16
W ith farmers’ protest spreading beyond Mandsaur — where five pro- testers were killed in an alleged police firing on Tuesday — Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday chaired an emergency Cabinet meeting and announced a judi- cial probe into the violence and declared a compensation of 1 crore to the kin of each of the deceased persons. “It’s an unfortunate episode and I express heart-felt condo- lence to the kin of the deceased. A judicial probe has been ordered to ascertain how the farmers died,” said Chouhan, who also promised Government jobs to the dependents of the deceased. State officials said that 1 crore is an unprecedented amount of compensation, but it didn’t seem to have mollified the farmers, with widespread violence being reported from western Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. Fresh incidents of violence and looting of vehicles carrying essentials goods were reported from var- ious parts of the State, includ- ing Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele- ments are allegedly using social media for inciting violence. Farmers in large numbers blocked a road in Berkheda Panth area, around 18 kms from Mandsaur on Wednesday. When Mandsaur Collector SK Singh and Superintendent of Police Omprakash Tripathi reached the spot to mollify the protesters, the farmers alleged- ly manhandled the adminis- trative officer. When contact- ed for his reaction, the collector refused to comment on the incident. He said the situation in Mandsaur was under control. Farmers in western Madhya Pradesh are protesting since June 1 demanding cost- based returns for their pro- duce, including higher mini- mum support prices (MSP) for their produce, as well as waiv- er of loans totaling around 45,000 crore. The Madhya Pradesh bandh called by the Congress on Wednesday affected some western parts of the State, but petrol pumps, markets and other establishments remained open in Bhopal. With most of the slain farmers hailing from the pow- erful Patidar community, the ruling BJP, which has been fac- ing the wrath of the same community in Gujarat, is bound to be at the receiving end of the community in the coming local body elections which will possibly be held in July in the State. A fter successful merger of country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) with its associate banks in April this year, a distinct possibility of merger of all other public sec- tor banks (PSBs) is in the air. The Finance Ministry has decided to keep the concept paper ready for the PSB banks’ merger in a month or so and the proposed merger would be guided by bigger banks’ region- al expansion plans. It is expect- ed that the final merger is likely to happen by December end this year. The SBI had merged with five associate banks to create a behemoth with over 37 lakh crore in assets earlier this year. However, the Finance Ministry wants to merge State-run banks into mega-corporations so that they can stand up to competition from global banks which will eventually be allowed to enter India as part of a WTO deal on services or as part of bilateral or regional free trade pacts. “The Finance Ministry has been consistently working on the move since the smooth merger of the SBI with its asso- ciate banks. We hope the con- cept paper on the proposed PSU bank merger should be ready in a month or so and the merger will be guided by big- ger banks’ regional expansion plans. We have already asked all bank chiefs in this regard, and also sought the expansion plans from all bigger banks such as Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Bank of India (BoI) and Canara Bank for the prospective merger,” a top official in Finance Ministry told The Pioneer. It is expected that the pos- sible merger will create 4-5 big national banks in a global competitive format. “The merger may be in the form of regional consolidation so that a north India based-bank takes Continued on Page 2 A s the farmers’ agitation turned more violent in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, it acquired polit- ical connotations with the Opposition upping the ante by announcing that its leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Yadav would go to Mandsaur on Thursday and demanding Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s resignation. The Government accused the Congress of instigating the farmers and politicising the issue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to take stock of the situation. The Centre has sought a detailed report over Tuesday’s violence and steps taken by the State Government to bring back normalcy in the vio- lence-hit Mandsaur district. But with the violence spread- ing to more districts, the Centre on Wednesday rushed five additional battalions of paramilitary forces to the State on the request of the MP Government. Five battalions are already deployed there. Earlier, the Government also called off the scheduled Cabinet briefing. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav are like- ly to go together to Mandsaur to assess the situation and meet the relatives of the five persons killed in the alleged police firing. As the Congress demand- ed the resignation of Chouhan, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu stoutly defend- ed the MP CM and blamed the main Opposition party for instigating farmers. Naidu said the protests were being hijacked by the Congress. “It is a very sad turn of events in a State that is the most peaceful in India. The Congress is trying to politicise farmers’ problems after they failed to counter Chouhan politically in the State,” Naidu said on the sidelines of a function. “The PM has ordered an enquiry and the truth will come out. I ask the Congress why they want instant solution to farm- ers’ problems in Maharashtra Continued on Page 2 Tehran: Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran’s Parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing 12 people in the first attacks in the country claimed by the Islamic State group. Dozens were injured in the attacks, which targeted two of Iran’s most potent symbols: its Parliament complex in central Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who led the 1979 Islamic revolution. The standoff lasted around five hours before all the gunmen holed up in Parliamentary office buildings were killed. ISIS released a video of the attackers from inside the building via its Amaq propaganda agency — a rare claim of responsibility while an attack was still going on. The Sunni jihadists of ISIS consider Shiite Iran to be apos- tates, and Tehran is deeply involved in fighting the group in both Syria and Iraq. The assaults began mid-morn- ing when four gunmen burst into the Parliament complex in the cen- tre of Tehran, killing a security guard and one other person, according to the ISNA news agency. An interior Ministry official said they were dressed as women and entered through the visitors’ entrance. One eventually explod- ed a suicide vest while the others were killed by security forces. At roughly the same time, two assailants entered the grounds of the Khomeini mausoleum, killing a gardener and wounding several other people. One detonated a suicide vest, while the other was shot dead. It was not clear whether the shrine attackers were women, as earlier reported, or just wearing female clothing. Iran’s emergency services said a total of 12 people were killed in the two attacks and 43 wounded. Iran’s leaders sought to play down the attacks, with neither President Hassan Rouhani nor supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei making a statement by Wednesday evening. Parliament was in session as the violence unfolded and mem- bers were keen to show they were undeterred, posting selfies show- ing themselves as calm and con- tinuing with regular business. Meanwhile, gunshots contin- ued in the neighbouring office buildings, with police helping staff to escape from windows and snipers taking position from rooftops. Speaker Ali Larijani dis- missed the attacks, saying they were a “trivial matter” and that security forces were dealing with them. The Intelligence Ministry said there had been a third “terrorist” team that was neutralised before the attacks started. Tehran was on lockdown, with streets blocked and parts of the metro closed. Journalists and onlookers were kept away from the sites by police. Interior Minister Abdolrahman Fazli told ISNA he had convened a special meeting of the country’s security council. Messages of support were sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin and from the Syrian Foreign Ministry. The three countries are close allies in the fight against rebels and jihadist groups in Syria. Iran has also been helping to battle IS in Iraq, which also sent its condolences. Continued on Page 2 T he Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into alleged bungling in transfer of land belonging to Ram Janaki Tapovan Mandir Trust. A Division bench comprising Chief Justice PK Mohanty and Justice Ananda Sen directed the CBI to complete the inquiry within six months while hearing a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged land scam where land worth crores, belonging to Ram Janaki Tapovan Mandir Trust, was sold out to private parties after making changes in the bylaws of the Trust. “The court has also directed the State Government to ensure restoration of land if the sale of land was found to be erroneous,” said petitioner’s advocate Amit Sinha. The petition was filed by Atish Kumar Singh demanding CBI inquiry into the case as more than 10 acres of land were sold out to the private parties by tampering the bylaws, he added. “The court said that the land must be returned to the Trust if it has been transferred illegally to the other parties,” the advocate said. The advocate further added that in the orig- inal deed prepared in the year 1948, 16.43 acres of land were transferred to the Trust by various devotees and a trust was set up to look after these lands, but more than 10 acres of land were sold out to the private parties by tampering the bylaws of the trust and only 6.43 acres of land were left as per the records of the trust in 2005. “Land worth crores was located at some of the posh areas like Hawai Nagar, Kusai Colony, Chappan Set, Niwaranpur and Morhabadi etc,” said the advocate. There was no provision of sell- ing the said land as per the bylaws of the trust, but a provision for selling them out was made by tampering it and most of the land was sold out to the influential people and multi-storied build- ings were constructed on them, he added. After hearing arguments of both sides before vacation on April 27, the Court had kept the orders reserved and pronounced it on Wednesday. O ne Major of the Army and three terrorists belonging to the anti-talk faction of Ulfa were killed and three other para commandos of the Army were injured during a gun battle at remote Lappa in Nagaland’s Mon district on late Tuesday night. Three AK series of weapons close to 300 rounds of live ammunition, IED and other war like stores were also recovered from the ter- rorists, said sources, adding that the terrorists were also supported by the NSCN (K) cadres, who however, could manage to escape. Confirming the development, a spokesperson of the Assam Rifles said the injured para commandos were flown to the Indian Air Force hospital at Rowriah in Jorhat for treatment. N orthwest Delhi’s Keshavpuram area wore a deserted look on Wednesday as residents mourned the death of people-friendly 52-year-old Satyabir Panchal, who after hearing a shriek from neig- bourhood at 2:30 am on Tuesday, had rushed with his 22-year-old son Akshay to save a family of eight from inferno but died in harness. Satyabir, who was in the business of selling fire extin- guishers, succeeded in his endeavour and saved eight people from the blaze but died fighting as a cylinder in the house exploded. Locals rushed the injured to a nearby hospital where Satyabir was declared brought dead. Continued on Page 2

Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

��������� ����������� ��

With farmers’ protestspreading beyond

Mandsaur — where five pro-testers were killed in an allegedpolice firing on Tuesday —Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan on Wednesdaychaired an emergency Cabinetmeeting and announced a judi-cial probe into the violence anddeclared a compensation of�1 crore to the kin of each ofthe deceased persons.

“It’s an unfortunate episodeand I express heart-felt condo-lence to the kin of the deceased.A judicial probe has beenordered to ascertain how thefarmers died,” said Chouhan,who also promised Governmentjobs to the dependents of thedeceased.

State officials said that �1crore is an unprecedentedamount of compensation, butit didn’t seem to have mollifiedthe farmers, with widespreadviolence being reported fromwestern Madhya Pradesh onWednesday. Fresh incidentsof violence and looting ofvehicles carrying essentialsgoods were reported from var-ious parts of the State, includ-ing Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam,Harda, Dhar, Jhabua,Khargone, Mandsaur andNeemuch. The administrationhas blocked internet services asprotesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly using social

media for inciting violence. Farmers in large numbers

blocked a road in BerkhedaPanth area, around 18 kmsfrom Mandsaur on Wednesday.When Mandsaur Collector SKSingh and Superintendent ofPolice Omprakash Tripathireached the spot to mollify theprotesters, the farmers alleged-ly manhandled the adminis-trative officer. When contact-ed for his reaction, the collector refused to commenton the incident. He said the situation in Mandsaur wasunder control.

Farmers in westernMadhya Pradesh are protestingsince June 1 demanding cost-based returns for their pro-duce, including higher mini-mum support prices (MSP) fortheir produce, as well as waiv-er of loans totaling around�45,000 crore.

The Madhya Pradeshbandh called by the Congresson Wednesday affected somewestern parts of the State, butpetrol pumps, markets andother establishments remainedopen in Bhopal.

With most of the slainfarmers hailing from the pow-erful Patidar community, theruling BJP, which has been fac-ing the wrath of the samecommunity in Gujarat, isbound to be at the receivingend of the community in thecoming local body electionswhich will possibly be held inJuly in the State.

���������������� ��������� ��������������������������� �������!�����������"�#���������$�����%�������

�� � ���������&'��&��(

After successful merger ofcountry’s largest lender

State Bank of India (SBI) withits associate banks in April thisyear, a distinct possibility ofmerger of all other public sec-tor banks (PSBs) is in the air.

The Finance Ministry hasdecided to keep the conceptpaper ready for the PSB banks’merger in a month or so andthe proposed merger would beguided by bigger banks’ region-al expansion plans. It is expect-ed that the final merger islikely to happen by Decemberend this year.

The SBI had merged withfive associate banks to create abehemoth with over �37 lakhcrore in assets earlier this year.However, the Finance Ministrywants to merge State-run banksinto mega-corporations so thatthey can stand up to competitionfrom global banks which willeventually be allowed to enterIndia as part of a WTO deal onservices or as part of bilateral orregional free trade pacts.

“The Finance Ministry hasbeen consistently working onthe move since the smoothmerger of the SBI with its asso-ciate banks. We hope the con-cept paper on the proposedPSU bank merger should be

ready in a month or so and themerger will be guided by big-ger banks’ regional expansionplans. We have already asked allbank chiefs in this regard, andalso sought the expansion plansfrom all bigger banks such asPunjab National Bank (PNB),Bank of Baroda (BoB), Bank ofIndia (BoI) and Canara Bankfor the prospective merger,” atop official in Finance Ministrytold The Pioneer.

It is expected that the pos-sible merger will create 4-5 bignational banks in a globalcompetitive format. “Themerger may be in the form ofregional consolidation so thata north India based-bank takes

Continued on Page 2

����� &'��&��(

As the farmers’ agitationturned more violent in

Madhya Pradesh onWednesday, it acquired polit-ical connotations with theOpposition upping the ante byannouncing that its leaderslike Rahul Gandhi and SharadYadav would go to Mandsauron Thursday and demanding

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan’s resignation.

The Government accusedthe Congress of instigating thefarmers and politicising theissue. Prime Minister NarendraModi held a meeting withExternal Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj, Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh,Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyand Union Transport MinisterNitin Gadkari to take stock ofthe situation.

The Centre has sought adetailed report over Tuesday’sviolence and steps taken by theState Government to bringback normalcy in the vio-lence-hit Mandsaur district.But with the violence spread-

ing to more districts, theCentre on Wednesday rushedfive additional battalions ofparamilitary forces to the Stateon the request of the MPGovernment. Five battalionsare already deployed there.Earlier, the Government alsocalled off the scheduledCabinet briefing.

Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi and JD(U)leader Sharad Yadav are like-ly to go together to Mandsaurto assess the situation andmeet the relatives of the fivepersons killed in the allegedpolice firing.

As the Congress demand-ed the resignation of Chouhan,Union Information and

Broadcasting Minister MVenkaiah Naidu stoutly defend-ed the MP CM and blamed themain Opposition party forinstigating farmers. Naidu saidthe protests were being hijackedby the Congress.

“It is a very sad turn ofevents in a State that is the mostpeaceful in India. The Congressis trying to politicise farmers’problems after they failed tocounter Chouhan politicallyin the State,” Naidu said on thesidelines of a function.

“The PM has ordered anenquiry and the truth will comeout. I ask the Congress why theywant instant solution to farm-ers’ problems in Maharashtra

Continued on Page 2

�������������� �� ����������������

������������������������ ��������� ��������������������

Tehran: Gunmen and suicidebombers stormed Iran’s Parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader onWednesday, killing 12 people inthe first attacks in the countryclaimed by the Islamic State group.

Dozens were injured in theattacks, which targeted two ofIran’s most potent symbols: itsParliament complex in centralTehran and the mausoleum ofAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini wholed the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The standoff lasted aroundfive hours before all the gunmenholed up in Parliamentary officebuildings were killed.

ISIS released a video of theattackers from inside the buildingvia its Amaq propaganda agency— a rare claim of responsibilitywhile an attack was still going on.

The Sunni jihadists of ISISconsider Shiite Iran to be apos-tates, and Tehran is deeplyinvolved in fighting the group inboth Syria and Iraq.

The assaults began mid-morn-ing when four gunmen burst intothe Parliament complex in the cen-tre of Tehran, killing a securityguard and one other person,according to the ISNA newsagency.

An interior Ministry officialsaid they were dressed as womenand entered through the visitors’entrance. One eventually explod-ed a suicide vest while the otherswere killed by security forces.

At roughly the same time, twoassailants entered the grounds ofthe Khomeini mausoleum, killinga gardener and wounding severalother people.

One detonated a suicide vest,while the other was shot dead.

It was not clear whether theshrine attackers were women, asearlier reported, or just wearingfemale clothing.

Iran’s emergency services saida total of 12 people were killed inthe two attacks and 43 wounded.

Iran’s leaders sought to playdown the attacks, with neitherPresident Hassan Rouhani norsupreme leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei making a statement byWednesday evening.

Parliament was in session asthe violence unfolded and mem-

bers were keen to show they wereundeterred, posting selfies show-ing themselves as calm and con-tinuing with regular business.

Meanwhile, gunshots contin-ued in the neighbouring officebuildings, with police helping staffto escape from windows andsnipers taking position fromrooftops. Speaker Ali Larijani dis-missed the attacks, saying they werea “trivial matter” and that securityforces were dealing with them.

The Intelligence Ministry saidthere had been a third “terrorist”team that was neutralised beforethe attacks started.

Tehran was on lockdown,with streets blocked and parts ofthe metro closed. Journalists andonlookers were kept away from thesites by police. Interior MinisterAbdolrahman Fazli told ISNA hehad convened a special meeting ofthe country’s security council.

Messages of support were sentby Russian President VladimirPutin and from the Syrian ForeignMinistry.

The three countries are closeallies in the fight against rebels andjihadist groups in Syria. Iran hasalso been helping to battle IS in Iraq,which also sent its condolences.

Continued on Page 2

��������������� ���������� ���������������� ������ ������� ��������� ������ ���������

����������������� ����������� ��

����� ����(

The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesdayordered a CBI probe into alleged bungling

in transfer of land belonging to Ram JanakiTapovan Mandir Trust.

A Division bench comprising Chief Justice PKMohanty and Justice Ananda Sen directed the CBIto complete the inquiry within six months whilehearing a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into thealleged land scam where land worth crores,belonging to Ram Janaki Tapovan Mandir Trust,was sold out to private parties after makingchanges in the bylaws of the Trust. “The court hasalso directed the State Government to ensurerestoration of land if the sale of land was foundto be erroneous,” said petitioner’s advocate AmitSinha. The petition was filed by Atish KumarSingh demanding CBI inquiry into the case asmore than 10 acres of land were sold out to theprivate parties by tampering the bylaws, he added.

“The court said that the land must bereturned to the Trust if it has been transferredillegally to the other parties,” the advocate said.

The advocate further added that in the orig-inal deed prepared in the year 1948, 16.43 acresof land were transferred to the Trust by variousdevotees and a trust was set up to look after theselands, but more than 10 acres of land were soldout to the private parties by tampering the bylawsof the trust and only 6.43 acres of land were leftas per the records of the trust in 2005.

“Land worth crores was located at some ofthe posh areas like Hawai Nagar, Kusai Colony,Chappan Set, Niwaranpur and Morhabadi etc,”said the advocate. There was no provision of sell-ing the said land as per the bylaws of the trust,but a provision for selling them out was made bytampering it and most of the land was sold outto the influential people and multi-storied build-ings were constructed on them, he added.

After hearing arguments of both sides beforevacation on April 27, the Court had kept theorders reserved and pronounced it on Wednesday.

��� ����������� ����� ��������������

� ������� ) '���*(

One Major of the Army and three terroristsbelonging to the anti-talk faction of Ulfa

were killed and three other para commandosof the Army were injured during a gun battleat remote Lappa in Nagaland’s Mon district onlate Tuesday night.

Three AK series of weapons close to 300rounds of live ammunition, IED and other warlike stores were also recovered from the ter-rorists , said sources, adding that the terrorists were also supported by the NSCN (K)cadres, who however, could manage to escape.

Confirming the development, a spokesperson of the Assam Rifles said theinjured para commandos were flown to theIndian Air Force hospital at Rowriah in Jorhatfor treatment.

��� �������������������������� ���������������� �����

�������������������������� ����������������

����������� ������������ ����������� �����!� ������"�#����������$������ ����������� ������� ���������$������ ����%������ ��&�������� �#

��' ��������� ����������())������������!����$��!���������*��'�'����� !���������+���� ��&������� #%�

��� ������ �������� �� �������

!�����" �� ���� ���#$����������"�� �������� �����"�������� ��%������������������

&�������������������������&������ ����'����������������� ������� ���������()*����������� ������������������������ ��� ������������+ ��(,��-���� ��

��������������� &'��&��(

Northwest Delhi’sKeshavpuram area wore a

deserted look on Wednesday asresidents mourned the death ofpeople-friendly 52-year-oldSatyabir Panchal, who afterhearing a shriek from neig-bourhood at 2:30 am onTuesday, had rushed with his22-year-old son Akshay to savea family of eight from infernobut died in harness.

Satyabir, who was in thebusiness of selling fire extin-guishers, succeeded in hisendeavour and saved eightpeople from the blaze but diedfighting as a cylinder in thehouse exploded.

Locals rushed the injuredto a nearby hospital whereSatyabir was declared broughtdead.

Continued on Page 2

����������� ������������� ������������������������� ! &�."��/��0���/�����"�������������"�����%1��"�������������$������$�������0��������������0���$�����2�����"���� ����.���������."������'�������2�$�������!�����$$����������3�

����"��������������"������������#� "������""���$%&���$! */�������������/���.��������/������"����#2�$����������$�������������������"����������$�����"�4��"#��5�4��/������������!�����$$�������������'�������23

����������"��"���������' "���(���������)*��)��%!�*"�������������������/��������"�������-��2�%6!��"�&����������##���������'�������2����������3�*"����#��$������������������0"��������������-��2�783�9*"�����������$���$����.��$���#����������-����7:������"���������.�/�����0��������������"�����-��2�71!;�"��$�&����������##�����������#�<�������������������3�

� ���"������� + �������"����)*��)��%! �����������"�#��#��0����0�/�������.������������2�������.��������������.�"�������'�������2������� ����������#��0������/������/"�������������������2��"�����/�#��"���3�*"��"�#���#��0����0������������������������.�������!9,�����2��+ �������#����4��";!/�����������!�����������!���������������#��0����������2���������.#��"��������#�0������ �������$�����$������������3

+�����������,�������-������.#������&&�/0! ��� ��.�2�������"��.�2������������2��������2!�����$��#������ �����������"����������"��"����/�23���"����"���"��0��$���� ��"�4�#������!"���.�����"�/�������������2������/���"��=7!111�0��������"����0����$�"������������/"����"�"���.����$��������"3�

1-�������"�����������������,���������-�)*��)��%! �����#�>�������?��@����0��� ����.������������/������#������"��������."����������������.���0���0�����"������������������.������������#����3

�������-���������������� �,������ ��%��2/$! �������������.�/��"�"��/�$����������/����"���������2��������$�����������������������������������2�����#�������"���������3

�������

�����"�!����, ��� ��#��$�������������������!���������-� ��$���+������� ���� ��������������-������ ��&�������� #� �����'� �

���������� ��� ������������������� �������������+

�,!-��./

*� ���������� �(�4()���A�*����(�(�!���4��B���) �B� (*C

�!012.3��(�4&&���4&C���*&� ���)&�!

��'&���)���B��&���*

4�!-54.6(�(��B��&����(

7��)�� ���*��

������������� ����������������������������� �����

��������� ������������������ ������

����������� ���������������������������������

���2 34�5�%1��66/) %D8E��������"��.��&@�����$�����������

�6��7�%6�)8���.9

��������� �����' ������#��(:��+����.��;

!"��#$��% !&��

����������� !"#� $��%#"$��&#'(�)*�+�+ ,��(

Page 2: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0 ��������

����������� ������ �������������������� ��������������������������� ����������� ��������� ��!�������"�������������#���#����$%&'((%�)���(* &'&(( &&� &(&& � &(&&*�$���+,�������������-.����������������/������� ������.0����������01������2�3��0�4�#���#����56������78�����+����������#�������8�����+�������������#/1#�.��60�8/9: ((%: *&(�#89;�/��#/$<' : ((%��1#�=#�0�#98��#��<�((8��+�������4�� ���>��/����+���?���+��� �@����� ������+4�.����@�������������+��,�����;����)���������+8��4A+(<<$ &BCC B<$B'�(<<$'(BC'<((�(*%B< &' B<!2+(<<$ &BCC BC������>3�����+'��!���������������.�������!�D �#���������> E(<E�)���������+(C $ &'E''&� &'E'''� &'E''C�

���������� �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ��������������� �� ���������������������������������������������������������� ������������ ����� ��������������� ��������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������� �!����������������"���������� ���������������������������� �������������������� ���� ��������������������������������� �����������������������������#��������������������������� ���� ����$����%����&�������������������������� ��������������� �����������������������'����������������������������������� ���������������"��������������������(�����������������������������

����� ������

Aiming to educate the stu-dents and to make them

aware of the various careeropportunities and guidingthem understand the future jobprospects in the areas of theirinterest, Chandigarh Universityopened a City Office cumFacilitation Centre at Dhanbad.

The centre was inaugurat-ed by Prabhdeep Singh, thespokesperson the university.Talking with the mediaper-sons Singh said, the youth ofshould be well-informed aboutthe different career opportuni-ties in the emerging fields sothat they can take the rightdecision for their secure future.

“University city office cumfacilitation centre at Dhanbadhas been established under thenationwide campaign launchedby the university to educate andcounsel the students all over thecountry to make them awareabout the various career oppor-tunities in emerging areas andguiding them understand thefuture job prospects in theareas of their interest,” he added.

Now the students and par-ents from the State would beable to get access to therenowned career counsellors,who would interact with themand guide them take the most

important decision of their lifein choosing their career, hesaid.

The students fromJharkhand are well updated asthey are choosing new areaslike Data Analytics,Information Security, CloudComputing, Bio-Technology,Animation, Film Production astheir career option keeping aneye on the changing job trendsoffered by the Industry, saidSingh adding, “More than 700students from different parts ofJharkhand which includes 120students from Dhanbad andother surrounding areas whoare currently studying atChandigarh University”.

Singh praised the students(Jharkhand) who have shownbrilliant performance in acad-emics and campus placementsin the year 2016 andannounced scholarship schemefor the meritorious students inwhich the students from theState could get scholarship upto 100 per cent under the dif-ferent categories in differentprogrammes.

� ������������ ���(�>)(�(�(�?

ASJU of Saria unit onWednesday organised a

rally at Saria subdivision areawithin limits of the samepolice station as part of Jan –Akrosh Diwas to protestagainst the local police andimproving the crime graph inthe locality and also allegedcommon people are bearingthe burnt of the draconiandecision by the police.

Thousand of ASJU partyworks chanting anti-police andanti government slogans like“jail ka tala tutega VirendraYadav chhutega”and“Immediate arrest of VirendraYadav, s attackers and allegingit for failing to control atroci-ties against local people, youthsand poor headed toVivekananda chock convertedin public meeting andaddressed by local district sec-retary of ASJU cum Zilaparishad Anup Panday.

According to reports, lead-ing the protest named as JanAkrosh rally, Zila parishad-

cum district secretary of ASJUAnup Panday accused the localpolice for not fulfilling anycommitment made before pub-lic and doing their job as goodpolicing. He suggests thatpolice performance is deterio-rating even though there arefewer offences being commit-ted .Panday said the policeshould be clearing up a greaterproportion as total offences fell,and warned that victims wouldlose confidence in the criminaljustice system.

Even after two months,the Saria police has failed tosolve any of the four cases filedby the peoples includingTilakdhari Mahto murder case,loot of businessman at railwaystation and others crime tilldate, he further added.

ASJU today held a Jan-Akrosh rally at Saria againstpolice which was attended byRamvilash pasawan ,RohitMandal, Dimple Rana ,BholaYadav ,Sanjay Rana, UmeshPaswan,Subas Verma TikalVerma, Bikas Verma, VijayPaswan and others were alsopresent at the rally.

����� ���*�)�-

Aday light dacoity was com-mitted in the Chhaterpur

branch of the Vananchal Graminbank on Wednesday. Dacoitsdecamped with �6.49 lakh.

SP Palamu IndrajeetMahatha said, “The bank in thebeginning gave us the lootedfigure to the tune of �9.49 lakh.But when I checked thecash/chest it turned out to bejust �6.49 lakh that was lootedby seven or eight unmasked

dacoits in the day onWednesday. Queried that bankin matter of dacoity gave suchan inflated figure casts suspi-cion on the officials there towhich Mahatha we too havenoticed this as to how�6,49,649 became �9,49,649.

Sources did not deny ifthere was any coveted attemptto pass off this 3 lakh too aslooted one. The dacoity tookplace around 11 am. Security ofthe bank was quite loose saidsources.

����� ����(

All India CongressCommittee (AICC) has,

probably for the first time, putfocus on Jharkhand in orderto revive the party organisa-tion at grass roots ahead ofnext polls.

The party has set tasksout in open which includeorganisat ional elect ionsbeginning from blocksbesides, appointing string of‘returning officers’ deputed bythe national headquarter tooversee the preparations andits fairness.

Dr Naresh Kumar andTelangana Pradesh CongressCommittee general secretaryBakka Judson are alreadytouring the State and holdingmeetings with party workersin the run up to the electionsslated to be held from August21 to September 4.

“Naresh Kumar who hasbeen designated as AdditionalPradesh Returning Officer(APRO) will be holding meet-ings at Deoghar. He has beengiven the responsibility toverify voters’ list, build con-sensus among the voters andscrutiny the names into the

list by acting on the objec-tions. Bakka Judson wouldhold similar meetings atRamgarh, Hazaribagh,Giridih in next couple ofdays,” said JPCC general sec-retary Alok Kumar Dubeyon Wednesday.

Besides the APROs, theAICC has dispatched seniorparty leader Charan DasMahant as Pradesh ReturningOfficer for the party’s upcom-ing organisational elections inJharkhand. Mahant wouldremain in the State for threedays between June 12 and 14.

“Charan Das Mahantwould provide final touchesto the tasks before the elec-tions begin. On June 12,meetings of party workerscoming from Palamu,Latehar, Garhwa, Lohardaga,Gumla and Simdega wouldtake place. On the next day,workers’ list and voters’ list ofBokaro, Dhanbad,Hazaribagh, Koderma andChaibasa would be scruti-nised whereas on the last dayon June 14 Ranchi and Khuntiareas would be covered,”Dubey said.

Block level electionswould be followed by election

of the office-bearers of theDistrict Congress Committeesfrom September 4 toSeptember 15 and of thePradesh CongressCommittees and of AICCmembers by the PCC gener-al body from September 15 toOctober 15, accomplishingthe task as per the deadline ofDecember 31 this year set bythe Election Commission.

This apart, the party isalso going aggressively tosandpaper its image and pres-ence in the State before thegeneral elections. “There arelots of issues accumulatedbecause of failures of the BJPrules, both at the Centre andhere in the State. Host ofAICC leaders’ tours areplanned in Jharkhand in orderto expose the Government atthe helm. We are also organ-ising ‘dhikkar sabhas’ acrossthe State under which on June8 it would be held at Saraikelaand Kolhan region. BDOswould be given memoran-dum, which are to be handedover to the Governor. It wouldbe a kind of white paper onthe deeds of the StateGovernment,” said PCC pres-ident Sukhdeo Bhagat.

����� )(�(�(�

In a tragic incident two sistersdrowned to death in a village

pond at Jatadih village underthe Birni police station limits inGiridih on Wednesday, policesources said.

The deceased were identi-fied as Rinki Kumari (3) andher elder sister Rausani Kumari(5) .

According to reports ,thetwo minor girls met waterygrave while they had gone to anearby pond for bathing .Theirbodies were fished out of thepond by the locals and rushedto the nearby hospital wheredoctors declared them dead .

After investigation policehave sent the bodies for post-mortem.

����� ����(

Eminent pulse scientist andVice Chancellor of

University of AgriculturalSciences, Raichur (Karnataka)Dr PM Salimath said north eastand north hill zones were veryimportant for enhancing pro-duction, productivity and areaof protein-rich pulse crops andcan play major role in ensuringnutritional security in thecountry. This region has all thesuitability for being developedas hub of pulses production.Jharkhand too comes in thisregion.

