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Ending speculation aboutthe much-hyped National

Register of Citizens (NRC),the BJP-led AssamGovernment on Monday pub-lished the first draft of the his-toric document, which includ-ed names of over 2.89 crore outof 3.29 crore applicants in theState even as it left 40 lakh peo-ple out of the register for some“discrepancies”.

While releasing the docu-ment in Guwahati on Mondayaround 10 am, RegistrarGeneral of India (RGI) Saileshassured that the citizens whodo not find their names in thedocument will be given ampleopportunities to enter theirnames in the final NRC.

“This is a draft NRC andnot the final NRC. All genuineIndian citizens whose namesdid not figure in the NRC willget ample opportunities toenter their names in the finalNRC,” said Sailesh.

The RGI also termed theoccasion a historic one forAssam and India and said theState has achieved the firstmilestone with the publica-tion of the NRC.

The updation of the NRCassumes significance for theBJP-led Government in theState as the saffron party cameto power in Assam in 2016 rid-ing on the promise of detectingand expelling the illegal for-eigners living in the State.

The issue of illegal for-eigners is a sensitive one inAssam as the State had wit-nessed a six-year long stu-dents’ movement between 1979and 1985, seeking to detect anddeport illegal foreigners livingin the State.

Assam State coordinatorfor NRC Pratik Hajela said the

no genuine Indian citizenswhose name did not figure inthe document need to worry asthere is a laid down proceduresfor claims and objectives start-ing August 30.

He said the 40 lakh peoplewhose name did not figure inthe NRC will neither bedeclared as Indian nor for-eigners. “The status quo willcontinue and they will beknown as applicants till thewhole process is completed.They will get every opportuni-ty to prove their Indian citi-zenship and they will be assist-ed to fill up claims and objec-tion forms,” Hajela said.

He said the Governmentwill not disclose their identitiesbut they will be intimated per-sonally through individual let-ters. “Whoever, wishes to filea claim for inclusion of theirnames in the NRC canapproach the NRC SevaKendras and file claim fromAugust 30. We will start distri-bution of claims and objectionand correction forms fromAugust 7. The process of filingof the claims, objection andcorrections will continue tillSeptember 28,” Hajela said.

Joint Secretary (Northeast)of the Ministry of Home AffairsSatyen Garg made it clear thatno persons whose name didnot figure in the NRC will betaken to detention camps orForeigners’ Tribunals.

Various organisations likeAssam Students’ Union (Aasu)and Assam Public Works(APW), who have been fight-ing a legal battle over the issuein the Supreme Court, thankedthe Government for publishingthe NRC draft and appealed topeople to cooperate with theGovernment so that a flawlessfinal NRC could be prepared.

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40 LAKH OUT OF ASSAM CITIZEN LIST

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Monday came down heavily onthe Narendra ModiGovernment accusing theCentre of “hatching a ploy” todrive Bengalis and Biharis outof Assam in the name of rec-tifying the National Register ofCitizens.

Joining her, Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi criticisedthe Government “for the man-ner in which the NRC has beenundertaken”.

Mamata said she alongwith her party MPs may visitAssam to take stock of the sit-uation. “Things are being doneaccording to a dirty game plan

to throw out Bengalis andBiharis,” she alleged.

“Names of more than 40lakh people have been struckout of the NRC. Where willthese people go? Most of themhave been living in this coun-try for the past 50 or 100 years.They have their lands, houseseverything here.

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Centre’s ploy to oustBengalis, Biharis fromAssam, cries Mamata

KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n CHENNAI

Former Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister and DMK presi-

dent M Karunanidhi, 95, whowas admitted to a corporatehospital in Chennai onSaturday, is stable and fine,according to Chief MinisterEdappadi Palaniswamy whocalled on him on Monday.

“I met Dr Kalaignar (asKarunanidhi wants people toaddress him) and was with himfor some time. He is fine andrecovering. I also had discus-sion with Leader of theOpposition MK Stalin andRajya Sabha memberKanimozhi about DrKalaignar’s health,”Palaniswamy told journalistswhile coming out of the hos-pital. The Chief Minister wasaccompanied by his deputy OPanneerselvan, HigherEducation Minister KS

Sengottiyan and Law MinisterCV Shanmugham.

Meanwhile, three peopledied after hearing the news onSunday that Karunanidhi’shealth had turned critical.While two persons died ofheart attack at Pollachi andOotti, a youth set himself onfire because he could not thinkof a State without Karunanidhi.

Later another ministerialdelegation consisting of

Cooperation Minister SelurRaju and Health Minister VijayBhaskar visited the hospital andenquired about the health sta-tus of Karunanidhi.

On Sunday night the situ-ation was tense as word spreadthat the health of the leader haddeteriorated. A number ofpolitical leaders and celebritiesmade a beeline to the hospitalostensibly to enquire about thehealth of the veteran leader.

Karunanidhi pulls through

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Former Telecom MinisterDayanidhi Maran will face

trial in the illegal telephoneexchange case after theSupreme Court on Mondayrejected the plea against theMadras High Court order. TheHC had on July 25 directed theformer Union Minister andother accused to face trial bysetting aside the trial courtorder that discharged themfrom the case.

Opening arguments beforea Bench headed by JusticeRanjan Gogoi, senior advocateVikas Singh claimed rulesrestrict entitlement of tele-phone connections to an MPand not for Ministers. Heargued that if Maran is prose-cuted for opening multipletelephone lines at his Chennairesidence, then every PrimeMinister in the country will goto jail for keeping multipletelephone connections.

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Dayanidhi to face

trial in telephone

exchange scam

as SC rejects plea

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Allaying concerns ofOpposition parties on the

National Register of Citizens(NRC) for Assam that hasexcluded 40 lakh people fromthe list, Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Mondayasserted in the Lok Sabha theentire exercise is impartial anddone under the supervision ofthe Supreme Court and thosenot finding their names in theNRC will get another oppor-tunity to prove their bona fide

as citizens. The Minister was respond-

ing following an uproar in theHouse with the TrinamoolCongress Party (TMC) raisingthe issue and members ofCongress, CPI(M) and RJDlashing out at the Governmentover the publication of thelist, saying it puts “humanrights and democratic rights”of people at stake.

The TMC had moved anadjournment motion on theissue which was not acceptedby the Speaker. Later, unsatis-fied with the Minister’s

response, the Oppositionstaged a walkout.

Claiming that theGovernment has no role inmaking of the draft NRC,Singh said the NRC was beingdemanded in Assam for a longand the previous StateGovernment had set up foreigntribunals following theSupreme Court order.

“Everything is being doneas per Supreme Court order.The allegation of theOpposition against theGovernment is baseless,” theHome Minister said.

Appealing to Oppositionmembers not to create “panic”since it is a “sensitive issue,” theUnion Minister said the NRClist published on Monday is notthe final list and applicants willhave the option of raisingclaims and objections.

“People who feel theirname should have been part ofthe NRC can file claims andobjections. In how much timethose claims and objectionswould be disposed off that willbe decided by the SupremeCourt,” Rajnath said.

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Unlisted will get chance to prove citizenship: Rajnath

People arrive in a country boat to check if their names are included in the National Register of Citizens at a draft centre in Bur Gaon village, Guwahati, on Monday AP

The Central Government mustdeport people who have come afterMarch 24, 1971, to their originalcountry.PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA (Theformer CM had spearheaded the six-year-longAssam agitation against foreigners and was asignatory to the historic Assam Accord)

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) was initiated bythe UPA under Manmohan Singh to fulfil the commitmentmade in the Assam Accord of 1985. However, the manner in whichthis exercise has been undertaken by the BJP Governments at the

centre and in Assam leaves much to be desired.RAHUL GANDHI, CONGRESS PRESIDENT

I reiterate thatno genuineIndian citizenwill be devoidof theircitizenship rights.So no one should panicafter publication of the finaldraft of NRC. I also urgepeople not to make anycommunal statements andremain watchful againstfalling prey to rumours.ASSAM CM SARBANANDA SONOWAL

40 lakh ppl whose name have beenexcluded should not worry. They willget a chance. NRC is to find out thenumber of foreigners in Assam. Aslong as our name is in voters’ list, weare citizens of India. FORMER ASSAM CM TARUN GOGOI

Draft NRC includes 2.89 cr names out of 3.29 cr applicants; no person out of list will be declared foreigner: MHA

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In a chilling reminder ofsensational loot and murder

incidents in Sarojini Nagarand Hasanganj in 2016, anunidentified masked manshot dead a security guard ofa cash van and looted a bagfilled with cash in the servicelane opposite Axis Bank inHazratganj on Monday after-noon. Not only this, the dare-devil miscreant opened fireand injured the custodianand the driver of the cash vanwhen they tried to snatch thebag and successfully got backone of the cash bags.

DGP OP Singh, alongwith ADG, Law and Order,reached the scene to supervisethe ongoing investigation.

ADG, Lucknow zone, RajeevKrishna, IG, Lucknow range,Sujeet Pandey, SSP KalanidhiNaithani also reached thescene. The DGP asked theSTF to work out the case. Sixteams were formed to workon the case and the policeacross the state were asked toconduct intensive checking onthe borders of different dis-tricts. The officials also hadbeen asked to study similarcases of loot and murderwhich took place in the past10 years.

As per reports, the cashvan of SIPL, an agency col-lecting cash and depositing itat banks, reached Axis Bankwhere custodian UmeshChandra Sharma of Naka hadto deposit the cash. Driver

Ram Sewak of Malihabad wasasked to park the van in thelane and Umesh took two ofthe bags in his hand andwent inside Axis Bank todeposit the cash while twoother cash bags were keptinside the van. Around 3.30pm, when the guard and cus-todians were getting ready forthe next destination to HDFCBank in Hazratganj wherethey had to deposit theremaining cash, a miscreant,who had his face coveredwith a gamchha, reached nearthe van.

He pumped two bulletsinto the chest of the guardIndra Mohan (50) of Sandnalocal ity in Sitapur andsnatched two of the cash bagsfrom inside the van. The

guard died on the spot.Umesh and Ram Sewak criedfor help and they challengedthe nearly six-feet-tall mis-creant, who was crossing theroad with all his ease. In thestruggle, one of the cash bagsfell down on the ground andthe miscreant opened fire onUmesh hitting him in his leftleg. As Umesh slumped, themiscreant lunged at RamSewak and opened fire onhim too. The bullet grazedpast his stomach. In themeantime, a commuter camebefore the miscreant and chal-lenged him. “The miscreanttrained pistol at me. I plead-ed that I was going to thebank for work. But when Iwas leaving, I hit on his wristand the pistol fell down on the

ground. I then ran inside thebank,” the commuter told thepolice.

The other eyewitnessesto the incident told police thatthe miscreant was firingincessantly on the middle ofthe road. “The traffic came toa standstill for some moment.The miscreant sat on his bikewhich he had parked at thegate of the bank and sped offtowards Bandariyabagh,” theysaid.

Ram Sewak told media-men that he was asked to parkthe van in the service lane bythe custodian. “Indra Mohanand I were sitting at the frontseats while Umesh was enter-ing the van when the miscre-ant reached the scene. Hepumped two bullets into the

chest of Indra Mohan beforehe could load his rifle tocounter the attack,” he told.He said he and Umesh ranbehind the miscreant whowas going towards the bankafter looting two of the cashbags while crying for help.“Nobody came for our help.When I reached to the police-men present at Raj Bhawan toseek their help, they told methat the area did not fall intheir jurisdiction,” he said.

SSP Kalanidhi Naithanisaid the miscreant looted`6.44 lakh in cash which wasin the bag. “The other cashbag was saved by the cash vandriver. Police teams are inves-tigating the case,” he said. TheSSP said the exact sequence ofincident was yet to be estab-

lished. “Umesh had beenadmitted to Trauma Centre.The driver was being inter-rogated. We are collectingdetails from eyewitnessesabout the miscreant and asketch will be prepared,” hesaid.

Sources in Police depart-ment said the bag, which waslooted, contained more than`20 lakh. “An image of themiscreant was captured inthe CCTV installed at thebank. The police are workingon the lead and hoped towork out the case soon,” thesources said.

In 2016, unidentified mis-creants had looted cash froma cash van after shootingdead the security guard in asimilar fashion. In Hasanganj

in the same year, unidentifiedmiscreants had shot dead aguard, a custodian and anemployee of a bank whenthey were loading cash atHDFC Bank ATM inBabuganj locality. The inci-dents are yet to be workedout.

DGP OP Singh in a latenight meeting with seniorpolice officials at Hazratganjpolice station instructed theinvestigating team to recreatethe crime scene. He alsodirected the surveillance teamto col lect detai ls ofmobile numbers found activeat the crime scene.

SCHOOL CLOSED TODAYDUE TO HEAVY RAINSLucknow: District MagistrateKaushal Raj Sharma said that dueto heavy rains on Monday, allschools till class XII wouldremain closed on Tuesday. Hesaid that the decision was takento prevent students from facingwaterlogging nd trafficcongestions. This decision will beapplicable to all state, CBSE,ICSE, government and privateschools in Lucknow district. An ambulance makes way through a flooded road during heavy rains in Lucknow on Monday Report on Page 3

Cash van guard shot dead; bag with `6L cash looted

Mobike-bornemiscreant strikes near Raj Bhawan

LUCKNOW: Ten persons werekilled and seven others injured inrain related incidents in differentparts of Uttar Pradesh during past24 hours, a senior official said heretoday. Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has directed seniorofficials of all the districts toundertake extensive tours in theaffected areas and identify dilapi-dated buildings and get themvacated, a government spokesper-son said here. “10 persons werekilled and seven injured in differ-ent parts of the UP since yesterday.The toll since last week in such inci-dents has reached 80 while totalinjured are 84 till 11.30 am today,”Relief Commissioner SanjayPrasad said.

Rains create havoc in state; 10 killed

city 02LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 2018

PNS n LUCKNOW

President Ram Nath Kovindwill inaugurate a MSME

summit for promoting OneDistrict One Product schemehere on August 10.

The summit to boostmicro, small and mediumenterprises would be a corol-lary to the UP Investors’Summit held here in Februarythis year. The ODOP schemehas been designed to promotetraditional industries and spurlocal economy. The scheme,which aims at internationalbranding of local products,was launched on January 25this year.

MSME and Khadi andVillage Industries MinisterSatyadeo Pachauri said that thesummit was being organised toboost the micro, small andmedium enterprises sector andit aimed at propelling YogiAdityanath government’s flag-ship One District, One Productscheme on a big scale for inter-national branding and market-ing of the theme.

The ODOP scheme seeksto promote traditional indus-tries synonymous with therespective districts of UP tospur local economy and createjobs. The aim of the ODOPscheme is optimising produc-tion, productivity and income,preservation and developmentof local crafts/skills and promo-tion of the art and improve-ment in product quality andskill development.

The MSME sector is thebackbone of UP’s industriallandscape and contributes 60per cent to its annual industri-al output. It employs around

four crore people, generatingdirect economic activity worthRs 1.2 lakh crore annually.

UP is home to over 50 lakhMSMEs and the sector is thesecond largest employer afteragriculture, making it impera-tive for any developmentroadmap, especially in thebackdrop of the governmenttargeting to generate 20 lakhjobs in the next four years.

The MSME Minister hasdirected constitution of sepa-rate committees to leveragecentrally sponsored MSMEschemes and implementationof ODOP. To fortify industrialland bank, the governmenthas also decided to forfeitindustrial plots lying vacantwith original allottees, if theyhad failed to set up units overthe past three years. Thereclaimed land would be allot-ted afresh to new investors.

Besides, the MSME depart-ment is pursuing investmentproposals received at the UPInvestors’ Summit so that theytranslate on the ground soon.The MSME sector has nettedinvestment proposals worthover Rs 60,000 crore, althoughaggregate commitments to thesector is much higher, consid-ering that a number of MSMEproposals were clubbed under

various heads such as food pro-cessing, services etc. In all,investment commitments ofRs 4.68 lakh crore were signedduring the UP Investors’Summit.

Meanwhile, Pachauri haswarned officials against laxityin implementation of ODOPscheme, underlining it was anambitious project of the gov-ernment. Next month, the stateplans to distribute loans toabout 10,000 youths for settingup their MSME startups.

The department is alsogearing up for publicity andbranding blitzkrieg for creatingawareness about differentschemes and attracting investorson the back of fresh policiesannounced by the government.

UP is uniquely famous forproduct specific traditionalindustrial hubs across 75 dis-tricts viz. Varanasi (Banarasisilk sari), Bhadohi (carpet),Lucknow (chikan), Kanpur(leather goods), Agra (leatherfootwear), Aligarh (lock),Moradabad (brassware),Meerut (sports goods),Saharanpur (wooden prod-ucts) etc.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has espoused theODOP theme and astutelymentions it at different plat-forms to underline his pro-industry and pro-employmentagenda. The government wantsto aid the district-specificindustries and products gainnational and internationalrecognition through properbranding, marketing supportand easy credit. The ChiefMinister is promoting ‘Make inUP’ on the lines of ‘Make inIndia’.

Lucknow (PTI): The BJPon Monday alleged that theprevious governments had takenUttar Pradesh on the road to

Lucknow (PNS): Agitated over the arrest-ed of eight persons, including seven engineersof Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation(UPSBC), the members of Bridge CorporationJunior Engineers Sangh (BCJES) sportedblack badges and boycotted work all over thestate on Monday.

Terming the action as unwanted harassmentof only the engineers and employees of theBridge Corporation, the BCJES president saidthat if such one-sided action continued againsttheir colleagues and those arrested were notreleased immediately, the Bridge Corporationemployees would chalk out their strategy forfuture agitation and could even go on strikeacross the state and not work at the Kumbh Melain Allahabad.

Bridge Corporation Diploma EngineersAssociation president Shree Prakash Guptaasked why the government was blaming only theengineers for the collapse of a portion of theunder-construction flyover in Varanasi when theincident took place also due to the negligenceof the local administration.

“The Bridge Corporation officials hadwritten several letters to the Varanasi adminstra-tion but it did not divert the traffic movementwhich finally turned fatal, resulting in loss ofhuman lives,” Gupta said while holding theadministration equally responsible for thetragedy. He said as no action had been takenagainst the administrative officials, the govern-ment should immediately set free the BridgeCorporation officials.

It may be mentioned that eight persons,including seven engineers and a contractor ofUPSBC, have been arrested in connection withthe flyover collapse on May 15 this year that left15 persons dead. DGP OP Singh has said thatthe arrests were made after collecting “techni-cal evidence” with the help of scientists of CentralBuilding Research Institute, Roorkee.

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The yet to be released movieZila Gorakhpur is

embroiled in a political contro-versy as Bharatiya Janata Partyleaders have threatened to stallits release in Uttar Pradesh, say-ing it projects the image ofChief Minister Yogi Adityanathin a wrong way.

The bone of contention isa poster in which the back of asaffron-clad bald man carryinga pistol is shown.

Though the filmmakerssay it is not the picture of theChief Minister, the BJP leadersare not convinced and havelodged an FIR against filmmak-er Vinod Tiwari.

The poster also shows partof a temple, which BJP leaderssay is depiction of Gorakhanthtemple in Gorakhpur. Yogi isthe mahant of this temple.

The poster was released onSunday.

Though the film is beingseen as a biopic of YogiAdityanath, the buzz is that itis based on a mob-lynching

incident.BJP leader IP Singh has

filed an FIR against Tiwari andothers with the Lucknowpolice. The FIR was registeredat Hazratganj police station inthe state capital under sections153(A), 295(A), 500, 501, 503,507 and 66(A) of the IndianPenal Code against the film-makers for trying to insultPrime Minister Narendra Modiand Yogi Adityanath.

Demanding that a probe beordered on the source of fund-ing of this film, Singh said theBJP would not allow the releaseof this film.

In a tweet, Singh said, “Thefilmmaker has crossed his limit.For earning some money he istrying to create disturbance insociety.”

In another tweet, the BJPleader said, “The filmmaker hasattacked the Hindu culture togain cheap popularity and itwas an effort to malign theimage of Chief Minister YogiAdityanatah hence I havelodged an FIR against the film-maker in Lucknow.” PNS n LUCKNOW

A28-year-old woman and her para-mour were reportedly killed by her

husband in Shahjahanpur. The sensational killing came to

light after the body of the woman, whowas hacked to death, was found lyingnear village pond and that of her loverwas found hanging from a tree.

The police sent both the bodies forpost-mortem and were waiting for theautopsy report before taking the suspectinto custody.

According to reports, 22-year-oldRajveer, hailing from Shahbajnagar areaof Shahjahanpur, was having love affairwith 28-year-old Urmila, a resident ofthe same locality and mother of threechildren.

The family members of Rajveer wereopposed to affair while Urmila’s hus-band, Gabbar, had threatened the youthwith dire consequences if he did not stopmeeting his wife.

About a month back, Rajveer’s fam-ily had forcibly married him to a girlwhen they realised that he would notstop meeting Urmila. However, evenafter the marriage, Rajveer kept meet-ing Urmila.

On Monday morning, the body ofRajveer was found hanging from a treeand a few metres away, Urmila’s bodywas found lying in a pool of blood. Shewas hacked to death with some sharp-edged weapon. The police recovered theaxe with which Urmila was killed about100 metres from her body.

Later, the family members of Rajveeralleged that Gabbar and Kallu hadcalled their son for some work. They saidwhen Rajveer did not return home, theylaunched a search and on Mondaymorning, they found his body hangingfrom a tree. They alleged that Gabbarhad killed their son and later hangedhim from a tree to make look like a caseof suicide.

Rajveer’s family suspects thatGabber had also killed Urmila.

However, Gabbar told the police thathe was working in a dhaba for the lasttwo days and had returned to the villageon getting the news of his wife’s death.

Investigations are on.In a separate incident reported

from Bhadohi, a 17-year-old girl wascritically injured after a jilted lover triedto burn her alive in Alamnagar areaunder City Kotwali police station onSunday night.

Police said that the accused, iden-tified as Zahid Ansari, barged into thehouse of the minor victim and set herablaze after dousing her with kerosene.The victim gave the accused a chase inan attempt to catch him but lost uncon-scious as the flames engulfed her, thecops added.

The victim was rushed to a localhospital from where she was referred tohospital in Varanasi as she had morethan 80 per cent burns.

The accused often teased the girl,local police revealed.

A case has been registered andefforts are on to nab Ansari, who isabsconding.

PNS n LUCKNOW

UP Congress president RajBabbar on Monday

accused Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of hangingaround industrialists in thename of bhagidari to divertpublic attention from Raffledeal and large-scale corruptionof his government.

“The speech of the PrimeMinister in Lucknow onSunday was nothing but puredramebaazi (theatrics) to showhimself as innocent and heeven pointed to a man (AmarSingh) to prove his innocence.He was just trying to divertmedia attention by his the-atrics act in Parliament and laterby hanging around with busi-nessmen in the name ofInvestors Summit”, Babbar said,addressing a press conferencehere on Monday, a day after thePM alleged that opposition

leaders used to have close-doormeetings with industrialists andtook all benefits from them.

Babbar said that Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi had thecourage to make the chargesopenly in Parliament but thePM lacked courage and wasafraid to take any name.

“Rahul Gandhi has nevermet any industrialist and hencethere is no photograph of himwith them. The people who arepartners (bhagedar) of theindustrialists have photographswith them,” he said.

Questioning the PM onthe Raffle deal, Babbar askedwhy Modi was afraid to disclosethe reason for handing over theRaffle aircraft manufacturingcontact to a private companywhich was registered just 15days before the award of thecontract and did not have anyexperience of even making a bi-cycle?

“The company which wasgiven the award was just erect-ing poles but suddenly theNDA government felt it wascapable of manufacturing air-craft,” he said.

Besides, Babbar said it wasfor the first time in the historyof the country that a privatecompany was given the contractinstead of the government-owned HAL.

“The PM should also replywhy the price of the aircraft,which was slated to be pur-chased at ̀ 550 crore per aircraftin the contact made by the UPAgovernment, has gone up to`1650 crore per aircraft in justfour years. Is this not a bhagi-dari?” Babbar asked, referring toRahul Gandhi’s charge inParliament. “Modi said every-thing good about his four-yeargovernance, but can he replyabout the industrial growthwhich was 6 per cent during

UPA period but in 2018 itplunged to 3.3 per cent?” theUPCC chief said.

In an apparent reference toformer Samajwadi Party leaderAmar Singh, who the PrimeMinister on Sunday said couldgive details of what all was doneduring the rule of the previousgovernments, Babbar said, “A

bimar bechara (unwell and help-less person) was presented as awitness before industrialistswho had gathered for an eventhere.”

Babbar also alleged thatthe condition of farmers was theworst under the present govern-ment and such mega eventsbrought no respite to them.

Babbar claimed that Modihad gathered votes claiming toa chowkidar but was not keep-ing his promises. “He on Sundaysaid two lakh jobs will comethrough these programmes. Itwas a promise of two crore jobsbefore he became the PM. Andnow only one year is left for theNDA government before the2019 Lok Sabha polls,” the UPCongress chief said.

On law and order situation,Babbar said that the family of afarmer who committed suicidein Banda was asked to offer hisdaughter to get the debt waived.Babbar was also critical on thePM for not even making refer-ence to the death of people inthe state due to rains and othercalamities. “The PM was justinterested in the exhibition ofindustrialists in the state onSunday and he does not care forthe lives of the people,” headded.

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Heavy rains in severalcities since earlyMonday morning, dis-

rupted normal life in the stateleading to traffic snarls andreports of house collapses androads caving in.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has directed seniorofficials of all the districts toundertake extensive tours inthe affected areas and identifydilapidated buildings and getthem vacated. He has alsodirected officials to give finan-cial and medical assistance topeople severely affected byrains.

9Ten persons were killedand seven injured in rain relat-ed incidents in different partsof the state during the last 24hours, according to a seniorofficial.

Officials here on Mondayconfirmed that 80 people haddied so far in rain-related inci-dents in the state while 84 peo-ple were injured.

“Ten persons were killedand seven injured in differentparts of UP since Sunday. Thetoll since last week in such inci-dents has reached 80 while totalinjured are 84 till 11:30 am onMonday,” Relief CommissionerSanjay Prasad said.

At least 44 cattle werekilled and 451 houses weredamaged in these incidents, hesaid.

As this was the firstMonday of the holy month ofShravan, devotees had a hardtime in reaching temples tooffer jalaabhisekh to theShivlings in the entire state.

Due to the rains, the waterlevels of Ganga, Yamuna andother rivers flowing throughthe state was rising, posingthreat to the people living nearthe banks.

The situation in the statecapital Lucknow was worstwith rain waters entering theresidences of several ministers.Waterlogging was witnessed inmost of the localities as theheavy rain since morningmade the life of the people mis-

erable.Reports said a road near

the Vidhan Bhawan caved inbut no incident was reportedthere. In another incident inChowk area, some people wereinjured and vehicles were dam-aged when a portion of a wallcollapsed due to rains onMonday morning.

Waterlogging was reportedfrom other parts of the stateincluding Allahabad, Faizabad,Kanpur and other areas.

Weatherman has fore-cast rain accompanied withthunder and showers at mostplaces over east and centralparts of the state for the next48 hours.

Meanwhile according toCentral Water Commissionreport, river Sharda is flowingabove danger mark inPaliakalan (Lakhimpur) whileGhagra river is above the redmark at Elgin Bridge(Barabanki) and Ayodhay

(Faizabad). The Ganga is over-flowing in Fatehgarh, Kannauj,Kanpur Dehat, Garhmuk-tesh-war, Fafamau in Allahabad,Varanasi, Ghazipur and Ballia.

The Yamuna is rising inBaghpat, Mathura, Agra,Auraiya, Kalpi and Hamirpur,the report said. The Gomti isalso rising in Neemsar (Sitapur)and Lucknow, while river Raptiis rising in Siddharthnagar andGorakhpur, it said.

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Heavy rains disrupt life, 10 dead

The water level of the Yamuna river rises behind the Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday

Prez to inaugurate MSME summit

Modi ‘theatrics’ bid to escape questions on Rafale: BabbarBJP leaders threatento block release of‘Zila Gorakhpur’

Bodies of woman,

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Bridge Corporation JEs demand release ofarrested engineers

vinaash (destruction) ratherthan vikas, and even the roadsof Congress pocket boroughAmethi and Rae Bareli did notimprove during their rule.With the BJP in power, now“double engine” of the govern-ment has started functioning inthe state, party spokespersonShalabh Mani Tripathi said.

“Before the elections,Prime Minister Narendra Modihad sought the blessings of thepeople of UP to establish a dou-ble engine of government in thestate. After getting the mandate,the pair of the Prime Ministerand Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has brought recordinvestments worth `60,000crore in the state. He said,“Some political parties are get-ting perturbed over recordinvestments being made inUP. These are the same partieswhich ruled the country for themaximum time sinceIndependence but did not pro-vide basic facilities to a largesection of the population.”

Previous govts took UP on

road to vinaash: BJP

UP Congress president Raj Babbar (right) addressing reporters at party office inLucknow on Monday Pioneer

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PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

Exposing the tall claims ofLucknow MunicipalCorporation, the heavy

rains which lashed the city onMonday morning led to water-logging in almost all areas. Thesituation was so bad in someparts of the city that rainwaterentered several households.

The rainfall also led to por-tions of roads caving in. Partsof the road in front of a formerMayor’s residence in Aliganjand near the Bapu Bhawan inthe vicinity of Metro construc-tion were damaged.

The areas which wereadversely affected by waterlog-ging included Munshipulia,Indira Nagar, Gomti Nagar,Aliganj, Faizullahganj, TikaitRai, Krishnanagar, heritageareas in the old parts of the city,Dalibagh, Rajajipuram,Ashiyana and Nadwa. Thecontrol room of LMC receivedcalls from all zones even as ittried to grapple with the situ-ation with its teams doingcontinuous rounds.

Incidentally, VibhutiKhand which witnessed thevisit of the Prime Minister aday prior to the rains sawheavy waterlogging on theroads outside the IndiraGandhi Pratishthan and RamManohar Lohiya Hospital. Asenior doctor from the hospi-tal said: “This is the first timewe are experiencing this con-dition because heavy rainshave occurred now since thestart of the monsoon.” He saidthat they would write a letterto LMC officials for relief.

Vikrant Khand and por-tions near the new High Courtbuilding also witnessed heavywaterlogging. Roads inVishwas Khand, Gautampalliand lanes in Indira Nagarremained waterlogged.Waterlogging was also seen onthe approach roads ofCharbagh railway station.

Daily commuters steppingout from the Charbagh railwaystation said that they had toremove their footwear to wadethrough the water. Sharing hiswoes a commuter said, “ I hadto take off my socks and shoesto be able to wade through thewater and catch a bus to reach

my office.” Water accumulatedin the lanes and bylanes of oldparts of Lucknow. MohammadAbdullah from Sheesh Mahalin Chowk said that due to thewaterlogging water came insidetheir houses. “The heritagepart of the city such as portionsnear the Picture Gallery andthe Hussainabad Clock Toweralso faced the same situation,”he said. Permanent points ofwaterlogging which neverexperience any sort of reliefhad to again bear the brunt ofthe rains. Water which accu-

mulated under the KKC bridgeremained there till late after-noon and waterlogging wasalso witnessed near theMawaiya Bridge.

Additional municipalcommissioner Anil KumarMishra said that heavy rains atsmall intervals caused water-logging. He said that LMC wasutilising 55 small pumps, sixbig pumps and two jet pumpsto drain out the excess water.

He said that heavy rainscaused the water to rise in theGhaziuddin Haider Canal

which adversely affected theareas like Prayag Narain Road,Indiranagar and other locali-ties. The problem was moreacute in unorganised colonieswhere there were no nullahsand sewer lines had not beenlaid. These include areas likeAlamnagar, Shukla Bazaar andFaizullahganj. The pump takesa lot of time in draining out thewater,” he said.

Mayor Sanyukta Bhatiasaid that she called a meetingof all LMC engineers. She saidthat they had also instructed

the zonal officers to find outthe areas where waterlogginghad taken place and to solvethe problem. She said thatthey were trying to find a per-manent solution to this prob-lem of waterlogging.

She said that waterloggingwas taking place in unplannedcolonies like Transportnagar,Premnagar, Subhash Nagarand Madhuban Nagar. “FromMawaiya bridge uptill theChaudhary Charan SinghAirport there were no sewerlines which had been laid

because of which people hadconnected the sewer lines fromtheir houses with the pipeswhich were meant for the out-flow of water,” said Bhatia.

She said that among thetechnical problems which hademerged was that some of thepipes which were causing theoutflow were narrow in size.

“Also, there are a lot ofencroachments on nullahs,”she added. She said that thenullahs had been cleaned andthe water was draining out. Butdue to the heavy rains the out-

flow of water became slow.Regarding the damage causedto the roads due to rains shesaid that near the Bapu Bhawanwhere the Metro constructionwas taking place a hole hadbeen created because the nul-lah in that area had becomeclogged. “We have installed apump to drain out the excesswater from here,” she said.Bhatia said that she had formeda committee and they wouldtry to find a permanent andlasting solution to this peren-nial problem of waterlogging.

