MUMBAIThe Censor Board has

been slammed by the CAGfor flouting several normsthat led to irregular con-version of 'A' categoryFilms into 'UA' and 'U' andalso for alleged fabricationof documents andfavouritism while issuingfilm certificates.

According to a report ofthe Comptroller andAuditor General (CAG),the Censor Board of FilmCertification (CBFC) con-verted 172 'A' categorycertified films into 'UA'category films and 166films of 'UA' category into'U' category films during2012-15 without takingany law or provision into

account which led to irreg-ular conversion of films.

This information wasprovided by the CAG onthe functioning of theCensor Board in its 70-page reply in response toan RTI query by activistVihar Durve.

Films with a 'U' certifi-cate are considered suit-able for unrestricted publicexhibition while those with'UA' certificate containportions considered unsuit-able for children below theage of twelve, but other-wise suitable for unre-stricted public exhibition.

'A' category films areconsidered suitable forexhibition restricted to

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTWednesday, July 08, 2015

Another Rift Ahead in AAP? ParliamentariansIrked with Party, Say Sources

Industry Pledges $75 Billion on DigitalIndia Launch: Ravi Shankar Prasad

After Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn upset withRanveer Singh- Arjun Kapoor’s jig at IIFA 2015! P8

AHMEDABADSocial activist Teesta

Setalvad on Tuesday filed apetition before the Gujarat HighCourt seeking setting aside of acomplaint against her foruploading allegedly

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Setalvad moves HC,seeks quashing ofFIR over Twitter post

KATHMANDUThree Indians were arrested

on Tuesday in Nepal forallegedly collecting moneyfrom people with fake promisesof providing up to Rs 200,000to the earthquake survivors inthe country.

Sujit Kumar, Sudip KumarKusuhawa and Ranjit Kumar

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Three Indians held for cheat-ing quake-survivors in Nepal

SYDNEYA 62-year-old Indian man did

not think twice before leapingin front of an approaching trainto save his 18-month-oldgranddaughter at an Australianrailway station, media reportssaid on Tuesday.

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Indian man leaps infront of train to savegranddaughter

HOSHIARPURThe Centre has assured to accord

commercial status to the Adampurdefence airport near Jalandhar,Deputy Chief Minister SukhbirSingh Badal said in hoshiarpurtoday. "Defence Minister ManoharParikar has assured to providecommercial status to the Adampur defence airport.This would give an impetus to economic activities in

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Commercial Status for AdampurAirport Soon: Sukhbir Singh Badal

NEW DELHICongress today kept up the

attack on BJP over the recent runof controversies that have hit theparty, saying that its silence onthe Vyapam Scam in MadhyaPradesh and the Lalit Modi affairwas "indicative" of how it treatsthe media and public opinion.

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BJP's Silence on Controversies ShowsHow It Treats Public Opinion: Congress

BHOPALThe Prime Minster needn't

comment on "so simple issues,so silly issues," said Union LawMinister D V Sadananda Gowdatoday, after the OppositionCongress questioned what itcalls Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's "silence" on the Vyapam scam in BJP-ruledMadhya Pradesh. 36 people linked to the scam havedied. "See, certain issues which are so simple issues,so silly issues that need not be answered by the PrimeMinister. Our Home Minister, ministers of concerned

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PM Need Not Answer on Simple, SillyIssues: Union Minister Sadananda Gowda

JAIPURRajasthan Governor Kalyan

Singh on Tuesday stoked acontroversy by saying that theword 'adhinayaka' in thenational anthem should bereplaced with 'mangal' as itpraises British rule.

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Rajasthan Governor wants'adhinayaka' removed fromnational anthem

NEW DELHIUnion Home Minister

Rajnath Singh on Tuesdayspoke to the Director-Generalof CISF over phone in connec-tion with the emergency land-ing of Turkish Airlines flight atthe Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport. "HM spoke to DG

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Turkish Airlines emergency land-ing: Rajnath Singh talks to CISFDG, takes stock of situation

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NEW DELHIHow much land

Priyanka Gandhi Vadrahas bought in HimachalPradesh and at whatprice cannot be revealedpublicly for now, thestate's High Court hasruled today.

Late last month, the topofficers of theInformation Commissionhad ruled that the detailsof Mrs Vadra's landtransactions must berevealed within 10 days.Mrs Vadra challengedthat decision in courtwhich will hear the caseagain next month.

Mrs Vadra is thedaughter of Sonia

Gandhi, the president ofthe Congress, which is inpower in HimachalPradesh.

Information on MrsVadra's real estate pur-chases in HimachalPradesh - she reportedlyhas bought two pieces of

land - was sought lastyear by DebashishBhattacharya, a Right toInformation (RTI)activist. InformationCommission officialshad at the time said thedetails should be shared;

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Shimla Land DealCan't be Revealed for Now, Says High Court

Comptroller and Auditor GeneralSlams Censor Board''s Functioning

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NEW DELHIA Turkish Airlines flight

made an emergency landing atDelhi's international airport onTuesday afternoon after a pilotreported a "bomb threat" scrib-bled on a bathroom mirror.

No explosive was found onthe plane but all passengers are

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All 148 Passengers to beQuestioned After TurkishAirlines' Emergency Landing

UNITED NATIONSMore than a billion peo-

ple have been lifted out ofextreme poverty since1990 with China and Indiaplaying a central role inglobal poverty reduction, amajor UN report has said.

The UN MillenniumDevelopment Goals gal-vanised the world to pro-duce the most successfulanti-poverty movement inhistory, helped lift more

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NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIShivraj Singh Chouhan's call

for a CBI inquiry into theVyapam scam came after delib-erations with the BJP's top lead-ership, sources said, in whichthe Madhya Pradesh chief min-ister assured is party that theinvestigation would not singehim.

The CM also forwarded a sta-tus report on the mountingdeath toll of people linked tothe scam and informed the BJPleaders that investigations indi-cated the deaths were unrelatedand most were natural, sourcessaid.

At last count the number ofdeaths linked to the scam was astaggering 36. Among them,journalist Akshay Singh, whose

death on Saturday while report-ing on the Vyapam scam turnedit into a national controversy.

Mr Chouhan, who had so farnot recommend a CBI inquiryinto the scam despite muchpressure from the oppositionCongress, held a press confer-

ence on Tuesday afternoon andsaid he was requesting theMadhya Pradesh High Court totransfer the investigation fromthe state police to the CBI.

"The government should beabove suspicion. We need to

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NEW DELHIIn a complete turnaround, the

Tamil Nadu government hassubmitted a report to theSupreme Court today, sayingthere is no threat to theMullaperiyar dam fromLiberation Tigers of TigersEelam (LTTE) cadres.

Last week, citing aIntelligence Bureau (IB) reportfrom September 2014, the stategovernment had submitted anaffidavit to the Court statingterrorists groups can attack thedam with explosives.

The intelligence inputs, thepetition said, included the dec-imated LTTE -- a separatistmilitant group that fought for aseparate Tamil state in SriLanka.

This had created a politicalfurore in the state. Oppositionparties like DMK, PMK andMDMK had criticised the gov-ernment for trying to malignthe image of the LTTE.

The amended affidavit sub-mitted today says the state doesnot subscribe to the IB reporton LTTE, but it continued topress for Central Industrial

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No Threat to Dam From LTTE, TamilNadu Now Tells Supreme Court

Vyapam Scam: CBI Inquiry Won't Singe Me,Shivraj Singh Chouhan Assured BJP Bosses

India, China Played Central Role in GlobalPoverty Reduction: United NationsNEW DELHI

The life expectancyhas increased with theavailability of betterhealth facilities but theelderly are finding ithard to continue beingemployed due to lack ofopportunities for them,according to a study.

Lack of gainfulengagement opportuni-ties was cited by mostof the elderly popula-tion (22.2 per cent) astheir biggest problemfollowed by 'declining

health status' (21.24 percent) and 'lack ofrespect in family/socie-ty' (18 per cent), as perthe study conducted byAgewell Foundation.

According to thestudy, almost 2/3rdrespondents (65.2 percent) claimed that theyfaced neglect in old agehomes while over half(54 per cent) said theyfaced abuse.

About 33.8 per centsaid they experienced

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NEW DELHIHolding that popularity

of language was linkedwith financial might ofany country, PrimeMinister Narendra Moditoday said that impor-tance of Hindi was set toincrease with Indiamarching rapidly towardseconomic prosperity.

In an address toIndologists, Hindi lan-guage students and Indiancommunity membershere, Mr Modi alsoreferred to growing con-flicts and said he likedUzbek President IslamKarimov's view thatmusic could be the bestmeans to stay away fromviolence.

Talking about tiesbetween India andUzbekistan, Mr Modisaid people-to-peoplecontact was foundationfor relations between anycountries where languageand culture also play

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Hindi's Importance to Increase WithIndia's Prosperity, Says PM Narendra Modi

India, Pakistan Membership in SCOto be Finalised in 2016: Russia

UFAIndia and Pakistan will

have to wait till next yearto get full membership ofthe security and economicgrouping the ShanghaiCooperation Organisation(SCO), a top Russian offi-cial today said, ahead ofthe six-nation bloc's lead-ers' summit in Ufa thisweek.

"India and Pakistan arenot joining the SCOtomorrow. The process ofengaging them is begin-ning," Russian presidentialaide Yuri Ushakov saidtoday.

He said their admissiondemands the coordinationof a working memorandumand the two countries alsoneed to join 28 key docu-ments of the group.

"After that, as we hope,the membership of thesetwo countries in the SCOwill be finalised and wewill be able to talk aboutour Group of Eight partici-pants," he told Rossiya 24TV channel.

As of now, India alongwith Afghanistan, Iran,Mongolia and Pakistan hasthe observer status in theorganisation which mainlyfocused on the anti-terror-ism cooperation among themember states.

Prime Minister NarendraModi will arrive in Ufatomorrow to attend theSCO summit. This is thefirst time India will be rep-resented at the PrimeMinisterial level at theSCO summit.

The process of the twocountries' accession to theSCO, which consists of

Russia, China,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,kicks off this week at thesummit in Ufa, the Itar-Tass news agency report-ed.

"The membership ofIndia and Pakistan in theSCO will be finalised bythe next meeting of theleaders in 2016 in India,"Mr Ushakov added.

To pave the way foradmission of India andPakistan, SCO membershad approved two key doc-uments regarding the

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ASTANAPrime Minister

Narendra Modi, whoarrived in Kazakhstan onTuesday, made a strongpitch for enhanceddefence and securitycooperation with theCentral Asian countries,

while addressing a gath-ering at the NazerbayevUniversity.

Underlying the Islamicheritage of both Indiaand Central Asia 'definedby the highest ideals', thePM said that it hasalways rejected the

forces of extremism."We live at the frontier

of instability. We liveclose to the crucible ofextremism and terrorism.We see terrorismspawned by nations andgroups. Today, we also

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Islamic heritage of India, Central Asia hasalways rejected forces of extremism: PM Modi

'Lack of employment opportuni-ties a huge concern for elderly'

Turkish Airlines Statement on Flight'sEmergency Landing in DelhiNEW DELHI

A Turkish Airlines plane has made an emergencylanding at the Indira Gandhi International Airport inDelhi after the pilot reported a "bomb threat".

Following is the statement by the Turkish Airlines onthe emergency landing:

Turkish Airlines Bangkok - Istanbul flight (TK065, A330 Aircraft, carrying 134 passengers) was diverted toDelhi after a possible bomb threat.

The plane has already landed in Delhi and all of ourpassengers and cabin crew have been safely evacuatedand taken to the terminal building.

Necessary safety checks are currently taking place.Furthermore, precautions have been taken for towing

the aircraft in line with standard safety procedures. Thisis currently in progress. After completing all necessarysafety checks, the plane will continue its journey toBangkok.

AAP asks its MPs to submit a reporton work doneNEW DELHI

The AAP has asked its MPs to give a report on thework they have done over the past one year, a day afterthree party parliamentarians met to register their unhap-piness over the recent appointments in the Punjab stateunit.

According to Dharamvira Gandhi, party MP fromPatiala, he received an SMS from AAP's Punjab'sobserver and senior party leader Sanjay Singh askingfor a detailed report on the work done.

"I received an SMS at 12.47 today from Sanjay Singhsaying the party chief has asked for a report on threepoints. One is how many questions of public interesthave we raised in the Parliament. Second how have wecontributed to the party's growth in our constituency.Third how much work did we do in our constituency?

"We have been asked to respond to it in next five daysand we have enough time to do that," Gandhi said.

Incidentally, the response from AAP MPs come at apoint when three of them met yesterday and registeredtheir unhappiness over the functioning of the party inthe state.

A meeting was held at Patiala MP DhamrviraGandhi's residence, along with Sadhu Singh andHarinder Singh Khalsa, parliamentarians from Faridkotand Fatehgarh Sahib respectively.

Gandhi said the party has appointed "parallels" in all13 parliamentary constituencies without "consulting theparty MPs".

"We felt MPs were ignored while making theseappointments and not taken into confidence. All shouldhave been consulted. Where is Swaraj in this which theparty keeps talking about? We have knowledge which iscritical to the state in terms of heritage, culture and peo-ple.

"These people (those appointed) were not taken intoconfidence and are without much political credentialspertaining to AAP," Gandhi said.

In an email dated July 6 by Harinder Singh Khalsa toparty's state disciplinary committee chief Daljit Singh,another AAP MP from Fatehgarh Sahib made a scathingattack on party's Punjab observer Sanjay Singh and stateconvenor Such Singh Chhotepur.

