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C ountdown begins. Come July 1 when you have noth- ing to say at all but only shout “hurrah” for paying your Goods and Service Tax or GST on some items you buy for your daily use, but you are likely to feel the pinch on some other items. Aiming at aam aadmi’s basic needs, including roti, kapda aur makaan, which will be available at cheaper prices under the GST regime, the Government has finalised four-tier tax slabs, except gold and rough dia- monds which do not fall under the current rate-slab ambit. Gold will be taxed at 3 per cent and diamond at 0.25 per cent. With the Government making the unique and historic concept — “One nation, one tax, one market” — real, some basic items such as eggs, milk, butter milk, curd, honey, fresh fruits and vegetables, flour, besan, bread, prasad, salt, fresh meat, fish, chicken, etc, will bring a smile in your face with a charge of zero tax or no tax. On the other hand, you will burn a hole in your pocket by paying your hard-earned money through GST at 28 per cent on indis- pensable items such as choco- late, chewing gum, wafers, pan masala, aerated water, deodor- ants, shaving creams, after- shave, hair shampoo, dye, water heater, washing machine, ATM vending machines, vacuum cleaner, shavers, molasses, etc. The rate of taxation on almost all 1,211 items has been finalised. 55 items will invite cess and some useful items will be exempted from the GST, while remaining items like tax on lottery will be decided by the GST Council’s next meet- ing, which has been scheduled for June 11. It is, however, learnt that there is also a room for the revision of some of items, if needed. “We have already finalised tax and cess, and without cess for almost all items to be taxed under the GST regime, but some items or goods are left to be included in the list, includ- ing tax on lottery. Continued on Page 4 I t is time for India to launch the Asian Space Agency, this is what Dr Nambi Narayanan, described as the father figure of the country’s heavy duty rock- et development programme told The Pioneer on Monday after watching the proceedings at Satish Dhavan Space Centre at Sriharikota, (Andhra Pradesh) from where Team ISRO successfully launched the complex and complicated Geosynchronous Satellite Launching Vehicle-Mark 3 D1 (GSLV-Mark III), which was nicknamed the “fat boy” by Indian space scientists and “Bahubali” by the Telugu media. Weighing 640 tonnes, GSLV- Mark III is the heaviest ever rocket made by India till date. Not only that, the space sci- entists successfully deployed GSAT-19, a next generation communication satellite weigh- ing 3,136 kg, the heaviest ever communication satellite fabri- cated in India, into the Geo Stationary Orbit, 36,000 km away from the earth. The D1 in the GSLV-Mark 3 stands for the first developmental flight. This means that India is not dependant on any other space agencies like the ESA (European Space Agency) to launch its heavy communication satel- lites. Till now, ISRO had to carry the heavy communication satel- lites built by it to the ESA’s launch pad at French Guyana paying exorbitant amount as launch fee for each launch. With the successful launch of the GSLV-Mark 3 and deploy- ment of the 3,136 kg communi- cation satellite, India had proved to the outside world that it can launch heavy communication satellite on its own. “We have become a major space power and global player in launch business,” said Nambi Narayanan who developed the VIKAS engine in the 1990s which formed the core of Monday’s GSLV mission. Meanwhile, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi con- gratulated scientists of ISRO for the successful launch of India’s heaviest rocket. While the President said the nation is proud of ISRO’s achievement of successfully launching the indigenously- developed GSLV-Mk III and termed the event as “historic”, the Prime tweeted,” The GSLV - MKIII D1/GSAT-19 mission takes India closer to the next generation launch vehicle and satellite capability. The nation is proud.” According to Kiran Kumar, chairman, ISRO, the country can launch heavy duty com- munication satellites from SDSC, India’s space port at Sriharikota on its own without any outside help. The GSLV-Mark 3 launch vehicle deployed by India on Monday is the heaviest ever rocket built by the country and powered by an indigenously developed cryogenic engine, one of the most complicated technologies in the world which uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen to power the rockets. It may be remembered that other space powers had tried their best to sabotage and sub- vert India’s efforts to develop the indigenous cryogenic engine. The ISRO spy case of 1995, which cost the careers of two eminent space scientists, Narayanan and Sasi Kumar, was the handiwork of persons who were under the payroll of various foreign agencies. Continued on Page 4 T he Kashmir valley remained on the boil on Monday as security forces averted a major terror strike on a headquarters of 45th battalion of CRPF at Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipore district, 25 kilome- ters from here, at around 3:45 am, gunning down four Pakistan-sponsored terrorists. Sources said the suicide squad was first noticed by dogs surrounding the camp who alerted the sentries. An illumi- nating bomb exposed the ter- rorists’ positions before they were gunned down. With infiltration bids going up and ceasefire violation also on the rise, India warned Pakistan that “abetment” of these acts will invite “appro- priate retaliatory actions.” Indian Director General of Military Operation conveyed this warning to his Pakistan counterpart. The hour-long operation against the terrorists ended without any casualty on the security forces’ side. Home Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the CRPF for showing “exemplary courage and valour” in thwarting the militant’s attempt. “The CRPF jawans and Jammu and Kashmir police showed exemplary courage and valour by thwart- ing the terrorists` attempt to enter the camp and in success- fully eliminating all the terror- ists,” Rajnath Singh said in a statement. The congregational prayers were going on in the mosques when the exchange of fire began. The terrorists lobbed grenades and fired indiscriminately in a bid to storm the camp. “The terrorists attempted to enter the camp by cutting the wire fencing. The alert CRPF sentries spotted them and foiled their plans by opening fire. In an hour-long gunfight, four foreign terrorists were killed,” Inspector General (IG) Operations of the CRPF in Kashmir, Zulfiqar Hassan said. He said the militants had planned a long-drawn siege in the camp where around 150 personnel were stationed. Continued on Page 4 P utting an end to the specu- lation of a possible thaw in the frozen India-Pakistan ties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday there will be no bilateral engagement between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Kazakhstan this month where the two countries will join as new members. “No meeting is scheduled either from their side or from our side,” Swaraj said. It was expected that the two PMs might sit together to work out a solution to resume the bilateral talks that were shelved by New Delhi follow- ing the terror attack on the Pathankot air base last year. Addressing a Press confer- ence to mark three years of the NDA Government, Sushma claimed there has been no flip flop in India’s Pak policy. “Our Pak policy stands on three pil- lars — We want to resolve all issues through talks; there can- not be a third party when we talk and talks and terror can- not go together,” she said. Continued on Page 4 A rab nations, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Monday cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremism, in the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the region in years. Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the Maldives joined Saudi Arabia and Egypt in severing relations with gas-rich Qatar, with Riyadh accusing Doha of sup- porting groups, including some backed by Iran, “that aim to destabilise the region”. Qatar reacted with fury, denying any support for extremists and accusing its Gulf neighbours of seeking to put the country under “guardianship”. The crisis was likely to have wide-ranging conse- quences, not just for Qatar and its citizens but around the Middle East and for Western interests. Qatar hosts the largest US airbase in the region, which is crucial to operations against Islamic State group jehadis, and is set to host the 2022 foot- ball World Cup. Monday’s announcement came less than a month after US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia to cement ties with Riyadh and called for a united front among Muslim countries against extremism. F armers seem divided after Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s assurances that some of their demands will be met. While a few organisations said they will consider calling off the violence-ridden strike, State president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Anil Yadav said the agitation will continue. Yadav said he felt “betrayed” by the CM’s announcement following his meeting with representatives of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) at Ujjain on Sunday. Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh nation- al president Shivkumar Sharma, alias Kakkaji, said, “The Government has con- spired with BKS to get the strike called off. But the real issues of the farmers are still pending and the strike will con- tinue.” Farmers stopped trucks and vehicles carrying milk and vegetables from village at sev- eral places. In the State capital, full cream milk of Sanchi Dairy was unavailable. Indore is also facing a milk crisis, and a sim- ilar situation prevails in Jhabua, Dhar, Shajahanpur and Sehore. The farmers in Harda shaved their heads as a sign of protest. Chouhan on Sunday met representatives of the Indian Farmers’ Union and agreed to most of the demands, includ- ing buying onions at Rs 8 per kg, and paying 50 per cent in cash for produce and deposit- ing the rest in banks, and buy- ing moong at an agreed price. Though the farmers union postponed the strike, the other organisations continued with the stir. Framers in Ratlam pelt- ed stones and damaged prop- erty on Sunday, due to which police lathi charged them. Police had to lathi charge and use tear gas on protesting farmers in Delanpur, after which the farmers resorted to stone pelting. In the turmoil sub-inspector Pawan Yadav got a severe eye injury. Farmers also set four vehicles on fire. “The farmers have been cheated. The strikes will con- tinue till the demands have been properly met, including the main ones of loan waiver and fair price for produce,” said State Secretary of the Indian Farmers’ Union Anil Yadav in a statement. The president of Rashtriya Kisan Majdoor Sangh Shivkumar Sharma organised a rally supporting the farmers on Monday, and announced that “the protest would continue till June 10”. M adhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday announ- ced minimum support prices of 8 per kg for onion and Rs 50 per kg for tur daal. However, protesting farmers have refused to call off their agitation. Talking to the media per- sons at his residence in Bhopal on Monday, Chouhan said the Government will purchase all the farmers’ produce at the minimum support prices even if market prices are lower. “I had started a campaign for increased cultivation of pulses in Madhya Pradesh, the farmers responded, and now we cannot allow the farmers to suffer if the market prices have fallen,” Chouhan said. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K

