod-ity trading businesses withIndia. The minimum networthrequirement for such EFEshould be USD 500,000 andthis limit may be graduallyreviewed based on experienceof EFE participation in themarket.

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Voltas Limited - AC Brand andArçelik, a home appliances

maker (part of the Koç Group),entered into the Indian con-sumer durables market onThursday with the launch oftheir brand – Voltas Beko. Thenew company, Voltbek HomeAppliances Private Limited , anequal partnership joint venture,has introduced a wide range ofhome appliances which includeRefrigerators, Washing Machines,Microwaves, and Dishwashers.

Voltbek plans to launchover 100 SKUs over the next 3months including 44 SKUs ofRefrigerators, 40 SKUs ofWashing Machines, 12 SKUs ofMicrowaves/Ovens and 7 SKUsof Dishwashers. Voltas Bekohas positioned itself as ‘Partnersof Everyday Happiness’ withthe consumer benefit of‘Nutrition, Preservation forRefrigerators and CleaningEfficiency for WashingMachines’. The brand aims toprovide its consumers withstate of the art innovative prod-ucts leveraging Voltas’ brand &distribution strength coupledwith Arçelik’s global expertisein product development.

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The Government is deter-mined to keep fiscal deficit

within the budgeted level of 3.3per cent of GDP as the coun-try cannot afford to have a twindeficit problem, a top officialsaid.

The official said a depre-ciating rupee and high crudeimport bill would definitely putpressure on the country’s cur-rent account deficit (CAD),and a fiscal slippage at thisjuncture would lead to a twindeficit.

Ruling out any excise dutycut on petrol and diesel, theofficial said the dependence onoil as a source of tax revenuehas to be brought down andthis can only happen when theshare of non-oil tax to GDPgoes up.

“India will maintain thefiscal deficit target as we are aconsumption driven economyand tax revenues are alsoincreasing. We are determinedto do that. We will not cutexpenditure as it would have

adverse impact on growth,”the official said.

He said cutting expendi-ture is the easiest way to trimfiscal deficit. “If we cut �1 lakhcrore in expenditure, it wouldlower fiscal deficit to 2.9 percent. But then growth will beimpacted,” the official said.

The government has tar-geted 3.3 per cent fiscal deficitfor the current financial yearending March 2019.

The Government’s financeshave shown improvement inJuly with fiscal deficit at 86.5per cent of the Budget Estimate(BE), mainly on account ofhigher revenue collection, asper official data.

The deficit was at 92.4 percent of BE at July-end of the lastfinancial year.

“Income tax revenues aremoving in right direction, GSTmop up is also recovering andif we keep expenditure withincontrol,we are confident tomaintain the fiscal deficit sit-uation. We don’t want twindeficit problem,” the officialsaid.

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Home-grown mobile makerJivi Mobiles has forayed

into the smartphone space withinitial offerings in the pricerange of �5,000 and �7,000.

It plans to invest �100crore to build its manufactur-ing facility for smartphones.Until now, the company hasbeen making feature phonesonly.

Presently, Jivi assemblesfeature phones in Delhi. Thesmartphone manufacturingfacility is expected to becomeoperational in six months’ time.Banking on a 10-15% month-to-month growth, Jivi has tar-geted to double its turnover to�650-700 crore this fiscal, from�350 crore in 2017-18.

The company is focusingon tier 2 and 3 cities to achieveits sales growth target. It has astrong presence across northernand eastern parts of the coun-try and is now expanding tosouthern and western regions.

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Baba Ramdev’s PatanjaliAyurved on Thursday

announced its foray into thedairy segment by launchingmilk and milk-based products,including curd and cheese, tar-geting sales worth �1,000 crorefrom the segment.

Besides, Patanjali had alsoventured into frozen vegetablesegment and has introducedproducts such as sweet corn,pea and potato fingers.

“We are aiming to have abusiness of �1,000 crore nextfiscal. This fiscal, we wouldhave a business of �500 crore,”said Baba Ramdev whileaddressing a conference.

The Haridwar-based firmhas established a network ofaround 56,000 retailers.

We are targeting 10 lakhlitre of daily sales, Ramdevadded.

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Seoul: US Army soldiers sta-tioned at a garrison in SouthKorea undertook a 24-hourrucksack march that stretched9.11 miles in memory of thevictims of the September 11terror attacks in the US in 2001.

The Eighth Annual USArmy Garrison HumphreysMemorial Ruck March, whichbegan on Tuesday morning tocoincide with the anniversarydate, ended on Wednesdaymorning.

The march was led by304th Expeditionary SignalBattalion, 1st Signal Brigade.Each team stepped off at des-ignated times throughout theday to complete the 9.11-milejourney, which ended onSeptember 12, according tothe US Army GarrisonHumphreys.

The US Army Garrison-Humphreys (CampHumphreys), is an Americanarmy garrison located nearAnjeong-ri and Pyeongtaekmetropolitan areas in SouthKorea, about 70 kms fromSeoul. PTI

Washington: The United Stateswill not tolerate any form of for-eign interference in its elec-tions, President Donald Trumpsaid Wednesday after signing anexecutive order that initiatesactions, including sanctions,against foreign entities whomeddle or even attempt to inter-fere in American polls.

“Today, I took action toprotect the integrity of the UnitedStates electoral system by sign-ing an executive order to ensurethat we can swiftly identify andpunish any foreign interferencein our elections. As I have madeclear, the United States will nottolerate any form of foreignmeddling in our elections,”Trump said in a statement afterhe signed the executive order.

The executive order requiresthe intelligence community andother agencies to assess theextent of any foreign interferenceafter every United States election.If the US determines that any for-eign meddling has occurred,the executive order ensures aquick, forceful, and proportion-ate response, he said. PTI

Beirut: A UN Commission onWednesday called on rebelgroups in Syria’s Idlib provinceto leave urban areas to protectcivilians from any loomingregime assault.

The proposal comes afterthe United Nations’ peace envoyfor Syria, Staffan de Mistura, lastweek suggested a deadline be setfor fighters in Idlib to pull backfrom its cities.

UN agencies and relieforganisations have warnedrepeatedly that any major assaulton the province of Idlib, whichborders Turkey, could spark oneof the worst humanitarian dis-asters of Syria’s seven-year war.

On Wednesday, the UNCommission of Inquiry on Syriacalled for jihadists and opposi-tion fighters to leave the mostdensely populated areas in theregion where some three millionpeople live.

“Most of those terroristgroups and other armed groups,they are in the cities. Perhaps onewonderful scenario is: leave thecities,” commission chief PauloPinheiro said.

Hany Magally, a fellow panelmember, said: “Shouldn’t thearmed groups move out andspare the civilian population?”Idlib and adjacent areas arelargely controlled by HayatTahrir al-Sham, an alliance ledby Al-Qaeda’s former Syrianaffiliate, as well as rival rebels.HTS controls the provincialcapital Idlib city.

The northwestern regionhas seen its population almostdouble with the arrival of Syriansdisplaced from other parts of thecountry, many of whom alreadydepend on aid. AFP

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Hundreds of people attend-ed the funeral prayers of

Begum Kulsoom Nawaz - thewife of former Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif - at a Londonmosque Thursday, as legal for-malities were completed to takeher body to Pakistan for burial.

The funeral prayers atLondon’s Regent Park mosque,which is separate from anotherone to take place in LahoreFriday, were attended by hersons Hassan and Hussain, broth-er-in-law Shehbaz Sharif, formerministers Chaudhry Nisar andIshaq Dar among others.