"I think both are out to destroy the spirit of the party.What about the respect for the constitution of the partyand respect for the only four MPs of the party electedfrom Punjab. Is Sanjay Singh bigger than the StateExecutive. And what is the Party. Is it only SanjaySingh.

"I am afraid there is a move to disintegrate or at leasttake the spirit out of the party. We will certainly not sitback and let the rotten stuff come to the fore.We will notlet the people of Punjab to be befooled and betrayed bya handful of non-entities,"

Despite several attempts Sadhu Singh and HarinderSingh Khalsa were unavailable for their comments.

CPI(M) asks Centre to makepublic caste break-upNEW DELHI

Joining the chorus, CPI(M) Tuesday appealed thegovernment to "immediately" release the caste breakupenumerated under the Socio Economic and CasteCensus 2011, saying it will help frame policies for affir-mative action.

"The Central government must not restrict any furtherrelease of the caste-wise information on socio-econom-ic indicators collected by this Census.

"This would be for the first time since 1931 that therelative socio-economic status of various caste groupswill be shown. This should help in framing policies foraffirmative action that have been promised by variouscentral governments but not implemented till date," theparty said.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury toldreporters here that report findings, released on July 3,send a "very bad" signal as far as the economy underBJP government is concerned.

Yechury also expressed concern over "rising degree ofpoverty" in the country after conclusion of party's two-day politburo meeting here today.

"The caste census results show the degree of povertyin our country has actually risen. According to the ini-tial report, 92 per cent of our people are earning lessthan Rs 10,000 a month.

"This is a very bad signal as far as economy under thisBJP government is concerned. We don't know why thisgovernment is not making them public. The survey hasbeen done, that data has been tabulated. So, we aredemanding that should be made public immediately,"Yechury demanded.

He added that the politburo discussed the issue duringits meeting.

According to the SECC, the highest earning memberin about three-fourths of all rural households in thecountry made less than Rs 5,000 per month.

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NEW DELHIAn anticipatory bail plea

by Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leader SomnathBharti, accused of domes-tic violence by his wife,was today dismissed by aDelhi court which saidthere was no apprehensionof his arrest as no FIR hasyet been lodged.

Terming his bail plea as"pre-mature", AdditionalSessions Judge ParamjitSingh said Mr Bharti mayfile a fresh petition foranticipatory bail as andwhen an FIR is registeredin this case.

"In these circumstances,there does not appear to beany reasonable apprehen-sion for arrest of the appli-cant/accused at this stageand the present applicationmoved on the behalf of theapplicant/accused alsoappears to be pre-mature,"the court said.

"It is further stated thateven after the registrationof the FIR, permission toarrest the accused (Bharti)will be required to beobtained by the investigat-ing officer from theACP/DCP concerned," itsaid.

"I am of the consideredopinion that the presentapplication under section438 CrPC for grant ofanticipatory bail moved onbehalf of theapplicant/accused is pre-mature and the same isaccordingly dismissed,"the judge said.

Last month, the politi-cian's wife Lipika Bhartihad filed a complaint withthe Delhi Commission forWomen accusing him ofdomestic violence andmental torture since 2010.

Advocate VijayAggarwal, who appeared

for the former Delhi LawMinister, told the court thathis client was apprehend-ing arrest as the matter waspending before the Crimeagainst Women Cell ofDelhi Police and FIR couldbe registered anytime.

The prosecutor, howev-er, said that Mr Bharti'sapprehension of arrest was"unfounded" as no FIRwas lodged yet in the mat-ter.

Soon after the dismissalof his plea, the AAP leadersaid "my sole purpose wasto attract court's attention

over the matter so that itcould be referred for medi-ation as the issue revolvesaround the lives of twoinfants."

Lipika, who is reportedlyliving in Dwarka area ofSouth- West Delhi sepa-rately for the last threeyears, has alleged in hercomplaint, "Me and mychildren are subject toharassment and torture -mental, physical and oral -by my husband SomnathBharti... There is a persist-ent threat from my hus-band and his supporters."

She had said, "It wouldbe difficult for me to sum-marise all these.

It's going on for a longtime. It has been going onsince 2010. I want separa-tion, I want to be out fromthis marriage. I want tolive with dignity with mychildren. It has been a con-tinuous process which Iwas going through."

Mr Bharti was the LawMinister during AAP's firststint of 49 days.

He had courted contro-versy for an alleged crack-down on a prostitution ringin his constituency duringhis tenure as minister.

Court Dismisses Anticipatory BailPlea of AAP Leader Somnath Bharti

NEW DELHIThe Aam Aadmi Party appears

to be standing on the brink ofanother rift just three monthsafter the expulsion of foundermembers Prashant Bhushan andYogendra Yadav following a bit-ter and public acrimony.

Three of the party's fourParliamentarians are irked withthe party, sources said. The law-makers, all of whom belong toPunjab - the only state where theparty won Lok Sabh seats --claim the party never takes theirviews into account, they said.

On its part, the party is also nothappy with the three, said partysources. The lawmakers, theysaid, rarely visit their constituen-cies and it was causing a breachbetween the party and the people.

Assembly elections in the stateare to be held in 2017, and the

party is apprehensive that thiswill have a negative impact on itsattempts to build grassroots sup-port.

Sources said on Monday, thethree irate legislators held ameeting, where the lawmakers --

Dharamvir Gandhi (Patiala)Sadhu Singh (Faridkote) andHarinder Singh Khalsa(Fatehgarh Sahib) -- aired theirgrievances.

Today, AAP chief and DelhiChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

asked the three Parliamentariansm for a report of their achieve-ments over the last one year.They are to give a completeaccount, sources said, detailingtheir activities in terms of theLok Sabha, their constituenciesand the party.

In April, barely two monthsafter it swept the Delhi assemblyelections, AAP becameembroiled in a bitter and publicrow with Mr Bhushan and MrYadav, who accused Mr Kejriwalof running the party in an auto-cratic manner.

The party accused them of try-ing to unseat Mr Kejriwal andundermining its campaign in theDelhi elections.

As the spat dragged on, theparty dropped them from keycommittees, and finally expelledthem on April 20.

Another Rift Ahead in AAP? Parliamentarians Irked with Party, Say Sources

NEW DELHIHundreds of teachers and

students protested in Delhitoday against a choice-based credit system, orCBCS, that they allege willhelp the government con-trol universities.

It proposes a standard-ised course for all the 400-off central universitiesacross the country, whichhas raised the hackles ofacademicians and students'bodies. The critics claim itleaves little room for cre-ativity and will ultimatelylead to a lowering of aca-demic standards.

Congress leader and for-mer Indian Youth Congressgeneral secretary AjayMaken, who took part inthe protest, said, "This is

completely against thedemocratic functioning ofuniversities and we'll takethe fight nationwide."

Alleging that a completeoverhaul of the universityis being attempted in sixpages by the UniversityGrants Commission, thestudents say that theirviews weren't considered

neither was there any con-sultation mechanism.

Rajesh K Jha, senior lec-turer at Delhi University,denounced the HumanResource DevelopmentMinistry's proposed meet-ing of Vice Chancellors ofall central universities onTuesday for the implemen-tation of the new system

from this academic ses-sion.

"This is nothing lessthan the imposition ofCBCS from the top by theHRD ministry with a cleardesign to control academ-ics. This has taken awaythe autonomy of all centraluniversities, which hasbeen granted by the respec-tive acts of the Parliamentand statutes and ordinancestherein," Dr Jha said.

"Not only university sys-tem, even the IITs, IIMsare crying hoarse againstthe ministry's move to cur-tail their autonomy," hesaid, referring to the muchcriticized IIM draft bill,that is likely to be tabled inthe coming Parliament ses-sion.

Attacked As We Are MinorityInstitution, Says St Stephen'sPrincipal, Alleges Media Trial

Student, Teachers Call For Nixing Choice-Based Credit System for Universities

NEW DELHISt Stephen's Principal,

Reverend Valson Thampu,who is at the centre of acontroversy for allegedlyshielding a professoraccused of molesting a stu-dent, today said he wasbeing subject to a "mediatrial" and was beinghounded like "an animal".

His institute, he said,was being targeted througha "manufactured" contro-versy as it happened to bea minority institution witha record of excellence.

"Every time we exertedour rights as a minorityinstitute, we wereattacked...," he said at apress conference, flankedby chairman of the minori-ties commission KamalFaruqui and former BJPlawmaker SwamiAgnivesh. Giving exam-ples of the attacks againsthim, he said, "there wereother sexual harassmentcases against me - but theywere found to be wrongand this is the thirdattempt." Appealing to themedia to wait for theresults of the investigationinto the case, Mr Thampusaid, "My time is nearlydone here... Please forgive

me, I have two daughtersand wife". On Monday,demands had intensifiedfor the removal of thePrincipal, who alsoallegedly pressurised thestudent to withdraw hercomplaint against him. Thecomplainant hadapproached police on June19, alleging she wasmolested by Satish Kumar,an assistant professor incollege's ChemistryDepartment. She hadaccused Mr Thampu of"criminally intimidating"her to withdraw the com-plaint and produced someaudio recordings which,she claimed, were evi-dence. Insisting that hehadn't told her anything tojustify the allegations, MrThampu said, "rather dropdown dead that lie, whywas the tape not given tome also?" Mr Thampu hasdemanded a probe by theCentral Bureau ofInvestigation and offeredto resign if he was foundguilty. Today, reiteratingthat an "old boys' associa-tion" was targeting him, headded with considerableagitation, "Everybodyexpects me to crawl tothem on four feet."

NEW DELHIRajesh Talwar, who has

been found guilty with hiswife of murdering theirteen daughter Aarushi,says he has been paradedfor VIP visitors at the jailin Uttar Pradesh where hehas been incarcerated sinceNovember 25, 2013.

"Met with the LawMantri since Deputy Jailerhad called me there. Feltlike some sort of an animalin a zoo whom people wantto see," Mr Talwar recordsin a diary that he beganmaintaining on the day thathis wife and he were sen-tenced to life in prison in2013. "Some people and

Parminder Awana, thecricketer [of the IPL'sKings XI Punjab], came.They were made to meetme, really don't know why.How am I supposed toreact?" he asks.

The brown spiral note-book has entries from MrTalwar till January 2014.Entries from the diary arepart of a new book by jour-nalist Avirook Sen calledAarushi, which investi-gates the 13-year-old'skilling and a case that leftIndia aghast and dividedover the role of her parents.

The CBI, which hasinvestigated the case, saidin court in December 2010

that it had no evidenceagainst the Talwars. Butthe judge hearing the caserefused to allow the inves-tigation to be dropped, andAarushi's parents wereeventually convicted in2013. Though they chal-lenged the verdict soonafter, two years later,appeal has yet to be heard .

Aarushi was discoveredwith her throat slit andhead injuries in her bedjust days before she turned14. Hours later, the mainsuspect, the Talwars' miss-ing domestic help Hemraj,was found dead on the ter-race of their apartmentbuilding.

Investigators say nobodybroke into the Talwars'home and it was an insiderjob. But they also said thatthey did not have evidenceto prove who did it or whatwas the motive.

The book traces howdespite the closure report,during the course of thetrial, the prosecution con-clusively states that theparents did it becauseHemraj was found withAarushi having sex in herbedroom.

In his prison diary, MrTalwar writes,"If only Iwould have gotten up...Icould not even save mydear Aaru."

Paraded like Animal for VIPs, Said Rajesh Talwar in Jail Diary Battling crises, BJP to tone upits communication strategy

NEW DELHIBattling a series of cri-

sis, BJP has moved totone up its communica-tion strategy by setting upfirst of its kind 'mediarelations' as well as'political feedback andresponse' departments.

The party has broughtin people, who it believeswill be of help in its com-munication strategy, toman the two departments,including senior journal-ist MJ Akbar and generalsecretary KailashVijayvargiya, seen as acompetent hand in politi-cal management.

The party's mediadepartment in-chargeShrikant Sharma,Sidharth Nath Singh,both secretaries,spokesperson Anil Baluniand journalist SwadeshVerma besides Akbarhave also been put inmedia relations depart-ment. Its job will includesharpening the party'sresponse to the dominantdiscourse of the day andalso reaching out tomedia houses to presentits "point of views on sto-ries of public impor-tance", an office-bearerput it.

SN Sahai all set tobecome Delhi's newHome SecretaryNEW DELHI

Senior IAS officer S N Sahai isall set to be appointed the newHome Secretary of Delhi, a moveaimed at ending the bitter rowbetween Lt Governor Najeeb Jungand Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal over the top post.

Top sources said both Kejriwaland Jung have agreed on Sahai'sname for the Home Secretary'spost following which a recommen-dation was sent to the UnionHome Ministry.

The AAP government had sentnames of three officers includingUrban Development SecretaryChetan B Sanghi to Jung and hadkept Sahai as the firstpreference.

NEW DELHIEnvironment Minister

Prakash Javadekar onTuesday said "misgivings"about implementation ofKasturirangan committeereport on Western Ghatshave to be "done away"with and a call on it will betaken by August end.

Javadekar said that bar-ring commercial miningand polluting industriesthere will no restriction ondoing business in WesternGhats and there will be nothreat to livelihood oflocals. The Union ministerchaired a meeting todaywith environment ministersand officials of six states toreview the progress ofphysical demarcation ofEcologically Sensitive Area(ESA) in Western Ghats

region. He said that therewas no danger to livelihoodnor there would be anyrestriction on businesses,growth and developmentalprojects in the region."There is sometimes mis-giving on the issue of ESAof Kasturirangan committeereport of Western Ghats.There is no danger to livli-hood, no restriction on busi-nesses, growth and develop-mental projects. The mainrestriction is on commercialmining and polluting indus-tries," Javadekar toldreporters. Javadekar saidthat majority of people ofaround 4,000 villagesfalling under the regionhave told state officials,who went there to conductphysical assessment, thatthey do not want polluting.