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Countdown begins. ComeJuly 1 when you have noth-

ing to say at all but only shout“hurrah” for paying your Goodsand Service Tax or GST on someitems you buy for your daily use,but you are likely to feel thepinch on some other items.

Aiming at aam aadmi’s basicneeds, including roti, kapda aurmakaan, which will be availableat cheaper prices under theGST regime, the Governmenthas finalised four-tier tax slabs,except gold and rough dia-monds which do not fall underthe current rate-slab ambit. Goldwill be taxed at 3 per cent anddiamond at 0.25 per cent.

With the Governmentmaking the unique and historicconcept — “One nation, one tax,one market” — real, some basicitems such as eggs, milk, buttermilk, curd, honey, fresh fruitsand vegetables, flour, besan,bread, prasad, salt, fresh meat,fish, chicken, etc, will bring asmile in your face with a chargeof zero tax or no tax. On theother hand, you will burn a holein your pocket by paying yourhard-earned money throughGST at 28 per cent on indis-

pensable items such as choco-late, chewing gum, wafers, panmasala, aerated water, deodor-ants, shaving creams, after-shave, hair shampoo, dye, waterheater, washing machine, ATMvending machines, vacuumcleaner, shavers, molasses, etc.

The rate of taxation onalmost all 1,211 items has beenfinalised. 55 items will invitecess and some useful items willbe exempted from the GST,while remaining items like taxon lottery will be decided bythe GST Council’s next meet-ing, which has been scheduledfor June 11. It is, however,learnt that there is also a roomfor the revision of some ofitems, if needed.

“We have already finalisedtax and cess, and without cessfor almost all items to be taxedunder the GST regime, butsome items or goods are left tobe included in the list, includ-ing tax on lottery.

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It is time for India to launchthe Asian Space Agency, this

is what Dr Nambi Narayanan,described as the father figure ofthe country’s heavy duty rock-et development programmetold The Pioneer on Mondayafter watching the proceedingsat Satish Dhavan Space Centreat Sriharikota, (AndhraPradesh) from where TeamISRO successfully launched thecomplex and complicatedGeosynchronous SatelliteLaunching Vehicle-Mark 3 D1(GSLV-Mark III), which wasnicknamed the “fat boy” byIndian space scientists and“Bahubali” by the Telugu media.Weighing 640 tonnes, GSLV-Mark III is the heaviest everrocket made by India till date.

Not only that, the space sci-entists successfully deployedGSAT-19, a next generationcommunication satellite weigh-ing 3,136 kg, the heaviest evercommunication satellite fabri-cated in India, into the GeoStationary Orbit, 36,000 kmaway from the earth. The D1 inthe GSLV-Mark 3 stands for thefirst developmental flight.

This means that India is notdependant on any other spaceagencies like the ESA (EuropeanSpace Agency) to launch itsheavy communication satel-lites. Till now, ISRO had to carrythe heavy communication satel-lites built by it to the ESA’slaunch pad at French Guyana

paying exorbitant amount aslaunch fee for each launch.

With the successful launchof the GSLV-Mark 3 and deploy-ment of the 3,136 kg communi-cation satellite, India had provedto the outside world that it canlaunch heavy communicationsatellite on its own. “We havebecome a major space power andglobal player in launch business,”said Nambi Narayanan whodeveloped the VIKAS engine inthe 1990s which formed the coreof Monday’s GSLV mission.

Meanwhile, PresidentPranab Mukherjee and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi con-gratulated scientists of ISRO forthe successful launch of India’sheaviest rocket.

While the President saidthe nation is proud of ISRO’sachievement of successfullylaunching the indigenously-developed GSLV-Mk III andtermed the event as “historic”,the Prime tweeted,” The GSLV- MKIII D1/GSAT-19 missiontakes India closer to the nextgeneration launch vehicle andsatellite capability. The nationis proud.”

According to Kiran Kumar,chairman, ISRO, the countrycan launch heavy duty com-munication satellites fromSDSC, India’s space port atSriharikota on its own withoutany outside help.

The GSLV-Mark 3 launchvehicle deployed by India onMonday is the heaviest everrocket built by the country andpowered by an indigenouslydeveloped cryogenic engine,

one of the most complicatedtechnologies in the worldwhich uses liquid oxygen andliquid hydrogen to power the

rockets.It may be remembered that

other space powers had triedtheir best to sabotage and sub-

vert India’s efforts to developthe indigenous cryogenicengine. The ISRO spy case of1995, which cost the careers oftwo eminent space scientists,Narayanan and Sasi Kumar,was the handiwork of personswho were under the payroll ofvarious foreign agencies.

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The Kashmir valley remainedon the boil on Monday as

security forces averted a majorterror strike on a headquartersof 45th battalion of CRPF atSumbal in north Kashmir’sBandipore district, 25 kilome-ters from here, at around 3:45am, gunning down fourPakistan-sponsored terrorists.

Sources said the suicidesquad was first noticed by dogssurrounding the camp whoalerted the sentries. An illumi-nating bomb exposed the ter-rorists’ positions before theywere gunned down.

With infiltration bids goingup and ceasefire violation alsoon the rise, India warnedPakistan that “abetment” ofthese acts will invite “appro-priate retaliatory actions.”Indian Director General ofMilitary Operation conveyedthis warning to his Pakistancounterpart.

The hour-long operationagainst the terrorists ended

without any casualty on thesecurity forces’ side.

Home Minister RajnathSingh lauded the CRPF forshowing “exemplary courageand valour” in thwarting themilitant’s attempt.

“The CRPF jawans andJammu and Kashmir police showed exemplarycourage and valour by thwart-ing the terrorists` attempt toenter the camp and in success-fully eliminating all the terror-ists,” Rajnath Singh said in astatement.

The congregational prayerswere going on in the mosqueswhen the exchange of fire

began. The terrorists lobbed grenades and firedindiscriminately in a bid tostorm the camp.

“The terrorists attemptedto enter the camp by cutting thewire fencing. The alert CRPFsentries spotted them andfoiled their plans by openingfire. In an hour-long gunfight,four foreign terrorists werekilled,” Inspector General (IG)Operations of the CRPF inKashmir, Zulfiqar Hassan said.

He said the militants hadplanned a long-drawn siege inthe camp where around 150personnel were stationed.

Continued on Page 4

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Putting an end to the specu-lation of a possible thaw in

the frozen India-Pakistan ties,External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj said on Mondaythere will be no bilateralengagement between PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andhis Pakistani counterpartNawaz Sharif on the sidelinesof Shanghai CooperationOrganisation (SCO) meeting inKazakhstan this month wherethe two countries will join asnew members.

“No meeting is scheduledeither from their side or fromour side,” Swaraj said.

It was expected that thetwo PMs might sit together towork out a solution to resume

the bilateral talks that wereshelved by New Delhi follow-ing the terror attack on thePathankot air base last year.

Addressing a Press confer-ence to mark three years of theNDA Government, Sushmaclaimed there has been no flipflop in India’s Pak policy. “OurPak policy stands on three pil-lars — We want to resolve allissues through talks; there can-not be a third party when wetalk and talks and terror can-not go together,” she said.