Hundreds of local Pakistanisturned up at the mosque toattend the funeral. They chant-ed slogans of ‘we salute to themother of democracy’.

Kulsoom died Tuesday in aLondon hospital after a long bat-tle with cancer. She was 68. Shewould be buried on Friday in theJati Umra Lahore residence ofthe Sharif family. She will be laidto rest near the graves of herfather-in-law Mian Sharif andbrother-in-law Abbas Sharif.

Her body will be flownback to Pakistan Thursday nighton a Pakistan InternationalAirlines (PIA) flight scheduledto depart from HeathrowAirport for Lahore.

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South African workers sackedfor singing allegedly offensive

anti-apartheid struggle songsduring a strike should not havebeen dismissed, the country’stop court ruled on Thursday.

Duncanmec, which makesrefuse-handling equipment,fired nine workers whoembarked on an illegal strike in2013 and sang what the com-pany deemed a racist song.

The disputed song includ-ed the lyrics: “climb on top ofthe rooftop and shout that mymother is rejoicing when we hitthe boers (white Afrikaners)”.

The company went to theConstitutional Court seeking tohave its decision to sack theworkers upheld after a longlegal battle. It argued that polit-ical protest songs had no placein the modern workplace.

It said because the songwas sung in front of managersin a disrespectful and aggres-sive way and that it ought to beconsidered racist conduct orhate speech.

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Myanmar’s Aung San SuuKyi on Thursday robustly

defended the jailing of twoReuters journalists who werereporting on the Rohingya cri-sis, as she hit back at global crit-icism ofa trialw i d e l yseen asa nattemptto muz-zle thef r e epress.

Thecountry’s de facto leaderacknowledged that the brutalcrackdown on the Muslimminority -- which the UnitedNations has cast as “geno-cide” -- could have been “han-dled better”, but insisted thetwo reporters had been treat-ed fairly.

“They were not jailedbecause they were journalists”but because “the court has decid-ed that they had broken theOfficial Secrets Act”, she said.

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw SoeOo, 28, were each imprisonedfor seven years last week forbreaching the country’s hard-line Official Secrets Act whilereporting on atrocities com-mitted during the militarycrackdown in Rakhine state.

Suu Kyi, once garlanded asa global rights champion, hascome under intense pressure touse her moral authority insideMyanmar to defend the pair.

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The death toll has risen to 11with another 44 people

hospitalized after a manallegedly drove an SUV delib-erately into a crowd in centralChina before jumping out andattacking victims with a daggerand shovel, local authoritiessaid Thursday.

The Hengyang city gov-ernment said the suspect in thecase had previous convictionsfor crimes including drug traf-ficking, theft and assault and,acting alone, had sought to “getrevenge on society.”

That appeared to rule outterrorism, although vehicleshave previously been used inattacks blamed on militantMuslim separatists from theUighur ethnic minority group.

Police identified the sus-pect as 54-year-old YangZanyun from Hengyang’sHengdong county in the large-ly agricultural province ofHunan.

Tuesday night’s attack hap-pened in a public square whereChinese typically gather todance in groups or enjoy thecool evening breezes. The SUVapparently appeared withoutwarning, jumping the curbbefore plowing into the crowd.China has experienced violentattacks in public places inrecent years, including bomb-ings and arson of buses andbuildings.

Occasionally, the attacksare attributed to militant sep-aratists, though such incidents

have become less common inrecent years amid a stiflingsecurity crackdown.

In 2013, an SUV plowedthrough a crowd in front of

Beijing’s Forbidden City beforecrashing and catching fire,killing five, including the vehi-cle’s three occupants. Policeblamed the attack on Uighurextremists inspired by jihadiideology.

More commonly though,the motivation is identified asmental illness, alienation fromsociety or a desire to settlescores.

Chinese law restricts thesale and possession of firearms,and mass attacks are generallycarried out with knives orhomemade explosives. Many ofthose incidents have occurredat schools, including several in2010 in which nearly 20 chil-dren were killed, prompting aresponse from top governmentofficials and leading manyschools to beef up security.

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Asuper typhoon roaredtoward the Philippines on

Thursday, packing fierce windsand heavy rains that are expect-ed to strike the disaster-pronenation at the weekend beforemoving on to China.

Typhoon Mangkhut, whichhas already blasted through theNorthern Mariana Islands, isspeeding across the Pacific withwinds that can gust as high as 255kilometres (160 miles) per hour.

Authorities said some 10million people in the Philippinesare in the storm’s path, notincluding millions more in heav-ily-populated coastal China.

Thousands began evacuat-ing in seaside areas of thenorthern tip of the mainPhilippine island of Luzon,where the storm is expected tomake landfall early Saturday.

“The pre-emptive evacua-tion is going on in our coastalmunicipalities, the villages thatare prone to storm surge,” localgovernment spokesmanRogelio Sending told AFP. “Weare going to evacuate more.” Anaverage of 20 typhoons andstorms lash the Philippineseach year, killing hundreds ofpeople and leaving millions innear-perpetual poverty.

The country’s deadliest onrecord is Super TyphoonHaiyan, which left more than7,350 people dead or missingacross the central Philippines inNovember 2013.

The state weather service

said Mangkhut will be thestrongest typhoon so far thisyear, with sustained winds of205 kilometers per hour.

The typhoon is expected toboost the intensity of seasonalmonsoon rains that havealready caused widespreadflooding in central Luzon, amainly farming region north ofcapital Manila.

Hong Kong is also inMangkhut’s sights and prepara-tions there were already under-way, though the storm was notexpected to hit until Sunday.

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While most authors almost see it asa right to be on board while their

books are adapted for the silver screen,Kanika Dhillon is different. The screen-play writer and author prefers to keepboth separate. “When I have written abook, I’ve done my bit and told it the wayI want to. And I don’t want to do itsscript. I keep telling everyone to getsomeone else to write the screenplay ifyou want to make a film,” she says sit-ting at a five-star hotel in NCR. She is apart of the promotion team ofManmarziyan, the movie which will seeAbhishek Bachchan after a hiatus of twoyears alongside Vicky Kaushal andTaapsee Pannu exploring the layers ofmodern relationships.

There is a reason behind her quirk.“When adapting a book to a screenplay,you need to know what to cut and getrid of. When I am so involved in thestory I will always have my darlings asI will be attached to this or that and I willnever be able to be objective. I need a dif-ferent voice which is brutal and fresh.Maybe I can be a part of it but I can’t bethe only one doing both the things,” saysKanika who has authored books likeBombay Duck is a Fish (2011), a satireon the Indian film industry, the youngadult superhero novel Shiva and the Riseof the Shadows (2013), and the dramaThe Dance of Durga (2016).

She adds that brevity is the key whilewriting a screenplay. “It is more alive inthe sense that it can constantly evolve tillthe time that it is shot. My process as anauthor once I hand over the book to theeditor is over. But in a film I am on theset and can see the words come alive. Theimpact can change because someone elseis interpreting it. A line could soundgreat in my head but it might sound ter-rible when the actor is actually saying it,”says Kanika who started out as an assis-tant director on the sets of Ra.One.