Addressing the concludingsession of the two-day quin-quennial (Five yearly) reviewteam (QRT) meeting of pulsesscientists at Birsa AgriculturalUniversity (BAU) onWednesday (June 7), he saidthe north east plain, northeast hill and north hill zones

comprising the states of Bihar,West Bengal, Jharkhand,Odisha, Assam, Utter Pradesh,Manipur, Tripura, Nagalandand Jammu & Kashmir havevariation in crop growing con-ditions and scientists have toface challenges but with sincereefforts those challenges couldbe converted into opportunitiesas soil and climate of the regionwas very suitable for pulses. DrSalimath was the Chairman offive-member QRT.

BAU Vice Chancellor DrParvinder Kaushal assured theteam chairman that theUniversity would initiateimmediate effective steps forremoving the deficienciespointed out by the team inBAU programme includingfilling up vacant positions inprojects and raining the moti-vational level of scientists foroptimum utilization of theirpotential.

BAU Director of ResearchDr DN Singh said pulses pro-duction in the country during2016-17 was record 22.13 mil-lion tonnes in an area of 22.84million hectare due to verygood rain. However, the aver-age production during lastone decade was 18-19 milliontones only. He urged the sci-entists to gird up their loinsfor enhancing the pulse pro-ductivity level from present777 kg to one tonne perhectare in next five years sothat the target of doublingfarmers’ income by 2022 couldbe achieved.

He stressed on rigorousbreeding programme fordeveloping drought- tolerantvarieties. Rainwater harvest-ing and recycling was veryimportant for providing sup-plementary and life-savingirrigation to crops in criticalstages of growth because

major part of the region wasrainfed, he added.

Dr Sanjeev Gupta, ProjectCoordinator of MULLaRP(Mung, Urd, Lentil, Lathyrus,Rajmah, Pea), Indian Instituteof Pulses Research, Kanpursaid north east zone was indis-pensible for enhancing pulsesproduction where scope ofarea expansion was unlimited.Since the next green revolutionhas to come from easternregion, all research centresshould speed up breedingprocess.

QRT member Dr SSTomar, former DirectorResearch of Jawaharlal NehruKrishi Vishwavidyalaya, DrJagdish Singh, MemberSecretary and Dr ZA Haider,Chairman, Department ofPlant Breeding & Genetics,BAU also participated in thedeliberations and gave theirremarks and suggestions for

improving breeding pro-gramme. Purpose of the meet-ing was to examine and iden-tify research achievements ofthe institutes, critically evalu-ate them commensurate withthe objectives, mandates andresources of the organization,the socio-economic impact ofresearch on farmers/ benefi-ciaries, and transferability ofresults to farmers throughextension.

About 50 scientists associ-ated with ICAR-sponsored AllIndia Coordinated ResearchProjects on MULLaRP,Pigeonpea, Chickpea and AridLegumes (Cowpea, Horsegrametc) from these 10 states par-ticipated in the event and pre-sented highlights of theirresearch programme duringlast five years. The review teamsuggested ways and means forimproving and accelerating theprogramme.

��� � -���&�� �

The State chapter ofAnjuman Tarraque-e-Urdu

Hind, will celebrate the 200thanniversary of Aligarh MuslimUniversity founder, Sir SyedAhmad Khan on a large scale.

The celebrations extendingacross the State will be organ-ised from October 17 (birthdate) to 31. Prof AbuzarUsmani, president Anjuman

Taraqqi-e-Urdu ( Hind),Jharkhand said that noted

scholars from the country willparticipate in the event. Severalseminars, talks and awarenessdrives are being planned. Thecelebrations will extend to allthe districts of the State.

SRA Rizwi Chhabban ,president of the city chapter ofAnjuman Tarraque-e-Urdu,Hind, said that the Steel Citywill also host a number ofevents to spread the vision ofSir Ahmad. He also added thatthere is an urgent need to dis-cuss the present and future ofUrdu, a language that enjoyedthe patronage of freedom fight-

ers and widely read and spokenby the people. Noted namesfrom Urdu literary circle wouldparticipate in a one-day nation-al seminar in October.Organised under the aegis ofcity chapter of AnjumanTarraque-e-Urdu, Hind, dedi-cated to the promotion of Urdulanguage, the seminar is aimedat creating awareness aboutthe historical importance of thelanguage and present need topromote it.

Sir Syed was born in 1817 inDelhi. He is remembered todaynot only as the founder of AMU

but more so for his attempts tocreate the first modernist edu-cational movement not only inIndia but all over the world.

"The past glory of Urdu isbeing lost. We alienated our-selves from the language.Governments in the power toodid little to promote the lan-guage," said Chabban, addingthat the seminar is designed inway to bring to the notice ofpeople about the challenges thelanguage is facing for its sur-vival. He also informed the lit-erary body is planning toorganise events in memory of

noted writers Ismat Chugtaiand Brij Narayan Chakbast inthe months of July and August.

Chabban said that thespeakers would throw light onthe present and future chal-lenges in front of the languageand the way to tackle it.Another official of the organi-sation said this is a small effortto regain the lost glory of Urdu.He said that it is also unfortunateto brand the language to a par-ticular community despite thefact that a large number of peo-ple from various communitieshave accepted it.

��� � -���&�� �

Governor Droupadi Murmuon Wednesday gave a call

on all stakeholders to collec-tively protect the environmentfor a greener future. She said inthe fight for a greener envi-ronment, collaboration of allpeople is required and it is notonly the duty of Governmentor members Eco Club mem-bers to do so.

“It is the time for the soci-ety to act collectively to curbthe environmental degrada-tion and pollution so that pos-terity would not blame thecurrent generation for negli-gence,” she said.

She was addressing theclosing ceremony of a three-day programme organised bythe State Forest Managementand Conservation Committeeto celebrate WorldEnvironment Day at KNJ HighSchool in rebel-hit Chakuliablock of Ghatshila sub-division.

Murmu talked about theimportance of saving the earthand its relation with the histo-

ry and culture of society. Shepointed out that we cannotabout materialistic approachtowards life.

“We need to celebrateEnvironment Day daily. Wemust strive to encourage theyouths to realise a unique har-mony not only with the outerenvironment but also with theirinner-self,” said the Governor.She stressed upon the need fora continuous awareness cam-paign about the concept of“Green Earth” among theyouths. She motivated the par-ticipants to take steps for a bet-

ter tomorrow. She expressed herconcern about the indiscrimi-nate usage of groundwater,other natural resources.

Laxman Tudu, MLAGhatshila, in his address to thegathering, said that the effortstaken by the forest depart-ment towards environmentprotection in and around theblock are remarkable andappreciable. These environ-mental events, awareness pro-grammes and campaignsshould be conducted every-where throughout the year byother organisations as well.

From Page 1This has made Iran, the

predominant Shiite power, apriority target for IS, whichpublished a rare video inPersian in March warning thatit “will conquer Iran and restoreit to the Sunni Muslim nationas it was before.”

Jihadist groups haveclashed frequently with Iraniansecurity forces along the bor-ders with Iraq and Afghanistan,but the country has largelyescaped attacks within its urbancentres.

The intelligence ministrysaid in June 2016 that it had foiled an IS plot to carry out multiple bombattacks in Tehran and aroundthe country. AFP

From Page 1over a smaller bank from

the north and similarly, a strongsouthern bank with a strongbank from the east” said the topofficial, adding that there maybe some key factors like region-al balance, geographical reach,financial burden and smoothhuman resource transition thathave to be looked into while tak-ing a merger decision.

According to sources closeto the developments, theFinance Ministry officials havealready held meetings with thetop brass of 10 State-ownedbanks recently, and the bankbosses have been informedabout the state of affairs in thePSBs and the possible toolsthey could use to help to con-solidate the sector. “The merg-er proposals in such cases willalso need clearance from theCompetition Commission ofIndia (CCI),” sources said.

Keeping several issues likebad loan or non-performingasset (NPA) of almost all PSBs,the Government is very muchaware of its merger conse-quences. If it goes with the moveby merging a weak bank withanother bank in a whimsicalmanner, then the profitability ofthe larger bank may be hit tosome extent.

When asked about the post-

merger scenario and its prof-itability aspect, another seniorofficial said, “The merger moveis to keep our banks in goodhealth and internationally sus-tainable and competitive. As ourbanks are mostly listed in thestock exchanges, we cannotburden their prime sharehold-ers with such quirky decisions.”

On Tuesday, the FinanceMinistry has also sought help ofNITI Aayog and other globalconsultancy firms to examinethe possibility of next round ofconsolidation of PSBs with anaim to create only a few lendersof global size and scale.

“We expect a detailed reportfrom NITI Aayog on consoli-dation in about a month or soand some global consultancyfirms are also examining theissue,” said a senior Governmentofficial, adding that the reportof NITI Aayog will set tone andtenure of the roadmap for con-solidation in the future.

With the merger, theGovernment expects therewould be a likely improve-ment in the NPA situationover the next two quarters andsome movement on this frontshould begin soon. Total badloans of public sector banksrose by over �1 lakh crore to�6.06 lakh crore during April-December of 2016-17, the bulkof which came from power,steel, roads & infrastructureand textile sectors.

From Page 1and Madhya Pradesh

when they have no solutionfor farmers in Congress-ruledKarnataka,” he said.

Naidu credited Chouhanwith taking several pro-farmer steps in the State anddescribed the MP CM as oneof the best Chief Ministers ofthe BJP.

“Because of his initia-tives, 20 per cent of farmersin the country are in MP... Hehas encouraged them, hasgot them land and electricity.Because of this their produc-tion has increased. They

might not be getting idealprice for their crops and theyare protesting against that,sure, and the StateGovernment is addressingthese issues, the Congress ispoliticising it,” said Naidu.

Senior Congress leaderand former Union MinisterKamal Nath accused theChouhan Government ofcommitting injustice againstfarmers, and demanded animmediate probe into theviolence.

Another Congress leaderSatyavrat Chaturvedi, hail-ing from the region, toosought the MP CM’s resigna-tion because of his inability tocontain the violence.

From Page 1“We took at least nine to ten

fire extinguishers with us.Within one hour or so, wealong with the help of the localshad managed to extinguish thefire. When my father went insidethe building, within a few sec-onds, a cylinder exploded. Sincethe building had physiotherapyand diagnostics centre on theground floor, oxygen cylinderswere kept,” said Akshay, whosurvived the blaze, sustaining 10per cent burn injury.

The death of Satyabir hasleft his wife, daughter, son andparents in a state of shock.Waiting outside the mortuary ofthe Ram Manohar Lohia hos-pital, the women of the Panchalfamily were too grieving andcould not muster enoughstrength to talk to reporters.

“Satyabir was a good per-son. He helped everyone whoapproached him. On lateMonday night too, Satyabir didnot flinch from helping out thefamily who was stuck,” said aneighbour.

Some friends and relativesof Satyabir have asked that thefamily must be provided com-pensation for his brave act.

Delhi Police meanwhile hadbooked the owner of the build-ing Rajesh Gupta under IPCSections 285, 337 and 304 A atthe Keshavpuram police station.

Eyewitnesses and locals ofTrinagar said the incident couldhave been averted had the DelhiFire Services reached the place on time. A senior police officialof the Northwest district said thelocals sought help from Satyabirafter the fire fighters from theDelhi Fire Service failed toreach the spot on time.

“So far, we suspect that thefire broke out in the groundfloor of the building due to ashort circuit and it furtherspread,” said the senior policeofficer.

"������������������������������������������+$��

� � �'�������������.������ ����� ��������������� ������������������ ������

���������� ���������������

��������/����'���� �����$������������$��������������� !���������������

5����������������7����$�����

�-'���.�������/� ��� �����0

�"�1.�� ���2�� ��� �����0������01�1�����0�.�� 3 ,&���� 1���������0 1�� 2��0������.�.�� ��� .���.���� ���

�������������((( ��� �����!!!

�����������!!!&4&4������(((

Page 3: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

���� ����������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0

������������� ����(

Close on the heels of ‘WorldEnvironment Day’ on June

5, the Forest and EnvironmentDepartment has pressed thepaddle for action to target efflu-ents of different forms.

The department is about toissue a final notification banningall kinds of polybags in operationby curbing their production,trade and consumption. “60days’ time line given to anyoneflagging objections to the noticeof the Jharkhand State PollutionControl Board (JSPCB) endedon Monday last. We are lookinginto some of the objections.After all of those are amicablysettled, a final order about poly-thene ban would be issued,”said a senior official of theForest, Environment andClimate Change Department.

JSPCB had released a noticein this regard banning every kindof polybag, including thosebelow 50 micron across theState. “The Forest andEnvironment Department hasbeen made a nodal agency forimplementing the ban. Once thenotification is issued, competentofficials of the district adminis-tration and municipal corpora-tions would be designated to pro-

hibit the use and for taking penalaction,” said Sanjay KumarSuman, Member Secretary withthe State pollution watchdog.

The department is also finetuning its course of action to betaken against the violatorsthrough various other concernedDepartments. It is leant thatbesides the urban local bodiesand district administration, theIndustry Department would alsobe involved.

“There is a complete supplychain starting from manufac-turing to sale and use at variousshops as far as polythene is con-cerned. Thus we have to workin tandem with all the relatedagencies, especially IndustryDepartment which issueslicenses to set up units. Besides,we are to look at Transport aswell to chock supply of polybagscoming from other parts of the

country into Jharkhand. We arein the process of sending letters to all thoseDepartments,” said a JSPCBofficial, though he did not dis-close a deadline when the blan-ket ban is going to be clamped.

Apart from plastic ban, theGovernment has also hinted towork on curbing carbon emis-sion coming out from vehiclesand other green house gasesfrom air conditioners. “We havestarted the process of forming atask force as suggested by theChief Minister on the WorldEnvironment Day. Deliberationsare on about its job and proce-dure to operate by setting upcoordination among all thedepartments,” said PrincipalSecretary Sukhdev Singh.

Inputs suggest that theforum would take stock of theaction done by different depart-ments in cutting emissions attheir level and quantify mea-sures taken through schemesthey roll out.

“Every Department has adefined working area. The taskforce would besides, explainingsome common dos and don’tswould measure the steps takenin the direction of environmen-tal protection in their respectivefields,” said an official.

����� ����(

Amajor chunk of auto-rickshawsplying without permits would

be weeded out soon from theCapital City. In a major attempt tocurtail traffic snarl along the majoravenues in State Capital, theMunicipal Corporation has decid-ed to prohibit the operation of allsuch diesel auto-rickshaws plyingon city routes without proper doc-uments.

The decision has been taken toboost up the urban transportationsystem in the city as increasingnumber of autos is one prime cause of traffic blockage. Thecivic body has planned to deploy 250 marshals and 100home-guards personnel to keep atab on auto-rickshaw drivers oper-ation.

In a bid to maintain the new

regulations as per the decisionmade by the Transportation Cell ofRanchi Municipal Corporation(RMC) a while ago, all the autoshaving permits will be embeddedwith QR Code as well, stated anRMC official.

On the recommendation oftraffic co-ordination committee,approximately 2500 autos will beonly given permission to ply ondifferent city routes in Ranchi tostreamline the present traffic sta-tus. Any auto-rickshaw driverfound ferrying passengers withoutpermit and valid documents, a fineamount of Rs. 25,000 will becharged from him.

As per the records of Institutefor Transportat ion andDevelopment Policy (ITDP), asmany as one lakh commuters inState capital are dependent on dif-ferent modes of public trans-portation. However, in the days tocome, the new arrangement andsudden decline in the number ofdiesel auto-rickshaws may createproblem for the passengers travel-

ling long distances.On Wednesday, around 2052

auto-rickshaws drivers were givenpasses after verifying their docu-ments.

According to the records avail-able with RMC, approximately15,000 diesel and petrol autos areferr ying passengers withinMunicipal Corporation withoutany valid documents.

Notably, Regional TransportAuthority (RTA) has providedlicence to only 2335 registeredautos to ply within municipalperiphery. The Jharkhand HighCourt had earlier clearly men-tioned that autos with permitscan only ferry passengers in capi-tal city.

“On public demand, we havetried to boost up the existingtransportation system in urbanvicinity accordingly. In the firstphase, we have given permits toapproximately 1200 e-rickshawsto ease down the penetration ofdiesel and petrol autos. In the sec-ond round, we have increased thenumber of city buses from 45 to 91.The Municipal Corporation hasrecently submitted a requisition tothe Urban Transportat ion department to increase the num-ber of city buses after this newplan,” said, City Manager (RMC, Transportation Cell),Saurabh Kumar.

On the other hand, after muchhue and cry over the maintenanceof old city buses by the new city busoperator, from June 11 making thebus service more reliable, approx-imately, 91 city buses will ferry pas-sengers in four different new routesidentified by Jawaharlal NehruNational Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM) and RMC.

According to the new routechart plan, the city buses will con-vey passengers covering routesfrom Namkom to Ratu, ProjectBuilding to Kutchery Chowk,Kutchery Chowk to ITI Bus Stand,Tupudana to Birsa Chowk andHarmu to Kanke.

�������'��� ����(

Tension ran high in the heartof the city at MG Marg on

Wednesday as Hindu organi-sations took out a march on theoccasion of 350th anniversaryof Shivaji Maharaj’s corona-tion during Mughal Period inIndia. Amid communal distur-bances at many places in theState, a march was organisedfrom Jaipal Singh Stadium toMahavir Mandir on MG Margdisrupting traffic in the StateCapital for several hours.

Hundreds of people fromtwo communities were face toface for over half an hour nearMahavir Mandir, putting dis-trict administration and policeon their toes as members ofseveral groups shouted slo-gans and chanted verses ofHanuman Chalisa.

However, heavy rain righton the time proved to be a boonfor the district administrationas it pacified people from bothsides by getting violent. Propersecurity arrangements weremade by the DistrictAdministration putting barri-cades on strategic locations to

check crowd going haywire. Sadar SDO Bhor Singh

Yadav, City SP Aman Kumar,Traffic SP Sanjay Ranjan Singhand other police officials werecamping near Mahavir Mandirto prevent any untoward incidentto happen.

Whole stretch from JaipalSingh Stadium to MahavirMandir was converted intofortress with jawans of JAP andRAF on alert position at everystep. Forces were also deployed

at the religious places all over theState Capital on Wednesday.

Senior Officials were guard-ing the procession from all sidesso that they could not createruckus on the road.

Meanwhile Vishwa HinduParishad (VHP), questioningthe intelligence agencies of theState Government, alleged thatDistrict Administration was notgoing into the root cause of theincidents taking place in andrural areas of the State Capital.

Talking to the mediapersons onWednesday in Ranchi,Purvanchal Dharma PunjPramukh Virendra Vimal saidthat the real culprits should bearrested rather than arresting thevillagers arbitrarily.

“Incidents of Badgain,Sukurhuttu and Hazaribagh arenot sporadic rather they seem tobe in a series and hence Policemust try to find out the link andnab the real culprits,” said Vimal.Ranchi being a sensitive place

where terrorist connections havealso been found from Sithio,Bariatu and other places in thepast, there might be such peoplebehind the scene, he added.

“Why is such a failure inintelligence gathering? It is notlogical to beat the bushes afterincidents occur in the StateCapital,” said Vimal. Effigies ofdistrict administration will beburnt in all the blocks in ruralRanchi to warn the DistrictAdministration, he added.

����� ����(

Chief Secretary RajbalaVerma has asked Home

department officials to installClose Circuit TV (CCTV)cameras in all jails in Statebefore August 15 this year.During review meeting of Jail(Home) department onWednesday, she also directedthem through video confer-encing to provide training tocell in-charges of operationand functioning of such cam-eras. Moreover, all financialtransactions of jail will bedone through cashless route,directed the CS.

Verma asked police cap-tains of districts to visit jails intheir districts at least twice amonth. She also directed themon Wednesday to register FIRagainst all those who werefound with any objectionablematerial under their possessionduring such inspections, whichwould, according to her, ensurereduced number of criminalactivities in districts.

Keeping safety, securityand health issues of prisonersin mind, Verma asked officialsto organise regular healthcheck-ups of ill prisoners, apartfrom taking video conferencingroute for hearing. “No prison-er should be taken out for anyreason including hearing anddistrict judges should beinformed about hearingthrough video conferencing,”said the CS during meeting inwhich Additional CS (Home)SKG Rahate, IG (Jail) SumanGupta, ADG (Special Branch)Anurag Gupta, SPs and Jailersof all the districts and otherofficials were present.

She asked officials to getkids above six years of age offemale prisoners to be admit-ted in residential schools.Kids below six years of ageshould be provided basic edu-cation by educated prisonersitself, asked the CS.

��+���""3� � ����(

CM, Raghubar Das has instruct-ed Mayor, Asha Lakra to carry

out the works of the municipal cor-poration in coordination withother officials of the civic body.During a short meeting with theMayor on Wednesday, CM told theMayor to work following theMunicipal Corporation Act.During the meeting, Lakra alsoshared some important ongoingproject details with the CM.

“On the call of CM, a meetingwas conducted focusing on someprominent public welfare activities.The CM has clearly mentioned thatthe Mayor must be consulted intaking important decisions duringthe Board meeting and decidingagendas for the meeting,” said

Mayor Asha Lakra.Meanwhile, Lakra conducted a

review meeting with the stake-holders on matters involving anamount of Rs. 50 lakh. In the pres-ence of Deputy Mayor, SanjivVijayawargia and other officials ofthe corporation, one month exten-sion has been given to Essel Infra,the company involved in managingand disposing solid waste in the city.

Besides, a deadline has beenfixed for carrying out the pondsrestoration and beautification pro-jects. By June 30, beautificationwork of few ponds must get complete. “The company involvedin the ponds restoration projectwork must complete the work offirst phase by June 30.Beautification work of Madhukampond, Joda Talaab is in the stage ofcompletion, the company has beeninstructed to ensure that all majorchanges made in the detailed pro-ject report (DPR) must be doneduring the completion of the pro-jects,” said Lakra.

In another major decision dur-ing the review meeting, Ayesha

Developer, the company that hastaken up the charge of three majorroads that includes Ranchi-KankeChauri Basti, lane from AnkurMedica to CCL and the road lead-ing from Sido Kanhu towardsHatma Basti has been debarredfrom the service as the companyhas not been able to complete thetask in the given deadline.

“Violating some clauses includ-ing not completing the tasks ofthree major routes on time, AyeshaDeveloper has been blacklisted.The company was supposed tocomplete the task of re-carpetingthe roads in November 2016 itself.The civic body has given the taskto the respective company on May2016,” said the Mayor. During the

meeting instructions have beenalso issued to change the sites ofcommunity centers coming up atward number 2 and 24.

0���������������+������*���0�$��������� ��������� ���0����������� �+���������-������ �&�������1������+������*���0�$��������� ������ ��������� !������ ��������������������� ����()2��������� �-�����1�3 �� �������� ������4����� �����������������$������������'� !�� �������'���� ������ ������ ��� �������'����������- ���� �$�� �����'���� !��������1��� � �'� !�5627)�'� '��������'��������!� ��+���$���� �����0�$���$���� 1�8���������������� !�0�$���������� ����6)29)'� '��� ������������������'�$������� �� �����������'������� � !�0�$�1#�����������������������'������������������'��! ������������������� �����! �����$���������'� ������ �1�%�������'������� � ������������$ ������� ������� !�0�$��$������� ��� �� �������$�� ���������$� �'���� !����������1�:*��$���� ����� �' ���!�����������������'����� ��� ������� $��������� �����!�1�*������������$����������� �����!��$�����1�*�������������� ����� �� !���������;��������0������<����������������'����� ����$�������! �� ���������(=>>1�

%�?��0�������������#�������$��@�����������

��3�������"������,�������

#.�.��4�5.���2� 1�6���� �1�5� 2�� 5��� �� .

"���������������� '������������$���

�� !��"�3����������������� ������ *"��������������������2��0"����"����2��,��2���"�������"�������������������"�� �� �����2���-����D����"��.�������0�����0���#��������������������#��$�������������"�������-����=3���,������ ����"���������������"�� �� �����2�������������#�������2!��"����."��������0�����������#�������2�/��"��"����� �����2����"����"���.� ��.��"�#��������� ����"����3�*"� �����2�/��0�"������"����"����."�/�����#������2��.����������������.�����F���������,�����"��������5�����������$������ ���G�������$���� �����23�������#������� ����������"�0������������.�2����������"����/����"�����������/��"�,�������������/��0�������"����"����3

�'�������"��+����+���������' ����<B�����������$�-"��0"�����"�#�����$���##���������(����������>B-��(?�"�����0�������������.���#�.���������)�*���@�$��#����2�-����%D3�(������H�"�&@����� ����##������#�����.���'�������2!�B-��(�����������,���2��.��/���������"��0�����#������������$��������0��.�����������������������������������������������0��3�*"���"�#����"����������F������������.� ���#�����$��� ��/��.���������������$�D���������)�*������������3

�������������"�������������������$��-���������#�������"�#�����"����������I�-�#�"��������������������2���*�������#������������!�-�#�"������/��"�2���.�����������"����������.�.��.����������J���0�����������$����"��������3�(���"����2�����.���������J%6�����.��2!�-"��0"�����"�����������"4�#�������#����"���������2���$�����.���"���4�#�����"�$��#�-"��0"���3�(���"��.��������.��������J%6�����.��2!���2��"��4��������2��$��#�����#��#��.��� �����������$����������.�,������������#�$��#��������/��"��������7%JH!�7%J=3����2����2!����������$�������#�����2��$$����!B�������������2!��������$�-"��0"����"������� �������"��������"��/������3

��"�����"�����1��� ����� "+ "�,���2������$��#��"��#�������#��$��"�./��������������/���������0������&���"��������������2��-� �����2����*"�����2�/"��"�/���������������������������"���"�#�������$����"�K��������$� �.�����5�����������������/���������$��������������2����������������3��������$�����"�2��������������� ����$������!�*�#��!���0�!�(�"�.��"!������0���!��"������������"��������������.�/��"�����������##����2�"� ��������� �����$����"�#�����������#��2������"�������B����23�

��������#��������$�%��������� �������&��%������������'����

��������������@�����*�����#�������A@*#B�������������'��������'� ��� �� !�*��������������+���������� ������-����� ��&�������� -�����C���D�#� ����

����������������� ����������"���/�����/��.�����

��� ����������� ���������� !� � �� �'� ����*"����#���2��� �� ������"���������������������������/��0�#���

��#�������"��/��0��$�$�����"�����2�-����I13

������$��������/��0��$��"�0�#�����!�-���*�������������"�����.���$��#�������!��"����#���2"�����������������������������"�������#�����"��.���#��������"������������������������

#�����������������.��"���#���������$��"�����������

��*��CC��-��

��� ���������������E����� ������-������������'���� �' ���� ��A-��B�� ������! ��'�����-������ ��&��������� @�����������D�#� ����

�#����%����#�����������$���((�������������2�������� ������������$��#�-����%%

����� �� ���"����#��������$�����"��%&

)�������(����*������� �����������(

�������������&����'� ����������

������������ ����%���������+���� ��������������������$�����"�!�$����� ������%���%���(�#���%�����*�,'������, ����� �#���������������������#���$��#��������������%�����%�# �����#������#����#,����(

����� ����&�����������������

�����(���� �����,������-�&��������� �������������%������

�#�,��$���,��������������$��#�(���&���� �����������$�������#��$����(������������������

Page 4: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

'��������.�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0

��� � -���&�� �

Passengers faced tough timeon Wednesday as move-

ment of passenger and goodstrains on the Tatanagar-Chakradharpur section ofSouth-Eastern Railway (SER)was affected following trackrepair work carried out betweenAdityapur and Gamharia rail-way stations. The repair thatbegan at 7 am and continued tilllate in the evening.

Officials of Tatanagarinformed that three passengertrains Tata-Gua Passenger,Hatia-Tata Passenger andJhargram-Purulia Passengerwere cancelled on Wednesday.The Asansol-Tata MEMUPassenger was short-terminat-ed at Adra railway station.

Railway officials atTatanagar went on to add thatmore than half-a-dozen long-

distance trains, includingHowrah-Ahmedabad Express (Dn) and Howrah-MumbaiGeetanjali Superfast Express (Dn), Howrah-Kurla Express (Dn), New-Delhi-PuriNeelanchal Express and NewDelhi-Bhubaneshwar RajdhaniExpress were delayed.

“We had informed pas-sengers about the repair workearlier so they plan their tripaccordingly. As per our infor-mation the Howrah-boundIspat Superfast Express wasdetained for more than onehour near the Chakradharpurrailway station. The Howrah-Barbil Janshatabdi Expresswas also delayed by 30 min-utes when it reached Barbil.The train reached on its scheduled time at 9.40am at the Tatanagar railwaystation. It was later delayed onway to Barbil due to the non-interlocking work between Adityapur andGamharia railway stations,"noted an official.

The Tatanagar stationassumes importance in viewbecause it is located on theHowrah-Mumbai main route.Several important trains trav-el via Tatanagar, including thehigh-profile Rajdhani Expressand Duronto Express. The sta-tion sees a daily traffic of 90mail, express and passengertrains, besides a footfall ofmore than 60,000 passengers.

�4=�$4!�*"����"������������������.������"�$�������������0������J���������$�/�/��0�3�*"�� �����J������/��"����"����� ����������������"�����2�0�����.��������2��������������"���������� ��2��."�3�� ����"�������%D���2�!#��2��������$��"�$����$� ��������/���������������������$$�����������������������������"����0������������23���*�����2��"�� �����������/��" ����������������"�$��#�$���"�����!���������.��@J.������#���.����$����������������J������� ���������������%7��������������3���������.�����"��������!*,!���� ������������!�.��

�2�������!�"����"����.����!����"��!�#�������"�������������.���"�$��#��"��"�������$���"��#�!�����"�4�#��!������4�#�������������J������� �3��������9*"�� �����������������"��"�����$��������0��.��"�����0�������������$������##�����.��"�$�;!�����������3�*"������2����������"�� ���"���������� ����������������#�����/���"�L%7���0"��$�������0��.������0�����������=��3����2�/�������"��"���������"����#���$��"����������!�����$�#��2#�#�����/���������$����2!���������$��������=���������������3�'"����������"�����������!��"�� ����������/��"����"!�����#����������"��

���������$��#��"��"������$�����4�#������."�����������:��3�(��"���������.�����/���"��$�L%371��0"!���������.�������!����#������.��������"�/�����������$��#�������8��3�*"��$����"��"�$�����������������������������I�����������2���������������!�/"����"�� �����������/��"� �������������"���"����"����.����3B(���"� ����������.�������"��������� ����������������������������"� �����������"��� ����.�����!���������3�#�������������!�������������������#� ��$�����������������$�#�����*,������"���/�����������$���0��������"������������"�����#�3� ���

����� ���*�)�-

Acell phone seller ChhotuSoni died in sleep in his

mobile shop in a post midnightfire on Tuesday. At least 30shops were also gutted in thefire that broke in Lesliganjarea, said officer in charge ofLesliganj police station RanaJung Bahadur Singh.

Soni was sleeping in hismobile shop when fire brokeout in the adjoining shops. Hewas given calls to come out buthe did not wake up.

the shop owners are quiteangry with the administrationas fire tender took much time toreach there from Daltonganj.Cause of fire is still unknown.Short circuit is suspected. All the30 shops are of shanty struc-tures. There were wood workmore in these shops and so thefire was most devastating.

� ������������ �&��

Lions around the world havebeen changing lives for

100 years through humani-tarian service. Our centenni-al celebration is a time to markthis milestone, celebrate ourlegacy and look forward to thenext century of service. Thecelebration runs through June2018 and offers all Lionsopportunities to celebrate andserve, said Club presidentJogendra Giri on centennialcelebration at station club.

A special function andvarious events were organisedto mark the centennial cele-bration of Lions ClubInternational here onWednesday at station club.The club has held Diabeticand BP checkup camp underthe guidance of senior MD, DrH Kumar. A tree plantationprogramme was organised atlocal areas by the club mem-bers for betterment of envi-ronment.

Addressing the gatheringchief guest Nikhil KumarChaudhary, chief engineer ofBokaro Thermal power plant–B thanked the club membersfor devoting their time andenergy for serving the society.