Downpour leaves Lucknow in disarray

Lucknow (PNS): With theheavy showers on Monday,Lucknow reduced its raindeficit to 16 per cent. Theweatherman has predictedheavy rains in the next 24hours. On Monday, the statecapital received 27.4 mm rain-fall from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.According to the Met depart-ment, informed that from8:30 am on Sunday to 8:30 amon Monday, the Lucknow con-trol room received 8.4 mmrainfall, Malihabad 28.5 mm,Mohanlalganj 27.6 mm, andHanuman Setu 32 mm.

Met director JP Gupta saidthe rains would be widespreadon Tuesday and Lucknow andother places in the state wereexpected to receive heavyshowers. The downpourbrought a dip of six notches inthe maximum temperaturewhich was recorded at 27.7degree Celsius. The minimumtemperature was recorded at24.6 degree Celsius. Lucknowhas received a total of 279.1mm rain since June 1 as against333.9 mm which it shouldhave till this time.

Rain deficit

down to 16%

(Clockwise from top) Massive waterlogging near Hussainabad Clock Tower; a vehicle submerged in BJP leader Bukkal Nawab’s apartment; a rickshaw-puller wading through a waterlogged road; vehicles stuck in La Place building premises; damaged roadnear Bapu Bhawan; and vehicles damaged in wall collapse Pradeep Shah/Pioneer

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

With roads heavily water-logged in several parts

of the city, commuters facedtraffic snarls throughout theday on Monday. Traffic offi-cials admitted that the prob-lem areas were the portionbelow the KKC bridge andnear High Court. A com-muter moving fromIndiranagar to Hazratganj saidit took him two hours toreach the destination becauseof the slow-moving traffic.

Vehicles creating troublebecause of wet conditionsadded to the woes of theother commuters as the for-mer blocked the traffic. Trafficmoved slowly on the Metroroute near Bapu Bhawanwhere the diversions havebeen placed. Near the KKCbridge, vehicles had to movethrough the heavily water-logged road, causing trafficjams through the day. Vehiclesalso moved slowly inCantonment area. At theunderpass areas and portions

below flyovers, the commuterswaited for the water to recedeand that made it difficult forother vehicles to move.Officials said that trafficslowed down after heavydownpour because com-muters clogged areas provid-ing shade.

“Also, once the rain stops,these commuters rush out atthe same time, leading tosnarls. We managed the situ-ation by deploying extra forceon the crossing and the divert-ing the traffic” he added.

Traffic snarls add to woes

PRABHA SHANKER n LUCKNOW

The daring incident outside Axis Bankin which a security guard was peppered

with bullets and Rs 6.44 lakh were lootedbaffled cops the most.

“This is a first of its kind incident inwhich a miscreant single-handedly execut-ed a daring crime with surgical precision,”sources in the team probing the case said.They added the miscreant took a risk tocross the road to reach the cash van wherethe security guard, custodian and driverwere sitting inside. “Not only this, afterkilling the security guard, he walkedtowards the bank, crossing the road andopened fire indiscriminately injuring thedriver and the custodian. It was a brazendisplay of fearlessness,” the sources said.

They opined that the miscreant hadmeticulously planned the loot. “He was inthe know that the cash van was parked inthe service lane opposite Axis Bank. Heshot dead the guard instantly after hereached the cash van probably to lessen theresistance from the custodian and driver.The staccato of gunfire scared the publicand those inside the cash van and his trickworked,” the sources added.

They said they were puzzled at themiscreant’s decision not to hurt the com-muter who opposed him at the gate of thebank. “Probably the miscreant did notintend to take more risk and feared hewould be caught,” the sources said. Theysaid the initial reports suggested that themiscreant executed the crime in five to 10minutes only. “He did not show any

hurry when he was going to the bank gateafter killing the security guard and so thecommuters also failed to notice any foulplay. A commotion erupted at the gate ofthe bank only when the custodian and dri-ver attempted to snatch the bags from himand one of bags fell on the ground,” thesources shared details of preliminaryinputs. Police are suspecting the role ofinfamous Kanjad gang in the daring lootand murder case. A case of loot was report-ed at Axis Bank a few years back. Then thename of Sonu Kanjad of Rajasthan hadsurfaced. The police had later arrested himtoo. “After the incident, the police alerted

its network of informers to get clues aboutthe location of Sonu Kanjad. The policeteams also contacted their links in theunderworld and also from those who areserving time in jail these days,” the sourcessaid. The police believe that there may bemore than one miscreant involved in thecase. “After the shootout, there was a com-motion on the road. The eyewitnesses saidthat they saw the miscreant speeding offthe scene all alone. But their claim seemedto be unconvincing,” an old timer inLucknow police said.

But some of the policemen, who hadworked on similar cases in the past, sec-onded the claims made by eyewitnesses.“If the miscreant was with his aide, thenhe would have been given a cover whenthe custodian and the driver challengedhim. No one came forward when the mis-creant was challenged,” they disclosed.

The Lucknow police banked on oldtimers in the Lucknow police to crack thecase taking it as a challenge. Also inspec-tors having good links in underworld andthose who had very sound knowledge ofgangs and their modus operandi weresummoned. Besides, sleuths of crimebranch, surveillance cell, SWAT teams werealso summoned at the spot. IG, Lucknowrange, Sujeet Pandey, who is overseeing theinvestigation, also scratched his head to getthe missing link to trace the miscreant.

“The missing link in the incident is theimportant thing for the police and it willlead the police to the miscreant. There issome difference between the statement ofthe driver and that given by some eyewit-nesses, including a small street boy, whoclaimed that he saw the entire shootout andalso saw the miscreant fleeing the scene,”the sources said.

Brazen display of audacity

MURDER & LOOT

Lucknow (PNS): Hours after theincident, the Lucknow police released asketch of the suspectin the daring lootand murder case.The policespokesman said thesuspect was identi-fied as SatishMishra of Sitapur.“The sketch pre-pared on the basis ofdetails given by the eyewitnesses matchedto this man. He is a wanted criminal fromSitapur,” the police spokesman said. Headded that the police had announced acash reward of Rs 50,000 to one whowould tip-off about the miscreantinvolved in the loot and murder case.

Suspect’s sketch

released, cash

reward announced

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

Two per-sons were

killed in sepa-rate incidentsof roadmishaps inBanthra andGosainganj onMonday. InBanthra, Rajan(28) of Rae Bareli, along with his father-in-law Suresh of Unnao, was going toBalrampur Hospital to consult a doc-tor. Around 9.30 am, when he reachedKati Bagiya locality on Mohan Road,a speeding vehicle knocked knockedthe bike Rajan was riding from behind.Due to the impact, Rajan fell on theground and the vehicle passed overhim. He died on the spot. Suresh suf-fered injuries in the mishap. Police saidRajan was working with a privatefirm in Gujarat. Suresh said that Rajanhad visited his home in Rae Barelirecently. “I had to consult a doctor and

so I called Rajan to my house and laterwe both left for the hospital,” Sureshsaid. In another incident in Kabir Nagarlocality of Gosainganj, a roadways busknocked down a motorcyclist, identi-fied as Raju of Katra Bakkas ofGosainganj, around 5 pm on Monday.He died on the spot. The policespokesman said a case was registeredand the body had been sent for autopsy.

`2 LAKH STOLEN FROMBOX OF SCOOTY

Unidentified miscreants stole Rs 2lakh after breaking the box of the scootyof a retired LESA engineer in VikasNagar on Monday afternoon. The vic-tim, identified as Pramod KumarSrivastava of Indira Nagar, had gone toa shop in Vikas Nagar to purchase tiles.He withdrew the cash from a bank andthen went to the shop. After parking thevehicle outside the shop, he wentinside the shop to select the tiles.However, when he returned, he foundthe box open and cash missing.

2 killed in road mishaps

Police conducting investigations at the crime scene near Raj Bhawan on Monday Pioneer

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Five schoolchildren going in aschool van suffered injuries when

the driver, who had an earphoneplugged, lost control and rammed thevehicle in a stationary dumper on IIMroad in Madiaon on Monday morn-ing. The commuters rushed for thehelp of children trapped inside thebadly dented van and rescued them.The driver also suffered criticalinjuries in the mishap and was admit-ted to Trauma Centre. Two of the chil-dren are also undergoing treatment ata private hospital while three of thestudents were discharged after treat-ment. Police are investigating thecase.

As per reports, DPS student iden-tified as Mohammed Umar (8), HasanAbbas (9), Fatima (6), Syed Mustafa(9) and Muntazir (8) were going totheir school branch in Jankipuram bythe van. Van driver Brijmohan ofBalaganj was going in full speed whileenjoying music after plugging ear-phone and was unmindful that somevehicle would be ahead of him. Whenhe reached IIM trisection, he spotteda dumper stationed on the roadsideand got nervous. The eyewitnesses toldpolice that the van driver probably

applied brakes to stop it as they hearda screeching sound but the highspeeding van rammed into thedumper from behind. “The childrenstarted crying while the driver had hishead ripped open. We rushed thereand pulled out students trapped inside.We later used shovel to extricate thevan stuck under the dumper,” the eye-witnesses said.

The police spokesman said HasanAbbas and Sayed Mustafa were sittingon the front seat and they suffered seri-ous injuries. “The driver was trappedinside and he was taken out of the vanand later rushed to hospital,” thepolice spokesman said. The eyewit-nesses said that the driver was prob-ably in a drunken state too. “When wewere pulling him out, we noticed a foulsmell. A microphone was plugged inhis ear,” they told the police.

Pradeep, a resident, said that hewas passing near the scene when heheard the bang. “I and other com-muters pulled out students from thevan. One of the students, who was lateridentified as Hasan Abbas, had injuriesin his stomach and blood was oozingout from the wound. I tried to makehim sit on the bike but Hasan was notin his senses. Later, I took him toChandra Hospital,” he added.

TABLE ETIQUETTES AND CLEANLINESS An initiative was taken

by Delhi Public School,Eldeco, for the younglearners of classes I and IIon Monday. The kids weretaught basic table manners& etiquettes and were alsoapprised of the importanceof cleanliness.“Maintaining a clean envi-ronment is important for the health of human beings. The par-ticipants were well prepared and participated in the programmewith zeal and enthusiasm,” a DPS teacher said.

INTER-SCHOOL FESTThe inter-school fest,

Triumph’, being hostedby The Lucknow PublicCollegiate to mark theirFounder’s Day, com-menced with a phoneticscompetition on Monday.The fest, spread over amonth, has lots of activ-ities in store such as‘Spell Bee’, ‘Turn Coat’,‘Book Character’ etc. Itwill conclude with aprize distribution ceremony on September 15. The phonetics com-petition was for the pre-primary and primary students. Studentsfrom 10 prestigious schools took part in the contest in which TheLucknow Public Collegiate (Ruchi Khand-I, Sharda Nagar)emerged victorious while City Montessori College’s VipulKhand branch was the runner-up. Students from Unity Collegeand GD Goenka School bagged the third and fourth positionsrespectively.

INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH PRESIDENTCity Montessori School students

namely Radhika Chandra and SamanWaheed of Mahanagar campus, SakshiPradyumn of Kanpur Road campus andMansi Acharya of Gomti Nagar Campus-I will be celebrating Independence Daywith President Ram Nath Kovind atRashtrapati Bhawan. These students havebeen invited to attend the function. Vice-President, Prime Minister, Speaker ofParliament, former President, formerPrime Minister and Union ministers willalso be present on the occasion.

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

Uttar Pradesh GovernorRam Naik will preside

over the first meeting of the 55-member committee constitut-ed for making preparationsfor the 150th birth anniversarycelebrations of MahatmaGandhi. The meeting onTuesday will deliberate on thepolicies and programmes forcelebrating the 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi and giving its approval.

The brief of the committeeis to formulate the guidelinesand take final decision ondetailed programmes and theirdates. The committee is allinclusive and its members aredrawn from different walks oflife, including educationists,religious leaders, media per-sons, historians and form otherdifferent fields. The notificationfor the constitution of the com-mittee was issued by the stategovernment on June 14. Themembers of the committeeinclude Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, Allahabad HighCourt’s Chief Justice DilipBabasaheb Bhosale, UPAssembly Speaker HridayaNaryan Dikshit, Deputy ChiefMinisters Keshav PrasadMaurya and Dinesh Sharma.

Three former ChiefMinisters — Mulayam SinghYadav, Mayawati and AkhileshYadav, leader of opposition inUP Assembly Ram GovindChowdhary are also members ofthe committee. The committeealso includes leaders of differentpolitical parties, their state pres-idents, members of Rajya Sabha,representatives of different edu-cational and cultural organisa-tions, senior bureaucrats, reli-gious leader like Maulana KalbeSadiq and historian YogeshPraveen. Additional ChiefSecretary (Information)Awanish Awasthi is member-secretary of the committee. Thestate government had constitut-ed the committee on the sugges-tion of Governor Ram Naik. Theissue of constituting the commit-tee was first raised during thethree-day Governors’ confer-ence presided over by PresidentRam Nath Kovind in Delhi onJune 3.

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Lucknow Metro RailCorporation (LMRC) and

the Bharat Sanchar NigamLtd (BSNL) on Mondaysigned a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) forfacilitation of customer ser-vices for the benefit and con-venience of all ‘GoSmart’Metro travellers presentlyusing the services betweenTransport Nagar andCharbagh. The MoU wassigned in the presence ofKumar Keshav, managingdirector of LMRC;Mahendra Kumar, director ofrolling stock and systems;Ajai Kant Rastogi, director offinance; and Satish Kumar,principal general managerof BSNL.

Karuna Raman Tiwari,general manager of BSNL,along with other senior offi-

cers from both the organisa-tions at the administrativeheadquarters of LMRC, werepresent and both the partiesexchanged the documents.

“This is a big steptowards the facilitation ofcustomer services where theGoSmart card of LucknowMetro will be used for thepayment of BSNL post-paidmobile phone bills alongwith the purchase of pre-paidproducts at the ticket officemachine counters at all theMetro stations,” Keshav said.

Speaking at the func-tion, Satish Kumar said:“The objective of this MoU isto create a cooperationbetween two public sectorundertakings (PSUs) to offereach other’s existing as well asfuture services, utilising eachone’s infrastructure for thebenefit of the customersusing the Metro services as

well as the BSNL communi-cation network.”

The MoU is intendedto recognise the generalbasis for a cooperative andcollaborative working rela-tionship between the twoparties in order to developa special business relation-ship to fulfil each other’srequirements in the city ofLucknow. Through thismutual relationship, BSNLwill avail itself of theSmartGo services offered byLMRC for collection of billsof post-paid services andsale of pre-paid products likerecharge vouchers and elec-tronic top-ups at the LMRCstation counters. For the saleof prepaid products, theLMRC station counters orpoints of sale will be consid-ered to be operationally onpar with BSNL’s own cus-tomer service centres.

5 kids hurt as school van rams dumper

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LMRC signs MoU with BSNL

for facilitating passengers

LDA warns pvt buildersPIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

Lucknow DevelopmentAuthority on Thursday

warned private builders thatthey would be blacklisted if

they failed to clear pendingdues by August 15. Besides,their contract regarding ongo-ing project will also be can-celled.

It is said that they areengaged in developing majorhousing schemes situated onKanpur Road, JankipuramExtension, Gomti NagarExtension and Para areas.Over Rs 20 crore are pendingwith them. Besides, the LDAadministration has also drawnthe attention of Transportdepartment authorities to clearthe dues within a fortnightotherwise their ongoing pro-jects would be stopped. It is

said that the builders have notmade any payment under dif-ferent heads for the past two-and-a-half years. Officer onspecial duty Rajiv Kumar saidthat builders were asked toclear their dues by servingnotices several time in the pastbut they had not taken any ini-tiative in that regard and addedthat the LDA administrationhad been deprived of a hugeamount. He felt the aforesaidamount would help in improv-ing LDA financial positionwhich was in a bad shape.

He reiterated the LDAadministration would not sparedefaulters at any cost and initi-ate strict action against them inaccordance with rules and reg-ulations if they failed to cleardues within the deadline.

Kumar added that thetransport authorit ies hadassured LDA Vice-ChairmanPN Singh that the dues wouldbe cleared in installments.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said here on

Monday that nature could beconserved with plantationwhich would pave the pavethe way for a a better future.The Chief Minister said thatfor making plantation a suc-cessful exercise, it was nec-essary to ensure public par-ticipation and for that, peo-ple had to be made aware.He said the targets could beachieved with the pledge of‘one man, one tree’.

The CM expressed theseviews during a review meet-ing of the special mass plan-tation drive scheduled onthe occasion ofIndependence Day with

senior forest officials atKukrai l. He planted asapling of bael at Kukrail.

The CM said that it wastheir responsibility to makeplantation a model situation.He said that the state gov-ernment had made a targetof planting of 9.16 croresaplings which would beplanted by the Forestdepartment in associationwith 22 other departments.

Yogi said that the Forestdepartment would have tofulfil the dual responsibili-ty of meeting its own targetand also give technical guid-ance to the 22 other depart-ments.

Yogi said that more thanfive crore saplings would beplanted on August 15 to

cover 30 per cent of theplantation of the Forestdepartment and 80 per centof other departments. TheCM said that positive think-ing and strong will powerhelped in yielding results.Yogi said that while givingNOCs to other departments,the Forest departmentshould take a letter of pledgefor plantation. He addedthat the state has a hugepotential for eco-tourism.

Yogi that the govern-ment, in keeping with theSwachh Mission, hadbanned the use of poly-thene bags less than 50micron from July 15 andwould impose a completeban on plastic from October 2.

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crore saplings on August 15

Devotees waiting in queue at Mankameshwar temple on the first Monday of Shravan Pioneer

Lawyers jostle with cops on being stopped from moving to the CM residence while protesting over no arrests inconnection with a fatal attack on a colleague Pioneer

The ill-fated school van damaged in the mishap

The brief of thecommittee is toformulate theguidelines and takefinal decision ondetailed programmesand their dates

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SC ALLOWS DEMOLITIONAT GUJ COP'S RESIDENCENew Delhi: The Supreme Courton Monday allowed thedemolition of illegal structuresat the residential property jointlyowned by controversial sackedIPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and hiswife in Ahmedabad. The topcourt, refused to interfere withthe Gujarat High Court orderdirecting Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation (AMC) to demolishthe illegal constructions.

BILL SEEKING DEATH FORCHILD RAPE IN LSNew Delhi: A crucial Billseeking to provide death penaltyto those convicted of rapinggirls below the age of 12 yearswas taken up for discussion bythe Lok Sabha on Monday. TheBill seeks to replace the CriminalLaw (Amendment) Ordinancepromulgated on April 21,following an outcry over therape and murder of a minor girlin Kathua in Jammu & Kashmirand the rape of another womanat Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.

GOVT HAS SPENT `4,880 CRIN ADS SINCE 2014-15: MINNew Delhi: The CentralGovernment has spent over`4,880 crore in advertisementsthrough electronic, print andother media since 2014-15,Rajya Sabha was informed onMonday by Minister of State forInformation and BroadcastingRajyavardhan Rathore.

LS PASSES BILL FORHOMOEOPATHY BOARDNew Delhi: A Bill seeking toreplace the Central Council ofHomoeopathy (CCH) with aboard of Governors and aimedat bringing accountability andquality in homoeopathyeducation system was passedby the Lok Sabha on Monday.

GOVT: OVER 10L POSTS OFTEACHERS LYING VACANTNew Delhi: Over 10 lakh postsof teachers at the elementaryand secondary level are lyingvacant across the country, theLok Sabha was informed onMonday. Uttar Pradesh tops thelist of States and UnionTerritories with maximumnumber of vacant posts at theelementary level while Jammu & Kashmir tops the list with themaximum number of vacanciesat the secondary level,according to data compiled tillMarch 31, 2017.

‘NO OBJECTION ON PUTTINGSTICKERS ON VEHICLES’New Delhi: The Ministry ofRoad Transport and Highways(MoRTH) on Monday informedthe Supreme Court that therewas “no objection” to puttingstickers on vehicles whichwould indicate its nature as to whether it was electric,hybrid, diesel or BS-VIcompliant.

‘INDIA NEEDS TO CREATESAFE ENV FOR TOURISM’ New Delhi: Ambassador ofTourism in Kyushu region ofJapan Nupur Tewari on Mondaysaid India needs to create ahelpful ecosystem and safeenvironment to increasetourism. Tewari, who is also aYoga Trainer and Healer, wasspeaking at Amity HumansQuarter celebrations at AmityUniversity campus.

FLORA, FAUNA SURVEY TOBE CONDUCTED IN 55 DISTSNew Delhi: The UnionEnvironment Ministry isconducting a survey, a first ofits kind in the country inaround 55 districts studyingvarious parameters like flora,fauna and pollution, Minister ofState for Environment MaheshSharma said in a written reply inRajya Sabha on Monday.

OVER 1.6L VISITED INDIAFOR CRUISE TOURISMNew Delhi: Tourism Minister KJAlphons on Monday toldParliament that more than 1.6lakh people visited India forcruise tourism in 2017-2018.He said that his Ministry hadalso sanctioned projects worth`106.39 crore for thedevelopment of cruise terminal-related infrastructure at themajor ports of Goa,Maharashtra, Kerala and TamilNadu under the scheme forAssistance to Central Agenciesfor Tourism InfrastructureDevelopment.

New Delhi: Congress presidentRahul Gandhi continues toattack Prime MinisterNarendra Modi everyday overthe ‘Rafale scam’ and onMonday he took a swipe atModi, saying his “minions”are threatening journalistsagainst reporting on the scam.The Gandhi scion, however,lauded the media persons whohave the guts to defend thetruth and stand up to “Mr 56”.

“Supreme leader’s minionsare now sending threateningmessages to journalists report-ing on the Rafale scam askingthem to “back off or else... “I’m

really proud of the few bravePress people who still have theguts to defend the truth andstand up to Mr 56,” he said ina tweet. Rahul’s dig at Modicame over his “56-inch chest”remark made during the lastLok Sabha elections to tacklePakistan and China.

The Congress alleged Modiwas indulging in “theatrics” toskip questions on the Rafale deal.“When he has been exposed onthe Rafale deal, he used all thepossible theatrics to say that heis a ‘bhagidar’ but has evadedanswering the questions raised,”Congress spokesman Raj Babbar

said. The question still remainsas to why the Rafale deal wassnatched from the HAL, whichis a Government undertaking,and handed over to a privatecompany floated just 15 daysbefore by someone with noexperience even of the bicyclebusiness, said the RS member.

“Rahul Gandhi has fullyexposed them...They will getmore entangled if they try tofree themselves of the blame...The reality is that the industrialgrowth rate presently is 3.3 percent while it was 6 per cent dur-ing the UPA rule,” Babbar said.

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The Supreme Court onMonday declined the

Centre’s offer to place on recordthe report of Justice BNSrikrishna committee on “DataProtection” before a five-judgeBench that has reserved its ver-dict on the validity of theAadhaar Act.

Days after the report wassubmitted to the Centre,Attorney General KKVenugopal on Mondayappeared before a three-judgeBench headed by Chief JusticeDipak Misra carrying a copy ofthe same. He informed theBench that though the reportis in the public domain yet theCentre wished to supply hardcopies of the report to the five-judge Bench also headed by CJIDipak Misra.

CJI said, “I do not thinkthat is required,” followingwhich the report was nottabled. The Justice Srikrishnapanel has suggested measuresto be taken to protect person-al information of citizens, therole and duties of data proces-sors and the rights of individuals.

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Looking forward to a grandOpposition alliance of non-

BJP parties, TMC chief andWest Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee is likely callon Congress leader SoniaGandhi to invite her for herplanned ‘federal-front’ rally inKolkata on January 19, in theGeneral Election year. Mamatawho had called on NCP chiefSharad Pawar last week is alsolikely to meet other Oppositionleaders during her New Delhivisit this week.

TMC sources said that theWest Bengal CM is likely tomeet Sonia Gandhi, RJD leaderTejashwi Yadav and otherOpposition leaders during herthree-day visit to the nationalCapital.

Banerjee, who was earlierseen as wary of involving theCongress in any federal coali-tion to take on the BJP, has inrecent weeks appeared to bemore open to joining handswith the national party to con-solidate the Opposition forces.

Though the meeting withSonia Gandhi has not beenscheduled, but Banerjee wouldtry to meet her and all otherprominent leaders fromOpposition parties during hervisit.

“There could be certaincircumstantial meetings with

leaders of Opposition partieswhen Mamata Banerjee wouldvisit Parliament on August 1.She may meet Sonia Gandhi,and also RJD leader TejashwiYadav as he will be in Delhiduring Banerjee’s visit,” said asenior TMC leader.

The West Bengal ChiefMinister, who would be visit-ing the Central Hall ofParliament, is expected to per-sonally invite Opposition partyleaders for her rally of “feder-al forces” in Kolkata on January19, 2019.

The rally will help catapultBanerjee to the centrestage ofnational politics and also showher capacity to unite allOpposition parties to take onthe BJP in the coming LokSabha elections, according toanother TMC leader.

TMC sources also said thatapart from Opposition leaders,Banerjee will also meet RamJethmalani, former BJP leader

Yashwant Sinha and disgrun-tled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinhaduring her visit. Arun Shourie,a bitter critic of the ModiGovernment, would meetBanerjee later in Kolkata as hewould not be present in Delhiduring TMC chief ’s visit.

Banerjee had recently metNational Conference leaderOmar Abdullah on the issue ofcobbling an alliance ofOpposition parties to take onthe BJP. Abdullah has main-tained that the Congress has tobe the “backbone” of theOpposition unity with its chiefRahul Gandhi at the forefrontof the campaign for the 2019Lok Sabha polls.

Banerjee, who will be deliv-ering a lecture at the conclaveorganised by Catholic BishopsConference of India on July 31,is expected to attack the BJP onincidents of violence againstmembers of minority commu-nities.

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The country’s mango pro-duction is estimated to be

up by 8 per cent to 21.02 mil-lion tonnes in the 2017-18crop year on higher output bymajor growing States.Production of mango stood at19.50 million tonnes in the pre-vious crop year (July-June).The country achieved this tar-get despite uneven rainfall andweather conditions whichimpacted the quality of thefruit. In the retail market,mango is being sold between`70 and `100 a kg dependingon the quality and location inthe national Capital.

Officials of AgricultureMinistry said that the country’smango production has been

increasing every year. “TheGovernment has taken severalsteps to boost production andexport of mangoes,” officialssaid. “There has been a focus onimproving productivity of man-goes under the central spon-sored scheme Mission forIntegrated Development ofHorticulture”, officials added.

As per the latest data, max-imum mango production isprojected to be from UttarPradesh, followed by AndhraPradesh and Karnataka duringthe 2017-18.

Mango output in UttarPradesh is pegged higher at 4.54million tonnes in 2017-18 asagainst 4.34 million tonnes inthe preceding year. The pro-duction in Andhra Pradesh isestimated at 4.48 million tonnes

as against 4.04 million tonnes,while in Karnataka at 1.81 mil-lion tonnes as against 1.71 mil-lion tonnes in the period underthe review.

Despite higher output, thecountry’s overseas shipmentsremained minuscule, not evenat 50,000 tonnes level annually.

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After almost a year since theSupreme Court set up a

special CBI team to probe 41cases of alleged fake encounterkillings by Army, Assam Riflesand Manipur Police, the agencyfiled the first lot of two chargesheets in the case on Mondayand assured the apex court ofcompleting the entire investi-gation by early next year.

Not satisfied by the slowpace of investigation, the apexcourt had summoned CBIDirector Alok Kumar Verma tocourt and wished to know thecauses for delay and remedialmeasures, if any. Verma admit-ted that since the cases had ear-lier been probed by way ofCommission of enquiry, judicialenquiry and enquiry conduct-ed by National Human RightsCommission, initial time waslost in gathering documents.

The Bench of JusticesMadan B Lokur and UU Lalitinsisted upon a timeline fol-lowing which CBI Directorassured the court of filingchargesheets in seven cases by

August 10. As regards remain-ing cases, efforts will be madeto complete probe by year endwhile in 14 out of 41 cases, hesaid, investigation could spillover to the next year. At theinstance of the court, theDirector agreed to spare moreofficers for assisting the SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) head-ed by Joint Director SharadAgarwal that is probing thecases.

Disclosing the contents ofthe two chargesheets filed onMonday, Verma told the courtthat 14 out of the 15 accused inthe FIR have been found guiltyof murder (302), criminal con-spiracy (120B), and destructionof evidence (201) under theIndian Penal Code (IPC). TheBench posted the matter forAugust 20 to monitor theprogress and requested Directorto be present on that date.

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With traditional elephantcorridors being increas-

ingly diverted for develop-mental projects, the country iswitnessing terrible ‘human-elephants conflict.

Sample this: In 2017-18 (upto November 2017), 275 peo-ple were mauled to death byjumbos. In 2016-17, 515 per-sons were killed and a com-pensation of `14.78 crore wasgiven, said Minister of State forEnvironment Mahesh Sharmain a written reply in RajyaSabha on Monday.

He said that in 2017-18 (upto November 2017) an ex gra-tia amount of `5.91 crore hasbeen awarded.

He said that the tradition-

al corridors of elephants andtheir habitats have been frag-mented due to utilisation offorest land for agricultural pur-poses, development works likehydro-electric power process,irrigation dams, canals, trans-mission lines, rail lines, roadsetc. Such fragmentation hascaused human elephant con-flict.

The Minister added thatsecuring of elephant corridors,including acquisition of landand removal of encroachmentsalong the corridors, is theresponsibility of StateGovernments, although theMinistry provides financial andtechnical assistance to states forthis.

The Ministry has request-ed all States through letters sent

on August 24 and November 17last year, and May 1 this year toprotect elephant corridors forthe long-term conservation ofAsian elephants, Sharma said.

“Some States have securedsome elephant corridors byprocuring the private lands orby relocating the families fromthe areas falling within thesecorridors,” the Minister said.

As elephant herds areknown to migrate across 350-500 sq. km. annually main-taining corridors for them istherefore of crucial impor-tance to both jumbos andhuman habitats, according to areport ‘Right of Passage’released last year by theWildlife Trust of India (WTI)in collaboration with ProjectElephant and the UK based

NGO Elephant Family. It iden-tifies and records details per-taining to 101 elephant corri-dors across India.

Of these 101 corridors, 28are located in south India, 25in central India, 23 in north-eastern India, 14 in northernWest Bengal and 11 in north-western India.

In terms of their function-ality or usage by elephants,almost 70 per cent of the 101corridors are regularly used, 25per cent are occasionally used,and 6 per cent rarely.

Almost all elephant corri-dors in south India (93 percent) and northern WestBengal (86 per cent) are regu-larly used; 66 per cent of cor-ridors are regularly used innortheastern India.

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The Supreme Court onMonday delegated the

responsibility of taking all deci-sions related to preservation ofthe Taj Mahal to the Director-General of ArchaeologicalSurvey of India (ASI). It alsogave the sole authority to fileaffidavits with regard to imple-mentation of the VisionDocument prepared for over-all development of Agra townand neighbouring districts to aJoint Secretary in the UnionEnvironment Ministry and theAgra Commissioner, acting onbehalf of the Centre and theUttar Pradesh Government,respectively.

After the apex court hadrebuked the Centre and Statefor not owning up to save the17th century iconic monu-ment, Attorney General KKVenugopal informed a Bench ofJustices Madan B Lokur andDeepak Gupta that all decisionswith regard to Taj Mahal andthe Taj Trapezium Zone will betaken by the Joint Secretary inthe Ministry of Environment,Forests and Climate Change. Atthe State level, theCommissioner, Agra Divisionwho is the ex-officio Chairmanof TTZ Authority will be thedecision making authority.

As regards the preservationand upkeep of monument, ASIDirector General will be fullyresponsible for any activitythat takes place inside themonument or within its 500metre radius. Even with regardto preparation of HeritageManagement plan, ASIinformed that they share thisreport with UNESCO every sixyears and the last report wasdispatched in 2013.

The Bench wondered whyno report was sent since thenwhen the court has beenexpressing concern on a dailybasis about the fading beauty ofthe Taj, which features as theonly Indian monument to bedesignated as a World HeritageSite. The Bench said, “Anorganisation like UNESCO hasto express concern about Taj

Mahal. This is our problem.Our concern should be fargreater than that shown by theUNESCO.” Environmentalistand petitioner in this case,MC Mehta submitted that itwas high time the TTZ author-ity is revamped. He called it a“club” and demanded inde-pendent members to be induct-ed into the authority who havevision and dedication to thecause of environment.

A-G Venugopal supportedsuggestions from the petition-er and was open to have a spe-cial committee on the lines ofan expert panel to replaceTTZ. The State Governmentwas more cautious claimingthat any suggestions for revampwill be appreciated. The courtasked Mehta to file his sugges-tion by August 28.