She is very clear cut that though bothinvolve writing, books and films are verydifferent media in the way that the audi-ence consumes them and also the wayshe writes. “How I am going to approacha book and a film depends on the waythe audience or the reader approachesthe two. Writing a book or a novel is avery personal experience as there is nointerpretation from any director or theteam or costume designer. I get todesign every colour, stroke, paint and thefeel as well as the look of it and presentit to my audience and they can enhanceit further with their own imagination. Itis a very direct medium,” she says.

But the two do meet for Kanika inthe sense that both books and thescreenplays are a factor of the environ-ment that she is in. “These are peoplethat surround me. Perhaps we are thesecharacters that I write about,” she says.For Manmarziyan particularly she felt aneed to bring out a complexity ordichotomy that exists in the society. “Ourculture, stories and lores and our entiresystem of cultural experiences tell us thatlove is everlasting. India goes mad onmarriages. But when I actually experi-enced love, I realised its limits. They canactually disable you. We’ve always seenthat love is empowering, it isn’t. It candestroy you. It is not a divine emotion

nor set in stone as it comes and also goesaway. Then you find it again. But I amnot saying that I don’t believe in it. I doand so do the characters ofManmarziyan, but how do we negotiatelove in today’s day and time? That is whatthe film is about,” she explains.

She says that the film evolved out ofa need to express a love story which wasfree of any kind of judgement and gaveus the perspective about a woman’schoice to fall in love, fall out of it andfickle about it. “I wanted to be honest andhave the freedom to create those char-acters which went beyond the sanitisedones that we see on screen. Love is verymessy and we never get to see that side.It is messy, fickle, selfish and not pureor holier than thou.”

She goes on to add that the film isa contemporary take on today’s gener-ation. “Love has become a curse of thisgeneration because there is dichotomy.There is instant gratification as we haveTinder, multiple sexual partners but atthe same time there is this caveman needfor a life-changing relationship. Earlier,happily ever after was possible as we did-n’t have multiple choices.” So even whenthere is a movie about a girl meets a boyand falls in love, there is a way forwardand certainly a change in its treatmentand content. Kanika says, “Content ischanging as well as the audience. They

have access to such varied and strongcontent. One can’t take the audience forgranted which is good as we have towork harder to get retention and toentertain them. The audience wants tohear different kinds of stories because theexposure levels have changed.”

She believes that societal evolutionand internet accessibility have pushedthematic change in our storylines.“When we have a different kind of expo-sure to technology and your life inter-actions are changing, this will natural-ly impact the way you get entertainmentand the way you consume it. Both mir-ror each other. The influence of internetand technology is huge. And it is find-ing its way in new kinds of storytellingwhich are new and fresh,” she says.

This, she believes, is also reflected inthe kind of heroes that the films throwup. “We create the heroes according tothe needs of the time. The angry youngman of the 70s, who lasted through tothe 80s, was about challenging theestablishment after a nation wentthrough its honeymoon phase, and get-ting your worth and identity justly.Today, the common man is the hero whocan change his destiny on his terms. Sowe have stopped looking out for messi-ahs to save us. We don’t have to look atNRIs or global influences to find hero-ism because we are the country that isleading everywhere now. It has percolat-ed down to the stories that we are telling,”says the scriptwriter author dressed inripped jeans, which invites a lot of leg-pulling from Abhishek who is in thesame room as her.

Kanika’s flair will be seen next inMental Hai Kya starring Kangana Ranautand Rajkummar Rao as well asKedarnath which stars Sarah Ali Khan.She admits that she doesn’t have a dis-ciplined approach to writing. “Before Isit down to type, a lot of it has to be inmy mind. I need to get into the emotion-al zone of writing. There is a lot of prepa-ration involved. If I am writing a lovestory then perhaps I would like to listento a certain kind of music to get into theemotional state to write. People thinkthat it is procrastination, which it is not.I might be thinking about it whileshopping and getting to the point of writ-ing,” she says.

Usually she takes about a year to geta script and screenplay along with thedialogues in place. “I need to have myown independent voice. I can’t do dia-logues independently because I feelscreenplay and dialogues are inter-linked. There is no concept of separat-ing the two. In a year’s time, I can giveyou a wholesome story but then it couldbe faster like the way it happened forMental Hai Kya as I was going throughanxiety. I just wrote it,” she says.

What is also interesting aboutKanika is that she is not even remotelyconnected with the industry. “I alwayswanted to be a writer. My mother is aprofessor and teaches literature inAmritsar. So stories were a part of grow-ing up. And then in Amritsar ourbiggest outing was watching movies. Iloved to see those beautiful storiescome alive. No wonder I landed here,”she ends with a laugh.

Imagine worshipping the earthlyGanesha in the open, in a potted pit

with the heavens above as witness. Andthen when the prayers are done and rit-uals over, the clay form dissolves into theearth and the embedded seeds andgrains sprout as flowering plants. It isknown that divinity stays with you for-ever but when you align your earthly rit-uals with that thought, you get a consci-entious society.

Mukesh Goyal of Kriti Creations inKhan Market has been doing eco-friend-ly Ganeshas for the past three-four years.Their sizes vary from four inches to 30inches and they do not use any kind ofresin. The paints used are eco-friendlytoo.

The idol makers are based out ofCalcutta and Maharashtra and sincethese idols are not baked, they break eas-ily during transport. “About 50 per centof the idols break and this pushes up thecost drastically. However, if we have tosave the environment and secure waterfor the future generations, this is essen-tial.”

Kriti Creations also has pots with aseed inside that can be buried in thehouse or in the colony park. “When theplant grows big many years down theline, the children of the family will lookat it with pride,” adds Goyal.

Since last year, the sales of eco-friendly Ganesha have gone up by20 per cent at this shop. “But thegovernment needs to put a ban onplastic and cement ones for theseare harming the environment.”

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made out of Sikki craft fromDarbhanga, Muzaffarpur andMadhubani district can be picked upfrom Dastkar Haat as well as the CraftsMuseum. Standing at 1.5-2 feet, these arepriced between �2,000-3,000.

Artist Puneet Kaushik, who hasworked with the artisans, says, “This ismade of a grass called Sikki from whichthe craft derives its name. These are dyedin natural colours and with the help of aneedle like tool, it is woven to make thefigures of deities, baskets and more.” Onesuch Ganesha takes up a prominent placein his garden.

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Gautam Seth have unveiled a new rangeof collectibles for the festive season with

hand-blown glass. The Ganesha and hisaccessories, including coconut offerings,are for keeps and can be re-used.

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lowing an eco-friendly approach byoffering a choice of terracotta idols,

which are made entirely of clay andhave no paint-based embellish-ments. The idols dissolve in waterwithout leaving any harmfulresidue.

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Ganesh Chaturthi by venerating atree dressed as the Lord and not

casting him in any earthly mould.Many Indians have treated trees assacred. How powerful this is today, in theera of climate change.

The commonly-used idols are usual-ly made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) and aredecorated with paints having high leadand mercury content, which are harm-ful for the environment. PoP chokes waterbodies, while the toxic colors make thewater acidic, disturbing the plants andmarine life ecosystem. So stay awayfrom them even if it means scalingdown your celebrations.

Christie’s sale of South AsianModern and Contemporary Arttotaled $8,314,625 with 81per

cent sold by lot and 85 per cent soldby value. The top lot of the sale wasa masterpiece by Tyeb Mehta(1925-2009), Diagonal XV, whichsold for $1,392,500. Other notableresults included Akbar Padamsee’s(B. 1928), Rooftops, which went for$912,500.