������3��3�� ��<��(��)�

Hazaribagh police havefinally revealed the con-

spiracy behind the broad daylight shootout on district boardchairman’s husband LakhanSao a week ago. In an especiallycalled Press conference SPAnup Birthare informed thatthe gang involved in this inci-dent has been busted with thearrest of four criminals. Thekingpin is still absconding butsoon he will also be behind thebars, the SP added.

Talking with newsmen inhis office chamber SP Birtharesaid that the reason behind this incident was supremacy in thetender and other works ofNTPC in Barkagaon andKeredari area. He said that theformer bodyguard of Lakhan

Sao named Prakash Thakurhad given the task of killingLakhan Sao to the criminals of Bihar with apromise to pay �20 lakh.

Thakur was a member ofSushil Srivastava gang whenLakhan Sao was also associatedwith him. Thakur had just cameout from jail after completingthe tenure of his imprisonmentordered by a court in an oldcase. After coming out of jail hestarted taking bids of NTPC inBarkagaon and Keredari areawhere Lakhan Sao was alsoactive. The rivalry reached to astate where either Sao or Thakurcan remain in the fray. SoThakur took the decision andstarted searching his old fellowsof crime field.

Thakur first approachedSubodh Kumar of Lakhisarai,

Bihar, who arranged the shoot-ers with the help of a kingpinwhose name was not disclosedby SP Birthare. The first meet-ing of criminals took place atLakhisarai and the plan wasprepared. Second meeting tookplace at Hazaribagh inManokamna hotel whereeverything was finalised.

On the day of incident sixcriminals followed LakhanSao, who first went straight toMLA Manish Jaiswal’s houseand when he was on his wayto Barkagaon the shootouttook place. After that thecriminals escaped towardsRanchi and from Ranchi theywent back to Bihar.

Police have nabbed PappuChaudhary of Nawagarhi,Mongyr, Pankaj Kumar ofLakhisarai, Nikesh Gautam ofBakhtiyaarpur and PramodMahto of Barkagon in thisshootout case.

SP Birthare said that wehad taken this case as a chal-lenge and to solve the mysterya team of police officials wasconstituted which busted thegang involved in this incidentwithin a week. DSP ChandanVats was the team leaderwhile Jeetendra Kumar SinghOIC sadar PS, Suman KumarOIC Muffasil, Sudama KumarDas OIC Chauparan, RajivKumar OIC Giddi andParmanand Kumar DhirajOIC Urimari PS were themembers of this team.

� ����'��+���������(

The summer camp initiatedby the Sports Department of

Government of Jharkhandgained momentum as approx-imately 600 students fromGovernment as well as non-Government schools are par-ticipating in different sportsactivities. The camp at the BirsaMunda Football Stadium inMorabadi was started on May16 will continue till June 15.

Keeping in view the intensesummer heat, the organisershave decided to concentrate onindoor sports. The one-monthsummer camp facilitates dif-ferent sports activities such asCarrom, Table Tennis,Volleyball, Karate and Yoga. Italso focuses on making the stu-dents incline towards learningself-defense tactics like Karate,Wushu and Fencing.

As told by one of the organ-isers, “The purpose of the sum-mer camp is for the students toutilise their vacation in a con-structive way and to teach ele-mentary sports to the children.”Primarily meant for the under-privileged students the enroll-ment fee is a nominal amount of�50 whereas for the affluent stu-dents from private schools arecharged �500 for their enroll-

ment in the summer camp.There are 26 coaches app-

ointed for the training of the stu-dents. To keep the kids hydrat-ed and healthy, they are provid-ed with juice, boiled eggs andfruits during the time of practice.

Wushu, a form of Chinesemartial Arts is the most sought-after course which is joined bynearly 137 students. PradeepKumar Singh, the coach fromManipur teaching Wushu said“Wushu is a more aggressiveform of self-defence thanKarate. It is a hard-game whichprepares the students againstany untoward risks.” He added“Wushu is a traditionallyknown name of what is nowcommonly called Kung Fu andthe form is popular amongyouth because of Jackie Chanmovies.” He further expressed

his confidence over the formand said “Student who havemastered the form of Wushucan take part in any other dis-cipline of self-defence.”

Chandan Kumar, a coachof Karate who received histraining from the Indian Schoolof Martial Arts (ISMA), saidthat he aims to teach the stu-dents four-months of curricu-lum within the limited span ofthirty days. There are childreneven below the age of sevenwilling to learn self-defence. Heintends to teach advanced tech-niques especially to girls with-in the circumscribed time.

The trainers were in unisonto say that self-defence not onlybrings fitness but also help stu-dents to grow up as confidentand physically as well as men-tally healthy individuals.

���������8�������������� ��4������������

%�������'����� ���������������������������������������

#������� ���.��� � 2����1.1���13��������.�#0�����,���

�����"�����7�����5 ����� �������������������������

)��(������������������ ����

(���������7)�� ' ���������!����

Page 5: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������/�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0

����� &'��&��(

China has changed its visanorms for Indians travel-

ling for Mansarovar Yatrathrough the Nepal route.According to the new norms,all Indians will now need prop-er visa from Chinese embassyin New Delhi even if theywant to travel through Nepal.So far, Indians taking Nepalroute used to get travel permitfrom Chinese embassy inKathmandu while those trav-elling directly from Indian sideonly needed visa from NewDelhi.

The Indian Governmenton Wednesday issued an advi-sory saying pilgrims travellingthrough Nepal route need toensure that they have appro-priate Chinese visa in handbefore commencing their jour-ney. According to Ministry ofExternal Affairs (MEA), theChinese visa is to be obtainednow from the Chinese Embassyin New Delhi and not inKathmandu, as was the practiceearlier,

The advisory also alerted

citizens about the Simikot andHilsa in Nepal on their way toMansarovar which have inad-equate tourist/medical infra-structure, and are prone toinclement weather due towhich to-and-fro flights get dis-rupted.

"They (pilgrims) shouldget themselves medically exam-ined before embarking on thetour. They should keep at leastseven days of medicine, includ-ing High Altitude Sickness andother life saving drugs. Theyshould carry enough cash,mobile connection (with inter-national roaming facility) andemergency contact numbers oftheir tour operators andEmbassy of India, Kathmandu,"MEA said.

The advisory also alertedpeople to avoid bookingsaround full moon dates since there is overbooking dur-ing this time. This leads to pil-grims being stranded for sev-eral days due to inadequateinfrastructure facilities inSimikot and Hilsa or flight can-cellations because of inclementweather.

���������� ����� ���! ������� ����������� ������'������� &'��&��(

Prime Minister NarendraModi will be in Astana

(Kazakhstan) on Thursdayand Friday to attend theShanghai CooperationOrganisation (SCO) meetingwhere India will be grantedfull membership along withPakistan. The entry of twoSouth Asian countries willprovide a balance to thegrouping that till now hadCentral Asia dominance.

In Astana, Modi is likelyto have a meeting withChinese President Xi Jinpingon the sidelines of the SCOSummit. "There is a possibil-ity of a bilateral meetingbetween PM Modi andChinese President at SCOAstana, but nothing is con-firmed as of now," MEAspokesperson Gopal Baglaysaid on Wednesday. ExternalAffairs minister SushmaSwaraj had on Tuesday said nomeeting between PM Modiand his Pak counterpartNawaz Sharif is scheduled.

The meeting betweenModi and Xi will take place inthe backdrop of growing dif-ferences between India andChina over several issues

including the China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC),Nuclear Suppliers Groupmembership and sanctioningof Pak based terrorists by theUnited Nations. However,India continues to engagewith China at several levels.After Astana, Modi and Xi areexpected to meet at the G20summit to be held next monthin Hamburg, followed byBRICS summit to be held inChina's Xiamen in September.

Talking about India'sentry in SCO, Modi said onhis Facebook page that India'sentry to the grouping willlead to SCO representing over40 per cent of humanity andnearly 20 per cent of globalGDP.

"We launched the processof ful l membership inTashkent meeting of the SCOlast year. I look forward todeepening India's associationwith the SCO which will helpus in economic, connectivityand counter-terrorism coop-eration, among other things.We have long-standing rela-tions with SCO members andlook forward to progressingthem further through the SCOfor mutual betterment andgrowth of our countries and

our people. Together, we willharvest new opportunities forbeneficial engagement andredouble efforts to addresscommon challenges that maycome in the way of realizingour full potential," PM said.

According to JointSecretar y Eurasia, GVSriniwas, the SCO words ontwo aspects — economiccooperation and fight againstterrorism. "On economicaspect countries join hand toimprove trade, connectivity,transportation, energy, bank-ing, custom collaboration etc.While on terrorism they haveseveral mechanisms includingsharing database of terrorists,protecting classified informa-tion, and having joint militarydrills," Sriniwas said. OnceIndia and Pakistan becomepart of SCO, their securityforces too will be part of thejoint military exercise againstterrorism.

The group founded inShanghai in 1996 is com-prised of China, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistanand Uzbekistan. India andPakistan till now had the sta-tus of observers along withAfghanistan, Belarus, Iranand Mongolia.

� ����.�����2�� .����0������1����.��#,�

��� � &'��&��(

If a Presidential election isnecessitated, in case the

Government and theOpposition fail to agree on aconsensus candidate, it will beheld on July 17 with July 20 tobe the date of counting.President Pranab Mukherjee'sterm ends on July 24.

The process would beginwith the issue of the notifica-tion on June 14 (Wednesday).Last date for filing nomina-tions is June 28 (Wednesday)and the scrutiny of the nom-inations will be held on June29 (Thursday). The last datefor withdrawal is July 1(Saturday).

This is the first time thatpolitical parties would not beable to issue any 'whip' to anyMPs and MLAs in the votingfor the Presidential Elections.A special ink pen would beused for President Election.The pen will be given to theelectors in the polling stationby the designated officialwhen the ballot paper ishanded over.

Election will also be held

on the same date for the postof Vice-President.

Outlining the process andrules of the electing the

President, , Chief ElectionCommissioner Nasim Zaidisaid that the term of incum-bent President PranabMukherjee would end on July24. "As per Article 62 of theConstitution, an election tofill the vacancy caused by theexpiration of the term ofof f ice of the outgoingPresident is required to becompleted before the expira-tion of the term," Dr Zaidisaid.

The voting will begin at10 am on July 17 and will goon till 5 pm, he added. Zaidisaid the counting of votes willbegin at 11 am on July 20.

MPs have the highestvalue - 708 - for each vote,while the value of an MLA'svote depends on the popula-tion of the state.

The total value of votes of776 MPs ( 543 MPs of LokSabha and 233 of RajyaSabha) would be 5,49,408while the total value of votesof 4120 is 5,49,495. The totalvalue of votes of 4896 electorsthat include (MLAs (4120)and MPs (776) would be10,98,903.

������ ��9���.:#������� ��9���/3#���������"1"

��� � &'��&��(

The Centre on Wednesdayapproved road infrastruc-

ture projects in poll-boundGujarat and HimachalPradesh. The Cabinetapproved four-laning of a roadstretch worth �2,776-crore inHP and the transfer of land forsix-laning of Ahmedabad-Vadodara in Gujarat.

The Cabinet CommitteeEconomic Affairs (CCEA)gave its "approval for devel-opment of four-laning from'end of Pandoh Bypass toTakoli' section of NationalHighway (NH)-21 inHimachal Pradesh". The pro-ject will help in expediting theimprovement of infrastruc-ture in HP and in reducing thetime and cost of travel for traf-fic, particularly heavy traffic,plying from 'end of PandohBypass to Takoli' section, itsaid.

"The cost is estimated tobe �2,775.93 crore, includingcost of land acquisition, reset-tlement and rehabilitation andother pre-construction activ-ities. The total length of theroad to be developed isapproximately 19 km. Thiswork will be done under theNational HighwaysDevelopment Project (NHDP)Phase IV B on Hybrid AnnuityMode," said a road ministrystatement.

The development of this

stretch will also help in uplift-ing the socio-economic con-dition of this region in thestate. It would also increaseemployment potential for locallabourers for project activities.It has been estimated that atotal number of 4,076 man-days are required for con-struction of one kilometre ofhighway. As such, employ-ment potential of approxi-mately 77,000 mandays will begenerated locally during theconstruction period of thisstretch.

The Cabinet also approvedthe proposal for transfer of4.64 hectares (46,384 sqmeters) of land belonging to )Indian Institute of Soil andWater Conservation (IISWC)Research Centre at Vasad in toNHAI on payment of com-pensation amounting to�12.67 crore.

The land will be used forextension and six-laning ofAhmedabad-Vadodara high-way on NH-8. The transfer ofland to the NHAI is "likely tobenefit the region leading toenhanced opportunities forgrowth and development interms of infrastructure, trans-port, communication andemployment generation," thestatement said further. Thedecision is also part of the gov-ernment's plans to boost infra-structure in key sectors foraccelerating the pace ofgrowth.

��������''� ��� ����!�����������'� �������' ��2$ ����,�����������*#

��� � &'��&��(

Reacting to former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh's

statement that the economy wasrunning on "just one engine ofpublic spending", Union MinisterVenkaiah Naidu Wednesdayretorted saying while " twoengines" pulled in different direc-tions during ten years of UPArule, India was now propelled bya single, high-powered engineunder Narendra Modi.

On the Opposition'sattempts at forging a maha-gathbandhan in the run-up tothe 2019 general elections, hesaid that three Cs - the corrupt,the casteist and the communal- were trying to come togeth-er, which will only help con-solidate BJP's position as theprincipal challenger in stateslike Kerala and West Bengal.

In a broadside againstCongress president SoniaGandhi's role in the ManmohanSingh Government, he saidtwo engines pulled in differentdirections in the 10 years ofUPA rule and the country cameto a standstill.

"That is the differencebetween UPA and NDA. DrManmohan Singh acknowl-edged this single high poweredengine of Modi which has asingle purpose of Making ofDeveloped India. I thank him,"Naidu told reporters on thesidelines of a function here.

,��0���"�����#�"��M(���������������2�"�."���/������.������� ��� � &'��&��(

The Supreme Court onWednesday permitted

Banaras Hindu University(BHU) and Aligarh MuslimUniversity (AMU) to admitupto 50 per cent doctors fromtheir own institutions intotheir post graduate medicalcourses, after the process wasstalled by the Allahabad HighCourt which scrapped the 50per cent institutional quota inthe State.

The Court found the HCto be at fault as the twoUniversities or the Centre wasnot made a party before theHigh Court proceedingsthough the State Governmenthad informed that both theUniversities are governed by aCentral Act. The HC order ofMay 29 was set aside as "erro-neous" as SC felt it to be a clearinstance of "overstepping" ofjurisdiction by HC. TheUniversities have time till June12 to fill up the remainingvacant seats.

The bench of JusticesAshok Bhushan and DeepakGupta said, "The High Courtdid not take into considerationthe fact that the state (UttarPradesh) had no power tocontrol admission to theseuniversities….We are clearly ofthe view that the high courtoverstepped its jurisdiction and the order ofthe high court is erroneous andis liable to be set

aside."The Court observed that

the 50 per cent institutionalquota in AMU and BHU PGmedical courses was reflected

in their prospectus that was notunder challenge before theHC.

The Court said the HCjudges fell into an error as itwas apparent that the state canhave no control over the seatsin medical colleges which areunder a Central Act.

"These seats have to befilled up on the basis of meritand institutional preferencecould be given to the extentpermissible i.e. 50 per cent, ashas been held by a catena ofdecisions," the bench added.

The apex court also setaside the direction of the highcourt which denied the bene-fit of service rendered inremote/ difficult areas to thosedoctors, who have clearedMBBS examination from acollege outside Uttar Pradesh.

It said the MCIRegulations took care of itand it was a clear misreadingof the Regulations by the HC.

#,���61�789�� .�� �:0�.��.��/;&�� �� %&�

��� � &'��&��(

Waking up to the benefitsof setting up human milk

banks that can help save manypremature, surrogate or sickbabies and newborns who can-not be nursed by their ownmothers, the Union HealthMinistry on Wednesday final-ly launched such a centre at oneof its hospitals here.

The human milk bank andlactation counselling centre,'Vatsalya - Maatri Amrit Kosh',at lady Hardinge MedicalHospital will collect, pasteurise,test and store milk donated bylactating mothers and make itavailable for infants in need.

After inaugurating the cen-tre, Mishra said that this wouldbe the largest human milkbank and lactation counsellingcentre available under the pub-lic sector in North India. Hefurther added that it is envis-aged that with this donorhuman milk bank, all new-borns in and around Delhi willhave access to life savinghuman milk regardless of thecircumstances of their birth.

The Centre which has beenestablished in collaborationwith the Norwegian govern-ment, Oslo University and

Norway India PartnershipInitiative (NIPI) has facilities totest the quality of milk toensure that it is free of allpathogens and safe for thebabies besides setting for lac-tating mothers to express milk.

Mishra said that even whenwe know the potential of moth-er's milk for a child, breast-feeding rates are low in India."The early initiation of breast-feeding is only 40 per cent, evenwhen the institutional deliveryhas increased to 78.9 per cent.

"In view of this, welaunched Mothers AbsoluteAffection (MAA) programmeto create awareness regardingbreastfeeding as being the mostcost-effective way of enhancingthe child's immunity," he added.

Nils RagnarKamsvag,Ambassador of Norway toIndia said that human milkincreases survival rate for thoseneonates whose mother cannotproduce enough milk.

While the Government has

been late entrant in the sector,many private hospitals havealready set up such banks,offering collected breast milk tothe needy children in theirinstitutions.

Dr Ajay Khera, deputycommissioner (incharge), childand adolescent health pro-gramme in the ministry saidthat to regulate the milk banksin the country, national guide-lines on human milk banks willbe released soon. The guide-lines will have detailed safetystandards, which will makescreening of donors for variousdiseases like HIV, Hepatitis Btest and syphilis test and, com-pulsory.

Arun Gupta, pediatrician,Coordinator of theBreastfeeding PromotionNetwork of India and a mem-ber of the Prime Minister'sCouncil on India's NutritionChallenges, suggested Brazilas a model for India to emulate.Keeping in mind the compli-cations associated with for-mula feeding to the sick, tinypreterm neonates and mothers'inability to breastfeed in theinitial period, there is a need toestablish human milk banks inall level II and level III healthfacilities, he added.

����� &'��&��(

The Supreme Court onWednesday refused to stay

the arrest of Calcutta HighCourt judge CS Karnan askinghim to approach the specialbench headed by Chief Justiceof India which ordered hisimmediate arrest on May 9.

Evading arrest since then,Justice Karnan through advo-cate Mathews J Nedumparasaid that being a judge he wasvictimized as his applicationto stay the sentence of sixmonths imprisonment againsthim is not being heard.

When the matter wasmentioned before theVacation bench of JusticesAshok Bhushan and DeepakGupta, the judges advisedNedumpara to approach thebench that passed the order.When the counsel asked thereason for punishing a HCjudge for contempt, theVacation bench said, "Theorder was passed by the spe-cial bench. We cannot sayanything…You ask thesequestions to the specialbench."

Nedumpara sought a stayon the order as the judgefaced imminent arrest. Butthe bench remarked, "Nothing

has happened in the past onemonth. You wait for three orfour more weeks and go to thespecial bench. We cannothelp you."

����� &'��&��(

Signifying growing defenceties, Navy Chief Admiral

Sunil Lanba will visit Israel nextweek to discuss the entire rangeof maritime issues and reviewprogress of ongoing projects.

His visit comes ahead ofPrime Minister NarendraModi's visit to that country inJuly. It will be the first ever visitby an Indian prime ministersince diplomatic relations estab-lished between the two coun-tries in 1990.

During his five-day tourstarting June 11, the Navy chief,who is also Chairman Chiefs ofStaff Committee, will hold talkswith Israel's Chief of Staff GadiEizenkot besides several othersenior military officials, sourcessaid here on Wednesday. Lanbamay also call on DefenceMinister Avigdor Lieberman,sources said here on Wednesday.

The Navy chief 's visit comesat a time when Israel hasemerged as one of the biggestweapons exporter to India afterUS and Russia. In fact, the twocountries recently inked twodeals for the Indian Navy worthover three billion dollars formanufacturing long range sur-face to air missiles as per the'Make in India' policy. The pub-lic sector Bharat ElectronicLimited(BEL) will manufacturethe missiles in collaborationwith Israel AerospaceIndustries(IAI).

The LRSAMs provides ashield to warships from missilesfired from air, land or sea andinclude several key state-of-the-

art elements, advanced phased-array radar (MFSTAR), com-mand and control system,launchers and missiles. The dealwill provide LRSAMs for fourwarships to begin with, they said.

Moreover, the two countriesare set to have the first ever jointair exercise in Israel in Augustthereby signaling that thedefence relations between thetwo nations have come out of the"closet," officials said.

Incidentally, Israel defenceindustry is already involved inseveral projects of DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation(DRDO).

Israel has already sold big-ticket items like PhalconAirborne Early Warning andControl Systems(AWACS) toIndia. While the first lot of threewas bought in 2004 for morethan one billion dollars. Thegovernment recently clearedanother contract for additionaltwo Phalcons worth over Rs7,500 crore.

These planes can detectmovement of incoming missilesand aircraft at a range of morethan 400 km and give 360degree coverage and the radarsmade by Israel are mounted onRussian made IL-76 aircraft.

����� &'��&��(

Under Swachh BharatMission, 3,76,793

Individual Household Toiletsand 1,28,946 CommunityToilet Seats have been built sofar. Total 688 cities have beenso far declared OpenDefecation free (ODF) and531 of them have been inde-pendently verified and certifiedas ODF. Andhra Pradesh andGujarat have declared all citiesand towns as ODF.

Union UrbanDevelopment Minister MVenkaiah Naidu listed the sta-tistics while addressing a func-tion organized on the occasionof the 9th foundation day of'The Foundation forRestoration of National Values(FRNV). The event is co-spon-sored by Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) and'Swachh Bharat' is the theme ofthe event.

Naidu said Swachh BharatMission has gained significantmomentum over the past lastthree years and the Mission isthe biggest ever mass mobi-lization undertaken, to makeour country clean. He saidthat 100 per cent Door toDoor collection and transport

of Municipal Solid Waste hasbeen achieved in 43,200 wardsout of the total 81,015 urbanwards.

Naidu said that women areplaying a key role in this move-ment. He cited the name ofSangita Ahwale of Saikhedavillage in Washim district

Maharashtra has sold her'mangalsutra' to build a toiletand a 104 years old Kunwar Baiof Kotabharri village inDhamtari district ofChattisgarh sold her goats todo the same.

Naidu also named 20 yearold Priyanka Adivasi ofGopalpur village of Kolrasblock returned to her parentsas there is no toilet at her in-laws house and her husbandnow promised to build one.Similarly, a Muslim woman inGuntur district of AndhraPradesh gifted a toilet to hernew daughter-inn-law sinceshe did not want the newmember of her family sufferthe way she did without a toilet.

����������"��"������

'�(�������� �(�����������)�*���

*�&�� ��(�4���4!��*���C�����()&�&�(�������(*���'(�������&�*!���*& �(�&!�*&�*����*��&�(�4����*&���C���*�*()��*�&��

#,����01�1�1.�� �!�� � 31�����1.

K*�&����&��'������&���C�*�&��&�(����&��3�'&���*���C�C*�()NC� ��4�*�&�&A &�*(���*��*�&��&�(����&��5M���

9>>����������������8+F���������������0������ �!��

%11��&���&*������*����������&�*(����*������*��B (�(�������(�'��*&������&&���(&,&��(�8I!711'������ *��B�*�&*�*���:%!1%D� ���'����M��(�

�+�����"���������

)�����#���(�#������0�����,����(# ��������%�����&����������������������%������������*�,�(���

����0�$����#�����������$�����#$����������-�&����

��(���������,����������&�����������

$�&������,*������� ���+�)���0���������(1*��2�%������������3�������#�4�����(� ��������,���� ��

���������(3�&���������$4��('#�����������,*�0�+

)������&����������&������� �5#���������(� #������������$&��������

�G��+������������H�������������'���� �!���������� ����� ������������ !������'� ��� ������� ��! �����(I���#�������� !�������������+����� ��&�������1 ���

�����+��������"������"������������

Page 6: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0 �������6

� �����""�������&�(

There is a major political cri-sis in Tamil Nadu as the

ruling AIADMK (Amma) fac-tion is experiencing dissidence,rebellion and dissatisfaction. ByWednesday noon, it was “offi-cially” announced by Thankat-amizhchelvan, a dissident MLAowing allegiance to the Sasikalafamily that 30 MLAs haveexpressed their solidarity withTTV Dinakaran, the deputygeneral secretary of the partyand nephew of jailed Sasikala.

This means that EdappadyK Palaniswamy, the ChiefMinister, who enjoyed the sup-port of 122 MLAs, is left withjust 92 MLAs. But politicalobservers, who have no lovelost for the AIADMK, are of theview that there is no immedi-ate threat to the Government.

“Till the Presidential elec-tion is over, there is no possi-bility of this Government fac-ing any threat. Once thePresidential elections are over,we can see some fireworks,”said a political commentator.

He pointed out that major-

ity of the AIADMK MLAs donot want a snap poll to theAssembly since they know wellthat most of them would bitethe dust in the eventuality of anelection. But the Assembly ismeeting for almost a monthfrom June 14 to meet thedemand of grants by variousdepartments and the session isexpected to generate a lot ofheat and dust due to the inter-nal wrangling in the AIADMK.

All the 30 MLAs wantDinakaran to continue as thedeputy general secretary andrule the AIADMK,includingthe Chief Minister. But neitherEdappady Palaniswamy norother senior members in hisCouncil of Ministers have bot-hered to call on Dinakaransince the latter’s return toChennai from New Delhiwhere he was in Tihar Jail inconnection with the case ofattempting to bribe the ElectionCommission of India officialsfor getting the ‘Two Leaves’symbol allotted to his faction ofthe party. Dinakaran was in jailfor 40 days since his arrest onApril 25 by the Delhi Police andwas released on bail only last week.

K Jayakumar, FinanceMinister and close confidanteof Chief Minister had made itknown on Monday thatDinakaran and Sasikala shouldstay away from the party lead-

ership. The Edappadi faction ofthe AIADMK (Amma) haddeclared in April that the aunt-nephew duo would be keptaway from the party’s affairs asboth are implicated in criminalcases.

Sasikala, the general secre-tary of the party is serving afour-year jail term as she wasconvicted by the special courtin Bangalore in the dispropor-tionate wealth case.

Palaniswamy needs thesupport of 118 members in theHouse which has a totalstrength of 234. The vacancyarising out of the passing awayof Jayalalithaa in December 5,2016 has not been filled whichhas brought the number ofAIADMK MLAs to 122. TheGovernment is continuing inoffice with a wafer thin major-ity as the O Panneerselvam fac-tion had walked out of theparty with 12 MLAs.

A recharged MK Stalin, theleader of the Opposition andworking president of the DMKdeclared on Wednesday thatAssembly election is immi-nent in Tamil Nadu. “In oneyear, the people saw threeChief Ministers in the State.They are in for more dramas asthe administration has come toa halt. There is no Governmentworth its name in Tamil Nadu,"Stalin told a public meeting atErode.

����� )���(�)��

Bandh given by pro-quotastir leader Hardik Patel in

protest against custodial deathof a Patidar youth got mixedresponse in the North Gujarattowns of Mehsana andVisnagaron Wednesday.

Hardik Patel-led PatidarAnamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS) had given the call fol-lowing death of 30-year-oldKetan Mahendrabhai Patel,who was arrested in a caserelated to theft of �9,500 inMehsana. PAAS on its partclaimed that Ketan was arrest-ed for a theft of mere �500!

Barring minor incidentsof forced closure of shops, thebandh remained mostly peace-ful, with many commercialestablishments remaining openduring the day.

Tempers in the townsoared as the news of death of the youngster came onTuesday, with family claimingthat he had died due to severebeating by policemen in theircustody.

However, the police deniedallegation and claimed thatKetan was running high feverand was referred to Mehsanacivil hospital by sub-jail doctoron Monday. The police claimedKetan died there. DeputySuperintendent of Police(DySP) Visnagar, Harish Patel,has now been instructed toprobe the case.

“A judicial inquiry will beconducted and his post-mortem will be done by amedical board, which will bevideographed,” said a seniorpolice official.

� +�����+ ���� 4��4�*�

Though the TrinamoolCongress remained non-

committal on how it wanted torespond to the income taxnotice slapped on the party onaccount of un-explained elec-toral expenses worth croresincurred in the run up to the2014 general elections, theparty bosses said MamataBanerjee would give a befittingreply to the “vendetta politics”being played by the BJP-ledCentre to weaken the Oppo-sition forces that could pose aproblem for Narendra Modi infuture.”

There was, however, noofficial response from theBengal Chief Minister whowas currently in Darjeeling ona State tour.

Notwithstanding its unruf-fled countenance projected tothe world, the Trinamool lead-ership had gone into a tizzy inthe wake of the I-T noticewhich demanded the party toimmediately explain the expen-ditures incurred during theelection campaigns of MamataBanerjee in 2014.

According to inside

sources, Mamata had assignedsenior leaders like SubratoBakshi, Partho Chatterjee,Derek O’Brien to sort out theissue. The first response camefrom a Minister who fumed“They have won two MP seatsfrom Bengal this time. We willnot let them take single seat thenext time. Those who viewedEnglish channels and readEnglish newspapers were “notour voters,” so “rest assuredsuch false charges would dentDidi's image in Bengal.”

The news beamed on air bya national English channelshowed how the party spentover �15 crore for hiring chop-per that flew Banerjee to coverall the Constituencies in acomparatively shorter period.It also showed how the partyhad spent �2 crore on flags forcontesting polls in Punjabwhere the party had little or nopresence. This apart the noticementioned an expenditure ofabout �10 crore on advertise-ment given in various news-papers and electronic media.

Despite repeated intima-tions, the party is yet to appearbefore the I-T officials, sourcessaid adding the department

had asked the Bengal rulingoutfit to appear and explain theexpenditures in a few daystime.

“This is a big attempt tomalign the Trinamool Cong-ress and Mamata Banerjee whois among a few honest leadersin the country with a nationalappeal and who can challengeNarendra Modi’s hegemonisti-crule in the Centre in the nextgeneral elections,” said a seniorMinister and an accused in theNarada payoff case.

He however said “Any offi-cial statement if required wouldbe given by the Chief Ministerwhen she returns fromDarjeeling.”

The election expenditurescam only adds to the long listof scams allegedly patronisedby the Trinamool Congressleaders — Sharada-Rose Valleyscam worth several thousandcrores to Narada pay off case toTrident light scam worth morethan �350 crore to SJDA scaminvolving �120 crore.

“We will fight the issuepolitically. But before that theBJP must answer to posers asto why the States like Maha-rashtra and Madhya Pradesh

ruled by it are burning today.Why the farmers are gettingshot for raising rightfuldemands. This is because thisGovernment is of the rich bythe rich and for the rich. Andany political party that will raiseits voice against it will beslapped with I-T notice. Butthey cannot avoid people’snotice that will come to themin 2019,” said an MP and closeaide of the Chief Ministerdropping hints on what stanceshe was going to take upon herreturn from Darjeeling.

On the other hand, Leftleaders like Sujan Chakrabartysaid the BJP Government wasonly making a “gallery show bysending those notices. If theyhad anything to do, theywould have taken actions inSharada and Narada caseswhich are lying in CBI handsfor years now. This is anothertactic to divide the Oppositionvote by showing the peopleBJP’s anti-Trinamool facebefore panchayat elections.Nothing will be done and noth-ing will happen to theTrinamool leaders as the BJPand the Trinamool are the twosides of the same coin.”

���� ��3� ���� �&)�� �

Congress Government inKarnataka captained by

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah,who is planning to bring anAnti-superstition Bill on theMaharashtra model, has comeunder severe criticism for prac-tising double standards.