ASI will be responsible

for Taj maintenance: SC

Mamata likely to meet Sonia,invite her to federal front rally

SC declines

Centre's offer to

file report on

data protection

MANIPUR ‘FAKE’ ENCOUNTERS

Top court censures

CBI; agency says 2

charge sheets filed PNS n NEW DELHI

The Defence AcquisitionCouncil (DAC), apex body

for approving procurement forthe three Services, on Mondayapproved the much awaitedguidelines for implementingthe Strategic Partnership Policy.It came into being in May lastyear but could not take off dueto lack of an implementationroad map.

Chaired by DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman,the DAC also gave the nod forbuying 8 fast patrol vessels forthe Indian Coast Guard worthover `800 crores to enhancemaritime security day andnight.

The Strategic Partnershipmodel envisages involving theIndian private sector in man-ufacturing big ticket items likewarships, submarines and heli-copters within the country incollaboration with foreign ven-dor. The policy also aimed atmaking India the hub ofdefence manufacturing andofficials said with the DACapproving the guidelines thelast hurdle was removed forspeedy take off the ambitious

programme.The guidelines lay empha-

sis on incentivisation of trans-fer of niche technology andhigher indigenous content, offi-cials said. All procurementunder Strategic Partnershipmodel will be executed by aspecially constituted empow-ered committee to providefocused attention and ensuretimely execution of projects.

The model aims to revi-talise defence industrial ecosys-tems and progressively buildindigenous capabilities todesign, develop and manufac-

ture complex weapon systemsfor future needs of the armedforces. The StrategicPartnership policy has foursegments including sub-marines, single engine fighteraircraft, helicopters andarmoured carriers or main bat-tle tanks. The Indian privatesector can now vie for makingthese platforms within thecountry.

Under this policy oneIndian private company will beselected in each of the four seg-ments which would tie-up withshortlisted local OriginalEquipment Manufacturers(OEM) to manufacture theplatforms in India under tech-nology transfer.

The DAC also approvedplatform specific guidelinesfor procurement of NavalUtility helicopters (NUH).Similar guidelines for the othercategories under the SP modelwill be issued soon, they said.

As regards clearance forfast patrol vessels, officials saidthe boats will be designed andmanufactured in India forundertaking missions like anti-sabotage, anti terrorist, andanti-smuggling operations.

DAC nod to guidelines

for strategic partnership

TO MAKE INDIA A HUB OF DEFENCE MANUFACTURING

New Delhi: After a few days ofnormal functioning which evensaw passage of Bills and shortduration discussions, the RajyaSabha on Monday witnesseduproarious scenes and adjourn-ments over the issue of publi-cation of Assam’s NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC).

While Trinamool Congressand the Samajwadi Partyprotested and demanded a dis-cussion on the issue, Congresslater in the day said the Centreshould immediately convene anall-party meeting on the issue.The House witnessed threeadjournments due to the con-tinued uproar over the issuebefore the Chair called it a daysoon after its assembled postlunch. When the House recon-vened at 2 pm after the lastadjournment, TMC leaderDerek O’Brien stood updemanding a discussion onthe notice given by him on theNRC. Brien said it is not apolitical issue but question ofhuman rights, humanitarianand a national issue, “We needto look after Indian citizens.Please allow me to raise thisissue sir,” Brien said.

Alleging that theGovernment did not consultWest Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on the issue,the TMC leader said that a del-egation of TMC MPs wouldsoon visit Assam. SP membersand some from the Congresstoo started raising the issueleading to a din. Sources saidWest Bengal CM has sought anappointment with the UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singhto discuss the issue.

However, Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu said he hadtaken the initiative earlier in theday and even called HomeMinister Rajnath Singh to theHouse to respond on the issue,but the House was not in order.Naidu first said he had notreceived any notice and later saidthat some members had methim and expressed their desireto raise the NRC issue. PNS

Shrinking forest corridors leads to man-jumbo conflict Mango output higher by 8%

New Delhi: Over five dozenMPs and MLAs in the countryhave declared they are facingcharges of abduction. Of thetotal 64 such MPs and MLAs, 16are from the BJP while six eachare from the Congress and theRJD. Others who are on the listare 5 from NCP, 4 each from theBJD and the DMK, 3 eachfrom the SP and the TDP as wellas 2 each from the TMC, CPM,CPI-ML and Shiv Sena. Oneeach from the Lok JanashaktiParty, the JD-U, the TRS and theNishad Party in Uttar Pradeshbesides four Independents arealso on the list. The findings

were released on Monday bythe Association for DemocraticReforms (ADR, an NGO thatworks for electoral and politi-cal reforms. According to ADRfindings, 1,024 MPs and MLAshaving serious criminal chargesagainst them. Among these,1,024 MPs and MLAs, 64 havedeclared charges related to kid-napping against themselves.Majority of them are fromBihar and Uttar Pradesh.

It said the affidavits of 770MPs and 4,086 State legislatorsrevealed that 1,024 or some 21per cent of lawmakers in thecountry have declared “serious

criminal charges against them-selves”. Of the MLAs withdeclared charges related to kid-napping, the highest number— that is nine each — are fromBihar and Uttar Pradesh, fol-lowed by eight fromMaharashtra, six from WestBengal, four each from Odishaand Tamil Nadu, three eachfrom Andhra Pradesh, Gujaratand Rajasthan and one eachfrom Chhattisgarh, HimachalPradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,Kerala, Punjab and Telangana.

The report comes at a timewhen it’s just a year to go for theLok Sabha elections 2019.PNS

64 lawmakers declare they are facingcharges of abduction: ADR report

Modi’s ‘minions’ threatening newsmen against reporting on Rafale deal: RaGa

RS witnessesuproar overpublication ofAssam’s NRC

New Delhi: Contrary to theclaims made by the ElectionCommission that excessive heatand light were among the fac-tors behind the large-scalemalfunctioning of EVMs andVVPATs in the Kairana LokSabha by-polls held in May thisyear, the Government onMonday said that hot weatherwas not the reason.

In a written reply to aquestion in Rajya Sabhawhether as per the ElectionCommission, malfunctioningin EVM machines was due tohot weather, Minister of Statefor Law and Justice PPChaudhary replied in the neg-ative. The Minister also ruledout any possibility of adoptingany alternative method otherthan using electronic votingmachines (EVMs) and voterverifiable paper audit trail(VVPAT) machines for the2019 Lok Sabha electionswhich are scheduled to be heldin April-May 2019.

The MPs — NeerajShekhar, Javed Ali Khan andRavi Prakash Verma — hadasked if the ElectionCommission proposes to con-duct next general election inany other manner as April-Mayare peak hot months.

The Minister said in thereply that such a possibility“does not arise”. PNS

Hot weather not

behind EVM

malfunction in

Kairana: Govt

The Bench posted thematter for August 20 to

monitor the progress andrequested Director to be

present on that date

LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 2018 nation 06

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On a day when a fresh spi-ral of violence and arson

erupted in different parts ofwestern Maharashtra, theOpposition parties and theruling Shiv Sena on Mondaymounted pressure on StateGovernment for quick imple-mentation of the Marathareservations, with the Congressindicating mass resignation byits MLAs and the Sena tellingthe Devendra Fadnavis admin-stration not to wait for thebackward class panel’s report toimplement reservation.

With no let up in the vio-lence and arson over theMaratha reservations, the pro-testors owing to allegiance toMaratha reservations set ablaze25 to 30 State transport buses,damaged another 30 to 40buses at Chakan and sur-rounding areas of Pune district,blocked traffic on the Pune-Nashik high court and resort-ed to violence in several otherparts of Maharashtra, includingSolapur, Alandi, Bhimashankarand Navi Mumbai. The policeburst teargas shells at Chakanto quell the rioting mobs.

One more incident of sui-cide came to light on Monday,with the police recovering thebody of a 35-year-old manfrom the railway tracks nearAurangabad. One PramodJaising Hore-Patil had allegedbefore a running train inMukundwadi area, after a post-ing a message on the FaceBook and sharing a messagewith his friends on his plans toend his life on Maratha reser-vations issue.

Meanwhile, in no mood toaccept the assurance given byChief Minister DevenraFadnavis at an all-party meet-ing held on Saturday that hisGovernment would call aSpecial session of the StateLegislature after it received a

report from the MaharashtraState Backward ClassCommission (MSBCC) on thesocio-economic status of theMaratha community, theOpposition Congress, NCPand the ruling Shiv Sena andasked the State Government toact swiftly on the issue.

Interestingly, the Congress,NCP and Shiv Sena expandedthe scope of their demandover reservations. They saidthat apart from the Marathas,the reservations be extended tothe Muslims and other eco-nomically backward classcommunity.

Though the State Congressdid not make a formalannouncement in this regard,the sources in the party that itwas planning to ask its MLAsresorts to mass resignationsfrom the State Assembly todemand reservations toMaratha, Muslims, Dhangarand other economically back-ward communities.

Talking to media personsafter a legislature party meet-ing at the Vidhan Bhavan here,former Chief Minister and

State Congress chief AshokChavan said: “ At the meetingour MLAs expressed strong sentiments about the reserva-tions issue. Without waiting for a report from MSBCC, thestate government shouldannounce reservations toMaratha and other economi-cally backward communitieswithout affecting the existingreservations”.

At the meeting, seniorCongress leader and formerchief minister PrithvirajChavan charged that theDevendra Fadnavis govern-ment was trying to delay deci-sion on the reservations by say-ing that the matter was pend-ing before the courts.

After its legislators’ meet-ing, the NCP also urged thestate government to take animmediate decision to extendreservations to Marathas atthe earliest. It also made it clearto the state government toextend the reservations to theother economically backwardcommunities like Muslim andDhangar. The party leaderslater met MSBCC chief Justice

(retired) M G Gaikwad and Governor Vidyasagar Rao and submitted memoran-dums.

Making some amends inhis party’s earlier stand that thereservations be made only onthe economic criteria, ShivSena President UddhavThackeray : “Apart fromMarathas, other communitieslike Dhangar, VanjarisMahadeo Kolis and Mulsimshave been demanding reserva-tions for a long time. Withoutwaiting for the MSBCC report,the government should take adecision on reservations.

you do not accept our longpending that the reservationson the basis of economic status but take decision onextending reservations toMarathas, other backwardcommunities like Dhangar,Vanjaris Mahadeo Kolis and Mulsims without any fur-ther delay”.

Maratha stir: Pressure mounts on Fadnavis

Oppn, Sena upthe ante on quotaissue

Police personnel clash with the Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters during their district bandh called for reservations in jobs andeducation in Maharashtra on Monday PTI

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The ongoing agitation byMarathas over reserva-

tions has so far claimed threelives, with one more personcommitting suicide by jump-ing in front of a running trainnear Aurangabad.

Indentifying the personwho committed suicide as onePramod Jaising Hore-Patil, thepolice said that they recoveredHote-Patil’s body from near thetracks on Monday morning.

Ahead of committing sui-cide, Hore Patil had posted amessage on his Facebook pageand shared the same messageon WhatsApp on Sunday, say-ing he would be committingsuicide in support of the reser-vation demand. Hore-Patilallegedly jumped before therunning train at Mukundwadinear Aurangabad.

In his Facebook massage,Hote-Patil had stated inMarathi, “Chala aaj ek Marathajaatoy, pan kahi tari Marathaarakshanasathi kara, jai jijau-aapla Pramod Patil (today oneMaratha is leaving... but dosomething for the Marathareservation... ),” a police offi-cial said. Hore-Patil, who waspreparing for the MaharashtraPublic Service Commissionexams, later posted anothermessage, saying “Marathareservation will claim one life”.

Earlier, two persons —Kakasaheb Dattareya Shinde,and Vishwanath Sonaware –had committed suicide on theMaratha issue. While Shindeplunged into a river from abridge near Aurangabad on July23, Sonavane who had con-sumed poison on July 24 diedat the hospital in Aurangabadthe following day.

One more ends life, jumpsto death in front of train

TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI

The Bombay High Court onMonday admitted a peti-

tion filed by two accusedSadhvi Pragya Singh andSameer Kulkarni seeking dis-charge from the 2008Malegaon blasts case. Thedevelopment came five weeksafter it admitted a plea filed bythe 2008 Malegaon blast caseaccused Lieutenant ColonelPrasad Shrikant Purohit, chal-lenging earlier court verdicts

rejecting his pleas for dis-charge from the case.

After Advocate PrashntMaggu made a strong case infavour of his clients Pragyaand Kulkarni, a HC bench ofRanjit More and AnujaPrabhu Desai admitted thedischarge pleas of the 2008Malegaon blasts accused.

Maggu told the court thata special court had earliererred in rejecting the dis-

charge pleas. He said that theNIA, the prosecuting agencyin the case, had granted aclean chit to Thakur in itscharge sheet.

Maggu also argued beforethe HC bench that during thehearing on a bail plea filed byThakur in the high court lastyear, the NIA had even toldthe HC on record that it hadno objections to Thakur beingdischarged from the case.

The HC bench scheduledthe case for August 13.

It may be recalled that animprovised explosive keptunder the seat of a LMLFreedom motor-bicycle hadexploded between BhikkuChowk and Anjuman Chowk,near Noorani Masjid on thenight of September 29, 2008,leaving six persons dead andinjuring 101 others.

On June 22, 2018, theHigh Court had admitted apetition filed by Col Purohit,

challenging earlier court ver-dicts rejecting his pleas fordischarge from the case.Earlier on December 27, 2017,a special NationalInvestigating Agency (NIA)court had dropped chargesunder the stringentMaharashtra Control ofOrganised Crime Act(MCOCA) against SadhviPragya Singh Thakur, Lt ColPrasad Purohit and five otherkey accused in the much-dis-cussed case.

MALEGAON BLAST

A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporter is attended to after she apparently fainted, outside the hospital where DMKchief M Karunanidhi is being treated in Chennai on Monday PTI

Bombay HC admits discharge plea of Sadhvi, Sameer

KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n

CHENNAI

Nalini Chidambaram, thelawyer wife of former

Union Finance Minister PChidambaram, her son KartiChidambaram and daughter-in-law Srinidhi KartiChidambaram were directed bya Chennai court on Monday toappear before it without fail onAugust 20 in connection withthe black money case filedagainst them by theDepartment of Income Tax.

Though the family mem-bers of the Congress strongmanhad been asked to presentthemselves before the court onMonday, they failed to do sowhich made ChiefMetropolitan Magistrate SMalarvizhi issue an order ask-ing them to be present in thecourt on August 20.

The case was filed by theIncome Tax departmentbecause Karti Chidambaramfailed to disclose details about

his accounts with the MetroBank in Britain and the invest-ments he had made in NanoHoldings LLC, USA.

Karti had also failed to dis-close the investments made byChess Global advisory, a com-pany co-owned by him, whichis an offence under the BlackMoney Act. According to theDepartment of Income Tax,Karti, Nalini and Srinidhi didnot disclose the `5.37 croreworth of properties they joint-ly own in Cambridge, Britainand the `3.38 crore worth ofproperties in the USA.

The Income TaxDepartment initiated prose-

cution against them underSection 50 of the Black Moneyand Imposition of Tax Act . Themagistrate had summoned thefamily of Chidambaram undersection 50 of the Act anddirected them to appear beforethe court on June 25. TheChidambaram family hadappeared before the court onJune 25 and sought exemptionfrom personal appearance.

PC’s kin asked to appear

before court on Aug 20

Though the familymembers of theCongress strongmenhad been asked topresent themselvesbefore the court onMonday, they failedto do so which madeChief MetropolitanMagistrate SMalarvizhi issue anorder asking them toappear before thecourt on August 20

KESTUR VASUKI n BENGALURU

Once again, a separate Statedemand for North

Karnataka has surfaced withKarnataka Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy’s Budget as thetrigger. Also a recent statementby Kumaraswamy has fuelledthe demand by some organi-sations and activists for a sep-arate Statehood for the NorthKarnataka. HoweverKumaraswamy blamed themedia and politicians for themisreading of his statementand said he stands for a unit-ed Karnataka.

He told the media inBengaluru on Monday thatsome politicians and a sectionof the media are misinterpret-ing his statements relating tothe Northern Karnataka."While speaking atChannapattana recently, I hadmentioned what BJP leader BSriramula had stated on theissue and questioned fromwhere they will get funds for

the separate State. What waswrong in my statement? Butsince last one week, a sectionof the media is terming it as abig mistake done by me andinterpreting my statement asagainst people of NorthKarnataka," he added.

"I have repeatedly statedthat I am for 'AkhandaKarnataka' (Unified KarnatakaState) but you (media) are pos-ing it as I am against develop-ment of North Karnataka, " headded.

He said, "I don't need todiscuss a separate State issue;this issue has been creation ofOpposition politicians and themedia. When I spoke inChannapattana, I was onlyreplying to what Sriramalusaid in the Assembly regardingNorth Karnataka... I have saidtime and again— I want aAkhanda Karnataka. If State isdivided, you (media) will alsobe responsible, if anything goeswrong in the coming days," headded. "I never blamed thefarmers, yet they protested.You people distort what I sayand put it out. You shouldintrospect,” he told the media.

North Karnataka compris-es the districts falling under

Bombay Karnataka andHyderabad Karnataka. Whilethe demand for a separate Statehad subsided after UPAGovernment's decision to givespecial status to HyderabadKarnataka region under Article371(J) of the Constitution in2012. But after the Budget pre-sented by Kumaraswamy, thishas triggered again, demandinga separate State for northKarnataka districts.

A bandh has been called onThursday demanding a sepa-rate State for North Karnatakawith several institutions innorthern Karnataka set to sus-pend activities.

Meanwhile, the State BJP iswaiting for direction from HighCommand to capitalise on thisissue, as an opportunity to pre-

pare a ground for the 2019 gen-eral elections. BJP strongmanand leader of the OppositionBS Yeddyurappa said he is forunified Karnataka and blamedcollation Government led byChief Minister Kumaraswamyfor the fiasco. He said in a state-ment, “Thousands of our eldershave shed their blood for the formation of unifiedKarnataka. However, going bythe recent statements of Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy it looks likethat he is conspiring to dividethe unified Karnataka.

Even though the peoplehad voted BJP by electing 104MLAs, the Congress with 79seats and JDS with 38 seatshave entered into an unholyalliance to form theGovernment and thus cheated

the people. Kumaraswamyhas meted out step-motherlytreatment to North Karnatakaregion. By asking themwhether they have voted forhim to demand for loan waiv-er, the Chief Minister has notonly exhibited arrogance buthas also violated and insultedthe Constitution”.

“ The inexplicable silencemaintained by the Congressparty — which isproviding asilent support — has raisedmany doubts. In this back-ground, I will leave for Belagavitomorrow in order to dissuadeand persuade seers of variousmutts and other leaders whoare holding demonstration forseparate Karnataka in front ofSuvarna Soudha.

I will pray and request theseers to remain steadfast forunified Karnataka. The peopleof North Karnataka are painedand hurt by the insensitivestatement of the Chief Minister.Some people are trying to takeadvantage of the irresponsiblestatement of Kumaraswamy.BJP will not allow the State tobe divided at any cost” headded.

I have repeatedlystated that I am for‘Akhanda Karnataka'(Unified KarnatakaState), but you(media) are posing itas if I am againstdevelopment ofNorth Karnataka —HD Kumaraswamy

PNS n GANDHINAGAR

Gujarat BJP has formed afive-member team to

assess different socio-econom-ic factors in 26 Lok Sabahconstituencies across the Statein order to win all the seats inthe upcoming general elec-tions in 2019.

The team was formed dur-ing a meeting in the presenceof Gujarat Chief Minister VijayRupani and State BJP presidentJitu Vagahani apart from othertop leaders of State BJP unit.On the basis of the findings ofthe team, BJP would strategisefor the Lok Sabha polls inGujarat’s 26 seats.

“The 5-member teamwould visit all the Lok Sabhaconstituencies across the Stateand prepared a detail reportconsidering social, economic,caste and religious equations.The members of the teamswould also suggest what theparty should do in order tosecure win for its candidates,”said a senior BJP leader.

Sources in the party saidthat repeating 2014 Lok Sabhapoll’s performance would bethe biggest challenge for theparty, as the saffron brigadewon all the seats in the State inlast elections. The top leader-

ship of BJP has become alert,especially after 2017 Assemblypolls in which the partyreduced from 115 seats to 99.

A detailed analysis of all 26Lok Sabha constituencieswould be done by the teamkeeping office-bearers of BJPYuva Morcha, Mahila Morcha,district presidents and secre-

taries and other key BJP lead-ers in the State.

In the meeting discussiontook place on strategies forbooth management, arrange-ment of page-presidents, for-mation of social media teams,legal teams, and appointmentsof in-charges for all 26 LokSabha constituencies.

LS 2019: Guj BJP forms 5-memberteam for socio- economic survey

Gujarat Congress hasopposed unprecedented

hike in fees for undergraduatemedical, dental and physio-therapy courses in the State.According to Congressspokesman Manish Doshi, feesfor these courses have beenincreased nearly five times inthe current academic sessionin all six Government medicalcolleges.

Though the hike in the feescame after almost one and a halfdecades, but Doshi said that theState Government shouldn’tincrease fees by 400 to 500 percent as it would affect those stu-dents who were coming fromlower middle class and poor

families. According to him,nearly 1300 students studying insix Government medical co-lleges in Ahmedabad, Vad-odara, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jam-nagar and Rajkot would beimpacted due to increase in fees.Another 500 students studyingin two dental and six physio-therapy Government collegesacross the State would also beimpacted due to fee hike.

In the case of medical col-leges, fees have been increasedfrom `6000 to `25000 annual-ly. Students of dental and phys-iotherapy colleges will have topay ̀ 20,000 and ̀ 15000 annu-ally instead of ̀ 4000 and ̀ 3000respectively.

Congress protests fees hike in Govt medical colleges

Blames media,Opp formisreading hisremarks

I am for ‘Akhanda Karnataka’: Kumaraswamy

LJP asks Rahul to clear stand on NGT head’s removal

PTI n NEW DELHI

After putting pressure onits ally BJP, the Lok

Janshakti Party on Mondayasked the Congress to clear itsstand on demands made byseveral parties that NationalGreen Tribunal ChairmanJustice AK Goel be sacked.

LJP leader Chirag Paswantargeted the Congress after itsleader and former law min-

ister Ashwani Kumar wasreported to have said thedemand to remove Goel can-not be justified.

After a fiery press con-ference last week in which hehad asked the Modi govern-ment to sack Goel and takemeasures to restore the orig-inal provisions of a law onatrocities against Dalits byAugust 8, he today soundedconciliatory and claimed his

party had no conflict with thegovernment.

The government hasoften met our demands, hesaid, citing its move in theSupreme Court for resumingquota for Dalits and tribals inpromotion and stay on anUGC directive which hadreduced the number ofreserved seats in universitiesand colleges.

Asked if he has heard

from the government or theBJP on his demands, the sonof LJP chief and Union min-ister Ram Vilas Paswan saidPrime Minister NarendraModi had recently returnedfrom a foreign trip and heexpected him to respond verysoon.

Targeting the Congressand its president, he saidRahul Gandhi often seeks tocorner the government by

raising Dalit issues but asenior leader of his party hasbacked Goel’s continuation.

“Gandhi must clear hisstand on the issue. Do yousupport the demand to dis-miss Goel or not,” he said.

Several parties, includ-ing BJP allies like Paswan’sLok Janshakti Party (LJP),and Union ministersUpendra Kushwaha andRamdas Athawale besides the

saffron party’s Dalit MPs likeUdit Raj have backed the callto remove the formerSupreme Court judge fordelivering a judgment that,they claim, diluted a law onatrocities against Dalits andtribals. The governmentshould take a decision beforeAugust 9, Paswan said.

Dalit groups have given acal l for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on the day in support of a

number of their demands,including a legislation tonegate the apex court’s verdictand to restore the originalstringent provisions of theatrocities law.

Chirag Paswan also tar-geted part ies l ike LaluPrasad’s RJD for its silence onthe demands of Dalits.

On the one hand opposi-tion parties like the Congressspread this “disinformation”

that the Modi government isanti-Dalit but on the otherhand their leaders back Goel,he said.

Targeting BSP supremoMayawati, he said she has alsorefrained from making anystatement on the matter andnoted that she as UttarPradesh chief minister in2007 had issued an executiveorder which had “weakened”the atrocities law.

LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 2018nation 07

STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI

With intermittent rain andsubsequent waterlogging

in the national Capital, thecases of vector borne diseasesare on the rise, taking cases ofmalaria to staggering total 173in which 42 fresh cases werereported in till July 28.

Two cases of malaria werereported in February, one eachin April and March, 17 in May,25 in June and 42 till July 28,according to the report releasedby the South Delhi MunicipalCorporation (SDMC), whichtabulates data on vector-bornediseases for the city. Accordingto the report 25 new malariacases reported last week.

Also, 107 dengue caseshave been reported this seasonso far with 17 cases reportedlast week. Out of total denguecases, 19 were reported in July,six in January, three inFebruary, one in March, two inApril, 10 in May and eight inJune. 62 cases of chikungunyahave also been reported in thecity, according to the report.

The report further statedthat domestic breeding check-ers (DBC) have found mos-quito-breeding in 80,411households in the city till July

28. It said 76,293 legal noticeshave been served for variousviolations and "8,878 prosecu-tions have been initiated".

The North Corporation hasalso started dropping an envi-ronment-friendly mosquito lar-vae-eating fish Gambusia inwater-bodies and fountains inits areas. "A young fish is capa-ble of consuming 100 to 300 lar-vae in a day and even surviveson weeds," a senior official ofnorth corporation said.

On June 28, Delhi LtGovernor Anil Baijal had direct-ed local bodies and other agen-cies to intensify vector-controlmeasures. He had also asked forregular meetings at the level ofdistrict magistrates with allstakeholders to review the situ-ation in their respective districts.

Overall, the vector-bornedisease had affected 9,271 peo-ple in the city last year.

A senior corporation offi-cial said the civic body hastaken a number of measures toprevent mosquito breeding,including creating awareness byusing various media, deployingmore dengue breeding check-ers to check breeding anddesilting of drains to avoidwaterlogging.

The total number of thepeople affected by dengue was9,271in 2017 and the numbersof malaria and chikungunyacases recorded in 2017 stood at1,142 and 940 respectively. Ofthe 9,271 dengue cases, 4,726patients were from Delhi, while4,545 had come to the city fromother States for treatment.

STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI

In yet another case of fetusbeing abandoned in the

national Capital, a fetus wasfound in the women wash-room of Dr Ram ManoharLohia hospital on Sundayevening. Police are trying todetermine the identity of thewoman who abandoned thefetus and then went out of thehospital.

Ther Delhi Police onSunday were informed of anabandoned fetus found in thelavatory of the female wash-room in Ram Manohar LohiaHospital. A case has been reg-istered in North Avenue policestation, police said.

DCP (New Delhi district)Madhur Verma on Mondayrevealed that it was an abort-ed fetus. As the fetus was notclaimed on police enquiry, acase under Section 318 of theIndian Penal Code (IPC) hasbeen registered, which dealswith intentional concealmentof birth — either by buryingor disposing the body secret-ly — irrespective of deathbefore or after birth and is

punishable with a maximumterm of two years and a fine.

The cr ime team hasinspected the location of theincident and a medico-legalcase is being prepared. AnFIR has been registered inNorth Avenue police stationand investigation is underway, he said. The fetus wassent for postmortem to ascer-tain its gestational age, theDCP said.

SP SINGH n GHAZIABAD

Anew cyber lab was inau-gurated at the Central

Bureau of Investigation (CBI)Academy, Ghaziabad to facili-tate training to the investigat-ing officers. The cyber lab,along with three other newlyconstructed facilities aug-menting the existing infra-structure, was inaugurated byCBI Director Alok KumarVerma on Monday.

In the wake of growingdemand for training on cybercrime investigation the thirdcyber lab is expected to facilitate"niche" training to the investi-gating officers of the CBI.

Verma also inaugurated asports complex with onesquash court, two badmintoncourts, a gymnasium and ayoga Centre meeting interna-tional standards.

On the occasion he alsoreleased 4 books and 7 digestspublished by the CBI Academy.These books included"Investigation of Anti-

Corruption Cases"~ book com-piles effective and efficientmethods and procedures, rec-ommended for the investiga-tors and prosecutors of CentralBureau of Investigation forsuccessful investigation andprosecution of the corruptioncases. While second book"Handling of ElectronicEvidence" is to guide theinvestigators and prosecutorsregarding accurate acquisition,maintaining integrity, in-depthanalysis and structured pre-sentation of electronic evi-dence before the court of law.

The book "Scientific Aidsto Investigation and ForensicMedicines" explains differentmethods used for collection,handling, packing and for-warding the physical evidencefor forensic examination andtheir evidentiary value. Thisbook also deals with the foren-sic medicine which provides abasic understanding of medico-legal aspects of the crime andthe book "ScientificInterrogation & Interview

Techniques" examines in detailvarious aspects ofinterview/interrogation tech-niques and provides techniquesfor detecting deception in thestatements made by the wit-nesses/suspects, including legalaspects for bringing out theconcealed information.

The seven digests of caselaws launched included Digestof Case Laws on Cheating,Digest of Case Laws onConspiracy, Digest of CaseLaws on Confession, Digest ofCase Laws on DisproportionateAssets and other.

"These handbooks anddigests have been preparedafter painstaking effort with sig-nificant contribution of retiredand serving officers of thisagency. I have always believedthat a major part of institutionbuilding is to document theexperience of old, which can beanalyzed and distilled to pro-vide a beacon of guidance to theyoung investigators and prose-cutors," said Verma.

Gzb cyber lab to give nichetraining to CBI officers

STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI

The Delhi University (DU)will come up with its sev-

enth cut-off list for admissionto its merit basedUndergraduate (UG) coursesfor academic session 2018-19on August 6.

The seventh cut-off is to befollowed by eighth cut-off liston August 13 which will be a"special drive" for admitting theScheduled Caste (SC),Scheduled Tribe (ST), OtherBackward Class (OBC),Persons with Disability (PwD),Kashmiri Migrant (KM) andSikh Minority (SM).

The admissions to meritbased UG courses in DU arebased on cut-off on the basis ofbest four subjects. DU alreadycame up with six cut-offsagainst five "realistic"announced earlier.

The number of admissionshad already crossed the totalnumber of seats but at somecourses and colleges seats arestill vacant for the unreservedand reserved category. The

seventh cut-off and the eighththat would be a special drive isimperative to fill these seats andalso to make admissions figuresof different categories in tunewith reservation policy,informed a DU official.

Document verification andapproval of admission by col-leges and centers against 7thcut-off would be made fromAugust 6 to August 8 whileadmission against eighth cut-

off or special drive would bemade from August 13 toAugust 16 except on August15.

Also, admissions for theSports and ExtracurricularActivity (ECA) quota and wardquota shall be carried out alongwith seventh and eighth cut-offprovided seats are available.However, the final schedule ofECA and Sports would beannounced separately.

DU’s 7th cut-off

list on August 6

25 malaria, 17 dengue cases in Delhi last week

Fetus found in RMLhospital washroom,hunt for mom begins

Notification of seventh cut-off list 6 August

Document verification and approval 6 August to 8 Augustof admission by college/centre

Special drive (eighth cut-off) for 13 AugustSC/ST/OBC/PwD/KM/SM.Document verification and 13 August to 16 August approval of admission (except 15 August)

Yamuna to rise

2 metres above

danger mark

Lifeguards on alert as Yamuna surges on Monday Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer

40 LAKH OUT...“We welcome the move to

publish the draft today.However, we are going to waitfor the final NRC and thenames of illegal foreigners,who entered Assam afterMarch 24, 1971 must be delet-ed and deported back toBangladesh,” said Aasu advis-er Dr Samujjal Bhatcharyya.Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal hasexpressed his happiness overthe publication of the draft andsaid the Government wouldnot allow anyone to distort thecenturies age old communalharmony and social fabric ofthe State. “The process of NRCupdation is impartial and trans-parent and it was done underthe direct monitoring of theSupreme Court. This is a draftNRC and I hope that with theSupreme Court’s direction theNRC officials would be able toprepare the final flawless NRCin Assam that includes namesof all genuine Indian citizens,”said Sonowal while interactingwith the media on Monday.The Assam Government hadstarted the process of updatingthe NRC on December 2013.On December 31, 2017, theAssam Government hadreleased the first draft of theNRC which included thenames of 1.90 crore people. Itmay be mentioned here that theBJP-led Assam Governmenthas intensified securityarrangements in the State in therun up to publication of thecomplete draft NRC due toapprehension that there mightbe law and order problem.The Central Government haddeployed over 20 companies ofpara military forces to Assamto handle the situation.