Tyeb’s Diagonal belonged to thedistinguished author GurcharanDas. Today, Das has turned hisfocus to the future through philan-thropy. By offering one of the worksfrom his impressive private art col-lection at this auction, Das hopesto raise funds to realise someimportant projects in this direction.

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Hoskote described Tyeb’s work as,“The diagonal, the fierce weaponby which space could be reorgan-ised and the self could stage its bat-tle with itself was born almost for-tuitously, out of painterly frustra-tion. Having come to an impassein his handling of the relationshipbetween figure, field and colour, in1969, Tyeb suddenly flung a blackslash across one of his paintings:beginning as an improvisatoryresolution to a periodicallyintractable problem, the diagonalbecame a device to activate thepainting, and eventually, a symbolof scission, of that simultaneousseparation and twinning by whichthe self recognises and comes tohealing terms with its own contra-dictions.”

The Christie’s catalogue alsohas Tyeb’s own words, “I was try-ing to work out a way to definespace…to activate a canvas. If Idivided it horizontally and vertical-ly, I merely created a preponder-ance of smaller squares or rectan-gles. But if I cut the canvas with adiagonal, I immediately created a

certain dislocation. I was able todistribute and divide a figure with-in the two created triangles andautomatically disjoint and fragmentit. Yet the diagonal maintained analmost centrifugal unity… in factbecame a pictorial element in

itself.”Having had the privilege of

seeing several works by Tyeb Mehtaover the last 15 years, I am stillamazed by the sophistication andpotency of Mehta’s quintessentialicons — the falling figure, the

trussed bull, the rickshaw puller —every time I encounter them. Theartist seems to freeze these com-pelling moments in his large paint-ings, inviting the viewer to becomepart of them. For me, his paintingsinvoke wonder and devastation inequal measure, as he reveals truthsthat continue to be as relevant anduniversal today as when he creat-ed his paintings,” says NishadAvari, director and head of sales,South Asian Modern andContemporary Art New York.

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went to the Sanskrit scholar andvoracious reader and thinker AkbarPadamsee, one of the foundingmembers of the Progressives. Amonumental landscape from 1959titled Rooftops, is the first ofPadamsee’s scroll-like paintings ofhis ‘gray period’, significant in itsclear illustration of the artist’s tran-sition to a new method of workingwith paint and a unique way ofvisualising colour, scale and com-

position. Speaking about this, henoted, “[...] in order to overcomethe practical problem of nearness,I discovered this adventurous, newway of composing a picture. It wasnot possible to see the entire paint-ing unless I moved far behind. Asthe angle of our vision is 28°, Iwould conceal the painting andopen it part by part as I went along.It was as if it were unrolling itselfin space. As I started composing inthis way, I found that I had discov-ered a very different kind of com-position.”

A panoramic compositionwith no linear narrative or any def-inite beginning and end, this denselandscape is almost entirely filledby block-like architectural forms,abutting each other on what lookslike a gentle hillside. The perspec-tive Padamsee employs seems toshift from frontal to aerial as thecomposition progresses up thehill, with edifices of various shapesand sizes jostling for space, includ-ing domed Mediterranean towers,red-roofed houses and a few point-ed turrets. As with all his works,

this landscape has no specific geo-graphic or chronological locationor any clear residents. Inspired bya fleeting glimpse of Mumbai’s sky-line from his friend Bal Chhabda’swindow, this carefully orchestrat-ed vista instead suggests the time-less and the infinite. Not only doesRooftops represent a momentouspoint of departure in Padamsee’soeuvre, but it is also a critical med-itation on color, form and move-ment — an examination of the veryact of painting and one that con-tinues to shape and inform theartist’s work even today.

“It was an absolute honour tobe able to handle the sale ofRooftops from 1959, the first ofAkbar Padamsee’s limited series ofmonumental ‘grey paintings’. Forme, this painting is a perfect exam-ple of the eclectic and non-linearapproach to modernism that isembodied in Padamsee’s creativeprocess, which continues to besimultaneously personal and ratio-nal, informed by an ever-growingamalgam of experiences, studiesand instinct,” adds Avari.

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The West has been an influence for theEast in food and beverage but the lat-ter is now gearing up to use local

ingredients for indigenous palates. JamesEstes, director of mixology, HuckleberryHospitality Group, had recently takenover Delhi’s Ek Bar for two nights and alongwith head bartender of Skullduggery AbelSukau, used ingredients like Himalayanpink salt, tropical pepper, chick pea to shakeup the cocktail scene here. The Malaysia-based duo brought their twist to Asian andWestern traditional alcohol like bourbon,sake and rice wine.

Estes said he wanted to showcasesome Southeast Asian flavours in themenu, especially the rice wine known inMalaysia as “Tuak.” It is generally home-brewed in remote towns and villages(much like mezcal). There are many vari-ants of Tuak but the one he liked wasInanRawai Tuak because it adds an imper-ceptible complexity to a cocktail.

Regarding the future of cocktails inSoutheast Asia and Asian palates, hefound it similar to the global market; peo-ple are opting for premium spirits, in somecases low abv cocktails, and most impor-tantly, natural ingredients. “Southeast Asiais definitely a place that is full of healthyand interesting ingredients that can beincorporated into cocktails,” he said. Apinch of salt added to a cocktail has a greatway of lifting the overall flavours of thedrink and the Himalayan pink salt is “espe-cially great” to achieve this effect. Otheringredients like tropical pepper, which isa mixture of peppercorns and spices thatis blended and used lightly (like the salt)to add a bit of a spice to the finish of thedrink, and chick pea brine, which has itsown saltiness to it, raise the flavours of thecocktail. They also emulsify like an eggwhite does. “This adds a nice foamy tex-ture and is a great substitute for our veganguests, or guests who may perhaps have

allergies,” Estes said. If he had to use Indianingredients, he would use tamarind. “AndI think it would be fun to make a chickentikka masala inspired cocktail. But really,I would love to spend some more time hereto explore and familiarise myself with allIndia has to offer,” he said.

Estes lists some of the most innovativedrinks being made in Asia which are giv-ing stiff competition to the West’scocktail scene. In KualaLumpur, FourSeason has a barc a l l e dT r i g o n a ,which uses akind of honeythat comesfrom a specific,stingless beeindigenous to theregion. Anothergreat bar inSingapore calledNative has a mas-terful menu full oflocally/regionallysourced ingredients,many of whichwould be extremelydifficult or impossi-ble to find in theWest. “And I can tellyou from experience,both bars executetheir cocktails withexpert precision,” hesaid.

The Asian bar cul-ture is already at parwith the West, with more ofthem appearing in the prestigious 50best bar awards. In Asia, Singapore is lead-ing the scene but he hopes that with timemore Asian countries will be added to thelist and keep the West on its toes.

The industryis also being bom-barded with“craft” gin andtequila though hepersonally believesin the Greek term“Meraki” whichmeans “to dosomething withlove.” Explained he,“There are a lot of

great small batchgins that have already

achieved globalrenown. But tequila is

one of the fastest growing cat-egories to date and bartenders around

the globe are finding that it mixes incred-ibly well in cocktails, though it is bestsavoured on its own, and without salt andlime,” he said.

Estes is also the brand ambassador ofhis family business, Ocho Tequila, which,he says, is the only tequila on the marketthat produces single estate vintages of tequi-la, meaning that every year the agaves (theraw material used to make tequila) aresourced from one field only. Every bottleis then labelled with the field (or ranch) andthe year of production, and every year theflavour and character of the finished prod-uct is different. Asked if flair bartending ispast its prime, he said, “probably yes buthaving a bit of working flair is always a greatway to entertain guests.”