Decision on Kasturirangan panelreport by August: Javadekar

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NEW DELHIThe National Green

Tribunal today pulled upthe Railways for its failureto check littering on tracksnear New Delhi railwaystation, saying "you arecreating havoc in the soci-ety".

"We have one of thegreatest heritage in theworld. What will the peo-ple coming to national cap-ital think about the state ofaffairs in the country. Atleast you all do some workhonestly," a bench, headedby NGT ChairpersonJustice Swatanter Kumarsaid.

The bench was hearing aplea seeking a blanket banon use and sale of plastic

products on railway plat-forms across the countrybesides imposing a ban onopen defecation by peoplearound the tracks.

The green panel askedthe railways' counsel toshow how many peoplewere fined for throwinggarbage on railway tracksas directed by it earlier.

The counsel submittedthat although some peoplewere fined by the authori-ties but most of them werepoor, unwilling and inca-pable to pay the fineimposed by the tribunal forthrowing garbage ontracks.

"You (railways) don't dothe charity at the cost ofothers. You are creating a

havoc in the society. Justtravel five minutes fromNew Delhi railway stationtowards Sadar Bazaar andSabzi Mandi areas and youwill find huge heaps ofgarbage thrown on andbesides railway tracks,"the bench said.

It asked the counsel forRailways whether anydustbins have beeninstalled in those localitiesand whether people werebeing made aware about itas directed by the tribunal.

The counsel submittedthat though in some areasdustbins were kept butpeople were still throwinggarbage on tracks.

"We have honest offi-cials who are continously

working to sort out theproblem and who want thethings to be done," thecounsel submitted.

The bench, however,looked dissatisfied withthe submission and said,"If you were so honest,nothing in the world wouldhave deterred you fromtaking measures. You havetribunal's order, RailwayProtection Force (RPF)and workers at your dis-posal."

The green panel thenasked the Railways to takean area as a case study andput all measures to dis-suade people from throw-ing garbage on tracks andthen replicate the same atother places.

MUMBAIThe Shiv Sena has criticised former

union minister Sharad Pawar for anadmission that he had rejected under-world don Dawood Ibrahim's offer tosurrender, because of his conditions.

Dawood Ibrahim is the mainaccused in the 1993 Mumbai serialblasts that killed over 300 people.

In an editorial in its mouthpieceSaamna, the Sena said today, "If thereis a will, he can still be dragged backto India. It is not so difficult.American commandos went intoPakistan and killed Osama binLaden. They did not wait for him tosurrender nor did they keep on nego-tiating terms with him."

Mr Pawar, 74, had said, "It is truethat Ram Jethmalani had given a pro-posal about Dawood's willingness toreturn. But there was a condition thatDawood should not be kept in jail.Rather he should be allowed toremain in a house. This was notacceptable. We said he had to face thelaw." The offer was made in the1990s when Mr Pawar was the chief

minister of the Congress governmentin the state. He later left to form hisown party, Nationalist CongressParty (NCP) in 1999.

The Sena also took a dig at its allyBJP, saying: "In speeches in theassembly and outside, (Gopinath)Munde used to assert that we willdrag Dawood to India when we getthe Home portfolio."

The party targeted political partiesfor focusing on controversies linkedto former IPL chairman Lalit Modirather than a "traitor" like Dawoodmaking deals for his surrender. "Ifyou cannot bring back Dawood, atleast do not keep talking about him.These talks help these gangstersincrease their criminal activities," theeditorial said.

Shiv Sena Takes a Dig at Sharad Pawarover Dawood Ibrahim's surrender offer

National Green Tribunal Raps Railwaysfor Failure to Check Littering on Tracks

ASTANAPrime Minister Modi

made a significant state-ment today praising India'sIslamic heritage, a tone indirect contrast with manyof his more extreme MPsand the Sangh Parivar. ThePM used the example tohighlight the fight againstterror, pointing out howtrue Islam has "alwaysrejected the forces ofextremism."

Speaking at theNazarbayev University inKazakhstan, the PM said,"The confluence of Indianand Islamic civilisationtook place in Central Asia.We enriched each other inspiritual thought, but also

in medicine, science, math-ematics and astronomy."

"The Islamic heritage ofboth India and Central Asiais defined by the highestideals of Islam - knowl-edge, piety, compassionand welfare. This is a her-itage founded on the prin-ciple of love and devotion.And, it has always rejectedthe forces of extremism,"he added. The commentsdrew praise from some ofPM Modi's critics, likecommentator SudheendraKulkarni, who tweeted, "Isalute PM Modi for saying:Islamic heritage of India &Central Asia is defined byhighest ideals of Islam -KNOWLEDGE, PIETY,

COMPASSION. (Sic)""Sangh Parivar shud stop

believing that IndianMuslims do not matter andthat Muslim countries donot matter to India.

India and Central Asia,(sic)" Mr Kulkarni said in

another tweet.The PM's speech is being

seeing by many analysts asa possible sign of a moreinclusive approach - butwhether it spreads to therank and file of the SanghParivar, is not clear.

Islamic Heritage of India, Central AsiaHas Rejected Extremism: PM Modi

KOCHIDays after busting a

huge racket allegedlyinvolved in smuggling ofgold through the interna-tional airport here,Customs Tuesday rejectedreports that it hasunearthed a link betweenthe group and funding ofjihadi operations.

"It is hereby clarifiedthat the investigation con-ducted by Customs has notunearthed any connectionbetween the smugglingracket and funding of jiha-di operations, nor has anyinformation to the effectthat carriers were lured inthe name of funding jihadioperations been receivedby the department,"Customs Commissioner KN Raghavan said in arelease. "The focus ofinvestigation is only on

smuggling and related eco-nomic offences and thatwe share the details ofinvestigations in majorcases with other relatedagencies," he said.

Customs officials had onSunday arrested a Keralapolice constable, whoworked on deputation asimmigration official atKochi InternationalAirport here, for allegedlyfacilitating the illegaltrade.

The officials had saidthat 28-year-old Jabin KBasheer, while working asImmigration Assistantunder Intelligence Bureau(IB) from 2011 to April2015, allegedly helpedNaushad -- kingpin of theracket which is suspectedto have smuggled 1,500 kgof gold from Dubaithrough the airport in 16

months.His brother, Nibin K

Basheer (25) and father AK Basheer (52) were alsoarrested by the SpecialIntelligence andInvestigation Branch ofCustoms for allegedlyhelping Jabin in the smug-gling. They belong toMuvattupuzha.

A total of 32 persons,including some groundhandling staff at the airporthave been arrested eversince Customs nabbedNoushad, the secondaccused in the case.

Noushad, who is also anative of Moovattupuzha,was arrested on June 8 andis presently lodged in thejail here. Customs officialshave indicated morearrests would be made inthe case in the comingdays.

'Haven't unearthed link betweengold smuggling, jihadi funding'Industry Pledges $75 Billion on Digital

India Launch: Ravi Shankar PrasadNEW DELHI

Investment commitmentof USD 75 billion or Rs.4,72,500 crore wasreceived from industry atthe launch of Digital Indiaweek, Telecom MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad saidin New Delhi today.

"On Digital India day(July 1), you will be happyto know that we made avery decisive initiative thatinvestors - global andIndian - must declare theirintention to invest inIndia...on a single day in aprogramme of two hourswe were pledged USD 75billion investment in thefield of ICT and otherallied services," Mr Prasadsaid while launching Indo-Africa ICT Expo.

The ministry on July 1 isestimated to have receivedan investment commitmentof about Rs. 4.7 lakh crorefrom leading Indian con-glomerates and globalcompanies includingReliance Industries, BhartiAirtel, Aditya Birla groupand Vedanta.

Talking about fostering

innovation, Mr Prasadsaid: "In India we have gota very fantastic expression'Jugaad' technology.

What is a jugaad technol-ogy? In simple terms, inno-vation. I always say thatjugaad technology must befiltered into sophisticatedtechnology to make India apowerful country."

Telecom SecretaryRakesh Garg said that ris-

ing demand of telecomequipment in the countryhas led to manufacturing ofproducts domestically thatcan cater to the need ofglobal market as well.

"Rapid growth of thesector has fuelled demandfor telecom equipment (inIndia) including mobilephones which is USD 20billion for 2015-16 and isexpected to exceed USD

30 billion by 2020. Thislarge demand has createdstrong base on whichIndian companies havecreated innovative highquality products and solu-tion," Mr Garg said.

He said these productscan not only meet the needof domestic market butalso global market likeKenya.

"As you know Kenya

and other African countriesare one of the majorimporters of our telecomequipment. Last year,export from India to globalmarket, including Africaand Europe, was over Rs.20,000 crore which is morethan USD 3 billion," MrGarg said.

The minister withKenyan Cabinet SecretaryFred O Matiang'iannounced dates for threeday Indo-Africa ICTSummit 2015 to be held inSeptember-end in Nairobi,Kenya.

"When I see Africa oncanvas of international pol-itics, I always note India insome way has very crucialrole in awakening andempowerment ofAfrica...from Digital litera-cy to digital empowermentto digital delivery of serv-ices to manufacturing. Thisexperience must be sharedwith Africa," Mr Prasadsaid.

Mr Garg said that morethan 100 ICT companieswill participate in the sum-mit.

MUMBAIOne of the survivors of the 2006 Mumbai

train blasts, Parag Sawant died at a Mumbaihospital this morning. He was then 26 years oldthen, was injured in the 7/11 serial blasts onMumbai's local trains and had been in coma forthe past 9 years.

He was undergoing treatment at the PDHinduja hospital in Mumbai, a statement fromthe hospital read, "Later at 6:00 am his satura-tion levels had dropped... He had a sudden res-piratory arrest... In spite of all resuscitationmeasures, Parag could not be revived and wasdeclared dead at 6:54 am on July 7, 2015. Hedied because of cardio respiratory arrest."

Mr Sawant was returning home from work ona Virar-bound local train on July 11, when abomb ripped apart a coach of the train nearMira Road in 2006. It was one in a series ofseven train blasts that rocked Mumbai that daykilling nearly 200 people and injuring close to1,000 persons. Mr Sawant's wife, Priti waspregnant when the blasts brought their life to astandstill. She now works with the railwaysdepartment and is the sole bread-earner in thefamily, their daughter Prachiti is eight years oldnow. Though Mr Sawant went into coma dueserious injuries suffered, his conditionimproved and he did come out of it in 2011, butslipped back due to repeated convulsions.

Mr Sawant is survived his wife Priti, daugh-ter Prachiti and parents Jay Prakash & Madhuri.His brother Pratik who works at Bombay Highand is expected to conduct the last rites. Hisfuneral is to be held at Bhayandar onWednesday. The blasts occurred between KharRoad and Santacruz, Bandra and Khar Road,Jogeshwari and Mahim Junction, Mira Roadand Bhayander, Matunga and Mahim Junction,and Borivli.

The trial in the 2006 serial train blasts casehas concluded but a court in Mumbai is yet topronounce the verdict. The Special MaharashtraControl of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA)court has tried 13 persons accused in the case.

HYDERABADYasin Bhatkal, co-

founder of banned terrorgroup Indian Mujahideen,has asked that he be putunder 24x7 CCTV surveil-lance at the Hyderabad Jailwhere he is lodged, as hefears a threat to his life, hislawyer told reporterstoday.

The lawyer, ShaikSaifullah, also said thatBhatkal has in an earlierappeal sought "sunshine,air and clean water" as hisseven-feet-by-seven-feetcell in Cherlapally jail hasnone of these.

"We have requested himto be put under surveil-lance not just inside jail butalso when he is taken tocourt and back," MrSaifullah said, referencingthe killing of five undertri-als while being brought toa court in Hyderabadrecently.

Bhatkal, 32, had on

Monday pulled out a letterfrom his pocket when hewas produced in court, andhad thrown it towardsreporters gathered there.The hand-written letterdenied reports that he hadtalked about "help fromDamascus" and a plan toescape from jail in a tele-phone conversation withhis wife.

Bhatkal along with fourothers was brought in a busfilled with policemen, whosurrounded him closely ashe walked into court,which was hearing the

Dilsukhnagar blast case.17 people had died in thetwin blasts in theHyderabad locality in2013.

Sources have toldreporters that Intelligenceagencies had about amonth ago interceptedYasin Bhatkal's phone con-versation with his wife, inwhich he allegedly indicat-ed that he might get helpfrom the Islamic State -which controls largeswathes of territory in bothSyria and Iraq - to escapeprison.

Anna Hazare tolaunch stir overOROP and LandAcquisition BillMUMBAI

Social activist AnnaHazare on Tuesday said acountrywide agitation willbe launched over theissues of One Rank OnePension (OROP) and theLand Acquisition Bill.

"I will inform you aboutthe date of the agitation inmy next letter to you,"Hazare said in a letter sentto Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

"We have to take care ofour soldiers and farmers.Making hollow announce-ments for their welfare andactually implementingthem are different things,"Hazare stated in hisletter.

In a democracy, the gov-ernment should listen towoes of the people,Hazare said.

Jailed Yasin Bhatkal Asks for Sun,Fresh Air, and CCTV 24x7

After 9 Years in Coma, Survivor of 2006Mumbai Serial Train Blasts Gives Up

NEW DELHIThe AAP government in

Delhi will bear the cost ofopening and maintainingoffices by legislators whohave been asked to identifythe land in their respectiveconstitutes in the nationalcapital.