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Arab nations, includingSaudi Arabia and Egypt on

Monday cut ties with Qatar,accusing it of supportingextremism, in the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit theregion in years.

Bahrain, the United ArabEmirates, Yemen and theMaldives joined Saudi Arabiaand Egypt in severing relationswith gas-rich Qatar, withRiyadh accusing Doha of sup-porting groups, including somebacked by Iran, “that aim todestabilise the region”.

Qatar reacted with fury,denying any support forextremists and accusing itsGulf neighbours of seeking to

put the country under“guardianship”.

The crisis was likely tohave wide-ranging conse-quences, not just for Qatarand its citizens but around theMiddle East and for Westerninterests.

Qatar hosts the largest USairbase in the region, which iscrucial to operations againstIslamic State group jehadis,and is set to host the 2022 foot-ball World Cup.

Monday’s announcementcame less than a month afterUS President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia tocement ties with Riyadh andcalled for a united front amongMuslim countries againstextremism.

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Farmers seem divided afterChief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan’s assurances that someof their demands will be met.While a few organisations saidthey will consider calling off theviolence-ridden strike, Statepresident of Bharatiya KisanUnion (BKU) Anil Yadav saidthe agitation will continue.

Yadav said he felt“betrayed” by the CM’sannouncement following hismeeting with representatives ofBhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) atUjjain on Sunday. RashtriyaKisan Mazdoor Sangh nation-al president ShivkumarSharma, alias Kakkaji, said,“The Government has con-spired with BKS to get thestrike called off. But the real

issues of the farmers are stillpending and the strike will con-tinue.”

Farmers stopped trucksand vehicles carrying milk andvegetables from village at sev-eral places. In the State capital,full cream milk of Sanchi Dairywas unavailable. Indore is alsofacing a milk crisis, and a sim-ilar situation prevails in Jhabua,Dhar, Shajahanpur and Sehore.The farmers in Harda shavedtheir heads as a sign of protest.

Chouhan on Sunday metrepresentatives of the IndianFarmers’ Union and agreed tomost of the demands, includ-ing buying onions at Rs 8 perkg, and paying 50 per cent incash for produce and deposit-ing the rest in banks, and buy-ing moong at an agreed price.

Though the farmers union

postponed the strike, the otherorganisations continued withthe stir. Framers in Ratlam pelt-ed stones and damaged prop-erty on Sunday, due to whichpolice lathi charged them.

Police had to lathi chargeand use tear gas on protestingfarmers in Delanpur, afterwhich the farmers resorted tostone pelting. In the turmoilsub-inspector Pawan Yadav gota severe eye injury. Farmersalso set four vehicles on fire.

“The farmers have beencheated. The strikes will con-tinue till the demands havebeen properly met, includingthe main ones of loan waiverand fair price for produce,” saidState Secretary of the IndianFarmers’ Union Anil Yadav ina statement.

The president of Rashtriya

Kisan Majdoor SanghShivkumar Sharma organised arally supporting the farmers onMonday, and announced that“the protest would continue tillJune 10”.

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“I had started a campaignfor increased cultivation ofpulses in Madhya Pradesh, thefarmers responded, and nowwe cannot allow the farmers tosuffer if the market prices havefallen,” Chouhan said.

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The youngsters of the citywere informed about the

World Environment Daythrough entertaining and inter-esting competitions. Variouscompetitions observing the D-day were organised at JawaharBal Bhavan on Monday.

It is to be noted that theWorld Environment Day isobserved on June 5 every yearand is the United Nation’s prin-cipal vehicle for encouragingworldwide awareness and actionfor the protection of our envi-ronment. This year the themefor 2017 is 'Connecting peopleto nature in the city and on theland, from the poles to theequator'.

The series of fun beganwith the Skating competition inthe morning.

The competition was allabout the children holding slo-gans to save environment andgiving a tough competition toeach other. The next competi-tion was all about showcasingthe creativity over the canvas.

A painting competition wasthen organised at the art hall ofJawahar Bal Bhavan. The par-ticipants beautifully showcasedthe best of their creations overthe paper. With the use ofvibrant colours the participantsportrayed their perceptions overpaper. Some participants showed

the ill effects of water, noise andair pollution over environmentwhile some portrayed aboutplanting more trees.

Each painting was beautifuland unique in its manner. Someof the participants, however,wrote the slogans on their paint-ings giving out a clear messageto save environment.

After the painting competi-tion, a session on WorldEnvironment Day was held.The participants were told aboutthe day.

It was followed with thefelicitation programme.Children from 5 years to 16years of age enthusiastically par-ticipated in each competition.More than 300 participants werepresent to mark the occasion.

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On the occasion of WorldEnvironment Day cele-

brations were held in BHEL,Bhopal. Director (Finance) TChockalingam, Director(Power) Akhil Joshi, ExecutiveDirector (Bhopal) DK Thakur,Executive Director BHEL(Jhansi) DK Dikshit, variousTrade Union representativesand employees in large numberplanted saplings at GunjanPark located near SarangpaniLake.

Appreciating the massivegreenery of BHEL, BhopalChockalingam said that theprotection of the environmentis not only our duty but alsoour responsibility. He furtherurged the employees of Bhopalunit to become role modeland take more initiatives forspreading greenery.

Joshi in his address saidthat the development ofSarangpani Lake, JawaharBagh, Tree plantation pro-gramme and steps takentowards environment conser-vation by BHEL Managementis exemplary. “We have to takethis forward as a revolution”,added Joshi.

Meanwhile, Tree planta-tion was carried out at SwarnaJayanti Park inside the factorypremises. Around 100 saplingswere planted by the officers,workers and union represen-tatives in the park. On thisoccasion General Manager(Feeders, MOD & WEX) MHaldar, General Manager(TCB) TK Bagchi, GeneralManager (TCB-Production)RK Singh, General Manager(Hydro) Rajeev Singh, GeneralManager (HME) M Manglaand General Manager (ESH) KMathur were present.

A number of programmesare organised every year to cel-ebrate the occasion. This yearalso Environment AwarenessWeek will be celebrated fromFifth June to Tenth June, underthe banner of which tree plan-tation programme, quiz com-petition, awareness programmeby PCRA and lecture onAdvanced technique of wastedisposal will be organised.

At the same time BHEL,Bhopal actively participated inthe Environment Awarenessprogramme organised today atTT Nagar Stadium by MadhyaPradesh Pollution ControlBoard.

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Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan dedicated

a barrage constructed onPadmavati river at a cost of�486.00 lakh under ChiefMinister’s Urban DrinkingWater Scheme, performedbhoomi-pujan of CC Roadbeing constructed at a cost of�179.00 lakh in the districtunder Panch ParmeshwarYojana and RCC nullah con-truction work at a cost of�107.37 lakh in differentwards of the city under ChiefMinister’s UrbanInfrastructure DevelopmentScheme in Thandla onSunday.

Addressing the beneficia-ries meeting at Thandla, ChiefMinister Chouhan lauded theresidents of Thandla and theadministrative team for free-ing Thandla block from opendefecation and announced tofree the block from povertysoon. He said that to ridThandla block from poverty,every family will be providedwith a pucca house, a gas con-nection and income of Rs10,000 per month. Each fam-

ily will connected with suchactivities for means of liveli-hood that they will be freedfrom the clutches of povertyand will be able to contributein the development of stateand the country by joining themainstream of development.

Chouhan distributed ben-efits to the beneficiaries andalso welcomed tadvi/patelwith garlands on stage forworking dedicatedly for bring-ing about social change.

Chouhan reachedChainpura vil lage ofMeghnagar block to inspectValmiki gaushala. He applied

tilak on gaumata and per-formed puja after adorning itwith garlands at the gaushala.The Chief Minister inaugu-rated the plantation work byplanting a jackfruit sapling onthe mountains.

Chief Minister Chouhanreached Thandla VidhanSabha constituency MLAKalsingh Bhabhar’s ancestralvil lage Chainpura andexpressed his condolencesover the untimely demise ofBhabhar’s son due to heartattack and prayed to God togrant strength to the bereavedfamily to bear the loss.