The next big thing in bartending is sus-tainability coupled with zero waste cam-paigns. The “ban the straw” movement hashad a lot of traction globally but that is onlytip of the iceberg. Most bars are doing theirpart to come up with new and inventiveways to reduce waste and minimise theircarbon footprint.

Asmall, white room, paintedwith cherry blossoms flit-

ting around Japanese symbolsthat translate to “never endingfun”, and located inside the lux-urious Clarens Hotel in Sector-29is Gurugram’s first sushi restau-rant with a Kaiten-sushi convey-or belt. Sushi-Kyo promises tooffer its customers an evening tocherish a traditional Japanesemeal and experience the con-vergence of technology and tra-dition, sitting around the revolv-ing sushi bar. Having the sushimasterchef Nakajima on-board,Sushi-Kyo will only bring to youthe authentic variants.

Making its customers feelalmost exclusive, this sushirestaurant has no more than tworows of seating on either side ofthe Kaiten-sushi conveyor beltwith an open kitchen. We arewelcomed with smiles, a cold

towel to wipe ourfaces with and greentea in a beautifulporcelain cup, paintedwith cherry blossomtrees.

Sipping on thegreen tea, we areserved the Maki &Nigiri Set “Take”

which comprises four types ofUramaki, three types of SmallRolls and five Nigiri. First up arethe three Small Rolls with tuna,salmon roe and salmon makingfor a beautiful sea-green platter.The freshness of the fish wrappedaround with sushi rice andcrunchy seaweed sheets, dipped in

a bit of soy sauce and dabbed

with a little wasabi, make for theperfect umami flavours, soft, sub-tle and with great texture. Thefour types of Uramaki are quitesimilar to the rolls but have thesushi rice wrapped on the outside,tucking away the seaweed sheetand the filling.

The Tempura Shrimp,California Crabstick and theWhite Fish rolls leave a bit of asweet and sour coating on thepalate with a dominating umamiflavour which is cut through del-icately by flavours of the fish. Nomatter how many of these sushiswe have, our temptation toindulge in eating another onedoes not come to an end, there-fore.

Last but not the least, we areserved five types of Nigiri, fish sit-ting on top of a mound of sushirice. With Spicy Tuna, SpicySalmon, White Fish, Shrimp andSalmon variants, these are light,classic and give you the flavour ofthe fish as it is, mild and buttery,shaped by the chef ’s expert handto make for the right morsel thatwould expose you to the delica-cy of flavour than texture.

Sushi-Kyo is classy, elegantand simple where you can feastupon the delicacies prepared bya purist Japanese chef accompa-nied with a chilled glass of beeror Japanese liquor and relax.

Located opposite the beautiful ruins ofthe Qutub complex is Bo Tai, the high

point in superchef Zorawar Kalra’s bou-quet, a mix between a casual diningrestaurant and a pub from Soho whichunderstands the kind of pan-Asian foodDelhiites would appreciate and gulpdown with ease. That respect andacknowledgement is responsible for anarray of Southeast Asian innovation andfusion that doesn’t challenge your sen-sibilities too much.

Lounge in peace at the island bar orsit in one of the comfortable cane chairswith family and friends to wind downafter a work day here. The low lights andthe ambient music don’t encroach onyour conversations. The cuisine here isinfluenced from the food profiles of theentire Southeast Asia region. However,it doesn’t burn any bridges, in this case,the inside of our mouths. The tastes arebalanced for the cosmopolitan eater whoseeks more umami than extreme tastes.

The evening began with a long lineof appetisers and cocktails. The cocktailshad Thai derivatives and kept away frombeing too sweet. Both Cool Heart andFull Moon Festival have fruity, floral andspicy notes with edible petals strewn overand served in avant garde spheroids andpineapple-shaped gold goblets. The gin’sbitterness in the Cool Heart was com-pletely eclipsed with the essence of edi-ble flowers and the fruits. Be it the elder-flower with gin or the edible gold dustwith whisky, the incredible lightness offeel would make you wash down the bite-sized appetisers. Normally, you expect togush over seafood and fish delicacies butBo Tai surprised us with genuine vege-tarian innovations in starters and appe-tisers like the Stuffed Mushroom Corn,Cheese and Tempura cake, their tem-perate tastes balancing the spiciercoconut pulp canapes that came before.And considering that the Thai flavourprofile basically swings between sweet,sour, salty and spicy, we appreciated thestandout degree of the vegetarian dish-es like the Wrenched Jackfruit RedCurry Cream, served like an easy relishon a bed of leaves, and the Warm CornJuvinile Coconut in filo cups.

But then the usual was not withoutits own delicate presentation. Thetranslucent scallops, served as thindiskettes on a clear, thick plate filled withchilled water and topped with fishsauce, lime and coriander with anaccompanying dollop of rambutan sor-bet, was a mouthful of rounded flavoursand textures. Bo Tai calls this a Tiradito,which is actually a Peruvian style of serv-ing raw fish. Other unputdownablescame in the form of crispy prawncaramelised with raw mango and thebutterfly prawn broccoli. The prawncracked from the middle and toppedwith a creamy broccoli gravymelted in the mouth. Alittle tough to de-shellbut the taste tookcare of the effort ittook. The crabcakes came infriendly dollop-sized bites thatstopped you justshort of over-indulgence. Orheaviness.

While theappetisers were allabout experimenta-tion, for the main courseKalra has stuck to tradi-tional and familiar tastes. The Thaibasil rice, the Kanon jin wheat noodleand the Massaman curry lamb (minusthe overkill of palm sugar) were as weknow them but remarkably light andeasy. But, of course, the last

word had yet to come.So there was the

coconut cremebrulee at the end, anormal cremebrulee that was setover 48 hours in asmall driedcoconut bowl, justthe shell minus thecream, so that the

essence would getinfused into the

dessert without over-powering the senses with

a dominant coconut note. Asthe liquid nitrogen wafted around

the dish, crystallising its surface, likewaves of a stormy night, the real tech-nique lay in understanding the warmmemory of the Indian palate and how itliked to be tickled.

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India's depleted Davis Cupsquad will bank on the con-sistency of Prajnesh

Gunneswaran to pull the sidethrough when it takes on ashorn-of-star-power Serbia inthe World Group Play-off tiehere from Friday.

Recently-crowned US Openchampion Novak Djokovic'sdecision to opt out of the play-offs along with world number 33Filip Krajinovic has raised hopesof an equal contest between thetwo teams.

Playing away is still anenormous task for the Indianteam, which has landed herewithout its top singles playerYuki Bhambri and Asian Gamesmen's doubles Gold medallistDivij Sharan.

But the combined experi-ence of the Indian players inDavis Cup is 43 ties as comparedto just 14 of the line-up in thehome side, something which thevisitors would look to exploit.

In the absence of an injuredYuki, a lot would depend on howthe left-handed Prajnesh, whowon a singles Bronze medal atthe Asian Games, performs.

The 28-year-old won thedeciding fifth rubber against ris-ing Chinese star Yibing Wu tohelp India reach the WorldGroup Play-off stage for the fifthstraight year.

Prajnesh has shown themental strength to soak in thepressure and he is confidentgoing into the tie which will beplayed indoors on clay courts.