In a letter to BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) law-maker Vijender Gupta,assembly Speaker RamNiwas Goel said the gov-ernment of the National

Capital Territory (NCT) ofDelhi has conveyed it wasin agreement to the con-cept of establishing officesof assembly constituenciesin each seat. The letter waswritten on June 25.Interestingly, about adozen of AAP legislatorshave demanded hike intheir salaries, due to offi-cial expenses in their con-stituencies.

Of the 70 Delhi legisla-tors, 67 are from the Aam

Aadmi Party and theremaining three belong tothe BJP. The letter said that"the office should beapproximately about 700-1,000 square feet in sizeand located at a convenientlocation which is easilyaccessible to the public".

"Office infrastructurelike staff, furniture equip-ment like computer, faxetc. will be provided by theDelhi assemblySecretariat," it added.

AAP govt to bear expensesof MLAs opening offices

NEW DELHIDelhi will have five mega labs for

pathological examinations by the end ofthis year, Health Minister Satyendra Jainsaid on Tuesday. The minister also saidDelhi`s first `neighbourhood clinic` willstart functioning by next week in eastDelhi. The Arvind Kejriwal governmenthad earmarked Rs.125 crore for opening1,000 neighbourhood clinics in the budget

presented last month. "The first neigh-bourhood clinic would be ready by nextweek in Peeragarhi in east Delhi," saidJain, who visited the clinic with DeputyChief Minster Manish Sisodia on Tuesday."The government is trying to set up neigh-bourhood clinics in slum areas, unautho-rised colonies and villages. The healthdepartment is aiming to improve servicesand reduce pressure on OPDs.

Delhi to get five mega labs by 2015-end

BY VIJAY PRASHAD

Ayear ago, Israel began its assaulton the Gaza Strip. More than2,100 Palestinians died in the

bombing — seven out of ten were civil-ians, according to the United Nations.Israeli bombs killed 500 Palestinian chil-dren and orphaned 1,500 more. Duringthe war, the UN Human Rights Councilempanelled a commission to investigatethe conduct of both the Israeli state andthe non-state Palestinian resistance. Thatpanel, led by former New York SupremeCourt Judge Mary McGowan Davis, hasnow produced a report that accuses theIsraeli government of actions tantamountto war crimes. The Davis Report said thatIsraeli conduct was “reflective of a broad-er policy, approved at least tacitly by deci-sion-makers at the highest levels of thegovernment of Israel”.

Little wonder then that a majority of theUN Human Rights Council forwardedthis forensic report to the InternationalCriminal Court (ICC) for further action.When Israel’s bombing ended in August2014, the ICC’s Prosecutor FatouBensouda said that she would not open afile on Israel because Palestine was not amember of the ICC. Her refusal to inves-tigate war crimes by Israel, she said, wasnot “due to political pressure”. Palestinejoined the ICC in April 2015. The HumanRights Council’s submission to the ICCopens the door for Ms. Bensouda to liveby the standard she has set herself. Aninvestigation of Israel should now com-mence.

The Davis Report is only the mostrecent of the many UN investigations intoIsrael’s 2014 bombing of Gaza. On April27, the UN Secretary-General released asummary report on Israeli attacks on UNschools that had been used as shelters inthe war. In none of the seven cases lookedat in detail did Palestinian militants usethe schools as a launch pad for their retal-iation attacks. The UN had given theIsraelis precise GPS coordinates for theseschools, which were nonetheless targeted.Pierre Krahenbühl, the CommissionerGeneral for the UN Relief and WorksAgency (UNRWA), which runs theschools, said at the time of one of theattacks, “Today the world stands dis-graced. I condemn in the strongest possi-ble terms this serious violation of interna-tional law by Israeli forces”. These words

were validated by the UN summary reportfrom April and in the Davis Report.

What the Davis Report found was thatIsrael’s military deliberately targetedcivilian areas, hitting residential build-ings, “which are prima facie civilianobjects immune from attack”. Israel’sassaults on homes increased after 2009.As an indicator, in the 2009 war, 14 percent of civilian casualties were women,

while in this war, that increased to 20 percent. Chillingly, the Davis Report did notstudy “attacks by Israel on United Nationsshelters, medical facilities, ambulances,and other critical infrastructure” because“these patterns have been a recurring real-ity in this and prior conflicts”. In otherwords, Israel has made it a habit to bombhospitals and power plants to inflict pun-ishment on the Palestinians — a crimeagainst the Fourth Geneva Convention.

The UN was not alone in its allegations.The Israeli group Breaking the Silencereleased a report on May 5 that document-ed statements from Israeli soldiers whohad taken part in the attack on Gaza. Oneinfantry sergeant said, “Anything insidethe Gaza Strip is a threat. The area has tobe sterilised, empty of people, and if wedon’t see someone waving a white flag,screaming, “I give up” or something, thenhe’s a threat and there’s authorisation toopen fire.” Breaking the Silence’s YuliNovak said, “A troubling picture arises ofa policy of indiscriminate fire that led tothe deaths of innocent civilians.”

India abstainsStrikingly, India abstained in its vote at

the Human Rights Council. It joinedKenya, Ethiopia, Paraguay and

Macedonia — all lobbied by Israel overthe course of the year. The U.S. was theonly country to vote against the motion toaccept the Davis Report and send the fileover to the ICC. Forty-one states, includ-ing the eight sitting European members,voted to censure Israel. Last year, Indiahad voted in support of the Human RightsCouncil resolution to set up the commis-sion to investigate war crimes. In thedebate last year, India’s ambassador to the

Human Rights Council, Dilip Sinha,bemoaned the “heavy air strikes in Gazaand the disproportionate use of forceresulting in the tragic loss of civilianlives”. Now India has decided to abstain.Why?

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)says that there has been no change in itspolicy towards the struggle of thePalestinians. The reason for the abstentionis that India is not a signatory of the RomeStatute that set up the ICC. The MEAclaims that India has a policy not to votefor a resolution that refers a country to theICC. But — as the record shows — Indiahas voted at least twice for UN HumanRights Council resolutions that do refercases to the ICC. Both these cases areabout allegations of Syrian governmentviolations in its civil war — once onMarch 23, 2012, and again on June 1,2012. The principled stand to refrain fromcollaboration with the ICC does not seemas clear as suggested by the MEA. China,by the way, is also not a signatory to theRome Statute. Yet, China voted with themajority to accept the Davis report. Whydid India vote to send the Syrian govern-ment to the ICC but not the Israeli govern-ment?

One suggested answer is political. Israelhas pinned its hopes on the NarendraModi government to break India’s tieswith the Palestinians and join the UnitedStates, Palau and Nauru in the pro-Israelbloc in the UN. The Bharatiya JanataParty and its ancestors have called forclose ties with Israel since 1948, largelybecause of their antipathy to Muslims.Mr. Modi has already suggested that hewould be the first Indian head of govern-ment to visit Israel. This new alignmentcould very well be signalled by India’sabstention on this vote. Suggestions ofprinciple by the MEA are well and good,but these might not contain the entirestory. Other, less noble, motivations mightbe at play.

Immunity or accountability?

On June 14, Israel released its ownreport on the war, which suggested that ithad committed no war crimes. This is partof its campaign to whitewash the war andthe continued occupation of Palestinianlands. Israel’s settlement activity andsecurity walls in the West Bank and EastJerusalem and its throttling of Gaza byembargo have rendered the “two-state”solution moot. There is no possibility forthe creation of Palestine in the moth-eatenland that remains. A “one-state” solutionis equally impossible if Israel insists thatit is a “Jewish State”, an ethno-nationalistconcept that denies the rights ofPalestinians inside Israel. Israeli policydirectly leads to endless occupation andpunctuated wars. That is why the DavisReport was concerned that nothing wouldcome of their work, since “impunity pre-vails across the boards for violations ofinternational humanitarian law and inter-national human rights law allegedly com-mitted by Israeli forces, whether it be inthe context of active hostilities in Gaza orkillings, torture and ill-treatment in theWest Bank.”

Pressure on Israel to change its policydirection could come from an ICC inves-tigation. India’s abstention does not helpthe situation in West Asia. In fact, it hasgiven the Israeli policymakers respite, andhas betrayed the slim hopes of thePalestinian people.

(Vijay Prashad teaches InternationalStudies at Trinity College. He is the edi-

tor of Letters to Palestine: WritersRespond to War and Occupation (2015).)

Wednesday | July 08, 2015

BY ROHIT DHANKAR

If Maharashtra is trying to identifychildren who are not getting edu-cated, as per RTE, it has to

include those children who are notstudying the core subjects, be they ina madrasa, Vedic pathshala or anyother religious or community school.

Maharashtra’s recent decision toconduct a survey of what it calls“non-school going children” seems tohave created a storm. Political partiesare now up in arms calling it an anti-minority move and Muslim leaders inparticular have declared their resolveto fight the decision. Some intellectu-als have even called the step as“insensitive” and one that will onlyraise the suspicions of the minorities.In the midst of this, there are claimsbeing made that the education beingimparted in madrasas has helped (andis helping) minority students passeven difficult tests such as the civilservice examinations. But the point isthat this entire debate is being con-ducted in an environment chargedwith emotion and irrelevant facts. Ingeneral, these arguments, if allowedto flourish, are likely to harm thecause of education in the country.

What is the issue all about? Newsreports of July 3-4 say that thePrincipal Secretary of the MinorityAffairs Department sent a letter to thePrincipal Secretary, SchoolEducation, saying that students inmadrasas and Vedic institutionswhich do not teach mathematics,social science, science and Englishshould be considered as “non-schoolgoing”.

National system of education

After Independence, India hasstruggled to craft a National Systemof Education (NSE). The D.S.Kothari Commission recommendedsuch a system and efforts to realisethis goal have been on ever since theNational Policy on Education 1968 orNPE 68 was in force. NPE expressesa commitment to realise this goal andevery single national curriculumframework since 1975 has declared

that one of the important concerns ofthe National Curriculum Frameworkis to realise the NSE. NPE 1986states: “[T]he concept of a NationalSystem of Education implies that, upto a given level, all students, irrespec-tive of caste, creed, location or sex,have access to comparable quality”of education. This is the commitmentto equal opportunity in education. Inorder to meet this commitment, theNSE must be in a position to comparestandards across the country.

Important features

The country has been struggling toestablish the ‘10+2’ structure of edu-cation in all States. Without a uni-form structure, there can be no ideaof standards of achievement that canbe worked out for India. Without set-ting such standards, a comparison ofquality cannot be established.Therefore, the goals of equal oppor-tunity for education become vacuous.However, in regard to the madrasadebate this is not the most importantissue.

NPE 86 states that the NSE “will bebased on a national curricular frame-work which contains a common corealong with other components that areflexible”. Also, “the common corewill include the history of India’sfreedom movement, the constitution-al obligations and other contentessential to nurture national identity.”Further, this core “will be designed topromote values such as India’s com-mon cultural heritage, egalitarianism,democracy and secularism, equalityof the sexes, protection of the envi-ronment, removal of social barriers,observance of the small family normand inculcation of the scientific tem-per.” It is not optional and has to bepart of all State curricula and syllabi.

Another feature of NSE thatemerges out of the commitment tothis core is the “common scheme ofstudies”. This scheme — thoughdescribed in somewhat variant terms— remains more or less the same asoutlined in the “National Curriculumfor Elementary and Secondary

Education—A framework” or NCF1988. The three subjects that remaincommon at the primary level in allStates are language (mothertongue/regional), mathematics andenvironmental studies. At the upperprimary and lower secondary levels,the common subjects are three lan-guages, usually regional, Hindi andEnglish, and in the Hindi-speakingareas, Hindi, another Indian languageand English. There is also mathemat-ics, social studies — which includeshistory, geography and civics orpolitical science — and science. Arteducation, work experience andhealth and physical education arealso part of the curriculum at theupper primary and lower secondarylevels. But there is variance in themacross States.

Right to Education Act 2009

What is important to note here isthat there is supposed to be a com-mon core curriculum across thenation, and there is a high degree ofuniformity in the scheme of studies atthe elementary level. These twoaspects emerged from a felt need fora NSE and articulated in the NPE1986.

The Right of Children to Free andCompulsory Education Act, 2009(RTE), has some stipulations for cur-riculum and what will be considered“completion of elementary educa-tion” — which should be legally freeand compulsory.

The RTE, in Section 29(1), stipu-lates: “[T]he curriculum … for ele-mentary education shall be laid downby an academic authority to be speci-fied by the appropriate Government,by notification.” All the State govern-ments have already notified their ownState Council of EducationalResearch and Training (SCERT) asthe “academic authority” that will laydown the curriculum. Maharashtraalso has a curriculum specified by itsSCERT, which as per the RTE is itsofficial curriculum.

‘Studying a subject’

According to RTE, the State gov-ernment is duty bound to make provi-sions for every child to complete ele-mentary education according to thenorms of the prescribed curriculum.If the SCERT in Maharashtra hasmathematics, science, social studiesand three languages in its curriculum,then it becomes imperative for it tosee to it that every child studies allthese subjects. Otherwise, the condi-tion of completion of elementaryeducation cannot be met. Therefore,if the State government is trying toidentify children who are not gettingeducated, as per RTE, it has toinclude those children who are notstudying all these subjects, be they ina madrasa, Vedic pathshala or anyother religious or community school.If there are madrasas which do notteach one of these subjects, then thegovernment cannot consider — asper RTE — these children to be“school going children”; technically,it has to declare them as “non-schoolgoing”. It does not matter whethermany of them go on to universities or“crack civil service examinations” orany other competitive examinations.The purpose of establishing a nation-al system of education is to not onlyprepare students for a livelihood andjobs, but also to make all childrenaware of the national movement forfreedom, nurture a national identity,inculcate a scientific temper, and soon. In propagating these aims, math-ematics, science and social studiesare seen as necessary. However, ifthe madrasas are teaching all thesubjects mentioned earlier alongwith religious studies, the State hasto consider children studying thereas “school going”. But that does notseem to be the case. The governmentletter seems to be defining “non-school going” as meaning only thosechildren who do not study one orother of these subjects. Anotherpoint to keep in mind is that “study-ing a subject” here means “studyingthe government prescribed syllabusin that subject”. For example, if thechildren study the history of Europe

or Africa, or Islam but do not studythe history of India and the freedommovement, they cannot be consid-ered as completing the prescribedcurriculum.