In fact the ongoingAssembly session onWednesday witnessed a veryinteresting debate on the issueof Karnataka Water ResourcesMinister MB Patil performingrituals to appease rain Godrecently. The major Opposition

BJP came down on theMinister and the double stan-dard of the CongressGovernment.

The saffron party whichnever opposes performing ofrituals chided the Governmentand said the Minister is per-forming ‘parjanya homa’, whilethe Chief Minister known forhis rational outlook is propa-gating the need for Anti-super-stition Bill.

Water resource MinisterPatil in a suo moto submissionsought to clarify about the rit-uals performed by him thatcame under severe criticism.He argued that it is part of “ourculture” and “tradition” to offerpuja to rivers. The rituals wereperformed for the State’s twoimportant rivers — Cauveryand Krishna — at their birthplace for the “betterment” of

people. He clarified that he hadnot performed any “homa orhavan,” but only “puja or japa”.This was contradicted by BJP’sArvind Limbavali, citing mediareports.

The Minister had recentlyperformed pujas at ‘Talakaveri’and ‘Mahabaleshwar’ (inMaharashtra). He said it wasdone with the quest for a goodmonsoon after recurringdrought in the State for three

years. After lot of criticism, theMinister said he would pay theexpenditure from his moneyand. The Minister shot backand mentioned instances wheresuch rituals or puja and even‘parjanya homa’ were per-formed during the BJP rule,specifically when JagadshShettar, now Opposition leaderwas Chief Minister.

He claimed Indian SpaceResearch Organisation too per-formed such rituals before anylaunch.The Minister allegedthat BJP had spent �17 crore forsuch rituals during their rule,the Opposition demandedproof and asked him to be“responsible” before makingsuch charges.

Taking a dig at the Ministerleader of the BJP, JagadishShettar congratulated him fortaking BJP’s “line” by follow-

ing Hindu culture and tradi-tions, which the Congress hastried to stay away from in thegarb of “secularism.” Shettarand BJP MLA BasavarajBommai alleged that theGovernment was practising“double standards.”

“When the CM with hisrational outlook is propagatingthe need for Anti-superstitionBill, Patil, who is one of thesenior Ministers is performingrituals for rain,” Shettar added.“We are not against perform-ing puja or rituals, every onehas right to do it, but don’t fol-low something and propagatesomething,” Shettar said.

Intervening, HealthMinister Ramesh Kumar saidcare should be taken that noone crosses the Constitutionalframework, while dealing withsuch issues.

��������>�� �C�&������

Hyderabad police has bust-ed yet another scam of

land grabbing worth hundredsof crore with the arrest of anAndhra Pradesh legislator JCDeepak Reddy and his associ-ate and a lawyer ShailendraSaxena. The duo facing chargesof forgery, cheating and crim-inal conspiracy were producedin a Hyderabad Court onWednesday. They were rema-nded to 14 days judicial cus-tody and sent to ChanchalgudaCentral Jail.

Deepak Reddy is theTelugu Desam member of APLegislative Council and son-in-law of TDP MP from Anan-tapur JC Diwakar Reddy.

Curiously, in his affidavitfiled before the election author-ities in 2012, Deepak Reddyclaimed owning propertiesworth �6,455 crore. All the dis-puted lands were in the list ofhis assets. It made him the rich-est politician in both the TeluguStates.

The modus operandi of theduo was to create litigationsover the ownership of primelands in the city by forging doc-uments in fictitious name andstaking the ownership claims.

ACP, Central CrimeStation, Hyderabad G Jogaiahsaid that a case was filed againstthe duo based on a complaintfrom a member of MusaCooperative Housing Societythat the two were trying tousurp 7 acres of land of the

society in Mehdipatnam area.A similar case was also filedagainst them in connectionwith attempt to grab two acresof land in Banjara Hills.

In the case of Mehdi-patnam land, they had createda fictitious identity in the nameof Iqbal Khasim Kahn andprepared documents showinghim the owner of the land anda petition was filed in the HighCourt on his behalf. In turnanother document was forgedto show Deepak Reddy as thebuyer of the land from Khan.The conspiracy was unravelledwhen Srinivas, another associ-ate of Deepak Reddy felloutwith him and spilled the beans.This opened a pandora’s boxand many other societies alsolodged complaints.

In the second case, attemptwas made to grasp 3.37 acres ofland in Banjara Hills. The landwas purchased from its ownerAyub Kamal by MVS Chou-dhary and brothers in 1960. Asthe land was lying vacantShailesh Saxena filed a claim in2008 that the land belonged toAkbar Mohiuddin and KhawjaMoinuddin Ansari. He alsoprepared another set of docu-ments claiming that DeepakReddy had purchased the landfrom Ansari brothers but Cho-udhary and brothers grabbed it.However, Choudhary brothersestablished their ownershipwith genuine documents inthe court after which a crimi-nal case was registered againstthem three months ago.

����� � �4�'

With an aim to impartquality education to the

students in State-run schools,Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said seriousefforts should be made to intro-duce NCERT syllabus inGovernment schools immedi-ately.

“Government is seriouslytrying to improve quality ofeducation at the secondaryand primary level and for thatNCERT syllabus would beintroduced from the next aca-demic session,” Yogi said dur-ing a discussion on road mapfor transforming school edu-cation, State of Uttar Pradesh,here on Wednesday.

CM said that if UP stu-dents adopt NCERT syllabusthis will give them an edge tocompete in all-India level. MoreCBSE centres should be openedacross the State and effortsshould be made to reduceweight of school bags, he said.

He said enrollment of stu-dents in private schools is onthe rise while the dropout ratein Government schools is goingup. Time has come to arrest thistrend because this is a reflec-tion of parents’ loss of trustwith the Government schools,he said. “The State Governmenthas decided to incorporate thegood and transparent schemesof other States. Officials havebeen asked to carry out a study and come out with their suggestions at the earliest,”he said.

���� ��3� ���� �&)�� �

Just ahead of GST roll out,Karnataka has introduced a

Bill to implement GST in justa month’s time. The Bill‘Karnataka Goods and ServicesTax Bill, 2017’ was tabled byChief Minister Siddaramaiah,who holds the finance portfo-lio on Wednesday in the ongo-ing session to facilitate the rollout of GST. So far, 24 Statesand Union Territories havepassed the State Goods andServices Tax (SGST) Act intheir respective legislativeAssemblies. This Bill was intro-duced based on the GSTConstitutional amendment topass SGST Bill by September15, 2017, failing which they willlose their taxation powers.Karnataka is one among theseven States that are yet to passthe SGST law.

As the Chief Ministerintroduced the Bill, JD(S)members raised questionsabout it and demanded that theGovernment “enlighten” the

members about the contentsand the need for such bill.Responding to this, Siddaram-aiah said “GST aims to bringone uniform tax across thecountry, the Bill that we haveintroduced today is just a for-mality as the GST Bill hasalready been passed by the LokSabha, after having due con-sultations with all States.”

JD(S) legislator YSV Dattaand Shivalinge Gowda arguedthat the contents of GST and itsimpact on the State’s financesshould be made known to themembers. “We don’t know GSTand how it works; Governmentshould give details to us aboutit and its impact on the State.We cannot approve the Bill asa formality," Gowda said.

Opposition BJP leaderJagdish Shettar advised theGovernment to conduct aworkshop like session forMLAs by experts, as the onebeing organised for the coun-cil members by the council’sChairman. Both Chief Ministerand Speaker KB Koliwadagreed to organise a similarworkshop like session to MLAs.

I1���.���������@���������������2/��"�����0����

�$����1.3�����%' ����1.�������� �2���<�1� .�.��=���

�&�*��2�����������"�����$��#��@�������#��2���!���2��C�.�

�@������������������"�������2������0�� ��������2�����"�

,+��������(������ (�����,�� ���1�1�)�7���08���!�)!���

&���0�� ���0.#�'��������+���'�,� ���'������#�-�'��,�� �������� ������ ��� � ��� !�-���0������!���������� �, ��� �����%��'��������� ������ ��&������� #%��

0������$��������������* ���� ���'�������,�%������� ���

�� �������-������(�)��

Afour-day special sessionof the Jammu and

Kashmir legislature would beconvened from June 17 to dis-cuss extension of Goods andServices Tax (GST) to theState. The session wouldintroduce GST Bill that wouldrequire Constitutional amen-dment. The decision wastaken at a Cabinet meeting

chaired by Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti.

“Desire was shown in theCabinet that we should holdthe special session of theAssembly to discuss the spe-cific issue of extension GST toJ&K,” Finance Minister DrHaseeb Darbu said at a Pressconference.

The special session willstart from 17 June for fourdays, he said.

Drabu said the extension

of GST in J&K has threeaspects to it — constitution-al, legislative and administra-tive. He said the special ses-sion was meant to extend con-stitutional amendment.

"Constitutional amend-ment 101 under which GSTwas brought into the countryas of now does not apply toJK, so we must use theAssembly for extendingConstitutional amendment101 to J&K,” Drabu said.

8J��2���������-O4 ��������$��#�-����%6�

%� ����61����������������� 2���.0�1�������� �-���������45��0�����.��$���������������

�0�#�������

����� � �4�'

Posting an objectionable pic-ture of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onFacebook proved costly for alocal Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) leader and a local resi-dent of Aligarh as they werearrested on Tuesday night.

BSP leader Shankar LalPippal and Javed Alam, bothresidents of Jalali locality inAligarh posted objectionablepictures of Modi and Yogi lastSunday. Police arrested bothclaiming that Alam had sharedthe post.

Sources said the matterwas brought to the knowledgeof police by senior BJP leaders, including CharraMLA Ravendra Pal Singh and Aligarh Mayor ShakuntlaBharti. They raised the matter with senior police offi-cials and demanded immediateaction.

In one more case reportedfrom Aligarh, an FIR has been lodged against formerCongress MP from Aligarh,Bijendra Singh and 50 othersfor allegedly breaching peaceduring the visit of ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath to thecity last Monday. Singhdescribed the filing of the caseas a ‘brutal attempt to crushdemocracy and the freedom ofexpression’.

He said Congress workerswere only trying to hand over a memorandum to theChief Minister regarding cer-tain public grievances when thepolice prevented them andresorted to lathi charge to dis-perse them.

0�#����������! �' ��� � !!����'��� !�#��� ���3 �� ��F���$ �

-���� )���������������� ������50

Page 7: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������9�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0

3��'��'�� 4���(

The Kerala High Court onWednesday declined to stay

the May 23 Central notificationbanning sale and purchase ofcattle for slaughter at the live-stock markets in the country. Asingle-judge Bench of the courtalso refused to pass an interimorder on a batch of petitionsthat questioned the authority ofthe Centre to issue such anotification.

Observing that the issuewas a serious one and thatarguments had to be heard indetail, the court listed them forexpeditious disposal on a laterdate. A division Bench of theHigh Court had on May 31effectively backed the notifica-tion — Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals (Regulation ofLivestock Markets) Rules, 2017(Rules) — saying that there

was no Constitutional violationin it.

The single-judge Benchsaid on Wednesday that therewere Constitutional hurdles instaying the rules and that therewas no situation that warrant-ed passage of an interim order.It directed the Centre, whichargued that the notificationhad not banned cattle slaugh-

ter but had only imposed con-trols on cattle trade at animalmarkets, to submit a detailedaffidavit.

The petitions challengingthe notification, submitted byCongress legislator Hybi Eden,some beef traders fromKozhikode and workers in thebeef sector, had argued that thenew rules concerning cattle

trade were against the spirit of the federal system of thecountry.

The court posted the peti-tions to a later date by statingthat it was taking the petition-ers’ arguments at face value. TheKerala Government had sup-ported the petitions by sayingthat the Centre had issued thenotification in a subject that

came under the State’s purview.The Government had earlierwritten to the Centre requestingwithdrawal of the notification.

The petitioners argued thatthe Central notification haddirectly encroached on the leg-islative power of the State leg-islatures. The beef traders sub-mitted that their business hadalready been affected to a largeextent because the supply ofbuffalos for the purpose ofslaughter had been prohibitedunder the new rules.

The Centre had explainedin the High Court that the noti-fication issued on May 23 bythe Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Changehad not banned slaughter ofanimals and that the newly pro-posed rules were part of thesteps aimed at preventing cru-elty to animals and that therewas nothing in it that would

affect freedom relating to food.A division bench of the

High Court headed by ChiefJustice Navniti Prasad Singhhad on May 31, a day after theMadurai Bench of the MadrasHigh Court stayed the notifi-cation for four weeks, observedthat it could not see any ban onslaughter or sale and consum-ption of beef and that the pro-testors might have misread thenew rules.

The Kerala Assembly isholding a special one-day ses-sion on Thursday to discuss theCentral notification and toadopt a resolution registeringthe State’s protest against it.Though the Congress-led UDFOpposition is supporting theGovernment on the issue, theHouse will not be able to passthe resolution unanimously aslone BJP MLA O Rajagopal issure to oppose it.

���� ��3� �����&)�� �

The ruling CongressGovernment in Karnataka

continued its opposition tothe Union Government’s cowlaw. Chief Minister Siddar-amaiah called it unconstitu-

tional and an act of encroach-ing upon the States adminis-tration. Addressing a youthCongress function inBengaluru on Wednesday,Siddaramaiah camedown onthe cow law and said it istransgressing the powers ofthe State Governments.

He said “ban on cowslaughter is a State issue andthe Centre has no right tointervene on this subject.Moreover, it is personal rightof people to practice foodhabits of their preference andit was clearly explained in theconstitution.”

����� �C�&�����

Residents from some parts ofHyderabad have alleged

that ‘plastic rice’ was being soldin the market, prompting theTelangana civil supplies depart-ment to send such samples forexamination at a food labora-tory.

The department officialson Wednesday said the reportswere wrong and it was not“plastic rice”, but they have sentthe samples to the laboratoryfor a comprehensive examina-tion and a report it is expect-ed by tomorrow.

Some locals and inmates ofa hostel in different areas of thecity on Tuesday claimed thatthe rice they had bought andate was very sticky and tasteddifferent from the normalgrain. They alleged that it was“plastic rice.”

Later, state Civil SuppliesCommissioner CV Ananddirected the officials to collectthe samples of rice fromYousufguda, Saroornagar,Meerpet and other places, from

where the complaints hademerged. The samples werethen sent to the State food lab-oratory for analysis, an officialsaid.

“A detailed report is likelyto be submitted by Thursday”he said.

City’s Nandanvanam arearesident Ashok on Tuesdaylodged a complaint withMeerpet police alleging that thegrain he purchased from alocal trader turned out to be‘plastic rice’ after he cooked it.He also said that it had becomesticky and there a was strangesmell.

However, based on pre-liminary investigation, policesaid the sample that the com-plainant had provided was not‘plastic rice.’

Police also said that theyhad informed about the matterto the civil supplies departmentand sent the samples to it. Theinmates of a private hostel toohad alleged that they wereserved ‘plastic rice’ which tast-ed quite different from thenormal rice. ����� � �4�'

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath and Governor

Ram Naik joined Yoga guruBaba Ramdev on Wednesdaymorning in a practice session,ahead of the International YogaDay at the forecourt of the RajBhawan.

Prime Minister NarendraModi and Yogi Adityanath areexpected to participate in theInternational Yoga Day event tobe held at Rama Bai Ambedkarground in Lucknow on June 21,along with 50,000 other prac-titioners.

Baba Ramdev conductedthe Yoga session which con-tinued for over an hour. Healong with Governor, CM andSwami Bharat Bhushan per-formed Yoga at the stage whileothers including senior minis-ters, officers and bureaucratsfollowed.

The exercise started at 6 amand was spread over in eightsteps. It started with prayers,followed by exercise, Yogasan,kapal bhaati, pranayaam,dhyan, sankalp and shantipaath. While doing differentasanas, Baba Ramdev also nar-rated its importance.

Realising that participantsgot tired, he suggestedMakarasan saying this givesrest to the body. Then turningtowards the CM he said “Thisis not the time to take rest, butto work hard.”

Many Ministers failed tomatch the speed of BabaRamdev and stopped midway.

Seeing this Ramdev said “Workhard. Do not stop. You cannotstop as the people have reposedfaith on you.”

Many volunteers ofPatanjali, Art of Living,Brahmakumaris, IshaFoundation and NSS helpedover 1,500 participants andalso did Yoga with the CM andthe Governor.

While addressing partici-pants, the Governor said,'”People always asked me dur-ing the past three years, whatwill I give them and I alwaysassured to give them an ‘UttamUP’. Now the time has come tofulfill my wish and this BJPgovernment would make theState Uttam.”

“This we will achieve onlyif we are alert mind and havegood physique. Yoga is nowpopular internationally andthe credit for this should go toPrime Minister NarendraModi,” Naik said.

The Governor urged thepeople to adopt Yoga to get ridof various diseases.

The CM in his briefaddress said that it would beLucknow’s pride to organiseInternational Yoga Day andurged the citizens to attend theevent in a big way. He even sug-gested media persons to doYoga every day. “They (mediapersonnels) make us dancebut today we made the jour-nalists dance,” Yogi said.

��������>�� �C�&������

For many aspirants of enter-ing Civil Services who could

not afford the expensive coach-ing a senior IPS officer ofTelangana proved a saviour.

Mahesh Murlidhar Bhag-wat, police commissioner,Rachakonda has earned thegratitude of several young menand women who cleared thisyear’s Public Services exami-nation. Bhagwat, despiteextremely busy working sched-ule spent several hours everyday to coach and mentor theaspirants.

“It is extremely gratifyingthat of the 300 odd candidates84 passed,” said Bhagwat whohad started WhatsApp groupsfor groups of students fromTelangana, Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Karnatakato guide and motivate them.

He had a crucial role to

play specially in the male orbreak last segment of interviewand personality test in whichmany candidates flounder.

“In this effort I had thesupport of many other peopleincluding my superiors andmentors,” he said.

Not only these candidatescould clear the examination butmany of them achieved high-er ranks. While MuzammilAhmad Khan, son of formerDGP AK Khan secured 22ndrank Rizwan Pasha Shaikhfrom Kurnool could secure 48rank. Anvesha Reddy came80. Of the 269 candidates fromMaharashtra, 50 cleared theexam and three were in the top100 ranks.

Apart from Whatsapp, healso used Skype and othertools to communicate with thecandidates at far off places. “Iam completely indebted toMahesh sir. Without his help I

could not have cleared theinterview. A day before myinterview he conducted a mockinterview with me and it helpedme a lot,” said Rizwan Basha.

But why the police com-missioner decided to take upthe role of a mentor for theseyoung people?

Part of the answer lies in thestruggle he had to undergo torealise his dream of entering thepublic services. Bhagwat aftercompleting engineering coursein Maharashtra had dreamt ofbecoming an IAS or IPS officer.But had to discontinue hiscourse at a coaching institutedue to financial difficulties andjoined Tata Motors in Pune.With the encouragement fromhis teachers at the MaharashtraGovernment Study Circle andthe money he had saved hereturned to the coaching centreand successfully passed the civilservices examination.

�� �������-������(�)��

The Army on Wednesdayshot dead three terrorists as

another bid from across theLine of Control (LoC) to sendin armed terrorists intoKashmir Valley was foiled inMachil sector of northKashmir’s Kupwara district,official sources said.

Sources said the troopsguarding the LoC noticed sus-picious movement duringTuesday night as a group of ter-rorists was trying to infiltrateinto the Valley. In the pitchdark hours, the group waschallenged that triggered aprolonged gun-battle. The exc-hange of fire continued thro-ughout the day on Wednesdayand till last reports three infil-trators, yet to be identified,were killed. The security forcessuspect presence of more infil-trators in the area. A largeforested area has been cor-doned off to track them down.

This is the third infiltrationbid foiled by the Army innorth Kashmir in the past fort-night. On May 26, two elderlypersons, suspected to be mem-bers of Pakistan’s Border ActionTeam (BAT) were killed in Urisector of north Kashmir.

Six terrorists were killed inthe same sector next day whenthey attempted to sneak intothe Valley from across the border.

Meanwhile, police said thata militant, spotted in the funer-al of Hizb Commander SabzarBhat in Tral last week, has sur-rendered. Police identified himas Danish Ahmad ofHandwara. Hizbul Mujahideen,however, refuted police claimsand said that Danish Ahmadwas not affiliated with Hizb.

In a statement issued here,police said that a video clip ofan unidentified terrorist, wear-ing battle pouch with agrenade, were in circulation onsocial media few days ago.“These video clips were clickedin Tral, Awantipora by thelocal media-persons duringthe funeral of a self-style com-mander, Sabzar Bhat of HizbulMujahideen outfit,” the state-ment said.

During investigation,police said, the terrorist wasidentified as Danish Ahmed, aresident of Kulangam,Handwara in Kupwara dis-trict. The statement claimedthat police and 21 RR of IndianArmy “got into touch with hisparents and impressed uponthem to counsel their son for

surrender”. After being “con-vinced” that Danish will betreated “fairly under law”, fam-ily made efforts and “Danishsurrendered before Handwarapolice and 21 RR army”.

On being questioned,police said that Danish revealedhe was in touch with terroristsof south Kashmir region onsocial media. “He was tasked byHizbul Mujahideen comman-ders to ‘activate’ some localyouth in North Kashmir andmake the region as terroristinfested as the southern part ofKashmir,” police statement said,adding that “He realised thefutility of joining terroris-tranks” after a few days.

Police has registered FIRnumber 133/2017 under sec-tion 7/25 Arms Act in PoliceStation Handwara againstDanish while he is being con-sidered under the J&KSurrendered MilitantsRehabilitation Policy.

In an e-mailed statement toa local news agency Hizb vicechief, Saif-ul-llah Khalid, dis-missed the claims. “The policeclaim about the Danish’s asso-ciation with Hizb is not true,”he said, adding that Danish hadno links with Hizb and ‘suchacts should be seen as tactics ofIndian agencies’.

����+� ����� ��(

The relations between theruling saffron alliance part-

ners came under further strainon Wednesday, as the ShivSena boycotted the Maha-rashtra Cabinet meeting inprotest against what it calledthe ruling BJP‘s failure to takeits president Uddhav Thackerayinto confidence.

A day after the Mahara-shtra Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis announced that hisGovernment would unveil the“biggest-ever” loan waiverpackage for the needy farmersin the state before October 31,the Sena Ministers stayed awayfrom the State Cabinet meetingpresided over Fadnavis.

Talking to media personsafter boycotting the StateCabinet, senior Sena MinisterSubhash Desai said “The BJP-led State Government has nottaken the Shiv Sena into con-fidence over the farm loan

waiver decision. We would likethe Chief Minister to make hisstand clear on the issue. TheState Government cannotannounce the loan waiver deci-sion, before passing on theinformation to our party pres-ident Uddhav Thackeray”.

State Finance MinisterSudhir Mungantiwar of theBJP clarified that the Shiv Senahad not boycotted the Cabinetmeeting as was being made outby his party’s ally. “The SenaMinisters had taken prior per-mission from the CM toremain absent at the StateCabinet meeting. The CM hadgiven permission to do so sinceno major issues were slated tobe discussed at the meeting,”Mungantiwar said.

In a related development,Shiv Sena – in an editorialpublished in its official mouth-piece Saamana – ridiculed theCM’s statement that he would hold talks with only thefarmers.

;�����<"����������������������������/���/��������������������M��������#���"

� ��.��.�� ������������ +��<�*�.������1.1�����

Mumbai: In a tragic incident,five persons —three childrenand two women – drowned inPatalganga river in Shiravlivillage of Khalapur taluka inRaigad district on Mondaymorning.

The incident took place at7.30 am when two womenbelonging to two differentfamilies had gone to thePatalganga river bank to washclothes. Three children, whohad accompanied the women

went to take bath. While theywere bathing, the childrenwere sucked into the water.Seeing their children drown,the two women jumped intowater to rescue their children.But. they also died.

I��"��������#��.�D����/������� ��

3 ���,�������������� �������-��������� ��'���������� ��

/�����#����������!���������3 ������������������ �� ����0�$��-����'������'���������� ��'���������� �� ��&�����������C���� �������� !�;��������� ����3 ��+������������� �$������� ��.����5(� #%�

��))���)!�:�

%��.���#���������6���20�����>?�1���� .1�.��������&�#,��@��

������� ��#���������-����� ���.��� ������� ����

���������$ �� ���������$��������� ���!����� ��������

������!���#������������� �������0��.��"�������*�#�����������������"��������"����������������"�������������"����"2������������.���3�*"����.��##���� ���.����"����"����/�������"�����������"��������/����"� ���"�������������������#������.����������������.������������/"����������������������.����������#��!�������/�#��!������#������!����������������������������$�.��������������3�*"������������������2��$�"��/����J����#��"���������"�����"�������.��������������$���!������"��������������$��"���������� �3�*"�����.��##�!�*�#������������������������>*�?��������������� ���2�����/�#����"���������"�B���������!����"�������������"��0J���0�"�������2�#�������.������������������������$�����/�#����"��!� ������������(��������������"������P��&#��.���2�B����> (�&B?������"�����$�.� ���#�����������J.� ���#������.�������������������.$��#�*�#������3�

*����"� ���/��������������������

Page 8: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

ATibet Work Forum is a confer-ence attended by several hun-dreds of officials, including theentire politburo, the People’sLiberation Army (PLA), repre-

sentatives from different Ministries, as wellas local satraps; held every five to 10 years,it usually decides the fate of the Roof of theWorld. The last forum was held in Beijingin 2015, but it is during the previous onein January 2010 that the destiny of Tibetchanged, probably forever.

It was then decided to transformTibet into a paradise for tourists, aDisneyland of Snows, by bringing millionsof visitors to the plateau, killing severalbirds with just one stone.

It would give the People’s Republic ofChina a good image after the beating itreceived in the world media following the2008 unrest on the Roof of the World;Tibetans would be financially better off;they would be ‘occupied’ to entertainingtourists; their heritage would be ‘protect-ed’ and massive infrastructure would bebuilt, keeping an eye on the need of thePLA to ‘defend the borders’ (with India).

The decision once taken, the Chinesepropaganda started moving. Chinanews.com,a Government website wrote: “Tibet with itsmystery is the spiritual Garden of Eden andis longed by travelers home and abroad. Onlyby stepping on the snowy plateau, can onebe baptised by its splendor, culture, folklore,life, snow mountains, saint mountains,sacred lakes, residences with local charac-teristics and charming landscape.”

Tibet fast became the largest entertain-ment park in the world; thousand timeslarger than Disneyland. The Governmentin Beijing sold the Land of Snows as theultimate ‘indigenous’ spot for the Chinesepeople to spend their holidays, it becameTibet’s Unique Selling Proposition. Theleadership in Beijing had found a moresophisticated way to submerge the Tibetanpopulation under waves of Han Chinese.

Tibet’s unique assets were promoted:The beauty of the landscape, the impos-ing mountain ranges, the purity of the airand the rivers, the dry pure sky (especial-ly when compared to the sky of China’sgreat metropolis); Tibet is the ideal placeto visit and have a break from the fast paceof the polluted Mainland.

The second advantage is the rich his-torical past of the Roof of the World, theLand of the Lamas. In Tibet, you can findeverything, explained the Chinese propa-ganda: The monasteries and nunneries,seats of a wisdom lost in the mainland; thefolkloric yak or snow-lion dances; thebeautiful colourful handicrafts; the exot-ic food, you name it …with a couple of mil-lions of local Tibetans guiding you throughthe mega-museum.

In 2016, six years after the launch of

the scheme, 25 millions Han ‘tourists’poured in Lhasa and few other places inCentral and Southern Tibet.

The Tibet success story gave ideas tothe Communist leadership in Beijing; theexperiment was worth emulating abroad,even if in a different context; tourism coulddefinitively become the ‘soft’ weapon of theChinese cultural hegemony in Asia. Whilethe world talks of President Xi Jinping’s‘dream’, waves, after waves of Chinese visitors can suddenly be seen pouringalong the Belt and Road.

Everywhere, the arrival of the Chinesetourists have the same effect, at least in thenew Asian Paradises; they help building amuch-needed infrastruOcture for the hostcountry, though in a later stage, they cre-ate dependency on the Chinese tourists.

I recently visited Indonesia; the coun-try is not exempt of the new Chinese strat-egy. By attracting 10 million tourists fromChina by 2019, the country plans to par-ticipate in Xi Jinping'’s ambitious initiative.The latest data from the IndonesianCentral Statistics Agency show that 1.43million Chinese tourists visited Bali in2016, representing a 25 per cent annualincrease over the previous year.

The 10 million-benchmark may be dif-ficult to achieve for the local touristindustry, however, for Indonesia, tourismremains a source of hefty revenue, whilefor China, it means a presence in South-East Asia. The same scenario can be seenin Nepal, Sri Lanka or the Maldives.

On May 26, Xinhua reported that theNepal Association of Tour and Travel

Agents (NATTA) and China Chamber ofTourism signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) in Kathmandu topromote tourism between the two coun-tries. According to a Press statement, theChinese side pledged to help in makingNATTA’s tourism promotional activi-ties, a success. The NATTA now plans toorganise a China sales mission inChengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou andBeijing from June 7-17 in China in coor-dination with Nepal Tourism Board andNepali embassy in Beijing.

Once the train will reach Kyirong, atthe border between Nepal and Tibet, theseplans will take an exponential growth.India may soon have many China townsin its neighbourhood. Is Delhi aware of thetime bomb at its gates?

In September 2016, The South ChinaMorning Post quoted a report released bythe China Tourism Academy; some 133million Mainland tourists were to trav-el abroad in 2016, a figure up to an 11.5per cent rise on 2015. Traditionally,Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan were thefirst choices for Chinese tourists, followedby Thailand, South Korea and Japan. Butlately Asian nations such as Nepal, SriLanka, Mauritius, or even Bhutan haveseen a double-digit growth in arrivals.This trend is bound to grow. This bringsthe other aspect of mass Chinese tourism.

The Agence France Press (AFP) recent-ly called tourism as China’s new weaponin the economic war; it explains: “Slappingimport bans on products like mangoes,coal and salmon has long been China’s way

of punishing countries that refuse to toeits political line. But Beijing has shown thatit can also hurt others by cutting a lucra-tive Chinese export, tourism.”

The article quotes the example ofSouth Korea over an US anti-missile shieldand the ban on Chinese tour groups fromvisiting Korea. Similarly, tourism to Taiwanhas also fallen sharply as relations across thestrait worsened. Countries submitting toChina’s demands are rewarded and thosewho do not ‘behave’ are punished.

Pakistan wants to jump in the band-wagon, earlier this month The Dawn pub-lished the ‘hidden’ report on CPEC. Oneof the chapters speaks about the devel-opment of a ‘coastal tourism’ industry; along belt of coastal enjoyment industrythat includes yacht wharfs, cruise home-ports, nightlife, city parks, public squares,theaters, golf courses and spas, hotspring hotels and water sports. Thereport adds: “for the development ofcoastal vacation products, Islamic culture,historical culture, folk culture and marineculture shall all be integrated.”

This may not happen, but can youimagine if tens of thousands of Chinesetourists start arriving in Gilgit Baltistan,invited by the Islamabad Government. Itwill mean an International airport in thearea, new roads, hotels, entertainmentplaces, etc. What will Delhi do? The timehas perhaps come to think about this like-ly eventuality.