DAYANIDHI TO FACE...The Bench, also compris-

ing Justices R Banumathi andNavin Sinha, said, “In a regu-lar case a Minister may be enti-tled to more than three phones.But the allegation is that as theTelecom Minister, you openedan entire exchange (with 700phone lines) and utilised it forthe benefit of running yourbrother’s business.” Maran’s

brother Kalanidhi heads theSun TV group. As the SC dis-missed the plea and directedMaran to face trial, advocateVikas Singh told the court thathe was appearing for anaccused BSNL officer. Senioradvocate Abhishek ManuSinghvi stood up for Maranand pointed out that the HighCourt passed the order withouthearing the accused. The SCreplied, “That is the complaintof every litigant against everyjudge.” Dismissing the bunch ofappeals filed by all the accused,the SC observed, “These arematters to be decided at trial.Go and face the trial.” Otheraccused challenged the HCorder on the ground that thejudge decided on merits with-out hearing arguments on mer-its. The SC said, “We are notinclined to interfere. However,as recording our reasons for theabove conclusion may affect thetrial, we refrain from doing so.It will, naturally, be open foreach of the accused to urge allcontentions before the trialcourt and the trial will be heldwithout being influenced byany of the observations/find-ings recorded in the impugnedorders.” The case relates to theUPA-1 regime whenDayanidhi, the grandnephew ofDMK chief M Karunanidhi,was the Minister forCommunication andInformation Technology.According to the CBI, over 700high-end telecommunicationlines were installed at Maran’sresidences in the Boat Club andGopalapuram areas of Chennaifor which bills were not raised,causing a loss of Rs 1.78 croreto the exchequer. The SpecialCBI court on March 14 dis-charged the Maran brothersand five other accused, holdingthere was no prima facie caseagainst them. The otheraccused are former BSNL gen-eral manager K Brahmanathan,former deputy general manag-er MP Velusamy, DayanidhiMaran’s private secretaryGauthaman and some Sun TVofficials. The CBI appealedagainst this order in the MadrasHC that set aside the ruling anddirected the special court to

frame charges and conclude thetrial within a year.

UNLISTED WILL...Raising the NRC issue dur-

ing the Zero Hour, SudipBandyopadhyay (TMC) askedwhere the 40 lakh people willgo and sought the Centre toensure that justice should notbe denied to the people whohave been living in Assam fordecades now. “It is inhumanand is a torture on people. Irequest the Centre that amend-ments be moved so that these40 lakh people get to stay inAssam,” he said. Congressleader Mallikarjun Kharge said“original citizens” of the Stateare being asked questions andthis is creating division in theState based on caste and creed.Mohd Saleem (CPI-M) said thesituation in Assam is fragileand “human rights and demo-cratic rights” of the people ofthe State are at stake. JaiprakashNarayan Yadav (RJD) said themove would lead to “hatred”and “violence” in Assam anddubbed it as a “war on people”who are living in the State forthe last 40 years.

CENTRE’S PLOY...Why the Centre did not

make laws for them so that theycan be rehabilitated,” Banerjeeasked. Mamata said she wouldtry to meet Home MinisterRajnath Singh to sort out theissues. The Chief Minister isscheduled to visit Delhi toaddress a congregation ofCatholic Bishops where she isalso likely to meet Oppositionleaders in the Central hall ofParliament. When pointed outthat Singh had told Parliamentthat the situation was absolute-ly normal and that there is noneed to panic because no coer-cive action would be takenagainst the de-registered peo-ple, she retorted, “Had every-thing been normal then whythe Centre has clamped Section144 in the affected districts?Why have they disconnectedinternet services and brought inCentral forces? This meansthat they are apprehendingproblem in those areas.” “Ifthere is any problem in Assam

then the BJP will be responsi-ble for it as they have createdthis provocative situationthere,” she said. When asked asto whether she saw a commu-nal angle in the whole affair shesaid, “There is no Hindu-Muslim issue. It is simply adrive against the Bengali pop-ulation living in Assam fordecades. This is being done togain narrow political mileageduring the elections. “This issimply a divide and rule poli-cy being pursued by the BJPGovernment.” “The names ofpeople have been struck out ofthe NRC just on the basis oftheir surnames. Is this not adiscrimination against the peo-ple of the same country on thebasis of a language?,” she said.Meanwhile, Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi said theNRC was initiated by the UPAunder Manmohan Singh tofulfill the commitment made inthe Assam Accord of 1985.“However, the manner inwhich this exercise has beenundertaken by the BJPGovernments at the Centreand in Assam leaves much tobe desired. There are reportspouring in from all corners ofAssam of Indian citizens find-ing their names missing in thedraft NRC, creating massiveinsecurity in the state,” Rahulsaid in a Facebook post. Healleged that after spendingclose to Rs 1,200 crore from theexchequer, the execution ofthis critical and highly sensitiveexercise has been tardy. “Iappeal to all members of theCongress party to help main-tain peace and help all thoseagainst whom an injustice hasbeen done in the draft NRC, nomatter what their religion,caste, gender, linguistic groupor political affiliation,” heremarked. The Congress askedthe Government to immedi-ately convene an all-partymeeting on the NRC issue andinform the Opposition on theproposed steps to ensure thatno Indian citizen is left out.“The Government must imme-diately call a meeting of lead-ers of all parties and shouldinform about the steps it pro-poses to take,” said party

spokesperson Anand Sharma,adding there should be no pol-itics over the issue. The formerUnion Minister said till allmatters related to the NRC aredisposed, people and familiesshould not be separated and thematters be kept in abeyance.The NRC issue is of interna-tional importance as it affectsrelation with neighbouringcountries, includingBangladesh. It also has interand intra State repercussions,Sharma said. “Questions havebeen asked over the method-ology being followed in final-ising the NRC. It raises ques-tion marks on the credibility ofthe process,” he said. He alsourged the Government toremove shortcomings in theentire process and that allissues be settled as per the 1985Assam Accord signed in thepresence former PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi. Theproblems should be sorted outin the ambit of the AssamAccord of 1985, the Congressleader said.

STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI

The rift between the AAPand its ally in Punjab, the

Bains brothers-led Lok InsaafParty (LIP), widened furtherafter Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal accused thelatter of insulting his party'sDalit MLA Harpal SinghCheema.

AAP leaders in Punjab hadon Sunday accused the Bainsbrothers — Simarjeet SinghBains and Balwinder SinghBains — of “breaking” theparty's Punjab unit.

After Simarjeet SinghBains reportedly dubbedCheema, the newly appointedLeader of Opposition in thePunjab Legislative Assembly,“AAP Da Pappu”, the national

convener of the AAP accusedthe brothers of having a “lowopinion of the Dalit commu-nity”.

“Bains brothers have a lowopinion of the Dalit commu-nity. Highly shameful. Theyshould apologise to the Dalitcommunity. BJP, Congress,Akali Dal and Bains have thislowly opinion of Dalit com-munity. They have beenoppressing dalit community(sic),” he tweeted.

The criticism by Kejriwalcame amid the crisis involvingreplacement of Sukhpal SinghKhaira as the Leader ofOpposition with Cheema, aDalit legislator of the AAP inPunjab.The Punjab unit of theAAP is currently embroiled ina factional war. Eight of the 20

AAP legislators in Punjab havealso reportedly opposed theappointment of Cheema.

On Sunday, a section ofPunjab AAP legislators metDelhi Deputy Chief Ministerand the party's Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia onSunday night amid a crisisover Sukhpal Singh Khaira'sremoval as the leader of oppo-sition in the state Assembly.

The Lok Insaaf Party hadan alliance with the AAP in thelast Punjab Assembly elections,but in the ongoing tussle theBains brothers have sided withKhaira. The brothers had alsoopposed Kejriwal's apology toformer Punjab minister andsenior Shiromani Akali Dalleader Bikram Singh Majithiain a defamation case.

Kejriwal accuses its Lok Insaaf ally ofhumiliating AAP Dalit MLA in Punjab

New Delhi: The water level inthe Yamuna river continued torise and stayed over the dangermark for the third consecutiveday on Monday. The river onMonday evening flowing at205.78 metres with the dangermark being 204.83 metres,Delhi Government officials said.Even as officials said the peakwater level is expected to reach206.50 metres, a political blamegame started over lack of prop-er rehabilitation of people.

Meanwhile, Delhi CMArvind Kejriwal directedRevenue Minister KailashGahlot to make proper arrange-ments for affected people. Astraffic movement on OldYamuna Bridge in Delhi havebeen closed after the water level in the river rose, commutersfaced traffic woes on Monday.

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Armed robbersshoot at 2 men,loot `40 lakh

New Delhi (PNS): In adaring heist carried out onMonday morning, two armedrobbers looted `40 lakh incash and shot at two employ-ees who were travelling in a carat Wazirabad f lyover inNorthwest Delhi. The duo —carrying the cash to be deposit-ed in SBI bank branch atWazirpur — was rushed to anearby hospital and are recu-perating, police said. Accordingto police, at 12.37 pm a call wasreceived on the Police ControlRoom that cash has beenrobbed and two people havebeen injured in firing.Meanwhile, police officials saidrobbers were tipped off aboutthe cash being carried and thespecific route and they werewaiting for the car to arrive atWazirabad flyover.

I

n elections-after-elections, it has become normal for political parties to promise

farm loan-waiver in order to swing votes to their favour. Last year, in Uttar

Pradesh, loan waiver to small and marginal farmers promised by the Bharatiya

Janata Party (BJP) Government was a major factor in catapulting it to power in

the State. It cost the State exchequer around ̀ 36,000 crore. In Punjab, the Congress

won the election on the promise of waiving all outstanding loans to the farmers.

Recently, in Karnataka, the coalition Government led by the Janata Dal (Secular)

leader, HD Kumaraswamy, announced a loan waiver (albeit partial) costing the

State around `40,000 crore.

The universe of poll-related give-away extends much beyond to cover free

education, Wi-Fi, laptop, computer, bicycle, electricity and gas connection, free/sub-

sidised canteen et al. Now, with an eye on upcoming election in Madhya Pradesh,

Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh as also the General Election next year, the Congress

is contemplating an ‘unemployment allowance’. Parties cannot be unaware of

the financial implications of these largesse as the States are wedded to the Fiscal

Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. Under the Act, States are

required to maintain fiscal deficit (excess of total expenditure over total receipts)

as a percentage of the State’s Gross Domestic Product (SGDP) within three per

cent. But liabilities created as poll promises come in the way of achieving the

target. According to a review by the Reserve Bank of India on ‘State Finances:

A Study of Budgets’, State Governments did reasonably well for a few years till

2011-12 when their combined fiscal deficit stood at 1.93 per cent of the GDP.

Thereafter, there has been a consistent deterioration with the deficit increasing

to 2.6 per cent in 2014-15, 3.1 per cent in 2015-16 and further to a high of 3.5

per cent in 2016-17.

The steep jump during 2015-16 and 2016-17 was due to the largesse extend-

ed by the States to farmers and households vide State electricity boards and power

distribution companies. Under populist schemes, the latter are made to supply

power to former at subsidised rate (free in some States) which results in their

incurring losses. These losses are funded by borrowing, resulting in the accu-

mulation of huge debt which scaled to ̀ 400,000 crore in September, 2015. Under

the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) brokered by the Centre, State

Governments took over 75 per cent of this debt. Liabilities arising from this takeover

made a big dent on State Budgets.

During 2017-18, when the burden of UDAY somewhat eased, the States decid-

ed to bring down their combined deficit to 2.7 per cent, well below the three per

cent threshold under Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. But the

actual for 29 States, as per revised estimates, was 3.1 per cent. The States’ com-

bined revenue deficit also turned out to be higher at 0.4 per cent as against the

target of ‘zero’. The slippage, despite assured growth in tax revenue under the

GST dispensation, was caused primarily by the liabilities arising from farm loan-

waiver, besides the impact of revisions in pay/salaries consequent to the Seventh

Pay Commission recommendations. For 2018-19, States are aiming at consol-

idated gross fiscal deficit of 2.6 per cent of GDP — as per Budget estimates which

is even lower than the Budget estimates of 2017-18. The target for revenue deficit

during 2018-19 is even more ambitious at -0.2 per cent. But the continuing pop-

ulism, which will be practiced with greater alacrity in building up to impending

elections later this year, will cause an increase in revenue expenditure and result

in bigger slippage.

The stabilisation of GST — much earlier than initially thought — has embold-

ened the prospects of substantially increasing tax collections. The Centre hopes

to garner at least ̀ 100,000 crore a month during the current year up from an aver-

age collection of `90,000 crore during July 2017-March 2018. This should give

a boost to the revenue of the States thereby helping them absorb the shock of

higher revenue expenditure triggered by poll related largesse. The moot point

to ponder is whether it would be prudent to fritter away the gains from structur-

al reforms, such as GST, in distributing doles if only to win elections. There is a

message for the Centre as well. After remaining steadfast on its fiscal consoli-

dation path for three years in a row, it went soft. As against the fiscal deficit tar-

get of 3.2 per cent, the actual was 3.5 per cent as per the revised estimate. However,

the actual turned out to be still higher at 3.53 per cent. For 2018-19, it has been

budgeted at 3.3 per cent as against three per cent — it should have been as per

an earlier FRBM plan. The three per cent norm is now slated to be achieved only

in 2019-20.

The Modi Government has vowed not to take recourse to profligacy notwith-

standing the impending General Election. But this is not borne out by actions.

For instance, the promise of MSP at 1.5 times the cost for 14 crops alone will

dent the Budget by about ̀ 35,000 crore. The fiscal situation could be catastrophic

if next year, a Congress-led Government comes to power having to redeem its

bizarre promise of ‘unemployment allowance’ besides continuing with other sops

like loan waivers. The Government should aim to shun the practice of giving sops

or else the country will be plunged into a fiscal disaster resulting in growth slow-

down and aggravated miseries for the poor.

(The writer is a freelance journalist)

The US policy of gaining access to and monitoring personal data of indi-viduals, especially those visiting the country, to strengthen its nation-al security apparatus appears to be on course. After US President Donald

Trump's decision on the travel ban and extreme vetting procedures for cit-izens of mainly predominantly Muslim countries, now comes news that immi-gration checks for foreign travellers to the United States will include newvisa norms seeking carte blanche access to putative the visitors' social mediaaccounts and online profiles. Social media platforms such as Facebook,Instagram and Twitter will be monitored for support to for violent campaigns,terrorist links and presumably anti-America rants to prevent and/or restrictthe entry of individuals who officials assess may pose a threat to US secu-rity and its citizens. The new rules also give officials the authority to seizeelectronic devices, mobile phones, and laptops as the case may be.Incidentally, the US State Department already has access to visitors' phonenumbers and email addresses which they can obtain anytime they feel it isrequired for security reasons.

Certainly, the idea of screening online profiles of visa applicants isn'tnew: In 2016, the then Obama Administration had called for officials to screenthe social media accounts of a select few visitors. The Trump Administrationthen followed up on this move and instructed officials to request informa-tion from visitors only when “such information is required to confirm iden-tity or conduct more rigorous national security vetting”. But the present moveis much broader in its scope as it cracks a whip on almost all visitors enter-ing the US. The application of the rules will now be arbitrary and could beapplicable to anyone. They would most likely impact the 710,000 immigrationapplications and 14 million tourist visa applications the US receives annu-ally. While the new rules could have the effect of cracking down on hate-speech content, not much should be expected by way of results in termsof its efficacy in curbing terrorist activities. It is highly unlikely that anyoneplanning a terror incident or spreading a radical ideology would go aroundmaking public pronouncements about his/her intent. But because the spreadof terrorism is intricately linked to hate speech and extremist ideologies,there is a logic to that extent in this latest move vis-a-vis potential visitorsStateside. It would be interesting, however, if the same logic would be extend-ed domestically in the US and its own citizens' online profiles were moni-tored to the same extent as proposed for aliens to curb homegrown radi-calism, mass shootings and race-related violence.

The Prime Minister is right, he does nothing wrong in meeting and talk-ing to industrialists. The accusation made by Congress president RahulGandhi that this is a ‘suit-boot ki sarkaar’ (a Government for industri-

alists) is a very shallow one. Shallow, because at the end of the day, evena poor Dalit farmer would likely want his/her children to wear a ‘suit-boot’.Modi’s contention that he met industrialists openly and worked with themfor the development of the country instead of kowtowing to them behind‘closed doors’ was an important statement, even in a country as mired inthe politics and economics of social justice.

Modi has been accused of being far too close to fellow Gujarati indus-trialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, Chairmen of their eponymousindustrial conglomerates. It is true that Narendra Modi has known both thesemen for a really long time and has interacted with them intensively, afterall, Gujarat is the home to these mens greatest industrial assets, the Jamnagarrefinery and the Mundra Port. The fact is that Modi, as the Gujarat ChiefMinister, recognised that industrialisation led to economic benefits for many.Of course, in his urge to promote industrial development in Gujarat he madesome bad calls as well. When he offered land at Sanand to Ratan Tata tomove his Nano plant from Singur in West Bengal, he gave it on extreme-ly favourable terms, but while the Nano won plaudits from the media, itwas a commercial disaster. And that is the way of the world, but theGovernment in India does not have the bandwidth to invest in new indus-tries and nor should it. India needs more companies to thrive, it needs morecompanies to rise to the top of the global charts it needs private money togrow economically.

One assumes that the Opposition realises this for the large part, but thefact is that the Opposition believes that this is a perceived weakness of Modi.However, keeping business and businessmen at a distance does nobody anygood and in today’s day and age, we need businessmen. And while RahulGandhi might continue his misguided attack on Modi and his ‘friends’ onemust realise that the enactment of the GST and the Bankruptcy Code eventhough the latter has been diluted slightly are monumental reforms thisGovernment has managed that attack the crony capitalism highlighted bythe 2G spectrum allocation and coal mine allocation cases under the Congress-led UPA. A lot of the bad loans being suffered by Indian banks today arethanks to the profligate loans given out by Congress Finance Ministers. Whilethey were never seen together with Congress leaders, the precarious stateof the economy was thanks to these businessmen. If anyone was the ‘suit-boot’ sarkaar it was UPA2. Industrialisation and industrialists are importantand they should not be thought of as the devil incarnate.

Keep it real

Is it a crime to be an industrialist in India? The Prime Minister

does not think so and frankly nor should the Opposition

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P A P E R W I T H P A S S I O N

Societal violence cannot at any scale be seen as having state sanction and if such a perception is gaining ground, mere denials and words won’t do. Only strong counter-measures can calm fears

Anew mother in the family is particularabout sending her three-year-old daugh-ter to pre-school, stuffing her up with lay-

ered clothing. The frocks are not safe atschool. Or innocent enough for predators. Infantrapes in the school premises have been report-ed with all too much frequency to fuel her anx-ieties. Then there’s the shadow of child-liftersprowling around everywhere.

Until sometime ago, we would look forwardto Eid to demand home-cooked, love-laden andvery motherly kebabs of our colleagues com-ing back from their towns by Shatabdis. Thekilling of Junaid, who was stabbed to death ona train by cow vigilantes claiming he was car-rying beef in his tiffin carrier and not normalmeat which he insisted, changed everything.They do not want to draw attention to them-selves with their casseroles while travelling andrisk their lives as distrustful vigilantes could be

lurking anywhere. But they do not want to upsetus either. So the tradition continues with justa box of home-made sweets, very neutral andyes, very sweet.

It’s 9.30 pm and a woman executive is tog-gling with the idea of dialling a taxi aggrega-tor or trading waiting hours for the safety ofan office drop. There was a time when shewouldn’t have stopped to think about swipingthat app but what if she were waylaid on thatdeserted approach road that had to be nego-tiated before she entered the safety of her gatedcommunity?

A youth in Bihar’s Muzaffarnagar districtis lynched for stealing a cellphone, a crime forwhich he had been booked earlier by cops. Thistime locals decided to teach him a lesson with-out waiting for the police or handing the thiefover to them.

Our society is living in a fear psychosis,becoming fragile, frazzled and confused.And it is kicking out with the only “off withyour head” pandemic of a solution in pro-tecting itself. Violence is then seen as an affir-mative action, one that is a legitimate solu-tion to an imagined problem that a societalarchitecture is not designed for. It is ironic thatthis negative emotion happens to have us inits grip at a time when we believe that we aremore empowered, knowledgeable and con- nected to each other. Technological evolution, we have reckoned, has already made us supra human beings. Or is it that the bubble

of our acquired abilities is feeding our ego-ism over enlightenment and breeding a newclass system? It would be easy to narrow downthis induced fear to the political dynamics ofthe time, no matter what the colour of ide-ology, but there is a far deeper systemicmalaise at play here. One that goes beyond justpolitical protectionism and posturing.Remember, politics grows on the bedrock ofsocietal maladies.

So who are fear mongers that havespawned angry lynch mobs and muscular vig-ilantes? You cannot pinpoint anyone in thecrowd. Rumour is a faceless monster thatstrikes almost gutturally and insidiously toestablish its standout value. Perhaps, weweren’t aware of the impact that digitalclasslessness would have in the real world.With a platform large enough to accommo-date every shade of opinion, intelligent andstupid, no doubt there has been an attempt-ed equilibrium of individual expressions. Butlike in society, power play came with the num-bers of likes, shares, forwards, endorsementsand followers. It was not just enough to be anindividual with an identity, hunting for yourspace and gathering opinions to yourself. Youhad to be a chieftain of a digital tribe with asameness of subscribed ideas. The heftier thebeehive mentality, the easier it was to declarea perceived mass mindset and opinion that

sadly marketers and brand players relied uponto create value and capital — social, eco-nomical, political and importantly, credible.

That has been our undoing and cost uslogic, reason, understanding and compas-sion. Memes, that we so love to begin our daywith, are far more dangerous than cruise mis-siles. For, according to evolutionary biolo-gist Richard Dawkins, a meme is an idea,behaviour or reaction to a stimulus thatspreads from person to person within a cul-ture of mimicry, much like a self-replicatinggene that can mutate horrendously. In all thisnewness of a world driven by imposedintelligence, we forget that human civilisa-tion is older than the digital one and it is per-haps the latter that needs to ride out its ownstages of evolution. We ought to make thatdistinction, fast and furiously. And we do notneed to subject ourselves to its medievalismand let it play out with renewed vigour incivil society structures. Yet sadly, that repli-cation is exactly what has happened.

Fear of the “otherness” has been a uni-fying tool like no other. The more you believeit, the more likely you are to feel insecuresingly and inclined to be drawn to a mind-set that manifests itself through a united andaggressive counter response and safety ofnumbers. As part of a venting mob, ahuman’s bestial instincts are primed and

inflamed, the psychological equivalent to apack of wolves. Research has proved thisinsane predatory instinct. And the bestpart is that there is not one single person orcause that you can attribute the agency to.A judicial inquiry cannot pinpoint a per-petrator, simply because everyone can passthe buck to the next man standing, much likethe forwards rolling on social media, andabsolve himself or herself of social respon-sibility. This anonymity sadly guaranteestheir infallibility. If the victim is in the clear,then it is the failure of the law and ordermachinery. If the victim is dead, then it iseasily the politicians who have fomentedpolarities with their gangs, never mind thatthey cannot galvanise a mob of hundreds atan instant unless the hit-back conditions arelatent in a community. Anybody can be ascapegoat.

Political establishments across the worldhave, therefore, used baser emotions to foista mob that will dispense and justify violenceas an elaborate and pointed system of a cor-rective, which in turn will create a series ofcrises to divert eyeballs from existing ones.So, if it is racism in the West, in the Indiancontext these base emotions are being usedto consolidate majoritarian mindsets whetherrelating to gender, class or faith; the “other”being defined as a threat to be kept under

check and reminded of its subservience. Forthe minority, coping with fear has its ownpocket riots or simple transmission of ideasthat coalesce into vicious, radical “revenge”hits. Societally, violence of the gruesome kindis the expression of a refusal to accommo-date assertive and empowered groups be itwomen or so-called lower castes. They areeasily consigned to being collateral damagein the tussle for supremacy of the establishedorder.

The problem with our modern lynchmob phenomenon is that it is not just seenas popular exasperation or rebellion againsta failed state but as an extra-judicial adjunctof the establishment. One needs to only lookback at the administrative responses thathave been delayed at best, reactive on a medi-um scale and silence at worse. Despiteattempts to give teeth to several laws andbringing in new ones, crimes against women,children and lower castes are going upundeterred. Societal violence cannot at anyscale be seen as having state sanction and ifsuch a perception is gaining ground, meredenials and words won’t do. Only strongcounter-measures can calm fears. For the liesare dangerously on the precipice of becom-ing truths.

(The writer is Associate Editor, ThePioneer)

WAR SUITS NEITHER

Sir — This refers to your editorial,“Imran’s Pakistan” (July 27). India andPakistan should wage an all-out waragainst poverty, hunger, malnutri-tion, unemployment, child labour,illiteracy, tuberculosis, malaria, dengueand other diseases in their own coun-tries and not against each other. Forbest results, both India and Pakistanneed to start a healthy competition inhuman development.

India and Pakistan are the back-benchers in the class of human devel-opment. The former is at 131st posi-

tion and the latter at 147th in theHuman Development Index rank.

Indeed, a new welfare diplomacyis the need of the hour. The bottomline of the diplomacy will be to say thetruth loud and clear that in the caseof conflict, it is the weapon sellers whoalways win at the cost of the people ofboth the countries.

And of course, any war in gener-al and Indo-Pakistan war in particu-lar are nothing but staging of Aesop’sstory of a monkey winning the breadwhile two cats fight for the same.

Sujit DeKolkata

NAYA IMRAN?

Sir — Whatever be the charges of rig-ging, the election results make it clearthat the voters of Pakistan were tiredof both the Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz) and the Pakistan PeoplesParty and wanted a change. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan broad-ened his voter base by promising a“new Pakistan” that is free of corrup-tion. It is time for him to keep hispromise and bring about that changefor the better.

Khan’s innings as Prime Ministerwill be closely watched for his initia-

tives on the social and economicfronts, his equation with the militaryand religious hardliners, and his pol-icy towards India. He should handleIndia-Pakistan relations with greatsensitivity.

It is vital for India and Pakistan toestablish peace. Pakistan could do wellto invite Prime Minister NarendraModi for Khan’s swearing-in ceremo-ny as a goodwill gesture. And if it does,Prime Minister Modi should definitelymake use of that opportunity to repairrelations.

G David MiltonMaruthancode

HIS MASTER’S VOICE

Sir — One heartening thing aboutPakistan elections is that the countryrejected the Hafiz Saeed-backed Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek. India hopes that itsrelations with Pakistan becomes nor-mal, but given that Imran Khan calledNawaz Sharif “an agent of Pakistan’s oldenemy India”, it seems that he wouldbe more keen to please the military.

Bidyut Kumar ChatterjeeFaridabad

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The Government must shun the

practice of giving sops through

loan-waivers or the country will

plunge into a fiscal disaster,

inviting miseries for the poor

It is my request that he (Modi) should grab

the opportunity and respond positively to

the offer of friendship by Imran Khan.

—Former J&K Chief Minister

MEHBOOBA MUFTI

Imran Khan has in the past praised the dubious

attempt of ISI to mainstream terror. How can the

Prime Minister be friends with him?

—BJP leader

ANIL GUPTA

POINTCOUNTERPOINT

Aprominent midfielderof the German footballteam, Mesut Özil ,recently announcedthat he was quitting

the team. Özil is a German-Turk.Weeks after the German squadmade a shocking exit from thisyear’s FIFA World Cup in Russia,Özil claimed that he had facedracial slurs in Germany for being an immigrant. In a state-ment, he said, “I am a Germanwhen we win, but an immigrantwhen we lose.”

This is a classic case of scape-goating which is quite rampant incountries where sports oftenbecome entangled with certainaspects of contemporary populistpolitics. After shock defeats, pas-sionate fans frequently pick outscapegoats on the basis of someunderlying racial or ultra-nationalist biases. Verbalattacks and taunts targeted at thescapegoats then become an exer-cise in collective catharsis that hasabsolutely nothing to do with on-the-field facts.

Of course, those having a goat Özil for being a Turk — andthus somehow not entirely com-mitted to Germany’s football for-tunes — conveniently forgot thathe was part of the German squadthat won the 2014 World Cup too.Also, what about the many immi-grants in the French squad whichlifted this year’s trophy?

Scapegoating in this context issimply about picking out a mem-ber of a defeated sporting teamwho belongs to a minority com-munity and then using him or herto project one’s frustration andanger. This can include slursagainst the scapegoat’s race, eth-nicity or even faith.

British sports journalist, JonSpurling, in his book, ‘Death OrGlory: The Dark History of theWorld Cup’ dedicates a wholechapter on the tragic fate of theonce much-loved Brazilian foot-ball goalkeeper, Moacir BarbosaNascimento.

Between 1940 and 1950,

Barbosa was commonly hailed asbeing one of the world’s finestgoalies. He was also one of the firstblack Brazilian players to make itto the national side.

During the 1950 Fifa WorldCup in Brazil, the home sidestormed its way into the finals.Barbosa was instrumental inBrazil’s rampant march. However,even though Brazil was a favouriteagainst Uruguay in the decidinggame, it lost 2-1. Brazilian fanswere furious.

Spurling wrote that close to95,000 people watched the gameinside Rio de Janeiro’s hugeMaracana Stadium. After thedefeat, most Brazilians were seeneither weeping or walking in adaze on the streets. And then ascapegoat was found. It was theonce celebrated Barbosa — one ofthe first black men to be picked toplay for the national squad.

According to Spurling, thereason Brazil lost was because,after scoring the first goal, theteam coach and captain decided toplay defensively and guard theirmeagre lead. Uruguay exploitedthis and Brazilian defenders werenever up to the task of stopping adesperate Uruguayan side whichmanaged to run past the Braziliandefence and find Barbosa stand-ing alone and on his own.

But the Brazilian Press had notime for such analysis. It justscreamed that the team had‘shamed the country’s prestige’. Allthe shame was then laid onBarbos’s doorstep. It began withpeople accusing him of “makingBrazil cry in shame”. Then theybegan to ignore him. He couldn’tget any employment as a player asclubs turned him away.

Some of his colleagues lashedout at the critics, telling them thatthe Uruguay side had four blackplayers and still won. But nothingstopped Barbosa from being acondemned man; a “fakeBrazilian” because he was black.

Yet, just eight years later, thesame disgruntled fans would behailing perhaps Brazil’s greatestfootball player ever: Pelé, a blackBrazilian who was in the Braziliansquads that thrice won the WorldCup. Wonder what his fate wouldhave been had he not been part ofwinning teams.

Scapegoating in sports on thebasis of race, faith or ethnicity isusually the sudden explosion of

biases present in a society, butrepressed or discouraged by theState. The German State, or beforeit the Brazilian state, was notracist. But racial tensions didexist in society that came to thesurface due to sporting losses.

Interestingly, in India andPakistan — societies wrought byethnic, communal and sectariantensions — these tensions havehardly come to the surface duringsporting losses. For example, effi-gies of cricketers are often set onfire but never on the basis of theirfaith or ethnicity.

Maybe this is because there areso many other outlets in thesecountries to express communal,sectarian or ethnic prejudices.After all, politicians in India andPakistan do excel in playing theso-called ‘religious and/or ethniccard’ during elections, galvanisingtheir supporters to openly expresstheir biases in this context.

But whereas States andGovernments largely discouragescapegoating on the basis of faithor race, a whole new ball gameemerges when they actually sup-port it. After losing World War I,

Germany under the Nazis wasconvinced that the war was lostdue to Jews, Communists, gypsiesand Germans with non-Aryanblood. As the regime went about eliminating such scum, it alsodecided to use the 1936 SummerOlympics in Germany to demon-strate the prowess of “pure, whiteAryan athletes”.

But a gloom of sorts set overthe nation as it saw a black-American sprinter, JesseOwens, outdo the Aryan athletesin the 100 and 200-metre sprintsand long jump. Then in June1938, a black United States boxer,Joe Louis, downed German box-ing champion, Maz Schmeling.

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler waslivid. On his insistence, the State completely sidelined Schmelingfor being a disgrace to the German nation. But whereasHitler committed suicide as adefeated leader in 1945, Schmelingwent on to live till 2005.

State-backed scapegoating canbe far worse, as exhibited by theNazis. In 1974, when Zaire (pre-sent-day Democratic Republic ofCongo) became the first African

side to qualify for the FIFA WorldCup, Zaire’s then dictator, Mobutu,hailed the team as the pride ofAfrican nationalism.

But after the team lost all itsgames at the event, the ZaireGovernment denounced the teamfor humiliating African national-ism, rather Mobutu’s idea ofAfrican nationalism.

Many players were picked upby Mobutu’s police and made todisappear, while others were driven into poverty. In this casethe whole team was made the scapegoat.

This was recently related to meby a veteran Algerian journalist inDC. And as I was smiling, heasked, “What do they do toAhmadi players in Pakistani hockey and cricket teams?” Hethen added: “Scapegoating themmust be easy.” All I could say was,“I have never known a Pakistanicricketer or hockey player whowas an Ahmadi.” He looked sur-prised: “They weren’t any, or theyremained quiet about it?”

Most probably quiet. And forgood reason.

(Courtesy: Dawn)

NADEEMPARACHA

UTTAMGUPTA

RINKUGHOSH

Recently, on July 20, when Congresschief Rahul Gandhi was making animpassioned speech in the Lok Sabha

during a debate on no-confidence motionagainst the Modi Government, humanrights activists and river activists waited withbated breath, hoping that he would also high-light, among other narratives, the patheticstate of the holy river Ganga. Spearheadedby noted environmentalist Prof GD Agrawal,alias Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand, theseactivists have launched a stir for the con-servation of river Ganga.