Some news reports mention thatBihar and Uttar Pradesh recognisemadrasas as schools, which is per-fectly fine if the madrasas are teach-ing all the subjects prescribed bytheir State curricula. But if they arenot and are still recognised asschools, and the children studyingthere are considered as school-goingchildren completing their elemen-tary education, then these States areguilty of dereliction of duty and areflouting the norms of NPE 86, NCF2005 and RTE. I am not a lawyer,but I think that they are liable forlegal action under RTE.

Harm to national consensus

The project of developing anational system of education is atleast a 100-year-old one, though ittook concrete shape only afterIndependence. The idea was debatedby leaders of the freedom movementby the beginning of the 20th century.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, SriAurobindo, Annie Besant, MadanMohan Malaviya, and many otherssaw the ills of the system of colonialeducation and had their own idealsof national education. But manybegan to recognise that these idealsof education could not become anational system of education. In asystematic analysis, Lala Lajpat Rairejected all the ideas mentioned ear-lier as being unworthy of nationaleducation status as he felt it wouldbe sectarian. He recommended non-sectarian secular education in hisbook, The Problem of NationalEducation in India, which was pub-lished in 1920. Tagore and Gandhijiwanted a system of education with-out any sectarian element. The ZakirHussain Committee Report on BasicNational Education articulated anideal of citizenship that was stronglydemocratic.

After Independence, theUniversity Education Commission1950, the Secondary EducationCommission 1952, and theEducation Commission 1964 wereall aware of the need for a nationalsystem of education. But educationwas a state subject in all its aspectsincluding structure, curriculum andpedagogy. Therefore, the nationalsystem was more of a cherishedideal than a reality. Only after the42nd Constitutional Amendment in1976 did it really become possible todevelop a national system of educa-tion. The characteristics of the‘10+2’ structure of school educationmentioned earlier, a common core ofthe curriculum and a more or lesscommon scheme of studies emergedafter that. It has taken a lot of hardwork to achieve this state. The workis still unfinished as we still do nothave commonly accepted standardsof achievement. Also, we still do nothave the ‘5+3+2’ structure of thefirst 10 years of education as someStates have four years of primaryeducation. But because of the com-mon core of the curriculum andcommon scheme of studies we cannow think of common achievementstandards.

This kind of debate will dismantlethat hard-earned consensus in struc-ture and curriculum, thereby makingequal opportunity impossible asthere will be no criteria for judgingequality or the lack of it. In any case,RTE is not being implemented withserious commitment in the country.If attempts like identifying “non-school going children”, as per itsnorms, are embroiled in unjustifiedcontroversies, political correctnesswill further demotivate governmentsfrom implementing whatever little isbeing attempted.

(Rohit Dhankar is Director,School of Education, Azim Premji

University, Bangalore, andAcademic Advisor, Digantar,

Jaipur.)

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In an abrupt surge of violence, Boko Haram insurgentskilled around 200 people in Nigeria over the pastweek. The group, which swore allegiance to the

Islamic State in March, targeted mosques, a church and arestaurant, in much the same fashion Islamists linked toIS have attacked people elsewhere in Africa and WestAsia recently. The attacks have sent a deadly message toboth the Nigerian government and the rest of the world:that notwithstanding recent military setbacks BokoHaram remains capable of carrying out large-scalestrikes. From its beginnings in 2002 as a peaceful Islamistmovement, it has transformed itself into one of Africa’sdeadliest terror machines. It has killed more than 23,000people, mostly civilians. Under Abubakar Shekau, it hastargeted schools in the northeast, branding western educa-tion and science as haram (forbidden) for Muslims. InApril 2014, from a school in Chibok in Borno state, aBoko Haram stronghold, 276 female students wereabducted, triggering a global outrage. Mr. Shekau threat-ened to sell them as slaves as “God had instructed” him todo so. None of the young women have been rescued asyet. The Nigerian government for long ignored the prob-lem that Boko Haram posed, as also the conditions thataided its rise. Extreme poverty in the northeast, particu-larly in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, made theregion a fertile ground for insurgency. Nigeria’s porousborders with Chad and Cameroon helped MohammedYusuf, Boko Haram’s founder, gather weapons in theearly years of his rebellion. But it was his successor, Mr.Shakeu, who transformed the group into Africa’s IS. Afailure to check Boko Haram played a part in the defeat ofGoodluck Jonathan, who in March 2015 became the firstNigerian president to lose a re-election bid. His successorMuhammadu Buhari has promised to crush the insur-gency. Indeed, he has made some initial gains, with theNigerian army recapturing most of the territories from themilitants this year. But the recent attacks show thatNigeria is nowhere near defeating the jihadists. The chal-lenges before Mr. Buhari are huge. His supporters say thatas a dictator-turned-democrat he has the strength to exer-cise command over the generals, compared to a “weak”Mr. Jonathan. But the problem relates not only to militaryaction; it is also about endemic corruption, poverty andreligious extremism in the north and northeast. Nigeria isthe world’s 10th largest oil producer and has the largestGDP for any country in Africa. But over the years thecountry’s poor have not enjoyed this wealth. Any compre-hensive strategy to counter Boko Haram should be sup-plemented by a plan to address Nigeria’s structural prob-lems.

The UN was not alone in its allegations. The Israeli groupBreaking the Silence released a report on May 5 that docu-

mented statements from Israeli soldiers who had taken part inthe attack on Gaza. One infantry sergeant said, “Anything

inside the Gaza Strip is a threat. The area has to be sterilised,empty of people, and if we don’t see someone waving a whiteflag, screaming, “I give up” or something, then he’s a threat

and there’s authorisation to open fire.” Breaking the Silence’sYuli Novak said, “A troubling picture arises of a policy of

indiscriminate fire that led to the deaths of innocent civilians.”

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Hindi's Importance...important role.

Mr Modi also released the first Uzbek-Hindi dictionary along with his Uzbekcounterpart and Indologist Rakhmatov.

"Those (countries) whose economy isstrong, wings of their language grow fasteras people want to learn their language," thePrime Minister said.

In this context, he said importance ofHindi language was going to increase asIndia was on course of economic advance-ment.

"A language imbibes the feel of the eraand tradition through which it travels.Languages have big heart..Language is keyto the development of personality," said PMModi, elaborating on the beauty of lan-guages.

Noting that Uzbek radio completed 50years of Hindi broadcasting in 2012, MrModi said that Indian movies and music arevery popular in Uzbekistan.

"Indian movies, language & music arevery popular in Uzbekistan. In 2012, Uzbekradio completed 50 years of Hindi broad-casting," he tweeted.

Prime Minister Modi yesterday heldextensive talks with Karimov as the twoleaders decided to boost ties in key areas ofatomic energy, defence and trade.

Mr Modi and Karimov also discussedways to enhance strategic, economic andenergy ties apart from reviewing keyregional issues including the situation inwar-torn Afghanistan.

Islamic heritage...see cyber space become a platform with-

out borders for terror to draw recruits to itscause. So, during this visit, we willstrengthen our defence and security cooper-ation in the region. But, we will also com-bat terrorism by the strength of our valuesand our commitment to humanism,” hesaid.

Asserting that he has come to write a"new chapter in an ancient relationship",PM Modi said,"the Islamic heritage of bothIndia and Central Asia is defined by thehighest ideals of Islam - knowledge, piety,compassion and welfare. This is a heritagefounded on the principle of love and devo-tion. And, it has always rejected the forcesof extremism. Today, this is an importantsource of strength that brings India andCentral Asia together.

The PM further said that Kazakhstan wasa voice of responsibility and maturity ininternational forums, including the UnitedNations.

“No Indian will forget Kazakhstan's gen-erosity in making way for India's bid for themembership of the UN Security Council in2011-12,” he said, adding, “India is pre-pared to invest more in a new partnership ofprosperity. We are intensifying ourexchanges in culture, education andresearch. And we will connect our youthmore. Our hopes of an Asian Century willbe realised when we see Asia as one, not asSouth, West, East or Central.”

During his nearly half-an-hour speech,Modi touched upon other important issuesincluding regional connectivity, establish-ment of a 21st century silk route and eco-nomic integration between India andCentral Asian countries.

India, Pakistan ...procedure for granting membership and

the obligations of states applying for it inthe leaders' summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistanin September.

No Threat to...Security Force (CISF) security at the

dam.The Mullaperiyar dam is situated on the

Periyar river in Thekkady district of Kerala,but it supplies water to the drought-proneareas of Tamil Nadu under a complex leaselasting 999 years.

Both states have been locked in a battleover the dam.

Kerala says the dam is old and endangerslives of millions who live downstream,Tamil Nadu is firmly against Kerala's pushfor the construction of a new dam becauseit fears it would be forced to accept a small-er supply of water.

The Kerala government is responsible forthe security of the dam, but Tamil Nadu ispushing for central security forces to guardthe dam.

Vyapam Scam...answer if any questions are raised. People

also want to know what is happening in thecase," he said.

Sources said at the briefing that precededthe announcement, BJP leaders assured MrChouhan that since the party was in powerat the Centre, it could ensure that the CBIconducts a fair investigation in the case.

Party leaders reject the suggestion thatthe chief minister has effected a U-turn inrecommending a CBI probe after days ofsaying that it was unnecessary because the

High Court, which is monitoring the currentinvestigation, had rejected the demand forit.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh hadbacked Mr Chouhan on Monday assertingthat the court would decide it a CBI probewas needed.

Today's move is also designed to take thesting out of the Congress' attack on MrChouhan, spearheaded by senior leaderDigvijaya Singh whose appeal for a CBIprobe is one of four that the Supreme Courtwill hear on Thursday.

Priyanka Gandhi...the officer handling the RTI application

was faulted by his bosses last month for notcomplying.

Earlier this year, Mrs Vadra, 43, wrote tothe state government through her lawyers,claiming that the details should be keptconfidential for security reasons.

"Himachal Pradesh is a small state and ifVVIPs keep buying land and misuse it, thenthere will be no land left," said MrBhattacharya to reporters, explaining hismotive for the RTI that he filed.

Mrs Vadra, whose father and grandmoth-er Rajiv and Indira were Prime Minister andassassinated, is guarded by the SpecialProtection Group or SPG.

The BJP has said that Mrs Vadra's hus-band, Robert, will be investigated for illicitland deals in Haryana where his mother-in-law's party was in power till late last year,when it lost the election.

Comptroller and ...adults only.It may be recalled that former Censor

Board CEO Rakesh Kumar was arrested byCBI in August 2014 for allegedly demand-ing Rs. 70,000 as bribe for clearing a film.

His predecessor Pankaja Thakur was alsoinvolved in a series of controversies includ-ing that she rated a film directed by herclose relative despite knowing that it was acase of "conflict of interest".

The CAG under the head "InspectionReport on Account Maintained by the officeof CBFC, Mumbai" for the period from 1stOctober 2013 to 31st March 2015, has alsoslammed the Board for its lackadaisicalapproach in several areas including incom-plete data entry work of historical recordsdespite incurring a huge sum for the pur-pose of digitisation of CBFCwork.

CAG also noted that approximately 4.10lakh entries for censor certificates and 60lakh pages of feature film files were yet tobe digitised despite incurring huge sum forthe purpose.

"There has been no revision of certifica-tion fees and cess after the lapse of morethan six years and 12 years respectively. Ithas mentioned in its report that the CBFCgot Rs. 14 crore (approx) as certificationfees from 2011 to 2013 while it receivedRs. 5.5 crore as cess in the same period,says the report.

CAG has also found that as per officialrecords two movies naming "Gabriel" and"Three Can Play That Game" were exam-ined by Mrs J S Mahamuni and Mr S GMane on February 2009 and February 2009respectively.

However, when CBFC issued the certifi-cates it showed that movies were examinedby Mrs V K Chawak, Secretary to theChairperson, on March 30, 2009 anddespite that these were not re-applied forre-examination.

Terming this as a scam and naming it as"Censor Gate", Durve strongly criticisedthe Board.

Censor Board CEO Shravan Kumar couldnot be contacted as he was in Bangalore..

CBFC Chairman Pahlaj Nihlani, howev-er said, "I am not in receipt of the inspec-tion report. These happenings took placequite long back, when I was not in-charge,but I will definitely make sure that suchirregularities do not take place in futureanymore."

Another official from the Board, request-ing anonymity said, "It is merely an inspec-tion report, everything would be clarifiedwhen we file our reply to CAG."

However, Teena Sharma, another activiston censorship issues who has filed a PIL inDelhi court said, "Such reports will contin-ue till the time I&B ministry doesn't payheed to our voice".

In recent years too, the Board has been hitwith controversies when its topmost offi-cers were found involved in alleged wrongpractises.

'Lack of employment...physical or verbal domestic violence at

home.The study also found that with the family

size increasing and cost of living rising, theelderly are also increasingly being seen as afinancial burden by their loved ones.

"Among the 54 per cent who claimed tobe facing abuse, almost 90 per cent attrib-uted it to financial reasons.

