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O n a day, the Army killed three unidentified mili- tants, believed to have been involved in the recent attack on a BSF post in Karnath in the Tangdhar sector of North Kashmir, and the stone-pelters were back on the streets of Srinagar, the Centre asserted that the troublemakers in the Valley will be dealt sternly and there will be no compromises with the security of the nation. The message was conveyed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during a public rally in Smailpur area of Jammu. This came on the eve of the much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of the Opposition parties from Jammu & Kashmir. Addressing a public rally from the birth place of Pt Prem Nath Dogra, Arun Jaitley said those indulging in stone- pelting in Kashmir are not satyagrahis but aggressors. They have been attacking police and security forces yet there are some people with lim- ited vision who cannot see this nefarious design, he said. Holding Pakistan respon- sible for the current unrest in Kashmir Valley, Jaitley said it was “attacking the integrity of India” in a “new way” after fail- ing to snatch the State by wag- ing wars and fuelling trouble ever since partition in 1947. Earlier, an encounter broke out on Sunday morning when the troops recorded suspicious movement in the forested area close to the Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An Army spokesman said the three slain militants were involved in the attack on BSF Camp at Karnah on Friday afternoon. Three BSF person- nel were grievously injured in the attack and admitted in Srinagar Army hospital for advanced treatment. The spokesman said no security personnel was hurt in the encounter. Three AK series rifles and warlike stores have been recovered from the pos- session of slain militants, Defence sources said. Jaitley said, for over 40 days now, Kashmir Valley is wit- nessing violent clashes. The sit- uation is ‘serious’ this time as Pakistan, separatists and reli- gious forces have joined hands and are attacking the integrity of India. Seeking support of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, Jaitley asked them to stand with the country in the “struggle against the separatists” so that “this new phase of Pakistani strategy of war is defeated this time as well”. Referring to Pakistan, Jaitley said that after facing defeats in two wars, the neighbouring country has realised that it was not possible to snatch Jammu & Kashmir from India by means of wars, so it started training and pushing in terrorists. “But after those terrorists were getting eliminated, it adopted a new strategy. Continued on Page 4 Related report on P7 W ith the rise in level of the Ganga river, mainly due to release of water from Bansagar dam, flood-like situ- ation in all the districts situat- ed along the banks of the river in Bihar. Ganga and six other rivers were flowing above dan- ger mark in Patna, Bhagalpur, Khagaria, Katihar, Siwan, Bhojpur, Buxar and Hajipur districts, a disaster manage- ment department statement said. The Ganga has crossed danger mark in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal also and it threatens to flood vast areas in the two States. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who held a high-level meeting to assess the situation, later went on an aerial survey of Patna, Bhojpur, Saran, Vaishali, Begusarai and Khagaria. He told reporters there is at the moment no possibility of flood waters entering into Patna city. Around 15,000 people are sheltered in 82 relief camps after being evacuated from flood affected areas, it said adding that all camps have the facilities of medical team with medicines. Stating that several dis- tricts of Bihar have been facing the threat of inundation, Kumar said that “The water level of Ganga has increased due to release of water from Indrapuri barrage and other rivers merging into Ganga. “Besides, a huge volume of water has been released from Bansagar dam and it is expect- ed that water level, which has reduced, will once again rise by tonight or tomorrow morning,” Kumar said. Continued on Page 4 W ith no Pied Piper to help it out, the Railways has little choice left but to hire “contract killers” to eliminate hundreds of giant rodents that have dug tunnels under the platforms of the British-era Charbagh railway station here. “A private company has been given the contract for Rs 4.76 lakh to kill the rats, which have caused extensive damage to railway property, Government files and passenger goods,” said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Northern Railway, Lucknow) AK Sinha. The contract is for one year and work is likely to begin by this month-end, Sinha said. The rat-killing team will cover the circulating area, plat- forms, buildings and shunting yards and the cost will come to nearly Rs 40,000 a month. The company will prepare edible items to kill rats and the ingredients of these will be according to World Health Organisation (WHO) norms. A similar exercise was undertaken in 2013 but the results were not up to expec- tation in the absence of follow- up action. The rat menace on plat- forms and in office buildings has caused a huge loss of Rs 10 lakh to vendors in the past year, the official said, adding this has not only frightened them but also passengers. Rats have torn luggage bags in cloak rooms too. One can find rats weigh- ing more than half-a-kg. “They pose a threat to children as they can bite if you are not attentive,” said a pas- senger. The rats also nibble on packets of food and scamper away even before then can be shooed off, said a snacks vendor. As the rats have a field day, railway employees have to sweat it out while collecting pieces of tattered important Government documents stored in record rooms at the station, whose foundation stone was laid in 1914 and the building was completed in 1923. Architecturally, the station painted in red and white is con- sidered one of the most beau- tiful railway stations in India. It incorporates the mix of Rajput, Awadhi and Mughal architecture and has a palatial appearance. Rats have dug up the base of this grand building. A unique feature of the Charbagh railway station is that an aerial view of the sta- tion building shows it as a chess board and the domes and pil- lars of the building appear to be pieces of a chess game. The Charbagh station is one of the two main railway stations of Lucknow city for broad gauge trains. It derives its name from the words ‘Char Bagh’ — or four gardens — which exist- ed earlier. It is one of the busiest rail- way stations in the country with over 85 passenger trains originating from here and more than 300 trains passing through the station for cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu Tawi, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Pune, Jaipur and Bhopal. A day after calling on President Pranab Mukherjee, a delegation of political representatives from Jammu & Kashmir will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss the spi- ral of violence that has contin- ued for over month in the State. Led by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of the National Conference, the del- egation is expected to urge the Prime Minister to start a polit- ical process to diffuse the volatile situation that has claimed nearly 70 lives in clash- es between stone-pelters and security forces. The Kashmir Valley has been in the grip of violence since the gunning down of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani by security forces on July 8. The delegation will include CPI(M) MLA Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami, State Congress president GA Mir, senior lead- ers of National Conference and some Independent MLAs. Opposition parties will request the Prime Minister to impress upon the State Government to stop dealing with the situation “adminis- tratively” as it was leading to “unprecedented disaffection”, especially among the youth. It will underscore the need to initiate a “credible and mean- ingful” dialogue with “all stake- holders” to bring an end to the unrest without “further waste of time”, sources said. Continued on Page 4 T wo days after a cop was shot dead by three mis- creants in Outer Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area, a con- stable was injured a gunfight with a group of criminals in Outer Delhi's Rohini Sector- 24 area on Sunday morning. Two criminals also received bullet wounds. Police man- aged to nab five criminals, including the two injured, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Vikramjeet Singh said, “There was an encounter between a police team and a group of criminals in Rohini Sector 24 in which constable Pradip sustained bul- let injury in the thigh while two criminals Sudhir and Vijay were also injured”. The injured are undergoing treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital here. The incident took place around 9.15 am in which sev- eral rounds were fired from both sides. According to police, the Sultanpuri SHO received a tip- off that four to five men in white Swift car and black Pulsar are planning to rob a property dealer in Rohini area. Acting on the tip-off, two teams, each consisting of 11 policemen, were deployed in Rohini Sector 24 area. B ahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday reached out to her core constituency, the 21 per cent Dalit population in Uttar Pradesh, which she hopes will fully back her in the UP Assembly elections. While addressing a rally at the Kothi Meena Bazar ground in Agra, Mayawati attacked the BJP and the RSS and the Akhilesh Government on multiple counts. While she warned the people against the “communal” forces, Mayawati alleged that the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh is “run by goondas”. She accused the Modi Government of raising issues of cow slaughter and “love jehad” to keep the minorities “under fear” as well as of being “anti- Dalit”. “In BJP-ruled States, Dalits are being persecuted, whether it is Rohith Vemula or Gujarat (Una incident) or what Daya Shankar Singh said about me... just like the Congress, if you go around sharing meals with Dalits, it doesn’t mean anything,” she said. Rejecting allegations that tickets in the BSP are sold for money, Mayawati said, “I want to ask our opponents, you say the BSP is a spent force, we are finished then why would people be so inter- ested in buying our tickets? The truth is that other parties want to malign us.” She also accused media of “double standards”, saying it only highlights accusations made on Dalit parties. Describing the NDA Government at the Centre as “pro-capitalist”, Mayawati alleged that the Prime Minister had forgotten all of his promis- es made to the people before the 2014 general election. “The black money from abroad has not been brought back nor have cheques of 15 lakh per person been issued as promised,” she said. Referring to a recent state- ment of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, the BSP supremo said, “The RSS chief wants Hindus to produce more than two children. They cannot even provide for two children. Who will look after them?” T he one-day special session of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly that has been called for discussing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill will be held on Monday. “Only one meeting of the Assembly will be held for dis- cussing the Constitutional (122nd amend- ment) bill 2014, that has been passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha,” Principal Secretary, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, Devendra Verma informed in a press release. Meanwhile, a meeting of BJP legislators was held at the official residence of Chief Minister Raman Singh here on Sunday. BJP MLA Shivratan Sharma, while talking to reporters after the meeting, said they (BJP legislators) would strongly support the GST bill in the House. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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On a day, the Army killedthree unidentified mili-

tants, believed to have beeninvolved in the recent attack ona BSF post in Karnath in theTangdhar sector of NorthKashmir, and the stone-pelterswere back on the streets ofSrinagar, the Centre assertedthat the troublemakers in theValley will be dealt sternly andthere will be no compromiseswith the security of the nation.

The message was conveyedby Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley during a publicrally in Smailpur area ofJammu. This came on the eveof the much-awaited meetingbetween Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and leaders ofthe Opposition parties fromJammu & Kashmir.

Addressing a public rallyfrom the birth place of PtPrem Nath Dogra, Arun Jaitleysaid those indulging in stone-pelting in Kashmir are notsatyagrahis but aggressors.They have been attackingpolice and security forces yetthere are some people with lim-ited vision who cannot seethis nefarious design, he said.

Holding Pakistan respon-sible for the current unrest inKashmir Valley, Jaitley said itwas “attacking the integrity ofIndia” in a “new way” after fail-ing to snatch the State by wag-ing wars and fuelling troubleever since partition in 1947.

Earlier, an encounter brokeout on Sunday morning whenthe troops recorded suspiciousmovement in the forested areaclose to the Line of Control(LoC) in North Kashmir’s

Kupwara district.An Army spokesman said

the three slain militants wereinvolved in the attack on BSFCamp at Karnah on Fridayafternoon. Three BSF person-nel were grievously injured inthe attack and admitted inSrinagar Army hospital foradvanced treatment.

The spokesman said nosecurity personnel was hurt inthe encounter. Three AK seriesrifles and warlike stores havebeen recovered from the pos-session of slain militants,Defence sources said.

Jaitley said, for over 40 daysnow, Kashmir Valley is wit-nessing violent clashes. The sit-uation is ‘serious’ this time asPakistan, separatists and reli-gious forces have joined hands

and are attacking the integrityof India.

Seeking support of thepeople of Jammu & Kashmir,Jaitley asked them to stand withthe country in the “struggleagainst the separatists” so that“this new phase of Pakistanistrategy of war is defeated thistime as well”.

Referring to Pakistan, Jaitleysaid that after facing defeats intwo wars, the neighbouringcountry has realised that it wasnot possible to snatch Jammu &Kashmir from India by meansof wars, so it started training andpushing in terrorists.

“But after those terroristswere getting eliminated, itadopted a new strategy.

Continued on Page 4Related report on P7

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With the rise in level of theGanga river, mainly due

to release of water fromBansagar dam, flood-like situ-ation in all the districts situat-ed along the banks of the riverin Bihar. Ganga and six otherrivers were flowing above dan-ger mark in Patna, Bhagalpur,Khagaria, Katihar, Siwan,Bhojpur, Buxar and Hajipurdistricts, a disaster manage-ment department statementsaid. The Ganga has crosseddanger mark in Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal also and itthreatens to flood vast areas inthe two States.

Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar, who held a high-level

meeting to assess the situation,later went on an aerial surveyof Patna, Bhojpur, Saran,Vaishali, Begusarai andKhagaria. He told reportersthere is at the moment nopossibility of flood watersentering into Patna city.

Around 15,000 people aresheltered in 82 relief campsafter being evacuated fromflood affected areas, it saidadding that all camps have thefacilities of medical team withmedicines.

Stating that several dis-tricts of Bihar have been facingthe threat of inundation,Kumar said that “The waterlevel of Ganga has increaseddue to release of water fromIndrapuri barrage and otherrivers merging into Ganga.“Besides, a huge volume ofwater has been released fromBansagar dam and it is expect-ed that water level, which hasreduced, will once again rise bytonight or tomorrow morning,”Kumar said.

Continued on Page 4

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With no Pied Piper to helpit out, the Railways has

little choice left but to hire“contract killers” to eliminatehundreds of giant rodents thathave dug tunnels under theplatforms of the British-eraCharbagh railway station here.

“A private company hasbeen given the contract for Rs4.76 lakh to kill the rats, whichhave caused extensive damage torailway property, Governmentfiles and passenger goods,” saidSenior Divisional CommercialManager (Northern Railway,Lucknow) AK Sinha.

The contract is for one yearand work is likely to begin bythis month-end, Sinha said.

The rat-killing team willcover the circulating area, plat-forms, buildings and shuntingyards and the cost will come tonearly Rs 40,000 a month.

The company will prepareedible items to kill rats and theingredients of these will beaccording to World HealthOrganisation (WHO) norms.

A similar exercise wasundertaken in 2013 but theresults were not up to expec-tation in the absence of follow-up action.

The rat menace on plat-forms and in office buildingshas caused a huge loss of Rs 10lakh to vendors in the past year,the official said, adding this hasnot only frightened them butalso passengers. Rats have torn

luggage bags in cloak roomstoo. One can find rats weigh-ing more than half-a-kg.

“They pose a threat tochildren as they can bite if youare not attentive,” said a pas-senger. The rats also nibble onpackets of food and scamperaway even before then can be shooed off, said a snacksvendor.

As the rats have a field day,railway employees have tosweat it out while collectingpieces of tattered importantGovernment documents storedin record rooms at the station,whose foundation stone waslaid in 1914 and the buildingwas completed in 1923.

Architecturally, the stationpainted in red and white is con-sidered one of the most beau-tiful railway stations in India.It incorporates the mix ofRajput, Awadhi and Mughalarchitecture and has a palatial

appearance. Rats have dug upthe base of this grand building.

A unique feature of theCharbagh railway station isthat an aerial view of the sta-tion building shows it as a chessboard and the domes and pil-lars of the building appear to bepieces of a chess game.

The Charbagh station isone of the two main railwaystations of Lucknow city forbroad gauge trains.

It derives its name from the words ‘Char Bagh’ — or four gardens — which exist-ed earlier.

It is one of the busiest rail-way stations in the countrywith over 85 passenger trainsoriginating from here and morethan 300 trains passing throughthe station for cities likeBengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata,New Delhi, Mumbai, JammuTawi, Guwahati, Chandigarh,Pune, Jaipur and Bhopal.

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Aday after calling onPresident Pranab

Mukherjee, a delegation ofpolitical representatives fromJammu & Kashmir will meetPrime Minister Narendra Modion Monday to discuss the spi-ral of violence that has contin-ued for over month in the State.

Led by former ChiefMinister Omar Abdullah of theNational Conference, the del-egation is expected to urge thePrime Minister to start a polit-ical process to diffuse thevolatile situation that hasclaimed nearly 70 lives in clash-es between stone-pelters andsecurity forces.

The Kashmir Valley hasbeen in the grip of violencesince the gunning down of

Hizbul Mujahideen terroristBurhan Wani by security forceson July 8.

The delegation will includeCPI(M) MLA MohammedYusuf Tarigami, State Congresspresident GA Mir, senior lead-ers of National Conferenceand some Independent MLAs.

Opposition parties willrequest the Prime Minister toimpress upon the StateGovernment to stop dealingwith the situation “adminis-tratively” as it was leading to“unprecedented disaffection”,especially among the youth.

It will underscore the needto initiate a “credible and mean-ingful” dialogue with “all stake-holders” to bring an end to theunrest without “further wasteof time”, sources said.

Continued on Page 4

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Two days after a cop wasshot dead by three mis-

creants in Outer Delhi'sShahbad Dairy area, a con-stable was injured a gunfightwith a group of criminals inOuter Delhi's Rohini Sector-24 area on Sunday morning.Two criminals also receivedbullet wounds. Police man-aged to nab five criminals,including the two injured,police said.

Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (Outer) VikramjeetSingh said, “There was anencounter between a policeteam and a group of criminalsin Rohini Sector 24 in whichconstable Pradip sustained bul-let injury in the thigh while twocriminals Sudhir and Vijaywere also injured”.

The injured are undergoingtreatment at Sanjay GandhiHospital here.

The incident took placearound 9.15 am in which sev-eral rounds were fired fromboth sides.

According to police, theSultanpuri SHO received a tip-off that four to five men inwhite Swift car and black Pulsarare planning to rob a propertydealer in Rohini area.

Acting on the tip-off, twoteams, each consisting of 11policemen, were deployed inRohini Sector 24 area.

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Sunday reached out to hercore constituency, the 21 percent Dalit population in UttarPradesh, which she hopes willfully back her in the UPAssembly elections. Whileaddressing a rally at the KothiMeena Bazar ground in Agra,Mayawati attacked the BJPand the RSS and the AkhileshGovernment on multiplecounts. While she warned thepeople against the “communal”forces, Mayawati alleged thatthe ruling Samajwadi Party(SP) in Uttar Pradesh is “runby goondas”.

She accused the ModiGovernment of raising issues ofcow slaughter and “love jehad”to keep the minorities “underfear” as well as of being “anti-Dalit”. “In BJP-ruled States,Dalits are being persecuted,whether it is Rohith Vemula orGujarat (Una incident) or whatDaya Shankar Singh said aboutme... just like the Congress, ifyou go around sharing mealswith Dalits, it doesn’t meananything,” she said.

Rejecting allegations thattickets in the BSP are sold formoney, Mayawati said, “Iwant to ask our opponents,you say the BSP is a spentforce, we are finished thenwhy would people be so inter-ested in buying our tickets?The truth is that other partieswant to malign us.”

She also accused media of“double standards”, saying itonly highlights accusationsmade on Dalit parties.

Describing the NDAGovernment at the Centre as“pro-capitalist”, Mayawatialleged that the Prime Ministerhad forgotten all of his promis-es made to the people beforethe 2014 general election. “Theblack money from abroad has

not been brought back norhave cheques of �15 lakh perperson been issued aspromised,” she said.

Referring to a recent state-ment of RSS chief MohanBhagwat, the BSP supremosaid, “The RSS chief wantsHindus to produce more thantwo children. They cannoteven provide for two children.Who will look after them?”

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Assembly that has been calledfor discussing the Goods andServices Tax (GST) Bill will beheld on Monday.

“Only one meeting of theAssembly will be held for dis-cussing the Constitutional(122nd amend-ment) bill 2014,that has beenpassed by bothLok Sabha andRajya Sabha,”P r i n c i p a lS e c r e t a r y ,C h h a t t i s g a r hL e g i s l a t i v eA s s e m b l y ,Devendra Vermainformed in apress release.

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BJP MLA ShivratanSharma, while talking toreporters after the meeting,said they (BJP legislators)would strongly support theGST bill in the House.

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Lok Sabha Speaker SumitraMahajan on Sunday urged

the active involvement ofwomen Parliamentarians inachieving sustainable devel-opment goals and overall devel-opment.

"As development partners,we can involve citizens in theprocess of development andcan also strengthen innovativepartnerships with civil societyorganisations to scrutiniseand assess the effectiveness ofvarious Government pro-grammes.

"Therefore, active involve-ment of our womenParliamentarians in the processwill result in a greater respon-siveness towards citizen's needsand will lead to greater har-mony, meaningful develop-ment and inclusive growth,"

Mahajan remarked at the vale-dictory session of BRICSWomen Parliamentarians'forum here.

She also stressed on inclu-siveness in development tomake it effective, while under-lining the role of laws and leg-islations to achieve sustain-able development. She notedthat the Members ofParliament are a better inter-face between citizens andGovernment.