(The writer is a China expert and anauthor of books on India-China relations aswell as on Tibet)�

���"��0J���0P��$���"���������"�����0���������#�����$����"���������"���������2�$��"�� ����������������"����2�.���.������������2�����������"�$�����'��"��.���!��P�������������/������"���������23���#������������������"��������"�������

#������$�����2� ������������2J#�0�������������#����������������������$��"� �!����������"����#��������"�����������"����$���� �����������/�����"�� �������0�����3�(������� ������"��� ��)� ���#�����"� ����������.�����"��������"�������.������ ������"�/�����.����������������/��"��"����$�������������������!����"#������2��������J#������2!����(���#����3�����"����@��������"��!��$�������#�����������"������������� ����� ������ �� ��.���#$������2���������������������� ����0�����!��������#��������2� ����������B���������"���"��������"���!��"���#�������/�������������2��� �#���"������0�����������23�*"�������P��"����������"�����������3��!��$��"��������������������������P���"��.���"���#���������.�#�P������������!�� ��������������2��"��0J���0������"����2�.���.����#�0����2���.��$�������#����3*"�� �J�������������$���������.�������(���������������������>��(�?�"�������#J#�������"����"��*��#����#������������#�����������������#����.�������0�����

�"����"���������/�������������������������������������#��������/�2�3�*"������� #��2� �����2J#�0���� ��� �"�� �!���"� $��#� �"�� ����������� ���� �"���#����������#��!�/"��/�����"�����J�2� �������� �"�� ��������� �$� ���"� �/�����.3�'���������������������*��#�������"��������Q�)� ����"���"��"�����������"��.���������������������>�������$������ �$� ��0�����P�?R� ������� >/"��""�����.������/��#���������0�����?R���� �"���� >/"��"� ��� ��� ���J/���"��$�������$���0�����?!������������0���������.� ������� �.������ (���� >/"��"�"���������#�����"������������2�$��#������������/��"���0�����?!����/�������0������.� ���������� /���� ��� ���������*��#�P������� ������ �"������$��3� *"�*��#�� ��#�����������P�� �..����� �

���0��.�����������������"���$����������������������������#���������������������#J���������"����0����$�(���!�����$����������0��/���.���"����"������������$����.��3���"��"�����#�������"��)���.��'����"P����#�������������"������0������."�+�����������2��$������!�������2���������"���������2�������"����0���������������"#����"����"�����0������/�������� ����.�����������02����/�������������������"����������#���23��"��/�����$�����.�����������.������/"��"���0������"������#�����/��"�� ��/�������.���(���������/"��"�"�����.�������"���������0���������/���3�

�������������@���������!���0������"�����$���������"��.�3�(������!��"����"�������� ����"��2����!�#��2�������������0�����(�����#�����#������$��#���0�������������������.���2�/��"��"������� ������$�����(����J��� �����(������.�����+�����"����"����0��������#23��/����"��"�����������"�����$�����$��#������������$��#�"�����#����.�#������/�����$�����#�2����2������������3�(���"�����J�������"� �����������������������!��������*��#�P������������2���/����������J�����.��������.� ��������������/����@����������3����P��"����"���������������(�������/�3

(��#���������#�������"����"��$��#���P��������������"��"����������$���"2��������"�����"����"����"���������/��"���������.��� �����!�#��2��$�/"��"�����.��J�����������������������������3�(����!��"���$���!��@��������"���)� ���#����

�$����"��������/��������"���������������0����"��������#���$��.������.�$��#���R�����"�2�"� �!����"���!�������2���������������������"������������3�*"��������������������������$��"��$�����"���/"�����"��.��� �������$��"��$��#������������!���������.��� ������������������������"��������#�����"�������������������3�*"��$��#���������"���������"��/��������!�#��0�������"���$��#��������������"���������!������"���/��������������������$������J������.��������.����.��$�����������������3����"�#��J�����#��#���������/����.���$�$������������� ������������"��������3���#����$����#������������������3�&��������������2��$�$���������"������"�������� ��������������� �����������"�."�������3����� ��!���������$$��������������$��"����"��$��#���������"� ���"�#��� ���.��������"����@������$� �������3� ���������2!��"�2����#���"� �������#��� ������2� ���������������3�*"������"��$��"�������������������"������"��������$��"���������������"2��������"3�(�������2!��"����/�����"����$��#J���P���������"���/������0��.�$����������������#��"����#��$��"����$��#��������!

�#��.� ��"��� ��#����3� *�� �����.�$��2��� ��� ��!� �"�� �"� ���� ���."�"��"���)� ���#���� "��� ��������J������ /��"� �"�� ������ #�#����� ����.����������2�������������."������������0.3��*"��)� ���#����������.���������2�"��$� �"��������$� �"�� $��#���3�����F�����2!��������2!��"���"�����2�4����� ���."!� �������� ��� ���� �"��������� ��� ��� /��� �����$���� /��"� �"�)� ���#���P�� ���������3� ���� �"���"����/����$�����������.�����������J��� ��� ��������� /��"� �"�� �.�������3�������/��������/"���$� ��$��#���/����0���������$����.3�*"������"��$��"�$��#����������.��������"��������������#���� ��� ����."�� ��� ���03����� �"������#�����������$������������/"��$��������"���.�������3�'"��"������/�������

�2��"���������$���������2���#�����/��"����"�����/�!�"��������������������"��3���2������F���2���������.������"������"3�

��#�����2!�����"����"���!��"��$��#������#����������"���������!���#�����.$����/�� ����$�$��#������!��������������$����.�����������������������$������������J��23�(����������2!�"�������!��"��$��#���5�����0��/�����������$$��$�����"���� �����B���� ���)� ���#�����.����������#������2��$��"������#����3��������������"�����J�.�����������������!������������$�����������3�*"���.��������"�����/���0�������������������������/��"��������������������������.���� ������"��$�#�������$��"����������$��#�������.����#����.�3�����/"�������#��2�����������"����"����#�����/����#���J ������2��"�� �����������"�)� ���#���P��������������.� ��������J/�� ���������$��#���3�*"����������������#�������R��$�������������������������������������2!������������#�����"����"���/���������#������������������23�*"����#�������#���������������.� ����"����������� ���������"� �����$��������/��"����"����#�����$��"���$�������3�*"����"��$��#����"� ���������$$����.�$���������������/��"����"����.�����������3�(�5��/������"�������������� ����"������������3������.J���#��������������"�$��#���5�/��������"��������$�"���3

7������ ������������������� ������������/���"��� ��* ���.0"����� "� ������������� ��� "�

���������;�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0

, "����1���#� �-�*��� �� ��������������� ��

<������ �����#������������������ ���� ����������"������ ��������������������������""��

�����������

Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Tough time for Britain” (June 6).The United Nations is too disunit-ed to take any meaningful action.The West and the liberals must bepartly blamed for the spread ofIslamic terrorism. While it shouldhave been nipped in the bud a longtime back, people believed that ter-ror had no religion and entertainedpious hopes that a vast majority ofMuslims will not support terror-ism. People thought that by wayof benevolent attitude, the Islamistscould be brought back to the fold.We forgot that worldwide, terrorhad a religion. Now, the world mustunite and fight before it is too late.

Ashok MehtaVia web

���� �����������

Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Tough time for Britain” (June 6).The editorial has rightly empha-sised on the need for a comprehen-sive global union to fight terror.However, before this can happen,countries must be united withinthemselves. They must speak inone voice against terrorism insteadof scoring brownie points, politi-cally, against the party in power.

Lessons must be taken fromBritain, where the two oppositionparties decided to stay the courseand strongly condemned theattack. Sadly, this does not happenin India. Back home, not only doesthe Opposition not stand with theGovernment in tackling terrorism,but it also does not leave any stoneunturned to embarrass theGovernment by finding fault with

its actions. It may be hoped thatsaner thoughts will prevail amongstpolitical parties at least wherenational interests are involved.

BP SrivastavaNoida

���������������

Sir— Tension between the rulingBJP and its opponents on theIndian Army chief ’s firm stand tocontrol insurgency in Jammu &Kashmir escalated when an acad-emic, Partha Chatterjee, comparedGen Bipin Rawat with British colo-nial officer Reginald Dyer’s mas-sacre of unarmed civilians inJallianwala Bagh in 1919.

Instead of condemning thislunatic comparison, Oppositionleaders mounted attacks on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and hisparty for the alleged destruction oftheir “idea of India” and support-ing the Indian Army. They eventook the ruling party to task for theCentral Bureau of Investigation’sraid on the houses and offices ofpromoters of a private televisionnews channel for alleged corrupt practices.

It appears that even after threeyears of Modi Government, oppo-sition parties have not reconciledto the bitter fact of their electoraldefeat. This attitude of confronta-tion is undemocratic and danger-ous. A more dignified and maturemodus operandi must be exploredfor better political interaction andconsensual cooperation for thegood of a developing nation.

M RatanVia email

666������� �������

� � � � � � � � � � � �

������� ���!!���$������ J��)��)$6�42%4&))$?�@�%�5A4@�

�8��: �)�

01.���� 1�������5���� .����.����.������������'� �� ������A�����

���� �������.��.�� �2���.���1�� ��������0�

����.1�2���0.�.��.���5��B.��1�� ��������1����.��

'� �� ��..����

/��.�1��$$��������

C��� ���;���

��� �&)-�&

&���������� ��������� !�K�"�;�����"�������!�������� !����������� ��������������$�����' ���� ��� � �����0��������- ��1���+����������� !����������$ �$������� ���L

���������� 2�2���D�� �����������1.�6�� ��

�@����1���/0.��.���� �1�� �.������

��5��������.�������.D�=01.������01�� 2��0��.��.���

�.��C46 �.�

��.��6

&��� ������&��������# �������

*"�����$��������"�����������!�9���$��R����������#���;�>-����6?3�(��2������"���$�����$�����"������������������"�������"��$�%18������������������������"!��"��(�������������������"���.����������>(���?�"������J

����$���2� �����"��� �"��"�� ��������������� �����"� �"����!�)��,���0J(((!/��."��.�������=81�������3�*"�������������0�������%D�2��������.�����#J������3�(������$�����$��."�!��"�������"� �"���������������������/��."��.�I!%I=0.�����"��������������������"����"���������2���������"������������/��."��.������$����������3�*������/!�(�����/������������������"�������������$�������"��.������������/��."��.�#�����"���7!I11�0.3�

'��"��"�������"��$�)��,���0J(((!�(�����"�������#���������2����$J������������������"��.���##�������������������������/�������������������.���������$��#���"�����������������"��.��/��.�#��0����$���##�������������������������"3����� ��!��"����2�.�������.���!�/"��"������"����"��"�� J��������0��!�"���������� ��������2�(����������2��2�����.���������"��F��3(��#�2��������������"���/"���(��������������.����"����2�.�������.����$��#������!��"�� ���������2���������"��������������0������������������"���(���������5��.������$��#���2���"���������23�(������������$��"���������������/"��""���#����(���������������"��.��������##����23

��'46�%�������

��))�!��*��*�&�&�(*�������5����� ��� �����0.�.����11�0.�� ��0�� 1.�.0.�� 1��������.��� �@.�� ��1�0����� ��� � .�� ��1�0���D�.�����1��� .����1���

E������&&#�� .��2� ���������CF���1�,�����

����6����1����.������0 �.�1��0���2���.��.���2��.�0� ��� .1�� �.���������� ��0 .���1�.��.���.�5�10����.�.������

4���� �����.���������.�� �������C$�� �����4�� ��

Page 9: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

The first of June became a grimday for the world as the seeming-ly united forum of Paris climate

accord got a severe setback with theUnited States announcing its exit fromthe agreement. Ironically, the departurewas announced just four days prior tothe World Environment Day on June5. The decision by the US not only casta dark shadow on a special day for envi-ronment globally, but also exposed thevulnerability of the international agree-ments to the whims and fancies of itspowerful members.

The American exit also means thatthe cause of environmental conserva-tion and climate change mitigation isyet to find a compelling traction in theinternational community — as a resultof this nations’ that are desirous of

reneging on their commitments can doso without much of a backlash.

In order for countries to stick totheir commitments, climate change andglobal warming must be recognised asreal time threats and not as hoaxes asperceived by some heads of states. Butmore importantly, world leaders areelected representatives of their respec-tive nations and a leader’s action andopinion is, therefore, representative ofthe nation’s opinion. Given this, it isimperative to understand that theconcern for the environment and cli-mate change needs to take root in thepublic opinion first before it getsreflected in state policy.

Unfortunately, the adverseimpacts of climate change and glob-al warming are being glossed over bymany countries which are consumingmore fossil fuel and generating big-ger carbon footprints in their quest foreconomic prosperity and growth. Asa result, today, countries are increas-ingly operating on non-renewable andpolluting sources of energy for growthwhile pontificating and advocating theneed for clean energy. This dichoto-

my needs to change.Change is difficult to happen, and

changing mindsets is even tougher. Thisexplains the ongoing struggle in tran-sitioning from non-renewable torenewable sources of energy. In Indiatoo, the past few decades have wit-nessed successive Governments tryingto popularise renewable power butwithout much success. Many environ-mental experts have opined that the exitof the US from the Paris deal presentsa never before opportunity to India tolead the world from the front in envi-

ronmental conservation and climatechange mitigation. In order for Indiato do this, it must rotate the entire par-adigm of environmental conservationon its head and evolve an approach thatis both ground-breaking and innova-tive. This will capture public opinionand ensure voluntary compliance forrenewable energy sources.

India must champion the cause ofinnovative renewable energy tech-nologies that are both exciting andaffordable. A variant of the solar treeconcept invented by Central

Mechanical Research Institute is an aptexample of innovative and affordablerenewable energy technology that caninvoke curiosity of the masses.

The solar tree works very muchlike a real tree with leaf-like adjustablesolar panels connected through metalbranches using sunlight to make ener-gy. The solar tree panels charge batter-ies during the day; at dusk, the treeautomatically switches on LED lights.It is also programmed to regulate theamount of light it produces. Solar treesare flexible and rotate to face the sunand produce maximum possibleamount of energy using a techniquecalled ‘spiralling phyllataxy’. Its calcu-lated rotations allow even the lower-most solar panels to receive ample sun-light for electricity production.

It can also be used in street-light-ing and industrial power supply sys-tems. The solar tree innovation is suit-able for use in off-the-grid remote areasor in places that need point-sourcedlight like car parks and street lighting.Besides, with grid connectivity or bat-tery store, the solar tree can also sup-ply electricity wherever needed.

This innovation also addressesthe issue of land scarcity that usuallyplagues a renewable energy project.Solar trees occupy the least amount ofspace while generating copiousamounts of renewable and clean power.Solar trees, besides being ergonomic,can also complement rooftop solar sys-tems, or other green building measures.

The technology can ensure contin-uous supply of electricity in areas thatdo not have enough power supply andcan benefit many who are not connect-ed to the grid. Solar energy benefitshave been known for long, but the timehas come to popularise these benefitsthrough uncommon and innovativemethods, such as the solar tree.

Renewable and clean energyalways provides a better alternative overother methods of electricity production,and when this form of green energy isproduced in an innovative and afford-able manner it is bound to developinterest of the people-and that alone canensure in bringing renewable energy tomainstream energy production.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

0��&�����)�����0��&����

����*���2�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0

<��%������%�������-�&�������$�����#��������$�����&������(��������+���7�

��*��$������������������(�(��+=���$����� ����

�5�>�1�?��

)����������������(�(����,#���� *���$�����������������#��+�0���������� ��&�� ������� ��(���������������(���+= 5����������������1 �)���)!�

������8��)�!������

Much like the NewIndia promised byPrime MinisterNarendra Modi, weare seeing the new

Indian Army under the Chief ofArmy Staff, General Bipin Rawat. Aspecialist in counter-insurgencyoperations (CI ops), he has theonerous task of formulating andapprising his command about thenew set of rules of engagement fora different combat.

Instead of the ‘Hot War’, the newIndian Army will now combat the‘Dirty War’. The ‘Dirty War’ is not thesame as CI ops, in which the Armyhas been engaged since 1990 inJammu & Kashmir. The CI ops wereconducted by an iron fist in a velvetglove. It implied hitting the terror-ists but adopting the Winning Heartsand Minds (WHAM) strategy for thecivilians. Pursued under the rubricof Operation Sadbhavana (good-will), WHAM was meant to get thepeople of Kashmir trust the Army.

It had two military aims: Toensure that the people, identified asthe centre of gravity in CI ops, didnot get alienated enough to becomeover-ground workers; and to getactionable intelligence on terroristsfrom the people. The military resultsexpected from the Army, was tobring the insurgency down to aminimal level so that the civil admin-istration could function freely andthe political process for ending theinsurgency begin.

The ‘Dirty War’ is an entirelynew ballgame. Unlike the CI ops, theend-game is not to bring about afavourable security situation for thepolitical process to begin. It is tototally crush the people’s revolt.Once done, the Government woulddecide what to do next.

Abandoning WHAM, the ‘DirtyWar’ is about instilling fear in thepeople’s mind. Lucidly explained byGen Rawat, the central tenet of thiswar is that “your people must beafraid of you. We are a friendlyArmy, but when we are called torestore law and order, people have tobe afraid of us.” Dubbing stone-pel-ters as anti-national, Gen Rawatmade it clear that “if they become aproblem in our operations and if thatcauses losses to our soldiers, we willnot hesitate to use weapons (againstunarmed civilians)”.

Since the younger generation isusually adept at innovations, MajorNitin Leetul Gogoi understood hischief ’s mind. So, he decided to makean example of an innocent Kashmiriby strapping him to the bonnet of hisjeep for five hours across 28 villagesand ensured that the message of nomollycoddling of civilians wenthome. Through ingenuity, Gogoi

ensured no lives were lost; nevermind the loss of dignity of the indi-vidual tied to the vehicle.

Gen Rawat, much like the pio-neering Gogoi, broke conventionand rushed to honour him evenwhen ae court of inquiry against thelatter was in progress. In an extraor-dinary act, Major Gogoi was encour-aged to meet the media to explainwhy he did what he did. This actiontoo had a definite purpose of perception management.

Watching ‘criminality’ beingrewarded, veterans like retired LtGen HS Panag and many servingofficers, though horrified, failed tounderstand that instilling fear in thepeople and perception managementare two pillars of the new ‘Dirty War’.

Perception management is theskill to make Indians believe that thePakistan Army is being regularlypounded on the Line of Control;since it is up against the wall, its sup-port to the Kashmiris would be neg-ligible. A few examples will helpmake the point.

Take the September 29, 2016, sur-gical strikes across the LoC, where, wewere told, Gen Rawat played a crucialrole. While no detail or video ofIndian Army’s spectacular feat wasreleased, two things not associatedwith such operations — which arealways denied — cast doubts on theveracity of the tall claims made. In theimmediate aftermath, the IndianArmy Director General MilitaryOperations held a Press conferenceand said that the strikes were meantto hit terrorists launch pads (and notthe Pakistan Army), and no further

strikes were planned — an admissionthat India did not desire an escalation.The true nature of these strikes wasexplained later by Foreign Secretary,S Jaishankar while interacting withparliamentarians. According to him,“The Army had carried out target-spe-cific, limited calibre, counter-terror-ist operations across the LoC in thepast too but this is for the first timethe Government has gone publicabout it.”

Undeterred by the disclosure, theGovernment continues to milk thetactical operation for political gains,with Union Minister for HomeAffairs Rajnath Singh recently claim-ing that surgical strike had resultedin 45 per cent reduction in infiltra-tion in the first half of 2017.

Another example is the so-called‘punitive fire assaults’, which, accord-ing to Minister for Defence ArunJaitley, has resulted in the domina-tion of the LoC by the Indian Army.Explained as an offensive manoeu-vre, unrelenting fire-power by long-range guns (artillery) on the LoC —as shown in the regularly releasedvideos of smashed Pakistani bunkers— apparently is crushing the enemy’smorale. Incidentally, the PakistanArmy too released its own videos inresponse to show havoc caused toIndian bunkers.

The truth is different. Neitherside is using the artillery to maintainthe semblance of the November 26,2003, ceasefire. Small arms andmortars, given their limited rangesand lethality, do not amount tomuch. All they can damage are tem-porary bunkers. Permanent steel

bunkers require a direct hit fromartillery guns, which are lying moth-balled in sheds.

Moreover, not only is the IndianArmy maintaining the fence on theLoC regularly — which serves as itsphysical war-fighting limit — but thePakistan Army is letting it do so. Aswidely reported, India has procuredsmall arms ammunition for 10-dayintense firing from abroad; this isbeing used freely on the LoC.

Furthermore, select veterans havebeen co-opted to explain the IndianArmy’s tactical exploits on televisionchannels. Terms like hybrid war, greyzones of operations and the-last-milesyndrome are being bandied around.This is not all. The few who ask whythe Pakistan Army is not deterred, arebranded as anti-nationals.

Completely lost in this escalat-ing ‘Dirty War’ is the rising possibil-ity of the ‘Hot War’. Given India’srelations with Pakistan and China,and the military interoperabilitybetween these two, the Indian mil-itary should get real. It is alarmingto note different assessments fromforces which are required to operatetogether in war. For instance, whilethe Army chief has ruled out chancesof a ‘Hot War’ (with Pakistan), theAir Force chief, Air Chief Marshal BSDhanoa has written to his air war-riors to train to fight the ‘Hot War’at short notice, with availableresources. The least they could havedone was to talk to one another.

(The writer is co-author withGhazala Wahab of the book DragonOn Our Doorstep: Managing ChinaThrough Military Power)

2�$������� ���� ���������� "������� *����������*�@������# ����7�����

��� ����������#� �?����$#������������# �����%�# ���&���# *����������%�� ����������(�%��%*���,*�#������$�����,*����( �������������������(�$���#������ �(��#���*���������������+�<�������#����'#���#��+�

=5%�� ����#

A�3��� �2�D�6�.����6�.��0.�&#

����������� ���������3�*�������� ����� �(��� ������� ��������������/��������������(������������� "� ���!��"��������� ����� ������� ���(��������

� ��������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� !������

���,(�4),<012

4�*��4-&-)9

�����������������*��#�5�����������������������$����������#���������/���������.�"������� ���$���"��������������������"�������

����&*&�C����*(�*�(�

&�����*()K�(�*C�'��P�(�*�&��(�()

����(�(�(*C��B*�&�K��*�'��P3)(,&�(�(*��C

(*&�J��&���(�(*C

�&*'&&���(������4(�*�!*�&�(�(�

(�(*��C���� ��)&*��&��3�(*�(�����()�*�

�*&��(BB&�&*���&��&*�

B���*�&�� *�C5�

�&B&�&�B���&�

(�P������������������*��#�3*"�� ������������� "��� ����.���������$���.�������.

�������������� �.���#���������"���������.��/�2�$��#�"�#3�*"��������$��"��/����"�������F����2����.��������$�"�� ��.�����."��$���.���!������.��"���#�����������/������"���2����"� ���"�#����0�/"����"�2�.���� �����!���������2J��.����/��"���� �"�#3� (��/������� ����.����� ��� �"��������������������#�����"��.�3

'��"� ��"���#��2��@�����������$� �2��"����� �"��0������*��#��$�����2����������� �"���"��/������������.� �"�����#���������������*"�����2!��$����/���.��.�� ��2������������$����#������$�"���������2���������������������3�*"���/��"����"���F���J�2��������������$$��#�������$��#�� ��2���2�������"����"�2�/��������2� ��� ��.�������3� (�P�� ���� ��� ��2������ ���� ������������ ��� ���"����23

*"�������������������2����������0�����"������2�71�"�������2!/"����"�� �������������/����"�����#��#� �������������.�����/�������������������������������� ����/��!��"�����.����$�������!����"�������$��"��B�����'�����'���+������"�����$��������������3�*"�����.����������������2�����"� ��� �������"���������'����'���� ��� �$� �"�� ��"����������#�#���!����� ���������������J�����2�����P��"���3

*"��� ��#�� �� ���.��"� ������!� $��#� �"�� $���������� �$� �"� ����������������%H8D�����"����#�����������.���#������$��"�%H=1������61�!�/"����#��������������"����������2�����#�0���"�/���������$��������3������2�I1�2������.�!����/������0�����"���������/�2�!�/��"��"�� �������������������.���.�>�����.���.������"��K��J��.���.5?� �"�� � ��� ������� ��� �"�� ��/� �$� �"�� ���!� �"�(������������� ���#����� �����!� ���� �"�� 42���� ������� ������#�����"��.�3

(�����"�����!��"��������$��"��/����������/�����"������������"�������2�������$$������2/�2�+���������������������"���#��������$�������������2��"������3�(�P��������2��������"���*��#�P������J�����/��������������.���"�����������"��3�*"����"���#�������/���/������������0�/��"��"����##��#������"�2�#�������������%:�#���"��.�!����������"�2��������������2�$��."�������2�/"���/����"������$��"�2����P�3�

9'��������"���������.���#���� ����������������$���������;!�����)��#��2P���"�����������.������0��3�*"����"�!����������&##�������������$�B�������������#����������������)���������$�(���2���������������������#������2��.!�9'��$��#�2������ ���"���"���������.���#������������������.�������������� ��� ����� ����������#����$�������������!��������������������#���3;

9���$�������"���������������������������333�����)� ���#��������##�����!����������� ���$��"���������$���2���!���2/"�������"��/����;!������-����P��B��������������!�*�������3�9(P#���������������������!����������$������.��3;������"���P�����������S��-�����.�#������2��@���������"���"���������2�"������2�����#��"��/����P���������������#�����"��.���2���$����3�9(�P����������"�����.�����$����J���������������2�$�������0��������"����"�������"��$����3;

*"�����������$��"�� ��)� ���#����/����������������"�����J����3�*"����##��#������$��#�������������!�������!���.������������������ �����������������.� ��.����"�����.����#��������/������������������ ������� ������"��$��$� �"����������#������2�$��J#������������������0����#�3��������"�������#����������/����������������� ���%1�2����!��"����#�.��#�2����� ���������$�*��#����������������������J���#����������3

*"�� ��##��#�����#���� ��������� ��� 71%D�/���� �������2������������#����3�*"����/���������.����������������"�/���.�"���"�����������������$� ������������������"������������2���M*��#�����2����0��������K��J��.�������.5��"���������������"���� ���������2��������3

*"������$��������"��������"����������#������2������"������J��������� �"�����������$�������/������������."� ���0����.�����/��#��.� $��#�.���.������ �"�� �� ��J�@����� �� ��� �$� ����J�/���.������������3�'"����"�� ��������������������"����#������!� �"��/�����/���������"�����.� $�������J736���.����3�*�0������"�����#������#�����������������$��"���F������������"��/����/�������"�����.�$��������������JI31���.������������!������������J�P��#�0����"�.����$$������3�&��"���/�2!�/���������"���"���"���������#�������������/�2!����� ��������/��#��.3�

��/� ��!��"��/�����������"���71�2�������������$����/�������"���."�����J�/����.����3�& ��2���2�����"�����������0�������J�������"����"�2�/�����"� �����"��������"������$����������������$� ��2����P���#��������#�����/��"���..���������"��3�(�P������#��������!�/"��"��������������������.������������!����������������������� ����"��.����3

�2�$� ��2�����$��#���/!�*��#��#�2�������.������������J��#3�& ����$�"�P�������#����"��!�"��#�."��������"��7171�����J����3����#�."��� ����"�����������������.���R�"�P��������2���#J�������.�������"�/�"�����"��������3

����"�� ��#�."����������"��������$��"��/��������7171�+������#�."�����!������"��������$��"��/�����������"������.�������2��.����� �������$�� ����$��"�� ��������������"��������������$���������3

*"����"���%H1J����)� ���#������$��"�������������������"�/� ��2��������/����$���� ��2���2��$�/������0��"���."��"���/�J��.�����������23�*"�2���������.���������!�/��"����/��"�����"� ��������������$��#�����3

>��� ��� ���������������������� �������

)'C&��21-

Page 10: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������) '�*����+,��-./0 ���*���

�&������#$��! ����� �(����������#���#���������� �����������������������������%���(����%�������$��,*�����������������+���� �$������#�����������!��� ����A�����������&��(&�#�, �������������� ��������!��081���1:�B����)�!�����

<�� ��! ����������������������#����$����%��%� ���������

�&���(���(�����$������%��$��������� ���+�)������#��� ��$%���� �%�������( �����(�$#�����

������ �������'�������%� ��(����� *�#$#��%� �(������

$��%����(������� C���������������!�:����!���:��)�5�D�>��0�0�,�$��$ �"#

E$�%/&GG

����������� �"������������"��������,����������4

The killings during the protestin Mandsaur district of

Madhya Pradesh have once againbrought the plight of farmers tothe fore. Off and on, farmers'deaths have been making head-lines for a short time before slow-ly fading into the deeper layers ofpeople's memory. Each time,the news highlight the farmers'agony and disappear withoutthe Governments finding anysolution to the problem.

After all, is it too much thatthe farmers are protesting for?They are demanding MinimumSupport Prices (MSP) and loanwaivers among other things thatare totally justified. The big ques-tion is, ' Why is it so difficult tofacilitate the farmers who are pro-ducing essential commoditiesfor the whole nation?' Theirproduce is essential for living andnot a luxury item like a car or atelevision.

Although, the agriculturalproduce has a huge market in ourcountry with a population of 1.2billion, yet the Governmentshave failed to ensure that thefarmers receive their remunera-tive prices. The conventionalmarketing system has been inplace since decades and is pri-marily responsible for the painthat the farmers are goingthrough, leading them to takeeven the extreme step of endingtheir lives at times.

The archaic system forcesthem to sell their produce atabysmally low prices, leavingthem with only a fraction of theamount finally paid by the con-sumer. As a result, the farmersremain entwined in the viciouscircle of debt throughout life.Thisis happening because the suc-cessive Governments have beenpartial to the industry and ser-vices and have largely ignored theagricultural sector that engagesalmost 60 per cent of Indianfamilies as an occupation.

It is hard to assimilate the factthe manufacturing sector and thebig companies have a biggerreach in the remotest ares of thecountry with their goods sellingat a price of their choice. This iscontrary to the farmers strugglingto obtain even the basic price fortheir produce in most of thestates.

ITC and Hindustan Lever aretwo such companies that have apresence in over 10 million out-lets across India. There is hardlya village in the entire nation thatdoes not have access to HindustanLever soap or ITC cigarette. Onemay argue and say that the farm-ers' produce is perishable innature and, hence, has a limitedreach and viability whereas whatthese companies make is mostlynon-perishable and, therefore,has a higher shelf life.

But contrary to this argu-ment, what the farmers produceis consumed quickly by the peo-ple with the entire countrydepending on them on a dailybasis.What the agricultural sec-tor needs urgently is a systemwhereby basic requirements ofthe farmers like water for irriga-tion, advanced technology and agood distribution system areavailable to them without anyglitches. This can be done byintegrating the highly fragment-ed Mandis into a single unit and

connecting them electronically sothat a buyer located in any partof the country is able to place anorder in a mandi in any state.Such a system was first initiatedin Karnataka but unfortunately,the scheme fizzled out as the buy-ers usually prefer to physicallyinspect the goods for qualitybefore placing the orders.

One way to obtain thedesired quality of goods is byadopting advanced technologyand innovative farm practices.The Genetically Modified (GM)seeds are one such step in thisdirection that have been increas-ingly accepted worldwide. It isnecessary that unpredicted atten-tion is given to the agriculturalsector at the state levelas it is notsolely the responsibility of theMinistry of Agriculture but theState Governments as well.

Viable alternatives andoptions need to be offered to thefarmers in terms of High-Yielding Varieties of seeds, goodirrigation faculties and a fool-proof distribution system. Forinstance, every state has thou-sands of Government facilitieslike police stations and chokies,Government-run schools, petrolpumps and many such estab-lishments that have abundantspace and can be utilised for stor-age and distribution purposesthereby ensuringa higher shelf lifeand uniform quality.

The failure of the StateGovernments to provide a pro-ductive environment for thefarmers and the agriculture onthe whole has been detrimentalto the growth of the sector. Thegeneral apathy of the systemtowards the agrarian communi-ty needs to change so that thedouble-income farmer becomesa reality and agriculture actual-ly transforms into a sunrise sec-tor by 2022 as envisioned by thePrime Minister.

�(*�)�&�

��-� ��"��!� IT services giantInfosys on Wednesday said itremains "committed" to itsguidance of 6.5-8.5 per centrevenue growth this year evenas some clients ask for projectsto be carried out at 30-40 percent lower costs than before.