The Gandhi scion had invoked burningissues in the House, such as violence againstminorities and Dalits, cow vigilantism andmob lynching, and Rafale deal. But just likethe ruling National Democratic Alliance(NDA), he too failed many river activists,including Sanjay Singh from Jal-Jan JodoAbhiyan, Ramon Magsaysay Award andStockholm Water Prize winner RajendraSingh, also known as ‘waterman of India’, andDr Agrawal, who has been on a fast-unto-death for the last several months in protestagainst the Government’s negligence towardsthe holy river, that now is one of the mostpolluted rivers in the world.

Eighty six-year-old Agrawal’s health isdeteriorating day-by-day. But theGovernment is yet to speak its mind on thedemand of the river expert: To stall all damson the river and pass the Ganga Protectionand Management Bill which has been draft-ed by the ilk of eminent environmentalists,ex-judges and advocates like Paritosh Tyagi,MC Mehta, Arun Kumar Gupta, SantoshKumar, Govind Sharma, SS Kulshrestha andAgrawal himself.

Ironically, for long, politicians haveused or rather misused the Ganga for gar-nering votes. Before the 2014 Lok Sabha elec-tion, the then Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi,had said in Varanasi: “Mujhe Ganga maiyyane bulaya hai (Mother Ganga has summonedme). Main Ganga ka beta hun (I am son of

Ganga river)” He promised the people thatif voted to power, he would work to bringback the pristine glory of the holy river. Hehad pledged for making it ‘aviral’ (flowingadequately) and ‘nirmal’ (pure and unpolluted).

After coming to power, the NDAGovernment approved the Namami Gangeprogramme, an integrated conservationmission as the flagship programme of theGovernment with a Budget outlay of ̀ 20,000crore to accomplish the twin objectives ofeffective abatement of pollution, conserva-tion, and rejuvenation of the Ganga.However, while the Prime Minister is yet todeliver on his promises, crores of rupees havegone in vain in the name of cleaning theGanga as it continues to be in a big mess, asit was recently pointed out by the NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT). The Tribunal right-ly observed that the situation of the Gangawas extraordinarily bad and hardly anythingeffective has been done to clean the river.

A bench headed by NGT chairpersonJustice AK Goel lamented that despiteclaims by authorities, the work done onground for Ganga rejuvenation was inade-quate and called for regular monitoring toimprove the situation. The green panel alsoordered a survey to seek views of the com-mon people on what they feel on groundabout pollution of the Ganga and said thatthe feedback could be given through e-mail

to authorities concerned.The Tribunal noted so far that nine sta-

tus reports have been filed before it in thelast two years, but results were hardly visi-ble on the ground. A string of measuresordered by it included monthly testing ofwater samples of the river. Advocate MCMehta, who filed a petition for the cleaningof the Ganga, told the Bench that the waterin the river was unsafe for drinking and therewas no hygiene in and around the river. Healleged that there was a lot of water pollu-tion and a lot needs to be done for munici-pal and industrial waste management.

Though the Modi Government set anambitious deadline of 2018 to clean the river,it has now been extended to March 2019.The goal seems to be a far-fetched idea, giventhat only 15 per cent of ̀ 20,000 crore Budgethas been released in the last four years forthe cleaning of Ganga.

Rajendra Singh feels that ignoring theGanga is akin to cheating one’s mother. Formany Hindus, she’s the mother, he said as hereferred to Prime Minister Modi’s speech of2014 when he had sought votes in Varanasiin the name of the river. He rued that theyhad been writing to the Government regu-larly to know what is being done to bring itspristine glory back but there has been noanswer. To drive home his point, he said thatthe Government was nonchalant towards thefast undertaken by Agrawal, someone whohas in-depth knowledge of the rivers andnature. The Ganga is our national river. Singhargues, “Why can’t we have a national pro-tocol for the national river like the one wehave for our national flag?”

Sanjay Singh, who is known as ‘water-man of Bundelkhand’ too lamented theGovernment’s apathy towards the health ofthe river that is the lifeline for millions of peo-ple. A consortium of seven IITs who sub-mitted their report on “Ganga River BasinManagement Plan, 2015” is gathering dustin the Government office. It has suggestedthat the sewage going to the Ganga shouldbe cleaned and used for irrigation. TheMonsoon Session is on. It is to be hoped thatour elected representatives, irrespective ofparty loyalty, will take up the cause of Gangawhich is not only a source for water for over40 million people but also a symbol of faithand centre of a healthy ecosystem.

(The writer is Special Correspondent, The Pioneer)

Clean Ganga: A dream too far?

Finding scapegoats

Sport is no different from other fields when it comes to victimising easy targets for indulging in ‘dirty politics’. Scapegoating

on the basis of race, faith or ethnicity is usually a sudden explosion of biases present in society

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Agencies must bury ego to battle rains

This refers to the editorial, “Capitalmess” (July 28). Weather vagaries arenot limited to one city or town in

India. We have witnessed devastatingflood furies in cities like Mumbai andChennai due to incessant rains. The localadministrators and civic authorities drewflak for their inadequate home work andmeagre anticipation. Now, surprisingly, itis the turn of the national capital Delhi andits surroundings. Rains have poundedDelhi over the last week and people's mis-

ery knew no bounds. It is the same oldfamiliar story of choked drainage systemand overflowing of water. It is obvious thatthe Government was caught nappingbecause the showers were not in excessof the previous year's but the Delhi admin-istration did not anticipate such large-scale havoc.

The warning of the IndianMeteorological Department was notaccorded the respect it deserved, andDelhiites suffered. Areas susceptible to

flooding should have been identified to putin place necessary preventive measures.

The drainage system of the Capitalneeds a relook. If the existing drainage sys-tem is designed to hold a certain volumeof sewage only, then alternate systemsshould be laid. Chalking out a compre-hensive plan to cover all major cities ofthe country regarding limiting rain furyshould be the priority for the governments.

Ganapathi BhatAkola

FOLLOWING THE DEFEATS,

VERBAL ATTACKSAND TAUNTSBECOME AN

EXERCISE IN THECOLLECTIVE

CATHARSIS THATHAS ABSOLUTELY

NOTHING TO DO WITH

ON-THE-FIELDFACTS

THE PIONEERLUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 20188

The ongoing social media craze for the#InMyFeelingsChallenge or simply the “KiKi chal-lenge” has put road safety in jeopardy. This stupid‘challenge’ encourages people to dance alongside mov-ing vehicles while the stereo blares Drake’s song, In myfeelings. In a race to be cooler than others, this act ofsheer asininity will take some beating and it hasendangered many lives. Riders on the storm, now, wascool; but it’s not okay to open the doors to such idiocy.

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COMMENT & ANALYSIS

So not cool ARCHANAJYOTI

So far, several attempts have been made to rejuvenate the Ganga but in vain. The NDA has

been no different. The cause of the holy river must be taken up in all seriousness

Poll sops derail

fiscal consolidation

DOCYARD

DR SUMIT SINGH

Director, Neurology, AgrimInstitute of Neuro Sciences

ARTEMIS HOSPITAL

Tourette Syndrome

can be controlled

In yet another medical marvel reported outof India, Hyderabad is home to South EastAsia’s smallest baby. Baby girl Cherry was

born to proud parents Nitika and Saurabh hail-ing from Chhattisgarh and delivered at RainbowChildren’s Hospital in Hyderabad.

She was born premature at 25 weeks gesta-tion under the extensive care received at thehands of a multi-disciplinary team of medicalexperts led by Dr Dinesh Kumar Chirla,Director, Intensive Care Services at RainbowHospitals. The baby was discharged weighing1.980 Kg.

This was Nitika’s fifth pregnancy. She hadfour previous abortions. This was her onlychance to have a live baby. Around 24 weeks theultrasound showed that there was very less amni-otic fluid around baby. She weighed just 350grams. The blood flow from mother to baby wasseverely compromised. There was no way babywould have survived in womb. Parents consult-ed many hospitals and doctors. No one gave anychance for survival. They were than referred toRainbow Children’s Hospital.

The parents then met the neonatologist andthe team assured the couple that they routine-ly manage babies born as early as 24 to 25 weeksof gestation. However, the smallest baby savedearlier was 449 gm.

The Perinatal team comprising an anes-thetist, senior gynecologist and neonatologistcame up with a detailed delivery plan. Nitikadelivered the baby girl on February 27, weigh-ing 375 gm. She was only 20 cms in length andfitted in the palm.

Speaking about Cherry’s case, Dr RameshKancharla, Chairman and Managing Director, ofthe Rainbow Group of Hospitals said, “twentyyears of hard work has gone in to developing theexpertise to save small babies. A dedicated nurs-ing team was instrumental in saving Cherry. TheNeonatal Intensive Care unit is the most advancedand well equipped in the country,” he added.

Elaborating on the case, Dr Dinesh KumarChirla, Director Intensive Care Services, said:“The initial three-four days post birth are verycrucial as babies are most fragile during this time.In this case, there were many health challengeslike a drop in oxygen and BP level. Owing to thesize of the baby, we had to find the smallest pos-sible breathing tube to be inserted. Moreover, thebaby had a heart problem which normally clos-es in everyone after birth but did not inCherry's case, causing oxygenation for which wehad to give special medication and keep the babyon ventilator for breathing support. Fortunatelyfor this child, there was no bleeding in the brain.”

On Day five, Cherry had bleeding in herlungs and needed to be shifted to special ven-tilator called High Frequency Oscillation ven-tilator. She was successfully managed. She waskept on a ventilator for nearly 105 days.

Cherry's case was a particularly complicat-ed one with multiple hurdles including jaundice,feeding difficulties, multiple blood transfusionand chronic lung disease.

She was discharged after spending 128 daysin hospital. She is breathing without support. Sheis feeding directly. She is maintaining temper-ature and looks like any other normal baby.

Tourette Syndrome is a neuro-behavioural disorder, which ischaracterised by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary move-

ments and vocalisations called tics. It affects the children and adultsdue to genetic and environmental factors that usually manifestsin adolescence before 18 years of age and can occur in people fromany age group. Males are four times more affected than females.The conditions can be chronic and symptoms can last lifetime.

SYMPTOMSTics, the hallmark sign of Tourette Syndrome, is a sudden,

brief, intermittent movement or sound of muscles. It can rangefrom mild to severe. Severe symptoms can interfere with com-munication, daily functioning and quality of life.

TWO TYPES OF TICS nSimple Tics: Movement that are sudden, brief and repetitive andinvolves a limited number of muscle groups. Examples are eyeblinking and other eye movements, facial grimacing, shouldershrugging, and head or shoulder jerking. Vocal sounds like repet-itive throat-clearing, sniffing, or grunting sounds.nComplex Tics: Distinct and coordinated patterns of movementswhich involves several muscles. It includes some examples likefacial grimacing combined with a head twist and a shouldershrug. Also grunting, repeating one’s own words or phrases,coughing, repeating others’ words or phrases, throat clearing,using vulgar, obscene or swear words, barking, touchingobjects, hopping, jumping, bending, or twisting. It can get worse

with excitement or anxietyor can also get better dur-ing focused activities. Ticsoccur during sleep also.

CAUSESIt is a genetic condition

but it doesn’t mean that ifsomeone has Tics their sonor daughter will also beborn with it. Studies indi-

cate that person with Tics has between a five-15 per cent chanceof having a child, sibling or parent with the condition. It nowbelieved believed that Tics involves multiple genes.

SUPRESSING TICSSome symptoms are involuntary but some can be suppressed

or managed. It is a premonitory urge that built a pressure, ten-sion or energy that is relieved when the tic is expressed. The tem-porary ability to withhold or suppress a tic is something like thefeeling of holding in a sneeze or trying not to scratch an insectbite. Suppressing tic can take a lot of energy. It involves a highlevel of concentration and it makes it difficult for the child topay attention to other tasks such as paying attention in class.

DIAGNOSISDoctors verify that the patient has had both motor and vocal

tics for at least one year. There is no blood, laboratory, or imag-ing tests needed for diagnosis. Just the MRI or CT scan, electroen-cephalogram (EEG) studies in the rare cases are done.

TREATMENT Unfortunately, there is no one medication that is helpful to

all people with Tics, nor any medication completely eliminatessymptoms. In fact, all the medications have side effects that canbe managed by initiating treatment, slowly and reducing the dosewhen side effects occur. Common side effects are sedation, weightgain, and cognitive dulling, tremor, dystonic reactions, parkin-sonian- like symptoms, and other dyskinetic movements are lesscommon and are readily managed with dose reduction.

COMPLICATIONSPerson with Tourette syndrome often lead healthy, active lives.

However, it frequently involves behavioral and social challengesthat can harm your self-image. Conditions that are associatedwith Tourette syndrome include sleep disorders, hyperactivitydisorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism spectrum dis-order, learning disabilities, depression, anxiety disorders, painrelated to tics, especially headache and anger-management prob-lems.

HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE HAVING TICSStudies say that when kids and teens are engrossed in an activ-

ity, their tics are milder and less frequent. Exercise, sports and hob-bies are amazing ways for kids to focus mental and physical ener-gy. Help them in sensitive way you can this will build confidencein them. Embrace creativity. Activities such as writing, painting,or making music help to focus the mind and to develop.

Men are four timesmore vulnerable than

women. Theconditions can be

chronic and symptomscan last a lifetime

INDIA’S SMALLEST

BABY SURVIVES

Cherry, with birth weight of 375grams, is the smallest survivingbaby in South East Asia.PIONEER HEALTH reports

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Every three minutes, one girl in the15 to 19 age group is infected with

HIV virus, a UN report reveals.While there has been a significant

progress in the battle against AIDSin other age groups, it is notablylacking among adolescents, the

study adds

COMBATHIV

We have all seen the iconic 16th centuryportrait of Queen Elizabeth I with herpale white complexion bereft of expres-

sion or colour. Strictness aside, her pallor camefrom ceruse — a mix of white lead and vinegar—that was meant to cover scars from a previous ill-ness, but actually poisoned her over the years. Leadis now known to be highly dangerous on inges-tion, but at the time it was used as the equivalentof modern-day makeup. Although obviously-harmful metals are now off limits for cosmeticcompanies, makeup is more widely used todaythan ever before, even amongst the younger gen-eration. Which is why it is so important to knowwhat goes into the beauty products that we useon our faces and bodies almost everyday.

The “good stuff” that promises to whiten,lighten, clean, clear and zap away our externalimperfections such as skin spots, yellow teeth andbody odour comes with invisible clauses that wedon't see. Here’s why you should care.

Many of the ingredients in cosmetics havebeen linked to endocrine disruption (or an unnat-ural effect on the hormones in our bodies) thatis a leading cause of cancer in the long run, whileothers contain carcinogenic chemicals that areknown triggers of the disease. After all, whattouches the skin eventually makes its way into yourinner cells and bloodstream. Let's take a look atsome seemingly harmless products in your dailyroutine which may really be doing you and yourhealth more harm than good.

Did you know that your Brazilian blowouttreatment may be giving you more than juststraight hair? Formaldehyde, classified as a majorcarcinogen, is one of the traditional chemicals usedin keratin treatments. When heated and subse-quently inhaled through the use of a straighten-ing iron, formaldehyde can cause a host of prob-lems, from irritation in your nasal passage andthroat to skin allergies, and even leukemia.

Recent conversations surrounding the pos-

sibility ofdeodorants causingbreast cancer are alarm-ing, and definitely causefor concern consideringour heavy dependenceon antiperspirants inthe summer heat. The

culprit-aluminium thatblocks sweat glands, and

parabens that accumulatein breast tissue.

There has also been a lotof talk surrounding parabens in

skin and hair products, toothpasteand more that may cause the growth

of tumours when they pile up in thebody over time. This is because they mimic

the role of estrogen in the human body, creatingan excess of the hormone, which, in turn, cancause breast cancer in women. Though manyproducts now advertise themselves to be paraben-free, many leave the question open-ended and takeadvantage of unknowing customers.

Washing away these problems isn’t as easy asyou may think. Certain soaps, handwashes andtoothpastes contain an antimicrobial agent calledtriclosan. And while it may do a good job ofdestroying microorganisms, it also creates unnat-ural changes in the body's hormones. Meaningthat with prolonged usage, triclosan can cause can-cer, besides reproductive and thyroid problems.

Despite the warning signs that surround lead,it continues to be present in several lip cosmet-ics for women. Though in small doses, lipsticksare ingested over the course of the day when youeat and drink, and their re-application just addsmore lead to your system. Here’s another shock-er— mercury, a highly toxic heavy metal is alsoused to bind and stablilise some lip products.Cosmetics companies have claimed that weingest more of these two killer ingredientsthrough contaminated food and water, but doesthat suffice?

How do we tackle the issue of chemical-ladencosmetics, especially today, when they are a partof our daily grooming rituals? Is it worth the riskcontinuing to blindly trust products? The answer,obviously, is no.

The solution then? Au naturale (organic) forthe win. Although time consuming and requir-ing manual effort, the best option is the usage oforganic, homemade, or cold pressed ingredients.Apple cider vinegar for hair cleanser and skintoner, honey as a facewash, and sugar as a scrubare both effective and risk-free.

When buying drugstore products, go throughtheir ingredients labels and look for paraben-free,or even better, organic product certification. High-end products with thermal water and lab-testedand perfected ingredients are worth their priceif they help avoid health complications in the longrun. When we pay so much attention to the foodwe eat, why not extend the concern to the stuffthat sits on our skin all day? After all, beauty isn’tonly skin-deep.

The writer is a cancer specialist from UK and chief operating officer, ICD Healthcare

As per a new study, in medical officesand emergency departments, about fiveper cent of all fluoroquinolones pre-scribed for adults are completely unnec-essary. About 20 per cent of all fluoro-quinolone prescriptions don’t adhere torecommendations about their use as afirst-line therapy. The study also indicatesthat fluoroquinolones are commonly pre-scribed for conditions when antibioticsare not needed at all.

Based on the FDA's warning, fluo-roquinolones should only be used inpatients with acute bacterial sinusitis andbacterial exacerbation of chronic bron-chitis, or uncomplicated urinary tractinfections in the absence of other treat-ment options. Prescribing the rightantibiotic, at the right dose, for the rightduration, and at the right time helps opti-mize patient care and fight antibioticresistance.

SLIMLINE

Skin cancer is one of the mostcommon types of cancer in

the world affecting 70 per centmen than women in India. The caus-es range from genetic factors to exposure to ultra-violet radiation.

Padma Shri Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal,President, HCFI, said: “One of the deadliest formsof skin cancer is melanoma. Some common symp-toms are skin changes; skin sore that fails to heal;a spot or sore that becomes painful, itchy, or ten-der, or which bleeds; a spot or lump that looks shiny,waxy, smooth, or pale; a firm red lump that bleedsor appears ulcerated or crusty; and a flat, red spotthat is rough, dry, or scaly”.

Some tips of prevention are:nAvoid the sun during the middle of the day.Schedule outdoor activities for other times of theday, even in winter or when the sky is cloudy.Clouds offer little protection from damaging rays.Avoiding the sun at its strongest helps you avoidthe sunburns and suntans that cause skin damageand increase your risk of developing skin cancer.nWear sunscreen year-round. Sunscreens don’tfilter out all harmful UV radiation, especially theradiation that can lead to melanoma, but they dogive overall sun protection. Use a broad-spectrumsunscreen with an SPF of at least 15.nCover your skin with dark, tightly woven cloth-ing that covers your arms and legs and a broad-brimmed hat.nOpt for sunglasses that block UVA and UV rays.nAvoid tanning beds. It emits UV rays and canincrease your risk of skin cancer.nBecome familiar with your skin so you’ll noticechanges. Examine your skin regularly for new skingrowths or changes in existing moles, freckles,bumps and birthmarks.

TIPTOPSTUDYCENTRE

Every house has ginger,jeera, honey and saunf intheir kitchen. Add these to

the regular dishes. Or make teausing these ingredients anddrink at regular intervals. Makesure that you eat small mealsand chew itproperly.

As long asyour stomachdoesn’t settledown, do notdrink alcoholas the acid in itcan aggravatethe condition.

Fatty, spicy,and rich foods can worsenindigestion. So does coffee, tea,and cola. Avoid these.

Eat a banana to help youtackle indigestion as it has nat-ural antacid properties. Bakingsoda is yet another cure forindigestion. Add half a tea-spoon of baking soda to half a

glass of water and mix well.Drink this for relief.

Baking soda has naturalantacid that can help treatindigestion and heartburn. Itneutralises the stomach acid tocure indigestion. A word of

caution: Do notconsume it ifyou feel fullafter a meal.

M o s thomes todayhave applecider vinegar.Mix one to twoteaspoons ofapple cider

vinegar in a glass of warmwater. Add some honey if theflavour is too strong for yourliking. Drink this once ortwice a day.

Milk can help buffer theacids in your stomach. Drinka cup of fat-free skim milktwice a day till you feel better.

When you eat street food duringthe monsoon season indigestion

and nausea is common. The bloat-ing or heartburn leaves you feeling

uncomfortable throughout thedays. ROSHANI DEVI has the

perfect antidote

As monsoons seem to intensify in dif-ferent parts of India, the spike in

water-borne diseases may go up. Oftensymptoms of these diseases can be con-fusing and hence it is important to accu-rately diagnose the cause of the under-lying condition.

Metropolis Healthcare has launcheda patient care initiative called FeverFighters Campaign, which is a 24X7 ser-vice for the benefit of the patients.Patients can avail this facility by order-ing home visits for their testing require-ment at any time in the day or night.Metropolis will deliver pathology reportswithin six hours of sample collection.Furthermore, packages are subsidised andtests have been combined to give a holis-tic report to ensure that patients are ableto begin their treatment in time.

Dr Nilesh Shah, group president,Metropolis Healthcare, said: “Drinkingclean water, keeping the surroundings

clean and consuming freshly made hotfood can greatly reduce the risk of infec-tions. Consult your doctor immediatelyon first signs of fever and illness to startyour treatment immediately.”

It is best to keep a check on foodhabits, water hygiene and mosquito con-tact to avoid other viral diseases such asviral fever, cholera, among others. Onehas to avoid street food and cold foodbesides washing hands on regular inter-val. It is also highly advisable to watch outfor symptoms and consult a generalphysician or family doctor once they areobserved. This will not only ensuretimely diagnosis and consequent treat-ment at the initial stages, but also ensurethat the disease does not spread to otherfamily members or peers.

DadiKaKehna

JAMUN: Jamun is known to be an effective treatment for diabetes.Extracts of bark, leaves and seeds are used in combination with herbs

to reduce levels of glycosuria and blood sugar. Powder of dried seeds isconsumed with honey over a course of two months for beneficialchanges in sugar levels. Bark of Jamun tree has antihelmintic properties,which help in treating urinary disorders. A glass of Jambul juice with 1/2teaspoon of bark powder daily is recommended for persons with urinaryinfections and urinary tract disorders.Bark powder mixed with water iseffective in curing tapeworminfection. Consumption ofJamun minimises the risk ofcancer. This fruit has severalbioactive phytochemicals thatinclude polyphenols, which containanthocyanin known to fight cancer cells. Jamunseed powder and turmeric is mixed with jamun juice and applied on skinto get rid of blemishes and light scars.

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B U S I N E S S C O R N E RAIMING TO TRAIN 15 LAKH PEOPLE VIA DRIVING SCHOOL NETWORK BY 2020: MARUTI

New Delhi: Country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday saidit aims to train 15 lakh people through its driving school network by 2020. The automajor, which opened its 450th driving centre today at Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, has alreadyimparted training to over 5.3 lakh people on safe driving in the last five years, MSIsaid in a statement. Nearly 46 per cent of the people trained through Maruti DrivingSchool (MDS) network are women, it added. “Our aim is to continue expanding theMDS network and train 1.5 million people on quality driving skills by 2020,” MSI SeniorExecutive Director Marketing and Sales RS Kalsi said. The company believes that ascientifically designed driving training program will help to make Indian roads safer,he added. Road accidents are the cause of over 1.5 lakh deaths every year in India.Around 1.75 lakh people were trained at the centres in 2017-18. With this 450th cen-tre, MDS network now covers 212 cities across country. MSI has set up the drivingschools in partnership with its dealers, company also manages seven Institute of Drivingand Traffic Research (IDTRs) across country in partnership with state governments.IDTRs set standards for driving training, promote use of technologies such as drivingsimulators and train driving instructors.

MANGO OUTPUT IN 2017-18 SEEN HIGHER BY 8 PCNew Delhi: The country’s mango production is estimated to be up by 8 per cent

to 21.02 million tonnes in the 2017-18 crop year on higher output by major growingstates, according to an official data. Production of mango stood at 19.50 million tonnesin the previous crop year (July-June). “The country’s mango production has been increas-ing every year. The government has taken several steps to boost production and exportof mangoes,” a senior agriculture ministry official said. There has been a focus on improv-ing productivity of mangoes under the central sponsored scheme Mission for IntegratedDevelopment of Horticulture, the official said. As per the latest data, maximum mangoproduction is projected to be from Uttar Pradesh, followed by Andhra Pradesh andKarnataka during the 2017-18. Mango output in UP is pegged higher at 4.54 milliontonnes in 2017-18 as against 4.34 million tonnes in the preceding year. The produc-tion in Andhra Pradesh is estimated at 4.48 million tonnes as against 4.04 million tonnes,while in Karnataka at 1.81 million tonnes as against 1.71 million tonnes in the peri-od under the review.

INDIA’S INFRA DEFICIT TOO LARGE: S&PNew Delhi: S&P Global Ratings today said India’s infrastructure deficit is “too large”

and the country still has a long way to go before it can close the sizable deficit betweensupply and demand. “India’s infrastructure deficit is simply too large to eliminate anytime soon. Infrastructure takes time to build, and perhaps more so in India than for manyother countries,” S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Abhishek Dangra said. The Indiangovernment estimates infrastructure investment of USD 4.5 trillion will be needed through2040, it said. In an article titled ‘India’s Infrastructure Marathon: Why Steady GrowthCan’t Close The Supply Gap’, S&P said India is making progress at scaling up its infra-structure, but still has a long way to go before it can close the sizable deficit betweensupply and demand.

Modi’s reassurance will allay

PTI n LUCKNOW

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s reassurance to the

industry will not only allayindustries’ concerns but alsohelp in the country’s inclusiveand sustained growth, accord-ing to industry bodyAssocham. “The PrimeMinister’s reassurance to thecorporate sector will boostconfidence and allay industries’concerns. This will go a longway in achieving the commondesire of inclusive and sus-tainable growth,” Assochampresident Sandeep Jajodiatoday said.

“Engagement with indus-try will pave the way for largeinvestments in diversified sec-tors, spur job creation, promoterapid industrialisation andinfrastructure development inUttar Pradesh,” he said in astatement.

His remarks came a dayafter the prime ministerreached out to the businesscommunity at an event here,looking to reassure industrial-ists that they have a significantrole to play in nation building.

The Assocham presidentalso suggested the UP govern-ment to form an inter-minis-terial committee to take stockof the progress in investmentproposals attracted by the state

in investors’ summit held ear-lier this year. “A task force maybe constituted to review the sta-tus of implementation of theinvestment projects as actualbenefits of an investment areonly derived upon comple-tion,” he said. Such an initiativewould further repose businesscommunity’s trust in the gov-ernment and help the state inattracting private investors, hesaid.

Assocham also suggestedYogi Adityanath government toconduct countrywide roadshows to draw large pool ofinvestments and simultane-ously keep monitoring on-ground implementation ofinvestment projects to createemployment opportunities foryouth of the state.

“The state governmentshould further strive toimprove the industrial andbusiness ecosystem to come ona par with states like Gujarat,Odisha, Maharashtra and oth-ers,” said the Assocham presi-dent. The Prime Minister onSunday launched 81 invest-ment projects worth over Rs60,000 crore for Uttar Pradeshat a mega ground-breakingevent. The projects are expect-ed to give a big boost to indus-trialisation in the state besidescreating over two lakh newjobs. The mega ground break-

ing event, which Modidescribed as a “record break-ing event”, came after an‘Investors Summit’ in Februarythis year.

Speaking at the event,

attended by captains of theindustry, Adityanath said thatbesides `60,000 crore invest-ment on ground, Uttar Pradeshhas got projects worth over`50,000 crore in the pipeline.

industries’ concerns: Assocham

Govt taking steps tocut logistics hurdlesfor trade: PrabhuPTI n NEW DELHI

The government is taking legislative aswell as administrative measures for an

integrated strategy to reduce logisticsrelated hurdles for boosting domesticand global trade, Commerce MinisterSuresh Prabhu said on Monday.

High cost of logistics impacts com-petitiveness and movement of goods, hesaid. The Indian logistics industry is esti-mated at around USD 215 billion, whichis growing at over 10 per cent annually.

“We have to increase our share in glob-al trade and logistics plays a very impor-tant role in that,” Prabhu said whilelaunching a logo for India Logistics. Thelogo was designed by the National Instituteof Design.

Prabhu said that the ministry is devel-oping a national logistics portal as a sin-gle window market place to link all stake-holders, and preparing an integratedstrategy to reduce cost of exports, importsand domestic trade. “We are taking helpof best experts of the world for this. Weare also moving to take legislative as wellas administrative step to improve our logis-tics related things,” he added.

Prabhu said billions of dollars ofinvestments are required to improvelogistics sector. The Department ofLogistics, under the ministry, also inkeda memorandum of understanding withIndian institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)to set up a center for logistics here. TheMoU was signed by Joint Secretaries in thecommerce ministry Anant Swarup andKeshav Chandra. The cost of logistics forIndia is about 14 per cent of its GDP andit is far higher as compared to other coun-tries.

PM’s assertion to help alleviatenegative perception: India Inc

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that hewas not afraid of being seen with industrialists playing a key rolein India’s development is a shot in the arm for the industry at atime when it is dealing with a strong negative perception, India Incsaid on Monday. “A much-needed vote of confidence at a time whenonly one unfortunate face of industry was being perceived...”,Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra tweeted. Industrychamber Ficci said it hails PM Modi’s recognition of the industry’scontribution in the country’s growth and his strong refusal to acceptany ill-treatment to the industrialists just because a few of themhave indulged in illegal activities. “Along with the assurance to workclosely with the industry, the Prime Minister’s strong message tothe industrialists opting for illegal means to harm the nation andits economy that they will not be spared, will certainly help in remov-ing any negative opinion in the public against industry in gener-al, and will rejuvenate the private sector,” Ficci President RasheshShah said. The Prime Minister has strengthened industry’s resolveto actively participate in the revival of the economy, he added.

“While there should be no leniency in dealing with the erringindustrialists, the pre-dominant approach of the industrialists hasalways been to take a lead in nation-building. Reforms like IBC,RERA and GST, have shown that the government is keen to helpindustry in this objective,” Shah noted.

The prime minister has given a strong vote of confidenceto industry and emphasised that industry plays a vital role in nation-building. This offers huge comfort to industry as it validates ourefforts to invest, create jobs and contribute to development, CIIPresident Rakesh Bharti Mittal said.