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Indira Gandhi National ManavSangrahalaya (IGRMS) organ-

ised ‘Sansarg Nisarg’ a daylongcelebration of ‘WorldEnvironment Day’ with thisyear’s theme ‘Connecting Peopleto Nature’. In this programmeTree Plantation, Trekking andphoto walk, Punarnava exhibi-tion and Film Screening wereorganised.

The Chief Guest ofEnvironment Day programme,IFS (PCCF, Government of MP)Animesh Shukla inaugurated‘Punarnava’, an exhibition usingDry leaves & flowers byShashiprabha Shrivastava. Onthis occasion, Shukla narrated anincident from his life, he said“The relationship of nature andhuman is very deep and unfor-gettable, I just studied one yearin Arunachal Pradesh yet theserene beauty of its valleys com-pelled me to re-visit even afterhalf-a-century and here IGRMSis conserving and presentingmany anthropological, historicaland cultural assets of India”.

Also he shared the upcomingprogramme of MP Governmentto planting 6 crore plants. Hecongratulated Mrs. Shrivastavafor donating Punarnava exhibi-tion to IGRMS for showcasing inpublic domain.

Earlier, Director, IGRMSProf Sarit Kumar Chaudhurisaid “Once the flowers and leavesdries up, they are thrown awayas garbage but Smt Shrivastavawith her creativity and fine senseaesthetics preserved the leaves &flowers and developed it to anexhibition depicting many scenesof life and nature”.

The Environment Day cel-ebrations commenced withPlantation drive at Jack FruitGrove of Manav Sangrahalaya inthe leadership of Director, ProfChaudhuri. Environment loversfrom Bhopal and around enthu-siastically participated in thisplantation programme.

A special Trekking andPhoto-Walk was organized forenvironment lovers andPhotography enthusiasts. In thisprogramme, the unexploredareas were explored today keep-

ing aside the exhibition trail.During the two hour longtrekking cum photo walk thepre-monsoon weather and littlerain made it even more pic-turesque. The walk commencedfrom Desert village, Kovil-Kadusacred grove, Hill of the ShamlaHills, Rock Art shelters, Bambootrail and concluded at Tribalhabitat. The pictures clicked byall participants will be developedas virtual exhibition available atMuseum website and facebook.All the participants were pre-sented Sangrahalaya caps andthey requested director, IGRMSto organize more such Photo-Walks.

On the occasion ofInternational Museum Day on18th May 2017 a competitiveevent ‘Treasure Hunt’ that wasorganised by Indira GandhiRashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya.The winners of the competitionwere felicitated by Chief Guest,Animesh Shukla, Prof SaritKumar Chaudhuri with cashprize and certificates. Followedby screening of documentarieson ‘Environment’.

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Minister for TransportBhupendra Singh gave

directives to issue permit tothose transporters who providetransport services in trans-port-less villages under theGramin Parivahan Yojana. Hesaid that benefit of transportservices should be provided invillages where there are goodroads and where there are nomeans of transportation.

Reviewing the activities ofTransport department, Singhtold the officers to initiateaction immediately regardingissuance of bus pass to rural

youth for attending colleges incity. He mentioned that thisfacility will be provided to allthe rural students of all the gov-ernment colleges. Benefit willbe provided to the studentsunder the scheme to attend col-leges in cities, blocks, JanpadPanchayat and NagarPanchayat.

Singh instructed the offi-cials that speed governorsshould be checked necessarilyduring vehicles’ checking drive.He told the officers to preparechallans against vehicles vio-lating rules. Moreover, Singhissued directives for registrationof drivers and conductors.

Singh mentioned thatresponsibility of urban bodiesshould be fixed handing overbus stands of transport depart-ment to them. It was informedthat more than double revenuehas been received this year incomparison of 2013 and 7 foldincrease has been registeredcompared to last government.

Principal SecretaryTransport SN Mishra andAdditional TransportCommissioner RK Jain werepresent in the meeting.Deliberations on automatic fit-ness centre and driving tracketc. were also discussed on theoccasion.

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Regional Museum of NaturalHistory (RMNH) Bhopal

celebrated the World Environ-ment Day on Monday. RetiredIFS and former Principal ChiefConservator of Forest, MadhyaPradesh Government SuhasKumar delivered a lecture on“Connecting People to Nature.”

Suhas Kumar told througha Poem "Nature and We" thatdie future of earth is depend onus. He told that we are losingour nature for the unlimiteddevelopment. He explained thehabitat of the wildlife is dis-turbing due to unlimited use ofnature resource by human.

Suhas Kumar also detailedabout the harmful effects ofpolythene. During the lecturehe told that now a days we arefacing the water problembecause we used natural waterresources more than ourrequirements. He informedabout the conservation of theenvironment, flora and faunaaround our area.

A performance "Dharti KiPukar" written by PadamshriShanker LaI Tiwari was per-formed by children from LokJagar Kala Manch, Bhopal. Theimportance of the earth andnature was showed throughthe performance and also madean appealed to conserver thenature.

After the performance

Manoj Kumar Sharma,Scientist-B and in-charge wel-comed the chief guest ofProgramme Prof. Ravindra KKanhere Vice ChancellorMadhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open)University – Bhopal and SpecialGuest Suhas Kumar, winners ofPoster Making Competition

held on April 22 Participant ofSummer Nature StudyProgramme, Children fromLok Jagar Kala Manch andtheir parents and other invitees.

Participants of SummerNature Study Programme PalakBavisa and Master ShreyashAgarwal shared their experi-

ences about Summer NatureStudy Programme.

Suhas Kumar appreciatedthe RMNH to orgnised activi-ties and programme to makeawareness towards conservationof the nature. He appealed tochildren and their parents toplay an importance role to

conserve the nature.Ravindra R Kanhere told

that we have to control the useof natural resources and makea balanced ecological system.He told that we should makeawareness about conservationof nature and natural resourcesamong me children.

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The Central Board ofSecondary Education

(CBSE) recently declared theClass X and XII results. Thestudents of missionary schoolsperformed excellent in both theexams. The reason for the suc-cess of the missionary schoolsis that they lay stress on the val-ues of commitment and self-discipline. The schools help thestudents in comprehending thefact that each and every personis unique and valuable. So, it isto no one’s surprise, that thestudents of the MissionarySchools are performing betterand this can be attributed to theeducation and moral valuesthat are being imparted bythese schools.

Archbishop of Bhopal LeoCornelio said that he is excep-tionally proud of the perfor-mance that has been present-ed by the missionary schoolsand added that he wants thisperformance to continue forthe coming years as well. Heappreciated the students aswell as their parents for bring-ing the fruitful results. He alsolauded all the school manage-ments for their dedicated andcommitted services to the soci-ety leading to more studentsand parents to be inclinedtowards these schools. Heencouraged those students who

didn’t perform well in theexams quoting “Failure is a partof life. From time to time youwill fail at something. That doesnot mean that you should giveup and never be happy. Thereare many opportunities aheadof you, so don’t let yourselfdown”.

Father Maria Stephen, thePRO of the diocese alsoapplauded all the schools fortheir outstanding performanceand asked the students to cel-ebrate the result and not thegrades. Because nothing isimpossible, as the word itself

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State-level committee forpreparations from preven-

tion from flood was held onMonday before rain. AdditionalChief Secretary, Panchayat andRural Development,Radheshyam Julania,Additional Chief Secretaryforests Deepak Khandekar,Additional Chief Secretary,Home, KK Singh and othersenior officers were present.

Principal Secretary, rev-enue, Arun Pandey told themeeting that directives havebeen issued to all district col-l e c t o r s / c o m m i s s i o n e r s .Responsibilities have too beenassigned to other departments.

Arrangements will bemade for installing barriersfor traffic control overbridge/culvert, warning sig-nage and roads by PublicWorks Department. Controloverloading in passenger vehi-cle and conduction of old buses

and unfit vehicles will be car-ried out by transport depart-ment.

To inform state and dis-trict level control rooms in caseof rise of water level in dams,inform district administration,control room and local publicbefore opening of gates in caseof overflow of water in dams,to inform about heavy rains incatchment area and coordina-tion between MeteorologicalDepartment and Central WaterCommission will be made byNarmada Valley Developmentand Water ResourcesDepartments.