"Novak is not playing, soeveryone else is beatable if weplay well. It will be tough cer-tainly. But we have a chance. Weneed to take the opportunitieswe get," Prajnesh said.

Ramkumar Ramanathan,ranked 135, has pulled off somebig wins in the last 12 monthsbut consistency has always beenhis bane.

In Jakarta, he lost to a play-er who was ranked below 400.

For Serbia, Dusan Lajovic,who stunned US Open finalistand world No 4 Juan Martin delPotro at the Madrid Masters, willlead the challenge andRamkumar has beaten the worldnumber 56 in the past.

It was in the qualifyingevent of the Cincinnati Masterslast year. But Lajovic is on songright now and is enjoying thebest phase of his career.

Laslo Djere, ranked 86, isthe second singles player for thehosts and he lacks experience inDavis Cup, having appeared injust two ties before this.

The rest of the three playersin the Serbian side — Pedja

Krstin (1), Nikola Milojevic (1)and Danilo Petrovic (0) — haveplayed two ties between them.

"Our chances remain thesame. After Novak pulled out,we believe we have a chance,"said India's non-playing captainMahesh Bhupathi.

Rohan Bopanna will be themost experienced player on thecourts with 29 ties under his belt.

The 38-year-old will have touse his experience to ensure thatIndia get that doubles point onSaturday. He and N SriramBalaji played well againstUzbekistan last year.

India have not beaten Serbiasince 1927 when the hosts werecalled Yugoslavia and there is apossibility that this statisticmight change come Sunday.

If that happens, India willenter the World Group for thefirst time since 2011 when it hadlost to Serbia in the first round

of the elite 16-nation event.In the last four years, India

lost at the same stage to Serbia(2014), Spain (2015), CzechRepublic (2016) and Canada(2017).

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Ramkumar Ramanathan willopen India's campaign againstfifth seed Serbia with a matchagainst Laslo Djere even ascoach Zeeshan Alidownplayed Yuki Bhambri'sabsence from the side in theWorld Group Play-off tie,starting Friday.

Djere is ranked higher thanRamkumar at number 86 buthe is yet to win a match in DavisCup. On the other side,Ramkumar is placed 135 in theworld but is far more experi-enced, having played six tieswith a 7-5 Win-Loss record.

Left-handed PrajneshGunneswaran, being the num-ber two singles players fromIndia, will take on Serbia num-ber one Dusan Lajovic, thehighest ranked singles player ofthe tie at number 56.

On Saturday, RohanBopanna and N Sriram Balajiwill take on the home pair ofNikola Milojevic and debutantDanilo Petrovic in the doublesrubber.

The reverse singles will beplayed on Sunday withRamkumar taking on Lajovicand Prajnesh, ranked 162, lock-ing horns with Djere.

Ramkumar has playedagainst Lajovic in 2017 and hademerged victorious but theSerbian is in form of his life ashe recently beat US Open final-ist Juan Martin Del Potro.

India are without top sin-gles player Yuki, who is nursing

an injured knee, but coachZeeshan Ali says it should notbe an issue.

"Not having Yuki whileplaying on clay court is not a bigsetback for us. Looking at thelast nine months, Yuki hasplayed one odd or two match-es on clay. His ranking is high-er than other two players but hisgame is not suited for clay. Itwould have been great to havehim on the team but it still is

not a great setback consideringthe surface," Zeeshan said.

"The good things is, thatpeople like Ramkumar,Prajnesh and Balaji, they havebeen training in Europe on clayfor the last few years. It's not anew surface for these players.They are used to playing onclay. Ten years back, we did nothave players, who could play onclay but now it is different,"Zeeshan added.

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MC Mar y Kom Thursdayadvanced to the finals, while L

Sarita Devi made the semifinals asIndian boxers assured themselves ofseven medals in the 13th InternationalSilesian Championship for women inGliwice, Poland.

Five-time world champion MaryKom, who got a direct entry into the48kg category semifinals due to thesmall size of the draw, defeatedUkraine's Hanna Okhota in the semi-finals to be assured of at least a Silver.

India's first and only Asian GamesGold medal-winning woman boxer isreturning to the ring after missing therecently-concluded edition in Jakartadue to minor fitness issues.

Sarita, also a former world cham-pion and Asian Games Bronze-medal-list, beat Czech Republic's AlenaCzechy 5-0 Wednesday night aftergoing past Kazakhstan's AizanKhojabekova in the opening round ofthe 60kg category the day before.

She will now square off againstanother Kazakh in Karina Ibragimovain the semifinals.

Among other Indians in fray,Ritu Grewal won her bout againstRussia's Svetlana Rosja 4-1 to makethe 51kg category semifinals alongwith Lovlina Borgohain (69kg).Borgohain got the better of CzechRepublic's Martina Schmoranzova.

Joining them in the last-four stagewere former Asian youth championManisha (54kg) and Pooja Rani(81kg).

Manisha out-punched formerworld champion Dina Zholaman ofKazakhstan 5-0, while Pooja defeatedUkraine's Anastasiia Chernokolenkoin her quarterfinals bout by a split ver-dict.

In the youth competition, JyotiGulia (51kg) advanced to the medalround with a 5-0 win over Germany'sRafaela Arampatzi.

However, Seema Punia (+81kg),Pwilao Basumatary (64kg) and ShashiChopra (57kg) lost their respectivebouts to bow out of medal con-tention.

Seema was beaten by KazakhLazzat Kungeibayeva 5-0, whileBasumatary lost by a similar marginto Poland's Natalia Barbusinska.

Shashi, on the other hand, lost toEngland's Anglia Chapmen, also aunanimous verdict.

In the junior competition, RajSahiba (70kg) defeated Poland'sBarbara Marcinkowska 5-0.

In the 75kg category, Neha got thebetter of Daria Parada by a similarmargin, while Komal (80kg) had totoil for a 3-2 win over MartynaJancelewicz.

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Udhayveer Singh, all of 16, shone brightwith an individual Gold in the junior

men's 25m pistol event after spearheadingIndia to the team Gold in the World ShootingChampionships here on Thursday.

Singh shot a score of 587 (291 in preci-sion and 296 in rapid) in the individual com-petition to grab the Gold ahead of AmericanHenry Leverett (584) and Korean LeeJaekyoon (582).

Compatriot Vijayveer Sidhu finishedfourth with a score of 581, while RajkanwarSingh Sandhu took the 20th spot with a scoreof 568.

The trio's combined score of 1736 fetchedthe team Gold for India followed by China,which totalled 1730. The Bronze medal wentto Team Korea, which shot a score of 1721.

In the senior competition, Sheeraz Sheikhwas the best-placed Indian at eighth after dayone of the men's skeet qualification with ascore of 49.

Angad Vir Singh was 69th after shooting47, while Mairaj Ahmed (41) was furtherdown at 79th.

The Indian team, comprising the trio, was16th in the overall standings with a score of137.

There were no medals for India in the 25mcentre fire pistol event with Gurpreet Singhmanaging the 10th spot with a score of 581,followed by London Olympics Silver-medal-list Vijay Kumar.

Kumar tallied 576 to end a disappointing24th. A spot behind him was CommonwealthGames Gold-medallist Anish Bhanwala, whoshot the same score but had lesser inner-10sto his credit.

The team signed off fourth with a scoreof 1733.

India are placed fourth in the medals tallywith nine Gold, eight Silver and seven Bronzemedals for a total of 24, making this their bestperformance in the International ShootingSport Federation's showpiece.