Talking about theSustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDG), Mahajan saidthat the 17 goals and 169associated targets have thepotential to transform thefuture. "It must be ourendeavour to achieve thesegoals in our own interest andin the global interest as well.As law makers, it is ourresponsibility to oversee and

monitor the implementationstrategies and mechanisms ofthe SDGs put in place by ourrespective Governments," shesaid.

Delivering the valedictoryaddress, Rajasthan ChiefMinister Vasundhara Raje saidirrespective of differences indevelopment indices and

growth levels, all membercountries of BRICS have alarge population which needsto prosper. "To achieve this end,it is important that develop-ment processes are sustain-able. BRICS can play a catalyt-ic role in forging partnershipamong women lawmakers inmainstreaming SDGs," she

said.Raje also stressed on

improving the level of educa-tion among people andinformed the delegates at theforum about RajasthanGovernment fixing minimumeducation qualification forpublic representatives to con-test (Panchayat) polls.

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moon to evacuating themfrom crisis zones, everynight External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj isactive on the social media,mainly Twitter, to sort outproblems of Indians in dis-tress on a foreign soil.However, in order to reduceher burden to some extent, andhelp people reach out the Indian missions anddiplomats directly on a foreign soil, the MEA,with the help of Facebook, has come up withan App that will help them find social mediahandles - Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and thewebsites of all Indian missions without havingto access individual websites. Currently, over165 Indian missions and posts are on Twitterand 172 on Facebook, while 124 have their web-sites and many of them their Youtube channels.MEA uses Facebook, Twitter, Youtube,Instagram, Gplus, Soundcloud, Flickr to reachout to people as part of its social media engage-ment. With the new App, MEA hopes Swaraj'sload of addressing grievances will reduce tosome extent.

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have another side of story behind the con-troversy of British Visa denial to Ustad AmjadAli Khan. They says not only Khan, the BritishEmbassy also denied Visa to other musicianslike Shubha Mudgal, Rajan and Sajan Misras,who are supposed to attend the same function.According to diplomats, the Visas were deniedafter the maestros entered into an argumentswith officials over filing the Visa forms. Theissue was settled after Minister Sushma Swaraj'sintervention.

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'Parivar', 'Netaji' asMulayam Singh Yadav ispopularly known, recent-ly came out with aninnovative solutions tocountry's external prob-lems. Speaking on hispet subject of `threat`from China", Yadavrecently said incursionsfrom China should becountered the way hedid as defence minister." wo hamari seema meinek km ghuste the aurham unki seema meinchaar km andar pahuch

jate the…", he said in Lok Sabha without bat-ting an eyelid.

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who has been empanelled as Secretary inthe Government of India, has achieved yetanother feat.. A 1980 batch IRSME officer,Lohani is currently the Chairman cumManaging Director (CMD) of Air India.While Lohani could not make it as theChairman of Railway Board though his namewas doing the rounds for the post, he earnedlaurels from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In his Independence Day speech, the Primeminister credited Lohani for turning the sicknational air carrier into a profit-earning PSUin less than a year. Lohani, who earlier had aneventful stint as the chief of ITDC and as DelhiDivisional railway manager, c will have a tenureof two and half year as Secretary, a rare feat evenfor most of the IAS officers.

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Days after drawing flaks from the SupremeCourt and a Parliamentary panel, the

Medical Council of India (MCI) recentlyannounced its decision to launch a DigitalMission Mode Project aimed to create a digi-tal network to facilitate data exchange acrossall medical colleges in the country. The pro-ject that aims to curb corruption and bringtransparency is not welcomed by the medicalcolleges which have been opposing biometricsand digitisation for quite long time.

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(GM) and Divisional Railway Managers forhigher training, whichwas discontinued in2009 by the thenR a i l w a yM i n i s t e rM a m a t a

Banerjee, has beenrevived by railway Minister Suresh Prabhu onrequirement and merit basis. Twenty seniorofficials including GMs, Additional Membersand Chief Administrative Officers involved incrucial projects like Bullet Trains and HighSpeed Corridor will be visiting the CarnegieMellon varsity in Pittsburg next week tosharpen their strategic management skills toface new challenges. In the past, GMs were sentto Stern School of Business in New York, whileDRMs were dispatched to HEC Paris for theirskill upgradation training. Now the railways hasselected Carnegie and SDA Bocooni for suchhigher-level training.

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The Congress on Sundaytook the case of Dalit

atrocities in Gujarat to thedoors of Rashtrapati Bhawanrequesting President PranabMukherjee's intervention inthe matter through theGovernor of the State.Demanding a time-boundaction against the perpetratorsof the crime, the Congressattacked the BJP and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, stat-ing that Modi has time tothink about people ofBalochistan but cannot meetthe Dalit victims of "atrocities"in his home State Gujarat.

The delegation said thecommunities particularlyDalits were facing "inhumanand barbarous" atricities thelike of which didn't take placeeven during the "British Rule".Claiming that the law andorder situation Gujarat has"collapsed", the party alsoaccused the BJP Governmentthere of not doing anythingdespite the attacks on Dalits,patidars, adivasis and minori-ties.

A delegation of GujaratCongress comprising PCCChief Bharatsinh Solanki,Ahmed Patel, CongressLegislative Party leader ShankarSinh Vaghela, AICC GeneralSecretary Madhusudan Mistrymet Mukherjee, requesting hisintervention in the matterthrough Governor of the State.

"The Prime Ministerthinks about people ofBalochistan, but when dalitsare being persecuted in hishome state... The patidars,minorities and adivasis arebeing harassed and he doesn'teven get the time to meet thevictims," Solanki said.

The memorandum to thePresident said changing theChief Minister was only a face-saving exercise by BJP and astrong action against perpe-trators is needed. "The stategovernment is not doing any-thing. The law and order hascollapsed in the State. All sec-tions are tired and the BJPGovernment is trying to save itsface," Solanki claimed.

The delegation claimedthat total number of atrocitycases against dalits stand at14,613 over the last 13 years ofBJP rule in the state. The lead-ers also demanded that the realmastermind of the Una inci-dent, where dalit youths wereassaulted for skinning a deadcow, be arrested and charge-sheet be filed in 30 days.

It also demanded settingup of special courts to fast trackover 500 pending cases of vio-lence against dalits and appointspecial public prosecutors in allcases pertaining to atrocities indalits.

Solanki also took a dig atModi's emotional statementagainst dalit atrocities that "ifyou want to shoot dalits, thenshoot me", saying the PM is

well protected but dalits are not.Referring to the Thangadh

incident of 2012, in whichthree Dalit youths were killedwhen police opened fire to dis-perse a violent mob, the partydemanded that the investiga-tion report submitted bySecretary, State Social JusticeRights department must bedisclosed.

The memorandum said inthe Una incident, only fourpolice officers have been put ontemporary suspension.

"As per law, criminal pro-ceeding should have been ini-tiated against the police whodidn't react to the violence thatwas occurring outside theirpolice station," the memoran-dum said.The delegation alsodemanded that cases of atroc-ities which are not investigat-ed by a deputy superintendentand have been dismissed bythe court should be re-inves-tigated.

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As the Nuclear SuppliersGroup (NSG) discusses

how to deal with the cases ofnon-Non Proliferation Treatysignatory States in the contextof India's application, NewDelhi is preparing to engagewith China to remove thestumbling blocks.

China tried to block dis-cussions on India's applica-tion for NSG membership thisJune on the technical groundsthat New Delhi is not a signa-tory to the NPT. Later Chinaclaimed that it was not opposedto India's membership but dur-ing the NSG plenary session inSeoul signing NPT was anissue for some members too. Itis learnt that countries likeBrazil and Turkey called for acriteria-based process to beput in place first to avoid anyconfusion in future.

Indian Government ishoping the Chinese positionmay evolve with engagementas India prepares to discusstechnicalities of its applicationfor the NSG. Top Governmentsources said talks withChinese lead negotiator andDirector-General of the ArmsControl division Wang Qunwith his Indian counterpartAmandeep Singh Gill mayopen scope for agreement onstumbling points like theclause of signing NPT whereChina has an issue.

There are broadly five fac-tors taken into account forconsidering NSG membershipapplication and adherence toNPT is only one among them.The other points includeadherence to an equivalentinternational nuclear non-pro-liferation agreement and fullcompliance with the obliga-tions of such agreement,

enforcement of a legally baseddomestic export control systemand, support of internationalefforts towards non-prolifera-tion of weapons of massdestruction and of their deliv-ery vehicles.

India with a 2008 waiver,and a strong supporter of inter-national efforts in checkingnon-proliferation of nuclearweapons feels it has a strongcase. It has asked membercountries to judge its applica-tion on the basis of credentials,track record and that the ques-tion of procedures and criteri-on was already addressed when

India was granted waiver in2008.

"Three countries becameNSG members before signingNPT. The NSG membershiprules itself say signing of NPTor equivalent agreement as apoint. If NPT was the onlyclause then the option of otheragreements and efforts wouldnot have been mentioned,"said the source.

Indian hopes also arisefrom the indication by theChinese side that there is scopefor dialogue on this. TheChinese indicated they areready for negotiations andfinding a solution. Besides,India today is also better posi-tioned with Missile TechnologyControl Regime membershipin hand.

The NSG during its lastplenary session in Seoul thisJune had discussions on theissue of "Technical, Legal andPolitical Aspects of theParticipation of non-NPTStates in the NSG" and decid-ed to continue its discussion."Shared information on allaspects of the 2008 Statementon Civil Nuclear Cooperationwith India and discussed theNSG relationship with India."

India plans to build 38new nuclear reactors and hasissued 150 licenses for procur-ing nuclear material in its effortto meet COP 21 targets for pro-moting clean energy to reducecarbon footprints.

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The country will have "nor-mal" rain this year. While

this was already confirmed bythe India MeterologicalDepartment (IMD) after theonset of Monsoon , the coun-try's private forecaster. Skymet,has also scaled down its formerprediction of "above normal" inline with IMD.

As per official figures bythe IMD, the June-to-September monsoon has beennormal so far, with 89 per centof the country receiving nor-mal to excess rains.

Monsoon rains in July per-formed better, as the actualrains in the month settled at107 per cent of Long PeriodAverage (LPA). Rain picked uppace further on enteringAugust, progressing steadilyduring the first ten days. Thecumulative countrywideMonsoon rain had reached103 per cent in the first weekand maintained the surplusstatus till August 12.

Thereafter, rains reducedconsiderably along the WestCoast and Peninsular India,leading to gradual decrease inrain surplus. As per the latestfigures , the cumulative coun-trywide Monsoon rain standsat 100 per cent or normal.

According to the privateforecaster, the initial surge inthe Monsoon rains can be

attributed to the transition of ElNino into the neutral phase.However, Indian Ocean Dipolehas not influenced theMonsoon 2016 so far, as it hasbeen negative since the begin-ning of the season. It is a phe-nomenon concerning irregularoscillation of sea-surface tem-peratures in which the westernIndian Ocean becomes alter-nately warmer and then cold-er than the eastern part of theocean and is known to affectIndian monsoon.

Now, the Madden JulianOscillation which was earliertravelling in the favourablezone, is no longer supportivefor Monsoon rains. It is an east-ward moving cloud, rainfall,winds and pressure near theequator that typically recursevery 30 to 60 days is known toaffect monsoon.

The West Coast remainsinactive in absence of signifi-cant weather systems. Besidesthis, Monsoon is also subduedover South Peninsula alongwith Maharashtra. Thoughback to back weather systemsin North Bay of Bengal havebeen giving heavy rains overEast and Central India,Monsoon over remaining partsof the country has been sub-dued. As a result, the actualrainfall is not living up to thatexpected. However, Septemberis expected to give better rain-fall.

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The Al Qaeda in the IndianSubcontinent (AQIS) has

created an online public rela-tions desk exclusively for southIndia, a sign of the growingreach of the terror outfit in thesouthern part of the country.

The AQIS has issued athree-page online release inTamil taking up the cause ofkilled terrorist Burhan Wani ofJammu and Kashmir.

The Central Intelligenceagencies have undertaken pro-filing of criminals and terrorsuspects to thwart any majorrecruitment bid by the AQIS.

The idea to focus on SouthIndia could be because farmore people from the regionsare working in foreign coun-tries than people from thenorth. The recruits could bemade to o fly to countries of theASEAN region in general andIndonesia in particular fortraining where a number ofaffiliates of the AQIS besidesthe Lashkar-e-Tayyaba havesignificant presence. Such

recruits may return after train-ing for undertaking jehadiactivities.

There are already manyaffiliate organisation of AQIS inthese ASEAN countries with anelaborate training infrastruc-ture.

The terror recruits fromSouth may deliberately avoidtraditional destinations likePakistan and countries in theMiddle East including UnitedArab Emirates and SaudiArabia. These destinations usu-ally attract stringent immigra-tion checks by authorities. .

Officials said the Pakistan-based terror groups have effect-

ed a change in the compositionof the terror modules as well astheir training regimen. Whilethe hardcore recruits aretrained at facilities in thePakistan-Afghanistan region,the low level jehadis are nowbeing trained at the traininginfrastructure of the terrorgroups particularly inIndonesia.

The profile of the terrormodules has also undergone achange with local Muslims aswell as those from Bangladesh,Maldives and Myanmar main-ly comprising such groups.Earlier, Pakistanis andKashmiris used to be part ofthe terror modules. With theabsence of the Pakistanis in ter-ror modules, Islamabad caneasily deny its role in anyattack executed by such mod-ules.

The Pak-based terrorgroups are seeking to create atriangle by coordinating withthe recruits from South India,Sri Lanka and Maldives intheir bid to foment trouble inthe region, officials added.

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Google has agreed to partner with Railwaysto digitise its heritage assets and help cre-

ate a digital repository for universal onlineaccess free of cost.

A senior railway official said that IndianRailways has a huge list of heritage assets includ-ing bridges, steam locos, buildings, artefacts andmuseums which can be showcased for globalaudience. Currently Google is working with therailways in providing free Wi-Fi service at 100stations.

An agreement in this regard will be signedsoon between National Rail Museum andGoogle Cultural Institute (GCI). GCI is a non-profit organisation that partners with culturalorganisations to bring world's cultural heritageonline. GCI builds online tools and offers themto institutions for showcasing and sharing cul-tural assets.

The official said collaboration will not onlymake NRM accessible online and offer virtu-al tours but also help digitise the national trans-porter's entire heritage inventory which includesmore than 20 museums, hundreds of steamlocos, coaches, station buildings, bridges

among others. "Once these are placed online,it will act as a great tourist attraction," said theofficial.

GCI generally works with governmentorganisations and not for profit groups to pro-vide digital collection management systems andstoreytelling tools free of cost.

Various ministries and institutes of the gov-ernment have already collaborated with GCI fordisplaying and preserving India's cultural her-itage digitally.

Indian Railway is preparing a comprehen-sive conservation management plan to preserveand promote its heritage assets. Besides, a ded-icated rail heritage website under RailwayBoard's website is operational for dissemina-tion of information.

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There are a total of 840farmers in Chhattisgarh

whose land had been acquiredfor the Dallirajahara-Rowghatrail line project, the CentralGovernment has informed.

It may be recalled thatChhattisgarh Governmentwould also be earmarking suit-able land banks in the vicinityof Dallirajahara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Rail Corridor forsetting up of small industrialunits, officials informed.

Notably, the Steel Authorityof India Ltd (SAIL) is co-ordi-nating the construction ofRailay line from DaIlirajhara toRowghat covering a distance of95 km with Indian Railways inChhattisgarh.

The project for doubling ofRailway line between Kiranduland Jagdalpur in Chhatisgarh’sinsurgency ridden Bastarregion is expected to be com-plete by January 2019, officialsources informed.

Notably, NMDC Ltd hadalso signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with the Union

Ministry of Railways onDecember 21, 2012 and theaforesaid project would be help-ful in significantly augmentingevacuation capacity of NMDC’sBailadila Sector mines by railfrom the existing 28 MTPA to40 MTPA of iron ore.

NMDC had deposited anamount of �150 crores withEast Coast Railway and theexpenditure incurred as onMarch 31, 2015 was �132 crore,sources informed.

For execution of the pro-ject, the Railways has dividedthe 150 km length of doublingwork into three Sections name-ly, Jagdalpur to Silakjori 45.50km, Kirandul to Gidam 52.23km and Silakjori to Gidam52.73 km.

Notably, the �2,000 croreRowghat to Jagdalpur railwayline would also pass throughheavily insurgency infestedKondagaon and Narayanpurdistricts of Bastar division inChhattisgarh, officials stated.

The project is a joint ven-ture between ChhattisgarhGovernment, NMDC, SAILand IRCON.

The initial stretch of thefirst phase of the ambitious235-km-long Dallirajhara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Railwayline project in Bastar divisionof Chhattisgarh has been com-pleted, officials stated.

In all, 17 km Rail track hasbeen completed in the firstphase and Chief MinisterRaman Singh has expressedhappiness over the achieve-ment, they stated.

A successful trial run of aRailway diesel engine was alsocarried out betweenDallirajhara till Gudum village

at the speed of 20 km per hour.Notably, the development

of two key Rail corridors inmineral-rich Chhattisgarh isnow set to expand the Railwayline network by 45 per cent inthe State, officials stated.

The completion ofD a l l i r a j h a r a - R o w g h a t -Jagdalpur, East and East-WestRail corridor projects will com-prise a total of 535 kilometersRailway-line during the nexttwo to four years, they stated.

The East West RailCorridor project is expected toget completed in 2018-19.

The corridor is to facilitatemovement of about 60 milliontonnes of coal to various partsof the country apart from pro-viding passenger train facility forthe local populace of the region.

The length of the rail trackwould be 135.30 kms.TheChhattisgarh East WestRailway Ltd is the implement-ing agency for the project.

Notably, Coal India Ltd(CIL) is putting all its resourcestogether to ensure its flagshipsubsidiary South EasternCoalfields Ltd (SECL) is able totransport more coal easily to its

customers, officials informed.Notably, the East West

Corridor project from Gevra toPendra in Chhattisgarh with alength of about 122 kms isbeing executed by ChhattisgarhEast West Rail Ltd (CEWRL).

CEWRL is a joint venturecompany formed by SouthEastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL),IRCON and ChhattisgarhGovernment.

The project had beenundertaken for evacuation ofcoal from SECL’s Gevra-Korbacoalfields.

The Union Ministry ofCoal has ensured Coal IndiaLtd (CIL) for getting Mand-Raigarh railway line projectexpedited to facilitate growth inofftake of coal from minesunder South Eastern CoalfieldsLtd (SECL) in Chhattisgarh.

Notably, the coal require-ment for the proposed SuperThermal Plant of NTPC Ltd atLara would be met fromTalaipalli Coal Block of Mandin Raigarh Coalfields, officialsstated.

The Lara plant of NTPCwould be utilising super criticaltechnology for power generation.

The power to be generatedby upcoming project will besupplied to Chhattisgarh , Goaand Maharashtra States, offi-cials stated.

The project is most likely togo on stream by March 2017 .

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Ahardcore insurgent waskilled in a gunbattle

between Maoists and a policeteam in a forested patch ofinsurgency-hit Sukma districtof Bastar in Chhattisgarh.

Meanwhile, in a separateincident, a CRPF trooper wasinjured in a blast triggered byultras here, police said onSunday.

“The jawan was injured inan IED (Improvised ExplosiveDevice) blast triggered byNaxals at Errabor village,”Superintendent of Police (SP) Sukma, IndiraKalyan Elesela said.

According to the SP, onSunday morning a joint teamof district police and CRPF hadstarted from Errabor police sta-tion situated about 55 km awayfrom district headquarterSukma. The team was entrust-ed with task of providing secu-rity cover to the weekly marketclose to the police station.

Around 8 am, the blast wastriggered in which Dilip KumarBoro, Head Constable of 212thbattalion of CRPF sustainedinjuries, the SP said.

Following the blast, a sep-arate team of security personnel,comprising CRPF, Special TaskForce (STF) and district force,

launched an intense combingoperation in the forests aroundthe village anticipating move-ment of ultras, he said.

The insurgents who werepresent at the spot during theblast, opened indiscriminatefire on security forces followingwhich the police team retaliat-ed leading to the killing of anultra, he added. However, othercadres soon fled from the spot.

During searches, the bodyof the rebel besides a country-made weapon was recoveredfrom the spot, he said addingthe operation was still under-way inside the jungle.