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GSKCONS 6513.4 82.95 1.29GSPL 195 -1.15 -0.59GUJALKALI 517.1 -2.9 -0.56GUJFLUORO 773.9 31.4 4.23GUJGAS 777.65 8.05 1.05GULFOILLUB 897.35 -3.35 -0.37HATSUN 647.8 4.65 0.72HAVELLS 624.2 0.25 0.04HCC 11.55 -0.04 -0.35HCLTECH 947.2 -16.5 -1.71HDFC 2028.05 -16.4 -0.8HDFCBANK 2172.25 -31.15 -1.41HDFCLIFE 495.75 -12.65 -2.49HDIL 20.1 0.6 3.08HEG 4113.35 41.9 1.03HEIDELBERG 159.4 4.1 2.64HERITGFOOD 632.8 -1.8 -0.28HEROMOTOCO 3205 11.2 0.35HEXAWARE 458.75 1.35 0.3HFCL 25.75 0.25 0.98HIMATSEIDE 287.85 14.5 5.3HINDALCO 211.1 -2.7 -1.26HINDCOPPER 60.4 0.4 0.67HINDPETRO 287 2.6 0.91HINDUNILVR 1689 31.45 1.9HINDZINC 274.65 0.8 0.29HSCL 131.15 0.8 0.61HSIL 334.5 -5.05 -1.49HUDCO 54.9 1.55 2.91IBREALEST* 152.05 -2.55 -1.65IBULHSGFIN 1340.5 25.15 1.91IBVENTURES 576.65 3.7 0.65ICICIBANK 307.25 13.95 4.76ICICIGI 759.6 -21.85 -2.8ICICIPRULI 420.2 9.4 2.29ICIL 80.4 -0.75 -0.92ICRA 3316.65 209.7 6.75IDBI 59.85 -0.25 -0.42IDEA 58.45 2.05 3.63IDFC 48.5 0.8 1.68IDFCBANK 41.25 1.95 4.96IEX 1585.4 5 0.32IFBIND 1095.25 -25.4 -2.27IFCI 16.7 0.42 2.58IGL 298.05 3.15 1.07IL&FSTRANS 43.35 0.35 0.81INDHOTEL 132.65 3 2.31INDIACEM 117.3 -1.8 -1.51INDIANB 362.6 8.95 2.53INDIGO 1004.25 -2.3 -0.23INDUSINDBK 1966 -9.8 -0.5INFIBEAM 182.15 -0.95 -0.52INFRATEL 289.45 0.4 0.14INFY 1353.15 -21.4 -1.56INOXLEISUR 195.8 -0.35 -0.18INOXWIND 95.7 -0.95 -0.98INTELLECT 205.2 7.2 3.64IOB 14.96 0.5 3.46IOC 166.35 1.25 0.76IPCALAB 747.45 -3.1 -0.41IRB 202.5 0.1 0.05ISGEC 5740.85 -1.1 -0.02ITC 301.1 -1.1 -0.36ITDC 422.2 32.15 8.24ITDCEM 131.7 0.85 0.65ITI 91.25 0.45 0.5J&KBANK 56.9 2.75 5.08JAGRAN 123.2 -4.3 -3.37JAICORPLTD 150.55 2.45 1.65JAMNAAUTO 83.35 0.4 0.48JBCHEPHARM 272.15 -0.35 -0.13JCHAC 2133.55 -103.75 -4.64JETAIRWAYS 318.7 5.35 1.71JINDALSAW 86.45 0.5 0.58JINDALSTEL 202.8 -0.35 -0.17

JISLJALEQS 84 1.65 2JKCEMENT 771.7 -28.15 -3.52JKIL 208.35 -0.35 -0.17JKLAKSHMI 335.5 -2.35 -0.7JKTYRE 126.7 2 1.6JMFINANCIL 118.8 2.55 2.19JPASSOCIAT 15.4 0.4 2.67JSL 59.8 -1.25 -2.05JSLHISAR 129.5 -2 -1.52JSWENERGY 65.85 -1.05 -1.57JSWSTEEL 327.95 4.85 1.5JUBILANT 763 -31.15 -3.92JUBLFOOD 1417.75 3.1 0.22JUSTDIAL 571.5 -0.75 -0.13JYOTHYLAB 219.05 -5.4 -2.41KAJARIACER 437.45 4 0.92KALPATPOWR 371.05 -3.85 -1.03KANSAINER 484.65 7.1 1.49KEC 334.35 -11.8 -3.41KEI 447.9 -1.75 -0.39KIRLOSENG 261.85 5 1.95KNRCON 236.35 2.15 0.92KOTAKBANK 1304.65 -6.35 -0.48KPIT 295.65 -2.8 -0.94KPRMILL 655.05 19.15 3.01KRBL 347.4 2.25 0.65KSCL 610.45 3.65 0.6KTKBANK 118.15 1.9 1.63KWALITY 12.5 0.55 4.6L&TFH 178.35 0.9 0.51LAKSHVILAS 102.8 0.9 0.88LALPATHLAB 928.05 8.45 0.92LAOPALA 245.4 -3 -1.21LAURUSLABS 451 1.3 0.29LAXMIMACH 7689.35 47.65 0.62LICHSGFIN 532.7 -3.7 -0.69LINDEINDIA 428.25 -6.5 -1.5LT 1295.8 -15.6 -1.19LTI 1818.85 -14.7 -0.8LTTS 1502.5 -31.95 -2.08LUPIN 820.35 4.95 0.61M&M 932.7 22.95 2.52M&MFIN 513.3 -3.9 -0.75MAGMA 154.55 -5.05 -3.16MAHABANK 13.14 0.59 4.7MAHINDCIE 259.45 1.15 0.45MAHLIFE 566.8 -0.9 -0.16MANAPPURAM 105.2 1.15 1.11MANPASAND 114.75 5.45 4.99MARICO 363.4 2.55 0.71MARUTI 9380.65 65.2 0.7MAXINDIA 82.35 1.4 1.73MCX 834.25 5.5 0.66MEGH 88.65 1.95 2.25MFSL 480.15 -14.5 -2.93MGL 899.8 9.8 1.1MHRIL 293.4 3.25 1.12MINDACORP 157.8 -0.2 -0.13MINDAIND 402.7 -0.55 -0.14MINDTREE 916.2 -21.85 -2.33MMTC 33.6 0.45 1.36MOIL 176.1 4.5 2.62MONSANTO 2894.35 1.35 0.05MOTHERSUMI 324.35 6.6 2.08MOTILALOFS 938.85 35.7 3.95MPHASIS 1106.4 -14.85 -1.32MRF 79808.25 -1012.75 -1.25MRPL 82.8 2 2.48MUTHOOTFIN 411.25 -2.3 -0.56NATCOPHARM 787.2 5.05 0.65NATIONALUM 61.3 -1.15 -1.84NAUKRI 1348.45 -55.1 -3.93NAVINFLUOR 671.15 -0.7 -0.1NAVKARCORP 135.45 13.8 11.34NAVNETEDUL 112.25 1.3 1.17

NBCC 71.3 1.2 1.71NBVENTURES 131.8 -1.55 -1.16NCC 91.9 -1.9 -2.03NESTLEIND 10127.35 -168.45 -1.64NETWORK18 43.4 -0.1 -0.23NH 256.15 5.8 2.32NHPC 24.05 0 0NIACL 291.1 13.6 4.9NIITTECH 1228.8 -24.15 -1.93NILKAMAL 1791.75 77.55 4.52NLCINDIA 77.7 3.45 4.65NMDC 104.75 0.8 0.77NOCIL 174.05 1.5 0.87NTPC 155.85 1.2 0.78OBEROIRLTY 491.2 10.25 2.13OFSS 3913.7 11.1 0.28OIL 211.55 0.5 0.24OMAXE 224 0.3 0.13ONGC 164.1 2.8 1.74ORIENTBANK 81 5.05 6.65ORIENTCEM 128.2 0.55 0.43PAGEIND 29155.7 109.15 0.38PARAGMILK 300.65 4.65 1.57PCJEWELLER 90.55 6.25 7.41PEL 2664.45 4.75 0.18PERSISTENT 826.3 -8.4 -1.01PETRONET 228.95 -2.8 -1.21PFC 85.4 1.4 1.67PFIZER 2634.05 -60.35 -2.24PFS 18.4 1 5.75PGHH 10454.85 -91.65 -0.87PHILIPCARB 245.6 10.75 4.58PHOENIXLTD 616.55 -11.4 -1.82PIDILITIND 1117.3 -8.8 -0.78PIIND 807.8 -0.8 -0.1PNB 86.1 4.1 5PNBHOUSING 1311.55 -35.4 -2.63PNCINFRA 157.25 1.3 0.83POWERGRID 183.15 3.55 1.98PRESTIGE 263.9 -4.5 -1.68PRSMJOHNSN 114.05 -2.85 -2.44PTC 81.7 2.35 2.96

PVR 1127.4 13.75 1.23QUESS 1025.7 -43.35 -4.06RADICO 419.15 -4.45 -1.05RAIN 193.1 -7.7 -3.83RAJESHEXPO 576.55 4.1 0.72RALLIS 197.45 6.7 3.51RAMCOCEM 717.85 -5.2 -0.72RATNAMANI 871.4 28.25 3.35RAYMOND 851.1 -0.95 -0.11RBLBANK 563.05 -6.95 -1.22RCF 71.4 0.7 0.99RCOM 13.84 -0.16 -1.14RECLTD 113.65 3.1 2.8REDINGTON 124.55 3.45 2.85RELAXO 804.45 -4.2 -0.52RELCAPITAL 413.9 -8.05 -1.91RELIANCE 1149.7 20.1 1.78RELINFRA 396.4 -11.35 -2.78REPCOHOME 614.15 -2.8 -0.45RNAM 253.85 -0.65 -0.26RNAVAL 12.94 0.4 3.19RPOWER 33.5 0.65 1.98SADBHAV 274.6 -1.2 -0.44SAIL 77.25 1.85 2.45SANOFI 5876.75 53.85 0.92SBILIFE 689.75 -2.55 -0.37SBIN 297.35 10.75 3.75SCHAEFFLER 5274.7 -25.3 -0.48SCHNEIDER 106.8 17.8 20SCI 62.1 0.3 0.49SFL 1480.85 -14.15 -0.95SHANKARA 1551.6 -44.2 -2.77SHARDACROP 381.15 8.05 2.16SHILPAMED 407.85 27.1 7.12SHK 198.95 0.2 0.1SHOPERSTOP 553.5 3.9 0.71SHREECEM 17174.95 45.65 0.27SHRIRAMCIT 1941.7 12.8 0.66SIEMENS 976.5 -8.85 -0.9SIS 1079.75 -4.75 -0.44SJVN 27.05 0.05 0.19SKFINDIA 1669.35 23.7 1.44SOBHA 463.2 2.3 0.5SOLARINDS 1193.1 47.2 4.12SOMANYCERA 525.8 30.55 6.17SONATSOFTW 347.25 -6.3 -1.78

SOUTHBANK 18.4 0.3 1.66SPARC 372.15 7.35 2.01SPICEJET 104.95 -1.55 -1.46SREINFRA 54.2 -0.8 -1.45SRF 1720.65 37.55 2.23SRTRANSFIN 1415.7 1.65 0.12STARCEMENT 115.05 0.65 0.57STRTECH 341.85 -1.15 -0.34SUDARSCHEM 490.8 10.75 2.24SUNCLAYLTD 4169.65 61.65 1.5SUNDRMFAST 622.85 -5.5 -0.88SUNPHARMA 563.2 6.25 1.12SUNTECK 409.9 3.95 0.97SUNTV 775.9 0.75 0.1SUPPETRO 286.5 6.9 2.47SUPRAJIT 256.1 2.25 0.89SUPREMEIND 1188 -5.5 -0.46SUVEN 229.7 0.45 0.2SUZLON 8.04 0.32 4.15SWANENERGY 159.9 -1.05 -0.65SYMPHONY 1082.7 -30.45 -2.74SYNDIBANK 45.95 2.2 5.03SYNGENE 594.55 11.85 2.03TAKE 207.9 -1 -0.48TATACHEM 685.2 6.05 0.89TATACOFFEE 113.95 1.35 1.2TATACOMM 577.45 9.35 1.65TATAELXSI 1424.75 -26.05 -1.8TATAGLOBAL 242.2 -0.25 -0.1TATAINVEST 809.75 12.1 1.52TATAMETALI 652.1 -8.8 -1.33TATAMOTORS 267.3 -0.4 -0.15TATAMTRDVR 147.2 -1.9 -1.27TATAPOWER 73.85 2 2.78TATASTEEL 552.6 3.15 0.57TCS 1944.95 1.85 0.1TECHM 654.6 9.45 1.46TECHNO 272.2 -1.6 -0.58TEJASNET 289.8 2.2 0.76TEXRAIL 78.15 9 13.02THERMAX 1152.85 15.35 1.35THOMASCOOK 268.3 -1.6 -0.59

THYROCARE 628.95 35.45 5.97TIFHL 639.5 11.1 1.77TIMETECHNO 138.3 0.55 0.4TIMKEN 725.05 6.8 0.95TITAN 891.45 7.55 0.85TNPL 267.65 -3.6 -1.33TORNTPHARM 1487.1 3.5 0.24TORNTPOWER 236.7 0.65 0.28TRENT 348.9 -1.15 -0.33TRIDENT 56 0.65 1.17TRITURBINE 114 -0.55 -0.48TTKPRESTIG 6214.45 90.85 1.48TV18BRDCST 47.9 0.05 0.1TVSMOTOR 513.65 -12.45 -2.37TVSSRICHAK 2997.45 -20.35 -0.67TVTODAY 421.2 0.8 0.19UBL 1122.3 5.1 0.46UCOBANK 19.85 1.2 6.43UFLEX 267.1 -3.2 -1.18UJJIVAN 388.05 -3.45 -0.88ULTRACEMCO 4235.8 111.45 2.7UNICHEMLAB 224.55 -4.15 -1.81UNIONBANK 88.25 3.15 3.7UPL 641.7 6.05 0.95VAKRANGEE 49.3 2.3 4.89VBL 697.75 -1.15 -0.16VEDL 224.75 4.95 2.25VENKYS 2110.5 -27.95 -1.31VGUARD 215.3 1.45 0.68VIJAYABANK 63.15 2.3 3.78VINATIORGA 964.45 29.75 3.18VIPIND 494.05 17.8 3.74VMART 2400.7 0.6 0.02VOLTAS 568.4 -4.9 -0.85VSTIND 2812.9 -16.45 -0.58VTL 1213.7 -0.6 -0.05WABAG 359.55 6.55 1.86WABCOINDIA 6699.45 -138.45 -2.02WELCORP 121.8 -1.4 -1.14WELSPUNIND 55.9 1.95 3.61WHIRLPOOL 1714.85 41.3 2.47WIPRO 273.45 -1.05 -0.38WOCKPHARMA 593.6 14.95 2.58YESBANK 369.05 -0.85 -0.23ZEEL 524.55 6.05 1.17ZENSARTECH 1230.5 -1.35 -0.11ZYDUSWELL 1453.7 -10.4 -0.71

NIFTY 50

SCRIP OPEN HIGH LOW LTP CHANGEBHARTIARTL 359 388.9 355.3 385.4 20.7ICICIBANK 300 308.45 294.25 307.5 14.3SBIN 289.2 299.55 289.2 296.5 9.75AXISBANK 556.05 571.2 550.8 569 15.75ULTRACEMCO 4,130.50 4,250.00 4,125.00 4,240.00 115.35M&M 916 935 912.05 933.3 23.45VEDL 221.9 226 220.6 225 5.25TECHM 648 658.75 646.3 658 12.9RELIANCE 1,130.00 1,157.30 1,128.00 1,152.00 22.15ONGC 161.45 166.45 161.15 164.3 3HINDUNILVR 1,666.25 1,692.00 1,651.00 1,689.75 30.75POWERGRID 180.9 183.75 180.05 183 3.1IBULHSGFIN 1,321.50 1,345.75 1,317.20 1,338.15 22.3HINDPETRO 284.25 293.6 283.3 287.7 4.1LUPIN 815.4 836 810 820.65 10.4SUNPHARMA 555.3 566.75 551.95 562.4 5.35TITAN 882.8 903 880.8 892.5 8.4IOC 165.4 169.1 164.6 166.95 1.55ZEEL 520.4 525.7 517 523.5 4.85MARUTI 9,320.00 9,404.50 9,233.00 9,390.00 79.6NTPC 157 157.4 154.05 156.2 1.25UPL 638.95 648.5 634.95 640.4 4.9TATASTEEL 549.45 558.5 547.35 552 1.8COALINDIA 262.9 266.6 261.4 262.8 0.65HEROMOTOCO 3,223.00 3,228.00 3,175.00 3,211.00 7.05GAIL 380 386.5 376.1 378.75 0.25TCS 1,943.00 1,954.70 1,931.55 1,944.30 0.55TATAMOTORS 267.75 271.65 266.2 268 -0.15GRASIM 1,020.25 1,026.85 1,006.10 1,024.05 -1.4YESBANK 372 373 365.25 369.5 -0.5CIPLA 633 636.25 628 635 -1.2BAJAJFINSV 6,964.00 6,978.65 6,861.05 6,908.00 -19.2INDUSINDBK 1,978.00 1,989.55 1,965.00 1,975.00 -6.55INFRATEL 290 292.35 287 288.5 -0.95ASIANPAINT 1,434.25 1,451.85 1,427.00 1,430.00 -4.85WIPRO 273.8 274 269.5 273.4 -1.1BPCL 399 407.5 392.7 395.55 -1.65KOTAKBANK 1,307.90 1,307.90 1,285.50 1,304.80 -6.3ITC 302 303.6 300 300.6 -1.95BAJAJ-AUTO 2,686.95 2,699.00 2,655.50 2,668.95 -17.8DRREDDY 2,080.05 2,092.85 2,058.30 2,066.95 -16.25EICHERMOT 29,124.95 29,124.95 28,487.00 28,650.00 -296.2HINDALCO 214 216.45 209.45 210.85 -2.55LT 1,312.50 1,316.50 1,291.20 1,295.40 -16.05ADANIPORTS 395 397.5 387.65 389.15 -5.5BAJFINANCE 2,715.55 2,722.60 2,666.00 2,674.10 -39.6HDFC 2,047.00 2,052.95 2,013.80 2,016.00 -31.25HCLTECH 973 981.15 943.1 947.95 -15.5INFY 1,370.00 1,373.00 1,348.00 1,351.00 -22.45HDFCBANK 2,199.00 2,199.00 2,159.40 2,164.70 -37.45

SE 500B

VITAL STATS

GOLD SILVERMumbai 31529 41200 Delhi 31229 41200Kolkata 31486 41200

BSE: SENSEX

Open

High

Low

Current value

Previous close

Change (Pts)

Change (%)

68.75

90.14

80.16

0.62

NIFTY NEXT 50

SCRIP OPEN HIGH LOW LTP CHANGEGICRE 334 383 331 375.2 41.2BANKBARODA 149 153.3 144.65 152.15 14.3BEL 103 108.8 102.65 108 5.5PNB 83.25 86.95 83.25 85.6 3.6IDEA 56.75 58.95 55.5 58.4 2.05ABCAPITAL 143 148.4 142.7 147.35 4.55BHEL 71.4 73.6 71.25 73.3 2.15RECLTD 110.8 115.25 110.8 113.7 3CADILAHC 375 383.8 370.5 383.1 9.55SAIL 75.55 77.45 75.05 77.3 1.9DABUR 391 395.9 384.2 395 9AUROPHARMA 591 607.8 587 604.5 13.45COLPAL 1,103.40 1,133.00 1,100.75 1,125.45 22.95ICICIPRULI 409.6 423.25 409.6 420.2 8.45DMART 1,573.30 1,599.80 1,562.05 1,598.00 31.3ABB 1,196.00 1,219.45 1,179.00 1,212.00 23.6MOTHERSUMI 321.45 325.5 312.1 325 6.3CONCOR 654.95 668 642.25 661.55 11.1SHREECEM 17,224.15 17,405.10 16,495.70 17,360.00 272.55PFC 84.9 86.5 83.9 85.55 1.3JSWSTEEL 323.25 328.9 320.85 327.1 3.85NMDC 104.6 106.25 103.25 104.9 1.1MCDOWELL-N 595 602.4 588.8 600.05 4.9AMBUJACEM 225.5 228.45 222.95 226.85 1.75MARICO 362.2 367.6 361 363.85 2.7PEL 2,635.00 2,705.00 2,630.20 2,673.00 19.4CUMMINSIND 682 685.7 672.8 683.85 4.25HAVELLS 624 628.7 617.55 628 2.95HINDZINC 274 275.95 272 275 1.15SUNTV 778 788.25 772 777 3.15L&TFH 176.15 180.2 175.25 177.55 0.6GODREJCP 1,308.40 1,345.00 1,283.95 1,312.00 3.6OIL 211 213.2 209 211.95 0.25ASHOKLEY 112.95 114.7 111.7 112.9 0.05SRTRANSFIN 1,414.00 1,439.90 1,382.05 1,415.10 0.35BOSCHLTD 18,614.05 18,730.00 18,473.75 18,600.00 -38.55EMAMILTD 559 568.95 559 565 -1.65SIEMENS 989 995 975.15 981.1 -3.1NHPC 24.1 24.3 23.75 24 -0.1PGHH 10,560.00 10,625.15 10,430.65 10,500.00 -56.6OFSS 3,945.00 3,945.00 3,857.90 3,893.85 -20.95BRITANNIA 6,425.00 6,425.00 6,205.65 6,345.05 -40.15INDIGO 1,007.90 1,019.45 991.85 1,001.00 -8.1SBILIFE 694.05 703.55 684.5 688.4 -5.65LICHSGFIN 537.3 540 528.2 532 -4.65MRF 80,998.00 81,190.95 79,201.00 80,010.00 -850.45PIDILITIND 1,129.95 1,137.00 1,115.00 1,116.25 -11.95DLF 190.1 191.2 186.05 188.45 -2.05PETRONET 232 234 227.6 229 -2.7ACC 1,537.70 1,537.70 1,501.05 1,509.10 -25.9

37491.39

37533.50

37292.45

37494.40

37336.85

157.55

0.42

BSE: GAINERS

TEXRAIL 78.15 (13.02)

NAVKARCORP 135.45 (11.34)

ADANIPOWER 29.05 (10.88)

GATI 107.60 (10.13)

BANKBARODA 151.75 (9.92)

Current (Chng %)NSE: GAINERS

BHARTIARTL 385.40 (5.68)

ICICIBANK 307.50 (4.88)

SBIN 296.50 (3.40)

AXISBANK 569.00 (2.85)

ULTRACEMCO 4,240.00 (2.80)

Current (Chng %)BSE: LOSERS

NAUKRI 1348.45 (3.93)

JUBILANT 763.00 (3.92)

KEC 334.35 (3.41)

MFSL 480.15 (2.93)

RELINFRA 396.40 (2.78)

Current (Chng %)NSE: LOSERS

HDFCBANK 2,164.70 (1.70)

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LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 2018 world 12

GLOBE TROTTING

Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds overwhelmed

over daughter’s cameo at Taylor Swift gigLos Angeles: Proud parents Blake Livelyand Ryan Reynolds were overjoyed whenthey heard their elder daughter’s voiceover the speakers at their friend, singerTaylor Swift’s latest concert. The three-year-old James made her singing cameoat Swift’s latest Reputation Stadium Tourshow held at Massachusetts’ GilletteStadium for the song “Gorgeous”. The lit-tle one had recorded the openingvoiceover in the hit. Several videos of theelated couple have gone viral on socialmedia. One can see Lively jumping upand down and keeping her phone at theready to shoot the footage from the show,while Reynolds throws his hand in theair as the parents hear James’ voice in themusic arena.They were seated in the VIPsection with model Gigi Hadid. Blake andReynolds also share daughter Inez, 21 months.

Hilton says she can’t

wait to have a baby

Los Angeles: Socialite Paris Hilton says she islooking forward to parenthood. The 37-year-oldreality star believes she will make a great mom,reported E! online. “I can’t wait to have a baby.I’m going to be the best mom,” she said. Hiltonand “The Leftovers” star Chris Zylka gotengaged during a ski trip to Aspen, Colorado.Zylka presented her with a massive 20-carat ringworth USD 2 million.

Will take oath as Pak

PM on Aug 11: Imran

PTI n ISLAMABAD

Imran Khan said today that hewill take oath as prime min-

ister on August 11, even as hisPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf partywas striving to get the requirednumbers to form a govern-ment. The PTI, led by 65-year-old Khan, has emerged asthe single largest party in theNational Assembly after theJuly 25 elections, but it is stillshort of numbers to form thegovernment on its own. Khan’sparty yesterday announced thatit is trying to reach out tosmaller parties and indepen-dents to form the next gov-ernment.

Khan said he will take oathas Prime Minister on 11th ofnext month (August), state-runRadio Pakistan reported. “Ihave also decided about chiefminister of KhyberPakhtunkhwa which I willannounce in the next 48 hours.Whatever I have decided in thisregard is in the best interest ofpeople,” he said while address-ing PTI members of provincialassembly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwaprovince, the PTI has won atwo-thirds majority by bagging65 seats in the assembly of 99members. He said alleviation ofpoverty from interior Sindhwill be among top priorities ofhis government.

On Saturday, PTIspokesman Naeemul Haquetold reporters that the partychief will take oath as theprime minister before August14. Haque said that he hopedthe president would call anassembly session and Khanwould take oath as premierbefore the Independence day.

He said Khan would prefera peoples’ ceremony of oath-taking where thousands canwatch him take the oath asprime minister.

“Perhaps D-Chowk area

may be the right place to do it,”he said, referring to Islamabad’sfamous D-Chowk where theparty had staged its 126-day sit-in in 2014 against alleged rig-ging in the 2013 general elec-tions. Although the PTI hasemerged as the single largestparty in the National Assemblyafter the polls, the final resultsissued by the ElectionCommission of Pakistan showthat the party is still short ofnumbers to form its govern-ment independently.

According to the results,the PTI has bagged 116 gener-al seats — 22 short of simplemajority — whereas the PML-N and PPP have won 64 and 43seats, respectively. Pakistan’sNational Assembly comprisesa total of 342 members, ofwhich 272 are directly elected.

To meet the required num-ber of votes, the PTI leadershiphas reportedly been approach-ing the Muttahida QaumiMovement-Pakistan (MQM-P), the Grand DemocraticAlliance (GDA), PML-Quaid(PML-Q), and the BalochistanAwami Party (BAP), as well asindependents. Meanwhile, twomain parties - Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz and PakistanPeoples Party - have agreed onformulation of a “coordinatedjoint strategy” if the PTI man-ages to form its government at

the centre. The understanding on

cooperation was reached dur-ing the first direct meetingbetween the leaders of thePML-N and PPP after the gen-eral elections here yesterday. “Itwas an ice-breaker,” said PML-N’s Mushahid Hussain Sayed,when asked about the out-come of the meeting. “It was avery good meeting and you cancall it a meeting of the minds.”

He said that there wascomplete unanimity of viewsbetween the two main partiesthat the “July 25 elections havebeen stolen”. The PPP delega-tion comprised former primeminister Yousuf Raza Gilani,Sherry Rehman, QamarZaman Kaira and FarhatullahBabar while the PML-N sidewas represented by MushahidHussain Sayed, Ayaz Sadiq,former prime minister ShahidKhaqan Abbasi and SardarMahtab Ahmed Khan.

Later, the PPP leaders alsoheld talks with Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief MaulanaFazlur Rehman, who also headsthe MMA, and tried to per-suade him to reverse his deci-sion of boycotting parliament.Since the MMA has 12 seats,the combined seats of the PPP,PML-N and MMA become117 — two more than Khan’sparty.

PTI n LAHORE

Pakistan’s jailed former primeminister Nawaz Sharif ’s

party has demanded formationof a judicial commission toprobe into the allegations of rig-ging in the just-concluded gen-eral elections.

Top leaders of the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) also said the party wouldpublish a white paper contain-ing evidence of polling-dayrigging collected from acrossthe country, which would beput before the proposed com-mission, the Dawn reported onTuesday.

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), led by 65-year-oldcricketer-turned-politicianImran Khan, with 116 seats hasemerged as the single largestparty after the July 25 elections,but it is still short of numbersto form the government on itsown.

The PML-N with 64 seatsand former president Asif AliZardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) with 43 seats are placedat number two and threerespectively.

Pakistan’s NationalAssembly (NA) — the lowerhouse of Parliament - comprisesa total of 342 members, ofwhich 272 are directly elected.A party needs 172 seats to formthe government.

Terming the polls as themost controversial exercise inthe electoral history of Pakistan,PML-N leaders Khawaja Asif,Ahsan Iqbal and SenatorMushahidullah Khan told apress conference here yesterdaythat the party rejects its resultsand demands forming a judicialpanel like the one formed by theSharif government back in2013-14 to probe the riggingallegations, the report said.

Meanwhile, assuring strictaction, the ElectionCommission today directedSindh’s election commissioner

and polling staff concerned tosubmit a detailed report on the

claims of five empty ballotboxes and over a dozen ballot

papers found by the roadside inKarachi and Sialkot.

PML(N) demands judicial panel to probe rigging allegations

Islamabad (PTI): AilingNawaz Sharif ’s hospital wardhas been declared as a sub-jail,a day after Pakistan’s formerprime minister was admittedto the premier PakistanInstitute of Medical Sciencesfollowing health complica-tions, a media report saidtoday.

Sharif, 68, was yesterdayshifted to the Cardiac Centreof the country’s top hospital inIslamabad after his healthdeteriorated due to heart trou-ble in the Adiala Jail inRawalpindi.

He is said to be in a sta-ble condition, a hospital offi-cial said last night.

The three-time Pakistanpremier is serving a 10-yearjail term in a corruption caseover his family’s purchase ofluxury apartments in London.He has been lodged in theAdiala Jail since July 13. “Anotification issued by theoffice of the Islamabad chief

commissioner yesterday saidthat the capital city’s admin-istration had decided todeclare premises of the PIMSCardiac Centre’s private wardas ‘sub-jail’ for keeping NawazSharif, convicted prisoner inNAB case, with immediateeffect,” Dawn newspaperreported.

The private ward willserve as sub-jail until the timeSharif is kept there for med-ical treatment, the paper said.

The capital’s police willprovide security to the con-victed premier, according tothe notification.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ’schief Imran Khan, whoseparty has emerged as the sin-gle largest side in the NationalAssembly after the polls,prayed for Sharif ’s recoveryand directed party workers tostay away from the premises ofthe PIMS and not to hold anydemonstration against theousted premier.

Dr Naeem Malik, head ofthe PIMS cardiology depart-ment, had suggested thatauthorities shift Sharif to thehospital as his blood testsshowed clotting which,according to the doctor, wasan alarming sign consideringhis medical history. The PML-N supremo lives with diabetesand has also undergonebypass surgery. He currentlytakes medication for his heartcondition, cholesterol and dia-betes.

Later, a meeting betweenSharif and his daughterMaryam and son-in-lawretired Capt MohammadSafdar took place to discusshis health condition.

Extraordinary securityarrangements were madeahead of Sharif ’s arrival. Walk-through gates, CCTV camerasand mobile jammers wereinstalled in the hospital, alongwith the deployment of secu-rity forces.

Sharif’s hospital ward inPIMS declared sub-jail

PTI n WASHINGTON

Escalating his rhetorical attacks on USnews outlets, President Donald Trump

has said his haters in the “dying newspaperindustry”, driven insane by ‘TrumpDerangement Syndrome’, are putting manylives at risk. Trump’s attack on the mediacame after he met A G Sulzberger, the pub-lisher of the New York Times, who warnedthe president in a White House meeting thathis attacks on the news media “will lead toviolence.” Trump claimed that the “failingNew York Times” and the “AmazonWashington Post” do nothing but “write badstories even on very positive achievements”.

“When the media - driven insane bytheir Trump Derangement Syndrome -reveals internal deliberations of our gov-ernment, it truly puts the lives of many, notjust journalists, at risk! Very unpatriotic!”Trump said in a series of tweets.

Trump since his election as the US pres-ident has been targeting media houses for“biased” news. He had coined the term ‘FakeNews’ during his presidential campaign.

The president also instituted the ‘FakeNews Award’ earlier this year and

announced the winner on January 18.Stories by the New York Times, ABC News,CNN and Washington Post were announcedthe winners of the award. Trump said thefreedom of the press also comes with aresponsibility to report the news accurate-ly and accused the mainstream media ofwrongful coverage. “Ninety per cent ofmedia coverage of my administration is neg-ative, despite the tremendously positiveresults we are achieving, it’s no surprise thatconfidence in the media is at an all timelow!” he said. He said he would not not allowAmerica to be sold out by his haters in the“dying newspaper industry”.

“No matter how much they try to dis-tract and cover it up, our country is mak-ing great progress under my leadership andI will never stop fighting forthe American people!”Trump said. Earlier in theday, Trump tweeted thathe had a very good andinteresting meeting atthe White House withSulzberger.

“Spent much time talk-ing about the vast amounts of

Fake News being put out by the media &how that Fake News has morphed intophrase, ‘Enemy of the People’. Sad!,” he said.The account of the meeting was howeverchallenged by Sulzberger. “My main pur-pose for accepting themeeting was toraise concernsabout the presi-dent’s deeplytroubling anti-press rhetoric. Itold the presidentdirectly that Ithought that hislanguage was notjust divisive butincreasingly dan-gerous,”

said the NYT publisher. The meet-ing between the two took

place at the White Houseon July 20. Sulzbergersaid the meeting was offthe record, but Trumpby tweeting about ithad made it on the

record. “I told himthat although thephrase ‘fake news’ is

untrue and harmful, I am far more con-cerned about his labelling journalists ‘theenemy of the people’. I warned that thisinflammatory language is contributing to arise in threats against journalists and willlead to violence,” he said in a lengthy five-paragraph statement.

“I repeatedly stressed that this is par-ticularly true abroad, where the president’srhetoric is being used by some regimes tojustify sweeping crackdowns on journalists,”he said. Sulzberger said he warned Trumpthat “it was putting lives at risk, undermin-ing the democratic ideals of our nation, andthat it was eroding one of our country’sgreatest exports: a commitment to freespeech and a free press”. “Throughout theconversation I emphasised that if PresidentTrump, like previous presidents, was upsetwith coverage of his administration he wasof course free to tell the world,” he said.

“I made clear repeatedly that I was notasking for him to soften his attacks on TheTimes if he felt our coverage was unfair.Instead, I implored him to reconsider hisbroader attacks on journalism, which Ibelieve are dangerous and harmful to ourcountry,” he said.

Indian-AmericanSeema Nandabecomes CEO ofDemocratic party

Washington (PTI) Indian-American Seema Nanda, whotook over as the CEO of theopposition Democratic NationalCommittee, has vowed to fightfor the “soul of the country” andensure the victory of Democratsin every corner of the US in thecrucial upcoming mid-termelections.