Arrangement will be madeby home department formotorboats, life jackets andrope for rescue operation forpolice/homeguard by homedepartment. According to dis-trict level disaster manage-ment action plan, divers andequipment related with rescueoperation will be availed atearmarked places. Home

department has been assignedto coordinate with the Army. Incase of emergency in floodaffected areas, help from theArmy and helicopter will beextended on demand by districtadministration.

Necessary medicines andvaccines will be made availableby public health and familywelfare department in possibleflood affected areas. Suitablearrangements for preventionfrom seasonable diseases likecholera, malaria will be madealong with formation of teamsof doctors and rescue workers.

Cleanliness in nulla inurban areas, shifting of slumsand drainage for flood waterfrom low line areas will beensured by UrbanAdministration andDevelopment Department.

Help will be provided byrailways in transporting reliefmaterial, medicines, equip-ment and Army andHomeguard jawans.

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From red clay to terracottaeach and every art piece of

ceramic is eye catching, put upin an exhibition at GauharMahal. A ceramic exhibition‘Matti Ki Mehek’ being put upat the historical shopping hubof the city is evoking a hugeresponse by the art lovers andthe ceramist’s creativity is beingappreciated by them. Set at therustic backdrop of the palace,the exhibition began here fromSunday.

Ceramists from across thecountry have exhibited theirceramic art before theBhopalites and each piece isbeautiful and different fromother. The ceramists havemajorly worked over terracot-ta and other different kinds ofclay which will be on display tillJune 26. These ceramic artisticpieces are for sale for those wholove to collect the art works.

From matti ke kulhad toshow pieces, from kitchenutensils to piggy banks every-thing is available at Matti KiMehek exhibition. Flower potsto small bowls, from installa-tions to small stools is the cen-tre of attraction at the exhibi-

tion. Further ceramists fromBharat Bhavan, Bhopal,Rajasthan, Chhatarpur andsome private potters have putup their creations at the exhi-bition.

The ceramists have workedover the artistic pieces inspiredwith nature so that each and

every individual could connectwith these artistic creations.Deeply inspired by nature in allaspects, each work defines theunique imagery power of anartist that could easily catch aneye of the spectator.

The artists from across thecountry have given an enchant-

ing touch to the wet clay andhave moulded it according totheir imagination. As one seesher creations it becomes clearthat these artists are deeplyconnected with their work andenjoys their work and com-pletes it while putting a lot ofenthusiasm.

As the art lovers always getsomething new to have a lookat Gauhar Mahal exhibitionsthis time, the potters haveimmensely enchanted the spec-tators showing them anotherstyle of ceramic work. Theexhibition will conclude onJune 11.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan dedicated con-

struction works costing �25.45crore and laid foundation of con-struction works worth � 90 lakhat Sailana on Monday.Addressing the programmeChouhan assured farmers thatno stone will be left unturned forthe development of Sailana andall the problems of the farmerswill be solved holding choupal,sabhas and deliberations withthem. CM Chouhan alsoannounced an amount of �5crore for the development ofSailana.

CM Chouhan said that peo-ples’ development and welfare ofState is the main aim of the gov-ernment. He told local publicrepresentatives for survey of fea-sibility where ponds could beconstructed. After technical sur-vey, amount will be allottedafter sanctioning the proposal.Moreover, Chouhan mentionedthat water for irrigation will beprovided to the farmers as perthe need. The state has been con-ferred with National KrishiKarman Award by the UnionGovernment since last four yearscontinuously. The total irrigationarea in the state has gone up to40 lakh hectare owing to the sen-sitivity of government towardsfarmers.

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan dedicated water treat-ment plant costing � 5 crore 64lakh today in order to providepure potable water to the resi-dents of Sailana. On the occasionof World Environment Day, CMShivraj Singh Chouhan planteda peepal sapling in water treat-ment plant campus at Sailana. Hesaid that environment conser-vation is must to save earth.

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EPCO premises wore avibrant look since morning

on Monday on the occasion ofWorld Environment Day.While youngsters and retiredpersons performed Yoga exer-cises under the guidance ofsenior Yoga trainer RakeshDounoria from 6 am in the lapof nature, well-known flautist(bansuri player) VidyadharAmte mesmerised the audi-ence.

People from all age groupstook part enthusiastically inmaking seed balls by puttingseeds of trees of differentspecies inside cow dung-mudin “Sankalp Beej” programmefrom 8 am. Scores of peoplemade thousands of seed balls.These seed balls will be scat-

tered in appropriate placesduring rainy season where theywill germinate into plants.People made seed balls oftamarind, gooseberry, Karanj,Pipal, Neem, Kachnar, Babooletc.

St. Joseph’s Convent SchoolCounsellor Sushma Waghurged EPCO to get seed ballsmade and saplings planted inher colony also. Wagh saidthat more than 200 persons inour colony wish to take part inthe programme and make theircolony green.

Retired teacher PramilaShrivastava and formeremployee of Khadi GramodyogSmt. Pushpa Shrivastava saidthat such programmes are agood initiative. This will helpconserve the environment andincrease awareness. We felt

good on coming here. We willcontinue our plantationattempts in future also.Principal of Government HighSchool Badjhiri Bhopal Smt.Shamim Ali said that naturehas given us a lot since cen-turies. Now the time has comefor us to do something to saveit.

EPCO Executive DirectorAnupam Rajan said thatincreasing development in theworld has reduced greenerybringing to the fore challengeslike global warming, climaticchanges etc. Our effort is tomake the Earth green onceagain so that the coming gen-erations find a proper place tolive in on the Earth. Winnersof essay and paining contestheld yesterday were givenawards of �5,000 each.

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It was not a sagacious tale ofthe kings and the queens, but

it was a unique story of thestruggle and sacrifices of the sol-diers and common people ofIndia. Showcasing the mutiny of1857, a play ‘1857 Ki Kahani,Haryana ki Zubani’ was stagedat Ravindra Bhavan Auditoriumhere on Monday.

The play was staged mark-ing the opening of Aadi VidrohiTheatre Festival. The theatre fes-tival is dedicated to the freedomstruggle during 1857.

Directed by GurucharanSingh Chani, the play was splen-didly performed by the artists ofCentre for Education Voluntaryand Action (CEVA),Chandigarh.

The torture by British wasbad, but still it did not stop thestruggle of the revolutionaries.In the Mutiny of 1857, Haryanaplayed a significant role.

It was an uprising where thelocal rajas, zamindars, sepoys,faqirs and ordinary people col-lectively fought decisive battlesagainst the cruel role of BritishEast India Company.

Whereas some of the rajassupported the British by pro-viding their troops to crush therevolt, there were other localrulers who were alreadyannoyed with the British poli-cies, for they were deprived oftheir privileges and it did nottake long for them to jump inthe caravan of revolt. As a mat-ter fact it is a story of shamefulbetrayal of the ordinary people

wanting to free themselves fromthe oppression of the foreignrule.

The play 1857 Ki KahaniHaryana Ki Zubani is about thevictory and loss in the mutinyin Haryana. The use of Swangthe folk theatre of Haryanaintegrating with the contempo-rary theatre techniques wascommendable. With feet-tap-ping music, to shading of thelight design and from costumesto the heavy dialogue deliverythe play was made watchingworthwhile and impactful.

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Resources Rajendra Shukla saidin a Paryavaran Jan-JagaranSangoshthi organised on WorldEnvironment Day at Shahdol onMonday that the need of thehour is to keep the Earth clean,beautiful and protected. He saidthat it is the duty of all citizensthat they understand the impor-tance of environment, plantsaplings, promote water conser-vation and water, protect andrestore ponds and make persis-tent efforts for environment

conservation. Shri Shukla said asapling plantation campaign willbe launched on July 2 in state. Allcitizens must take part in thecampaign and make it a success.

Rajendra Shukla said at theParyavaran Jan-JagranSangoshthi that there is need tomake environment conserva-tion a public movement. ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhantook part in the 115-day longNarmada Seva Yatra, told peo-ple about the importance ofriver conservation and inspiredthem to promote and conservethe river make them aware aboutriver conservation, which has

brought expected results. Hesaid that Madhya Pradesh gov-ernment has now decided forNarmada conservation that nomachine will work for sandextraction between Amarkantakand Jhabua. He said that about1600 places have been selectedfor tree plantation in Shahdoldistrict where saplings will beplanted. Work plan for restora-tion of all ponds in Shahdol dis-trict has been prepared.