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Indian football team chiefcoach Stephen Constantine

Thursday made it clear thatthe SAFF Cup is a platform fortalented players to impressand earn their places in thesquad for the Asian Cup.

The Asian Cup will beheld early next year in theUAE.

"These boys have a carrotin front of them which is aberth in the Asian Cup squad.They are well aware of the factthat they need to performconstantly to earn the same,"Constantine said.

With India having secureda summit clash with Maldivesin the final of the SAFF SuzukiCup, Constantine said the"final will be a tough one".

"Maldives have showntheir worth in the semi-finalagainst Nepal. A 3-0 winagainst Nepal was not an easytask. Some of their playersdidn't play against us andthey did some major damagework against Nepal,"Constantine stated.

"We are expecting a tough

game against Maldives. But asI said before, we have comewith a strong intent to win thetournament."

Manvir Singh who scoreda brace against Pakistan in thesemi-final to win his succes-sive MVP Award of the tour-nament said the focus has"already shifted to the final".

"It was a group of toughguys and the job was nevergoing to be an easy one. Butwe had the self-belief to churnout the positive result andeventually, we did," he said.

"Now, we have anothermajor task in three days andwe will need to focus on thefinal.”

“We are working as a unitand we just need to keep ourheads down and continue thework," the 23-year-old strik-er who is leading the goal-scorers' chart with 3 goals,maintained.

"�H24�� �����&�� %���� ������ Gurpreet SinghSandhu, the first-choice goal-keeper of the Indian football

team, says the current U-16boys, preparing for the AFCChampionship in Malaysia,are better than what the cur-rent senior players were attheir age.

The colts, being coachedby Bibiano Fernandes, haveplayed 20 international friend-lies against various U-16national teams since January2018 and are presently gearingup for the AFCChampionship, which kicksoff in Kuala Lumpur fromSeptember 20.

"It's a very positive devel-opment. If we would have thatmuch exposure what theyhave been receiving at themoment, who knows thingswould have been much dif-ferent. They are very luckyand need to make the most ofit," Gurpreet said.

"But overall, I'm veryhappy that they are gettingsuch opportunities and thatyouth football is being takenso seriously. After all, they areour future."

The U-16 boys are playingVietnam, Iran and Indonesiaat the group stage.

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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah will look to main-tain his top position in the ICC ODIbowlers ranking during the Asia Cup which

begins here on Saturday."The Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates

is going to be huge and I'm really looking for-ward to doing my best here," Bumrah said.

"Being at the top of the ICC rankings is amatter of great pride for me. We will be play-ing against some leading players and I know theconditions can be challenging but I'm hopingto be at my best."

Several leading players, including Bumrah,will go into the Asia Cup aiming to consolidatetheir positions in ICC rankings and also use themulti-nation tournament to prepare for nextyear's Cricket World Cup.

While Bumrah, who has a lead of 20 pointsover Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, willhope to continue to hold on to his numero unostatus, spinners Kuldeep Yadav (sixth) andYuzvendra Chahal (joint-ninth) too will look toconsolidate position in the top 10.

Pakistan's Hasan Ali is also looking to clawhis way back two spots to number one in thebowlers ranking.

The Asia Cup commences with a matchbetween Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Dubai onSaturday.

Among batsmen, Pakistan's Babar willalso look to bridge the big gap with Virat Kohli,who is not playing in this tournament.

"We as a team are looking forward to theAsia Cup and I have some extra incentive in myindividual ranking," second-ranked batsmanBabar said.

"I know Virat is way ahead in terms of rat-ing points but this is definitely a chance to con-solidate my position at number two and gainsome valuable ranking points."

Bangladesh's Shakib will also aim to be athis best and show everyone why he is top-rankedamong all-rounders.

Several openers who figure prominently inthe rankings will be seen in action during theAsia Cup, including the India pair of RohitSharma (fourth) and Shikhar Dhawan (ninth),Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal (12th) and Pakistan'sFakhar Zaman (16th).

With five of the six teams in the Asia Cupto feature in next year's World cup, the likes ofBumrah, Shakib and Babar are excited at theprospect of being pitted against the best of theregion in the September 15-28 tournament in

the United Arab Emirates.Afghanistan, qualifiers Hong Kong, India

and Pakistan get into action later as they try toqualify for the Super Four stage and get moretournament practice with just eight months togo for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in

England and Wales from May 30 to July 14.In the ICC ODI Team Rankings, India are

the top-ranked side in the tournament. They arepresently second with 121 points, six pointsbehind England, while Pakistan are in fifth posi-tion and 104 points.

India, Pakistan and Hong Kong are inGroup A while Afghanistan, Bangladesh and SriLanka form Group B for the preliminary stage.The top two teams from each group will advanceto the Super Fours with the top two sides fromthere making the final.

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Former India captain SunilGavaskar reckons that Virat

Kohli still has a "lot to learn" tacti-cally after their humiliating 1-4defeat against England in the just-concluded five-Test series.

"He (Virat) still has a lot tolearn. Like we saw in South Africaearlier and now in England too,there were instances when rightfield placements or timely bowlingchanges made by him could havemade a big difference. That wasmissing again. It has just been twoyears (he took over four yearsback) since he took over as a cap-tain so at times the lack of experi-ence shows," Gavaskar said..

The 'Little Master', however,played down Kohli's much-publi-cised reaction to a reporter's queryabout whether he agreed withcoach Ravi Shastri on this being thebest travelling team in last 15years.

While the question asked bythe scribe was "justified", Gavaskarfelt may be the timing was wrong.

"That is probably the wrongtime to ask him that question. He(Virat) must have been hurtingfrom the defeat. Maybe the reporterwas perfectly justified in asking thatbut I don't think any skipper wouldhave responded with a "you areright but we are wrong" state-ment," he said.

The legendary opener said that

one shouldn't read too much intothe incident.

"His team was 1-3 down andmaybe he just wanted to end on ahigh. I don't think that we shouldread too much into Virat's reactioneither. It was clear that the skipperwas disappointed with what hadhappened and maybe he respond-ed that way," the 69-year-old said.

He also thought that chiefcoach Shastri's intention was not toinsult the teams of yesteryears butonly to talk up his own boys.

"To be honest, Ravi would havesaid that (best touring team in last15 years) to lift the morale of theteam. I don't think so that he wastrying to rubbish the earlier teams.That wasn't the coach's intention Ibelieve," Gavaskar signed off.

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India's Murali Vijay struck a finecentury in a dream county debut,

guiding Essex to a comfortableeight-wicket victory over

Nottinghamshire in aSpecsavers County ChampionshipDivision One match at Trent BridgeThursday.

Vijay scored exactly 100 from181 balls and shared a second-wicket stand of 204 with TomWestley, who finished with anunbeaten 110. Set 282 to win, thevisitors reached their target justbefore lunch to complete a con-vincing win.

The Chennai-born right-han-der had earlier scored a half-cen-tury in his debut innings.

Vijay's feat matched that ofSouth African Hashim Amla, whoscored 181 against Glamorgan in2009, as the last Essex batsman toscore a century on his countydebut.

The 34-year-old Vijay, whostruggled in the just-concluded Testseries against England before beingdropped from the India squad, waseventually bowled off an insideedge by Samit Patel, with 61required for victory.

This was Essex's fifth victory ofthe championship this season.