“We are fighting now for thesoul of our country — for ourdemocracy and for opportuni-ty,” Nanda, the first Indian-American ever to be the ChiefExecutive Officer of either theDemocratic NationalCommittee or the RepublicanNational Committee took overreigns of the main oppositionparty last week on July 23.

In this capacity, she is beresponsible for the day-to-dayoperations of the powerfulDemocratic NationalCommittee (DNC).

She would play a key role inparty’s winning strategy in themid-term November elections,for which the DNC has set a tar-get of winning back the Houseof Representatives from theRepublicans. “Democrats are

offering the positive solutions sodesperately needed right now —solutions forged by the strengthof our diversity, the rigour of ourideas, and the decency of ourvalues,” she said. “Since(President Donald) Trump tookoffice, it’s been clear that thenumber one best way for us toset our country back on track isto elect Democrats in every cor-ner of our country. That’s whyI took this job,” Nanda said inher first message to Democraticsupporters.

Nanda said supporting theDemocratic party is synony-mous with building a future forthe children that they can beproud of. “My promise to mytwo teenage boys is to do all Ican to create an America that isbright, fair, and that works foreveryone — where opportuni-ty for all means something,” shesaid.

“Our party is strong becauseit’s built on forging positivesolutions that include everyone.I’m proud to be the first Asian-American in recent memory tolead the DNC. Democrats areleading with our values andempowering people fromdiverse backgrounds to speakup and make our voices heard,”Nanda said.

The fight to take back thecountry for working families isone that all must fight together,she said, adding “At the DNC,we have committed to helpingDemocrats win back seats at alllevels of government, because weneed Democrats from the schoolboard to the Senate to take backour country”.

Trump: My haters in ‘dying newspaper industry’ putting many lives at riskTRUMP CLAIMED THATTHE “FAILING NEW YORKTIMES” AND THE“AMAZON WASHINGTONPOST” DO NOTHING BUT“WRITE BAD STORIESEVEN ON VERY POSITIVEACHIEVEMENTS

Anger as MH370 report offers no new

clues to aviation’s greatest mystery

AFP n PUTRAJYA

Along-awaited official reportinto the disappearance of

Flight MH370 gave no newclues on Monday about whythe Malaysian plane vanished,sparking anger and disap-pointment among relatives ofthose on board. The reportfrom the official investigationteam pointed to failings by airtraffic controllers and suggest-ed the Malaysia Airlines planewas likely diverted from itsflight path manually, ratherthan due to a mechanical fault.

But it said the Boeing 777jet, which vanished over fouryears ago as it flew from KualaLumpur to Beijing with 239people on board, was airwor-thy and the pilots were in a fitstate to fly.

After years of fruitlesssearching in the world’s mostenduring aviation mystery, thereport offered nothing concreteto grieving relatives of passen-gers — most of whom wereChinese — and crew hoping forsome sort of closure. “Theteam is unable to determine thereal cause for the disappearanceof MH370,” concluded thelargely technical 400-pagereport.

Relatives who were briefed

at the transport ministry beforethe report’s public releaseexpressed anger that there wasnothing new in the document,with some storming out of thebriefing as frustration boiledover.

“It is so disappointing,”said Intan Maizura Othman,whose husband was a stewardon MH370. “I am frustrated.There is nothing new in thereport. “Those who gave thebriefing from the ministry of

transport were not able to giveanswers as they were not (theones) who wrote the report.”She said the meeting betweenrelatives and officials descend-ed into a “shouting match” asfamily members’ frustrationboiled over.

“Many asked questions,”said G. Subramaniam, wholost a son on the flight, butadded that “unsatisfactoryresponses left many angry”.The disappearance of MH370

triggered the largest hunt inaviation history. But no sign ofthe jet was found in a 120,000-square kilometre Indian Oceansearch zone and the Australian-led hunt was suspended inJanuary last year.

US exploration firm OceanInfinity resumed the search ina different location at the startof this year on a “no find, nofee” basis, using high-techdrones to scour the seabed. Butthat search was also called offafter failing to find anything.

Only three confirmed frag-ments of MH370 have beenfound, all of them on westernIndian Ocean shores, includinga two-metre wing part knownas a flaperon.

Malaysia’s new govern-ment, which took power inMay, has said the hunt could beresumed but only if new evi-dence comes to light and offi-cials have seemed keen to drawunder a line the tragedy. Onearea that came in for criticismin the report by the 19-mem-ber investigation team, whichincluded foreign investigators,was air traffic control.

It said both Malaysian airtraffic control and theirVietnamese counterparts failedto act properly when theBoeing jet passed from

UK SC backsruling allowingvegetative statepatients to dieLondon (PTI): In a landmarkjudgement, the UK Supreme Courton Monday ruled that legal per-mission will no longer be requiredto end care for patients in a long-term permanent vegetative state.The ruling makes it easier to with-draw food and liquid to allow suchpatients to die when families anddoctors are in agreement. Medicalstaff will now be able to removefeeding tubes in such cases with-out having to apply to the Court ofProtection, under previous laws.

Currently, both euthanasiaand assisted suicide are illegal in theUK with the only exception “pas-sive euthanasia” - when treatmentthat might extend someone’s life iswithdrawn. Lady Black, headinga five-judge bench in the case, saidan agreement between families anddoctors was sufficient safeguard toensure “public confidence”.“Having looked at the issue in itswider context as well as from a nar-rower legal perspective, I do notconsider that it has been establishedthat the common law or theECHR , in combination or sepa-rately, give rise to the mandatoryrequirement to involve the court todecide upon the best interests ofevery patient,” Lady Black said aspart of the unanimous ruling of fiveSupreme Court justices.

One of the relatives of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370speaks to media after MH370 safety investigation report briefing in Putrajaya,Malaysia on Monday. AP

LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 2018 world 13

Brit MPs conduct inquiry

into relations with India

PTI n LONDON

British MPs are conductingan inquiry into the UK’s

relations with India to enhancetrade and explore the implica-tions of the UK’s visa policy onbilateral relations amidst India’sgrowing role in internationalgeopolitics and its increasingimportance as an economicpowerhouse.

The ‘Global Britain andIndia’ inquiry by the House ofCommons Foreign AffairsSelect Committee (FASC) waslaunched on July 20 as part ofa wider Global Britain series inthe context of Brexit. It isinviting written submissions toestablish what more needs tobe done to strengthen ties asthe UK prepares to leave theEuropean Union (EU) onMarch 29, 2019.

“The committee will belooking at our relationshipand considering the opportu-nities for greater cooperation,”said FASC chair TomTugendhat.

“India is half of theCommonwealth and a fifth ofthe world. Its importance as aneconomic power is growing. Asa democratic partner it hasnever been more important.How we work with India willbe key to our place in the worldin coming decades,” theConservative party MP added.

As part of its evidence toan earlier part of the GlobalBritain inquiry, the UK’sForeign and CommonwealthOffice (FCO) said: “The UK’senduring relationship withIndia is…central to our aspi-rations. India is an economicpowerhouse, with a growing

role in Asian and internation-al geopolitics.

“A shared past and strongpeople-to-people links give usinfluence and access, helpingus to tackle security threats,encourage stability, and exploitprosperity opportunities.”

While much of the dis-cussion of relations with Indiain the context of Global Britainhas tended to emphasise trade,the committee said it is inter-ested in exploring the fullrange of issues affecting therelationship between the UKand India, including regionalsecurity and counter-terrorism,technology and innovation,and the role of multilateralinstitutions.

The purpose of the newinquiry, which has a September3 deadline for submissionsfrom “interested parties”, is totake stock of the UK’s rela-tionship with India, and toexamine the relationship as animportant “test case of theGlobal Britain strategy”.

“The inquiry will also bean opportunity to consider a

number of cross-cutting issues,such as the relationshipbetween trade and broaderstrategic relationships, and theimplications of the UK’s visapolicy in a foreign policy con-text,” the committee said.

The FASC has issued aseries of questions as a guideto subjects they plan to explore,including: How strong is theUK-India relationship at pre-sent?; What are India’s per-ceptions of the Global Britainstrategy?; What impact doesthe UK’s visa regime have onour relationship with India?;and How should relationsbetween the UK and India bemanaged in the run-up to andafter Brexit?

The inquiry will also eval-uate the effectiveness of theFCO and other parts of the UKgovernment in building “effec-tive relations with India andcapitalising on shared objec-tives and values” and theBritish government’s approachto “leveraging soft power” inthe relationship between theUK and India.

PTI n WASHINGTON

India is a key partner inAmerica’s efforts to ensure

peace, stability and prosperityin the strategic Indo-Pacificregion, the Trump administra-tion has said. The remarks bya senior US diplomat cameahead of the announcement bythe US of initiatives for devel-opment and economic assis-tance in the entire region. Themove comes nine months afterthe Trump administrationopenly spoke against the“predatory economic policies ofan Asian giant” that threatensto eat into sovereignty of coun-tries in the Indo-Pacific region,which has now emerged as a

critical engine for growth. Brian Hook, senior policy

advisor to the US Secretary ofState, said the US and India arenot only working bilaterally, butalso cooperating with otherlike-minded partners, espe-cially Japan, Australia andSouth Korea to advance theirshared vision of the IndoPacific. “India is a key partnerin our efforts to ensure that theentire Indo Pacific region is aregion of peace, stability andgrowing prosperity. We workvery closely with India,” Hooktold reporters during a confer-ence call.

“I would say last year anda half of this administration hasbeen a great deal of focus on

deepening economic, securityand diplomatic ties between theUnited States in India. Andthere’s so much more goodwork to come,” Hook said.Observing that India and theUS share enduring interestsand values as the oldest andlargest democracies, the topAmerican diplomat said thatIndia-US partnership is rootedin shared democratic values.“When you look at the democ-racies spanning the Indo-Pacific region, from the US,India, Japan, and other verystrong democracies that spanthe Indo Pacific, we share aninterest in advancing securityand prosperity in the region,”Hook said.

Cambodian PM’s election sweep

slammed as not free or fair

Phnom Penh: Cambodia’sflawed elections left the rulingparty led by strongman Hun Seneying a near clean sweep of par-liament on Monday, after whatthe banned opposition dismissedas a hollow victory.

Sunday’s vote has cement-ed Hun Sen’s three-decadereign, but observers say thatquestions of legitimacy willhaunt the wily political survivoras frustration sets in over lackof change.

Hun Sen’s CambodianPeople’s Party (CPP) expects toamass a minimum of 115 out of125 national assembly positions— or more than 90 percent ofthose up for grabs — spokesmanSok Eysan told AFP on Sunday.“The overwhelming support ofthe Cambodian people gave...Hun Sen another chance to

continue his historical mis-sion,”he said. Some 8.3 millionpeople registered to cast theirvotes in Cambodia’s sixth generalelection since United Nations-sponsored polls were held in1993 after decades of conflict.

But Sunday’s vote lackedany serious contenders after

Hun Sen backed a crackdown onthe opposition last year thatsaw authorities arrest one of itsleaders and the Supreme Courtdissolve the party.

It also was virtually devoidof prominent local and interna-tional election monitors, whowithdrew from the discredited

process. Hun Sen, who came topower in 1985 in a country stillplagued by civil war, movedagainst all forms of dissent in therun-up to the poll, pressuringcivil society, independent mediaand political opponents. Manywestern governments, who alsopulled support from the vote,criticised it for lacking credibil-ity and slammed the outcome.The White House said it was“neither free nor fair and failedto represent the will of theCambodian people.”

The CPP has won everyelection since 1998, but a cultureof impunity and corruptioninspired more than 44 percent ofvoters to back the oppositionCambodia National RescueParty (CNRP) in 2013 polls, cre-ating the most serious challengeto Hun Sen in years.

Wildfires inCalifornia claimmore livesRedding: Thousands more fledtheir homes after wildfiressurged near a small lake townin Northern California while adeadly blaze farther northslowed slightly as crewsstretched to their limits acrossthe state fight flames that haveclaimed the lives of two fire-fighters and six civilians.

Residents of the water-front town Lakeport fled yes-terday after a major flare-up oftwo fires that combined acrossMendocino and Lake countiesdestroyed at least four homes.Lakeport, home to about 5,000,is around 120 miles north ofSan Francisco. More than 4,500buildings were under threat,officials said.

The two fires had black-ened 47 square miles (122square kilometers), with min-imal containment. About 100miles (160 kilometers) north-east, officials near Reddingstruck a hopeful tone for thefirst time in days as a massivefire slowed following days ofexplosive growth. “We’re feel-ing a lot more optimistic todayas we’re starting to gain someground rather than being in adefensive mode on this fire allthe time,” said Bret Gouvea, theCalifornia Department ofForestry and Fire Protection’sincident commander on theblaze around Redding, a cityabout 230 miles (370 kilome-tres) north of San Francisco.

County Sheriff TomBosenko said authorities founda sixth victim of the blaze at ahome that was consumed byflames, though he declined tosay where. The victim’s identi-ty was not released. The sher-iff ’s department is also inves-tigating seven missing personsreports, Bosenko said. Reddingpolice have an additional 11reports of missing people,though many of them may sim-ply not have checked in withfriends or family, said Reddingpolice Sgt. Todd Cogle.

The so-called Carr Firethat affected Redding — a cityof about 92,000 people — wasignited by a vehicle problem onMonday about 10 miles (16kilometres) west of the city. OnThursday, it swept through thehistoric Gold Rush town ofShasta and nearby Keswickfueled by gusty winds and dryvegetation. It then jumped theSacramento River and tookout subdivisions on the westernedge of Redding.

After days of fortifying theareas around Redding, firecrews were increasingly confi-dent that the city would escapefurther damage.

The fire had not growninside the city limits sinceSaturday, Gouvea said. AP

Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe electionAFP n HARARE

Zimbabweans cast their bal-lots on Monday in the

country’s first election sinceauthoritarian leader RobertMugabe was ousted last year,with concerns over fraud andthe likelihood of a disputedresult clouding voting day.

President EmmersonMnangagwa, Mugabe’s formerally in the ruling ZANU-PFparty, faces opposition leaderNelson Chamisa of the MDC(Movement for DemocraticChange) in a historic vote forthe southern African nation.

“I just have to do this. Ihave to see a better Zimbabwefor my kids. Things have beentough,” Tawanda Petru, 28, anunemployed man voting inMbare, a low-income district ofthe capital Harare, told AFP aspolling stations opened acrossthe country.

Mugabe, 94, who was oust-ed by the military in November,made a surprise interventionon the eve of the elections, call-ing for voters to throw ZANU-PF out of office.

Zimbabwe’s generalsshocked the world last yearwhen they seized control andushered Mnangagwa to powerafter Mugabe allegedly tried toposition his wife Grace to be hissuccessor.Mnangagwa, 75, whopromises a fresh start for thecountry despite being fromthe ZANU-PF elite, is thefront-runner with the advan-tage of covert military support,a loyal state media and a rulingparty that controls govern-ment resources. But Chamisa,40, who has performed strong-ly on the campaign trail, hopesto tap into a young population

that could vote for change.The election is Zimbabwe’sfirst without Mugabe, who ledZANU-PF to power in a votewhen the country becameindependent from Britain in1980 and ruled for 37 years.

Speaking at his mansion inHarare yesterday, Mugabe saidhe hoped the election would“thrust away the military formof government.”

“I cannot vote for thosewho tormented me,” Mugabesaid, hinting he could vote forMDC. As Zimbabwe’s hecticpolitics reached fever pitch,Mnangagwa claimed Mugabe’sremarks proved that Chamisawas in an alliance with Mugabe.But Chamisa also spoke out

saying: “I have nothing to dowith what president Mugabewould want to say as a voter.He is a citizen.”

Elections under Mugabewere marred by fraud andoften deadly violence, and thisyear’s campaign has beendogged by accusations theresult will be rigged.

The MDC has raisedrepeated allegations of a flawedelectoral roll, ballot paper mal-practice, voter intimidation,bias in the Zimbabwe ElectoralCommission (ZEC) and freefood handed out by the rulingparty.

But campaigning has beenrelatively unrestricted andpeaceful. “After years of stasis,

the events of November 2017gave Zimbabwe the chance todream again,”Mnangagwa saidyesterday in an address onstate radio. “As we have alwayssaid, the elections will be free,non-violent and credible.”

A recent Afrobarometersurvey of 2,400 people putMnangagwa on 40 per cent andChamisa on 37 per cent, with20 per cent undecided.Mnangagwa, who is accused ofinvolvement in election vio-lence and fraud under Mugabe,invited international observers— including the previously-banned European Union team— to the poll.

The EU team will deliver apreliminary report later in the

week.The UN HighCommissioner for HumanRights warned of alleged intim-idation and threats of violencein the run-up to polling day,but said it was encouraging tosee open rallies and peacefuldemonstrations.

The next government musttackle mass unemploymentand an economy shattered bythe Mugabe-backed seizure ofwhite-owned farms, the col-lapse of agriculture, hyperin-flation and an investment exo-dus.

Previously solid health andeducation services are in ruinsand millions have fled abroadto seek work.

Life expectancy has onlyjust recovered to its 1985 levelof 61 years.

“The governing ZANU-PF party needs to maintain asemblance of free and fair elec-tions in order to attract freshforeign investment,”said theLondon-based EXX Africabusiness risk consultancy.

“However, there remainserious concerns over votecredibility.”

With 5.6 million registeredvoters, the results of the pres-idential, parliamentary andlocal elections are due byAugust 4.

A run-off vote is scheduledfor September 8 if no presi-dential candidate wins at least50 per cent in the first round.

“I’m excited, I’m votingfor the first time,” said TawandaMudondo, 18, who sells phonechargers on the street corner.

“I just want a governmentthat will create jobs. I passedmy exams but could not go touniversity. Our economy istrashed.”

Zimbabwean former President Robert Mugabe casts his vote at a polling station in Harare, Zimbabwe on Monday. AP

A burned vehicle is seen in the mountain community of Keswick, Calif., Sunday. On Sunday, the San Bernardino County Firedepartment pulled in to tamp down smoking rubble. Piles of wreckage were still smoking amid downed electricity lines. AP

Scientists discover newshape - the ‘scutoid’London (PTI): Epithelial cells,which cover the surfaces of manyorgans, adopt a previously unde-scribed geometric shape - the scu-toid - so that the tissue cancurve, scientists have found.

The epithelial cells adopt thisform which looks like ‘twistedprisms’, according to the researchpublished in the journal NatureCommunications.These newand beautiful shapes arethe solution that naturehas found to fold andcurve the epithelia, whichlines the outer surfaces oforgans, researchers said.“The epithelial cells are theconstruction blocks withwhich an organism isformed. They are like ‘piecesof Tente or Lego from whichanimals are made,’” saidLuisma Escudero from the

University of Seville in Spain. Theepithelia form structures withmultiple functions like forming abarrier against infections orabsorbing nutrients.

During the development ofan embryo, it changes from asimple structure formed fromonly a handful of cells to an ani-

mal with very complex organs.“This process doesn’t only

occur because of the growth of theorganism, but also because theepithelial cells start ‘moving andjoining together’ to organisethemselves correctly and givethe organs their final shape,” saidEscudero.

Until now, these “blocks”were represented as being prism-shaped or being like truncatedpyramids. However, upon exam-ining epithelial curves in labora-tory samples, the researchersfound evidence that these realcells adopt other more complexshapes. “This is due to the fact thatwhen tissue curves it tends tominimise energy, to be more sta-ble, and for that reason our bio-physical data indicates that whatthese cells do is adopt an scutoidshape,” said the researcher.

Nepal flight delayed aftercaptain fails alcohol test

Kathmandu (PTI): ADubai-bound flight fromNepal was delayed by nearly10 hours after the captaintested positive for alcohol,according to a media report.The Fly Dubai flight FZ 8018,scheduled to take off forDubai International Airportwith 153 passengers at 9:40am yesterday, was groundedafter the captain failed thepre-flight alcohol test, TheKathmandu Post reported.

“We received a complaintfrom the airline’s crew aboutthe strange activities of theflying crews.

We conducted a prelim-inary alcohol test through abreathalyzer,” said Raj KumarChettri, general manager ofTribhuvan Internat ionalAirport (TIA).

“Medical tests of both

the flying crews were con-ducted and flight captain NHussain tested positive andhe was immediately ground-ed,” he said, adding the civilaviation authority of Dubaiand Fly Dubai was immedi-ately informed about theissue.

“Legal action will be ini-tiated against the drunk crewmembers as per the Dubai’scivi l aviat ion law,” saidChettri. According to him,another flight FZ575 sched-uled to land at the TIA at7:20pm yesterday carried thepassengers and the crewmembers to Dubai.

As per rules, if pilots arefound positive for alcoholthen they will not be allowedto fly the plane and the air-line should make alternatearrangements.

‘India key partner of US in Indo-Pacific region’

Druze women, childrenkidnapped by ISISBeirut (AFP): The IslamicState group kidnapped dozensof Druze women and childrenwhen it attacked their villagelast week in Syria’s Sweida,residents of the southernprovince and a monitor said onMonday. Sweida, which ismainly government-held andpopulated with members ofSyria’s Druze minority, hadbeen largely insulated fromthe conflict raging in the rest ofthe country since 2011. But onWednesday, a string of suicideblasts and shootings claimed byIS left more than 250 peopledead in the provincial capitaland nearby villages, most ofthem civilians.

After the attack, IS jihadistsalso abducted several dozenwomen and children from onevillage, according to the SyrianObservatory for Human Rightsand Sweida residents. TheBritain-based Observatory said36 Druze women and childrenwere abducted, but that fourwomen had since managed toescape while another two haddied.

That left 14 women and 16children in IS captivity, saidObservatory head Rami AbdelRahman.

Another 17 men wereunaccounted for, but it wasunclear if they were also kid-napped. IS has not claimed thekidnappings and no details onthem could be found on itspropaganda channels.

According to news outletSweida24, the 36 civilians werekidnapped on Wednesday fromthe village of Al-Shabki, in theeastern hinterlands of Sweidaprovince. Sweida24 and other

online outlets published a videothat appeared to show one ofthe hostages making demandsof the Syrian government, pur-portedly on IS’ behalf.

AFP could not indepen-dently verify its authenticity,but several Sweida residentsconfirmed that a womanappearing in the footage wasamong those missing after theattacks.

The hostages mainly hailfrom two large families in Al-Shabki, said reporter NourRadwan, who heads Sweida24.The remote village lies in theeastern edges of Sweidaprovince and suffered some ofthe deadliest violence fromWednesday’s attacks, with morethan 60 civilians killed in Al-Shabki alone, Radwan said.

“Most of its residents arefarmers and don’t have muchmore than hunting rifles interms of weapons, so there waslittle resistance from Al-Shabkicompared to other villages,” hetold AFP. “When IS saw that, itkidnapped a first batch of peo-ple from their homes and tookthem east towards the Badiya,according to survivors,” Nouradded. The Badiya is Syria’s vastdesert, which stretches fromthe country’s centre to its east-ern border with Iraq andincludes several isolated IS-heldpockets.

IS has also reached out tothe families of those abductedwith pictures and videos.

The jihadists are demand-ing the release by the Syriangovernment “of detained IS-linked people, whose numbersare now being negotiated”,Radwan said.

Ranveer is trueto his fashion

Actor RANVEER SINGH says hehas stopped fearing being judgedfor his fashion statement. Theactor, known for his eclectic,quirky fashion style, said thathe gained “confidenceand started being trueto himself, his sensibil-ities and aesthetics”after the first few yearsof his career. “I’vealways been attractedto edgy avant-gardestyle. In college, I wasalways open to experi-menting, matching out-fits with my haircuts. Inmy first years, I was try-ing to conform to theexpectations of public.Once I started beingoriginal, being true towhat I felt I guess,that got recognisedwidely — my distinctive style,”said the 32-year-old actor.

Actress SONAM KAPOOR AHUJA

says her husband Anand Ahujamakes the world better for her.She wished Anand on his 35thbirthday on Mondaysharing a photographwith him. She captionedit, “To the love of mylife, the kindest and gen-tlest soul I know, a veryhappy birthday! Youmake my world better. Iam blessed you were born today.We are angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracingone another.”

‘It was a dream to beable to produce myfirst film that would

change thecourse ofPakistanicinema’shistory. I believeit (Teefa inTrouble) is the

costliest film evermade in Pakistan. Itis an entertainmentpackage with a newstyle of action,comedy, romance,thrill and muchmore.’ —Ali Zafar

Spectacularly decorated with an assort-ment of leaves, the stage looked elegant

as it took on the appearance of an eter-nal heavenly garden where princes andprincesses would walk around. Withoodles of nature, glamour and splendour,designer Rahul Mishra showcased his col-lection at the India Couture Week 2018on the fourth day.

The idea behind the lush greenery onstage was based on Maraasim (relation-ships in Urdu) and explored the connec-tion between nature and man-madearchitecture, traditional and modern,according to Rahul. He said, “My idea isthat when you create a man-made struc-ture, is there a way that you can bring anelement of nature in it?”

While other designers focus on glam-our, art and rhetoric, the style-statementfor Rahul was, “the cross-pollination ofideas that resulted in entirely unique andunified aesthetic expressing a genuinedelight in the creation of beauty,” sincenothing could be created in isolation.The theme also reflected the Mughalaesthetics, which he said was not aninvention of any single artist, nor any par-

ticular group of artists. “It was a blend ofart practices from Persia, European influ-ences and the rich indigenous Indian tra-ditions,” said he.

His designs were an amalgamation of

Mughal designs and florals, whichextended to menswear as well and heexplained, “I tried to simplify the graph-ic rather than over-do it. Sometimes it isgreat to follow gender-neutral trends andideas for your designs.”

From zardozi to aari, Kashmiriembroidery, tile-work, inspired from thetomb of Asif Khan and some from the TajMahal, Rahul’s designs defined eleganceand reminisced history.

With this collection, he applauded thecraftsmanship and the artists that workedon it and said, “Many of the pieces weredone at my studio, but around 80 per centof the craftsmen were in their villages.Some of them even live in the slums ofMumbai and by employing them I feel,they can also improve their and their fam-ily’s lot.”

Rahul explains his idea of an idealbride and his designs that follow a 100 per

cent sustainable approach, “She isextremely intelligent, very well-travelled,and doesn’t get impacted by the sea ofinfluences around her. She is very strong-headed and inspires me the most. Shechallenges conventionality and is the onewho creates a new look, a new role forherself. She also recycles everythingwhat she creates so beautifully. Her ideais to re-invent, re-create and re-wear a

lehenga which would otherwiselie in her wardrobe.” ForRahul, fabrics are important fordesigning, “For me, textileshave always been a startingpoint and an inspiration.Ultimately, the designer makesthe two dimensional fabric look3D. It is almost like a canvas forme. But as a designer, thebeauty is that you have somuch variety and beauty inevery fabric that theinnovation comes outin each. The result isso beautifullyunique eachtime.”

The col-lection collab-orated withSwarovski, to repli-

cate tender features of a dewdrop.The designer experimented whiledesigning and revealed, “A lot of new

elements like Swarovski crystals wereused. The experiments extended to

the shapes where I tried a lot oflayering. The blouses had two-three layers and the dupattawas draped differently, some-times even like a shrug. Ontop there was an over-layeringof the blouse.

“We did play a lot withstyles and designs. In thisprocess, the idea was to cre-ate a new version in terms

of how people can per-ceive fashion and howthey can wear same kindof things differently.

Initially, the first piecesare all about showcas-ing lehengas, whichcan be worn with ajacket or a shrug,which looks differ-ent. Hence, mydesigns are aboutexploring possi-bilities,” headded.

Photo: Pankaj Kumar

Dreamers come in allshapes, sizes and ages.

When Rakeysh OmprakashMehra wanted to adapt theDutch movie, Everybody’sFamous, into Hindi becauseof its universal appeal, he toohad a dream. It took a cou-ple of years to convince themakers to sell the rightswhich they finally did. Ittook another half a decade towrite and produce it.

“I fell in love with thestory and chased the writerand director for three yearsand persuaded them thattheir work will be done jus-tice to. Then came the dis-cussion about who will writethe movie that took anotherfive-six years,” Mehra said ofFanney Khan. “The story isabout dreams and aspira-tions and I decided to put amusician in the centre of achanging world. There weremany artists who did not getan opportunity to showcasetheir talent in the 80s and90s. Things improved from2000 onwards as the indus-try expanded. But I won-dered what happened tothose who couldn’t fulfilltheir dreams to earn theirsurvival? Usually our dreamsare transfered to our chil-dren, that is what the storyis about,” said director AtulManjrekar.

Mehra, who was alsopresent on a stormy day inDelhi to promote his latestventure as a producer, saidthat cinema that goes beyondentertainment has alwaysattracted him. “Films are

written by people, they arethen conceived and the cap-tain of the ship directs it.There are music directors,writers, cameraperson andeveryone puts their emotionsinto the film that is finallywatched by people. Cinemais not a need. If I remove cin-ema from your life, there willbe a vacuum. What it does isto fulfill the emotional needto connect,” said he.

The movie, which starsAnil Kapoor, Aishwarya RaiBachchan, Rajkummar Rao,Pihu Sand and Divya Dutta,will also deal with issues likebody shaming.

“Women are subjectedto a gaze. From the momentshe wakes up to the momentshe sleeps and even in herdreams, she’s subjected to itespecially if she doesn't looka certain way. If she’s not fair,if she’s too thin or too dark,everything is an issue. Wealways go to ‘see’ a girl formarriage and not a boy. Theconversation is centredaround testimonials abouther as if she’s standing ontrial. Our cinema, literatureand society too have propa-gated this stereotype. Thebeautiful way in which Atulhas told the story is for youto interpret and experienceyourself. It doesn’t point fin-gers against anyone but is areflection of the society,”added Mehra. “The film at itscore is about the relationshipbetween a father and hisdaughter while body sham-ing adds a layer to it. Howsomeone perceives the mes-

sage is up to them. I justwanted people to be aware.There is an idea of perfectbody for men and women.People care about height,weight, skin colour and peo-ple are competing to lookbetter than each other andthat pressure is consumingall of us,” added Manjrekar.

Both have workedtogether so far but for thisfilm, Mehra handed overthe reins to Manjrekar.Asked whether he was free tomake the film the way hewanted to, he answered inthe affirmative. Mehra addedthat since he has been botha producer and director andunderstands the freedomone craves for in making afilm, it would be a joke to notgive the same to Manjrekar.

“Being a director, I

understand the working of adirector. It was obvious thatI would apply all that whenI become a producer,” Mehrasaid. One of the questionsthat Manjrekar asked whilemaking the film was wheredid the junior artists, whosometimes imitated big starsand did street shows, go?That answer will be articulat-ed by actor Anil Kapoor,who is the protagonist,unsuccessful in life but nur-tures his daughter for the bigstakes. The versatile Kapoorwas attracted by the solidityand depth of the story. “Ibegan my career with tellinggood stories. Starting fromWoh Saat Din, I have chosendifferent scripts. Whenmovies were being made 35years ago, the hero was eitherplaying a guitar, riding the

bike or dancing. But I stillbroke convention. Even nowI don’t think about who is thehero or supporting role or ifthe story is pivoted around agirl or boy,” he added.“Earlier, people made fun ofme but that has stoppedafter years of proving myself.For instance, before shooting1942, a Love Story, I calledthe media to tell them that Iwas going to publicly cut myhair for the role but nobodyturned up. I wanted to dothis with the set in the back-drop 20 years ago. Today,even a minute detail isreported in the media.” Thepoint being gimmickry,which is prized today, justdidn’t matter in the end.

Kapoor has been in theindustry for more than 35years and talked about how

technology has aided in pro-duction. “For Mr India,everything was done on theset. I used to sit on a chair forthree hours just to get a shotof a chair having an impres-sion of someone sitting there.Special effects can be gener-ated on computers now,”said he.

He also believes that thelatest generation of actors isvery hard-working. “Theywork 1,000 times hardernow. During my time, therewere times that actors wouldtake on multiple projectsand not give enough time toone but now actors work onone movie in two years andgo deep into the character,”he added. The veteran alsosaid that every actor has astruggle phase. But he hasbeen lucky that way sinceproducers have chosen himfor the right story. “Duringthe initial phase, I didn’t askwhat the role was. I was get-ting an opportunity and thatwas enough. If I asked ques-tions about the role ormoney there was the dangerof losing the role. (Laughs)Then you reach a stage whenyou can make decisions foryourself. There are timesyou make wrong decisions oryou’re in a position todemand a pay packet. I havebeen through all those phas-es,” Kapoor said.

Rao concurred that hetoo was lucky as he was ableto choose the kind of workafter his first film. “As an out-sider, you don’t have anoption to choose your films

but right after the first one,the filmmakers that I workedwith and the films that I wenton to do were in my hands,”he said. “I learnt a lot fromAnil Kapoor. His disciplineand commitment to his workis amazing. When I am hisage, I hope I am as energetic,”he added.

Sand, who’s making herdebut and will be one of thecentral characters, said thatshe always wanted to be anactor. “We did a lot of read-ings with Atul sir, Anil sirand Divya ma’am (who playsher mother in the movie).Nothing was forced becauseof how beautiful the scriptwas. I play a pure personwho thinks that she knows alot and her inner journeyovershadows her messyclothes or her plus size.”