"A fourth of the elderly said the youngergeneration considers them a burden on thefamily," said Himanshu Rath of AgewellFoundation.

Ironically, while there are many schemesbeing run for the welfare of the elderly,

only 15.2 per cent of the respondents saidthat some special provisions for old agehealthcare exists, the others had no accessto it.

Rath said the study titled 'Human Rightsof Elderly in India: A Critical Reflection onSocial Development' interviewed 5,000 eld-erly people across the country.

"Ageing is an integral part of the life-cycle but in India it has unfortunately cometo be associated with declining health, lossof independence, shrinking of social roles,isolation and feeling of loneliness, econom-ic hardship, and, worse of all, being labeledor stigmatized as a burden on the familyand society," lamented Rath.

The objective of the study, he said, was tocull out the nuances of the changes peopleencounter as they grow old and to see howthese impact their lives at an age when theyare increasingly dependent upon others fortheir sustenance and survival.

India, China...than one billion people out of extreme

poverty, made inroads against hunger andenabled more girls to attend school thanever before.

However, despite remarkable gains, itwill take more to ensure the poorest andmost vulnerable people are not left behind,according to the final assessment report ofthe MDGs, which range from halvingextreme poverty rates to halting the spreadof HIV/AIDS and providing universal pri-mary education, all by the target date of2015.

The MDG target of reducing by half theproportion of people living in extremepoverty was achieved five years ago, aheadof the 2015 deadline.

The latest estimates show that the propor-tion of people living on less than USD 1.25a day globally fell from 36 per cent in 1990to 15 per cent in 2011.

Projections indicate that the globalextreme poverty rate has fallen further, to12 per cent, as of 2015.

The poverty rate in the developingregions has plummeted, from 47 per cent in1990 to 14 per cent in 2015, a drop of morethan two thirds.

By 2011, all developing regions exceptsub-Saharan Africa had met the target ofhalving the proportion of people who livein extreme poverty.

"The world's most populous countries,China and India, played a central role in theglobal reduction of poverty. As a result ofprogress in China, the extreme poverty ratein Eastern Asia has dropped from 61 percent in 1990 to only 4 per cent in 2015," thereport said.

"Southern Asia's progress is almost asimpressive - a decline from 52 per cent to17 per cent for the same period - and its rateof reduction has accelerated since 2008," itsaid.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speak-ing at the launch of the report in Oslo yes-terday, said, "The report confirms that theglobal efforts to achieve the goals havesaved millions of lives and improved condi-tions for millions more around the world."

"These successes should be celebratedthroughout our global community. At thesame time, we are keenly aware of wherewe have come up short," he said.

Commercial Status...the Doaba region besides facilitating the

NRI belt," he said while addressing a func-tion in Hoshiarpur.

Sukhbir said he took up the issue with theDefence Minister and added that the Punjabgovernment has also sent a letter to theministry concerned to use the airport forpassenger activities.

He also said the state government wouldspent Rs. 10,000 crore on building infra-structure in the state. Out of it, Rs. 4,000would be spent on sewerage, drinkingwater, street lights in 150 towns.

A Rs. 5000-crore project has also beensanctioned for building rural infrastructure.

Adopting a tough stance against illegalmining activities, Mr Badal directed all theSSPs to register cases against all accused.

He said projects worth Rs. 18,000 crorehave been sanctioned to make Punjab apower surplus state in the country.

PM Need Not ...departments and even my party president

Amit Shah have answered everything. Foreach and every silly issue Prime Ministerhas to answer. It is not fair," said MrGowda.

Amid the criticism that followed, the lawminister tweeted a clarification saying, "Letme reiterate again that #INC (the Congress)linking Lalit Modi with #Vyapam case issilly... I would like to make it clear that Ididn't mean Vyapam case as simple n silly.I used the words simple and silly in connec-tion with the Lalit Modi issue and INC link-ing it everything. (sic)"

The Congress lashed out at Mr Gowda."It's an irresponsible statement. He is a lawminister and he should answer... It's a mur-derous scam so we are asking for monitor-ing by the Supreme Court," said the party'sShakeel Ahmed.

Earlier in the day, the Congress' Digvijay

Singh had said, "PM stays silent on theseissues and tweets on Tunisia, Syria... Nowhe is on a Central Asia tour... I think fromnow on he will stay abroad."

Digvijay Singh, also a former MadhyaPradesh chief minister, has spearheaded theCongress' attack against current chief min-ister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the Vyapamscam, pressing for a CBI inquiry into alle-gations that top politicians and bureaucratsof the state accepted kickbacks in exchangefor allowing imposters to take recruitmentexams for government jobs and admissionto colleges.

Mr Chouhan today requested the state'sHigh Court to order a CBI inquiry.

BJP's Silence...the opposition party reiterated its demand

for a court-monitored CBI probe to uncov-er the truth behind the Vyapam scam.

Congress claimed that over 40 peopleconnected with the scam have died so far.

"The only way of determining the truth isa court- monitored CBI enquiry, which willestablish whether these deaths are connect-ed to Vyapam... whether there is an elementof criminality involved."

"If there is criminality, then those who areresponsible need to be brought to the book,"said senior Congress leader Manish Tewari.

Asked whether he felt that the MP gov-ernment was insensitive to the issue, he saidthat the silence on various matters, includ-ing allegations against External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj and RajasthanChief Minister Vasundhara Raje vis-a-visthe Lalit Modi controversy, were indicativeof the manner in which they treat publicopinion.

"The silence on Vyapam, the silence onvarious other issues connected with theExternal Affairs Minister and the ChiefMinister of Rajasthan are all indicative ofthe manner in which they treat the mediaand public opinion," he added.

Setalvad moves...objectionable picture of Hindu deities on

Twitter.A first information report, based on the

complaint of VHP activist Raju Patel, wasfiled against Setalvad at Ghatlodia policestation here last August.

The petition would be heard by JusticeMohinder Pal on July 9.

Setalvad had twitted a photoshopped pic-ture of ISIS terrorists with the slainAmerican journalist James Foley with areligious image in the backdrop. Later sheremoved it.

The FIR charges her with Indian PenalCode sections 153(a) (promoting enmitybetween religious groups) and 205(a) (out-raging religious feelings) with sections ofInformation Technology Act.

Setalvad, known for championing thecause of 2002 post-Godhra riot victims inGujarat, had recently sought more timefrom a local court to re-deposit her passportbecause she wanted to visit Brazil to attenda conference. But the plea was rejected. Shehas moved the HC over this issue too.

Her passport was deposited with the courtwhen she obtained pre-arrest bail in thepresent case.

The High Court, meanwhile, has alsoissued notices to the state government,crime branch of police and two banks withregard to Setalvad's plea for condonation ofdelay in filing appeal in the matter ofattachment of her bank accounts.

It would be heard by Justice MohinderPal on July 27.

Setalvad had last month moved the HCseeking to de-freeze her bank accounts. Theaccounts were attached in a case in whichshe is accused of collecting Rs 1.51 crorefor a museum for Gulberg Housing Societyriot victims but misusing the money.

The crime branch of police has attachedthe accounts of Setalvad, her husband JavedAnand and two of their NGOs.

A metropolitan court had in Novemberlast year rejected the plea to de-freeze theaccounts. Setalvad moved the HC but theappeal was filed 90 days after the order, soshe is seeking condonation of delay.

Three Indians ...Kusuhawa from Bihar's Champaran

region, who posed themselves as represen-tative of Indian government, have beenbooked in fraud charges by the police.

"They were collecting nominal fees to fillout a form, saying the Indian governmentwould provide up to Rs 200,000 for the sur-vivors of earthquakes that rocked Nepal onApril 25 and May 12," Santu PrasadJaiswar, Inspector at Garuda Police Stationwas quoted as saying by ekantipur.

Acting on a tip-off, a Nepal Police teamarrested the trio from Fatuwa HarsahaVDC-6. They were caught while collectingRs 100 to Rs 300 for filling the forms.

"We filled up the forms trusting them thatIndian government would provide Rs100,000-200,000 to the earthquake vic-tims," said Suraj Kumar Sah.

Police have confiscated forms, laptop,rubber stamp, mobile phones, cards ofIncome Tax Department of India, mastercard and visa card of various Indian banksand a motorcycle from them.

It is learnt that the arrestees have con-

fessed to their crime, the paper reported.The two earthquakes were country's worst

temblors in decades which claimed nearly9,000 lives and caused widespread devasta-tion.

Indian man ...arrived in Australia only a few days ago,

launched himself into the path of the trainat Sydney's Wentworthville station onSunday after the pram holding the toddlerrolled onto the tracks, the Daily Telegraphreported on Tuesday.

The man picked up the pram and handedit back to his wife and the distraught moth-er of the child, who stood on the platform.But he did not have much time to get backup to the platform and was forced to run forhis life along the tracks until he could throwhimself off to the side.

The family was on its way to visit a Sikhtemple when the terrifying incident wascaptured on CCTV in the station, which hasplatforms sloping towards the tracks forweather reasons.

“He’s done a really great job and he did-n’t really think for a second about his ownlife at all, he just jumped out to save her,”the child's uncle Parminder Singh toldreporters later.

The child and her grandfather sufferedminor injuries and were released from hos-pital hours later.

Sydney Trains director of operationsTony Eid said the Wentworthville station issoon due an upgrade to avoid such inci-dents.

Rajasthan Governor..."Jan-Gan-Man adhinayaka jai hey... 'adhi-

nayaka' for whom? It praises British rule. Itshould be amended and replaced by word'jan-gan-man mangal gaye'," he said at the26th convocation ceremony of theUniversity of Rajasthan.

"I have got respect for RabindranathTagore, but national anthem's 'adhinayaka'word should be replaced by 'mangal'," hesaid.

Soon after the poem was composed byTagore in December, 1911, it had sparked adebate whether it contained praise of theBritish rule. However, Tagore himself in aletter to Pulin Behari Sen in 1937 rejectedthe charge.

In a similar vein, he said that the term'Mahamahim', or his or her excellency,should be dropped as a prefix for the gover-nor and the word 'mananiye' be used in itsplace since a governor is never "mahan" asused since the British period.

The comments by Singh, a former chiefminister of Uttar Pradesh, come days afterhe compared Maharana Pratap with MughalEmperor Akbar, saying that the Rajput rulerwas "inspirational" to the nation with thesuffix "great".

Reiterating those views today, the gover-nor said that the education departmentshould run courses in which MaharanaPratap's life and his struggle are specifical-ly highlighted.

"Victoria was not great, it was Jhansi kiRani who had fought wars. Aurangzeb wasnot great, it should be Shivaji," he furtherremarked.

Stressing on the need for rural develop-ment, he said, "Real India lives in villageswhere 2/3 people live. If we ensure devel-opment in villages, India will rise, societywill rise."

Singh, meanwhile, approved of thechange of dress code for students receivingtheir degrees, saying that "Rajasthan haschanged the black dress code and startedwhite dress code in convocations."

Turkish Airlines ...CISF over phone who apprised him of the

situation at the IGI airport post the emer-gency landing of Turkish airlines flight,"Home Minister Office tweeted.

All passengers on board a TurkishAirlines flight were earlier evacuated safe-ly following a bomb threat.

Sources have stated that a message writ-ten on the bathroom mirror of the planewarned about the bomb in the luggage com-partment.

When contacted, the Nagpur Air TrafficController guided the flight to Delhi.Theflight was plying between Bangkok andIstanbul.

All 148 Passengers...being questioned.The plane, which was flying from

Bangkok to Istanbul, was diverted to Delhiafter the pilot reportedly told the Air TrafficControllers that a message written in lip-stick on a mirror in a bathroom warned of abomb in the cargo.

The plane was then guided to the Delhiairport and it landed safely at round 1.41pm. It was taken to an isolated bay and 148passengers were evacuated.

Commandos of the National SecurityGuard and the police searched the plane andexamined every piece of luggage beforedeclaring an all-clear. An emergency meet-ing of airport, civil aviation and Bureau ofCivil Aviation Security officials was held todiscuss how to respond to thesituation.

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Amazon.com Incmust face a trade-mark lawsuit

brought by a watchmakerwhich says the onlineretailer's search results cancause confusion for poten-tial customers, a federalappeals court ruled.

The 2-1 opinion from the9th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals in San Franciscoon Monday reversed alower court ruling, andsaid high-end watchmakerMulti Time Machine Inc.is entitled to a trial on itstrademark allegations.

An Amazon representa-tive could not immediatelybe reached for comment.

MTM Special Ops are amilitary style model ofwatches which are not soldon Amazon's web site,according to the court rul-ing. If an Amazon shoppersearches for it, however,Amazon the site will notsay it does not carry MTMproducts.

Instead, Amazon dis-plays MTM Special Ops inthe search field and imme-diately below the search

field, along with similarwatches manufactured byMTM's competitors forsale.

MTM alleged this couldcause customers to buyfrom one of those competi-tors, rather than encourag-ing the shopper to look forMTM watches elsewhere.

MTM sued, and a LosAngeles federal judgeresolved the trademarkclaims in favor of Amazonbefore trial. In its ruling onMonday, the 9th Circuitsaid MTM's lawsuit shouldbe allowed to proceed.

"We think a jury couldfind that Amazon has cre-ated a likelihood of confu-sion," the court wrote.

In a dissent, 9th CircuitJudge Barry Silvermansaid Amazon's searchresults page clearly labelsmanufacturer for eachwatch.

"No reasonably prudentconsumer accustomed toshopping online wouldlikely be confused as to thesource of the products," hewrote.