After the Paryavaran Jan-Jagaran Sangoshthi was overShukla administered oath to cit-izens to play a major role in pro-tecting the environment.

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With a vow to save envi-ronment a youth group

of the city Ashvaas planted asmany as one thousand saplingsin the city. The mega plantationdrive was carried out to observethe World Environment Dayhere on Monday.

The youth group toobserve the D-day not onlyplanted saplings in the city, butalso gifted the saplings to theresidents. The drive was carriedout at three areas of the cityincluding Saket Nagar,Ayodhya Bypass and Indrapuri.During the drive, the young-sters planted saplings at theroad side and in grounds.

Interestingly, these saplingsbelonged to the species ofplants which are getting extinct.While talking about the megaplantation drive, president ofAshvaas youth group AshikBharti told The Pioneer, “Weorganised the event to observethe World Environment Dayand also to contribute our bitin the Go clean Go green ini-tiative. As youngsters it is our

responsibility to contribute ourbit in keeping our city cleanand beautiful.”

Elaborating further, he said,“As a part of this initiative wealso included citizens with us.With a motive to let the youngchildren also know about theimportance of planting thesaplings, we distributed saplingsin different areas as well.”

The plantation drive beganat 9 am wherein the membersof Ashvaas group planted thesaplings. Meanwhile, the othergroup of members distributedas many as 100 saplings at thehomes. During the distribu-tion, the members asked thecitizen to take a vow of plant-ing more trees and saving theenvironment.

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The Raipur MunicipalCorporation (RMC) will

get constructed ‘Smart BusShelters’ in the city throughPublic Private Partnership(PPP) mode, officials informed.

It is also promoting Non-Motorised Transport (NMT)with dedicated pedestrianisedcorridors and enhanced ‘walkability’ options.

This was stated in the‘Smart City Proposal’ forRaipur submitted during StageII of the ‘Smart City Challenge’of India Smart City Mission ofthe Union Ministry of UrbanDevelopment.

The NMT mode had beenfocussed to bring pollutionlevels further down in the city,officials informed.

The citizens of Raipurforesee themselves living inenvironmentally clean, social-ly cohesive, sustainable, usingrenewable energy sources, uti-lizing scientific water and wastemanagement, employing smarttransportationand a safe citywith a responsive ‘Smart

Governance Framework’, thedocument mentioned.

It may also be recalled thatRaipur Smart City Limited(RSCL) will be setting up an'Intelligent Traffic ManagementSystem and City SurveillanceSystem' across the city underthe ‘Smart City’ Mission, offi-cials informed.

One of the primary objec-tives of RSCL is to develop'Smart Traffic Managementand Safe City - IntelligentTraffic Management System'(ITMS) and City SurveillanceSystem which provide greaterinformation to the authoritiesto proactively manage theongoing traffic situation,increase safety and security ofcitizens and allow citizens tomake informed travel choices,they informed.

With installation of ITMSand City Surveillance system,the overall burden of traffic onthe roads will reduce, will helpeffectively maintain law andorder situation.

RSCL will appoint anagency soon to set up priorityinitiatives identified under the

Smart City mission which willinclude intelligent traffic sig-nals, surveillance cameras, vari-able message sign and infor-mation boards and trafficenforcement systems such as e-Challan, red light violationsdetection systems, speed vio-lation detection system etc.

It may be recalled that thewell-developed ‘Greater Raipur’region has also started fasttaking shape near Raipur city.

A total of 19 urban centersare being planned in GreaterRaipur region which wouldtouch boundary of five munic-ipal corporations, officialsinformed.

The regions such asRaipur, Naya Raipur, Charoda,Jamul, Kumhari Bhilai-III andDurg will come under ‘GreaterRaipur’ region.

Notably, the UnionMinistry of Road Transportand Highways also announcedin March last year that a newExpressway in the 26.60 kmsstretch of Raipur-Durg sectionof National Highway 53 will beconstructed in the State.

Meanwhile, the 'Raipur

Smart City Plan' has the com-ponent of visual mapping ofthe city for ease of travel acrossthe city , officials informed.

The other key features ofthe plans would be — CCTVsurveillance, Pedestrian onlystreets, 100 per cent door todoor collection, removingstreet parking among others.

There are also plans to

make Raipur a ‘VisuallyAesthetic City’ which wouldcomprise street art, neigh-bourhood art and rejuvenatingdead walls.The plan also hasthe component of e-Rickshawzones.

Notably, the Chhattisgarhgovernment has alreadyapproved �13 crore for 89developmental works to be

undertaken by RMC.A sum of �10 crore has

been approved by the State gov-ernment for various wards ofRMC including drain con-struction, road widening, elec-trification and pipeline exten-sion, according to an officialpress release .

Besides these, around�2.50 crore has been approvedfor setting up a world class gymin the vacant space atInternational Swimming Poolat GE road besides other facil-ities.

The Central Governmenthad already released the firstinstallment of �55.29 crore outof the approved �573.40 crorefor State Annual Action Plan(SAAP) under AMRUT projectfor the current financial year inChhattisgarh.

The Union Ministry ofUrban Development hasalready released CentralAssistance of �1,062.27 crore to13 States as first installmentunder AMRUT project for thecurrent financial year, officialsstated.

This is a part of total

Central Assistance of �5,311.38crore committed to 13 Statesfor which the Ministry hasapproved Atal Mission ActionPlans for 2015-16 entailingtotal investment of �11,671.76crore in 286 cities in thesestates.

The Ministry has so farcleared a total of 939 projectsfor 286 cities with most of themrelated to water supply andsewerage network services.

Chhattisgarh will witnesstotal convergence of threemajor and highly ambitiousCentrally-sponsored urbandevelopment schemes in thedays ahead, officials informed.

As per a detailed noteissued by the Union UrbanDevelopment Ministry, out ofthe 9 States under considera-tion, there is total convergenceof housing, AMRUT and SmartCity Missions in respect ofChhattisgarh (2 smart and 9Amrut cities), Jammu &Kashmir (1 and 3), Kerala (1and 7), MP (7 and 32), Odisha(2 and 9), Rajasthan (4 and 28),Telangana (2 and 11).

The Urban Administration

and Development MinisterAmar Agrawal in July 2015 hadstated that the StateGovernment has decided todevelop all the other 11 munic-ipal Corporations-run citieson the pattern of 'Smart Cities'.

The infrastructure will beupgraded, convenient trans-port will be provided, people'sparticipation, good governance,health and education, e-Governance, healthy environ-ment, adequate drinking waterfacilities, waste disposal man-agement and sanitation andlow-cost housing for poor aresome of the proposals to devel-op the other 'Smart Cities', hesaid.

In September last year, CMRaman Singh had stated thatunder the Smart City project,an amount of �2119 crore hadbeen set aside for implemen-tation in the entire State.

The target is to achieve theproject goals by 2020. About�882 crore is meant for devel-oping better sewerage facilityand Rs 50 crore for developinggardens, the Chief Ministerstated.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal on Monday

said that maximum villages ofthe State have been declaredOpen Defecation Free (ODF)and the remaining villageswould be made ODF by June23.

A target has been fixed tomake the urban areas of theState ODF by September 25,said Manohar Lal, whileaddressing a gathering in thespecial Swachta Abhiyanorganised on the occasion ofWorld Environment Day bydistrict administration andMunicipal Corporation nearHansi Chowk in Karnal.

The Chief Minister alsowielded a broom to launch acleanliness drive and to encour-age people to keep their citiesclean.

On the occasion, he saidthat the drive to make all thevillages of the state ODF underthe Swach Haryana-Swach-

Bharat Abhiyan is in full swingwith the mutual cooperation ofGovernment, administrationand the society.

At present, as many as1329 schemes of water drainageis running in the state. Apartfrom this, adequate measuresare being taken for the solidand liquid waste managementunder the source segregation,he said.

Manohar Lal said that theSolid Waste Management plantof Karnal is working efficient-ly adding that new clusters arebeing set up in the state in thearea of solid waste manage-ment.

The Chief Minister whodistributed green and bluecolour dustbin pair during theprogramme said that under thesource segregation, 85,000urban households in Karnalurban would be distributedgreen and blue colour dustbinpair.