Dutta, who will be seenas an ordinary housewifestruggling to keep everyonehappy within the limitedincome of her husband, said,“It’s a story which is relatableto every family. Every parentwants their kid’s dreams tocome true even if they mightdiffer in the way they see life.Somewhere there is a com-mon ground. Your own isyour own,” said Dutta.

She also clarified thatwhile feature films do makepeople aware about issues,this film was definitely notpropagandist. Issues are notpicked up in isolation,instead the film talks aboutthem from the point of goodstory-telling.

Photo: Pankaj Kumar

When you cover a Rohit Bal show,you go in with certain expecta-tions and an air of classicism. No

two ways about it. But on Sunday, whenhe unravelled his very heartfelt ode to hispassion through a collection calledGuldasta, not only did he top expectationsbut his own work over the last couple ofyears to say the least. Little wonder thenthat he did not do any previews or shareinformation of his almost 90-piece elab-orate portfolio that had the crowd and evenpeers gasping with surprise at the finale ofthe Indian Couture Week. For no twopieces were alike by association. And ifindeed beauty has a purpose that manypageants have now rubbed into us, Bal toohad one. Having inspired love and respectfor his creativity, he sent out a powerfulmessage, a cross denouncing Section 377embroidered in lush red thread on hisblack shirt. Question is can we return thelove and respect?

Of course, some of the silhouettes andyardage were trademark but it is in the wayhe played them together that had us in

thrall, sometimes using accents than thefull play of each, repurposing each to mod-ern sensibilities and the core Indianessence. The very structured Renaissancestyle jacket and high necks on flared skirts,translucent peeks through fluid mono-chromes, the sari with off-shoulder capesand quilted boleros making for an elegantstrut, the collection was as much courtlyas it was about individual grace anywhere.

There was an interplay of textures,quilted with crushed, of embroidery andprints and of colours. We loved his ivorycollection, beginning with the indigostriped cape thrown casually on flared off-white skirts and then progressing withembossed prints, threadwork and broach-es, to gold motifs, all subtly creeping uplapels, folds and trails to lend an under-stated extravagance. And then there was

a blush of colour to lift a look, a flamin-go splashing a dulcet glow on white.Finally there was the boldness of the coloursplash, his usual greens and reds onblack. In one cape on supermodelNayanika Chatterjee, he played with yel-low, gold and red leheriya style stripes. Thetrails were emblazoned with huge florals,sometimes incandescently ornate, at othertimes muted matte, but draping the model

with a swirl of self-confidence that wasorganic rather than dramatic. The luxuryhere is not about wearing it on your sleevebut owning it with your mind.

And finally, a word on the flowers, Bal’svery own tribute to the Kashmir Valley andimages he has grown up with — sunflow-ers, poppies, tulips and peonies, in hiswords. From thread embroidery to goldwire and zardozi, he has tried to createthese flowers in both realistic ways andimaginative sweeps. A lover of history, Balhas been academically faithful to theinspirations of botanical paintings andworks by some of the great masters of theRenaissance period. Yet for his Europeaninspirations, his fabrics are home-grownand organic — cotton silk blends, chan-deris, silk organzas, silks and velvets.

No couturier understands Indianwomen better than Bal when it comes tobody type and sensibilities. And there’ssomething for everybody in this edition’sbespoke lookbook.

A BOUQUETAGAINST THE LAW

LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | JULY 31, 2018

Exploring possibilitiesRAHUL MISHRA’s designs combined the elegance of Mughal aesthetics and architectureat the India Couture Week. CHAHAK MITTAL gets talking to him about his creations and theidea of blending them with nature

Designer ROHIT BAL’scollection Guldasta wasan ode to the flowers of

Kashmir and not onlychallenged his creativegrammar but societalmindsets, particularly

on Section 377. ByTEAM VIVA

Parenting issues come to the forefront in RAKEYSH OMPRAKASH MEHRA-produced Fanney Khan. ASMITA SARKAR talks to the cast, director and producer who are upholding the core value of an individual

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Bolstered by the campaign-savingdraw against a mighty USA, the

Indian women's hockey team willfancy its chances against lower-ranked Italy in the cross-over WorldCup match, here on Tuesday.

Ranked 10th, India will start asoverwhelming favourites against 17thranked Italy in the crucial knock-outmatch, where a win will pit themagainst Ireland in the quarterfinals onThursday.

While India had to fight their wayinto the knock-out round from PoolB after registering two draws againstEngland and USA and a loss toIreland, Italy easily scrapped pastChina (3-0) and Korea (1-0) beforeslumping to a heavy 1-12 loss toNetherlands in their last match to fin-ish second in Pool A.

But going into tomorrow' gamethe momentum surely would be onIndia's side and it would also be dif-ficult for Italy to bounce back fromthe morale-shattering loss againstthe Dutch.

Under pressure, the Indians, onthe other hand, produced a spiritedperformance against USA to come outof a difficult situation and salvagetheir World Cup campaign.

Having conceded a goal in the11th minute against USA, India'sbacks were against the wall and it tooka valiant all-round effort and aninspiring goal from skipper RaniRampal in the 31st minute to securethe all-important draw, a result whichshut the doors on the Americans.

The match would come as anadded motivation for the Indians asa win tomorrow would provide theman opportunity to avenge their 0-1loss to Ireland in the pool stages.

Experienced India captain Raniknows what it takes to win such cru-cial matches and said they need to gofull throttle.

"We need to just focus on our-selves, build on our strength andensure we use our positive points inthe match against Italy. There is nodoubt we need to go all-out in thiscrucial crossover match if we want tosee ourselves in the quarter-final," saidRani whose goal against USA enablesIndia to finish third in Pool B.

Rani emphasised on the need tohave a winning mentality to do wellin big tournaments.

"We all knew a draw would beenough, but we wanted to go for thewin. I think the hunger to win atti-tude helped us. We enter a match withthe attitude that if we play a goodmatch then the crowds will supportus and that we must fight for the ball.I am proud of how the team playedagainst USA and now we need to onceagain do everything we can to winagainst Italy," she said.

The Indians would also drawinspiration from their shoot-out vic-tory against the Italians at the 2015Hockey World League Semi-final.

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Indian shuttlers enjoyed a comfort-able outing on the opening day of

the Badminton World Championshipon Monday with HS Prannoy andSameer Verma sailing into the secondround of the men's singles while thedoubles shuttlers also marched to thenext round with ease.

Prannoy, seeded 11th in the tour-nament, hardly broke into a sweat incruising past unseeded New ZealanderAbhinav Manota in straight games 21-12, 21-11 in a match that lasted 28minutes. He will next take on BrazilianYgor Coelho in the second round.

Sameer also advanced comfortablyto the next round after thrashingFrance's Lucas Corvee 21-13, 21-10 ina 39-minute affair.

There was good news from thedoubles shuttlers too as the men's duoof Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddyand the mixed doubles pairs ofSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and AshwiniPonnappa, and Pranaav Jerry Chopraand N Sikki Reddy also advanced tothe second round.

While Manu and Sumeeth defeat-ed Bulgarian pair Daniel Nikolov andIvan Rusev 21-13, 21-18 in the 26-minute affair, the mixed doublescombo of Pranaav and Sikki com-fortably went past the Czech Republicduo of Jakub Bitman and AlzbetaBasova 21-17, 21-15 in a 30-minute tie.

Later in the day, Satwik andAshwini floored Denmark's NiclasNohr and Sara Thygesen 21-9, 22-20in a tie that lasted 36 minutes.

In another mixed doubles tie,Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikhbeat Nigerians Enejoh Abah and PeaceOrji 21-13, 21-12 comprehensively in26 minutes while Rohan Kapoor andKuhoo Garg defeated Canada's TobyNG and Rachel Honderich 21-19, 21-6 in 28 minutes.

However, it was curtains for thewomen's doubles pair of SanyogitaGhorpade and Prajakta Sawant, wholost their opening round clash 20-22,14-21 to Turkey's Bengisu Ercetin andNazlican Inci in 34 minutes.

Among others, top seed anddefending champion Viktor Axelsen ofDenmark enjoyed a comfortable 21-8,21-7 win over Portugal's Duarte Anjo,while third seed and reigning All

England Champion Shi Yuqi of Chinabeat Adam Mendrek of the CzechRepublic 21-13, 21-11 to proceed tothe second round.

AXELSEN OPENS TITLE DEFENCEWorld champion Viktor Axelsen

has begun his title defence with a dom-inating 21-8, 21-7 win over DuarteAnjo on the first day of the badmintonworld championships.

Axelsen controlled the matchthroughout Monday, taking an earlylead in both games before winning 12of the last 13 points to advance.

Despite being hampered by injuriesearly in the season, Axelsen won theEuropean Championship in April andappears to be in the kind of form thatlast year helped him become the firstEuropean in 20 years to win theworld title.

Third-seeded Shi Yuqi beat AdamMendrek of Czech Republic 21-13, 21-11 in his opening match. Shi, who wonthe All England earlier this year, hasthe highest seeding of any of theChinese men.

Five-time champion Lin Dan,seeded 9th, opened with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Mark Caljouw of theNetherlands. Caljouw leveled at 9-9 inthe second game before Lin pulledaway behind a series of precisionsmashes.

All of the seeded players inwomen's singles, men's doubles,women's doubles and mixed doublesreceived first-round byes.

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Shubhankar Sharma has two simple goals toachieve at this week's World Golf

Championships-Bridgestone Invitational andone of them is to gather enough courage andintroduce himself to Tiger Woods.

The second goal is of course to keep hisPGA TOUR dream alive with a strong show-ing at the iconic Firestone Country Club here.

The 22-year-old Indian will make his debuton Thursday in the $10 million showpiece head-lined by title holderHideki Matsuyama,World No 1 DustinJohnson, newly-crowned OpenChampionship win-ner FrancescoMolinari, 29 golfersfrom the top-30 ofthe FedExCup stand-ings and 14-timemajor winner Woods,who will be playing inhis first WGC eventin four years.

"I'm really look-ing forward to theevent as I've watchedit on TV over theyears," said Sharma.

"It's a tough setup but it is a greattournament whichhas celebrated greatchampions. Tiger haswon it so many times,and then guys likeAdam (Scott), Hidekiand other great play-ers have won it too, sojust to be a part ofthat is fantastic,"added the currentleader of the AsianTour Habitat forHumanity standings.

Speaking of Woods, Sharma caused a fewgiggles when he tweeted the following messageafter the Open Championship: "Last word onone and the only @TigerWoods. I am yet todirectly meet him. My nerves always get betterof me, each time. Maybe, he will have to helpme there:) A practise round will be ideal@WGC_Bridgestone, especially, looking athow it went for @F_Molinari :) @TheOpen."

Sharma hopes to have a normal conversa-tion with Woods and not get nervous.

"I think I'll go say hi to him (Woods), butI'm a bit nervous," said Sharma, who enjoyeda practice round with Molinari, Italy's first majorchampion, at the Open in Carnoustie.

"He's always with someone and I don't wantto disturb him but I'll definitely make it a pointto say 'hi'. He's been a hero of mine growing upand it'll be great to just meet him," the 22-year-old added.

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Championship leader Lewis Hamiltonhas no intention of lazing on a beach

as Formula One takes its annualEuropean summer break following hisresounding triumph in Sunday'sHungarian Grand Prix.

Instead, he plans to fine-tune hisphysical and mental fitness in readinessto turn up the heat in his closely-foughttitle duel with Sebastian Vettel nextmonth.

The defending champion, whoopened up a 24-point lead over his fel-low four-time title-holder by winningSunday's Hungarian Grand Prix for arecord sixth time, said he wants to comeback stronger and ready to apply morepressure.

"The second half of the season isalways intense, but it is usually when itgets a bit better on our side," he said,referring to his Mercedes team, in theaftermath of their polished triumph atthe Hungaroring.

"So we will go away and prepare andmake sure we come back stronger."Hamilton's victory was a near-perfectsend-off for him and Mercedes as the F1circus set off for a four-week closedownthat will end when the teams return toaction in Belgium at the end of August.

After his epic success in the rain inGermany, where he won from 14th onthe grid, his Hungarian victory wasanother blow to Vettel, and Ferrari, aftertwo race weekends they may prefer toforget.

Despite superior speed in practice,in dry conditions, they were unable toclaim the result they craved in a darkweek that followed the death of theteam's former chairman SergioMarchionne.

But Hamilton refused to be drawninto title talk and warned that, with nineraces remaining, more epic contests lay

ahead."Absolutely not," he said, dismissing

the idea that he was closing in on a fifthtitle.

"It is far too early. You have seen theups and downs we have had - we've beenahead, then behind, then ahead. I don'tbelieve there is ever a moment you havegot your hands on the trophy..."Hamilton was also full of praise forMercedes' teamwork on and off the cir-cuit.

"You see the teamwork me andValtteri had, it worked pretty well," hesaid, pointing to the start and openinglap when they fended off a concertedFerrari attack.

SELFLESS BOTTAS"Valtteri and I started first and sec-

ond, so we talked before the race," heexplained.

"Naturally, both of us want to getinto the lead. So we get a good start,but it's also really important that wetry to maintain position.

"For instance, if I block him or cor-ner him in, it gives the opportunity tothe guys behind to pass him, so I triednot to make it too difficult for him inthat respect." Hamilton alsopraised Bottas for his selfless drivingduring the race, when he had to coverthe threat of Kimi Raikkonen in thesecond Ferrari, whose early pit-stop,forced Mercedes to follow suit.

"He had to cover Kimi and thatwas unfortunate because that's a long,long way to go on the soft tyres..." Forthe luckless Bottas, it meant his finallaps were reduced to a slitheringdefence of his position, two collisions,a late pit-stop and fifth place afterwhich he not only received a 10-sec-onds penalty, for colliding with DanielRicciardo's Red Bull, but was piquedby Mercedes team chief Toto Wolffpraising his work as a "wingman".

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Neymar used a sponsor's ad to admit heexaggerated some of his reactions

after being fouled during the World Cup inRussia.

The video, published on Sunday andbroadcast on several Brazilian TV networks,features the striker accepting criticism forthe first time and promising to pick him-self up.

The striker scored two goals in the tour-nament and was not too disappointing untilhis team got knocked out by Belgium in thequarter-finals, but fans and players havespoken much more about his theatrics onthe pitch, which included dives, rolling andfrequent arguing with referees.

"You may think I exaggerate. Andsometimes I do exaggerate. But the truthis I suffer on the pitch," Neymar said in thead sponsored by personal care productsmaker Gillette.

Since Brazil's elimination, Neymaronly spoke about the defeat in Russia viaInstagram. In the ad he tried to explain whyhe did not speak right after the Belgiumgame, which fostered even more criticismof his behavior at home.

"When I leave without giving interviewsit is not because I only want the victory lau-rels. It is because I still haven't learned todisappoint you. When I look impolite, it isnot because I am a spoiled kid. It is becauseI have not learned how to be frustrated," theplayer said.

Neymar said his football style is akin

to a boy's that "sometime charms the world,sometimes irritates the whole world."

''I fight to keep that boy alive inside ofme, but not on the pitch," he said.

"You may think I fall too much,"Neymar continued. "But the truth is I didnot fall. I fell apart," he said, in a referenceto Brazil's quarter-finals elimination againstBelgium.

"That hurts more than any step on anoperated ankle."

The piece ends with Neymar's pledge

to be a new man less than a month afterBrazil was knocked out of the World Cup.

"I took long to accept your criticism. Itook long to look at myself in the mirrorand become a new man," Neymar said.

"I fell, but only who falls can pick him-self up." Neymar ends his ad asking fans tomake a choice. You can keep castingstones. Or throw these stones away and helpme stand. When I stand, all of Brazil standswith me," he said.

On July 20, at his first public appear-ance after the World Cup, Neymar did nottalk about his exaggerations. Instead, he saidhe wasn't upset with critics that made funof his theatrics in Russia.

Neymar has tackled critics who derid-ed his play-acting at the World Cup,admitting he "overreacts" and blaming his"brat" like behaviour on his inner child.

The Brazilian superstar was widely lam-basted in Russia for his theatrical reactionsto challenges which often left the world'smost expensive footballer wincing androlling on the ground.

"Boot studs on the shins, kick in thespine, stomp on the foot, you may think Ioverreact, and sometimes I do, but for real?I suffer on the pitch, but you have no ideawhat I go through outside of it," he said incomments on a television commercial fora razor blade.

The Paris Saint-Germain forward,speaking in Portuguese with English sub-titles, continued "You may all think I've fall-en too much, but the reality is I did not fall,I crumbled."

PTI n NEW DELHI

Karman Kaur Thandi onMonday became only the

sixth Indian woman tennisplayer to crack the top-200rankings in singles, jumping 32places in the WTA chart.

Karman is now rankedexactly 200 in the WTA list.

The 20-year-old Delhi girl,backed by Mahesh Bhupathi,has been in good form in thepast few weeks, winning hermaiden ITF singles title inHong Kong and making thesemi-finals in two others inChina.

In April, the country's topsingles player Ankita Raina hadbroken into the top-200 and isnow ranked 195 (-4).

Before these two girls, SaniaMirza, NirupamaVaidyanathan, Shikha Uberoiand Sunitha Rao had made it tothe top-200.

While Sania, winner of sixGrand Slam titles in doubles,

touched a career-high of 27 insingles in 2007, Nirupama'sbest rank was 134 in 1997.

Shikha's highest rankingwas 122 and Sunita reached 144.Both these players were US cit-izens even though they repre-sented India on tour.

"I am happy to climb to top-

200. Step by step, I will try toreach my goal of getting intotop-150 by the year-end,"Karman, who celebrated themoment by indulging in someshopping, told PTI.

In her last three tourna-ments, Karman won her maid-en ITF singles title in Hong

Kong and reached semi-final intwo others in China.

Asked if she played differ-ently to get consistency, Karmansaid:"The matches I playedbefore were tight ones and theycould have gone either way. Ilost those matches but learntfrom them. In the matches, Iplayed recently, I kept my inten-sity on every point and steppingit up both mentally and andgame wise. I stayed solid withmy game both physically andmentally."

Karman has been trainingin Delhi for the past one yearwith Aditya Sachdeva havingworked at MouratoglouAcademy in Nice, France underrenowned Patrick Mouratoglou.

Karman said she benefitteda lot while training in Nicewhere she use to hit with topFrench player Alize Cornet.

"I got to know my body bet-ter there and I picked up a lotof things, both fitness andgame,” she quoted.

PRANNOY, SAMEER IN 2ND ROUND

Indian shuttlers enjoy successful openings at Worlds across singles, doubles & mixed doubles

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GAMES IN A MATCH THAT LASTED 28MINUTES. HE WILL NEXT TAKE ON BRAZILIAN

YGOR COELHO IN THE SECOND ROUND

Pumped up India face Italyin World Cup knock-outs

Hamilton plans to turn

heat up in title duel

Shubhankar setsdual mission atmaiden WGC event

Neymar admits exaggerated reactions

Karman cracks top-200 in WTA charts

Shubhankar Sharma at the recentlyconcluded British Open AP

Neymar during the World Cup in Russia AP

Karman Kaur Thandi in a file picture

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Be angry and challenge Virat Kohli,urged former captain MichaelVaughan to an English side hosting

an ambitious India, for long seeking to shedthe poor travellers' tag, in a highly-antic-ipated Test series.

Besides, the 43-year-old who openedfor his country for almost a decade, wantsthe seasoned Alastair Cook to show con-sistency and skipper Joe Root to converthis starts into monumental knocks. Cookhas played alongside the player-turned-expert in the beginning of his career.

He prefers a five-man bowling attackand last but not the least, Vaughan goad-ed the pace duo of Stuart Broad and JamesAnderson to "step up and challenge ViratKohli's front foot".

"Joe Root needs to hammer home tohis men that they have a point to prove andtry to replicate that angry England teamthat arrived at Headingley and hammeredPakistan in their last Test. Go back and sayto the players: 'What were you thinking thatfirst day at Headingley?" Vaughan wrote inthe 'Daily Telegraph'.

"Sometimes it is not done in teamchats. Sometimes you are better off speak-ing to individuals. Go to each individualand ask: 'Why did you arrive in Leeds withmore intensity'?"

England crushed Pakistan by aninnings and 55 runs in the Headingley Testin June.

"This England team has to find thatattitude without first having to be stirredinto a response through criticism after ahammering. Maybe the Adil Rashid furorewill help," said Vaughan, who was one ofthe key characters involved in the Rashid"furore".

"England will not win every game, theyare not good enough, but their mindset andmentality can be the same every week."

Regarding the prolific Root, he said,"He averages over 50 from 16 Tests as cap-tain. I would have snatched your hand offfor that average. The only problem for Joeis that he has not scored the hundreds heshould have done.

"He has found his form in the one-daygame and got out of his system the frus-tration and anger, and trying to bat likesomeone else rather than trusting his own

game. All he needs is to be himself."He thought the way to go is to wear the

Indian bowlers down."This is the perfect series. The pitch-

es will be good, he is a great player of spinand you can wear India's seamers downbecause I don't think they will be that dis-ciplined. Outfields will be rapid. Everythingis set up for Joe to have a great series." Asfor Cook, Vaughan expects consistencyfrom the most experienced player in thecurrent set-up.

"Alastair Cook needs to find consis-tency. One massive score in a series alongwith loads of low scores is no good. Heneeds consistency over the next fivegames. And he has to drag Keaton Jenningswith him."

"Yes, Cook has to look after his ownperformance, but it would be nice to takeJennings with him so whenever he leaves

the Test team he has made sure Englandhave a decent, half-experienced openingbatsman to take on his mantle."

The ex-captain also expressed hisviews about the much-anticipated clashbetween Kohli and the pair of Andersonand Broad.

"I was critical of them beforeHeadingley. They were outstanding inthat game and they will have to be out-standing again.

"You expect Broad and Anderson tostep up and challenge Kohli's front foot.Bowl outside off-stump and then throw theodd one in straight to get him playing acrossthe line and scissor his feet," he added.

Speaking about the Indian run-machine's batting, he observed, "You needhis front left-foot going over to the off side,he then starts doubting where his off-stumpis and playing squarer on the off side which

is when the outside edge comes into play."England did it in the one-day series at

times. He was vulnerable a yard outside off-stump and the likes of Anderson and Broadhave to hang it out there and say 'Come tous'. If there is any movement in the air theywill be a real threat."

‘INDIAN PACE HAS UNUSUAL VARIETY'Former England skipper Alastair Cook

feels India's pace battery has variety anddepth, something that they have lacked asa touring side all these years.

"India seem to have got a good varietyof bowlers, especially pace bowlers, whichis probably unusual. They have strength indepth in their pace bowling," said cookahead of the first Test beginning here onWednesday.

"Over the last couple of years - certainlyin the last 10 years I've played them - they

haven't had the option of playing five or sixdifferent types of seamers. That's differentto what I have experienced in the past butwe'll see over the next six weeks."

The form of the India's top order seemsto be a cause of concern for the visitors butCook backed struggling Shikhar Dhawanand Cheteshwar Pujara to come good in theseries.

"With very good players, form is cer-tainly temporary. The reason they're verygood players is the number of runs they'vescored in the past over a sustained periodof time," he said.

"That's why they're the number one sidein the world. You can go a couple of inningsnot scoring any runs, and suddenly you geta couple away and start to get that rhythmand timing back, and you get a big one.That is the nature of the beast, certainly withtop-order batting," Cook said.

PTI n BIRMINGHAM

England pacer Stuart Broad hasrevealed that he and James Anderson

are likely to be rotated through the five-Test series against India starting August1 as part of the team management's strat-egy to balance the duo's workload. At theback-end of their careers, the 36-year-oldAnderson took a six-week break to get ridof his shoulder injury while the 32-year-old Broad had limped off during a coun-ty match earlier this season.

"It will depend on tosses, pitches,workloads. If (there are) two Tests of 250overs in the field each, it's unrealistic tothink your seam bowlers will play fiveTests in six weeks. But if you have a Test,where you bowl them out in 80 or 60overs, that changes your thinking," Broadtold reporters during an interaction.

"If the pitches turn square and thespinners do a lot of the work, you mightnot bowl so much but come on when theball starts to reverse swing, so sometimesyour workloads can be higher if it is greenand nibbling," Broad added.

The senior speedster also revealedthat the team management has alreadyconveyed that rotation of seamers is onthe cards.

"I think there has already been smallconversations saying don't be disheart-ened if you are left out for a Test match.It's not a personal attack or dropping, it'smanagement of your bowlers to makesure we give ourselves the best chance,"Broad explained about the rationalebehind rotation with five Tests squeezedin six weeks.

The bowler said that he doesn'twant a situation where he is dropped forpoor form.

"I won't get to the stage where I amleft out at say, Lord's, and go back and playcounty cricket. It's you're missing out,fresh bowlers come in, you stay around[the squad], keeping talking, stay part ofthe unit so it's only natural to expect smallchanges throughout five Test matches butthe bowlers have to be able to take it,"Broad said.

Broad, who is returning to action

after an ankle injury said he is completelyfit and "in an exciting place".

"I am going in 100 per cent fit andyou can't say that too often," the 32-year-old said.

While all eyes will be on the battlebetween Kohli and Anderson Broadplayed down the rivalry.

"I really don't agree with the theorythat one particular bowler can target aworld-class batsman. You have to havethat pressure and theatre at both endsagainst that sort of quality - that's whenyou get mistakes.

"If he's able to really watch Jimmy(Anderson) and play carefully but scoreoff me, you're taking away any advantageas a team. As a bowling unit, we will justhave to make it as hard for all of their bats-men to score early runs, but particular-ly a key player like Virat. We have to tryand create pressure that way," he said.

PTI n DUBAI

The series-opener against India willbe a milestone Test for England as

they will be taking the field for their1000th five-day match, startingWednesday at Edgbaston.

The International Cricket Councilcongratulated England ahead of thehistoric game.

Out of the 999 men's Tests thatEngland have played till date sincetheir debut Test against Australia inMarch, 1877, they have won 357 Testsand lost 297 Tests with 345 ending indraws.

At the Edgbaston alone, Englandhave played 50 Tests since their firstTest in May 1902 against Australia,winning 27, losing eight with 15 end-ing in draws.

"On behalf of the cricket family, Iwant to congratulate England on their1000th men's Test match, the firstcountry to reach this milestone," ICCchairman Shashank Manohar said ina statement.

"I wish England all the best in thishistoric match and may it continue toproduce players and performancesthat inspire the following of Testcricket, the oldest and most demand-ing format of the game."

England have dominated Indiasince their first Test in June 1932, win-ning 43 and losing 25 out of a total of117 Tests.

On home turf, England have won30 Tests and India have emerged win-ners on six occasions with 21 Testsending in draws.

Edgbaston has hosted six Testsbetween the two sides, with Englandleading 5-0 on a head-to-head.

‘BE ANGRY AND CHALLENGE KOHLI’

Michael Vaughan goads the pace duo of Broad and Anderson to step up and challenge Virat's front foot

English players celebarte after Stuart Broad dismissed Pakistan’s batsman during the second Test played at Leeds in June; (Right) Alastair Cook during a nets session at Edgbaston on Monday AP

ICC wishes

England for

1000 Test

‘Patience could be key in fickle weather’

Stuart Broad celebartes after dismissing Pak batsman ECB

‘Unrealistic to expect from

seamers to play all 5 Tests’

SMRITI EQUALS FASTEST T20 FIFTY RECORD

TAUNTON: India's star batswoman SmritiMandhana equalled the record for the fastesthalf-century in women's T20 cricket during aKia Super League encounter between WesternStorm and Loughborough Lightning.Mandhana equalled New Zealand's SophieDevine's record of notching up a half-century in18 balls, set against India during a T20International back in 2015. The Indian blasted a19-ball 52 overall. Mandhana also smashed thetournament record for fastest fifty as her teambeat the league leaders by 18 runs in a curtailedsix overs-a-side match on Saturday night.Western Storm posted 85 for 2 in six overs asMandhana blasted four sixes and five foursduring her 19-ball knock. Ironically, Devine,who was in Mandhana's opposite team, top-scored with 46 for her side but Storm restrictedLightning to 67 for no loss, inflicting their firstdefeat in three outings.

SA ‘A’ FEAST ON BOARD’S XI WEAK ATTACK

BENGALURU: South Africa A feasted on BoardPresident's inexperienced bowling attack toamass 389 for two on the first day of their two-day warm-up match here on Monday. Opting tobat, the visitors rode centuries by Sarel Erwee(117 retired hurt) and Zubayr Hamza (104batting), to pile up a formidable score againstwhat can be called a fourth-string bowlingattack. At stumps at the Chinnaswamy Stadium,Rassie van der Dussen (35) was giving Hamzacompany. Skipper Khaya Zondo contributed 67while opener Pieter Malan made 51 in the runfeast. Preparing to face India A, the visitingSouth Africans started on a strong note, puttingon 161 runs for the first wicket. Malan wasdismissed by Jalaj Saxena after the batsmanstruck seven boundaries in an 84-ball knock.Another big partnership followed as Erwee andHamza added 155 runs for the second wicket,even as the Board President's players toiledthrough the day.

INDIA U-19 TROUNCE SL BY 6 WICKETS

COLOMBO: The India U-19 team produced adisciplined all-round performance to make arampaging start to the five-match limited overseries against Sri Lanka, thrashing the hosts bysix wickets in a lop-sided first Youth ODI hereon Monday. Skipper Nipun Dananjaya'sdecision to bat backfired as the hosts failed toput up a fight against quality bowling by India,folding for a paltry 143 in 38.4 overs at the PSara Oval. Ajay Dev Goud picked up threewickets, while Mohit Jangra (2/14), YatinMangwani (2/35) and Ayush Badoni (2/37)snapped two each. India then rode on a patientfifty by opener Anuj Rawat and some usefulcontributions from Aryan Juyal (20) andSameer Choudhary (31 not out) to overhaul thetarget in 37.1 overs. Juyal blasted five hits tothe fence in his 85-ball 50.

ISNER SERVES UP HIS FIFTH ATLANTA TITLE

LOS ANGELES: John Isner won his fifth AtlantaOpen title on Sunday, with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 winover Ryan Harrison to beat the fellow Americanin the final for the second straight year. The 33-year-old Isner earned his second win of 2018and a record fifth in Atlanta to go with previouswins in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. The topseed served out the match to love in the 10thgame of the third set, clinching victory with apowerful serve down the line that handcuffedHarrison. Isner is having one of the bestseasons of his career. Earlier this month hereached his maiden Grand Slam semi-final witha run to the final four of Wimbledon. Agencies

S I N G L E S Chance for Kohli to topple Smith in ICC rankingsPTI n DUBAI

India captain Virat Kohliwill look to snatch the cov-

eted number-one positionfrom Australia's Steve Smith inthe ICC Test Player Rankingsduring the five-Test serieswhich is beginning with thefirst Test in Birmingham onWednesday.

Kohli trails Smith, who iscurrently serving 12 monthsban due to his role in ball tam-

pering, by 26 points and willhave to produce a string ofstrong performances toleapfrog the Australian.

Amongst the batsmen,both England and India havefive each inside the top-50.

India's Cheteshwar Pujarais sixth, followed by LokeshRahul 18th, Ajinkya Rahane19th, Murali Vijay 23rd andShikhar Dhawan 24th, whileEngland's Joe Root is rankedthird (48 points behind Kohli),

Alistair Cook 13th, JonnyBairstow 16th, Ben Stokes28th and Moeen Ali 43rd.

Among the bowlers,England fast bowler JamesAnderson will aim to defendhis number-one ranking.

Apart from Anderson,Stuart Broad is the otherEngland bowler who featuresinside the top-30 in 12th posi-tion.

In contrast, India boastssix bowlers inside the top-30,

including two spinners inRavindra Jadeja (third) andRavichandran Ashwin (fifth),and four fast bowlers, namelyMohammed Shami (17th),Bhuvneshwar Kumar (25th),Ishant Sharma (26th) andUmesh Yadav (28th).

India's left-arm spinnerKuldep Yadav, who causedproblems for the England bats-men in the ODI series, isranked outside the top-50 in56th position.

PTI n BIRMINGHAM

India's attack will have to show patienceto take 20 wickets and in the fickle English

weather, it could be a virtue for the bats-men as well, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahanesaid on Monday.

The five-Test series starts with the firstmatch in Birmingham on Wednesday.

"There is always help for bowlers inEngland, but that doesn't mean it is easierfor the bowlers. They need to be patient andbowl in the good areas. They have to backtheir own skills instead of trying to takewickets from both ends" Rahane said.

During a media interaction two days

prior to the series opener, the batsmanadded, "If one bowler can play the supportrole well then it will lead to wickets. To bowlpatiently and on spot is crucial to success.

"It is a great opportunity for thebowlers to prove that we can take 20 wick-ets in a Test match consistently, like we haddone in South Africa. Nobody expected usto take 20 wickets in all three Test match-es.

"At the same time they should not putextra pressure on themselves and theyshould just look to enjoy the moment.They need to back themselves and believethat our bowling unit is the best in theworld."