The injured HeadConstable was admitted to alocal hospital and his conditionis stable, he said while addingthat the trooper was shifted toRaipur for better treatmentfacility where his condition wasreported to be out of danger.

Meanwhile, during intensesearch of the blast site, fourmore IEDs were recovered,the SP mentioned.

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The Naya RaipurDevelopment Authority

(NRDA) will develop a ‘LandManagement System’ for man-aging disposal of land for infra-structure development, offi-cials informed.

Naya Raipur as a SmartCity will leverage the collectiveintelligence created by connecting physical, institu-tional, social and economicinfrastructure to deliver aquantum improvement in thequality of life of local popula-tion, they informed.

Notably, the new capitalcity of Chhattisgarh is a ‘greenfield’ city and is planned todevelop its infrastructure grad-ually in order to provide worldclass amenities and facilities toits residents and visitors.

NRDA has taken the nextstep in “Smart City’ develop-ment with plans now for‘Information &Communication Technology”(ICT) enablement of infra-structure and citizen services,officials informed.

Notably, Naya Raipur isalready among five other cities

in the country chosen as‘Demonstration Cities’ for theCentre’s ambitious SustainableUrban Transport Project(SUTP).

The final five cities partic-ipating as ‘DemonstrationCities’ under Sustainable UrbanTransport Project (SUTP) are-Indore (Madhya Pradesh),Mysore (Karnataka), NayaRaipur (Chhattisgarh), Puneand Pimpri Chinchwad(Maharashtra).

Detailed project profileswere prepared by all cities withthe assistance of the SUTPConsultants and then endorsedby the SUTP SteeringCommittee to be included toSUTP as ‘City DemonstrationProjects’, officials stated.

It plans of developing aproject comprising IT-enabledsystems to manage a host ofutilities using state-of-arttechnology.

The design would com-prise IT enabled land manage-ment system, city surveillancebesides a host of other systemstill now popular and being usedonly in the developed countries.

The other city managementsystems include intelligent light-ing systems, pay and use park-

ing systems, city guide mapavailable through web browser,intelligent transport system, citylevel wi-fi touch screens acrossthe city, display boards across thecity for providing real-timeinformation, emergency alertand crisis response systems,traffic re-routing applicationsbased on real time traffic data.

The city would also have anCentral Control Center formonitoring all the servicesincluding central traffic controland management system.

It may be recalled thatNaya Raipur has emerged in thecountry with the largest landbank of a mammoth 237 squarekilometres (23,700 hectares).

The NRDA has plans of

developing a ‘Transport Hub’spread over an area of 161.9hectares in the new capital city.

The hub would includesetting up Light Rail TransportSystem (LRTS) stations. Thearea being earmarked for the‘Transport Hub’ would be 12.55per cent of the total area of thenew capital city, officials stated.

Notably the ChhattisgarhGovernment will be utilising‘Centralised Project ManagementSoftware System’ (CPMS) forautomation of ProjectMonitoring, Controlling andReporting task for key projectsundertaken in the entire State.

The Government is invest-ing significantly in the State tobuild physical Infrastructure -

Highways, Bridges, Water &Electrical distribution systemetc.

In order to closely monitorand control these majorInfrastructure Projects frominception to closure,Government of Chhattisgarhwants to implement CentralisedProject Management System.

Chhattisgarh infotech andbiotech Promotion Society(CHiPS), is the nodal agency ofDepartment of InformationTechnology and biotechnology,Government of Chhattisgarh inthe State of Chhattisgarh toimplement the software basedmonitoring project.

The Centralised projectmanagement software system

would be used for monitoringwork of major departments andagencies such as ChhattisgarhRoad Development Corporation(CGRDC), Chhattisgarh StatePower DevelopmentCorporation Ltd (CSPDCL),Naya Raipur DevelopmentAuthority (NRDA), PublicWorks Department (PWD) andWater Resources Department(WRD).

This apart, a CentralisedProject Management Unit(CPMU)–Team of consultantswould work as an interfacebetween Secretariat andGovernment ImplementingDepartments and system inte-grators to ensure proper mon-itoring of the project works.

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The Chhattisgarh TourismBoard (CTB) will be

aggressively promoting HomeStays segment for tourists, offi-cials informed.

It is inviting private participation to develop andmarket the home stays segmentin Chhattisgarh.

Companies that work as‘Aggregators of Home stays’would be selected for develop-ment of Home stays market ,officials informed.

The task includes Brandingand Marketing related to pro-motion of Home stay as a con-cept , opening up and verifica-tion of new Home stays in thearea, training and handholdingthe Home stay owners towardsthe use of technology andoperational practices neces-sary to develop their Homestays.

The task also involvesdevelopment and implemen-tation of technology frame-work for Home stays opera-tions and also strategy, plan-ning and for better Home stayservice delivery.

Notably, CTB had earlieralso has decided to offer specialconcessions to the travel agentsand tour operators for furtherboosting tourist traffic in theState.

Officials stated the Boardwill now charge an amount of�1000 for three year registra-tion from these agents in orderto provide services to thetourists.

Earlier, one year registra-tion and validity chargeamounting to �1000 was fixedfor travel agents by the Board.

Notably, the CentralGovernment has recentlyapproved �99.94 crore basedon a Detailed Project Report(DPR) submitted by CTB fordevelopment of the TribalTourism Circuit in the Stateunder ‘Swadesh Darshan’package.

The approval was given ina Secretary-level meeting heldin New Delhi recently, officialsstated.

The objective of formingthe tourism circuit is to high-light rich and ancient tribal cul-ture and environment ofChhattisgarh’s tribal dominat-ed regions.

Under this tribal tourismcircuit, Jashpur, Kunkuri,Mainpat, Ambikapur,Maheshpur, Ratanpur, Kurdur,Sarodhadadar, Gangrel,

Nathiyanawagaon (Kanker),Kondagaon, Jagdalpur,Chitrakoot, Teerathgarh will bedeveloped for tourism.

In this circuit, Jashpur,Ambikapur and Sarodhadadarwould be developed as ethnictourist village and Mainpat,Kurdur, Gangrel, Kondagaon,Jagdalpur, Chitrakoot andTeerathgarh are to be devel-oped for eco-ethnic tourismwhile work for sight amenitieswill be carried out in Kunkuri,Maheshpur andNathiyanawagaon.

The Union Ministry ofTourism will soon be allocatingfunds for the circuit and workin this regard would be carriedout in a sequential manner.

The Central Governmenthas put up the anticipatedtimeline for completion of theTribal Tourism Circuit inChhattisgarh to be 2019-20.

The Tribal Tourism Circuitwill provide an opportunity tothe tourists to witness andexperience tribal culture andtraditions in Chhattisgarh, offi-cials informed.

The key components fordevelopment under the projectare ‘Ethnic Tourist Village’ and‘Ethnic Tourist Development’,Destination Development andWayside amenities.The pro-ject would be developed byCTB.

The Tribal Tourism Circuitcomprises Jashpur-Kunkuri-Mainpat- Ambikapur-Maheshpur -Ratanpur-Kurdar-Sarodadadar Gangrel-Kondagaon –Nathyanawagaon-Jagdalpur Chitrakoot -Tirthgarh in Chhattisgarhunder Swadesh DarshanScheme.

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Recitation of ‘SanskritShlokas’ by convicts serving

their terms in Central JailRaipur impressed SchoolEducation Minister KedarKashyap who had visited thejail premises to take part in aprogramme organised at theend of Sanskrit Week here onSunday.

“No person is criminal bybirth and after getting out fromhere, you can learn to live in acorrect way and become aninseparable part of society,” theMinister said while addressingthe gathering of jail inmates.

According to Kashyap,Sanskrit is one of the oldest lan-guages and also a cultural trea-sure of our great civilization.

He also appreciated therecitation of Sanskrit Shlokasby jail inmates.

Later on, the Ministerinspected ‘Maha-ParikshaAbhiyan’ conducted under

Sakshar Bharat scheme.Earlier, while presiding over

the function, Director General,Jail and Correctional ServicesGirdhari Nayak, appreciatedSanskrit Vidyamandalam forrunning a school in the jail foreducating convicts.

He termed the initiatives ofVidyamandalam a key factorfor bringing positive change inlives person imprisoned.

President, ChhattisgarhSanskrit VidyamandalamGanesh Kaushik informed thatthe Sanskrit school in jail wasbeing run since 2010 and about98 different convicts are study-ing here. Under the nationwideMaha-Pariksha organized aspart of Sakshar BharatAbhiyan, 118 adult learnerstook part in the exam held atCentral Jail Raipur.

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Three labourers sustainedcritical burn injuries after

coming in contact with moltenmetal at Sourabh Rolling Milllocated in Urla industrial areanear Raipur, police said here onSunday.

“The incident happened onthe intervening night of Saturdayand Sunday around 3 am whenmolten metal in the plant spilledon them,” Station House Officer(SHO) , Urla, Kadir Khan said.

Three persons had sus-tained about 90 per cent burninjuries and were rushed to DrBR Ambedkar MemorialHospital, the SHO said.

The victims were identifiedas Vinod Yadav, Pawan Sahniand Radheshaym all hailingfrom Devaria region of UttarPradesh, he added.

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Punjab Government willinvite Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to presideover a seminar in the nation-al Capital on the life, philos-ophy and teachings of GuruGobind Singh as a part ofyear-long celebrations com-memorating his 350th ParkashUtsav across the country.

The decision was taken byPunjab Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal during a meetingto review the arrangementsfor commemorating the 350thParkash Utsav of Sikhs’ tenthmaster on Sunday.

Badal said that he wouldpersonally write to Modirequesting him to preside

over a national seminar atVigyan Bhawan which is like-ly to be held betweenNovember 15 and 30.

He also asked all legislatorsof the SAD-BJP alliance, alongwith the president and gener-al secretary of Delhi SikhGurdwara ManagementCommittee (DSGMC), to per-sonally call on the PrimeMinister next week requestinghim to preside over the event.

Badal said that Modi’s par-ticipation in the seminar wouldfurther strengthen the ethos ofpeace, communal harmonyand brotherhood across thecountry towards which SriGuru Gobind Singh had madeunparalleled contribution.

He also set up a sub-

committee comprising MPs ofthe alliance along with therepresentat ives f romShiromani GurdwaraParbandhak Committee(SGPC) and DSGMC to givefinal touches to the celebra-tions during the event.

Badal approved a sum of�5 lakh each for eight seminarsto be held in different univer-sities or institutions across thecountry to disseminate thelegacy of Guru Gobind Singh.

A series of seminars wouldbe organised on the life andphilosophy of Guru GobindSingh at International Centreof Sikh Studies, GurdwaraRakab Ganj Sahib, New Delhi,on September 16-17, Sri GuruGranth Sahib WorldUniversity, Fatehgarh Sahib,on October 6-7, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, onOctober 13-14.

Seminars would also beorganised at National Library,Kolkata, on October 22-23,

Swami Ramanand TeerthMarathwada University,Nanded (Maharashtra) onOctober 28, Guru Nanak DevUniversity, Amritsar, onNovember 2-3, Guru GobindSingh Khalsa College, Mumbai,on November 16-17, and

Punjabi University, Patiala, onNovember 30 to December 1.

Badal also asked StateChief Secretary SarveshKaushal to depute two officersat Patna Sahib exclusively tokeep close liaison with Biharadministration for ensure per-

fect coordination and timelyarrangements.

He also asked both thepresident SGPC and DSGMCto depute one representativeeach to work with theseGovernment officials beingdeputed for the said purpose.

Meanwhile, all the mem-bers in the meeting under thechairmanship of the ChiefMinister adopted and passeda unanimous resolution hail-ing Prime Minister NarendraModi “for eulogizing the sagaof sacrifice which has been

the tradition of Sikh gurusand felicitating the entirecountrymen for celebrating350th birth anniversary ofGuru Gobind Singh besidesrecal l ing best thoughtexpressed by Guru to high-light the significance of ser-vice by toiling hard during hisspeech on the 70thIndependence Day from theRed Fort on August 15”.

In another resolutionpassed unanimously by themembers of SAD-BJP, SGPCand DSGMC present in themeeting also thanked PrimeMinister Narendra Modi fortaking the much needed deci-sion to prune 212 names from324 strong black list of theUnion of India.

The resolution said thatthis initiative on the part of theCentral Government would beinstrumental in assuaging thebruised feelings and torment-ed psyche of Sikh communityand their families.

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From Page 1The delegation will bring

up the issue of use of pelletguns by security forces whichcaused injuries to civilians andsecurity forces on a large scaleand pitch for an end to “massharassment, raids and arrests”as these have worsened analready volatile situation inthe State.

On the visit to thePresident on Saturday, Omarwas accompanied by seniorleaders of NC, including NasirWani, Davinder Rana, AliMohammed Sagar and ARRather.

Expressing serious con-cern over the prevailing situa-tion in the Valley, Omarwarned, “The fire that hasbeen raging in Kashmir Valleyhas already started spreadingacross Peer Panjal and ChenabValley in Jammu region andKargil area.”

The delegation also metCongress vice-president RahulGandhi here to discuss the sit-uation in the Valley. “Discussedthe current political crisis inJ&K with a delegation ofOpposition leaders from theState led by @abdullah_omar(Omar Abdullah),” theCongress leader tweeted afterthe meeting.

From Page 1When Amaranth agitation

started in Jammu in 2008, theyfound a new way and stonepelting started.

“Children going to schoolwere given stones in their bagsinstead of books to target policeand security forces and thepeople with limited visioncould only see the arrestedstone-pelters but could not seethousands of injured policeand CRPF personnel in thehospitals,” said the senior BJP

leader.Another Union Minister

Dr Jitendra Singh in his briefspeech termed J&K a glaringexample of the “failure” ofNehru’s political model.

“Yesterday, Union FinanceMinister spoke about the failedNehruvian model of economyand today I say that if you wantto see the failed political modelof Nehru, then Jammu &Kashmir is the best example,”Singh added. Several State BJPleaders, party MPs and deputyChief Minister Prof NirmalSingh also attended the rally.

From Page 1The Chief Minister held

Farakka dam responsible forslow discharge of water fromGanga which has become shal-low due to heavy siltation.

The Ganga and theYamuna are flowing above redmark in UP. According toCentre Water Commission(CWC), the Ganga is flowingabove danger mark at Fafamau(Allahabad), Mirzapur,Varanasi, Ghazipur and Ballia,while Yamuna is flowing above

the red mark at Chillaghat(Banda) and Naini (Allahabad)and Mohna (Jalaun). Similarly,Sharda river is flowing abovethe danger mark at Palliakalan(Kheri).

In West Bengal, the Gangacrossed the extreme dangerlevel in Malda district sub-merging vast areas in severalvillages affecting a populationof nearly 20,000, a district offi-cial said on Sunday. MaldaAdditional District MagistrateKanchan Chowdhury said the

rise in the water level of theriver was due to the release of10 lakh cusecs of water fromthe Sone dam in Uttar Pradesh.

The badly affected areas areKalichak Block number 3,Pardewanapur-Shobhapurgram panchayat and Birnagargram panchayat, the ADM said.

Meanwhile, torrential raincaused flood-like situation infour districts of Rajasthan,where six persons have beenkilled and over 70 airlifted, offi-cials said on Sunday.

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Haryana Urban LocalBodies Minister Kavita

Jain on Sunday said that ameeting of a high-level com-mittee would be held after theupcoming Monsoon Session ofthe Haryana Vidhan Sabha todiscuss the long-pendingdemands of the employees ofMunicipal Corporations,Municipal Councils andMunicipalities in the state.

The Minister was address-ing a delegation of ‘NagarPalika Karamchari Sangh,Haryana’, who had called onher at Sonepat. She said thatduring the meeting, the long-pending demands of theemployees would be discussedin their presence and possiblesolutions would be explored.

The Minister assured thatthe Government would protectthe interests of the employeesand would fulfill all their gen-uine demands. She added thatAdditional Chief Secretary andDirector of the Departmenthave been directed to preparea report in this matter by gath-ering information about actu-al position of their demands.

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Shiromani Akali Dal onSunday held the slain Prime

Minister Rajiv Gandhi and hiscoterie “directly responsible” forthe betrayal and assassination ofAkali Dal’s former chief SantHarchand Singh Longowal.“Captain Amarinder Singh, aclose confidant of Rajiv Gandhiand of the entire Gandhi fami-ly, was Rajiv's accomplice inwhatever happened during thosedays,” said SAD general secretaryand party MP Balwinder SinghBhunder.

He said: “Rajiv Gandhibetrayed a saintly soul. He madea sacred commitment to trans-fer Chandigarh to Punjab andsolve other issues of the Sikhs as

per the nationally and interna-tionally accepted norms andconventions. This was a well-planned act of treachery againsta saint by the then PrimeMinister who was also respon-sible for the massacre of thou-sands of innocent Sikhs. CaptainSingh should explain his role inthe tragedy.”

“There is historical irony inRajiv Gandhi's birthday andSant ji martyrdom day falling onthe same day, August 20. This ishistory's revenge against RajivGandhi for his betrayal of aninnocent and saintly soul,” saidBhunder.

Bhunder said that PunjabCongress chief Capt AmarinderSingh had been sent into AkaliDal “under a deep conspiracy” to

ensure to persuade Sant ji toagree to the Accord which Rajivnever intended to honour.

Capt Amarinder wasrewarded with the number threeposition in the Barnala govern-ment as Agriculture Minister forhis services to his masters againstthe Sikhs, he said. “Sant ji wasbetrayed by Rajiv and CaptAmarinder was a part of this pre-planned betrayal and assassina-tion of Sant ji,” said Bhunder.

Referring to CaptAmarinder’s statement againstChief Minister Parkash SinghBadal, Bhunder said that Badalhad cautioned the party and thePunjabis at that time about say-ing that the Centre would betraySant ji and never honour theAccord.

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Lambasting the BJP, whichhas been harping on cor-

ruption charges and organising‘Pardafaash’ rally, city Congresspresident Prithviraj Chouhanhas advised the BJP to do intro-spection because a large num-ber of scams happened duringBJP regime between 2007 and2012, including that of ex-CMDr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.During Dr Nishank regimeKumbha and hydro powerscams happened, he alleged.

Even during Maj GenBhuwan Chandra Khanduriregime his personal secretaryPK Sarangi was clearing all fileson behalf of him. Due to thisreason Gen Khanduri had to

resign from the post of ChiefMinsiter.

The March 18 incident,when nine dissident CongressMLAs left the the Treasurybench while Opposition wasdemanding division of vote onappropriation Bill, is veryunfortunate.

That particular incidenthas pushed the State backwardand it will have to struggle hardto cover up the loss whichhappened between March 18-May 11.

The BJP had lured nineCongress MLAs and tried totopple the democratically elect-ed Government.

After enjoying four andhalf years in Congress regimenow these 10 MLAs havebecome blue-eyed boy of BJP.

Now BJP is not talkingabout the corruption whichhappened due to these dissidentcongress MLAs, he said.

The municipal corpora-tion is being led by the BJPleader and everybody is wit-nessing how city has turned asbad to worst. Every nook andcorner you can see heap ofgarbage and people are crossingthe areas by covering their facebecasue of bad smells emanat-ing most of the areas.

Drainage systems arechoked because they did notclean ahead of rainy season.City Congress had made anardent appeal to the MCD toclean up the drainage andwarned disease may spreaddue to unhygienic condition inthe city.

The BJP should also talkabout the wrongdoing of MCDbecasue now city is witnessingDengue and typhoid disease.

The BJP won all five seatsof the Lok Sabha constituenciesof the State by making falsepromises but they failed toraise the Uttarakhand voice inthe Parliament.

Union Govenrment funded

schemes including scholarshipfor poor, SC and ST studentshave closed down. Uniongovenrment is exploitingUttarakhand and our MPs aresitting mum as if they don’t wantto take up the state issue beacuseif they raise then their seniorleader might get angry to them.

The Harish Rawat-ledUttarakhand Government hasexecuted several public welfareworks on ground, the Congressleader claimed.

Now Harela, Jhumaelo likeprogramme have beenacknowledged national andinternational arena. Local agri-culture produces like Koda,Jhangora, Kali Bhatt, Gahat arebeing sold at higher rate and ithas given boosted to the con-fidence of local farmers andnow they are tilling their farmwith a hope that they would getbetter price of their produce.

State Government’s schemelike Hito Pahad has checkedmigration from hills. AfterKedarnath disaster-2013 StateGovernment is executing sev-eral projects by using theirown resources but BJP believesin negative politics.