Infosys COO UB PravinRao explained that while ITbudgets have remained at sim-ilar levels, clients are expectingthat for a 3-5 year renewal dealthere would be a "30-40 percent cost out".

"We are not seeing anypricing pressure as such... Withall the transformation hap-pening, clients are looking attaking cost out and re-invest-ing them in newer areasbecause IT budget in itself isnot increasing," he said at theMorgan Stanley 19th AnnualIndia Summit.

In a statement, Infosys reit-erated that the cost take outs byclients do not necessarily trans-late into an impact on vendorpricing.

"There are enough leversavailable to meet the clientdemand on cost take-outs with-out necessarily impacting thepricing," Infosys statement said.

The statement further said

that the company is not seeinganything new on pricing.

"The comments (byRao)...Refer to cost take outefforts by clients towards reduc-ing their aprogram investmentsin the 'run' side of business, toreinvest them in newer tech-nologies or the 'change' side ofbusiness," Infosys said.

Rao had earlier said therecould be certain clients who donot have a strategy in place fornew technologies and hence,would take time in investing inthe emerging areas.

"That is reflected in theticket sizes, they are small. Weare not seeing any slowness," hesaid adding that the companyremains committed to its rev-enue and margin guidance.

The USD 140-billionIndian IT market is facingchallenges on multiple frontsincluding stricter visa regime inkey markets and shortage ofskilled manpower for new tech-nology areas like data science.

Asked about Infosys'progress in its plan to hire10,000 people in the US, Raosaid the Bengaluru-based firmhas started training its firstbatch of such employees.Infosys will continue to focus

on increasing local hiring inmarkets where it has a "signif-icant" presence as that is theonly way it can "mitigate anylong term impact that youcould have on uncertaintyaround visa", he added.

"We are going to all the pre-mium colleges, communitycolleges in and around the US.We started that process thisyear... We have had the firstbatch," he said.

Last month, Infosys said itwill hire about 10,000 locals inthe US over the next two yearsand set up four technology andinnovation hubs there.

The first hub, which willopen in Indiana in August thisyear, will create 2,000 jobs by2021 for American workers.The location of the other threecentres will be decided overthe next few months.

These hubs will not onlytrain people on technologyand innovation but also help inworking closely with clients inkey industries like financialservices, manufacturing,healthcare, retail and energy.

The North American mar-

ket accounted for over 60 percent of Infosys' USD 10.2 bil-lion revenue in the 2016-17 fis-cal.

There has been a growingsentiment of protectionismacross various markets, includ-ing the US, that are seeking tosafeguard jobs for locals andraising the bar for foreignworkers.

The US had also accusedInfosys and its larger rival, TataConsultancy Services, of"unfairly" cornering the lionsshare of the H-1B work visasby putting extra tickets in thelottery system. Every year, theUS grants 65,000 H-1B visaswhile another 20,000 are setaside for those with USadvanced degrees.

The tightening of visanorms not only pushes upoperational costs for thesetech firms but also makesmovement of skilled workforcedifficult. These companies arenow adjusting their businessmodels to reduce their depen-dence on visas and hiringmore locals overseas instead.

� ������ �5!&�6!&����������(��"���� *�1���� �����77 New Delhi: ,Traders and

retailers can file declarationswithin 90 days claiming taxcredit for transition stock afterthe GST rolls out from July 1.

The draft transition rules forthe Goods and Services Tax(GST) regime had pegged thetime at 60 days.

The transition rulesapproved by the GST Councilprovides that "every registeredperson entitled to take credit ofinput tax shall, within 90 days ofthe appointed day, submit adeclaration electronicallySpecifying separately, theamount of input tax credit towhich he is entitled...".

It also gives commissionersthe power to extend this periodby further 90 days on recom-mendation of the GSTCouncil.The GST Council,chaired by Union FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley and com-prising state counterparts, alsodecided to amend the transitionrules allowing traders and retail-ers to make claim of 60 per centagainst the CGST or SGST dueswhere the tax rate exceeds 18 percent.

In cases where the GST rateis below 18 per cent, only 40 percent deemed credit will be avail-able against CGST and SGST

dues. Further, the governmentwill refund 100 per cent exciseduty for goods costing above Rs25,000 and bearing a brandname of the manufacturer andare serially numbered like TV,fridge or car chasis.

To avail this a manufactur-er can issue a Credit TransferDocument (CTD) as evidencefor excise payment on goodscleared before the introductionof GST to the dealer.

The dealer availing creditusing CTD would also have tomaintain copies of all invoicesrelating to buying and sellingfrom the manufacturer to thedealer, through intermediatedealers.

CTD shall be issued with-in 30 days of July 1, 2017, anddetails of the same shall bementioned in specified formsby manufacturer and such deal-er/distributor availing the cred-it.

"This provision comes as asigh of relief for entire deal-ers/distributors network ofmotor vehicle and other con-veyances, as such dealers/dis-tributors would get the entirecredit of excise paid by originalmanufacturer," Nangia & CoDirectors (Indirect Tax) RajatMohan said.

���"��������89������ ������������ �� �,������� ��� ��

����� &'��&��(

Citing risks to inflation dueto spurt in farm-loanwaivers by States recent-

ly and disbursement ofallowances under the 7th CentralPay panel’s award to theGovernment employees, theReserve Bank of India (RBI) forthe fourth straight time kept therepo rate unchanged at 6.25 percent on Wednesday, while thereverse repo, at which RBI bor-rows, will be 6 per cent. Besides,the central bank also loweredeconomic growth projection to7.3 per cent for the current fis-cal from 7.4 per cent earlier.

However, there is somecheer for home buyers as inter-est on loans of between �30 lakhand �75 lakh are expected to becheaper as RBI reduced riskweightage for this category.

RBI Governor Urjit Patel-led Monetary Policy Committeeor MPC, in a slightly less hawk-ish policy statement, said it wasnot cutting interest rates as itwanted to be moresure thatinflation will stay subdued.

While leaving for the keyrates unchanged, RBI made it eas-ier for banks to lend more by cut-ting the Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR) by 50 basis points to 20 percent of total deposits from June24. The SLR is the percentage ofdeposits banks must park in theGovernment securities.

The Government has beenpressing for a cut in interest ratesto increase private investmentand had sought a meeting withthe members of MPC, but RBIGovernor Urjit Patel said that allof them declined to meet. Seniorofficials of the Finance Ministrywere scheduled to meet MPCmembers on June 1 and 2 but allsix members decided against themeeting. But the FinanceMinistry was not happy with thedecision of the six-month-old

MPC, with Chief EconomicAdviser Arvind Subramanianopenly expressing frustrationat interest rate not being cut tohelp an economy that witnessedslowest growth in two years andcredit growth being at its lowestin 25 years. “Seldom have eco-nomic conditions warranted asubstantial monetary easing asthey are now. Not just headlineinflation has been running wellbelow the target so far, but evencore inflation has also declinedsharply. In this view, inflationforecast errors have been largeand systematically one-sided inoverstating inflation,"Subramanian said, adding thatlowering growth and low infla-tion amid appreciating realexchange rate makes monetarypolicy conditions even tighter.

In February, the RBI shift-ed its monetary policy stance toneutral from accommodative,thereby ending the easy policystand that it adopted sinceJanuary 2015. During the sameperiod, the RBI had reducedrepo rate by 175 basis points.

As far as the RBI’s decisionis concerned, five members werein favour of the maintaining thestatus quo for key rates, whileRavindra H Dholakia was not.The central bank has cut by 0.5per cent to 20 per cent, a moveaimed at raising buoyancy in theloans market as banks wouldhave slightly higher funds forlending. “The decision of theMPC is consistent with a neutralstance of monetary policy inconsonance with the objective ofachieving the medium-term tar-get for consumer price index(CPI) inflation of 4 per centwithin a band of +/- 2 per cent,while supporting growth," RBIsaid in its second bi-monthlymonetary policy review for

2017-18.With the RBI's move, mar-

kets shrugged off and BSEbenchmark Sensex slipped intonegative territory for a brief peri-od after the RBI kept the keyrates unchanged on Wednesday,but regained slightly towards thefag-end of the session, closingwith a gain of 80.72 points at31,271.28.

“At the current juncture,global political and financialrisks materialising into import-ed inflation and the disburse-ment of allowances under the7th central pay commission’saward are upside risks,” it said.

On the GDP front, the cen-tral bank lowered economicgrowth projection to 7.3 per centfor the current fiscal from 7.4 percent earlier. However analystsand economists were expectingthe MPC to go in for a status quoon the rates, but soften its com-mentary from the hawkish one,given clarity on various aspectsand the cool- down in inflation.

The headline inflation hascome down to 3 per cent for inApril 2017, while demonetisa-tion continues to impact GDPgrowth which dipped to 6.1 percent in the last quarter of the last

fiscal. There is also greaterclarity on the rainfall, with the

IMD predicting for normalmonsoons this season which canhelp the food inflation situation.

Moreover, RBI said, theimplementation of the Goodsand Services Tax (GST) is notexpected to have a materialimpact on overall inflation. TheGovernment intends to roll outGST from July 1. The RBI shift-ed its policy stance to ‘neutral’ inearly 2017, allowing it the flex-ibility to move in either direc-tion, from ‘accommodative’stance for two years.

It followed that up withstatements at the last policyreview about worries of inflationrising to 5 per cent in the secondhalf of fiscal 2017-18 and also theneed to get the price-rise num-ber to its target of 4 per cent ina credible way.

On bad loan, the RBI alsosaid it has devised a strategy todeal with large stressed accountsand expects to see some actionsoon. “Overall, the RBI has astrategy to deal with the resolu-tion of large assets and we areworking in a calibrated mannerand we hope to see some actionscoming soon,” Deputy GovernorNS Vishwanathan said.

Favouring the note ban,Governor Urjit Patel also saiddemonetisation has not led to

lower economic growth, whileciting ‘surprises’ like dip in infla-tion as well as GDP growth formaintaining status quo on pol-icy rates. “Data shows that theslowdown in economic activityset in during Q1, FY17, wellahead of demonetisation,” Patelsaid, reacting to the dip ingrowth in the revised growth fig-ures released by CSO.

However, Deputy GovernorViral Acharya said it was lack ofclarity in the narrative, wherethere have been 'surprises' in dipin inflation to 3 per cent in Apriland the revision in growth to 6.1per cent by CSO. “We have acombination of a big surprise inthe inflation number as well asthe CSO revisions. We are justtrying to get a finer grip on whatis exactly happening in theeconomy over the next fewmonths,” he said.

However, bankers also wel-comed the move, saying there isa room likely for rate cuts in thelatter half of the year. “The largecut in inflation projection by theRBI in the monetary policy is inconsonance with ground reali-ties and is likely to create roomfor rate cuts in the latter half ofthe year. The decision to reducethe risk weights for home loanswill release capital for the bank-ing industry and is a positivemove," said ArundhatiBhattacharya, Chairman, SBI.

On the other hand, ChandaKochhar, MD and CEO, ICICIBank said, “It is also hearteningthat the RBI has again reiterat-ed its focus on resolution ofstressed assets which will help tostrengthen the banking systemand ensure that investmentsmade are optimally utilised.The SLR cut and reduction inrisk weights for housing loansare positive moves that will sup-port bank liquidity and encour-age growth in housing loans.”

-7&�������������� �� ��#������$��������������������2�D1��������71TR�"�#���������������"���������������/������0�/��."��.��

��'&�()�)��'*�������'�(B��*(���(�����&�(�*()��&���&S���)&���*&��4&���&*��C���(�C����(*(���&,&�*()�*&�U���,(��� ����(�!���(&B�&���(����,(�&��

*�&������ *�����&� �*(��(��(�4�'&()�*��B���� �()��������&����(*(,&��,&��*��*�'(��� ����*���4��(A (�(*C����&�� ��)&�)��'*��(�� �()�����U������4������!�������&�!�(�(�(���4

*�&����)&�� *�(�(B��*(�����-&�*(���C�*�&���(�(*�&��&*��C����(�C�(��(�������&�'(*�)�� ���&��(*(&�����(���(4&�C�*����&�*&����B�����*&�� *��(�*�&���**&�����B��B�*�&�C&��U�� ���*(����**�����C�!����(��!���(

Page 11: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0 ���*���

1���2

��!� Anil Ambani-ledReliance Group plans to comeout with an initial public offer-ing for its mutual fund arm,which is expected to value thecompany at about �20,000crore.

It could be the first initialpublic offering by a majorasset management company(AMC) in India though small-er rival UTI MF’s IPO planshave been in the works for along time.

The board of RelianceNippon Life AssetManagement (RNAM) onWednesday approved a pro-posal to list its shares on thestock exchanges, the companysaid.

It would soon initiate theprocess to appoint merchantbankers, lawyers and auditorsto manage its initial public offer(IPO).

Reliance MF is the thirdlargest player in 42-memberstrong mutual fund industry.RNAM has assets under man-agement (AUM) of �3.6 lakhcrore, including �2.11 lakhcrore for mutual fund.

Typically, asset manage-ment companies are valued at5 per cent of AUM, which islikely to value Reliance MF atabout �20,000 crore and a 10per cent stake sale could fetch�2,000 crore, analyst and mar-ket sources said.

As per markets regulatorSebi’s listing norms, the com-pany has to dilute a minimumof 10 per cent to list on stockexchanges which will increaseto 25 per cent in three years.

“As a part of financialinclusion we have been creat-

ing wealth for mutual fund unitholders. Now we also believe it’san opportunity for retailinvestors to participate as equi-ty shareholders in the AMC,”Reliance Nippon Life AssetManagement CEO SundeepSikka said.

“Along with further con-solidations happening in econ-omy we would like to be ready

to take advantage of suitableacquisitions,” he added.

Without divulging valua-tion details, Sikka said the aimis to dilute 10 per cent stake byMarch and further 15 percent over three years as perSebi norms.

This would be the firstIPO by a Reliance group firmin about a decade since

Reliance Power’s public offerin 2008. Reliance Nippon LifeAsset Management is a sub-sidiary of Reliance Capitalwith Nippon Life InsuranceCompany as its strategic part-ner. Reliance Capital holds 51per cent stake in RNAM.

RNAM offers a well-rounded portfolio of productsthat meet varying investor

requirements and constantlyendeavours to launch innova-tive products and customerservice initiatives to increasevalue to investors.

UTI MF’s public issue willallow a partial exit to four ofits investors—State Bank ofIndia, Life InsuranceCorporation, Bank of Barodaand Punjab National Bank. ���

-�������$�������������&�!���� ���/3������������

��-� ��"��!� Telecom operatorReliance Communications onWednesday rejected credit rat-ing cuts by Moody’s and Fitchas the agencies’ views apply onlyon its $300 million bonds,which are being serviced regu-larly.

The company said that inMay 2015, it had issued 6.5 percent coupon bearing USDbonds, maturing in November2020, for an aggregate amountof$300 million.

“These bonds constituteabout 4 per cent of the total debtof the company. The bonds havealways been serviced regularlyon the due dates and are fullycurrent in servicing, as on date...

The ratings by Moody’sand Fitch apply only to theseUSD bonds. We respectfully dis-agree with the recent ratingactions by both these agencies,and believe that these ratingactions do not reflect the ser-vicing track record of the com-pany,” RCom said in a statement.

RCom, in its notice to stockexchanges on May 24, 2017, had

said that the company will con-tinue to pay interest on therespective due dates, and thebonds will be repaid on the duedate of November 6, 2020.

Rating agencies Fitch andMoody’s on Tuesday down-graded credit rating of RelianceCommunications for the secondtime in quick succession onaccount of its faragile liquidityposition and limited ability topay back debt.

Fitch downgraded RCom tothe lowest category with somehope for recovery of principal orinterest amount, while Moody’sInvestors Service downgradedthe firm to the second lowestcategory.

Moody’s downgradedRCom corporate family ratingand senior secured bond ratingto Ca from Caa1.

“The outlook is negative,”Moody’s said in a statement.

Credit rating indicates capa-bility of a company to pay backdebt. Moody’s rate firms innine categories ranging fromAaa to C.

Ca rating indicates thatobligations in this category arehighly speculative and are like-ly in, or very near, default, withsome prospect of recovery ofprincipal and interest.

Fitch Ratings has down-graded RelianceCommunications Limited’s(RCom) Long-Term Foreign-and Local- Currency IssuerDefault Ratings (IDR) to ‘RD’from ‘CCC’.

It also downgraded therating on RCom’s USD 300million 6.5 per cent seniorsecured notes due 2020 to‘C/RR4’ from ‘CCC/RR4’.

The RD (restricteddefault) category is too leveldown from CCC category.The RD indicates that thefirm has an uncured pay-ment default on a bond, loanetc but has not entered intobankruptcy liquidation, orother formal winding- upprocedure and continues tooperate.

The C category of Fitch isthe lowest in its credit rating

and RR4 symbol indicatesthat average recoveryprospects of current principaland related interest is in therange of 31-50 per cent.

“The rating agencies havenot given due credit to theadvanced stage of the corpo-rate transactions (Aircelmerger and Tower sale) whichare expected to deleverage thecompany’s balance sheet byabout $4 billion i.E. By about60 per cent within the nextfew months,” RCom said.

As per Moody’s, RCom’sconsolidated debt levels con-tinued to rise through year-end resulting in reported debtto EBITDA ratio of 8.5x.

RCom said that the recentpositive development of thestandstill period agreed byour lenders appears to havebeen viewed negatively bythe rating agencies on certaintechnical grounds, while inactual fact the same directlyaddresses their key concernsabout the short term liquidi-ty situation. ���

���#��������������.���/�.�������2����25�!�B���"

��-���"��!�Regulator Trai is setto meet telecom operators nextweek to discuss the financialpain in the sector and seek sug-gestions on measures that canbe taken to ease the situation.

The meeting by theTelecom Regulatory Authorityof India (Trai) comes at a timewhen an inter-ministerial panel,too, is looking for ways toresolve the financial stress in theindustry that is confronted withrevenue and profitability pres-sures and mounting debt.

Trai sources told the newsagency that the regulator hascalled a meeting of all operatorson June 15.

It is also learnt that twooperators including Vodafonehave asked the regulator tolook at a meeting on June 16instead, as their top brass will betravelling to Delhi at that timefor consultation with the inter-ministerial panel.

During the upcomingmeeting with the TraiChairman, the operators will beasked to suggest measures thatcan be taken by the regulator toease the financial situation inthe industry.

As it is, some of the keydemands of the industry includ-ing reduction of licence feeand spectrum charges havealready been favoured by theTrai.

“The idea of the meeting isto understand from the opera-

tors, what more can be done,” asenior official said.

Meanwhile, an open housediscussion - essentially an inter-active dialogue that operatorshold with regulator - on thecontentious issue ofInterconnection Usage Chargesor IUC, has been postponed fornow. The open house was ear-lier scheduled to be held on June15.

The coming weeks will becrucial for the industry, and sec-tor investors and analysts will bekeenly watching for cues onrelief measures being proposed.

The inter-ministerial panel- comprising officials from thetelecom department andFinance Ministry - will hold astring of meetings with theoperators between June 12-16.

After this, TelecomMinister Manoj Sinha is likelyto meet promoters of telcos onJune 22-23 to take stock of thecrisis in the sector. The gross lia-bility of the telecom industry onaccount of debt as well as pay-ments related to spectrum hasbeen estimated at a whopping�7,75,000 crore, as on March 31,2017. A recent investor pre-sentation by RelianceCommunications has warnedthat the sector could be staringat 30,000 to 40,000 job lossesover the next 12-18 months.

Incidentally, India, withover 1.16 billion mobile users isthe second largest telecom mar-ket in the world, after China.But telecom operators lamentthey are facing pressure onincome, profitability and other

financial metrics on account ofcompetition intensified by theentry of Reliance Jio -- ownedby Mukesh Ambani.

Last month, Idea Cellularreported a consolidated loss of�325.6 crore in the three-monthperiod ended March 2017, hurtby the severe tariff war.

India’s largest telecom oper-ator Bharti Airtel, too, report-ed its lowest quarterly profit infour years as net earningsslumped 72 per cent in January-March, hit by “sustained preda-tory pricing” by Jio. Debt-ladenReliance Communications, thathas been reeling under a slew ofrating downgrades over the lastfew days, reported its first annu-al loss since its inception of�1,283 crore for the fiscal endedMarch 2017. ���

,���� ������� ����)�*���� ����� �$����������������

��������&��������������>�&�?�������� ��������"��������#�����$��������$���O�(�����������������"!�������2��$��������O�*��"����.2!�/"��"�"��������������������"��� �������������"���������2�����"����"���������������$"� ��.�#���$��������(����5��B�������������������%H66!���/��������(����5��B��������������������%H6:��������������(����5��$�������������/������������%HH73������������2!��&���� �������(����5��$���������.�����$��@�����������������$�����������"����������&@���������71%D3�������"��#�����!��&��������"����&�����0���9���$�������.�&@��������;����.��##��������9)�������)������������;�>)�)?3��((�"��������/��0��./��"��2���#�������������� ������>���?������������9)�������)������������;�>)�)?�������� 371%D3��"����J(�$��"�����������/�����#����������� 371%=������&����"�� �����#��0��������������������.!�#������"�� �#�������/��0�"��������������������F����#���3�&���������"�� ����#��� �#�������#�������������.��2���#��������������)�)��������3�

��-���"��!� In a snub to India,Iran has signed initial pact withRussia’s Gazprom for developingONGC-discovered gas field ofFarzad B but has kept the dooropen for awarding it to the Indianfirm.

With Tehran delaying theaward of rights to develop the 12.5trillion cubic feet gas field to itsdiscoverer -- ONGC Videsh Ltd-- India decided to cut oil importsfrom Iran by a fifth in 2017-18.

Iran retaliated by first cuttingby one-third the time it gave toIndian refiners to pay for oil theybuy from it as also raising shipfreight rates, and now by signinga memorandum of understand-ing (MoU) with Russian gasmonopoly Gazprom.

Iranian Oil Minister BijanNamdar Zanganeh confirmedsigning of the agreement withGazprom while talking to Argusin Vienna.

“Yes. We have signed an ini-tial agreement with them(Gazprom) or Farzad, the NorthPars and Kish fields,” he said.

Gazprom, on its website said,it signed a MoU with NationalIranian Oil Co (NIOC) inKremlin on March 28 whenIranian President HassanRouhani met his Russian coun-terpart Vladimir Putin.

Iran has been unhappy withthe USD 5.5 billion investmentplan that OVL, the overseas armof state-owned Oil and NaturalGas Corp (ONGC), has submit-ed for development of the Farzad-B field in the Persian Gulf.

Since it has to reimburse allof the money that is invested,together with a fixed rate of

return, it wants the investment tobe lowered and OVL commit tobuying gas at a price fixed by it.

OVL, on the other hand, saysit will take up development onlyif the terms are economical andcannot absorb any cost and theprice of gas should be compara-ble to rates in current market.

Sources said Indian refinershave cut oil imports from Iran bya fifth to 190,000 barrels per day(bpd) in 2017-18 from 240,000bpd in the previous fiscal.

Iran, Indias third biggest oilsupplier, used to give a 90-daycredit period to refiners likeIndian Oil Corp (IOC) andMangalore Refinery andPetrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) topay for the oil they would buyfrom it.

Now, Tehran has reduced thisto 60 days, essentially meaningthat IOC and MRPL would haveto pay for the oil they buy fromIran in 60 days instead of previ-ous liberal term of 90 days,sources said.

Iran oil sale terms were themost attractive for Indian refin-ers. Besides, a liberal credit peri-od, it also shipped the oil to Indiafor a nominal 20 per cent of nor-mal ocean freight.

Other Middle-East sellersoffer not more than 15-day cred-it period.

Sources said National IranianOil Co (NIOC) has also decidedto cut the discount it offers toIndian buyers on freight from 80per cent to about 60 per cent.

Since the lifting of westernsanctions, Iran has played hard-ball over award of the field whichwas discovered by OVL. ���

�������!�Jobs would be hardto come by in the IT sector infuture for youngsters who haveonly B Tech degree, and com-panies would prefer to hirepost-graduates with specialisedexpertise, says an industry vet-eran.

In future, a B Tech is notadequate to get a good job, onemust have an M Tech and spe-cialisation, says T V MohandasPai, former HR head and ex-Chief Financial Officer of ITmajor Infosys.

“My advice to all the peoplein colleges: please do M Tech andspecialise, and learn coding onyour own by taking extra class-es, because in future most com-panies will hire you based onyour coding knowledge.

“They are not going to catchyou raw and give you training forsix months and pay for it. Whyshould they waste their time?They will test you on your cod-ing skills and if you know verygood coding, they will hire you,”Pai told the news agency.

“In future if you want tohave a job, you must have MTech, you must know codingand you must be an expert. Youmust have some level of exper-tise,” he said.

When asked about salary offreshers not growing in theInformation Technology (IT)industry in the past two decades,Pai termed it as a “great tragedy”.This is because the whole indus-try is not growing at a fast pace,he said.

“Supply (the number ofsoftware engineers) has gone up,(but commensurate) demandis not there,” said Pai, who is cur-rently chairman of ManipalGlobal Education Services. ���

������ ������� �:�� ��� �;��:����/��"�������"��� �������

&5����������'� ������75�� '������� �����������+�� ��������

Page 12: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0 %�� ����

)!8))��-)!8))��--�8 ��

��������������B����-�������"������)4/�!�����"�4�����/�������������2�$���"��������2#�����$�������� ������� ��#���������$�����2���#������������ ����#������#�����������#�������������2��/���������������-��J(����$����"��!�"����$$�����������'�������23

1�3�����������������+������������"��,"4&84&!�����0��.�� ���#��������#�������$�����"���#�2�����2���������������������0��$���$$����.��$��#��$���������#�.���"���$$�����#�#��2������� �.�����!����/�����2�/����3

�����C����������"������-����"���� �"���4�4@74!�*"����.�����������$(���#���������������"����@����������������2�/��"��"������#��##����2�����������0��� ����"���������������$������0���.������"�#�������.����"�����"��������������.��"����������������$��"� ������������������3

������"����+������������� ����������)%0%&�!��"��������������.��#������#�����������"�����!���������.�����$$�������/"������������"����"�������#����2�������������$����"�������������.�"� ����.��3

���� -&� ���&

Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu today told Israeli

settlers marking 50 years since theSix-Day War he would keepbuilding across the occupied WestBank and that no one would be”uprooted from his home”.

It was unclear if Netanyahuwas suggesting no settlementswould be dismantled in anypeace deal with the Palestinians,which would mark a significantchange and raise further doubtsover future possibilities of atwo-state solution.

A spokesman forNetanyahu did not respond to arequest for further explanation.

Netanyahu was speaking inparliament at a special sessionmarking 50 years since the 1967Six-Day War, when Israel's occu-pation of the West Bank began,to an audience of lawmakers andinvited settler leaders.

“Everyone has the right tolive in his home and nobodywill be uprooted from hishome,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu has said he stillsupports a two-state solution,but peace advocates allege hisactions show otherwise.

Proposals for future peacedeals with the Palestinians typ-ically involve land swaps, withfar-flung settlements evacuatedand larger settlement blocsremaining under Israeli control.

����� '���()*�

US President Donald Trumpspoke to Saudi Arabia's

King Salman and called for aunited Gulf CooperationCouncil to fight terrorism andpromote stability in the region,amid deepening diplomaticcrisis in Qatar.

Both the leaders discussedways to prevent terror financ-ing and eliminate extremism byany country in region, theWhite House said yesterday.

During the phone call,Trump underscored that aunited Gulf CooperationCouncil is critical to defeatingterrorism and promotingregional stability, the WhiteHouse said.

The White House state-ment came a day after SaudiArabia and three other Arabcountries — Egypt, Bahrainand the UAE — cut off diplo-matic ties with Qatar.

In a tweet, early morningTrump apparently supportedthe actions of four Arab coun-tries to cut off diplomatic rela-tionship with Qatar.

The US continues to be inclose communication with allthe parties to resolve the issuesand restore cooperation whichis so important to regionalsecurity there, White House

Press Secretary Sean Spicertold reporters.

“I think there is note thathis message of toughness onterror finance and extremism isbeing heeded by countries inthe region. But the US stillwants to see this issue de- esca-lated and resolved immediate-ly, keeping with the principlesthat the president laid out interms of defeating terror financ-ing and extremism,” he said.

Spicer said Trump had avery, very constructive con-versation with the Emir ofQatar during his visit inRiyadh.

“At that time, he was very

heartened by the Emir's com-mitment to formally join theterrorist financing targetingcentre and showing their com-mitment to this issue,” he said.

At a separate briefing, StateDepartment SpokespersonHeather Nauert said the USrecognises that Qatar has madesome great efforts to try to stopfinancing of terror groups,including prosecuting sus-pected financiers, freezingassets, and introducing strin-gent controls on its bankingsystem there.

“However, let me makethis clear: They have madeprogress, but they still have

work to do. More work needsto be done,” she said.

“I think our relationshipwith Qatar is one that's strong.It's one that we continue tocooperate with Qatar and othercountries in the region in thefight against terrorism.Secretary of State Rex WTillerson talked about thistoday,” she added.

“He said every country inthe region has their own oblig-ations and they need to live upto terminate their support forterrorism and extremism how-ever it manifests itself anywherein the world,” she said.

Nauert praised Qatar for itsrole in fight against terrorism.

“The US and its coalition,we're grateful to the Qataris fortheir longstanding support ofour presence there in that nation.They have helped to provide uswith an enduring commitmentto regional security.

The Department ofDefense has talked about this,”she said.

“We have no plans tochange our posture in Qatarand we would encourage all ofour partners to try to worktogether to reduce tensions.That's something that theSecretary spoke to as well,”Nauert said in response to aquestion.

5��������4����;�� ��=����������#�������$��������

�������%�������.����9��5)(M�'� � ���������$��������#���� ��������������� �������$����$����4�4������������ �����������������"�G�����������.�$�����2��������2��$������.����������������$��1����������$��������� ��� ����'� �����������$�������N��������� ��������$����� � ��

%������#��4����������N��������� ���������� � ���������� (�*�� �

Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan stood to

defend Qatar, saying heintends to “develop” ties withthe embattled Gulf State hit bysanction from Saudi Arabiaand its allies.

“Let me say at the outsetthat we do not think the sanc-tions against Qatar are good,”Erdogan said on Tuesday in aspeech in Ankara.

“Turkey will continue andwill develop our ties withQatar, as with all our friendswho have supported us in themost difficult moments,” headded in reference to lastyear's failed coup.

Turkey has close ties withQatar but also has good rela-tions with the other GulfStates, especially Saudi Arabia.

Erdogan was careful not tocriticise Riyadh, calling on themember nations of the GulfCooperation Council to“resolve their differencesthrough dialogue.”

“Efforts to isolate Qatar...Will not solve any problem,”said Erdogan, praising Doha's”cool-headedness” and ”con-structive approach”.

Bahrain, Egypt, SaudiArabia and the United ArabEmirates severed diplomaticties and transport links withQatar on Monday, accusing itof supporting extremism.

“Presenting Qatar as asupporter of terrorism is a seri-ous accusation,” the Turkishleader said. ”I know (Qatar'sleaders) well and if that hadbeen the case, I would havebeen the first head of state toconfront them.”

����������������������A�����#���)��$���$���� � ��(

Mauritania has become thelatest country to cut diplo-

matic relations with Qatar aspart of a growing rift betweenthe energy-rich Gulf nationand other Arab countries.

In a statement by theForeign Ministry, the Africancountry accused Qatar of hav-ing connections to terroristorganisations.

It said Qatar is “promotingextremist thoughts and spread-ing chaos and disturbancesacross many of the Arab coun-tries, resulting in big human-itarian miseries.”