1. Plants that grow in saline water are calledA. halophytes B. hydrophytesC. mesophytes D. thallophytes

2. Pyorrhoea is a disease of theA. nose B. gumsC. heart D. lungs

3. O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comesfromA. CO2 B. waterC. sugar D. pyruvic acid

4. Placenta is the structure formedA. by the union of foetal and uterine tissueB. by foetus onlyC. by fusion of germ layersD. None of these

5. Plants hormone that induces cell division isA. auxins B. gibberellinsC. kinins D. domins

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(A), 2(B), 3(B), 4(A), 5(C)

TODAY’S STARARIES Take charge of your life, Aries. The more action you take, the more

alive you will feel. Maybe you will decide to have a career on thestage. This is the kind of day when you need more variety thanusual. Bright and happy people will catch your eye. Jump on the fasttrack. You're ready.

TAURUS Don't hide, Taurus. This is your time to come out of the shadows.There's a spark within that's urging you to act. Move forward andworry about the consequences later. This isn't a good time tosearch every sentence for hidden meaning. People may be care-less with their words. Don't overanalyze them.

GEMINI This is a terrific day for you, Gemini. Your mood is good andeverything is flowing your way. The fire within is burning hot. Youwill take the lead role in every production. Romance and love aredefinitely in the cards for you. Be yourself and remember that it'sOK to laugh at your mistakes. Humility is good for you.

CANCER Other people may steal the spotlight from you today, Cancer, butdon't let it get you down. The key is to learn from the ones whotake charge. Have fun and don't worry about the details. A defi-nite dynamism is helping you transform certain areas of your lifethat need to change. Get out of the rut you're in.

LEO It may seem like close loved ones are trying to pick a fight with youtoday, Leo. There may tend to be a "me first" attitude stirring up a pot oftrouble. Don't automatically assume that the other person is wrong.There's a valuable lesson to be learned in every conflict. Take each dis-agreement as an opportunity to learn something about yourself.

VIRGO A close loved one may express displeasure with the way thingsare, Virgo. Maybe there's some tension in the air. Things could getrather explosive. There's a feeling urging others to act, a certainrestlessness that demands that you take action. Unfortunately, thisaction is likely to meet with opposition if you aren't careful.

LIBRA Fire up today, Libra, and let your spirit fly. You have agreat deal of ammunition that encouraging you to takecharge. Let your adventuresome spirit roam whereverit pleases. Communication with loved ones will beclear. You can expect all social encounters to gosmoothly. You will be the hit of any party.

SCORPIO Put your reservations aside, Scorpio, and go for the thingyour heart desires most. Throw caution to the wind andmake it happen. Today's energy urges you to take chargeof your life and conquer new territory. There's dynamismabout the day that could leave you behind unless youlatch onto the trend and make it work for you.

SAGITTARIUSThere may be tremendous changes in store for you,Sagittarius. Connect with something futuristic and far out.There may be some roadblocks in the way. Maybe yourheart is impeding your progress. You don't need anotherperson to fill in any voids in your life. Your confidence iswhat you need to bolster your self-esteem.

CAPRICORN Be bold and aggressive today, Capricorn. Even if this isn't in yournature, dynamic action can be rewarding on a day like this.People will be delighted to hear from you. Your opinion is pre-cious. You have many insights to offer the group. Your adaptablenature will be tested. You may need to make adjustments inorder to match other people's way of thinking.

AQUARIUS Love is on your side today, Aquarius, and all romantic andsocial situations are favored. This is the perfect time to takethe lead on creative projects or anything requiring a keen eyefor beauty. Your mood is apt to be positive and jovial. You can'tgo wrong in whatever way you choose to express yourself.

PISCES Certain love and romance matters may cause some tension,Pisces. Inflated egos may get in the way of important com-munication that needs to take place for harmony betweenyou and your romantic partner. You're a bit more argumenta-tive than usual. Sparks of disagreement are likely to flare intobonfires if you aren't careful. Keep a fire extinguisher handy.

The Lenovo K3 Note is set to goon its first flash sale viaFlipkart on Wednesday.

Registrations for the first sale end atmidnight Tuesday.

Lenovo Indiasaid on Mondayit had receivedover 470,000registrations forthe first sale ofthe K3 Note, setto kick off at3pm ISTWednesday. Wereached out forupdated num-bers, and weretold on Tuesdaythe company hadpassed the half amillion registra-tions mark.

Launched inIndia in late-June, the LenovoK3 Note wasfirst unveiled forChina in March.Priced at Rs.9,999, it supportsboth LTE bandsin India (FDD-LTE1800MHz Band 3, and TDD-LTE2300MHz Band 40). The smartphoneruns Android 5.0 Lollipop that'sskinned with the Vibe UI. It featuresa 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pix-els) display with a pixel density of401ppi.

The dual-SIM smartphone is pow-ered by a 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-coreMediaTek MT6752 processor cou-pled with 2GB of RAM.

T h eK3 Note packs a 13-megapixel rearcamera with dual-LED flash and a 5-megapixel front facing camera.Inbuilt storage on the handset is16GB, which is expandable viamicroSD card (up to 32GB).Connectivity options on the smart-

phone include 4G (TD-LTE/ LTE),Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, andMicro-USB. The K3 Note measures152.6x76.2x7.99mm and weighs 150grams.

T h elarge-screen Lenovo K3 Note packs a3000mAh battery, which is slightlybumped up from the Lenovo A7000's2900mAh battery. It is rated to deliv-er up to 39 hours of talk time on 2Gand 16 hours on 3G, apart from 11days of standby time.

Lenovo K3 Note First Flash Sale

As promised backin January,Xiaomi has

started rolling out itsMIUI 6 update to itsRedmi 1S smart-phone across theglobe. The firmalready pushed outthe updates to XiaomiMi 3 and Redmi Note4G earlier this year.

Announced atXiaomi's officialforum by the admin-istrator, the versionreaching to Redmi 1Sis 6.6.1.0.KHCMICFand will take sometime to reach allthe regions. TheOTA updatebrings severalbug fixes fors e c t i o n si n c l u d i n gC o n t a c t s ,M e s s a g i n g ,Lock Screen,Status Bar,Notification Bar, Home Screen,Camera, Music, Weather, Settings,Email, Browser, Recorder, Calendar,Security and Mi Cloud.

As for the new features, the MIUI 6update for Xiaomi Redmi 1S brings

flashnotification light for incoming callsalong with IVR (Interactive VoiceResponse) shortcut feature for Indiaregion.

Users would be able to report junkmessages, add hotspot icon and charg-

ing icon in the status bar,apart from controllingmusic from lock screen.The update has also intro-duced unlocking gesturerecognizing mechanismto avoid unlockingcaused by misoperation.Besides the ability to sortmusic by name, date, andlanguage, users wouldalso be able to shareweather conditionimages. Alarm clock set-tings can be estored fromMi Cloud when switchingto new devices. The com-plete changelog can beseen on the MIUI forumthread.

Xiaomi India onTuesday announced aprice cut for its budg-et Redmi 2 smart-

phone, makingthe handset Rs.1,000 cheaperthan its launch

price. The Xiaomi

Redmi 2 will be available at its newprice of Rs. 5,999 via the company'sonline store as well as other leadingonline retail stores. Xiaomi Indialaunched the Redmi 2 at Rs. 6,999and the smartphone went on sale in itsfirst flash sale on March 24.

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Amazon Must Face TrademarkLawsuit Over Search Results Microsoft is reportedly

preparing to finalise theWindows 10 build,

bringing it to the RTM (release tomanufacturing) stage this weekahead of its official July 29release.

The Verge citing people famil-iar with the company's plansreports that Microsoft is workingon the final build of Windows 10and the RTM build is expected byend of this week.

Additionally, a new build

10176 has been spotted online(via WinBeta) and is said to beone of the 'first candidates forRTM'. For the uninitiated, theRTM is a term used when a soft-ware product is ready to be deliv-ered or provided to the customer,in this case the manufacturers,and it precedes general availabil-ity. Microsoft will start sendingRTM copies of Windows 10 to itsOEM partners ahead of the July29 launch. Neowin's Brad Samsclaims Microsoft has plans to

sign off on the RTM build on July9. The Redmond giant has alsoconfirmed it will release anotherbuild - expected to be the final10176 build - this week.

In its latest post, Microsoft list-ed some updates toEntertainment in Windows 10.Xbox Music will now be calledGroove, and the Xbox Video hasbeen renamed to Movies and TV."You'll find with both apps in thebuild coming to WindowsInsiders this week," notes

Microsoft. The new entertain-ment feature will be only avail-able to members of the WindowsInsiders. "Windows Insiders whoare a part of the Fast ring andupgrade to the next PC build willsee these updates in the Storebeta first. For anyone else, you'llget to enjoy these updates withWindows 10 starting on July 29,"adds Microsoft.

Microsoft has already con-firmed that Windows 10 will bethe last Windows OS version as

the company will soon employ a"Windows as a service" mode.The company will push out regu-lar updates to the OS instead ofintroducing new versions.

Microsoft's Windows 10 oper-ating system will be hitting themarket on July 29; though every-one won't be able download thenew OS on that date. Microsoftrecently revealed some detailsabout Windows 10's phased roll-out, which will start with users onthe Windows Insider programme.

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PALLEKELEYounis Khan hit a bril-

liant unbeaten 171 asPakistan defeated SriLanka by seven wickets inthe third Test on Tuesdayto win their first series onthe island since 2006.

The tourists achieved thesixth highest successfulchase in history when theysurpassed the target of 377runs in the post-lunch ses-sion of the fifth day`s playin Pallekele, finishing on382-3.

Skipper Misbah-ul Haqmade 59 not out, smashingthe winning six off JehanMubarak to end hisnation`s long winlessstreak in Sri Lanka wherethey lost the last threeseries in 2009, 2012 and2014.

It was the first time a vis-iting team had scored morethan 300 runs in the fourthinnings to win a Test on SriLankan soil.

Pakistan`s highest suc-cessful chase before thishad been the 315-9 theyscored against Australia towin the Karachi Test wayback in 1994.

Younis, who made his100th Test appearance inthe second match, endedthe game just 19 runs awayfrom surpassing JavedMiandad`s tally of 8,832runs to become Pakistan`sleading scorer in Tests.

Pakistan added 25 runsto their overnight scorewhen they lost the wicketof Shan Masood, who wasstumped by DineshChandimal off Tharindu

Kaushal for 125.The Kuwait-born left-

hander`s maiden Test cen-tury came during a third-wicket stand of 242 withYounis after Pakistan hadbeen reduced to 13-2 onMonday afternoon.

Sri Lanka claimed thesecond new ball as soon asit was due in the 80th over,but the seamers wereunable to make an impres-sion on the easy-pacedwicket.

The 37-year-old Younis,who came to bat after thefall of the second wicket,stayed solid at one end dur-ing a seven-hour vigil inwhich he hit 18 bound-aries.

Younis` five hundreds inthe fourth innings -- in acareer tally of 30 -- are the

most by any batsman.Misbah provided able

support during a 127-runstand with Younis, mixingcaution with aggressionwhich fetched him eightfours and a six.

Sri Lanka missed theexperience of left-armspinner Rangana Herath,who was not selected, asyoung off-spinner Kaushalwas hammered for 153runs in his 31 overs.

Pakistan had won thefirst Test in Galle by 10wickets and Sri Lanka tookthe second in Colombo byseven wickets.

The two teams will nowplay a limited-overs seriesof five one-day interna-tionals, followed by twoTwenty20 games, fromSaturday.

3rd Test, Day 5: Younis Khan leads Pakistanto stunning series win over Sri Lanka

MUMBAILalit Modi's lawyer has

returned the summonsissued to the former IPLboss by the EnforcementDirectorate, saying he wasnot authorised to receivethem, the Central agencysaid on Tuesday.

Advocate Mehmood MAbdi, who representsModi, in a statement said,"I have not recieved anysuch summons". "ED hasModi's address in the UK.They are required to servehim as per the procedureprescribed in law," Abdisaid.

The Central agency hadlast week issued summonsto Modi in a money-laun-dering case registeredagainst him here, seekinghis presence at its officewithin three weeks.

It was returned by hislawyer who said he was notauthorised by Lalit Modi toreceive it, an ED officer

said today. The case relatesto a 2008 deal betweenWorld Sports Group(WSG) and Multi ScreenMedia (MSM) for televi-sion rights of IndianPremier League (IPL)worth Rs 425 crore.

In 2008, BCCI awarded

10-year media rights toWSG for USD 918 million.WSG entered into a dealwith MSM to make Sonythe official broadcaster.The contract was replaceda year later with a nine-year deal where MSM paidUSD 1.63 billion.

The ED started a probe in2009 under ForeignExchange ManagementAct (FEMA) to investigateallegations that payment ofRs 425 crore facilitationfee by MSM Singapore toWSG Mauritius was madein an illegal way.

Lawyer returns ED summons to LalitModi, says 'not authorised to accept'

LONDONMaria Sharapova sur-

vived a gamesmanship rowto set up a potentialWimbledon showdownwith old rival SerenaWilliams as the Russianbattled into the semi-finalswith a 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2victory over CocoVandeweghe on Tuesday.

Sharapova needed twohours and 45 minutesbefore she finally saw offunseeded Vandeweghe toreach her fifth Wimbledonsemi-final and her firstsince 2011.

But the world numberfour was accused ofunsporting behaviour byVandeweghe, who wasunhappy that Sharapovawas moving during the 23-year-old American`s serv-ice action.

Vandeweghe protested tothe umpire during the quar-ter-final and repeated hercomplaint in the post-match press conference

"She (the umpire) saidshe didn`t believe she wasdoing it during the motion.I strongly disagreed.Towards the later end ofthe second set, I said if shehas a problem speaking toMaria, if she`s too scaredto do it, I had no problemspeaking to her," said theAmerican.