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Chief Minister HarishRawat on Sunday attend-

ed the cremation of sevenmembers of the families of twobrothers who had died in ahouse collapse in Pauri districtfollowing heavy rainfall onSaturday night.

Paying respects to thedepartment at the cremationheld at Koteshwar Ghat on thebanks of Nayar river, the CMdirected Pauri district magis-trate Chandra Shekhar Bhattto facilitate swift assistanceaccording to disaster reliefstandards to the family mem-bers of the deceased in addi-tion to �28 lakh home grantand compensation for the cattle deaths without delay.

Rawat directed theUttarakhand PowerCorporation Limited manag-ing director on the phone toprovide employment on con-tract basis to the head of thebereaved family ChandanSingh in the corporation.

Earlier, the CM also took

an aerial inspection of thedamage wreaked in Merkholavillage.

Apart from the CM, thelocal MLA Ganesh Godiyal,Chaubattakhal MLA TirathSingh Rawat, Pauri municipalcouncil chairman YashpalBenam, former municipalcouncil chairman RajendraPrasad Tamta, block Pramukh

Gaindalal Tamta variousPanchayat representativesalong with locals were alsopresent at the cremation.

According to the officialinformation, heavy rainfall onSaturday in Merkhola villageof Pauri district, resulted in thecollapse of a double-storeyedhome killing seven membersof the two families living in the

house. Brothers ChandanSingh and Mangal Singh wereliving in separate parts of thehome which collapsed. Thefatalities include five womenand two males.

Regarding the incident,district magistrate ChandraShekhar Bhatt informed thestate administration anddirected the rescue and reliefto reach the site of the mishapon Saturday.

The rescue team beganits efforts late onSaturdaynight in the presenceof the district’s senior super-intendent of police NiveditaKukreti, police personnel andother officials concerned. Withthe help of local residents, fivebodies were extricated later inthe night with the remainingtwo bodies also being recov-ered by about 7 AM onSunday.

According to informationprovided by the SSP, the bod-ies of 65 year old Sonni Singh,16 year old Rohit, 35 year oldSunita, Ayush and Meenakshiwere recovered by the teamlate on Saturday night.

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An ISIS group suicide bomber as youngas 12-years-old attacked an outdoor

Kurdish wedding party in southeasternTurkey, killing at least 51 people andwounding dozens of others, the Turkishpresident said on Sunday.

The bombing late last night inGaziantep, near Turkey’s border with Syria,was the deadliest attack in Turkey this year.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,speaking live on national television infront of Istanbul’s city hall, said theattacker was aged between 12 and 14. Hesaid 69 people were wounded, with 17 of

them in critical condition.“It was clear that Daesh had such an

organization in Gaziantep or was attempt-ing to make room for itself in recenttimes,” Erdogan said, using an alternativeacronym for ISIS.

“Many intensive operations were con-ducted, are being conducted. Of course oursecurity forces will be conducting theseoperations with even greater intensity.”

A bus driver who shuttled some of theguests from Siirt to Gaziantep said that hecouldn’t believe the party was targeted.

“This was a wedding party. Just a reg-ular wedding party,” Hamdullah Ceyhantold Anadolu. “This attack was deplorable.

How did they do such a thing?”Turkey has been rocked by a wave of

attacks in the past year that have eitherbeen claimed by Kurdish militants linkedto the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party,known by its acronym PKK, or wereblamed on IS.

In June, suspected IS militants attackedIstanbul’s main airport with guns andbombs, killing 44 people. A dual suicidebombing blamed on IS at a peace rally inTurkey’s capital, Ankara, in October killed103 victims. The attack comes as the coun-try is still reeling from last month’s failedcoup attempt, which the government hasblamed on US-based Muslim clericFethullah Gulen and his followers. Gulendenies any involvement.

Earlier, Erdogan said there was“absolutely no difference” between IS,Kurdish rebels and Gulen’s movement, call-ing them terrorist groups.

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Seeking to reboot his flaggingpresidential bid, Donald

Trump has made a strong pitchto African-American voters, say-ing he wants the Republicanparty to become their home onceagain as it used to be in theAbraham Lincoln-era.

“The GOP is the Party ofLincoln and I want our party tobe the home of the African-American vote once again. Iwant an inclusive country and Iwant an inclusive party,” Trumpsaid at an election rally inVirginia, a swing state, which isnow leaning towards theDemocrats.

Recent polls indicate thatTrump is trailing behindDemocratic presidential nomi-nee Hillary Clinton among non— White communities, in par-ticularly among African-Americans, Asian-Americansand Latinos.

This week, Trump appearsto have made mid-course cor-rection by delivering speeches towoo African-Americans. Hecontinued the trend in Virginiaon Saturday.

“We reject the bigotry ofHillary Clinton who sees peopleof colour only as votes, not ashuman beings worthy of a bet-ter future. We’ve seen what theDemocratic policies have done

in cities like Detroit, Baltimoreand Chicago,” the 70-year-oldbusiness tycoon said.

“Now, Hillary Clinton wantsto make things worse by raisingtaxes on 2.6 million African-American owned businesses inthis country. My goal is to pro-vide every African-Americanchild in this country with accessto the ladder of American suc-cess: a good education and agood-paying job,” Trump said.

“This includes school choice.It means reforming regulationsso young Americans can get thecredit they need to start a smallbusiness. It means trade andimmigration policies that putAmerican workers at the front ofthe line,” he said.

Trump alleged that theimmigration policy of Clintonwould not help African-Americans in getting jobs.

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Ankara: Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan onSunday said the ISIS jehadistgroup was the “likely perpe-trator” of a bomb attack on awedding in the southeasterncity of Gaziantep that left atleast 30 dead.

Erdogan said in a writtenstatement that there was “nodifference” between the groupof US-based preacherFethullah Gulen who heblames for a failed July 15coup bid, the outlawedKurdistan Workers Party(PKK) “and Daesh (ISIS), thelikely perpetrator of the attackin Gaziantep”.

“Our country and ournation have again only onemessage to those who attackus — you will not succeed!”he said. Erdogan added thatPKK attacks on security forceshad claimed 70 lives in the lastmonth alone.

Erdogan said that the aimof attacks like Gaziantep was tosow division between differentgroups in Turkey such as Arabs,Kurds and Turkmen and“spread incitement along eth-nic and religious lines.” AFP

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Iraq on Sunday hanged 36men convicted over the 2014

massacre by Sunni jehadists andallied militants of hundreds ofmilitary recruits, officials said.

They had been foundguilty of involvement in the“Speicher” massacre, namedafter a base near Tikrit whereup to 1,700 recruits were kid-napped before being executedin a massacre claimed by theIslamic State group.

“The executions of 36 con-victed over the Speicher crimewere carried out this morningin Nasiriyah prison,” aspokesman for the governor’soffice in Dhiqar, the provinceof which Nasiriyah is the cap-ital, told AFP.

“The governor of Dhiqar,Yahya al-Nasseri and JusticeMinister Haidar al-Zamiliwere present to oversee the

executions,” AbdelhassanDawood said.

“They were transferred toNasiriyah last week after thepresident approved the execu-tions,” he said, referring to thenecessary green light fromFuad Masum.

Following the death ofmore than 300 people in theworst ever single bomb attackto strike Baghdad last month,Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had said he wanted toexpedite the execution ofinmates sentenced to death interrorism cases.

The Dhiqar governorconfirmed to AFP that theexecutions were carried outby hanging.

His spokesman said thataround 400 of the Speichermassacre victims were from theDhiqar province, which is pre-dominantly Shia and located inIraq’s south.

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Mogadishu: At least 10 peoplewere killed on Sunday in twoexplosions in a town in centralSomalia, police said.

The Shabaab militantgroup claimed responsibiltyfor the blasts in the town ofGalkayo, some 700 kilometers(440 miles) northeast ofMogadishu. “There were twocar bomb blasts which target-ed the local government head-quarters. More than 10 peoplehave been killed,” said policeofficer Mohamed Abdiqani.

Local resident HassanAbdukadir said he counted adozen bodies, some burnedbeyond recognition. “It washorrible. The first blast wascaused by a truck loaded withexplosives, and the second wasa minibus,” he said.

Shabaab said it carried outthe attack, in a message distrib-uted via the Telegram messagingservice, claiming “at least 30 peo-ple, including military personneland apostates were killed.” AFP

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Pakistani security forces havearrested at least 198 terrorists,

including of Al Qaeda andPakistani Taliban, in a combingoperation in Punjab provincefrom December 2014 to August2016, police said.

According to police records,those arrested belong to variousbanned organisations from dif-ferent cities across Punjab.

At least nine Al Qaeda ter-rorists were arrested, of whomfive were caught in Lahore andfour in Dera Ghazi Khan.Thirteen of the arrested terror-ists belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan while 176caught were from the anti-ShiaLashkar-e-Jahngvi group, themost from any organisation, ofwhom 94 were arrested inBahawalpur.

No terrorist from the IslamicState militant group (Daesh)

was arrested in Punjab, policesaid, according to Pakistan Todayon Sunday.

The combing operationswill be conducted till the terror-ists are arrested and their hide-outs eliminated, The Inter-Services Public Relations saidearlier this month.

Following the deadly attackat Quetta’s Civil Hospital, Chiefof Army Staff General RaheelSharif had ordered special comb-ing operations, authorising intel-ligence agencies to go anywherein the country and target thoselinked with the terror acts.

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Manila: Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte railed againstthe United Nations on Sundayafter it called for an end to thewave of killings unleashed byhis war on drugs, saying hemight leave the organizationand invite China and others toform a new one.

Two U.N. human rightsexperts last week urged Manilato stop the extra-judicial exe-cutions and killings that haveescalated since Duterte wonthe presidency on a promise towipe out drugs.

About 900 suspected drugtraffickers have been killedsince he came to power afterwinning the election on May 9.

Duterte on Friday deniedthat the government wasresponsible and in a middle-of-the-night news conferencein his home town, Davao,said the deaths were not thework of the police and invit-

ed U.N. experts to investigatethemselves.

The news conference wasbroadcast by local media andthe full version was posted onFacebook by GMA news.

“I will prove to the worldthat you are a very stupidexpert,” he said, urging themto count not just the numberof drug-related deaths but alsothe innocent lives lost to drugs.

He then launched anattack on the United Nationsand its members - including byinference Manila’s traditional-ly close ally, Washington -saying, it could not fulfill itsown mandate but was “wor-rying about the bones of crim-inals piling up”.

“I do not want to insultyou. But maybe we’ll just haveto decide to separate from theUnited Nations,” he said.“Why do you have to listen tothis stupid?” Agencies

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South Korea warned on Sunday of possible North Korean assas-sinations and kidnappings in revenge for recent high-profile defec-

tions to the South. With tensions also high before a large-scale SouthKorea-US military exercise starting on Monday, the UnificationMinistry in Seoul said Pyongyang was bent on provocation.

A ministry official told reporters the defection to Seoul of NorthKorea’s deputy ambassador to Britain and his family had put theNorth in “a very difficult situation”. “Considering (North Koreanleader) Kim Jong-Un’s character, it is very dangerous,” the officialsaid on condition of anonymity.

“It’s highly likely that North Korea will make various attemptsto prevent further defections and unrest among its people.”

The official cited assassination attempts and terror attacksagainst defectors in the South as well as the abduction of SouthKoreans abroad as possible provocations. He noted attempts toassassinate Hwang Jang-Yop, the North’s chief ideologue and for-mer tutor to previous leader Kim Jong-Il, who defected to the Southin 1997 and died of natural causes in 2010.

The official also said Kim Jong-Un had dispatched squadsto the Chinese border “to harm South Koreans” following thedefection in April of a group of North Korean overseas restau-rant workers.

Deputy ambassador Thae Yong-Ho was believed to have workedat the embassy in London for 10 years before his defectionannounced last week.

Jerusalem: Israel targeted Hamas positions inthe Gaza Strip by air and with tank fire onSunday after a rocket fired from the Palestinianenclave crashed into the Israeli city of Sderot.

Police said the rocket hit “between twobuildings on a road” in Sderot, which is lessthan four kilometres from Gaza, causing nocasualties. Army spokesman Peter Lerner saidIsraeli forces retaliated by hitting targets of thePalestinian Islamist movement in northernGaza. “In response to the rocket attack fromthe Gaza Strip, the IAF (Israeli air force) andtanks targeted two Hamas posts in the north-ern Gaza Strip,” Lerner said in a statement.

Palestinian health and security sourcessaid two people were lightly wounded by theIsraeli fire. “One of them is a 20-year-old(young man) who was hit by shrapnel in theface,” said Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for thePalestinian health ministry in Hamas-con-trolled Gaza.

Security sources in the territory said sev-eral targets in northen Gaza were struck byIsraeli fire, and that a reservoir in Beit Hanunwas destroyed. AFP

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Germany will introduce itsfirst civil defence strategy

since the end of the Cold War,calling on the population tostockpile enough food andwater for several days, accord-ing to a report on Sunday.

The plan, which makes civil-ian backing of troops a prioritywhile boosting the resilience ofbuildings and increasing capac-ity in the healthcare system, isdue to be adopted by the gov-ernment Wednesday, accordingto the Frankfurter AllgemeineZeitung (FAZ) daily.

Contacted by AFP, an inte-

rior ministry spokesman con-firmed that the cabinet was dueto adopt a civil defence strate-gy but declined details aboutthe concept or comment on thenewspaper report.

The strategy noted that “anattack on German territoryrequiring conventional defenceis unlikely,” but said the coun-try should be “sufficiently pre-pared in case of an existence-threatening development in thefuture that cannot be ruled out,”according to the 69-page strat-egy quoted by the FAZ.

“The population will beencouraged to stockpile food forten days,” it said, adding that five

days’ worth of water- at an esti-mated two litres per person perday -should also be set aside.

Haunted by its Nazi past,Europe’s most populous coun-try has for decades been par-ticularly cautious aboutdefence issues.

But this year it set out a newmilitary roadmap outliningGermany’s ambition to assumea bigger defence role abroad,within the frameworks of NATOand the European Union.

A string of attacks at homein July — including two claimedby the Islamic State group —has also sparked a fierce debateabout internal security.

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Do you believe there areonly four seasons in a year?

The researchers from theUniversity of Washington willprove you wrong: Tthey havefound a season of divorce too.

Associate sociology pro-fessor Julie Brines and doctor-al candidate Brian Serafinifound what is believed to be thefirst quantitative evidence of aseasonal, biannual pattern offilings for divorce.

The researchers analysedfilings in Washington statebetween 2001 and 2015 andfound that they peaked inMarch and August -- the peri-ods following winter and sum-mer holidays.

Their research, presented atthe annual meeting of theAmerican Sociological Associa-tion in Seattle, suggests thatdivorce filings may be driven bya “domestic ritual” calendar gov-

erning family behaviour.Winter and summer holi-

days are culturally sacred timesfor families, Brines said, whenfiling for divorce is consideredinappropriate, even taboo.

“People tend to face theholidays with rising expecta-tions, despite what disappoint-ments they might have had inyears past,” Brines said.

“They represent periodsin the year when there’s theanticipation or the opportuni-ty for a new beginning, a newstart, something different, atransition into a new period oflife. It’s like an optimism cycle,in a sense,” Brines added.

At the same time, holidaysare also emotionally chargedand stressful for many couplesand can expose fissures in amarriage.

Couples may decide to filefor divorce in August, follow-ing the family vacation andbefore the kids start school.

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Recently Union HomeMinister RajnathSingh highlighted thescourge of terrorismat the South Asian

Association for RegionalCooperation Home Ministers’meet in Islamabad. In an unam-biguous exposition, he said thatno one could support terror inany way. In a strongly wordedspeech, aimed mostly at thehost, Singh said it was necessaryto stop the glorification of ter-ror acts and terrorists. He alsocalled for effective measures toensure those committing terroracts do not escape prosecutionand punishment, and are extra-dited or prosecuted.

The menace of terrorism isamplified by the misuse of digitaltechnology. In our effort to tack-le terrorism, we should look intoall possible avenues of cyber-crime, its linkages with the terror-ist world, and how these can bedealt with. Attention and effortneed to be devoted to ensure thatsocial media and other moderntechnology is not misused for mis-leading the youth or promotingterrorism. Singh also stressed onthe need to ensure that terrorismis not glorified or patronised byany state.

One country’s terrorist cannotbe a martyr or freedom fighter foranyone else. Singh added that thestrongest possible steps need to betaken not only against terroristsand terrorist organisations, butalso against those individuals,institutions, organisations andnations that support them. Thisalone will ensure that the forcesengaged in promoting terrorismare effectively countered.

While Pakistan is guilty offomenting trouble in Kashmir, whydoes not our Government deal withthe changing situation firmly? Apolitician from Jammu & Kashmirsaid that we should treat Kashmirhumanely. Nobody can differ withhim but surely his humanity can-not extend to terrorists.

Successive Governments havepampered people who went toPakistan decades ago for terrortraining, who were responsible, forthe migration of minorities on thebasis of religion. The return ofthese people has not made muchdifference; if anything, the situa-tion has worsened. Nobody knowswhether they now have any handin sheltering the people comingfrom Pakistan. Even the startingof a bus service between India andPakistan-occupied Kashmir hasnot made much of a difference.

The President of the European

Commission, August 3, 2016, hasspoken harshly about countriesthat seek to keep out Muslimrefugees from West Asia. But hiswords may have fallen on deafears. A number of Europeannations have made clear that theyare not willing to welcomerefugees (mostly Muslims)because of the current crisis. Theresistance has been loudest inCentral Europe; although WesternEurope has not exactly thrownopen its doors either. Countrieslike Hungary have refused toallow Muslim refugees from Syriainto their country.

The opposition parties inRajya Sabha have urged the pre-sent Government to start a polit-ical process with all the stakehold-ers in Jammu & Kashmir. Theyseem to have forgotten that theprevious Prime MinisterManmohan Singh went toSrinagar a number of times, for thesame purpose. Nobody came tosee him, despite his open offer tomeet anybody. Why does the theOpposition not take the lead, goto Kashmir and starts the prelim-inary process? Opposition leadersshould go without any security,

talk publicly and give feedback,before the Prime Minister goes toKashmir. The onus lies on them tonot only make speeches but alsostart the dialogue process.

I am sure that theGovernment will appreciate theirsteps. Successive Governmentshave followed the policy of surren-der, instead of facing the problemwith firmness. It started in 1989,when 3.70 lakh Hindus wereforced out of the valley. In 1989,Rubiya Sayeed, the daughter of thethen Home Minister MuftiMohammed Sayeed was kid-napped and released in lieu ofsome terrorists.

First attack occurred on 30March, 2002, when two suicidebombers attacked the temple.Eleven persons including threesecurity forces personnel werekilled and 20 were injured. Secondtime, the terrorists attacked onNovember 24, 2002, when two sui-cide bombers stormed the templeand killed fourteen devotees andinjured 45 others. On July 13,2002, terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba threw hand grenades inSrinagar and then fired on civil-ians standing nearby killing 27 and

injuring many more. Some 24Hindus were killed in Nadimarg,Kashmir on March 23, 2003. OnOctober 18, 2005, suspectedKashmiri militants killed the theneducation minister of the State,Ghulam Nabi Lone. A militantgroup called Al Mansurin claimedresponsibility for the attack. AbdulGhani Lone, a prominent AllParty Hurriyat Conference leader,was assassinated by unidentifiedgunmen during a memorial rallyin Srinagar. The assassinationresulted in wide-scale demon-strations against the Indian forcesfor failing to provide enoughsecurity cover for Mr. Lone. OnMay 3, 2006, militants massacred35 Hindus. Allotting land of lessthan 100 acres for the temporarystructure of Hindu pilgrims onAmarnath Yatra, evoked protestsleading the local Government tobend on its knees and cancel theallotment. There is almost a con-tinuous Pakistani sponsored warin Kashmir on daily basis.