Qatar long has deniedsupporting terror groups.Mauritania has strong militaryand economic ties to oil- richSaudi Arabia, which led thediplomatic spat with Qatar.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, theUAE, Egypt and others havesevered diplomatic relationsand cut off air, land and seaaccess to Qatar, in the most seri-ous Gulf diplomatic crisis sincethe 1991 war against Iraq.

# ����� !!������ ��� �������������� ���� !������� !���������������� ���� ����! ���������� ������� ��������!�������������$��������������������%������������ �&�������1���������$ �$������� ������� �������� �����"�'���������������� ������������������0�����2��H������������� ��&��������������� ���������� ���������� ����� ������� �����'� '���������������������� ���

���� B�)���>(*��C?

Youssef Zaghba, one of threeauthors of Saturday's dead-

ly attack in London, was inter-cepted last year en route toSyria and flagged to Britain asa possible jihadist, Italianauthorities said on Wednesday.

Zaghba, a 22-year-oldwith dual Moroccan-Italiannationality, was brief lydetained after being stoppedat the airport in Bologna,central Italy in March 2016.

Italian prosecutors wereunable to bring charges againsthim for links to internationalterrorism and he was set free,a police spokesman told.

Italy notified Britain andMorocco of his status as apotential Wahhabi radical.

But he never showed up onBritain's radar as someonecapable of involvement in anattack like Saturday's, in whichseven people were killed.

The three attackerssmashed a van into pedestrianson London Bridge before goingon a stabbing spree whichended with them being shotdead by police.

London's MetropolitanPolice said Zaghba had notbeen on their radar beforeSaturday, despite the Italianwarning. He was not a “policeor (intelligence agency) MI5subject of interest,” aspokesman said.

���� ����

Aman has been arrested atHeathrow airport as part of

the investigation into lastmonth’s deadly suicide bombingin Manchester, British policesaid today.

“The 38-year-old wasarrested on suspicion of offencescontrary to the Terrorism Actand remains in custody.

“The arrest was plannedbeforehand and there was nodirect threat to the airport,”Greater Manchester Police saidin a statement.

Police did not immediate-ly confirm when the suspect wasdetained at Europe's busiestairport, or whether he landed atthe airport as part of an extra-dition procedure.

The arrest comes more thantwo weeks after the May 22attack on Manchester Arena ata concert by US pop star ArianaGrande. The bombing carriedout by Salman Abedi killed 22people, including children, andwounded more than 100 others.

A total of 19 people havebeen arrested in Britain as partof the terror probe, 12 of whomhave been released withoutcharge.

����� �&(-()

Geopolitical bias is blindingIndia to benefits of coop-

eration with China, a state-runChinese newspaper said today,underlining that the two sidescan cooperate on projects thatare not sensitive if historicalissues cannot be immediatelysolved.

“New Delhi is over-con-cerned about Beijing's inten-tions, and there are even criti-cal voices in India against(Prime Minister Narendra)Modi's China-friendlyremarks,” an op-ed article in thestate-run Global Times said.

It said India still views thebilateral relationship withChina from the lens of geopol-itics and regards Beijing as astrategic rival.

Every time China reachesout to strengthen cooperation

with countries regarded byIndia as within its sphere ofinfluence, India worries thecooperation is deliberately tar-geting it, the article added.

“The reality is China'sexpanding cooperation is dri-ven by China's economicgrowth. In fact, more and moreChinese enterprises are inter-ested in investing in India. IfNew Delhi can understandChina's connectivity initiativefrom the perspective of region-al development, this will helpenhance mutual trust betweenthe two countries,” it said.

The two sides can cooper-ate on projects that are not sen-sitive if historical issues cannotbe immediately solved, it said,adding that the steady andsound development of bilater-al relations will benefit not onlythe two countries and peoples,but also the region and beyond.

��� (*&���*(��

Secretary-General AntonioGuterres warned that by

2050 global demand for freshwater is projected to grow bymore than 40 per cent and atleast a quarter of the world'spopulation will live in countrieswith a “chronic or recurrent”lack of clean water.

He told the SecurityCouncil that “strains on wateraccess are already rising in allregions,” noting that three-quarters of the 193 UN mem-ber states share rivers or lakebasins with their neighbors.

4�����.�������1��� �1� ����.���� ���.1����������.�� �6�.��,�� �H ���

�6��@�7�8!����#�����������/�G��"���$�/������������"���"��."����������������.����������>���?���##������������!�4�G�0"�������#����//"������0������/�������.�������$����#�#���������������.�/��"�(����3�*"�%6�"������.��$��"�������������$���������������>����?�/�������0����������-����:JH����������!�4�G�0"����39��0������/��������#����$����#�#�����$��"�����!;��"��B����.���$$�����������'�������2�����������#���3���0������"���������������� ���/��"����������711D����������������$���$����#�#����"����$��"����.�������������71%13*"����������!�������������!����.� ��#�#����"��������0������/�����0����2�"�������������$�������#�����.�"������� $�!�����������71%D39��0������$���2����������������"���"�������$����������"��K�"��."���������P3����������� ��!�/��"� ����������� ��2�������������.�����"������ �������$��"���.���������!;��������3

�������������������� ���������

0������ ������&��������������>�������������������?

��������-����������� ���"���-��������+������#�<�

����������������������������4����#��� ����������

������������������"��/��������� ������"����������0

-�6�%&��4&! ��%DJ2���J�������#�.��������"�� ��"������������"�����������2��$��#� ��.�"���"��������"�����$$��.�"����$�����"��"�����������������/��"���$����/��������/"���������"�����;���������;3*"���������2�.���������"�������,����2���."���"���!���������!"��������������������#��������� ���� ���$�������������.������$�."��� �� ��.��"������#��������!/"������������"�����������2��$����.��@����� ��$����!��"������*���������������3�����0���������$����"�������,����2��������"������������������"���������2�.�����/��������� �

������.��"����#���������$����� ����.������������"��$�."������*"�����2��$�����"��%DJ�2���J������"�#����/�����������������#� ���$��#��"����"���3*"������������"�������$��"�������������#������J(���#������������>��(�?�������"�������������������"����"��"������� ������2�"��������������������9>�@����� �?����������;��2���#����������3*"��.���������������������������/�����"����������������������"���������2�.���������� ����!����.�/��"��"����"�������������$$����!�����������$$���������.�������"����"���3 ���

��.���P��"�������#� ��!�"�����$$���2���"�����������2��$���������������

������*�22���&���.��

Toledo (Ohio): A marriedman accused of not telling hislongtime girlfriend that he wasHIV-positive was charged withmurder after the woman diedof AIDS.

A judge today set bond atUSD 1.5 million for RonaldMurdock, who was indictedlast week in the February deathof 51-year-old KimberlyKlempner.

Murdock, 51, of Toledo,who also is charged with felo-nious assault. AP

���/��"��(,��"��.��/��"�#�����������$������������P������"

Page 13: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������"����� ��2��"��� ���"�����$������"������������������������0��"����������2����������������23

��0���/"���"��/���������"�� �������$�!����#��������"��#����M�9(�� ��#2���$�#�#������#�#���3�($�(����#�0���"��#�#�����"���������!�(0��/�(�/����.����#��"��.�����$���3�

9�����������(P#����.�#2����3*"���������2������������.����������������������������$#�����"���%11�������$��#��"���$$�����������#�������0���#���!�#�0�J��������."��3���/����(���0���"��#��������"���2��.�2��>#����������##���������?�����������#������������2Q�(����P�3;

������������ /"����2����"��$����2����."�����$��#���4"������������!�������$����#������2�����0�������(����.��#�$���������.������������$"�����$������#���0���3�

*"�2����������$���2���������������$�B���#����G��.�����#���0��������"������"3�(��$���!�"��������#��2�/"�����#���"��$���������.���#����������/"��"���"��"����"����3������"����"�������������"����/"�����0��$$����������#�����23�(��$���!��"�2�"� ���0���"�������������������#���������3

@�����7����������������#� *E

�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0 &�&���*���

��#���4"��P������0����������!�/"��"�"����������� ���%!111�����������"���!�"������������������2�����������"�����������������9.�����$��#;��������@�#�����$�9�������������#��.��(���������;3

(���#�����.�/��"��.������$����������������������$����"���(�������B���#!����C���"��!��#�#�����$�"���##����������2P������������������.���##�����!������������/��������$��"��#����9�������$��������$��������;�$��#���"�/�����"��������������2����39(�������������#������"��������������$�/"����"��$��#�"����"�� ��333�(�������.������@�#�����$�������������#��.���(�����������!;���������!������.��"��9/��#�������������"�����.� �.��������� ���.������"���$��#3������� /����������������"������������� ����������3

������� �(� ����,�����#���(E

�Tell us about The Gurukul School ofDesign. You have already been mentor-ing young designers, what will theschool be like?

The Gurukul School of Design willteach the value of Indian culture throughits interpretation of the Gurukul way oflife and imparts specialised knowledgeto students to become entrepreneurs, assoon as they graduate. The institute willbuild a “valuable” brand via moderncommunication skills, emphasise thebusiness hemisphere so that design stu-dents can read ‘balance sheets’ andmore importantly value the immenseknowledge of our heritage and the richresources.

A special curriculum has beendesigned meticulously by me and someinternational and local experts. Theprogram stresses on deeper maturity ofdesign, the ability to visualise and mar-ket a creative idea with modern commu-nication tools, the business acumenbehind the idea and importantly via theGurukul way of life.

The courses will span over four years,taking the students through a journeywhich will introduce them to a fascinat-ing volley of unique and short courses.These design hacks will strengthen theirfoundation of design and skill setswhich will come very handy later in theirlives.

It is my understanding that thefashion landscape is evolving rapidly.Therefore it is imperative for students tobe agile, knowledgeable, pragmatic andhave the intuitive ability to take a U-turnif or when necessary, negotiate vigorous-ly, adapt to a changing situation and beable to communicate their creativevision clearly, in the noisy business offashion.

Besides working on focussed designassignments, the students will be encour-aged to travel to international locationsand understand the global art anddesign prospective. Other influentialregions for exposure will also be planned,to give the students global exposure andknowledge.

The thought behind Gurukul is tobring about a change in the way of teach-ing, a more rooted and practicalapproach to design.

�Why Jaipur?The location of the campus in Jaipur

will give students immediate access tohandicrafts, endless textiles and raretechniques, which makes this region aglobal cultural hub. The hustle andbustle of a large city which is always a dis-traction, will be replaced by the sereneand calmness of the Gurukul methodol-ogy. The aim is to provide a new way of“thinking design” and provide a soundand a holistic education.

�How is it going to be different andpractical compared to existing designschools?

According to me, right now we aregoing through a silent revolution in thecountry where in we are shifting from amanufacturing to a design-oriented out-look. The shift created will require hugetalent in the future and we need to beprepared to optimally leverage thisdesign revolution.

At GSD, the aim is to not just createa designer but a successful brand. Thedeeply rooted Indian Gurukul way oflearning juxtaposed with new globalcommercial wisdom, will be the key dif-ferentiator and disruptor for GurukulSchool of Design.

�What are the flaws that made youthink of a teaching mechanism? Whatare the areas that you think need to be

worked upon?What I realised is the present cur-

riculums only focus on developing theskills of design. I believe, it is importantto understand the business behind thedesign, in other words, educationmust span across, the business acu-men, the ability to market youridea and most importantly be ableto set up a start-up soon aftergraduating. Making students intoentrepreneurs and brand savvybrand marketers through a uniqueprogram is what we will beemphasising at theGurukul School ofDesign.

The experiencethat existing designschools offer in India,need a rethink and athoughtful transfor-mation of the cur-riculum and theambience that theyoffer. Students mustdemand a more cus-tomised education thatis fit for the Asianregion and not just anassociated program witha Western university.These changes will helpbring back faith in what isthere on offer in designschools in India versusthe West.

�What sparked yourinterest in fashiondesign? Was fashiondesigning always yourdream?

Fashion designinghappened as a result of myunderstanding of aesthetics,ability to sketch and put tex-tures together. My real pas-sion was the love for electron-ics, creating gadgets andunderstanding how thingswork. A form of art deriva-tive of technology is some-thing I am now pursuing andmaybe this is something that

would have taken domi-nance.

My education was a journey oflearning, my passion still lies

in understanding howefficient things and sys-tems work, integratingwith cutting-edge tech-nology but my earlyexposure to the studyof design changed thecourse of my life. Ibelieve design is aphilosophy of life, itencompasses every

hemisphere and singularlythe vision can shape the future.

�Tell us about your initialyears in the fashion industry?

The gap in the market andlack of awareness to heritageclothing were key triggers toset the brand in motion. Thezeal to wear a classic band-hgala suit or Jodhpuri breech-es among the niche customerhelped me in highlighting theheritage look through mycraft and building a brandthat would take care of thiskind of demand nationallyand internationally.

�Any anecdotes that you remem-ber?

DKNY in New York was an excit-ing first job, designing collections forthe power house brand and the firstshow at the magnificent MeherangarhFort in Jodhpur was the perfect tributeto early beginnings of promoting her-

itage through fashion.

�What were the biggest challenges

that you had to faceduring your journeyin the Indian fashionindustry?

Being from asmall town likeJodhpur, it was diffi-cult to create a brandthat would have widereaching impact andmake available thedefining product likethe classic RR band-hgala to a global audi-ence.

�Who and what were your early influ-ences?

Culture and heritage were the twopillars of my childhood. The genesis ofaesthetic articulation in my mind stemsfrom the enormous impact of myfather’s styling and his wardrobe thatwas created by my mother. Hence to adegree the influences from how peopledressed in the family has had someimprint in how we customise fashion forbespoke clientele.

�What do you think has been thebiggest change in the Indian fashionindustry?

The Indian fashion industry isnascent in its origins compared to theWestern hemisphere, the growth isbiological. The impediments that theindustry will constantly battle withwill be the high rate of doing businesson real estate and the lack of upscaleretail. Midmarket brands will flourishwhile the luxury brands will have to waita little bit longer.

�What is your design aesthetic?Simple and Classic

�Had you pursued your higher stud-ies in India instead of abroad, do youfeel that you would have gained thesame exposure and encouragementfrom your teachers to go forward withdesigning?

Two decades ago, studying designwas seen as a hobby and not as a career.Education for it was scarce and one hadno option but to pursue it overseas.Times are very different now and theopportunities are also ample.

�Are you glad that you did a range ofdiverse jobs so that you could decideexactly where your interest lies?

My journey was a bit unique, as Iwent to study robotics, landed upstudying Greek mythology and finallyfinished from Parsons School of designas a designer. It was never planned, onething connected with the other. I alsopreferred the biological approach.

�What are you fascinated by at themoment and how does it feed intoyour work?

The new appetite for customisedclothing and building a lifestyle aroundone’s character is an interesting idea thatis fueling the new desire of bespoke ser-vices in India. The versatility of theIndian man and woman to be able tobridge the gap between traditional andglobal landscapes so seamlessly, issomething that is really exciting to me.Therefore, it inspires me to create theperfect blend of traditional and contem-porary influences in my designs.

�A timeless fashion rule?Always wear what you are comfort-

able in and can be carried nicely.

�5 must haves in a wardrobe?Iconic denim, super classic white

crisp shirt, a hand-tailored bandhgalawaistcoat, socks but with crazy coloursand a nice cologne.

�Advice for budding designers?Playing around with what already

exists will not help them in the longerrun. My advice to young designers isthat, design for people and not for your-self. They need to nurture an exclusivestyle of their own and stick to theirbrand DNA.

The biggest drawback I see design-ers make is delve into what's consideredthe season's trend-say, for example, ani-mal prints. Instead, they should focuson their brand identity and innovatefrom the ground up. After all, today’scustomers want to spend money not onthe gimmicks that they see on ramps butin products that they believe in. The dayyou understand the market and yourclients, you will eventually become abrand that people would like to associ-ate with.

�What are the qualities one needs tobe a part of fashion industry?

Creativity and passion towardsdesigning

Shakti Kapoor may be famous for his villain-ous roles on screen, but in real life, he’s a

fun person, who gets excited with the small-est of things. Ask about his film, ani-matedly he shares, “Love YouFamily revolves around today’syouth who forget their respon-sibilities towards their parentsand rebel against them. It is awoman oriented film inwhich a young girl falls inlove with a boy and later on

realises that it is an infat-uation.”

“The film will tell youhow youngstersbecome rebellions andleave everything behindand then a moment comes whenwhat they called love turns out tobe a nightmare. It will show howthe family comes in to protectthe girl and gives out a message

that when you have family by yourside, nobody can break you,” addsKapoor emphasising on the mind-set of the rebellion young generation.

About his role in the film he says,“I am playing a sardar who is a fatherof one of the heroes. The hero is in lovewith the girl but she is busy in her ownproblems and she doesn’t even know thathe loves her, but his father keeps encour-aging him and inspires him to fight forwho he loves.”

A family man and father of two saysthat every parent want their kids to behappy in their lives. “In my family I havegiven Shraddha full freedom. She has thefreedom to correct me whenever I amwrong. I don’t believe in ‘Dad is always rightconcept’. We are very cool,” he chuckles.

Having worked in over 700 movies heasserts that, “Indian cinema has changedto a great extent. The technical part haschanged, everything has become faster and

great movies are being madetoday. Earlier the movies weremore of a sob story where hero-heroine kept fretting over their

marriage and family issues, butthe things are not like that any-

more.”He reminisces his

journey and remem-bers how his motheralways backed himwhen his father want-ed him to join fami-ly business. “Todaythe kids have gotreally rebellious.Earlier they darednot to raise theirvoice in front of

their family buttoday if a girl fallsin love she won’tlook back. No mat-ter in which gener-

ation you are, fami-ly will always remain

family. Once youwatch the movie you willunderstand that. I would sayeven a broken family would

get united after watching thismovie.”

Kapoor wishes that his filmworks well like Hindi medium.

“There are theatre mafiasthese days, they don’t let lowbudget cinema get theatres but Iam sure once the audience getsinto the theatres, they wouldlove the film. It is based on astrong subject. I wish this movie

to work well like Hindi medi-um because any good moviecan do well,” he says while he

urges the audience to watch themovie with their families.

Achala Moulik has beenfascinated with Russia

as a country ever since theage of seven. This passion ofhers, as expressed throughthe numerous books she haswritten about its culture,allowed her to receive theSergei Yesenin Prize in 2013for promoting Russian liter-ature. Speaking about herinterest in Russia and its his-tory, Moulik gives credit tothe man who wrote what isnow sung as our nationalanthem. “RabrindranathTagore acted as my intro-duction to Russia at the ageof seven, which was sixtyfive years ago. From then onI felt fascinated by thiscountry. Tagore had wishedthat India should be likeRussia. He had fallen in lovewith Soviet Russia. In hisworks, he would express hissadness about how Indiansare so poor, uneducatedand oppressed. His booksare written so beautifullyand in such chaste Bengalithat even a seven-year-oldcould, excluding the under-standing of the philosoph-ical aspect, read it.”

On June 6, the Embassyof the Russian Federationheld the launch of AchalaMoulik’s latest novel calledThe Russian Revolution andStorms Across a Century

1917 – 2017, which marksthe centenary of thisepochal event. The booklaunch took place in thepresence of the Chargesd’Affaires AnatolyKargapolov, Achala Moulik,JNU Professor ArunMohanty and retiredAmassador to Russia KRaghunath. The book isdedicated to Alexander MKadakin, late Ambassadorof the Russian Federation toIndia who died on January26, 2017.

The book is centred onthe Russian Revolution.“The book talks about therevolution’s impact and howit had changed Russiansociety, literature andmusic. It deals with how therevolution had an impacton the Western world, howthe Western world hadstarted devising its ownsocialist society as well asthe introduction of the wel-

fare state. The revolution’simpact on the non-Westernworld had resulted in theretreat of the empires. Theyknew they could no longerretain their control.Additionally, old doctrinessuch as Asians being infe-rior to people from theWest and the white man’sburden had been smashed.Despite what many peoplebelieve, the RussianRevolution was a liberatingmovement and as such itshould not be trivialised. Itgave self respect and digni-ty to the people who hadbeen ruled for three cen-turies. That’s why I think itwas such an inspiringevent.”

This is not the firstbook that Moulik has writ-ten on the RussianRevolution. In fact, she tellsus, “I have written aboutRussian society and litera-ture on the revolution’s fifti-

eth anniversary as well. Atthat time, I was just newlymarried and very young.My husband and I hadagreed that we will bothjointly write another bookon the centenary if we stayaround that long. He passedaway so I had to do thework myself.” For this book,however, she has drawnmaterial from things thatshe had written earlier onRussian literature, musicand art. Therefore, it tookher about three years towrite it.

One third of the bookdeals with the post-Sovietstate of Russia. It covers thedismantling of the SovietUnion and what happenedafterwards. “This was diffi-cult to write as I didn’t wishto offend my Russianfriends. The dismantlingof the Soviet Union led toso many bad things. Inparticular, it led to the cre-ation of a unipolar world.Today, West Asia is inflames because the worldthat we are living in isunipolar. Afghanistan andIraq were torn to bits. Mr.Putin said that the end ofthe Soviet Union was adisaster. Indeed, it was adisaster for many people.There was no balance ofpower left,” she concludes.

��)��,&�����*���&!��"��#��/"������������/����"������(������@������U�-��"�����������������������0�������"������������������"�����!�"�������.���"��������$������������4C3��2� �*( -���(

40�0�0���11�16�.��$�2��5� ����1��

����2���$�����"�����������$�"���$��#!������������ ���������2/���5��$� ������ ����������4*(�4����� ��������"���������2��������0���������"��#��������$����25��.����������/��"�����(( �()�

��(����*������� "����3"������3�( "� �$�������������(������� ���*��������"�����/�����2��+7�2�<���"���� �����"�=��� ����������������!���<3�,� '�3�' ��� ��

F ��������$���� ���������' � ���� 8����#������*�������(�&���#�������$��

Page 14: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������) '�*����+,�-./0&�&���*�1��$2 �.

In the wake of the much talked ‘Smart Cities Mission’ ofthe government, the Delhi Cantonment Board has taken

all initiatives to convert Delhi Cantonment into a SmartCantonment was declared by B Reddy Sankar Babu, the CEOof the Delhi Cantonment Board. He said, all possible effortsare being under taken to manage the Cantonment's Assetssuch as local departments information system, schools,transportation systems, hospitals, water supply networks,waste management, and other community services, throughintegration of ICT and IOT technology in a secure fashion,as envisaged in the ‘Smart City’ concept . The general pub-lic will also be sensitised in this regard through easy accessto information and publicity regarding various measuresadopted by a Delhi Cantonment Board inenhancement/improvement of services in traditional andconventional methods in different areas, besides throughinnovative, modern and ‘State of Art’ Technology ideas.

The National Trust under Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment in collaboration

with their key partners organised the confer-ence ‘Inclusive India Initiative: Towards anInclusive India’ for intellectual and develop-mental disabilities (IDDs) on June 7. Theobjective behind the initiative was to includepeople with IDDs in the mainstream includ-ing, education, employment.

The conference was inaugurated byThaawarchand Gehlot, the Union Minister forSocial Justice and Empowerment, who assert-ed the role of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and theDivyangjans as being an integral part of oursociety and called upon the people to takeadvantage of the 10 schemes of The NationalTrust. He even mentioned how his Ministry has

provided skill development to divyangjansthrough Divyangjan Vitta Vikas Nigam alongwith scholarships for studying in India andabroad. The provision of aids and assistivedevices through nationwide camps where

devices worth �500 crores have been distrib-uted.

On the occasion, a vision document wasreleased along with a few MoUs of theNational Trust were signed and exchanged with

their key partners. The initiative will engage2000 corporate sector organisations; public andprivate, for creating awareness during the cur-rent financial year.

The initiative comes as an attempt to facil-itate the realisation of equal opportunities, pro-tection of rights and full participation of indi-viduals with IDDs into the fabric of the soci-ety. There are three core focus areas of the ini-tiative: Inclusive Education, InclusiveEmployment and Inclusive Community Life.Inclusive Education would be executed on pan-India basis. Association with government andprivate organisations will be explored for mak-ing the infrastructure of educational institutesaccessible and inclusive, by providing neces-sary mobility aids, assistive devices, accessibleinformation and social support.

����D�"����+������--�

�����4���"����"�!��"�������������$��"�����"��������/�2'�#���'��$������.����������>�''�?�������"���#�#����

�$��''���������������.����� �����������������$����"�������/�23�*"���''�����# ��������������������#����.�������"���"���������2���"���!�����/�2�$$����������!��0"�������2��������������"�"����"�������$����"�������/�2�����"���$$�����������2�������������������.���������"�������/�2!�"���F���������$$���!�������������3

There is a need to improve thetechnology, credit availability,innovation and industrial infra-

structure for the Indian Micro, Smalland Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) tobe able to compete effectively withimports and to cater to export markets.Government and Ministry of MSMEhas considered all the essential neces-sities and designed schemes for MSMEincluding, technological upgradation,increased formalisation of the enter-prises through easy registration, skilltraining and improving credit avail-ability. Other Ministries also imple-mented schemes such as Mudra, StandUp India, Start Up India and PrimeMinister’s Kaushal Vikas Yojana to con-tribute towards MSME’s development.

Prioritising self employment andMSMEs, Hon’ble Prime Minister forthe first time gave away annual MSMEawards at a function in Ludhiana onOctober 18, 2016. Currently, it is pro-posed to support 22,222 MSMEs forupgradation under ZED. He alsolaunched National SC/ST Hub andZero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) underMinistry of MSME. These includeincreasing the coverage of CreditGuarantee Trust Fund for MSMEs forcollateral free loans up to �2 crore andextending its coverage to loans givenby NBFCs. Currently, In order toaddress the credit constraints beingfaced by MSMEs, he announced anumber of measures in his address onDecember 31, 2016. Also, the NationalSC/ST Hub has already resulted in reg-istration of 8951 SC and 1845 STenterprises on MSME Data bank by

March 31, 2017. 38 vendor develop-ment programme have been held tosupport SC/ST entrepreneurs as sup-pliers to various CPSEs.

The Budget for 2017-18 also gavehigh importance to MSMEs. The bud-getary allocation for the Ministry ofMSME was increased by 216 per cent.The budget also reduced the incometax for small companies with annualturnover upto �50 crore to 25 per centand for businesses with turnover upto�2 crore by reducing rate of pre-sumptive to 6 per cent. Target for lend-ing under Prime Minister MudraYojana has been doubled to �2,44,000crore.

Prime Minister’s EmploymentGeneration Programme (PMEGP)has not only been given increased allo-cations but, the system has been mademore transparent and easy for theentrepreneurs. During April, 2014 -March, 2017, a total of 1,45,420 unitswere setup under PMEGP which pro-vided employment to 10,87,644 per-son. Budget expenditure for subsidyunder PMEGP on last three yearsamounted to � 3,440.20 crore. Duringfinancial year 2016-17, 52,912 unitshave been set up, generating employ-ment to 4,06,780 people by utilisingMargin Money of �1,280.91 crore.

SFURTI scheme was revampedduring 2014 with an outlay of �149.44crore for developing 71 clusters(including coir) with coverage of44,500 artisans in the first phase.During FY 2015- 16, and 2016-17, 78diagnostic study reports and 69detailed project reports of clusterswere approved, which would provideemployment to 58,904 artisans withfunding of �135.07 crore. UnderASPIRE, 57 livelihood business incu-bators and 8 technology businessincubators have been approved.

ASPIRE Fund (Fund of Funds) hasalso been created under SIDBI witha corpus of �60 crore. Four AlternateInvestment Funds (AIFs) have beenidentified and approved for assistanceof �39.50 crore out of the ASPIREFund.

Under Credit Linked CapitalSubsidy Scheme (CLCSS), �1027.82crore of subsidy was released to16,304 MSEs during 2014-17 inCLCSS. Under Credit GuaranteeTrust Fund for MSEs Scheme, during2014-17, 13,69,527 proposals withcredit guarantee of �61,155.73 crorehave been approved. NationalManufacturing CompetitivenessProgramme of the Ministry con-tributed significantly on technologi-cal upgradation of MSMEs through itsvarious components like lean manu-facturing, design clinic etc.

Ministry is actively pursuing set-ting up of 15 new technology centreand upgradation of 18 existingTechnology Centres at the cost of�2200 crore with the help of WorldBank assistance. 250 crore would bespent during the year 2017-18 foropening technology centres. �5 crorewould be spent for opening newMini-Tool Rooms under thePromotion of MSMEs in NER

Scheme. 4,94,885 people have beentrained through Tool Rooms, andtechnological support has been pro-vided to 1,03,459 MSEs during 2014-17.

As part of formalisation ofMSMEs through simplified registra-tion system, Udyog AadharMemorandum was launched onSeptember 18, 2015 and presently,about 31 lakh UAMs have been reg-istered.

�315 crore was allocated by theGovernment under ModifiedMarketing Development Assistance(MMDA) scheme to Khadi Villageand Industries Commission. It hasincreased Khadi production to �1600crore in 2016-17, creating employmentfor more than 11 lakh. Khadi sales hasnow reached �2005 crore. The VillageIndustries production during 2016-17crossed �50,000 crore creatingemployment for more than 133 lakhpeople.

Annual Coir production increasedto more than 5.00 lakh MT providingemployment for 7 lakh. Also, during2016-17 export of coir and it’s prod-ucts increased to �2282 crore.

Ministry of MSME took many e-governance initiatives, including thelaunch of My MSME mobile appli-cation for access to different schemes,effective implementation of the onlinegrievance system, online portal formonitoring of cases of delayed pay-ment of MSEs under MSE facilita-t ion counci l s and launch ofonline finance facilitation cen-tres.

���������+�����"��-������ ��

*"��'�����&� ����#������2�/�����������������*��#���$�����������F�������������.�/��"�,���2����0��"!�&@����� ����������

>(��?!�������,���2�!�&@����� �����������>����������?!��4�"�/�"��2!�&@����� �����������>��?!���A3���������������������"���2���5���"�#��K���������.��������/��"�������5�/����� �������2����"��������������0��"��"����!�9*"��������$��"��"���������#��������������������2��������������������������� ��������/���������� �������$�������3;�

�����������������"���������"�����"��+�

���B�$�#��2�'��$���������������>�'�?�������������"��'����

&� ����#������2����)�!����B!�����������2����/��"�����"����.��!����������!����B�$�#��2'��$����������������/����"���"��$)����3��"����.�������.�/��"��"�����0"��0��!�,��������������������"��#�#������$��'�������"���������������������.�3�

Fibre fishing boat, Mahjeshwari with 7 fish-ermen was rescued by the coast gaurds after

Maritime rescue sub- centre, New Mangalorerecieved information from VTS, New Magaloreabout the distressed fishing boat which wasabout 3.5 nautical miles southwest of Mangaloreat about 9:25 am on June 7.

� ���������-��������"��+�

���'�����&� ����#������2!�������.����� ������� ����#���������������>� ���?��$$���������0��"��.���������.�3�� ���"������������������$�����"��������$�������������"�������� ����#�����"���."�����������.!���������������2��������.���� �����3���3��� ��4���"�#�"��������"�����������������������������#�0����$���2����"��.��!

#���#����/����������� ��/���������#��� ���"���� ����#����$���"��$������.���������3

Delhiites revived their senses amidst the pletho-ra of mind engaging activities and soul sooth-

ing performances by renowned artists and bandsduring the third edition of Greeshm Utsav atGarden of Five Senses, Saket. Delhi Tourism, withan aim to promote tourismin the capital city, Delhi;has been organising anumber of various cultur-al activities and shows atits various tourist sitesaround the year.