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The Indian women's cricket team onThursday held its nerves in

pressure situations to beat SriLanka by seven runs in the secondODI, taking an unassailable 2-0lead in the three-match series.

India also earned two addi-tional points as the match is a partof the ICC Women'sChampionship.

Batting first, India were all outfor 219 in 50 overs on a slow trackwhere young wicketkeeper TanyaBhatia's 68 off 66 balls turned outto be a match-winning knock.

In reply, the visitors bowled outthe hosts for 212 in 48.1 overs withseamer Mansi Joshi taking 3/51 and left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad chip-ping in with 2/37.

Earlier, put into bat, the Indiansfailed to get going primarily dueto slow batting from veteranskipper Mithali Raj, who con-sumed 121 balls to score 52 withfour boundaries.

Mithali simply couldn't keepthe scoreboard ticking as shefailed to find the gaps during themiddle overs. Coming to bat inthe fifth over, she was finally dis-missed in the 39th over, afterwhich the Indian innings gainedsome momentum.

It was youngsters Tanya andDayalan Hemlatha (35 off 31balls), who propped up the score-board, taking the team closer to

the 220-run mark.It could have been more

but India lost four wickets inthe final over with part-time

seamer Chamari Atapattu takingthree for 42.

Opener Atapattu (57, 95 balls)and Shashikala Siriwardene (49) added

89 runs for the fourth wicket to keep theislanders afloat.

However, Siriwardene was run-out andMansi took a return catch to dismiss Atapattu,as Sri Lanka were reduced to 134 for five from129 for three.

In the lower order, Damayanthi DeSilva (31 off 19 balls) kept their hopes

alive, hitting two fours and two sixes,while adding 40 runs for the eighthwicket with Kalua Prabodhani (7).

At 205 for seven in 46.3 overs, SriLanka needed 15 runs from 21 deliv-eries with three wickets in hand.

But Gayakwad cleaned upPrabodhani and Mansi got Damayanthi

to edge one to Tanya behind the stumpsto make it 207 for nine.

With only eight required off the lasttwo overs, Mithali asked off-spinner

Deepti Sharma to bowl the penultimateover. Last batter Inoka Ranaweera wasstumped by Bhatia as she went for a wildslog, giving India victory.

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66 balls, Mithali Raj 52 off 121 balls). Sri Lanka 212 in 48.1 overs (ChamariAtapattu 57, Shashikala Sriwardene 49,Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/37, Mansi Joshi

3/51). India won by 7 runs.

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Fatigue caught up with India's premier shut-tler P V Sindhu as she was upstaged in

straight games but Kidambi Srikanth enteredquarterfinals of the $ 700,000 Japan Open hereon Thursday.

Sindhu was beaten by China's Gao Fangjiein the women's singles second round, her firstpreliminary exit in almost a year. The Indianwent down fighting 18-21, 19-21 in 55 minutesto the world No 14 Chinese. She had lost in theopening round at the Denmark Open lastOctober.

Former world No 1 Srikanth, however, did-n't break a sweat as he avenged his Asian Gamesloss to Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent witha clinical 21-15, 21-14 victory to enter the men'ssingles quarterfinals.

The seventh-seeded Indian, who won aSilver at the Commonwealth Games, will faceKorea's Lee Dong Keun next.

However, it was curtains for the other Indianin the men's draw, HS Prannoy, as he went downto giant-killer Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.

The world No 10 Indonesian defeated for-midable Japanese Kento Momota and Olympicchampion Chen Long at the Asian Games.

Sindhu, who has endured a hectic BWF sea-son reaching five finals including three majorsat CWG, World Championship and AsianGames, seemed mentally drained as errors creptinto her game.

The Indian put up a decent fight as sherecovered from 2-8 down in the opening gamebut squandered a 17-14 lead. She was also 15-20 down in the second game but managed tosave four match points before once again hit-ting the net to hand over the match to Gao.

In doubles, the men's pair of Manu Attri andB Sumeeth Reddy lost 18-21, 21-16, 12-21 toChina's He Jiting and Tan Qiang, while themixed combination of Pranaav Jerry Chopra andN Sikki Reddy lost 16-21, 16-21 to the Malaysian

pair of Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying inanother match.

In women's singles, Gao relied on her decep-tion to trouble Sindhu early on and took a 8-2lead. But Sindhu slowly got her bearings,reaching the shuttles early and placing them per-fectly.

She put Gao on the wrong foot to narrowthe lead to 8-10 but a weak return going to thenet gave a three-point advantage to the Chinese.

Two unforced errors by Gao brought Sindhuback at 13-13. She grabbed a 17-14 lead but itsoon vaporised with the Indian committing afew errors.

In the second game, Sindhu opened up a 5-0 lead before committing a service error. Gaosoon dominated the rallies and clawed back at7-7 after producing a winner on Sindhu's weakreturn.

Gao continued to dominate the rallies andsoon grabbed five match points at 20-15.Sindhu saved four before hitting the net againto end her campaign here.

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Terming just-retired AlastairCook as the 'mentally toughest

cricketer', English pace great JamesAnderson has said his former skip-per was unflusterable on the pitchwhich helped him become a greatambassador of the game.

Anderson, who recently sur-passed Australian great GlennMcGrath's haul of 563 wickets tobecome the most successful fastbowler in the history of Test crick-et, also said that not counting him-self as one of the most destructivebatsmen made Cook spend longertime at the crease.

"I think Alastair Cook is themost mentally tough cricketer I everplayed with. He accepts that he is notthe most destructive batsman, so hehas to spend more time at the creasein an innings," Anderson told on aStar Sports special - Ace of Pace.

"It is difficult to unsettle him. He

is 'unflusterable'," added the 36-year-old pacer.

Speaking on his greatest influ-ence in the game of cricket,Anderson said: "When I started firstteam cricket, my captain WarrenHegg said don't worry about swingjust try as fast as you can. Thathelped me, picking the right time."

"That experience helped me

later on, when to bowl swing &when to seam. My coach MikeWatkinson taught me how to swingthe ball and that was the biggesthelp. I worked with him very close-ly when I suffered stress fractureand got back to 1st team cricket inLancashire," expressed the pace-man.

Anderson further said that afast bowler needs to be mentally fit-ter than a batsman.

"For a batsman 6 hours on fieldis different than that for a bowler.You can get hot and bothered, it ismore physically demanding. As abowler you have to make a decisionwhat ball you want to bowl," heopined.

Acknowledging his first evermemory on a cricket field, the right-arm quickie said: "My first memo-ry is about being in the stands ofOld Trafford, I was 13-14 years old.Big crowd, I think Yorkshire wasplaying, big game."

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The seasoned Mahendra Singh Dhoniand Rohit Sharma were among the

limited overs specialists who left forDubai on Thursday to take part in the AsiaCup.

To be played in the 50-over format bysix teams, the Asia Cup starts fromSaturday.

All-rounder Kedar Jadhav posted apicture on his Twitter handle of him alongwith Sharma, Dhoni, Yuzvendra Chahaland Kuldeep Yadav.

Jadhav is making a comeback to thenational side post his surgery for a ham-string injury, which he sustained duringthe opening encounter of this year'sIndian Premier League.

"Some of the players have left for theAsia Cup Thursday while the others willjoin them," a BCCI official said.

Chahal and Kuldeep also posted a pic-ture with Dhoni.

India begin their campaign againstminnows Hong Kong on September 18before taking on arch-rivals Pakistan in amarquee clash the next day.

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