The latest killing of a terror-ist had led to the separatists rul-ing the roost, from July this year,and even Opposition to malign theGovernment has said that the pel-lets should not have been used. Itis almost short of saying that noforce should have been used. OnAugust 2, Mehbooba Mufti deliv-ered a speech that is probably themost important speech of hercareer. Addressing the civil soci-ety in Baramulla on August 2nd,she spoke without the usualrestraint that is seen in politicianswho are in power. She rebuked heraudience for turning blind eye tothe reality of Kashmir today. Sherued the fact that mosques werebeing used to coerce and threat-en women and children to comeout and protest. She was dis-tressed that young girls werebeing stopped on streets and wereasked to dress ‘modestly’. Shewondered what would happen toa land where a 10-year-old is sosteeped in fanaticism that he canslap a senior citizen. She expressedanguish that Kashmir could go thesame way as Afghanistan, Syriaand Libya. And then most impor-tantly she made no bones whenshe said ‘Is there a saazish to keepour children illiterate, unem-ployed so that it is easier to handthem stones?’

Kashmiris are our brethren,but those who have been misledshould see for themselves as towhat happened in Peshawar lastyear and this year on August 8 inQuetta. Our Kashmiri friendsshould remember that the pastalways has a way of returning. �

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Understanding the importanceof Kashmir” (August 20) byHiranmay Karlekar. India’sPakistan policy has been aimlessand based on self-illusions. Wemust do a course correctionanchored in ground realities, soas to be able to take advantageof the internal dissensions in Pakistan.

In Jammu & Kashmir, wemust also engage in an informa-tion war to win the minds andhearts of the people. The ModiGovernment has wasted its firsttwo years in power by mis-judging Pakistan Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif.

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Understanding the importanceof Kashmir” (August 20) byHiranmay Karlekar. What ispreventing India from destabal-ising Pakistan? Let us give moraland material help to the Balochfor a start. If Pakistani infiltra-tion into India takes place, let usretaliate with targeted cross-

border strikes in Pakistan-occu-pied Kashmir.

We have to meet aggressionwith aggression — not just anyeye for an eye but 10 eyes forevery one eye lost. We have thestanding example of Israel whichhas survived and will continueto survive in a hostile environ-ment because it has a no toler-ance policy for terror.

Pakistan must learn thatIndia can and will hit hard inretaliation if it is provoked andattacked in this manner.

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Understanding the importanceof Kashmir” (August 20) byHiranmay Karlekar. With regardto the current situation inKashmir, let’s be clear that theUnited States allowed it to hap-pen and so did successive mealy-mouthed Indian PrimeMinisters. Indian Left-liberalsand pseudo-secularists are alsoas much to blame. So, whyshould be blame Pakistan whichhas only taken advantage ofIndia’s idiocity?

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Hard stance on Pakistan”(August 20). It is futile andfrustrating to have a dialoguewith Pakistan which thinks thatif there is a dialogue on Kashmir,then Kashmir suddenly is disputed territory.

India should point out thewords of former Pakistani PrimeMinister Zulifikar Ali Bhutto. Inthe after math of the 1971 war,India had captured more thanmany Pakistani soldiers and alarge territory. Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi released thoseprisoners of war, and Bhutto hadsaid that in return Pakistanwould recognise the status quoof the present boundary.

Gandhi believed Bhutto wholater went back on his word.This is Pakistan’s history ofdenial, deceit, and hypocrisy.

Pakistan also continues tospread unrest and mayhem inKashmir, by supplying arms andammunition to terrorists in thevalley, and preaching jihadagainst India.

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als are spent negotiating frommeeting to meeting, and dri-ving plush automobiles fromone destination to another. Somuch so, that many ‘corporaterobots’ spend days withoutgetting a whiff of fresh air.

While a large number ofurban people in India havegiven themselves up to seden-tary lifestyles, those who realisethe importance of physicalworkout often take to the gym,but many a time fail to keep upwith the workout routines.

If you are one of those peo-ple who are in search of a wor-thy workout mechanism, pickup a bicycle and see how itchanges your life. A few yearsback, I cancelled my gymmembership and decided toturn to cycling every day inpursuit of a healthy body anda stress-free mind; and the

humble two-wheeler did notdisappoint me. Cycling can bethe best medium of workoutand stress busting.

And if you find the normaltwo wheeler lacking in glamourquotient, just step out into themarket and you will find awhole new range of suave andhi-tech cycles, capable of tak-ing you easily to distanceswhile actually adding up toyour style statement.

Doctors and health expertssay that sedentary lifestylesare the biggest threats to ourhealth today. The rise in theincidence of cardiovasculardisease, diabetes, hyperten-sion, and obesity is directlyattributable to physical inactiv-ity. Some also suggest that therisk associated with someforms of cancers is higher inpeople with sedentary lifestyles.

With mechanisation takingover our lifestyles, our levels ofdaily physical activity have

drastically reduced as com-pared to 20 years back.

Stairs have made way forelevators; with home deliverybecoming the norm, we hard-ly walk to the neighbourhoodgrocery stores. According toWorld Health Organisation,insufficient physical activity isone of the 10 leading risk fac-tors for death worldwide, anda key risk factor for non-com-municable diseases such ascancer and diabetes.

The WHO also recom-mends that adults aged 18-64years should indulge in at least150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activitythroughout the week. A dailycycle ride of just 20 minutes issufficient to achieve this target.

Cycling is one of the bestcardio exercises for people of allage groups and all body types.It not only helps burn caloriesand keeps weight under con-trol, but also helps build stami-

na and increase muscle andbone strength. Being a lowimpact exercise, it is soft on thejoints and unlike hard gymtraining sessions, doesn’t putyou at risk of overuse injuriesor sprains. This is why it canalso be taken up by elderly peo-ple who have arthritic joints.

At the same time, cyclingis also a major stress relievingexercise, especially whenundertaken in a congenialenvironment such as a park ora non-congested road. Peoplewho take up cycling as a dailyactivity will tell you it is alsoaddictive. And there’s nothinglike getting addicted to ahealthy practice!

With the rising populari-ty of fitness bikes, cycling isgaining currency in urbancentres especially among theyouth. Many fitness enthusi-asts and outdoor sport afi-cionados have also taken upcycling as a leisure and adven-

ture activity. This is evidentfrom rising sales of premiumfitness bicycles in India.

A new emerging categoryof upper middle class urbanprofessionals are providing afresh boost to the fitness cyclecategory, taking up to the envi-ronment-friendly two wheelerfor multiple reasons — health,reducing carbon foot-print,recreation and hassle free rides.

Interestingly, the culture ofurban cycling has been givenan impetus by young profes-sionals who have travelled toEuropean countries andreturned with an eye-openingexposure to the rampantcycling culture there. In citieslike Copenhagen, Amsterdamand Barcelona, corporate hon-chos and CEOs ride to workevery day like millions of other commuters.

While it is yet to become anorm, a new culture of cyclingto work can certainly be seen

on the horizon in some Indiancities, especially those whichhave concentrated IT and cor-porate hubs such as Bangalore,Hyderabad, and Gurgaon.

It is not uncommon todayto see corporate executivesriding to work in these cities,combing their daily commutewith their fitness regime. Infact, IT company Infosys’sMysore campus is cycle-friend-ly with most employees ridingthe two wheeler across campus.

Overall, adopting cyclinginto your fitness regime is like-ly to be much more sustain-able than usual exercise initia-tives like gyms as being amode of transport it can beincorporated in your worklife. People who have convert-ed to cycling will tell youhow a 20 minutes ride canchange your life.

(The writer is chairmanand managing director of HeroCycles)

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In the midst of a raging contro-versy in the country on cow vig-ilantes taking the law in theirown hands, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s clarion call to

the nation and firm directions to StateGovernments for taking strict actionagainst such anti-socials, this authorhad an opportunity to attend a lectureon the medicinal use of cow products.

The lecture was organised byKalpavriksha Foundation, founded bya software engineer, Vaisnava CharanDas, a bachelor who after working for15 years in the consultancy business,quit his job and dedicated his life tomaking cows self sustainable.

He did extensive study on Indiancows and is now applying his knowl-edge on the subject and entrepreneur-ship skills, along with the team of pro-fessionals, to the areas of cow care,technology, marketing, management,etc. Das intends to revive the fadinggene pool of indigenous cows, as wellas make available to the society gen-uine cow products that are of verifi-able medicinal value.

He had more than 100 Indianbreed cows in his farm in Bhopal. Hesells medicines prepared from cowurine and cow dung to the generalpublic from his outlet at the ISKCONtemple in Sant Naga, Delhi, andthrough franchises. The Kalpavriksha’sobjective is to create awareness aboutimportance of cow products.

The products are sold under thebrand name ‘Doctor Cow’ andreleased in the market after research.They are produced under GoodManufacturing Practices better knownas GMP, and have ISO certificate on

quality. They also have properapprovals from the Department ofAyush, as well as the Food Safety andStandard Authority of India.

The plan is to set up a global dis-tribution network through a chain offranchises for cow panchgavya, organ-ic dairy products. The organisationalso plans to connect all goshalas witha co-operative network, and provideconsultancy in setting up of goshalas.This is a perfect example of the waycow protection should be taken up,and sure Prime Minister Modi will behappy to learn about this venturebeing propagated by the citizens,without aid from the Government andoutside the media glare.

Uttam Maheswari, a renownedproponent of cow protection and anexpert on cow therapy (who is said tohave cured many people of diseaseslike paralysis, slip disc, liver failures)spoke for two hours on cow therapyand medicines prepared from cowmilk, urine and dung, and panchgavya.

In the end, the audience wasintroduced to Mohammed Faiz Khan,a cow protector. Khan left his job asan assistant professor and has nowdevoted himself to cow protection. Heis the author of the book, Islam andCow. Khan is also involved in mobil-ising Muslims and educating themabout th importance of cow in Islam.He is active in Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh, and is emerging as apositive hero not only in the cow pro-tection movement but at animal wel-fare programmes.

This is in sharp contrast to the selfproclaimed gau rakshaks, who aremostly anti-socials and local goons

masquerading as vigilantes. It hasbeen reported that the Unna incidentin Gujarat, wherein Dalits wereattacked, was a conspiracy. The mediamust give prominent place to peoplelike Khan and the Kalpavriksha foun-dation to show the real face of India.

Now let us examine the scientif-ic facts and the policy options for theGovernment on this. The success ofcow therapy validates the researchdone in many parts of the world onthe quality of A1 and A2 types of milkproduced by European and Indianbreeds of cows respectively. The Devilin the Milk, a book written by KeithWoodford, an agriculture expert fromNew Zealand, on A1 and A2 milk,details the genetic basis of the differ-ence in the two types of milk.

A2 milk is produced by IndianCows with a hump on their back andis far superior in both taste and qual-ity. The A1 milk is produced by theEuropean Holstein Friesian andAustralian-origin Jersey Cows. In A1,the beta-casein digests differentlythan in A2 as it releases a peptidecalled beta-caso-morphin7. This is thedevil in the milk, as it goes in theblood and creates several diseases likediabetes, autism, heart attacks etc. A2milk is closer to human milk.

According to the United NationsConvention on Biological Diversity,Canada, the conservation of indige-neous cattle’s genetic bio-diversity iscritical in India — where already 27of 64 Indigenous cattle breeds areextinct. India is expected to addanother 15 breeds to further extinctstatus in the next five years.

It is of interest to note that Brazil

has nearly 200 million cattle that con-sist of 80 per cent Indian cow breedsor Indian cow breeds-crossed cattle.The majority of Indian cow breeds inBrazil are of the Nellore breed (90 percent), which first arrived in Brazil in 1868.

Today, Brazil is the largest produc-er of Nellore cattle worldwide. it hasother Indian breeds also. Similarly,steps were taken by Argentina andother South American countries likeUruguay towards Indian cow breeds.Even the US has played its part. Butin India, we rely mostly on foreignbreeds, and this is the key concern today.

It is feared that the pure breeds arevanishing with each passing day. TheRed Sindhi, the most famous for itsquality of milk, is dying out — notmore than 300 are left now. TheGovernment of India needs to tacklethis problem urgently.

Veterinarians are also responsiblefor this condition. In the name ofmore milk yield, they have graduallyfinished the Indian breeds. Had theIndian scientists taken to improvingthe breed of Indian cattle, we wouldhave got milk production like Brazilis getting from Indian breeds.

The Government should reformthis sector and protect indigenousbreeds of cattle through a multi-pronged approach. This is one sectorwhich can not only end hunger amonglandless but can also end unemploy-ment in rural areas, apart from con-serving the best cattle bio-diversity ofthe world.

(The writer is former PrincipalSecretary, Government of Tripura)

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As the controversy over anti-India slogans allegedly

raised at an event in Bengaluruorganised by AmnestyInternational India chapter isstill very much alive, BJPnational president Amit Shahhas called for the people to iso-late those who speak againstthe nation under the guise offreedom of expression. TheBJP president was addressingthe party workers in coastaltown of Mangaluru on Sundayin a programme to rememberthe contributions made by free-dom fighters called “Azaadi70 —Yaad Karo Qurban”.

He said, “If there is nonationalism, there will be noConstitution from which thisright can be derived. From thispious dais, I call upon peopleto alag thalag (isolate) such per-sons and groups.” He also saidthat speaking against the nationcannot be sheltered under theact of freedom of speech.

He said, “anti-national slo-gans cannot be justified ordefended on the grounds offreedom of speech. This free-dom of speech has come fromthe Constitution, which in turnis the result of several decadesof freedom struggle and sacri-fice of thousands of freedomfighters”.

“For us, Tiranga Yatra is anot a ritual or symbolic. It isour solemn commitment tospread patriotism and nation-alism among the present daygeneration,” he added.

“There is no problem ifyou question a party or its ide-ology. But you cannot call itfreedom of speech when youwant to propagate anti-nation-al ideologies. A handful ofpeople are trying to separatethe nation. I want to tell theentire nation — this countrycannot be without nationalism.Freedom fighters are the trueinspiration to the youth, notthese NGOs,” Shah said.

“Prior to the 2014 general

elections, we have given a callfor ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’— the country is progressingin this path. Earlier, the world

saw India with a differentpoint of view, now the entireworld feels that the year 2020will be India’s. Presently, the

topmost priority is being givento protecting borders. Theentire Defence is equippedwith advanced technology,

equipment and transport, andmeticulous strategy. Armymenneed not wait for orders fromDelhi, if they receive bulletfrom the other side, they havebeen given standing order totake decisions,” he said.

“PM Modi in his foreignpolicy has also emphasised ontrade along with culture. The economy of the nation ismoving in the right direction,”he added.

Earlier in the day, the BJPpresident flagged off a bike rallyorganised by Yuva Morcha aspart of the party’s nationwide‘Tiranga Yatra’ campaign. Afterthe rally, Amit Shah garlandedthe statue of Rani Abbakka.Rani Abbakka was the queen ofUllal, who fought thePortuguese in the latter half ofthe 16th century. He also visit-ed the BJP district office andplanted a sapling. UnionMinister DV SadanandaGowda, BJP State president BSYeddyurappa and other Stateleaders were present.

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The issue of whether womenof fertile age should be

allowed to enter the hill shrineof Lord Ayyappa in Kerala’sSabarimala has now turnedinto a political controversywith leaders of various partiesadopting divergent stands.

The latest row was trig-gered by State CPI(M) secre-tary Kodiyeri Balakrishnanwith his allegedly impertinentstatement that the hills werenot going to crumble if womenwere allowed to enter theshrine. Kodiyeri also said thatthe ban on women atSabarimala could not be viewedmerely as a matter of rites andcustoms but it was a sign ofsome people’s feudal tendency.

Kodiyeri’s statement was inresponse to the protests airedby Prayar Gopalakrishnan,president of the TravancoreDevaswom Board (TDB), thebody administering theSabarimala shrine and severalother temples in southernKerala against certain sugges-tions put forward by MarxistChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayanat a review meeting held onSabarimala on August 18.

While several political lead-ers criticised the TDB presidentfor speaking in an allegedlydefiant tone to the State’s ChiefMinister just because he hadput forward some suggestionsfor the smooth conduct of thethree-month pilgrimage at theshrine, people representingdevotees’ community describedGopalakrishnan as a “Hinduwith a strong backbone”.

As per the worship systemat the Sabarimala shrine,

women between the age of 10and 50 are not allowed to enterthe Lord Ayyappa shrine.While a section in the society,mainly communists, Leftistintellectuals and women’s lib-eration activists wants the banto be removed, the believers’community and temple author-ities are vehemently opposingthis viewpoint.

In an article published inCPI(M) mouthpieceDeshabhimani daily, Kodiyerisaid his party favoured allowingwomen into Sabarimala shrineand the biological process ofmenstruation in women shouldnot be viewed as a shortcoming.He said the former LDFGovernment had submitted anaffidavit in the Supreme Courtin 2006 favouring women’s entryinto the shrine.

“The ban on women atSabarimala cannot be reduced toan issue of religious customs.Only those who stand for therestoration of the feudal systemcan accept this as a matter of cus-tom,” Kodiyeri said in the article,adding that the TDB presidentand certain BJP-RSS leaders hadreacted to the issue as though themountains would come down ifwomen entered Sabarimala.

State BJP presidentKummanam Rajasekharan

lashed out at Kodiyeri for hisstatement by asking whatauthority the State CPI(M) sec-retary had to intervene in amatter related to religion andbelief. “Is it up to the CPI(M)secretary to decide how worshipshould be conducted in tem-ples? What do people with nobelief in religion or God have towith such subjects?” he asked.

However, the Congressparty chose to adopt a middlepath on the issue with theOpposition Leader in the StateAssembly, RameshChennithala, stating, “What isneeded here is not an emo-tional approach.” Stating that aconsensus was necessary onsuch matters, he said, “If cus-toms are to be changed, certainprocedures are to be followed.”

Kantararu Rajeevaru,Tantri (traditional chief priest)of the Sabarimala shrine, how-ever, rejected all the proposalsput forward by the ChiefMinister in relation to the tem-ple. Referring to the issue ofwomen’s entry into the shrine,he asked why they were show-ing unnecessary haste to haveDarshan at the Sabarimalatemple. “Can’t they wait till theyachieve the age of 50?”Rajeevaru asked while inter-acting with the media.

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It’s no less a God’s gift to oneof Assam’s most backward

districts.Yes, Sachin Tendulkar,

who is often termed as the'God of Cricket' in India, hasdonated �25 lakh from hisMP’s Local Area DevelopmentFund (MPLAD) for the wel-fare of a minority communityin insurgency-ravaged KarbiAnglong district in Assam.The amount will be spent forconstruction of a boy’s hostelthat will house studentsbelonging to Man-Tai orShyam comunity in the dis-trict.

Karbi Anglong DeputyCommissioner Mukul Gogoitold The Pioneer on Sundaythat he has received a letterwritten on behalf of the crick-eting legend and a cheque of�25 lakh from DistrictMagistrate (DM) Mumbai forthe purpose.

Man-Tai or Shyam is asmall community in Assammostly living in parts of Jorhat,Golaghat and Karbi Anglongdistricts. Having their origin inBurma, the Man-Tai commu-nity is believed to have cometo Assam during the Burmeseaggression between 1817 and1826. Some, however, saysthat the community migratedto Assam in the 16th centurycrossing the Patkai hill range.Followers of Buddhism, theShyam or Man Tai communi-ty has only about 12,000 fam-ilies scattered in Jorhat,Golaghat and Karbi Anglongdistricts of Assam.

“The amount has accord-ingly been disbursed for thepurpose,” said Gogoi.

Earlier this year, a delega-tion of Man-Tai CulturalDevelopment Society metTendulkar in New Delhi andsought his help for the hostel’sconstruction.

Gogoi said that the project

site has already been identifiedat Manja in the district, locat-ed near the Buddhist Pagoda,10 kms from Karbi Anglongdistrict headquarters Diphu.He said that the proposedtwo-storey hostel will house 50to 60 students from the com-munity and the managementof the hostel will be run by theManja Pagoda (Monastery)Management Committee.

“We are grateful to thecricketing legend. We haveheard that he does lots ofphilanthropic works for thosein need. We are delighted thathe has decided to give us ahelping hand,” said BhogeswarShyam, who belongs to theMan-Tai community.

Located about 250 kmsaway from Assam capital townGuwahati, Karbi Anglong usedto be a hotbed of insurgency inAssam since more than lastthree decades. Although thesituation has improved in lastfew years, yet there are reportsof insurgent activities in thedistrict. The district, onceknown for its blue hills, serenebeauty and climate, lost itssheen due to insurgent activ-ities, which forced it to remainbackward in terms of devel-opment despite the fact thatdistrict was declared anautonomous one under theSixth Schedule of the consti-tution of India in 1952.