During the three dayslong gala event that staredon June 2 and lasted tillJune 4, Delhiites got themselves captivated by alarge number of activities ranging from pottery,painting , cooking classes, treasure hunt rounds andwomen safety sessions, under the supervision ofexperts in the fields.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution commis-sioned a 66/11 kV grid substation at

Rohini Sector -30. This project will benefit over45000 domestic, commercial and governmentand industrial customers mainly in the DDAconstructed LIG, MIG, and HIG flats in dif-ferent sectors of Rohini and adjoining areas Itwill further improve the reliability of power sup-ply and facilitate the load growth in these areas.

The Grid was jointly inaugurated byPraveer Sinha, CEO and MD, Tata Power-DDLand Vir S Advani, MD, Blue Star. The grid sub-station has an installed capacity of 50 MVA, with16 outgoing feeders at 11 kV level. It is anunmanned Substation and will be remotelyoperated from Tata Power DDL’s state of the artSupervisory Controlled and Data AcquisitionCenter (SCADA).

Speaking at the inauguration, Sinha said,“The commissioning of the Grid Substation atRohini, Sector-30 is a part of our commitmentto ensure seamless power supply in our distri-

bution area through N-1 principle whichquickly restores supply overcoming contin-gencies. Our focus has always been on strength-ening the power distribution network forquality and reliable power supply. We are con-tinually making our network future ready sothat it can successfully meet the growing elec-tricity demand.”

����+�����-"�

*"��'�����&� ����#������2/�����������������*��!

�����3��3����"�!�))�>�����?����.��������"��K�/�������'��05����,��2����.���������������"��/��0�����.�/��"��������$$������!��#���2���!������!��"���������������������$�,��2����.��3������������.��������"��#���������������������� ���2��������.�"��������.�������#����������"���� ����#��������.������"��#���2���3�

4��� 6������1

Honourable President of India presentedBaldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman of

National Book Trust, the prestigious GaneshShankar Vidyarthi award for his excellence inJournalism, 2015 at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Theaward included a certificate, a shawl and anamount of �5 lakh.

A noted writer, journalist and socialthinker, Sharma has also served as the editorof Dainik Swadesh, Dainik Bhaskar andAmar Ujala. He was appointed as the editorof the national weekly Panchjanya in 2008 andserved there till 2013. Thereafter, he also

served as the editor of the daily NationalDuniya. He has contributed numerous articleson issues of national and social importance tomajor magazines and newspapers.

Sharma, is also a noted figure on variousHindi news channels for his participation insocio-political discourse and has been asso-ciated with Akashwani through its numerousprogrammes.

He has recently authored three booksnamely, Mere Samay Ka Bharat, AdhyatmicChetna aur Sugandhit Jeevan and HamareSudarshanji.

�4�1+������������������� ���������"�����.� ���#������#������������"����2����!�/����0������0�����"���������� �����0��������������"����/�������������2��$������2��$�����!��#������������#�&����������

% ������������������

@�����#�������G+�A�O�B��-�!�������*N��������8������ � ��������� ��?��������������� �����& ����G��� ������+���' ���1�

����������(

������������ ����

"���� �������������� �����

,����������� ������ ���

% �����������$������� '����

�������2��#�������-���

7�����#���/�������������2�������#�����������������������.��2J(&�����������$�"��)� ���#����$�(����3�*"�#���.�#����"����"�."��."����$��"�$���������2����71%=J%6���������� ������������������/��������#���3�*"��#����/�������������2������"4�#��!����������>��������?!���������-��"�!���������>*��"�����?������"��"�4�#��������!���������>B������?3�

-������������+����� ��A#� ����B��0�����. ����+����� ��A%��������B������������������������+����� ��AF������B������ ������� �� !!����� !��*#������� ����������������������$��1

,�$��$ �"�/$�"E#%����������� !�������! ��������+��� '��������G����'��������'�A����'����������� �B�����#�������������!!�����-���#����'�-���������� ����$ �����������'��� �!������� �����7�3�������������������������� !��������������������+����� ��.����91�%��������������������� !�������+��� '���������G����'��������'��+�1��#����������������#�����'���+����� ��,�������A�������B��#����! ����� ��0���������#�F������ � ���������� ����1

%�������������A*����������F������&��!���B����������'������� ��������������������� ����� �� !�����;@�������2�������������� �������� ����*����������0�������C������ ��� ������� ������������C���*����� ����������� ��� �� ��.����M1

� ������"����������'"�������

*��#��0��"������������$�!� �����"������������.����� ������� ����#���

�����������>� ���?!��.��������#���� �!����"��(�������������������#���@!���-����D���3��3���� ��4���"!���!�� ����/����������� ��2�������������.�����"������� ������������������.�/��"���"�����������$$������3�

�+�3�����������

����� ������"����.��!��)!����B��)!����#��������2�����,���!��)!�-�##�����

4��"#���������� �������8D���!����B��A��������������#���!�����#����������"�����B���2���������/"�����"��$���2��������#������0����������-����D!71%6����/"��"�8�#���������/����0�������2����B3������������.����"�#�������������$�����#���������23������������������.������!�%6������������$�8D���!����B��������.��"����##��������"3�(F�����"#��������I-�����4������������=�$��#�8D���!����B�/����/�������)������/��������������/��"��)�������2�)!����B3��)!����B������ ��������������.���������88���!����B/"�������������������������.�$��������������������2���$����#�����"�C����J71%6������0��.������3����!�"��������������"����������������"���#���������$��������2������.�#������������"��2����3

%���/�� ����������! ��/�$��+��� '������* ��� �����/�$��# ������������� ��������! ����� �����0� ������� ����@���������������������F����+��� ���������$�� ��.����91������ ����1

#��������������G8������+��%�%��# ����+����+����$��� ������@�������������+��0���������� ��������� ������ �����,������$���� �����- ���������� �27)1

Page 15: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

� � � � �

�������'�(������)*����+,�-./0

" � - � ! � ) � B � � >

��

���������������������#���#��!���� ���.����"����������$�*�#���������G023�*"��.�����"��.�������"��������$$��"�������������3�B����.�/���!�����������������������/���"�����.�"���B����"���������!��"��I1�"J��������/�������2������*�����2�����"����"��B����"�������#�$�����3��������G02���$������%I�"J������4�������������� ���=J8!�=J8������#���"��/����������������2�����3�(��/��������"��#�����#������ �����������.��"��"����2��������"����."����$���3�V(/�����������#���������������%%��3#3!V��������G02����3�V(�/�0��������8��3#3�(�����������������$�����"���3�'�������0���������3�'�0��������������"���#2����#3�2�"�����/���������.3���0�!����/��������"3V�������G02�/���"� ��.�����."�#���3�V(���#�#����"���(�"��!���0�!��"������/�����"���(�/���������.� ����#2�������.����������(�"� ���"���!V��"������3�V����($��.����"�#�����"��������3�������/�������.����#�!���(�����������.���������"��������/��"����.� ��.��"���/�����$��"��B����"�����!�����(�/�0���������(�/���/�����.3�(��/������������$���#�3V

'�"�������������"�����������2���)��������#��#�$��������$����"��$������#�!�-�������������0�����������������0���"�����$���������.����"�P�����$������2����������.��3�������0�!������������%HJ2���J����$��#���� ��!������2���������������2�$��������.��"��.�J$��J������0����$���#����������������0��/���������������$��#����3�%����������'�G����0��8J=!�=J7!�=J7����"��B����"���������������2�*�����23�(������"��$����#������������"��%H6H�����������������/"������/�#��P��F������$��������/�����)��������#�"�#����3�*"�����J�$J��/"�����������0�P����@�������������I1�"J�������*�#����������G02��$�/��G������!�/"�����#�������%I�"J�������4������������� ����$�B������=J8!�=J83 �.������

����(�����(*�'����&�(�&�!�(*�(4!�(�*�&�B(��*��&*

+ !$%&'��($'$%)*

(���P*�4�'���'��C)�&��(����*!�(���C����&*��*�(���(��&(��+,�!&�&�

��:���0���:!8���:�8��>����-�1����8�"�!��)0������)�0�0����8�)�8��)0��<�>�)8���>�8"�0���-!��:����1��F"� �!)0�+

��� ���(�

Novak Djokovic's FrenchOpen title defense endedwith a surprisingly lop-

sided 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinalloss to sixth-seeded DominicThiem of Austria on Wednesday.

A year ago, Djokovic becamethe first man in nearly a half-cen-tury to claim a fourth consecutivemajor championship and com-pleted a career Grand Slam atRoland Garros. But his form hasdipped considerably since then, andnow he has gone four majors in arow without earning a trophy.

"It's a fact that I'm not playingclose to my best," Djokovic said."This is a whole new situation thatI'm feeling."

On Wednesday at a windyCourt Suzanne Lenglen, Djokovicwas out of sorts in so many ways,even before that 20-minute third setin which he won only 8 of 34points. That was only the secondtime that Djokovic lost a final setby the score of 6-0 in his 937 careertour-level matches.

"It was not there for me today,"Djokovic said with a sigh.

He wasted two set points in theopener. By the end of the match, hewound up with nearly twice asmany unforced errors, 35, as win-ners, 18. His backhand was par-ticularly problematic.

Known for tremendous foot-work and court coverage, the No.2-seeded Serb even stumbled andtumbled to the court, his racket fly-ing out of his hands, early in thesecond set. Djokovic was left on hisknees, and soon he would be outof the tournament entirely.

"All in all," Djokovic said, "it

was decided, I think, in the first set."How unlikely was this result?

Djokovic entered the day havingwon all five previous matches - and11 of 12 sets — against Thiem,including in the French Open

semifinals a year ago."It's amazing for me," Thiem

said. "To beat him for the first timein the quarters of the French Openis a dream."

Plus, Djokovic had appeared in

a record six consecutive semifinalsin Paris. But this continued whathas become something of a 12-month downward slide for himsince he finally grabbed ahold ofthe French Open championship he

had so long sought.Since then, though, the high-

light for Djokovic was a runner-upfinish at the U.S. Open. Otherwise,he lost his No. 1 ranking to AndyMurray and lost in the third round

of Wimbledon, the first round ofthe Rio de Janeiro Olympics, andthe second round of the AustralianOpen.

Along the way, he split withone of his coaches, Boris Becker,and then his other, Marian Vajda,along with other members of hisentourage. Djokovic enlisted AndreAgassi for coaching help duringWeek 1 of the French Open, butAgassi had some prior commit-ments and so was gone by the timeDjokovic faced Thiem.

The 23-year-old Thiem willface nine-time French Open cham-pion Rafael Nadal next.

"You have to play the best guysround after round," Thiem said. "It'snot getting easier on Friday."

The other men's quarterfinalsscheduled for later Wednesday:2016 runner-up Murray vs. No 8Kei Nishikori, and 2015 championStan Wawrinka vs. No 7 MarinCilic.

Thiem is a talented, up-and-coming player, to be sure, and heis the only man to beat Nadal in theSpaniard's 23 matches on clay in2017. That came in the quarterfi-nals of the Italian Open last month.

Earlier Wednesday, Nadalreached his record 10th FrenchOpen semifinal when No 20 PabloCarreno Busta of Spain retiredfrom their match early in the sec-ond set because of an injuredabdominal muscle he said beganbothering him on a serve at 5-2 inthe first. Nadal led 6-2, 2-0 whenCarreno Busta stopped.

Nadal has dropped only 22games so far in the tournament, thefewest he has lost on the way to anyof his 26 Grand Slam semifinalberths.

TURIN: Juventus sayscoach MassimilianoAllegri has signed a newcontract with the Italianchampions through2020.

Allegri has won threeSerie A titles since he washired by the Turin teamin 2014.

The new deal wasannounced Wednesday,four days after the team'sChampions League finalloss to Real Madrid onSaturday.

Juventus says"Allegri has undeniablytransformed the clubinto a significant playeron the continent."

������������ ���������������D�����"�+ �!��+���"��!� �"��� ��.��� ��� '�������2� ����� ��� $����� �"�������B�����������$����������>�B�?�����"����#����.������"�����#�����$�"� ��.������$�������.���� �������"��(������$����������0�"�������#�����.�����"�����������@����2P��"���F����������4�������#�������*"�����2�$�������������0��"��(�����.��#3(�/"������#��������������/�$����"��(���������������.��!��"��B��"���V��������V��"�� ������$�"� ��.��������J(����� ���.��!��������.� ����������#���� ��������2��"�����.��� $����/��.�"��#�����.�/"���� �"�� �����/��� �������������2� �����������������"��������3��"�����.��� "� �� ����� ��F��������(BB� ����� ������#�����.����-����%7��������������2��B�������������"���2���P�����.������������3�*"���B�P������� �������"�����#��$���� �#������ ��� ������ � ��� �"�� �����������$��"�����.������ &���� ���.��� ����� �"�� ������� �� (��� $��� �"�� ����#��.������3�*"����.��/���������$�(������$���������������#�������"���� ��#���� �$� ���� ��2��.� �"�� "�$�2� $����"���� $��� �$� �%D�����������"�2�"� ����������."��#���2�$��#��"��������������3�B����.��� �"���(BB� ��� �������� ��#�����.�/��"� ���� (J���.��������������������"���2���P�����.�������������3

�����"�+������+��+��������������� �������'�!�*"����������)�#������)���/�����������������$���"��/��"� �"��$� �������� ���"��� �����0��� ��2��.� �"��� �"���$������������ ��F������ $��� "�����.� �"�� � ���� ���� �����������������2���@��2���3*"��.�#���/"��"�/������"��������� ��� "���� ��� �����#���� 71%=� ��� )��� /���� ���������� ��� �#����71%6��2��"����� �����.� ���#���������2���@#�0��������0��3� *"�� �����0��J���� .� ���#���� "��� ��/� ���"��� �������"������������$���"�����.��"��� ���3�*"���"��$��������������"����"��.� ���#�����������2����"�����"����������)�#�����@�2�������2��$���������������.��"����$��������������F������$����"�� ���3�������.��"��� ������������0����.������������"� ����������$������������������������������"�������!������0�����������������$� ��$������������ "��� ����� ��� ��� ���������� �2� ������#����������3�*"��������������#�����������"��#���2���F�����������������$���������������"������������)�#���/����D61����������� (� "� �� ��/��0��� �"�� ����#����� ���� ����."�� ��� ��/�� ���811������3

��������-�������������-���������������������������-���"��! *"���������������2� "���/������� ��� �"�����#��������P���$$���!���F������.��"�����������$����"��������"2���"�������/"�����������������������������������"���������/��"�"��0�2� ��.���� /��"� (����P�� "�."���� �� ������ "�����3� ��������������,���2�)�������$��#��� ���-) �"���"��"���/������� �����#���������������������3�(����������"��$�������#���"����"�������2� "��� ���."�� �"����� ������ $��� �"2��� �"���!� /"�"������ (�����/��� �"����.����#��������� �"����2#����� >%H7:!%HI7� ���� %HI=?3� �����.� �"�� ��� ����� ��� 71%I!� �"�� ������������2�"����"������"��"��0�2�/�G����$����"��"������� ������0����.�.��������"���*�����0��3���/� �������"����#��2���!���/���� �������2����������� �"���*�����0���/������� �"�� $������������������������� ���"���/���!�"������$����"��������"����������������������������������3�*"��������2������������/��������"�����#�������������������"���/��03 �)&A%)6

� � � - � � � � � � � � � � � �

Liverpool: Everton's star striker RomeluLukaku has asserted that staying at the city-based football club next season is not anoption and he is exploring possibilities tomove to a more reputed club in England.

"Staying at Everton is not really anoption for next season. There is nothing con-crete with another club at the moment. Myagent (Mino Raiola) is busy discussingthings. I'm not going to make big declara-tions about my future," Lukaku was quot-ed as saying by telegraph.co.uk on Tuesday.

"But I know where I want to play, in aclub which is competing in the ChampionsLeague and can win titles in England," the

Belgian international added.Various reports have confirmed that the

24-year-old wants to return to his formerclub Chelsea, who sold him to Everton threeyears back for 28 million pound ($36.11 mil-lion). "Staying in England is best for me. Iknow the competition, and I've almostreached 100 goals in the league, which is amilestone I want to achieve".

According to the website, Chelsea areconsidering the 100 million pound ($128.9million) fee demanded by Everton as toohefty, because one of their targets, AlvaroMorata of Real Madrid, has a price-tag ofaround $70 million.

%*�G��%%8�,,8�FF8-�++.8�G-��$�����.��"�#������"�����������"��0������."���������$�������=�"J�������������

BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund hassigned versatile midfielderMaximilian Philipp fromBundesliga rival Freiburg, one dayafter hiring a new coach.

Dortmund says the 23-year-oldPhilipp, a member of Germany'sunder-21 team for the upcomingEuropean Championship, hassigned a five-year deal throughJune 2022.

The Berlin-born Philipp, whomade his way from Hertha Berlin toTennis Borussia Berlin, then EnergieCottbus and Freiburg, scored ninegoals in 24 Bundesliga appearanceslast season.

Kicker magazine reportsDortmund is paying about 20 mil-lion euros ($22.5 million) for thetransfer, a record for Freiburg.

Dortmund, which presentedPeter Bosz as coach on Tuesday, hadalready signed defender OmerToprak from Bayer Leverkusen,

midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud fromBorussia Moenchengladbach and18-year-old defender Dan-AxelZagadou from Paris Saint-Germainahead of next season.

> ��"��������������

���� ����?�����.���� �������

'&! !&�A ��#����'" +"

����� ��(

Having posted their sev-enth straight win in inter-

national football, Indian play-ers feel it is important that they"remained calm to sustain themomentum" in the 2019 AsianCup Qualifier against KyrgyzRepublic.

India plays KyrgyzRepublic in a crucial AFCAsian Cup qualifying match inBengaluru on June 13.

The hosts comfortably beatNepal 2-0 in a friendly here onWednesday, but they are notyet ready to bask in glory.

Sandesh Jhinhgan, who isnow making it a habit of scor-ing in almost every match,grinned when reminded aboutit.

"I am happy to help theteam," he uttered momentsafter India's win. "The cleansheet matters the most. Weneeded this victory becausethis gives us a good momen-tum for the match againstKyrgyz Republic. We need to

build on it." Jeje Lalpekhlua, whose

sublime finish wrapped upproceedings for India, insistedthat the team needs to "staycalm".

Lalpekhlua said: "It washumid and a very difficultgame. We fought hard andstayed together. We did not getany goal in the first half butstayed calm and patient. Wekept working in the second halfand it paid dividends."

Seven consecutive victoriesin international football is nosmall achievement, but strikerRobin Singh isn't willing toread much into it.

"There is only one way, andthat is to move forward fromhere," Robin said. The matchagainst Nepal was a winningstep and it is time to focus onthe match against KyrgyzRepublic."

The players had a morningrecovery session at the pooland will resume practice fromThursday.

"The victory against Nepal

makes us more confident,"said Pritam Kotal, who floatedinnumerable crosses from theflanks against Nepal. "We needto carry this confidence intoour next match and need to fillin the areas which the coachwill instruct us to."

Midfield generalEugeneson Lyngdoh felt thatthe team played a "good game"against Nepal.

"This was a much-neededvictory. We need to capitaliseon the win. It will stir up theconfidence of the players forsure," said the dynamic mid-fielder.

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu,who now has an all-win recordin the three matches in whichhe has captained India, credit-ed the coaching staff, the coachand his teammates for the suc-cess.

"Football is not just aboutone man. It's a team playingtogether, and it's not just theteam which is taking the field.I am proud to be a part of theteam," Sandhu said.

&����� ����������)���@���������

(*�'���� (������,&�C

�(BB(� �*�)�&3'&�B� )�*�����

����*�C&�*�)&*�&�3�'&

�(���*�)&*��C)����(�*�&

B(��*����B�� *�*�C&�����

�����*(&*3�'&4&�*�'��4()�(*�&��&�������B

���(*���(��(,(�&��+(�(�

�*�(4&��-&-&����&4�� �

Page 16: Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandsaur and Neemuch. The administration has blocked internet services as protesters and anti-social ele-ments are allegedly

�������'�(������)*����+,�-./0

" � - � ! � ) � B � � >

��

4���(P�� 4�'�&�)&� �B� �*��� �(* �*(�� (��&��B�*�&��&����*�&C���&����� ��&��B �(�*�&�����*&��,&��(�+&.&!'&�/0!&.)!1&

(�'�����4()���)�����C� ���&�������CB��� �3��&������&&�(������ *&�B���>B��� ��&C�(��� *C? +&!/"�$�2&1"�.

��:���0�B��<8��"�B����:��8�)�5��)�8�����-����)����?������-���:+���:������8�<8��)0��8��>�1�)�0����>�:��)�8B��

���������� &'��&��(

Any doubts lingering in the minds ofIndian fans about whether theirteam can perform up to its potential,

with rumours of discord between the cap-tain and the coach doing the rounds,would have been set aside after Men in Blues'massive victory over Pakistan in their firstChampions Trophy match.

The Indian team showed the kind ofform and collective teamwork that wonthem the last Champions Trophy in 2013.Their next challenge is taking on Sri Lankawho were convincingly beaten in their firstmatch by South Africa. A victory would seala spot for India in the semifinals. There wereconcerns about the form of Indian batsmencoming into the tournament but they werelaid to rest through scintillating strokeplayfrom the top order. Both Rohit Sharma andShikhar Dhawan seemed to be in full flowwhile Virat Kohli too got into his stride afterstruggling initially.

Yuvraj seems to have regained his oldtouch making him one of the most fearsomestrokemakers in the game. As if the Indianbatting line-up didn't look intimidatingenough, Hardik Pandya proved with his use-ful cameo at the end of the innings that hisperformances for Mumbai Indians in IPLwere not flukes.

What would worry the Lankans is thefact that Kohli has shown a special liking forSri Lanka over the years and MS Dhoni, whodidn't get a chance to bat against Pakistan,also plays well against them.Hence, it is safe to say that theIndian line-up is extremelydangerous and the AngeloMathews-led side would haveto bowl out of their skins to contain them.

The Lankan bowling attack seemscapable but not enough to worry India.Nuwan Pradeep, who has some extra pace,did bowl a couple of good spells againstSouth Africa. Suranga Lakmal can be effec-tive if there is seam movement available. Butthe trump card for Sri Lanka is LasithMalinga, who judging by his precise Yorkers,has got his groove back. However, he hasstruggled against India in the past and hasbeen dealt with rather severely by Kohli andDhoni. Whether Malinga can redeem him-self or continues to be ineffective againstIndians could be one of the crucial factorsin deciding the result of the match.

Sri Lanka's batting still looks a bit frag-ile and with Upul Tharanga out of the gamewith a ban, they would be even more relianton Matthews and Dinesh Chandimal.

The Lankans badly need their youngbatsmen to fire. Kusal Mendis and KusalPerera are talented youngsters. The formeris a compact batsman while the latter hasmodelled himself on Sanath Jayasuriya.Both, though, are yet to fully find their feetin ODI's.

India's bowling against Pakistan justi-fied all the praise it had been receiving fromexperts. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who is bestsuited to English conditions due to his abil-ity to swing the ball, and Umesh Yadav, pos-sessing raw pace, form an exciting new ballpair. Jasprit Bumrah's expertise in bowling

at the death wasn't needed against Pakistanbut may come in handy in this match.

The decision to keep Ashwin out raisedsome eyebrows but it wasn't a surprise asJadeja's impeccable control of line and lengthmakes him a reliable bowler even in unhelp-ful conditions.

India are clearly the more powerful sideand seemed comfortable in English condi-tions. Sri Lanka need something special andmay bring in chinaman Lakshan Sandakanto provide some variety to the attack.However, a lot more would be required toturn the tables on India.

����� ��(

Faced with a do-or-die situation, a fired upPakistan produced an inspiring bowling show

to restrict South Africa to a modest 219 for eightin a crucial Group B ICC Champions Trophymatch, here on Wednesday.

After an embarrassing defeat against India,Pakistan bowlers bowled their hearts out afterSouth Africa elected to bat at Edgbaston, whichhad a slightly slow wicket.

The spinners choked the Proteas in the begin-ning with three strikes and later the pacemenpulled the rug from under South Africa's feet withfiery spells.

Had it not been for a fighting knock fromDavid Miller (75*) and his timely 47-run standwith Chris Morris (28) for the sev-enth wicket, the Proteas would haveeven struggled to get close to 200-run mark.

It was Miller's slowest fifty inODI cricket as he took 83 balls tocomplete it but it came at a crucial time for hisside. Miller's 79-run knock had only four bound-aries.

Miller also found some good support fromKagiso Rabada, who came up with a 26-run knockas the they added 48 runs for the eight wicket.

These two partnerships after South Africawere struggling at 118 for six, propped up theProteas innings.

Left-arm spinner Imad Wasim took two wick-ets upfront while Hasan Ali (3/18) wiped off themiddle order in a sensational three-wicket burstthat turned the tide in the favour of Pakistan, whoneed to win this match to stay alive.

Pacers Mohammed Amir and Junaid Khan(2/53) did not take many wickets but pepperedthe South Africans with well- calculated yorkersto further choke them.

Pakistan spinners proved very effective earlyin the South African innings with Wasim (2/20)and Mohammed Hafeez (1/51) cleaning up thetop-order within 15 overs.

Wasim, introduced in the ninth over, struckwith his second ball to break the steady opening

stand. He trapped consistent Hashim Amla (16)and then handed skipper AB De Villiers (0) hisfirst ever golden duck in the One-Day format.

De Villiers flashed hard at one but hitstraight to point where Hafeez took a simple catch.

Mohammed Hafeez sent back well-setQuinton de Kock (33), who used his feet very wellbefore attempting a sweep and was caught in frontof the wicket. Together, they bowled 14 overs intandem, not giving many free runs to the Proteasbatsmen. Faf du Plessis (26) and David Miller hadto work hard to keep the scoreboard ticking butthey could not build a big partnership as pacemanHasan Ali came out to ball and removed the for-mer with the second ball of his spell.

����� ����

Defending champions India cannot afford to becomplacent even though they are up against a

Sri Lanka, which can hardly claim to be a great team,feels veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

India will take on Sri Lanka here tomorrow intheir second Champions Trophy match and a winwill assure them of a place in the semifinals.

"The islanders do not boast a great team, andUpul Tharanga's absence will hurt them immense-ly. With first-choice captain Angelo Mathewsinjured, it was left to Tharanga to stand in for himbut now he has left a void," Harbhajan wrote in hiscolumn for the ICC.

Tharanga has been suspended for two match-es owing to over-rate offences. "Let's not forget theupcoming game is extremely crucial from SriLanka's point of view because the team has alreadylost to South Africa and faces a must-win situation

against the defending champion," Harbhajan wrote.The feisty bowler feels India carry a lot of pos-

itives into the match, given their dominating winover Pakistan in the lung-opener.

"Almost every batsman fired in right earnestduring Sunday's showdown against Pakistan. Eventhe bowlers had a fruitful outing, but I would liketo see some improvements in the bowling depart-ment. I must admit that I was a little surprised byIndia's underwhelming display in the field," he said.

"If it ends up being a 50-overs-a-side game, thenI don't see Sri Lanka troubling India at all," he addedbut cautioned against taking things for granted.

"The Men in Blue should also be wary of thecomplacency factor. On a high after the 124-run winover Pakistan, Virat Kohli and his side must not letthe intensity levels down. India just needs to get thebasics right. I expect the top order as well as Kohliand Yuvraj Singh to take off from where they leftin Birmingham," he said.

����� &'��&��(

India's premier off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin has revealed

the demoralising effect he has had whilebowling at the former swashbucklingopener Virender Sehwag.

Talking in a chat show 'What theDuck 2', Ashwin recalled his tryst withSehwag at a net session a few years ago.

"Sehwag was never complicated. Hehad a demoralising effect on me actu-ally," Ashwin said.

"There was an incident inDambulla, where every ball that Ibowled, first ball I bowled outside offstump, Sehwag cut me. Next ball Ibowled on off stump, he cuts me. Nextball I bowled on middle stump, he cutsme. The next ball I bowl on leg stump,he again cuts me. So I said 'what the hellis happening'. So I just bowled a ballfuller, Sehwag stepped out and slugged

me out for a six," Ashwin recalled."So I said to myself either I am just

not good enough or this guy is just waytoo good ... Which he was. But to thegreater Sachin Tendulkar also, I didn'tstruggle with bowling so much in the

nets. I was very inquisitive. I observedthis for a few days.

"But then I couldn't hold myselfback, I went to him (Sehwag) and asked,'so what should I do to improve'.

"Viru said 'You know what, I don't

think off-spinners are bowlers. They donot trouble me at all. I just find it easysmashing them'. I said 'Sir you are cut-ting me'. He said, 'Yeah, I hit off-spin-ners against the spin on the off side andfor left-arm spinners, I will hit againstthe spin on the leg side. I said, 'okay,fine'," Ashwin recounted.

After being thrashed during net ses-sions on multiple occasions by Sehwag,Ashwin finally managed to figure out away to get the better of the hard-hittingbatsman. He found out that the best pos-sible plan against Sehwag was to bowlevery single ball as "best rubbish ball".

"So the best possible plan againstSehwag was to bowl every single singleball as best rubbish ball that you cangive. And I got him out a few times inthe IPL that way. Because what heexpects is not what you dish out.Because he expects you to bowl goodballs," said Ashwin.

"!04!�&�)5&!0�)5"<�!-&0�&)

�&�>����(4?�(�����&�����&*�B���(�(���(�4&*!�(*P��,&�C�����*��B(����) C'����������**� ���%81�4�����'����*�(4&��*�&�����*�&�'�C��&���&��(*

+ ,(��*�4���(

'&���&�����C�*�'��4�(����*�& �&���)�3�(�&�!���&��&���C&S�&�*�� ��*��'(*�&�����(���(�'�(���*�4&���'�C����*��B���&�� �&�� *�B�*�&�) C�+ �)&����*�&'�

���)�������?

MATCH MATCHpreview

� �"��������"�."�2�������������#��!�4�����������������������$�����#������2��$��������0�5��������.3���"�������#��������"��F���������/���J�������������"��������3���������0��/��$���"���$����������0����2�/"��"�������0������2�����3

"�������������"���#�����/���!������0������"��������$������"���@����2���������0������0��/��$�����������.3���"��������"��������$�������/�����$"����2�������"����"�/��.��������������3�����������������������$������$���(���������"��#���"3

&�%�*�8/%�F8-

0��:�))8�00��:� *"���/�����#��"� ��$������$$����%8H

����������/��"�(�������#��.�������/����������:I������������0�����D8#���"��3

� ���"����#�5�"�."�����������.���������"��"�����#������"����#��#���"3�(�����������8%8�6������.�#��������0�����711H�/"�����������0����������/��"8%%�:3��

� ��"����"��#�5��7=8��.���������0����71%8����4��0��������"��"�."�������� ����������������(5�3

� �����"�������"����5��6�I1������"��������/���.�$�.��������(����J�������0����(#���"��3

B������B�������

� � � � � � � � � � �����-�� -��,�� ��-"

There seems to be no end to SriLankan team's miseries as theirskipper Angelo Mathews will notbe able to bowl against India dur-ing their match on Thursday. Tomake matters worse, senior bats-man Chamara Kapugedara alsosustained a knee injury and hob-bled out of the ground in consid-erable pain. Cricket ManagerAsanka Gurusinha informed thatMathews will not be bowling andit will certainly affect the balanceof the side.

�$�����"�#���.�/���� �����0!�4�"��5��#������0�$�����������.���������0�

�����������@�����������"��#�����.�����"��/���"���/�������#��������2���������G2�$����"��������$�"����23�*�#���������/��������������%:���.�����������3

$ � � � ' " $ �

+���$��������� ��������� ���� ��������� �

�� �������! 7%H�:��������>D1��,&��?��,(��(��&� 6DE�������( I�78(���'��( 7�71

������������

% �,;-1�!-5

��+�������8%�0G��8�#C��G�%J�0*�..�

#��6�2��������1�����H� 1�6�

���� �+#�#$��' �!

#� $�##��$�#

'�+"�E$�%�*H88�%��#��D8IH*84%