Apart from this, theMunicipal Corporation haspurchased 20 new auto tippervehicles for lifting of solid andliquid waste separately fromstreets and towns. With the

purchase of these vehicles,their number has now reachedto 50.

He said that green andblue auto tipper vehicles havebeen deputed in each ward forlifting garbage. A sum of �2.25crore has been spent on thesevehicles, he added.

While referring to theimportance of WorldEnvironment Day, he said thatthe theme of the EnvironmentDay this year is to connect withthe nature. Therefore, weshould plant maximumsaplings and also ensure theirsurvival, said he.

The Chief Minister alsourged the people to work withthe spirit of Sabka Sath SabkaVikas and contribute in realiz-ing Mahatma Gandhi’s dreamof Swach Bharat.

He also presented a cashaward of �2 lakh, shield and acitation to councilor of wardno. 4, Sujata Arora in the bestward category. Similarly,Resident Welfare Association(RWA) of Sector-9 was pre-sented cash award of �50,000,shield and a citation in the cat-egory of Best RWA.

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Crime Branch has nabbedtwo miscreants and recov-

ered goods worth Rs 1.5 lakhfrom their possession onSunday.

The miscreants targeted ashop in MP Nagar and escapedwith gas cylinders used to fillgas in Air Conditioners (AC).

The victim Rithik Khuranaafter closing the shop on May30 left for the home and whenhe returned next day andopened the shop the iron sheetof roof was found broken and7 cylinders of Air Conditionerswere found burgled.

A complaint was lodgedwith the MP Nagar police bythe victim.

Based on the complaintafter the preliminary investi-gation the police registered acase under section 461 and 380of the IPC and started furtherinvestigation.

In the initial investigationit was found that the metal roofsheet was not broken but it wasopened by removing nut andbolts attached with it and whichsuggests that acquaintance isinvolved in the burglary.

During the investigation aMahindra Pick Up Van wasspotted at around 4.15 amwhen the CCTV footages wereinvestigated and later in theinvestigation a youth was foundselling gas cylinders at TTNagar area at low price andbased on the information theyouth was nabbed and whenquestioned he confessed bur-glary of seven gas cylindersused for filling gas in AirConditioners along withPramod Pandey.

The youth was identified asMohit Sahu who used to pro-vide AC on rent.

Based on the informationPramod was nabbed who wasthe mastermind and confessedthat he was aware of the shopas he used to work as mechan-ic of AC at the shop.

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Jharkhand Chief Secretary,Rajbala Verma, is working on

a mechanism to monitor welfareschemes at the panchayat level.

She was addressing theinaugural function of a three-day programme organised bythe state forest management andconservation committee to cel-ebrate World Environment Dayat KNJ High School in rebel-hitChakulia block of Ghatshilasub-division on Monday.

She said that Government’sproper monitoring of imple-mentation of welfare schemes isvery important. They haveissued directive for constitutionof separate committees at pan-chayat level in respective gramsabhas and gram panchayats formonitoring execution of welfareschemes of different depart-ments.

“ We want to ensure thatpeople at grass root level reapbenefits of schemes. TheGovernment under the leader-ship of Chief Minister RaghubarDas is focused on developingeach village and for which eachGovernment department’s wel-fare measures should reach thedesired beneficiary. Directiveshave been issued for constitu-tion of committees at gramsabha and gram panchayat levelfor respective departments,”noted Verma.

The chief secretary went onto add that the committees will

be constituted soon to monitorthe implementation of the wel-fare schemes. The committeeswill be formed for agriculture,drinking water and sanitation(including toilet construction),education, road constructionetc.

The chief secretary furtherinformed that out of a total of4,000 panchayats in the state,3,700 have already have theirpanchayat bhavan complete andprocess has been started forrecruitment of computer oper-ators in all the panchayat.

“Several initiatives are being

taken to ensure that the pan-chayat is strengthened.

We have already construct-ed 3,700 panchayat bhavansout of a total of 4,000 panchay-at in the state and process ofrecruiting computer operatorsin all panchayats will be com-pleted soon so that panchayatsecretariat can function prop-erly.

The remaining panchayatbhavan will also be completedsoon,” the chief secretary added.

Jharkhand DGP D. KPandey who was also present onthe occasion promised to defeatforces working against devel-opment of the state and request-ed cooperation from all sectionof people in creating a state freeof fear and corruption. The pro-gram was also addressed byadditional chief secretary (ruraldevelopment), N. N Sinha.

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States about the rates onremaining items and it will befinally decided in our nextmeeting. Besides, we have alsodecided that there would not beany sub category of items,” asenior Finance Ministry officialtold The Pioneer.

When asked about anyrevision is expected, he added,“We are not ruling out any revi-sion of GST for the items wehave already finalised so far butthe Government will take a callafter duly reviewing the com-plaints from industries con-cerned, if any.”

Apart from items of dailyuse, some services (with cessand without cess) would also betaxed and some others will beexempted from tax too,depending upon their cate-gories and stature of the servicesunder the GST system. Forexample, services on hotels andlodges, charging per day tariffof Rs1,000 will be exemptedfrom the GST, while rate forhotels with tariff of Rs1,000-2,000 per day would be taxed at

12 per cent. Those hotels withtariff of Rs 2,500-Rs 5,000would be 18 per cent and tar-iff above Rs 5,000 will be 28 percent.

Footwear up to Rs 500 willbe taxed at 5 per cent, and forfootwear worth over Rs 500, thetax slab has been finalised at 18per cent. Similarly, biscuits willattract a GST of 18 per cent.“Currently, 20.6 per cent isaverage for low-priced biscuits,”the Finance Minister had saidon Saturday.

Besides, it is expected thatconsumers might also see somehike in garment prices as GSTof 12 per cent will be levied onreadymade garments. However,apparel under Rs 1,000 willattract a 5 per cent levy. Yarnand fabric cotton will be underthe 5 per cent tax slab, the coun-cil decided. Manmade fibrewill be taxed at 5 per cent, whilesynthetic fibre will attract an 18per cent GST. Jute has beenexempted from GST. For agri-cultural machinery, the coun-cil has fixed the GST at 5 percent.The Government has cat-egorically said that it plans tostick to the July 1 deadline forthe rollout of the GST. It hasalso has urged India Inc to beprepared for the same.

From Page 1She said India has always

made efforts to keep healthyrelations with Pakistan but theresponse from across the borderhas not been appropriate. “Ourgestures of goodwill and out ofbox idea to improve relationshave not been responded in rightway,” the Minister said.

In this context, she referredto Modi’s goodwill visit toLahore for Sharif ’s birthday andthe immediate Pak-sponsoredterror attack on Pathankot airbase.

Swaraj also rejectedPakistan’s claims that Kashmirissue can be dragged to theInternational Court of Justice(ICJ). Pointing out that onKashmir standoff India andPakistan were bound by SimlaAgreement and LahoreDeclaration, she said left noscope for a third party inter-vention or mediation. Clarifyingon the ICJ issue whereKulbhushan Jadhav’s case willcome up for hearing on June 8,Swaraj said India approached the

top court only on the violationof Vienna Convention and thatKashmir was not an issue thatcan be dragged there.

Despite Pakistan being itsbiggest headache, Swaraj saidIndia knows how to deal with it.“We have raised cross border ter-rorism at all platforms. At thesame time we have asked worldnot to look at Pakistan fromIndia’s prism but from the aspectof international terrorism andsee if the wires of global terror-ism connected with Pakistan ornot. Was Osama bin Laden notcaught in Pakistan?” she said.

In the present atmosphere ofgrowing terror attacks, Swarajcalled global community to joinhands and fight terrorismtogether. In this context shecalled about early conclusion ofIndia-backed ComprehensiveConvention on InternationalTerrorism (CCIT).

Meanwhile, rejecting alle-gations by American PresidentDonald Trump who said Indiasought billions and billions ofdollars from the United States tosign the Paris climate deal,Swaraj said India had signed theagreement neither for greed ofmoney nor out of any fear butbecause of its own commitmentto environment.

From Page 1“Four AK-47 rifles, one

Under-barrel GrenadeLauncher, seven UBGLgrenades, nine hand grenades,12 magazines of AK 47 and 147rounds were recovered from theencounter site,” Hassan said.