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The mock-assembly staged bythe DMK MLAs under the

leadership of MK Stalin, Leaderof the Opposition, outside FortSaint George (Tamil NaduLegislative Assembly) on Fridayhas landed them in trouble. TheFort Saint George Police filedcases against Stalin and 59MLAs on Sunday for assem-bling in front of the LegislativeAssembly and holding demon-stration causing inconvenienceto the secretariat staff as well asthe general public.

The DMK MLAs had beenevicted en masse by theMarshals last Wednesday forcreating ruckus in the Assemblyand were later suspended forone week from attending thesession are on a warpath with

the Government. Though theytried to gate-crash into theHouse on Thursday, the securitystaff denied them entry into theHouse. This resulted in Friday’smock-assembly in which theruling party members weremimicked and lampooned bythe DMK MLAS with DuraiMurugan donning the role ofSpeaker and Stalin becomingthe Leader of the House.

What was staged as a

model Assembly ended up inlampooning the Speaker of theHouse and the AIADMKMinisters. The general public aswell as the Secretariat Staff wereput to many difficulties as aresult of the sit-in staged by theDMK MLAs outside theSecretariat. People from manyplaces had come to theSecretariat to present petitionsto the Chief Minister’s SpecialCell and many had to go backfollowing the chaos in theSecretariat premises and theheavy police bandobust.Thecase has been filed under dif-ferent sections for assemblingwithout permission.

Meanwhile, the MadrasHigh Court on Monday willconsider the petition filed bythe DMK challenging the one-week suspension of partyMLAs from the Assembly.

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Amid apprehensions offlood waters entering into

Patna town, Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar onSunday said silt deposited inGanga after the construction ofFarakka Dam and asked theCentre to remove the dam orcome out with a ‘SiltManagement Policy’.

“The current flood situationhas been caused by siltation ofriver Ganga. This situation is theresult of silt getting deposited inGanga after construction ofFarakka dam. The only way toremove silt from the river is toremove the dam,” Kumar told

reporters after the review meet-ing on flood situation here.

If the Central Governmenthas any other option (otherthan removing the dam), thenit should start working on it, headded. In his Independenceday address too, Kumar hadraised the issue saying that thedepth of river Ganga hadreduced following the silt depo-sition in the river due to con-struction of dam at Farakka.

Stressing that Ganga hasbecome shallow due to silta-tion, Kumar said “I have con-sistently been raising this issuefor the past 10 years. I hadraised the issue whenManmohan Singh was the

Prime Minister and now I amraising it before the NarendraModi Government.”

Due to siltation in the river,the depth of Ganga river hasreduced and water spreads tothe adjoining areas in the eventof rise in the water level, he said.

“I appeal to theGovernment of India to pre-pare a policy on silt manage-ment. The Central Gover-nment should consider it aftertaking stock of the situation...It should come out with themechanism or wayout to pre-vent silt getting deposited in theriver Ganga, otherwise it couldprove to be a terrible situationin years to come,” Kumar said.

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Shillong: An inordinate delayfrom the Meghalaya ElectricityCorporation Ltd (MeECL) topower floodlights along theIndo-Bangladesh InternationalBorder has put the BorderSecurity Force in “undue hard-ship” in managing the 443km-long border, officials saidon Sunday.

The MeECL is to providefloodlights along the Indo-Bangladesh border and �14.7

crore have been deposited since2012 for the same.

“We are serving undersevere and undue hardship inview of the lack of properpower for the floodlights. Thisprocess should ideally havebeen completed by 2009,”Border Security Force (BSF)Meghalaya Frontier IG PKDubey told PTI.

Although the MeECL hasbeen told to have the flood

lights powered, the tenderingprocess from their part hasbeen delayed, he said.

Currently, the BSF has 125Border Outposts and the flood-lights are running on dieselgenerator sets meant to lightthe BOPs only, Dubey said.

Noting that the BSF per-sonnel have to perform dutiesunder severe condition in viewof the situation arising out ofthe absence of proper lighting

system, he said incidents ofcross border crimes and smug-gling had risen.

According to a seizure listof the BSF this year, hundredsof cattle were attempted to besmuggled across the borderevery month.

Till July, over 1,200 cattlewere seized within few metersfrom the zero line along theIndo-Bangladesh border, hesaid.

Apart from cattle smug-gling, logs and contrabanditems worth several crores werealso seized during the sameperiod.

Involvement of local crim-inals in connivance with smug-glers from Bangladesh hasalways been a great cause ofconcern for the BSF, Dubeysaid.

These trans-border crimi-nals not only trespass into

Indian territory but also dam-age the Indo-BangladeshBorder Fence with fence cut-ting tools and causing loss togovernment properties, he said.

All these could have beencut to size had the flood light-ing process been completed,Dubey said.

An attempt to get a reac-tion from MeECL did notfructify.

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Hyderabad: A day after RahulGandhi’s veiled attack on theBJP and Sangh Parivar, UnionMinister Venkaiah Naidu onSunday blasted him saying onewho expresses solidarity withextremists, fundamentalistsand communalists was tryingto preach about the unity of thecountry despite having “nomoral right” to do so.

Terming Rahul’s remarks as“the pot calling the kettle black”,Naidu also lashed out at theCongress and said its politics ofappeasement and vote bank haswidened the divide betweenmajority and minority.

He also asked why theparty has encouraged funda-mentalist and communal forces.

Holding the Congressresponsible for complicatingthe Kashmir issue, the seniorBJP leader accused it of beinghard on nationalists, whilegoing soft on terrorists.

On Saturday, whileaddressing a function in NewDelhi, Rahul had made a veiledattack on the BJP and theSangh Parivar, saying there areforces which are “promoting”disharmony and are seeking a“divided and divisive” India.

Taking a strong exceptionto the remarks, Naidu said theNarendra Modi-led

Government was trying tobring social harmony andfocusing on oneness in nation.

“The remarks are like thepot calling the kettle black. It isthe Congress, which haspreached, practiced divisivepolitics in the country in last 50years and it has always encour-aged fundamentalist forces andcommunal elements. It hasthrived its politics on caste,region and religion,” he alleged.

“It is divisive politics cou-pled with vote bank politicspracticed by Congress that hasbrought our country to the pre-sent situation,” Naidu alleged.

“It is the appeasement pol-itics of Congress that haswidened the divide betweenmajority and minority, thoughnothing worthwhile has beendone to minorities...And it isthe legacy of the Congressregime that has complicated theKashmir issue,” he said. PTI

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The 2017 State Assemblyelections in Goa will be a

“straight fight” between theBJP and APP, Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal saidon Sunday, even as he tried torake up the Rohit Vemula sui-cide to highlight atrocities onDalits in the country, especial-ly in poll-bound States of UttarPradesh and Gujarat.

“The Congress has nochance in these polls. This is astraight fight between the BJPand the AAP. You take this fromme in writing. The Congress willnot get a single seat in Goa, justlike it happened in Delhi. You donot waste your ballot by votingfor the Congress. If you vote forthe Congress, your vote will bewasted and divided,” Kejriwaltold a meeting of the tribalcommunity in Quepem subdistrict in South Goa.

Kejriwal, who is on athree-day visit to poll-boundGoa, his third visit to the statein as many months, also saidthat the BJP-led coalitionGovernment had lost the faithof the people and urged trib-als in Goa to vote for the AAP.

“People trusted Parrikar

and all those are feeling cheat-ed now. They now believe thatthe BJP is even worse than theCongress. Those who want tovote for the BJP please re-think.BJP cannot provide hope orfuture for Goa,” Kejriwal said.

Kejriwal also played theRohit Vemula card to appeal tothe ST and SC population ofGoa, while also promising totake those responsible for thedeath of two ST youth, duringan agitation in 2011, to task.

“Tribal voices in Goa weresuppressed, police action wastaken. All this happens whena government is against thebackward people. You can seethis in Gujarat and UttarPradesh. Rohit Vemula wasforced to commit suicide.Those who did this, they willbe punished, especially in thecase where the two youth werekilled,” Kejriwal said.

The Delhi Chief Ministeralso said that the Aam AadmiParty was committed to reser-vations as promised in theIndian Constitution for SCsand STs.

“It is necessary and it shouldbe continued until the SC andST atrocities do not stop. Youhave seen how Dalits atrocitiesare being committed in India.They are not being consideredequals even today. We stand bythe provisions for SCs and STsin the Constitution. We willcontinue to stand by it and willnot tolerate any attempts tochange it,” Kejriwal said.

The AAP co-founder alsosaid that political patronagewas behind the narcotics indus-try in the coastal state, which iswell known tourism destination.

“Drugs cannot be sold evenfor a day, if it does not havepolitical support. Drugs busi-ness survives only because ofpolitical support. When drugmoney fills the pockets of thepoliticians, they instruct thepolice to go slow...” the Delhichief minister said.

Claiming that the BJP’s topleadership was concerned aboutthe rapid strides made by theAAP in Goa, Kejriwal said:“Amit Shah did not go to UttarPradesh, but he came to Goabecause he knows in Goa AAPis winning. They are scaredabout what will happen in Goa.Few days ago, you must haveread (in the newspapers) thatwhen Parsekar said he went tomeet the Prime Minister, the lat-ter asked about the response toKejriwal’s rally. PM is scaredabout Kejriwal’s rally! BJP isscared,” Kejriwal said.

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Hundreds of police and para-military personnel are

manning every street in capitalSrinagar, guarding coils of con-certina wire blocking mainthoroughfares and ensuringcivilian movement remains neg-ligible. This is the 44th day onSunday since unrest began inKashmir after spontaneousprotests against the killing ofHizbul Mujahideen commanderBurhan Wani on July 8. In theevening, pellets fired to dispersean agitating mob, hit a bystanderIrfan Ahmad, 19, at Malarta inold Srinagar. His heart waspierced with pellets and doctorsat SMHS Hospital declared himdead on arrival. Elsewhere invalley, 83 persons were injuredin the daylong clashes.

The normal life as out ofgear as it was six weeks ago.There is no end to the situationin sight. The Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP coalitionGovernment is invisible onthe ground, except for thejackboots and the barrel of gun.

The authorities continuedto impose curfew most parts ofSrinagar city, Anantnag andPampore towns in southKashmir while curfew-likerestrictions remained imposedin other major towns and vil-lages across the valley.

The authorities haveimposed night curfew inSrinagar since August 17 while

the Army has taken over themain highways to ensure traf-fic movement especially thepassage of convoys. The move-ment of convoys was hampereddue to presence of huge num-bers of protesters on the roadsand compelled the armyauthorities to conduct the con-voys during the night.However, an attack on aBaramulla-bound convoy lastweek that killed two Armyand one police personnelexposed the vulnerability of thenocturnal travelling.

The authorities are makingthe curfew stricter with eachpassing day. On Sunday, allentry and exit points leading tocity Centre Lal Chowk weresealed. Commuters were notallowed to cross the barricadesat these points. Several residentscomplained that their curfewpasses issued by the authoritieswere not entertained. “I had totake an alternate route to reachSMHS hospital where my rela-tive, hit by pellets, is undergo-ing treatment,” Ali Muhammad,a resident of south Kashmir’sTral area said.

Sources said that five dri-vers of milk vans were beatenup by security forces at Newain Pulwama district in the weehours when they were on wayto Srinagar. One of the driversSajjad Ahmad was admitted tohospital with a broken arm.Reports said that several peo-ple attending a marriage party

were beaten up at a village innorth Kashmir’s Sopore area.

Sources said that the peo-ple living in old city areas arefacing acute shortage of life sav-ing medicines and are unableto visit hospitals to attend totheir patients. The supplies ofmilk, baby food and vegetablesare also reportedly affected inSrinagar city. Several mediapersons complained that thecops manning the city’s streetshampered their late eveningmovement despite instructionson the contrary from theauthorities.

During the six weeks ofunrest and disorder, with theSunday evening killing of IrfanAhmad, 64 civilians, mostly inthe age group of 15 to 35 yearshave been killed by the policeand security forces to quell

public uprising. Two policemenhave also died in clashes withprotesters. The Army hasordered probe in two cases —the killing of two women anda teenager in Qazigund andbeating to death a college lec-turer at Sharshali village inKhrew. The court has orderedprobe into the killing of acivilian in Batamaloo whoseparents alleged that a middle-rung officer opened fire on thevictim inside his home. Lastweek, the body of the slainyoungster was exhumed forautopsy.

Thousands of peopleincluding security personnelhave been injured in theprotests. More than 300 civil-ians have been hit by pellets in

their eyes. The StateGovernment on Saturday toldJ&K High Court that majorityof victims have “multiple struc-tural damage” to their eyeballs.

Mobile internet servicescontinued to remain suspend-ed in the Valley while privatepostpaid mobile phone serviceswere restored after remainingsuspended for six days-sec-ond time in last 43 days. Theoutgoing call facility is barredon prepaid mobiles.

The separatist groups whoare spearheading the agitationhave announced shutdown tillAugust 25 but asked the peo-ple to resume activities between6 pm and 6 am. The strictercurfew has failed the sepa-ratists’ programmes.

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Congress on Sunday attackedRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Chief Mohan Bhagwat for his statementregarding Hindu population saying“what else can be expected from him.

“Woh Dharm ki hi khaate hain.Woh aur kya baat karenge,” (He bankon religion only, what else he can say),Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azadsaid.

He was asked by reporters about hisviews on Bhagwat’s statement in Agrayesterday in which he said, “which lawsays that the population of Hindus’should not rise? What is stopping themwhen population of others’ is rising.The issue is not related to the system.It is because the social environment islike this,”

“In every statement Bhagwat talksof dividing (society). He should havetalked about employment, price rise buthe didn’t do so,” Azad added.

Bhagwat on Saturday participatedat a programme in Agra where teach-ers from 11 west Uttar Pradesh districts.

He made the statement on the issueof declining Hindu population, whenasked by a participant.

The audience included universityteachers, academics and a large num-ber teachers from schools in Agra andneighbouring districts.

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Lieutenant-Governor of PuducherryKiran Bedi gave the people of the

Union Territory on Sunday a thoroughdressing down on cleanliness and hygiene.The former IPS officer, who was on herroutine weekend outing reminded thepeople of Puducherry that theGovernment alone would not be able tomaintain cleanliness and hygiene. “It is theresponsibility of the general public toactively help the Government maintaincleanliness. The people are equally respon-sible for the cleanliness drive initiated bythe Government. Unless you cooperatewith the Government, this will not findresults,” said Bedi while addressing thecrowd.

She expressed her unhappinesswith the general cleanliness in theUnion Territory. “I would like to see theentire Puducherry neat, clean andhealthy. Are you going to help me inrealising that dream?” asked theGovernor. She said she was notimpressed by the standard of hygieneand cleanliness. “I have come herewith a mission. If you are not going tohelp me, if you are not interested in see-ing a neat and clean Puducherry, I’llpack up and leave,” said Bedi. The crowdunanimously shouted “No” to theGovernor who has become popular all

over the Union Territory due to her proactive style of functioning.

In the run up to the release of Tamilmovie Kabali starring Rajnikant, thePuducherry administration launched aninnovative scheme to promoteSwachchh Bharat Abhiyan a success inthe Union Territory. One of the districtsoffered free Kabali tickets to those whocome forward to accept the governmentscheme for constructing toilets in theirhouses. This went well with the popu-lation as hundreds of people made useof the opportunity to construct toiletsand watch the Rajnikant movie.

Bedi, who love interacting with thepeople on development activities latertweeted that she has put them on notice.“Put people &public servants on noticetoday. Participate in cleanliness ofPuducherry. Also join in every weekend,or else! Time will tell,” Bedi tweeted.

R Sreedharan, private secretary tothe L-G, said Dr Bedi has made it a pointto visit various places in the UT to mon-itor the progress of the cleanlinessdrive. “Today was no exception. Shewants to ensure that the general publictoo join her in her mission. Her wordswere not at all harsh. It was meant tomotivate the people and whenthe crowdshouted “no” to her question whethershe should pack up and leave the place,she was happy,” said Sreedharan.

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Imphal: Former Union Minister Najma Heptulla was on Sunday swornin as Governor of Manipur at Raj Bhavan here.

Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court Rakesh Ranjan Prasadadministered the oath of office at 11.30 am.

Heptulla, the 18th Governor of the State, replaced Shanmuganathanwho was holding the dual charge of Governor of Manipur andMeghalaya.

The swearing in ceremony was attended by Chief Minister OkramIbobi and his Cabinet colleagues among others, an official statementsaid. PTI

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Beijing: Chinese President XiJinping on Sunday bestowedspecial honours on a PLA bat-talion posted in Tibet close toArunachal Pradesh for its “out-standing performance in safe-guarding borders”.

Xi, who heads the CentralMilitary Commission (CMC)which is the overall commandauthority of the People’sLiberation Army (PLA), signedorders to give honorary titles,state-run Xinhua news agencyreported.

“Troop 77,656 is now titledas a “model plateau battalion”for its outstanding performancein safeguarding borders, ensur-ing stability and helping disas-ter relief,” the report quoted astatement as saying.

While the news report hasnot identified the battalion,Indian Defence officials andstrategic think-tanks have saidit is Gangba 2nd IndependentBattalion.

It is based in Shigatse City,Gangba County in Tibet closeto Arunachal Pradesh and isone of the six battalions func-tioning under the TibetMilitary Area Command, offi-cial sources here told PTI.

The Line of Actual Control(LAC) covers 3,488-km border.

While China says that theboundary dispute is confined to2,000 kms, mainly in

Arunachal Pradesh in easternsector which it claims as part ofsouthern Tibet, India assertsthat the dispute covered thewhole of the LAC including theAksai Chin occupied by Chinaduring the 1962 war.

Both sides formed a num-ber of mechanisms both at thelevels of field commanders andat the level of headquarters todefuse tensions arising out ofthe aggressive patrolling of thedisputed border.

India and China have held19 rounds of SpecialRepresentatives talks to resolvethe border dispute.

Xi also honoured Submarine372 whose crew saved it from amajor disaster while on a patrolmission in 2014.

According to Chinese offi-cial media reports, Submarine372 was caught in an under-

water trench thousands ofmetres deep and started plung-ing down.

The vessel had encoun-tered a sudden change in waterconditions, leading it to sinkuncontrollably fast, accordingto a December, 2014 report bystate-run China Daily.

The crew quickly seized thelittle time they had by openingall the emergency air flaskswithin 10 seconds to fill thetanks and managed to closemore than 100 valves and relat-ed equipment in less than aminute.

In two minutes, all thecabins were sealed.

The team’s swift, coordi-nated reaction saved every-one, the report said.

The whole armed forceswere urged to learn from bothexamples, according to theXinhua report.

In a separate statement, Xisigned orders to award mer-itcitations to four military unitsand 15 persons for outstandingservices.

Troop 66,114 was given afirst-class merit citation for itsoutstanding contribution tocompleting tasks, and units91,515, 94,669 and 96,261 weregiven second-class merit cita-tions for their outstanding per-formance in strengtheningfighting capacity. PTI

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Washington: Calling it a “stepin the right direction”, Sikh-Americans here have wel-comed the IndianGovernment’s decision ofremoving the names of 225Sikhs from a blacklist.

“This is a step in the rightdirection and a promise ful-filled by the ModiGovernment,” said Jasdip SinghJasse, founder of Sikhs ofAmerica, at a joint news con-ference with the OverseasFriends of BJP-USA, whichwas attended by leaders ofSikh American community.

Last year, a delegation ofSikh-Americans led by Singhhad submitted a memoran-dum to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi when he visit-ed the Silicon Valley.

Singh, along with a dele-gation of OFBJP-USA, hadalso submitted a similar mem-orandum to Home MinisterRajnath Singh last year.

Names of 225 Sikhs, chron-icled in the Government’s black-list for their alleged involvementin subversive or anti-India activ-ities, have been removed overthe last four years.

The pruning has been donein a list of 298 Sikhs which wasprepared at different levels bysecurity agencies since 1980s.

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Kathmandu: Nepal’s newPrime Minister Pushpa KamalDahal ‘Prachanda’ will embarkon a three-day official visit toIndia on September 15, hismaiden foreign trip, officialsources here said on Sunday.

Highly-placed sources con-firmed the date for Prachanda’sIndia visit though it is yet to beofficially announced.