Joining Sharapova in thelast four was 20th seedGarbine Muguruza, whodefeated Swiss 15th seedTimea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-3to become the first Spanishwoman to make theWimbledon semi-finals

since Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in 1997.

Sharapova was wellbelow her best on CentreCourt, making 23 unforcederrors, serving 10 doublefaults and hitting only 19winners.

But the always tenacious28-year-old somehowfound a way to secure her20th Grand Slam semi-final appearance that hasbrought her five majortitles.

"It`s been a while sinceI`ve been at the semi-finalstage here so I`m reallyhappy. It gives me a lot ofconfidence," Sharapovasaid.

"She was playing withnothing to lose, so I knewit was going to be tough.

"But you have to giveeverything you have on aspecial occasion on a spe-cial court. I regrouped inthe third and got itdone."Lying in wait forSharapova in Thursday`ssemi-finals is likely to be

the familiar figure of five-time Wimbledon championSerena, who was due toface former world numberone Victoria Azarenka lateron Tuesday.

The 33-year-oldAmerican, who famouslylost to the teenageSharapova in the 2004Wimbledon final, has nowwon 17 of their 19 meet-ings.

Before she can thinkabout extending that domi-nant run againstSharapova, Williams --chasing a 21st major titleand potential calendarGrand Slam -- must see offAzarenka.Azarenka isseeded 23rd after aninjury-plagued period, butthe Belarusian has twicecome close to defeatingSerena in the last twomonths, failing to converton three match points andlosing in the round of 16 inMadrid and then losing a6-3, 4-2 lead in the thirdround of the French Open.

Wimbledon 2015: Maria Sharapova ignoresgamesmanship row to make semis

WIMBLEDONThe Indo-Swiss tennis

pair of Leander Paes andMartina Hingis produced aclinical performance toenter the mixed doublesquarter-finals ofW i m b l e d o nChampionships outclass-ing Artem Sitak of NewZealand and AnastasiaRodionova of Australia 6-2, 6-2 here on Tuesday.

The experienced seventhseeded pair needed just 48minutes to outclass theSitak-Rodionova team instraight sets to win thethird round match andbook a place in the quarter-finals of the grass courttournament.

Paes and Hingis startedtheir pre-quarters match onan aggressive note, win-ning 12 out of 16 firstserve points and later onconverted two break point

opportunities out of five toclaim the first set 6-2.

They then upped the antein the second set to breaktheir opponents once anddenied Sitak-Rodionova

any chance of breakingback. Paes-Hingis alsowon 13 of the 15 first servepoints of the set.

The Indo-Swiss pair nextfaces the winner of the

match between MarcinMatkowski-Elena Vesninaand Lukasz Kubot-AndreaHlavackova to book aplace in the semi-finals.

Leander Paes-Martina Hingis enterWimbledon mixed doubles quarters

PARISTony Martin felt nothing

but joy as he finally got hishands on the yellow jerseythat had eluded him by a mat-ter of seconds on the previ-ous three days at the Tour deFrance.

The 30-year-old three-timeworld time-trial championmade a daring solo attackfrom a reduced peloton with3.3km left of Tuesday`s223.5km cobbled fourthstage and held off the charg-ing pack to win by three sec-onds.

That on its own would havebeen enough to snatch theyellow jersey from 2013champion Chris Froome`sshoulders but he also took a10sec time bonus on the linethat gives him a 12sec bufferto Froome in the overallstandings.

"Pure happiness! All thepressure and all the sadnessfrom the last days has comeoff now," said the GermanEtixx-Quick Step rider.

"It`s a really emotional day

and stage for me, I`m superhappy for that. Everythingwent well and I`m superhappy for this team.

"They supported me somuch, they always believedin me even after missing outthese last days and fortunate-ly I could pay it back."

John Degenkolb, the win-ner of the Paris-Roubaix racewhose cobbles were bor-rowed for this stage, took

second with Peter Saganthird.

Martin, 30, had spent thefirst three days in secondplace having lost out toAustralian Rohan Dennis byfive seconds in the openingstage time-trial.

He ended the second stage3sec behind FabianCancellara, who had taken a4sec bonus on the line forfinishing third.

Froome then finished sec-ond on the third stage to earna 6sec bonus that left him just1sec ahead of Martin.

But his brazen attack afterthe last treacherous cobbleshad been crossed paid off.

It almost didn`t, though, asMartin punctured just beforethe final cobbled sector andhad to borrow team-mateMatteo Trentin`s bike.

"Today, all the bad luck

turned into luck! Before thelast cobbled sector I had aflat tyre and had to changebike," said Martin.

"I didn`t believe in thestage victory any more, I justwanted to stay with the bestbut it came together at thefront and nobody wanted tochase so I just gave it a try.

"I didn`t believe in this vic-tory but somehow it hap-pened and I still can`t believeit."

After a hectic last 50km,including 11.5km of cobblesacross six sectors, the `fan-tastic four` favourites ofFroome, reigning championVincenzo Nibali, two-timewinner Alberto Contador andColombian Nairo Quintanaall finished in the leadinggroup of around 25 riders.

Froome was gracious inlosing the yellow jersey.

"Congratulations to Tony,it was a great performance.He was very close to the yel-low jersey these last few daysand definitely deserves it forall the work he`s done," saidthe Sky team leader.

Tour de France: `Pure happiness` for Tony Martin as he takes yellow jersey

NEW DELHITwo-time Olympic medallist

Sushil Kumar on Tuesday said that2016 edition in Rio de Janeiro willbe his last appearance at the quad-rennial extravaganza but he will takea final call on his retirement postBrazil games.

"2016 Olympics in Rio will be myfinal appearance as far as Olympicsare concerned. While I have not yetthought about my retirement, I willtake a call after the Rio Games areover. Right now my full concentra-tion and focus is on Rio and havebeen preparing hard for it," India'sgreatest ever individual Olympian

told PTI here today.Sushil will be missing the upcom-

ing World Championship due to aninjury as he also opted out of the tri-als held today.

Sushil said that he will only take acall on his retirement after consulta-tion with his guru and father-in lawSatpal.

"My guruji Satpal ji told me thatwe would be taking a call after theRio Olympics and whatever he says,I will follow it. I have always fol-lowed what he has said. This timealso, I will have a discussion withhim before taking a call," saidIndia's most decorated grappler.

Rio 2016 would be my last Olympicsappearance: Sushil Kumar

Aditya Patel leads LMSCup after podium finishDONGGANG

Indian racing driverAditya Patel enjoyed asuccessful weekend in theAudi R8 LMS Cup cham-pionship with top-10 fin-ishes, including a secondplace, in the three racesrun here at the PenbayInternational Circuit.

The 27-year-old fromChennai finished fourth,second and sixth in thetriple-header to top thechampionship points tablein his class. Being a three-race weekend, Patel hadhis work cut out. Afterstarting sixth in Race 1,Patel managed to move hisway up to fourth and bringthe car home to collectvaluable points.

Race 2 was the highlightof Patel's weekend.Starting fourth on the grid,he moved up to secondbehind Edoardo Mortara,who was later penalisedfor an incident. Soon, Patelwas challenged by FrankieCheng, a former DTMdriver, for the lead of therace. Running on bettertyres, Chang made full useof the advantage andmoved past Patel, who hadto settle for second place.The third and final race ofthe weekend saw Patelstart from pole position.

However, he was at adisadvantage right fromthe beginning as he startedthe race on used tyresunlike his competitors.After a tussle on Lap 1,Patel lost the lead andslowly dropped to sixth,owing to damage from anincident on the first lap.

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Salman Khan recentlyrevealed in an inter-view that he is work-

ing hard prepping forSultan. The Yash Raj Filmsproduction will release onEid next year and willclash with Shah RukhKhan’s Raees at the Boxoffice. Salman Khan playsa wrestler in Sultan and forthat he has to put on a lotof weight. In the interviewSalman said, “Sultan goingto be really a stressfulFilm. As far as the prepara-

tions are concerned, I haveto put on a lot of weight.Lot of muscle and tonedbody is a must. Sultan isbasically an action film so,strong body is a require-ment.”

Salman also reveals thatunlike Bajrangi Bhaijaanwhich is more of an emo-tional film, Sultan is anaction film. Salman will beseen playing the role ofHanuman-loving Pavan inthe Kabir Khan film which

releases on Eid this year.

Salman’s prepping storyfor Sultan reminded usinstantly of Aamir Khangaining weight for his filmDangal where he too playsa wrestler. Aamir Khan puton a lot of pounds and henow weighs around 100kgs. Aamir also said thathe finds tying his shoelaces difficult now that heis all buffed and that all theweight gain is posing athreat to his health.

Here is how Salman Khan ispreparing for his role in Sultan!

Television hasbecome a greatmedium for leading

Bollywood celebs to pro-mote their films. Be it real-ity TV shows like IndianIdol Junior, Dance IndiaDance or daily soaps likeYeh Hai Mohabbatein,Qubool Hai, the who’s whoof B-town have spreadword about their films infull swing. So, why shouldour ‘Bajrangi’ bhai SalmanKhan be left behind? Thesuperstar has already pro-moted Bajrangi Bhaijaanon Indian Idol Junior andis all set to do the same onStar Plus’ hit show Yeh HaiMohabbatein. The dailysoap stars DivyankaTripathi and Karan Patel asthe lead pair who playRaman and Ishita. Salman

has already shot his pro-motional scene with thetwo stars and was seenclicking pictures with thecast and crew of YHM.Check out this first pictureof the hunk as he poseswith the show’s leading

lady Divyanka!Don’t the two look

adorable together? Salmanwent on to click pictureswith the show’s popularvamp Shagun aka AnitaHassanandani. The beautyhere looks visibly excited

as well as nervous!Salman shot for a rather

interesting scene in theseries where he will beseen having an armwrestling match withKaran Patel aka Raman.Check out the picture

below!Salman is seen posing

with the entire Bhalla fam-ily here, including his JaiHo girl Ruhanika Dhawanaka Ruhi.

In the upcoming episode,we will see the Bhallasencouraging Raman andIshita to spend their honey-moon,as the former isalready present there. MrsBhalla will even end upgiving tips to Ishita, onhow she can woo Ramanwith her sensuous ways.The track then will lead toRuhi and Ishita visitingMumbai to meet Ramanwhen they will be sur-prised to run into SalmanKhan!

So who will Ishita andRuhi react on seeingSalman?

Here’s what happened when Salman Khan visited DivyankaTripathi and Karan Patel on Yeh Hai Mohabbatein

BollywoodLife gaveits viewersEXCLUSIVE dope

on Ranveer Singh andArjun Kapoor’s hostingstint at IIFA 2015, statingthat the hosts’ jokes onRanbir Kapoor and hisfilms have not gone downwell with the actor. RK issupposedly miffed with theGunday pair, after the twopoked fun at his films Royand Bombay Velvet. Itseems RK isn’t the onlyone with a sour face. Areport by DNA suggeststhat Ajay Devgn too, isn’t

appreciating the fact thathis film Action Jacksonwas made fun of byRanveer and Arjun at therecently held IIFA Awards2015.

One hears that the dig atAjay Devgn’s ActionJackson by host ArjunKapoor and Ranveer Singhhas not gone down wellwith the actor. Says asource close to the actor,“Bollywood award showshave become means ofmaking mean jokes aboutactors who don’t attend. Itall started with Shah Rukh

Khan-Saif Ali Khan host-ing a film award function,but the jokes delivered bythem weren’t in bad tastebecause they made fun oftheir contemporaries oryoungsters. Never theirseniors. The industry hasnot liked Arjun andRanveer making fun oftheir seniors, and thereinlies the problem. Theyshould have had morerestraint. especially afterthey got so much flack fortheir AIB roast. It’s just notdone.” Now wait for theSingham to roar!

After Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn upset withRanveer Singh- Arjun Kapoor’s jig at IIFA 2015!

Earlier this year, it was prettymuch on the cards thatAanand L. Rai and Dhanush

would come together for anotherfilm after the success ofRaanjhanaa. However, as thingsstand today, the film won’t go onfloors before next year. As a matterof fact, it is yet to be confirmed byAanand if his next would be theone that he had originally plannedwith Dhanush, or another film witha different actor.

“The mutual admiration societybetween Aanand and Dhanush has

been unparalleled. AfterRaanjhanaa, they had decided tomake a love story together. Eventhe dates were more or lessfinalised as the film was supposedto go on floors this October,”informs our source.

This happened in January thisyear when Dhanush was promot-ing Shamitabh. Back then, he hadeven gone on record saying, “Yes,we plan to begin shooting for thislove story towards the end of theyear. After Raanjhanaa, I wanted towait for the right script. While

some were just not the kind that Iwanted to be associated with, someof them were too good for me. Iwanted a perfect balance and evenif it meant waiting, it was all worthit. I took time to pick and choose.”

With Aanand’s film as his next,he seems to have finally found his‘perfect balance’. However asthings stand today, the Tanu WedsManu Returns director could wellbe beginning another film. Also,neither of the two films would goon floors before next year.

“There is no surprise here though

as this is the way Aanand works,”our source adds, “After Tanu WedsManu (2011), Aanand took a cou-ple of years before his next releaseRaanjhanaa (2013). Ditto for TanuWeds Manu Returns (2015) whichdidn’t go on floors immediatelyafter Raanjhanaa. Aanand gets tooattached to his films and needs alot of time to get over them. Heneeds to be emotionally discon-nected from them. If he actuallybegins his next film early 2016, itwould still be a record as he maywell have a release back-to-back.”

Dhanush’s next with Anand L Rai pushed till 2016!