This will be Prachanda’sfirst foreign visit after assum-ing office earlier this month.

Deputy Prime Ministerand Home MinisterBimalendra Nidhi, who was on

a visit to India as Prachanda’sspecial envoy, had discussedwith Indian officials regardingthe visit, according to Indianembassy sources here.

Today’s confirmation ofthe date comes a day afterPrime Minister Narendra Modiextended an invitation toPrachanda to visit India at theearliest when Nidhi called onhim. He also conveyed hisgreetings and best wishes to thenew government of Nepal ledby Prachanda.

Nidhi had briefed Modiabout the latest developmentsin Nepal. Modi said India isfully committed to support thegovernment and the people ofNepal in the post-earthquakereconstruction efforts.

He also reiterated India’scommitment to strengthen thetraditional bonds of friendshipand kinship with the people ofNepal. PTI

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Washington: An interracialcouple were stabbed after a self-proclaimed white supremacistsaw them kissing outside aWashington restaurant, policesaid.

Daniel Rowe, 32, came upto the African-American manand the white woman and,without a word, started stab-

bing them, CNN quotedOlympia police spokeswomanLaura Wohl as saying on Friday.

The man, who was stabbedin the hip, was able to tackle thesuspect and restrain him on theground until police arrived. Hisinjuries were minor, as were thewoman’s, according to policeofficials.

The man confessed to stab-bing the couple, saying he wasa white supremacist, Wohl said.

“The suspect spouted whitesupremacist sayings and mademany many references to racistthings,” CNN reported citingWohl as saying.

Investigators were treatingthe attack as a hate crime and

Rowe has been charged withtwo counts of first degreeassault and one count of mali-cious harassment underWashington State’s “hate crime”law.

Rowe was booked into theThurston County Jail and isbeing held on $500,000 bail,CNN added. IANS

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Agra/Lucknow: RSS chiefMohan Bhagwat was in themidst of a controversy onSunday over his comment onHindu population, withCongress and BSP criticisinghim for the remarks.

"Which law says that thepopulation of Hindus shouldnot rise? There is nothing likethat. What is stopping themwhen population of others isrising? The issue is not relatedto the system. It is because thesocial environment is like this,"Bhagwat had said yesterday onthe issue of declining Hindupopulation.

He had made the remarkswhile addressing an event inAgra as part of his four-day stayin the city to interact withgroups representing varioussocial strata and professions.

BSP chief Mayawati, whileaddressing a rally in Agra, alsocriticised Bhagwat for thiscomment on Hindu popula-tion.

"The RSS chief tells Hindusto produce more than twochildren. I want to tell him: 'yousay produce more children,then ask Narendra Modi and

Central Government if theywill make arrangements forfeeding them'," she said.

Addressing about 2,000young couples today at anoth-er function, Bhagwat urgedthem to work for family valuesand help inculcate patrioticsentiments in children. PTI

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Union Budget has for decadesbeen presented on last day of

February, but this could soonchange with the Governmentmulling advancing it to Januaryend so as to complete the budgetexercise before the beginning ofthe new fiscal.

Finance Ministry is doing anoverhaul of the entire Budgetmaking exercise which may seescrapping of the current practiceof presenting a separate budgetfor Railways and the Budgetdocument getting slimmer withindirect tax proposals findingalmost no mention after exciseduties, service tax and cessesbeing subsumed in the Goodsand Service Tax (GST) regime.

Also on the anvil is abolitionof distinction between Plan andnon-Plan expenditure and

replacing it with capital and rev-enue expenditure. Sources saidthe Government is of the viewthat the Budget exercise shouldideally be over by March 31 everyyear as against the present prac-tice of it being carried in twophases spread between Februaryand May.

While the Constitution doesnot mandate any specific date forpresentation of the Budget, it isusually presented on last work-ing day of February and the two-stage process of Parliamentaryapproval takes it to mid-May. Asthe financial year begins on April1, the Government in Marchtakes Parliament approval forVote on Account for a sum ofmoney sufficient to meet expen-diture on various items for twoto three months. Demands andAppropriation Bill, entailing fullyear expenditure as well as tax

changes, is then passed inApril/May.

Sources said the FinanceMinistry is of the view that if theprocess is initiated earlier, therewould be no need for getting aVote on Account and a full bud-get can be approved in one stageprocess before March 31. Theproposal before the governmentis to present the Budget in lastweek of January, preferably onJanuary 31 and ramp up theentire process by March 31, theysaid.

The revenue department isalso mulling preponing its pre-budget meetings with variousstakeholders to Septemberinstead of holding them inNovember/December. Besidesthe date of presentation of theBudget, the annual financial doc-ument for 2017-18 is likely to seeanother major overhaul with the

abolition of 'Plan and non-planexpenditure' and replacing itwith 'capital and revenue expen-diture'.

The expenditure departmentin its pre-budget meetings withvarious other ministries andGovernment departments willthis time around seek for detailsof their envisaged revenue andcapital expenditure from April

2017-March 2018.“States are being consulted

for capital and revenue expendi-ture classification. An internalgroup is working on it. This willgive the right direction in sim-plification of accounts and alsohow we focus on expenditure,”another source said. FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley in theBudget speech announced of

doing away with Plan and Non-Plan classification from 2017-18,in line with the termination of12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17).Also with the roll out of the GST,possibly from April 1 2017, theneed for the Union Governmentto legislate changes in the exciseduties, service tax and cesses willcease to exit as they would all besubsumed in the new nationalsales tax.

The GST rate is to be fixedby the GST Council comprisingof Finance Minister and repre-sentatives of all 29 states. Thiswould mean that the Part-B ofthe Budget, which contains taxproposals, would get slimmerwith only direct tax proposalsbeing mentioned besides a fewother taxes, like Customs, whichwould continue to be in domainof the Centre even after GST roll-out. GST rollout would also sub-

sume various exemptions andcesses, which would oblivate theneed for their presentation in theBudget.

Besides, the 92-year-old prac-tice of presenting a separate RailBudget is set to come to an endfrom the next fiscal, as theGovernment proposes to merge itwith the General Budget. With themerger, the issue of raising pas-senger fares, an unpopular deci-sion, will be the Finance Minister'scall.

The General Budget, referredto as the Annual FinancialStatement in Article 112 of theConstitution of India, is present-ed by the Finance Minister inParliament every year on lastworking day of February. The bud-get, which is presented by meansof the Financial Bill and theAppropriation bill has to be passedby the House before it can come

into effect on April 1. Until the year2000, the Budget was announcedat 5 pm on last working day ofFebruary. This practice was inher-ited from the pre-Independenceera, when the British Parliamentwould pass the budget in the noonfollowed by India in the eveningon the same day.

In 2001, the NDAGovernment under Atal BihariVajpayee changed the ritual andthe then Finance MinisterYashwant Sinha presented theUnion Budget at 11 am. TheGovernment has already set up apanel to examine the feasibility ofhaving a new financial year, replac-ing the existing April-March peri-od. The committee, which willsubmit its report by December, willexamine merits and demerits ofvarious dates for commencementof a financial year, including theexisting dates (April-March).

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As the Mint Street readiesfor a new sheriff, industry

and markets want much morethan a change in the quintes-sential signature on currencynotes when a soft-spoken buteffective Urjit Patel takes overfrom an outspoken and rock-star-like Raghuram Rajan.

“Figuratively and symboli-cally, the change in personalitythat Patel brings in to the top jobat RBI appears to be very com-forting to the industry andbankers who were often at thereceiving end of the barbs, most-ly in form of policy actions, fromRajan,” a veteran banker said.

While everyone has beeneffusive in showering praise onPatel being chosen to succeedRajan, many industry leaders,top bankers and influential mar-ketmen said they are also keep-ing their fingers crossed onwhether Patel will continue asthe ‘inflation warrior’ he was forhis current Governor or hiscorporate and finance back-ground would help taper downRBI's ‘hawk-eye fixation’ onchecking inflation and the ‘deepsurgery’ to remove bad loans.

The wish list that ‘Dr Patel’,as he is commonly referred to as,faces is long and could be diffi-cult to fulfil on many fronts--lower the rates, go easy onbanks and borrowers, be liber-al with

grant of banking licences,safeguard foreign reserves andrather beef it up.

Ironically, Patel himself wasthe ‘Brahmastra or the mastertool’, as described by a top func-tionary at an informal industrygathering here, that Rajan usedin his battlefield -- where RBI isrequired to control inflationwithout hurting growth whilealso catering to unendingdemands for rate cuts, and alsoclean up books of the banksfrom bad loans including thoseinduced upon them.

The top functionary alsotold the industrialists andbankers present there that Rajanhad been rooting for Patel as hissuccessor as RBI Governor, pre-sumably to ensure that his lega-cy continues and a continuityensues in the monetary policy -- an idea which also gained cur-rency with the governmentwhich did not want any furthernegative publicity or any adverseimpact on currency, bonds andstock markets.

“This was also precisely thereason, why the Governmentdecided to make the announce-ment of Patel's appointment ona Saturday -- that is to ensure thatthe markets do not see any kneejerk reaction and influentialmarketmen and banks are askedto ensure availability of sufficientliquidity of securities as well ascash,” a high-level source said.

While Patel has been offi-cially appointed RBI Governorwith effect from September 4, hisfirst working day will be two dayslater because of 4th being Sundayfollowed by a holiday for GaneshChaturthi on 5th. Incidentally,

Rajan had also made the surpriseannouncement on a Saturdaythat he would not take a secondterm after his current three-year

tenure ends on September 4,which interestingly will be aSunday. After Rajan’s announce-ment, elaborate arrangements

were made to ring-fence and beefup the risk management and sur-veillance systems to check anymishaps and the same exercisehas been kicked off in run up tothe opening up of various finan-cial markets tomorrow, sourcessaid.

In what could be probablyjust another coincident, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley was inMumbai, the country's financialcapital and home to RBI's head-quarters, on the day Patel wasnamed as the next RBI chief.

The Government and cor-porates are hopeful that Patel,who has kept a low profile so far,would keep away from the rock-star-like public utterances andcandid views that Rajan was usedto on each and every topicunder the sun, except for ‘danceand music’ as himself admittedto by the former chief economistof IMF.

As he has worked with theFinance Ministry as well as cor-porates like Reliance Industries,IDFC and Gujarat StatePetroleum Corp Ltd, besideshis tenure at IMF and otherorganisations, they expect ‘bet-ter understanding’ by Patel whenhe would be faced with variousdemands from the industry,Government or the bankers.

To start with, Patel alsoseems to have got a favourablerating from BJP MPSubramanian Swamy, who wasamong the most vocal critics ofRajan and appears to have evendismissed concerns about hisreported Kenyan roots.

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The elevation of Urjit Patel asthe Governor amid a small

window to operationalise thenew Monetary PolicyCommittee (MPC) frameworkhas brought a slew of challengesfor the Reserve Bank of India.

Till the Governmentappoints a replacement forPatel as the Deputy Governor,(DG) it will have to appoint oneamong the three DGs --- RGandhi, SS Mundra and NSVishwanathan --- to oversee thecritical monetary policy aspectin the interim.

With the name of executivedirector Michael Patra doingthe rounds as Patel’s replace-ment to be the DeputyGovernor incharge of monetarypolicy, the Reserve Bank boardwill have to suggest a new per-son who becomes the thirdmember of the MPC.

If the Government sticks toprecedent and gets an econo-mist as the new DG who is notfrom the RBI ranks, the taskmight be a little simpler for theRBI board as executive direc-tor Patra will continue to be itsrepresentative on MPC.

After announcing the thirdbi-monthly policy review, hislast as the head of RBI, outgo-ing Governor Raghuram Rajanhad said that the next review onOctober 4 will be done by theMPC. The MPC aims to shiftsthe decision making processfrom the current system whichgives discretion to theGovernor, to a panel-basedapproach where every mem-

ber’s call will count and theGovernor will have a castingvote. To be headed by theGovernor, it has to have sixmembers. From the RBI's quotaof three, two will be theGovernor and the DeputyGovernor incharge of monetarypolicy, while a third one has tobe recommended by the RBIboard.

It is in this context that thecurrent set of changes in the toptier at the central bank makethe next few weeks crucial andalso interesting. Even thoughhe has over three years of RBIexperience under his belt, Patelas the Governor would alsowant his team to be in place assoon as possible. The unchar-tered territory of MPC-drivenpolicy formulation only makesthe task at hand more pressingand only demands for earlydecisions by all stakeholders.

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NEW DELHI: After appointingUrjit Patel as the next RBIGovernor, the Government isnow expected to finalise thenames of three members to theinterest rate setting panel MPC inthe next few days. TheGovernment nominees to theMPC have been shortlisted by aSearch-cum-Selection Committeeheaded by the Cabinet Secretarywith RBI Governor and EconomicAffairs Secretary and three expertsin the field of economics or bank-ing or finance or monetary poli-cy as its members. PTI

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NEW DELHI: Terming the moveto appoint Urjit Patel as next RBIchief as a ‘brilliant choice’, expertsand eminent economists feel that‘excellent credentials and experi-ence’ make him well equipped tolead the Central Bank in ‘thesechallenging times’.

“It is a brilliant choice. UrjitPatel is the architect of the newmonetary policy agreed upon bythe Finance Minister and the RBI.He has a sharp mind and lots ofexperience in the bank. I con-gratulate the Government on suchan excellent choice,” Indian-originBritish politician and economistMeghnad Desai told PTI.

Echoing similar views, formerPrincipal Economic Advisor in theFinance Ministry Ila Patnaik said,“I am very glad to see that theGovernment has appointed UrjitPatel as governor. Urjit played a keyrole in creating the inflation tar-geting framework. I believe he willcontinue to strengthen the frame-work. With his experience at RBIand his excellent credentials as anacademic, he is well placed to leadthe RBI in these challengingtimes.”

Terming the appointment ofPatel as good for India as the moveshows continuity, globallyacclaimed French economist GuySorman said after the eviction ofRaghuram Rajan, one could fear arenewed inflationary policy whichwould have been a disaster for Indiaand a wrong signal to foreigninvestors. “Now it is clear that Rajanhad been fired for purely domes-tic political reasons: Patel andRajan share the same interpretationof monetary policies. The only dif-ference between the two men? Onewas US educated. Patel was edu-cated in the UK,” Sorman said. PTI

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State Bank of India will notneed fair trade regulator

Competition Commission ofIndia (CCI) approval formerging 5 associates andBhartiya Mahila Bank withitself, a move that will createa global sized bank with anasset base of �30 lakh crore.The acquisition is exemptfrom the approval of CCIunder the Competition Act2002, sources said.

As per the amendment tothe Competition Act, consol-idation in the banking sectorspace is exempt from theapproval of CCI, sourcesadded. Last week, the boardof SBI approved scheme ofmerger of f ive associatelenders State Bank of Bikaner& Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank ofMysore (SBM), State Bank ofTravancore (SBT) andBharat iya Mahila Bank(BMB) with itself while pro-tecting the interest of theexisting staff.

The consolidated entitywill add �8 lakh crore (about$120 billion) to SBI’s assetsand consolidated entity will

get catapulted into the top 50banks globally. The bank hastaken a big step towards thefirst-ever large scale consoli-dation in the Indian bankingsector by deciding to mergeall its associate and BMB tocreate a banking behemothwith a network of more than24,000 branches, 2,70,000employees and total assets of�30 lakh crore, an increase of36 per cent.

Second-largest lenderICICI Bank post this mergerwill be almost one-fourth ofSBI, in terms of total depositsand advances, it said, addingthe mergers will catapult thebank into top 50 banks glob-ally and is in furtherance ofthe bank's mission statement

to be of ser vice in theremotest parts. As per themerger proposal, SBBJ share-holders will get 28 shares ofSBI (�1 each) for every 10shares (�10 each). Similarly,SBM and SBT shareholderswill get 22 shares of SBI forevery 10 shares.

There will not be anyshare swap or cash outgo asSBH and SBP are wholly-owned by the SBI. In case ofBharat iya Mahila Bank,4,42,31,510 shares of SBIwill be swapped for every100 crore shares of facevalue of �10 each. SBI firstmerge d St ate B an k ofSaurashtra with itself in2008. Two years later, StateBank of Indore was merged.

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With three CEOs quittingsince it took over oil pro-

ducer Cairn India, mining mogulAnil Agarwal’s Vedanta Ltd hasdefended the high turnover, say-ing jobs in entrepreneurial com-panies are not for life and is basedon what people can do for thecompany in future. Canadian oilindustry veteran Mayank MAshar, 61, in May quit as CEOof Cairn India, the third toresign since the company wastaken over by Vedanta four-and-a-half-years ago.

“Within the global oil andgas industry, it is not unusual tohave a higher level of turnover,particularly among expats. Thatis the nature of industry andexpats by their nature haveshorter durations than employ-ees and they might go for reasonsthat are unrelated to business,personal or any other reason,”Vedanta CEO Tom Albanesetold PTI here.

The debt-laden Vedanta isseeking to merge cash-rich Cairnin an all-share transaction beforeend of March 31, 2017. Askedabout resignations of Rahul Dhir,then P Elango and now MayankAshar, he said, “Cairn or anyentrepreneurial oil and gas com-pany will always have more peo-ple in mobility than a state-

owned oil company.” He added:“These are not jobs for life. If youare working for an entrepre-neurial oil and gas company,your position in the company isnot based on what you did in thepast, but what you will do for usin future (and) what you aredoing now. That is the nature ofan entrepreneurial company.”

Ashar was appointed CEOof Cairn India after P Elango,who was promoted in-house, ina sudden move quit the compa-ny in May 2014. Like Ashar,Elango, who was named inter-im chief executive in August2012 when the firm's face RahulDhir resigned, too had cited‘personal reasons’ for the deci-sion to step down.

Albanese said it was in thebest interest of Cairn, whichowns and operates the country'sbiggest onland oil field inRajasthan, to develop Indianmanagers with global skills and

use expats only to fill in spe-cialised gaps that are not recip-rocated locally.

“It is my personal objectivethat we should be evolvingtowards a business that is pre-dominately Indian specialisedtalent,” he said. “I respectedMayank, good friend of mine, forchoosing to turn back to Canada(after quitting Cairn).”

Ashar after quitting hasjoined Mukesh Ambani-ledReliance Industries as advisor-refinery and marketing business.“I think Cairn should keep itsfocus on expecting every singleperson to be delivering 1,000 percent. I can guarantee that entre-preneurial oil and gas companiesoutside India are seeing exactlythe same kind of phenomenon,”he said.

Elango’s exit in 2014 hadcompleted the exodus of theen-tire top management of CairnIndia since billionaire AnilAgarwal-owned Vedanta in2010 announced buying amajority stake in the firm fromScottish explorer Cairn EnergyPlc. Rick Bott, who wasExecutive Director and ChiefOperating Officer of Cairn India,quit the firm on June 15, 2011,while its Executive Director andChief Financial Officer IndrajitBanerjee resigned with effectfrom August 23, 2011.

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Home-grown mobile phonemaker Jivi Mobiles plans to

invest up to �200 crore in settingup a new manufacturing nit inLonavala with initial productioncapacity of 5 lakh units permuonth.

“We are selling around 3-3.5lakh feature phones per month.By Diwali, we expect to reachsales of 6 lakh units a month.Based on demand, we expect tosell 10 lakh units per month by2017-18 for which we are settingup additional plant in Lonavalawith investment of �180-200crore,” Jivi Mobiles CEO PankajAnand told PTI. Jivi at presenthas a mobile assembly unit inDelhi where it produces 3-3.5lakh mobile feature phones permonth.

“We could have opted for acontract manufacturer but dueto issue of quality control andsupply issues, we have startedour own unit in Delhi withinvestment of �150 crore,”Anand said. He, however, saidthat recent announcement byDelhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal of increasing mini-mum wages to about �14,500will adversely impact its mobile

phone business which is a verylow margin business.

“We get average discount ofabout 13 cents, which is around�35, when we bring parts ofmobile phone to India suchmeasures to mandate minimumwage will hamper growthprospect in Delhi. That is onemore reason that we are nowplanning expansion in Lonavala,”Anand said. The company willhire 500 skilled people to workat Lonavala plant.

“The Lonavala plant willhave 10 assembly lines. We willuse 1-2 assembly for mobilephone accessories-- battery andcharger. We expect that plant toproduce 30 thousand mobilebatteries and 15-20 thousandchargers per month,” Jivi MobilesDirector Gurdeep Singh said.

Jivi has plans to enter into lowcost smartphone market to caterboth 3G and 4G users which willhelp company ramp up its sale.“We will sell smartphones in therange of �2,000-5,000 becauseChinese players with their gov-ernment support are giving toughcompetition in smartphone pricedabove �5,000 a unit. It is reallytough for Indian companies tocompete with Chinese smart-phone companies,” Anand said.

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NEW DELHI: RBI Governorneed not have a rock star sta-tus to be successful and India’sratings would depend on itspolicies and not any specificpersonality, Fitch Ratings onSunday said. Fitch’s commentcomes in the backdrop ofGovernment elevating RBIDeputy Governor Urjit Patel asthe Governor of the ReserveBank.

“A Central Bank Governordoes not need to have a rockstar status to be successful inreigning in inflation or clean-ing up the banking sector,”Fitch Ratings Director, Asia-Pacific Sovereigns Group,Thomas Rookmaaker said.

The US-based rating agen-cies Moody's and Fitch also said

that Patel as the next RBIGovernor signals a likelihoodof policy continuity.

“We assume continuity ofthe RBI’s policies under thenew Governor, Patel," Moody'sInvestors Service SVP,Sovereign Risk Group MarieDiron said. Fitch said outgoingGovernor Raghuram Rajan hasset in positive transformationstarting with recognition ofhigh inflation and weak bankbalance sheets problems.

Echoing similar views,Rookmaaker said: “Patel’sappointment as the next RBIgovernor signals a strong like-lihood of policy continuity.” From rating perspective, poli-cies are more important thanpersonalities, he added. PTI

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Left red-faced by the four-year ban imposed on

Narsingh Yadav by the Courtof Arbitration (CAS), theWrestling Federation of Indiaon Sunday demanded a CBIprobe into the doping scandalthat has jeopardised the grap-pler's entire career.

"The Wrestling Federationof India President (BrijBhushan Sharan Singh) feelsthat the World Anti-DopingAgency's timing of appealagainst the NADA clean chit toNarsingh was suspect. He hadalso objected to the CAS hear-ing being held just hoursbefore the competition startedin the Olympics," the WFIsaid in a statement.

"The notice from CAScame at such a time neithercould Narsingh bring hislawyer to Rio to argue his casenor could a replacement be

arranged for the 74kg catego-ry by the WFI," the releaseadded.

The World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) had appealedagainst the NADA all-clear toNarsingh at CAS, three daysahead of his scheduled open-ing bout at the Olympics.

The verdict marked apainful end to the controver-sy which began with thewrestler failing a June 25 test.

Having grabbed the quotaby virtue of his WorldChampionships bronze medalin Las Vegas last year,Narsingh's road to Rio wasfraught with obstacles after hewas named to represent Indiaahead of double Olympic-medalist Sushil Kumar.

Sushil dragged Narsingh tothe Delhi High Court and abitter courtroom tussle fol-lowed but the judgement wentin the latter's favour.

There was more drama instore for the Asian Gamesbronze-medalist after hereturned positive for a bannedsteroid following a dope test in

June by the NADA.Narsingh's roommate at

the SAI centre in Sonepat alsotested positive for the samesubstance but WFI backed theMumbai-based wrest ler 'sclaims of foul-play.

Days before the Olympics,Narsingh was cleared of dop-ing charges by the NADA whosaid he was indeed a victim of'sabotage' and deserved thebenefit of doubt.

"Narsingh told CAS that hehad complained against thesuspect who might have spikedhis drink but the HaryanaPolice has been unable to catchhim so far. Had the police gothold of this suspect, the coun-try would not have lost thechance to grab a medal," theWFI said.

"The WFI and its Presidentthus demanded a CBI inquiryinto this incident so that noother player goes through this,"it added.

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Celebrated wrestler Yogeshwar Duttfailed to sign off his Olympiccareer with a medal, losing in the

opening round to MongolianGanzorigiina Mandakhnaran whose quar-terfinal defeat dashed the Indian's hopesof a repechage at the Rio Games here onSunday.

Expectations were high fromYogeshwar, a London Olympics bronze-medallist, and he was touted as a strongmedal prospect. But he looked a pale shad-ow of his previous gritty self in the 0-3 lossto Mandakhnaran in the qualificationround bout.

After his loss in the qualification,Yogeshwar's only hope of making themedal round depended on his Mongolianopponent reaching the gold medal bout.

However, Mandakhnaran went down0-6 to Russia's Soslan LyudvikovichRamonov, the gold medallist at the 2014World Championship in Tashkent, in thequarterfinals to end the Indian grappler'sdream of signing off with a medal.

The five-member Indian wrestlingteam thus finished its campaign with justa solitary bronze won by Sakshi Malik inthe women's 58kg category. The squad wasoriginally six-strong but Narsingh Yadavwas ousted after being slapped with a dop-ing ban by the Court of Arbitration forSports.

Yogeshwar, competing in his fourthand last Olympics, hardly looked aggres-sive against the Mongolian, a gold-medallist from the 2010 AsianGames besides being a two-timeWorld Championships bronze-winner.

The 33-year-old grapplerfrom Haryana, had bagged a bronze in the60kg category at the London Games andwas expected to repeat the feat in the 65kgweight division.

However, from the very beginning,Yogeshwar failed to get around

Mandakhnaran during his qualifica-tion bout as the Mongolian movedat a very fast pace.

In the opening period,Mandakhnaran earned a point

due to Yogeshwar's passivity in 30 secondsto take a 1-0 lead. Mandakhnaran thenturned a defensive position into an attack-ing one and successfully took downYogeshwar to quickly bag two points and

surge ahead.With a minute to go, Yogeshwar tried

hard but could not get around his oppo-nent and, as a result, went into the break0-3 down.

Yogeshwar, who qualified only inMarch this year for the Rio Games afterstruggling with a niggling knee injury, wasexpected to turn the tables in the secondperiod but he simply failed to script acomeback.

In the last minute of the bout, he tried

very hard to get the hold of his rival andpin him down but all his efforts went invain. The Mongolian wrestler could notearn a point either in the second periodas he solely focused on defending.

But in the end, the three points, whichhe scored in the first half, were enough toit make the pre-quarterfinal round.

Mandakhnaran survived one moreround before running into the toughRussian, who dominated the bout tomarch ahead.

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Amonth after the historic apexcourt verdict favouring a clean-

up operation in the BCCI, debateover it seems to be unending withsome experts terming it as "glaringunconstitutionality" while othersthink the judgement has basis as thequestion of public interest and pub-lic money is involved in the matter.

The cricket body chose formerapex court judge Markandey Katju totake head-on the top court andspeak on its behalf to reportedlydescribe the verdict as "unconstitu-tional" which amounts to "throwingthe law to the winds".

However, former CJI Justice R MLodha, who headed the panel ofjudges to make recommendations,reacted saying the apex court's ver-dict was the "final word" in the dis-pute.

He got the support from notedconstitutional expert Govind Goel,who said the Supreme Court is fullyentitled to look into the affairs of theBoard as public interest and publicmoney are involved in it.

However, Goel said he has onlyreservation to the extent that the mat-ter should not be left to the Lodhapanel after the verdict and the courtshould have asked the government to

involve its agencies by roping inexperts from the sports to carry for-ward with the recommendations.

However, BCCI, which hassought review of the judgement, gota support from senior advocateAnoop George Chaudhari, whotermed it as "glaring unconstitution-ality". Commenting on the judge-ment, Chaudhari said the verdict isper-in-curium (a judgment whichwas decided without a reference to anearlier relevant judgments) the ear-lier constitution bench judgmentswhich were binding on the twojudge bench.

The debate over the apex courtverdict is significant as BCCI has filedreview petition while CricketAssociation of Bihar through itssecretary Aditya Verma has filed acontempt petition against the BCCIoffice bearers for allegedly making'libelous' statements.

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Australian pacemen JamesFaulkner and Mitchell Starc

restricted Sri Lanka to 227 foreight despite half-centuries fromKusal Mendis and DineshChandimal in the first ODI onSunday.

Faulkner and Starc, whobecame the fastest to reach 100wickets in his 52nd match,shared seven wickets betweenthem to validate skipper SteveSmith's decision to bowl first atColombo's R. Premadasa

Stadium.Starc, who took three wick-

ets, struck with the fourth ball ofthe innings to have opener KusalPerera trudging back to thepavilion for one.

Tillakaratne Dilshan andKusal Mendis, who scored 67,then came together for a 42-runsecond-wicket partnership tobring some stability to theinnings. Mendis, whose 176 inthe first Test remained the defin-ing knock of the three-matchseries, registered his fourth half-century in only his eight ODI.

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Rio Olympics, was on Sundayannounced as the country's flag-bearer at the Summer GamesClosing Ceremony.

The announcement came afterIndia's last medal hope YogeshwarDutt lost 0-3 to GanzorigMandakhnaran in the qualifying ofthe 65kg freestyle wrestling.

Sakshi, who had become thefirst woman wrestler in India towin an Olympic medal with herbronze in the 58kg freestyle,became the obvious choice asIndia's only other medallist PVSindhu, who bagged a silver inwomen's singles badminton, leftfor Hyderabad on saturday.

"Sakshi and Sindhu have beenthe medallists for us and both dis-played immense courage anddetermination during their com-petitions," said chef de mission

Rakesh Gupta. "Sakshi started theaccount for us and later Sindhubecame the first Indian woman towin a silver medal. Sindhu, in factcame close to making it a gold.Both Sakshi and Sindhu are youngand have many more OlympicGames ahead of them, we can lookforward to even greater perfor-mances from them. Sakshi openedthe medal account for India in Rioand Sindhu added to it. Theseyoung ladies have been an inspi-ration for all women in India andI am sure many more will followthem," Gupta said.

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His legs were tired, but Britain'sMo Farah produced blistering

pace in the final straight to becomethe first man in 40 years to retainthe two Olympic distance titles.

The 33-year-old, who foughtback from a stumble to claim the10,000m last week, said his victo-ry in the 5,000m on Saturday nighthad been the most satisfying of thefour golds.

Farah won his second straight5,000m in 13min 3.30sec to matchthe feat of Finland's Lasse Virenwho retained the same Olympictitles in 1976.

"Oh my God I can't believe it,"said Farah. "It's every athlete'sdream but I can't believe it. "Mylegs were tired after the 10,000mand people had to bring me foodin my room.

"This is the most satisfyingwin of the four, it is incredible."

Farah, who trains in Oregonunder ex-marathon great AlbertoSalazar, said watching Ethiopiandistance legend Kenenisa Bekelemedalling had been an inspiration.

"When Bekele won all thosemedals I said I just want one.

"If you have dreams they cancome true and I always wanted toachieve these for my kids becausefor so much of the year you don't

see them and thus you want toshow them something or ratherthe reason for the absences."

Kenyan-born American PaulChelimo took silver in a person-al best of 13:03.90. He was initial-ly disqualified but quickly reinstat-ed.

Ethiopian Hagos Gebrehiwetclaimed bronze in 13:04.35.

The Ethiopians alternated thelead, with Kenyan-born BahrainiAlbert Rop also in the mix.

With five laps to run, Farahwas well positioned in second andthen took over the lead, immedi-ately dropping the pace so the packbunched back up.

Farah went through the bellhead-to-head with Gebrewihet,who punched down the backstraight. The victory sealed a dis-tance double for Farah lastachieved when Viren triumphedin the 1972 and 1976 Games inMunich and Montreal.

Rio de Janeiro: South Africa's CasterSemenya cruised to victory in thewomen's 800m on Saturday, producinga devastating final kick to claim her firstOlympic gold medal.

The 25-year-old 2012 silver medal-list turned on the gas with 150m to goto cross the line morethan 1.20sec clear of thefield in 1.55.28sec at theOlympic Stadium.

Francine Niyonsabaof Burundi took silver in1:56.49 with Kenya'sMargaret Wambui claim-ing bronze in 1:56.89.

Semenya has been atthe centre of a raging controversy inrecent years because of her naturallyoccurring condition, hyperandrogenism,which causes elevated testosterone levels.Rival runners have said they want author-ities to revisit rules that limit the amountof testosterone allowed in competitors.Semenya exploded onto the global ath-letics scene in 2009, winning gold at theWorld Championships in Berlin as an 18-year-old prodigy. AFP

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Staking its claim to rank among thegreatest women's basketball teams

ever assembled, the United Statescaptured a sixth consecutiveOlympic gold medal and eighth innine tries on Sunday.

An overwhelming 101-72victory over Spain in the finalstretched the US Olympic winstreak to 49 games since a 1992semi-final loss.

The Americans improved to89-1 over the past 20 years inglobal tournaments.

Diana Taurasi and LindsayWhalen led the US squad with 17points each in the final while Maya

Moore added 14.US stars Taurasi, Bird

and Tamika Catchingsmatched an Olympic basketball

record with their fourth goldmedals each.

The only longer team Olympicgold-medal run than the USwomen's six is that of the US men'sbasketball team, which took the firstseven Olympic titles.

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For some nations, winningOlympic gold is quite the

regular occurrence. At the Rio deJaneiro Games, plenty of first-timers got to hear their anthemsplayed in celebration as well.

That's the most first-timerssince 16 nations got their inau-gural feel of Olympic gold at theAtlanta Games in 1996. Here arethose countries:

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Cheick Sallah Junior Cissewon gold in taekwondo, the firstgold in 14 Olympiads for Côted'Ivoire.4���

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Monica Puig won the

women's tennis gold, completinga dazzling run through the field.Puerto Rico's first gold came inits 18th trip to the SummerGames.�������

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Hoang Xuan Vinh in 10-meter air pistol gave theVietnamese their first gold.

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Just two weeks ago Neymar's commitmentto the Olympic team was questioned by

Brazil's fans.Now he's a national hero — and an

Olympic champion.Neymar buried the winning kick of a

penalty shootout against Germany onSaturday night at Maracana Stadium, send-ing all of Brazil into a boisterous celebration.The cheering could be heard down Rio'sfamed Copacabana Beach, where fans yelledout "Campeoes!" Champions!

Neymar sunk to the field on his kneesas his teammates engulfed him. He lay on theground for several long moments while theycelebrated, sobbing.

It was Brazil's first gold medal and itcame on home soil. For Neymar, it was aseminal moment.

Some were already asking whetherNeymar's name should be added to the listof Brazil's greats, joining the Pele, Zico and"the phenomenon" Ronaldo.

But he nonetheless had great praise forthe charismatic 24-year-old striker whoplays for Barcelona and is considered amongthe best current players in the world.

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With a kiss of the ball and anunforgettable kick, Brazil'sbiggest football star gave the

Olympic host its biggest moment ofthe games.

Brazil won its first Olympic goldmedal in football Saturday with a dra-matic penalty kick by Neymar todefeat Germany, sending the nationinto a frenzy after a 1-1 (5-4 shootout)victory.

Before the decisive shot, Neymarpicked up the ball and kissed it beforeplacing it on the penalty spot. With astutter step and a smooth kick, hecalmly sent a shot into the top cornerand fell to his knees before beingmobbed by his teammates.

"That's it," Neymar said. "Wemade history."

It was a victory that was aboutmore than soccer for a nation thatdesperately needed something tocelebrate. Brazil had been battered byrecession, political scandal, healthscares over polluted water and the Zikavirus and questions over whether itcould pull off hosting the Olympics.

All the troubles were forgottenwhen Neymar's kick sailed into thenet.

"Obviously this tournament had aspecial meaning for Brazil," Neymarsaid. "This is one of the happiest thingsthat have happened to me."

Jubilant celebrations broke outaround Rio, reminiscent of parties fol-lowing the five World Cup champi-onships won by this football-madnation. Fireworks burst over the sta-dium, car horns blared and fans sangand tossed beer into the air.

As the team stood atop the medalpodium, gold draped around their

necks, tears streamed down the facesof fans as all of Maracana Stadiumjoined in belting out the nationalanthem.

The victory comes two years afteran embarrassing 7-1 home loss toGermany's senior team in the WorldCup semifinals. Brazil was also com-ing off a demoralizing elimination inthe group stage of this year's CopaAmerica and struggled in early groupplay in the Olympics.

Germany, playing with a youngteam that looked nothing like theWorld Cup-winning squad, made ithard for Brazil, hitting the crossbarthree times in the first half. Neymarput Brazil ahead 1-0 with a superb freekick in the 26th minute - and UsainBolt celebrated along with the

raucous crowd. Neymarpaid tribute to the

fastest man in the world byflashing the Jamaican nine-time gold medalist's "To the

World" pose on the pitch.Germany tied it with a

goal in the 59th minute bycaptain Maximilian Meyer,and neither team scoredagain the rest of regula-tion and two extraperiods of play.

After the teamstraded four tensegoals in theshootout - withboth sides lin-ing up arm inarm for eacha t t e m p t ,b a r e l yable towatch -Brazilian goal-k e e p e r

Weverton dove to his left to stop NilsPetersen's shot.

The stop set the stage for Neymar,as if scripted.

The greatest football player of thisgeneration of Brazil's stars, Neymarcalmly seized this moment.

"I don't have words to say any-thing," Neymar said, sobbing. "I can'tdescribe my feelings right now. I justwant to thank my teammates, myfriends and my family, who havebeen by my side during the most dif-ficult moments. It wasn't easy. I don'tknow what else to say, I'm just reallyhappy."

After the game,Neymar announcedthat he didn't want tobe the team's captainanymore, saying itwas an honor butthe coach could picksomeone else goingforward. He did notelaborate.

The men's foot-ball tournament attract-ed most of the attentionof Brazilian fans at theOlympics. The Brazilian footballfederation took the Olympic tourna-ment as seriously as ever, bringingNeymar and many talented youngstersthat are expected to be in the mainsquad in the 2018 World Cup inRussia. Countries in Olympic compe-titions field their under-23 squad,which are different than the older and

more experienced national teamsthat compete at the World Cup.

Brazil had lost threeOlympic f inals,

including fouryears ago inLondon, when

it was upset by Mexico 2-1 with a teamthat also included Neymar and othertalented players. Brazil won the bronzetwo times.

"Beloved nation, the gold is ours,"Weverton said, still holding on

to the game ball. "This ballis mine, it's part of his-

tor y. Will al l duerespect to everybodywho has a beautifulhistory and tried fora long time, God putthis generation inthis position to makehistory and we did."

Brazil arrived asthe main title-favorite

but struggled in thebeginning, being held to

scoreless draws against SouthAfrica and Iraq and becoming indanger of failing to advance past thegroup stage. "This restores our self-esteem," Brazil coach Rogerio Micalesaid. "We see that not all was lost, ourfootball is still alive. There are somethings that need to be fixed, buttoday we were able to make our peo-ple happy." The entire nation came toa standstill as people gathered towatch the game, erupting in cheers asNeymar clinched the gold.

"Now the respect is back," said fanGuilherme Junior. "Now we can aimhigh again."

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Matthew Centrowitz pro-duced a stunning gun-to-

tape 1500m run on Saturday toclaim the United States' firstgold in the event since 1908.

Algerian defending cham-pion Taoufik Makhloufi addedsilver to second place in the800m, in 3:50.11, while NewZealand's Nicholas Willisclaimed bronze (3:50.24).

The last American to winthe 1500m in the Olympics wasMel Sheppard in the 1908London Games, andCentrowitz was left shell-shocked by his performance.

"It hasn't sunk in yet. I hadan email from Jim Ryan beforethe race, Seb Coe gave me themedal and Hicham El Guerroujis back there," he said in refer-ence to the US 1968 1500m sil-ver medallist, IAAF presidentand two-time Olympic gold

medallist in the event and theMoroccan world record hold-er respectively.

"Seb said: Welcome to theclub!

"Everything leading up toit, during and after has beensurreal. "I saw my dad on myvictory lap and I yelled 'are youkidding me?!' and he yelledback 'are you effing kiddingme?!' and it kept going backand forth. I don't think any ofus believed it."

Centrowitz added: "There'sno achievement in sport thattops Olympic gold, no worldrecord, no other medal.

"The Olympics are the pin-nacle of track and field. This isthe best that it gets. I've been jok-ing since I got this medal that Idon't have to do anything else inmy career! On the best day Ithought I could have got silver.Coming away with gold is unbe-lievable," said Centrowitz.

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