Sources said the terroristscarried petrol-filled bottles indi-cating that they planned to setthe camp on fire to cause may-hem and inflict maximumcasualties on the security forces’side.

Presence of a large numberof foreign terrorists has beenreported in the Bandipora dis-trict in contrast with southKashmir where predominantlylocal terrorists belonging toHizbul Mujahideen group areoperative.

Sources said the terroristswere not allowed ingress intothe camp as the sentries spot-ted them on the camp periph-ery.

Later in the morning, localpeople came out on streets todemand the bodies of slain ter-rorists for burial. However, theauthorities refused to hand-overthe bodies as there was no localmilitant in the group. The bod-ies of foreign terrorists are gen-erally taken to north Kashmir’sUri area and silently buried ina graveyard.

The practice has beenadopted to prevent heroicfarewell to slain foreign terror-ists which the locals have beenoffering. The protesters clashedwith police as a complete shut-down was observed in the area.The authorities blocked cellu-lar services in the area to pre-vent spread of rumours andmobilisation of people.

Incidentally, the sameCRPF battalion was led byCommandant Chetan KumarCheeta who survived nine bul-let injuries while fighting mil-itants in Hajin area of the dis-trict in February this year.Three soldiers and a top-rank-ing militant died in theencounter. Chetan Cheeta hasbeen lauded for his valour todefeat death despite receivingbullets in head and other vitalorgans.

Meanwhile, during the

telephone talks between theDGMOs of the two countries,India also rejected claims byPakistan that its civilians weretargeted during firing by theIndian army. .

Giving a stern message,Indian DGMO Lt General A KBhatt told his Pakistan coun-terpart Major General SahirShamshad Mirza during talkson the hotline, that any attemptby the Pakistan Army to resortto unprovoked firing on theLoC in Jammu and Kashmirand abet infiltrators would bemet with “appropriate retalia-tory actions.”

The telephonic conversa-tion was sought by the Pakistaniside reportedly to point out thatits civilians were getting killedby firing by the Indian Army onthe villages located across theLOC, officials said here.Categorically denying the claim,“DGMO Indian Army con-veyed that the Indian Army isa professional Army and willnot harm civilians in any man-ner,” the Army statement said.The two DGMOs discussedthe situation along the LOCwhich has witnessed increasingincidents of ceasefire viola-tions by Pakistan in the last cou-ple of months.

From Page 1The successful launching

of the GSLV-Mark 3 vehiclehas proved to the global spacecommunity that India is capa-ble of launching heavy com-munication satellites at muchreduced rates which literallymeans that access to space forall has become a reality. Indiacan also plan its future inter-planetar y missions l ikeChandrayaan-2 orMangalayaan 2, missions tomoon and mars respectively,said Narayanan. He also saidthat it is time to seriouslythink of manned mission tospace, the only segment inspace science in which Chinahas an advantage over India.

The highly advancedGSAT-19 will make internetspeed in India as fast as thatin any developed country.“This has been a major com-plaint for some time and weare going to address this issuewith the Ku and Ka bandtransponders on board theGSAT-19 satellite,” said asenior ISRO scientist.

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INSHORTUPSC TOPPER SCORES55.3% MARKSNew Delhi: Civil services examtopper Nandini KR got 55.3 percent marks, reflecting the toughstandard adopted by the UPSC inconduct of the prestigious test toselect the country’s bureaucrats.The marks of the successfulcandidates of the civil servicesexamination 2016 have beendisclosed by the UPSC.

MHA DECLINES WIFI INITS OFFICE AREANew Delhi: Plans to install WiFiservices in the North Block willhave to be shelved as the HomeMinistry has categoricallydeclined to offer the facility citingsecurity reasons. The HomeMinistry categorically said that itcannot allow WiFi service in theNorth Block where its owndifferent divisions and theMinistry of personnel are locatedas it may compromise security ofthe building, an official said.

CBI GRILLS HOODA, SINGHIN PLOT ALLOTMENT CASENew Delhi: The CBI on Mondayquestioned former Haryana ChiefMinister Bhupinder Singh Hoodaand UPSC member Chattar Singhin connection with alleged irregula-rities in the allotment of 14 indus-trial plots in Panchkula. Hooda andSingh, who was principal secretaryto the chief minister when the allot-ments took place, had been calledto appear before CBI investigatorsat the agency’s headquarters here.

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The Government has set adeadline of six months to

complete probe in corruptioncases involving its employees.The decision, by changing anover-50-year-old rule, has beentaken to speed up the investiga-tion in such cases, most of thempending for quite a long time.

The Department ofPersonnel and Training(DoPT) has amended theCentral Civil Services(Classification, Control andAppeal) Rules, 1965, and decid-ed time-line for critical stagesof investigation and enquiryproceedings. According to theamended rule the InquiringAuthority should conclude theinquiry and submit its reportwithin a period of six months.Earlier, there was no time-frame to complete an enquiry.

“However, an extension fora period not exceeding sixmonths at a time may beallowed for any good and suf-ficient reasons to be recorded

in writing by the disciplinaryauthority,” says the new rule.

The new rules are applica-ble to all category of employeesexcluding those in all-India ser-vices — Indian AdministrativeService (IAS), Indian PoliceService (IPS) and Indian ForestService (IFoS) — and a few othercategories of officers.

“The disciplinary authori-ty will deliver to a Governmentservant, accused of irregulari-ty and corruption, a copy of thearticles of charge, the statementof the imputations of miscon-duct or misbehaviour and a listof documents and witnesses bywhich each article or charges isproposed to be sustained, “ thenew rules of DoPT said.

The time-limit can, how-

ever, be extended for a periodnot exceeding fifteen days. Butunder no circumstances, theextension of time for filingwritten statement of defenceshall exceed forty-five daysfrom the date of receipt of arti-cles of charge, the rules said. Atpresent, there is no time-limitfor submission of the employ-ee’s statement of defence.

The Central VigilanceCommission (CVC), in a direc-tive, had last year expressedserious concern over delay infinalising corruption cases andasked all departments to com-plete these inquiries within amaximum period of sixmonths to keep away “nothingwill change” notion associatedwith governance.

Graft probe against babusto be over in six months

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The Centre has refused to pro-vide security cover to the kin

of a road rage victim fromManipur who was killed in roadaccident by the son of the State’sChief Minister N Biren Singh.Instead, the Centre has backedthe State Government’s offer toprovide security to the family,currently in Delhi. Interestingly,the family had approached thecourt saying it had no faith in theState Government.

The incident was of March20, 2011. Taking note of thepeculiar situation facing the par-ents of the victim Irom Roger, theSupreme Court had taken up thepetition filed by the victim’sparents — Irom Chitra Devi andIrom Lokendra Singh and sought

a response from Centre onwhether it was willing to providecentral security cover.

On Monday, Centre’sAdditional Solicitor General(ASG) Maninder Singhappeared before a VacationBench of Justice Deepak Guptato State that orders were issuedon June 3 by the State InspectorGeneral of Police on June 3 toprovide round the clock secu-rity to the family and theirlawyer. Interestingly, a trialcourt has found the ChiefMinister’s son N Ajay Meetaiguilty of culpable homicidenot amounting to murder andpunished him to five years injail. Currently the parents havelodged an appeal before theManipur High Court toenhance Meetai’s punishment.

Singh said that on an over-all analysis, the allegations ofobstruction against the CM wasfalse and aimed at maligning hisimage. However, he supportedthe proposal by the StateGovernment to provide securi-ty to the family. The State ChiefSecretary O Nabakishore Singhfiled an affidavit before the apexcourt denying all charges ofinterference by the ChiefMinister but supporting theprayer of the petitioners forsecurity, offering round-theclock protection by ManipurRifles at the residences of thepetitioners and also to the lawyerappearing for them at ManipurHigh Court. An order in thisregard has already been issuedby the State Inspector General ofPolice on June 3.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation CBI) on

Monday searched the officeand homes of NDTV newschannel promoters PrannoyRoy and his wife Radhika Royin connection with an allegedbank fraud causing financiallosses to a private bank.Searches were conducted atfour places in Delhi andDehradun in Uttarakhand. TheNDTV called the raids a“witch-hunt” based on the “oldand false accusations”.

The news network in astrongly-worded statementsaid, “NDTV and its promot-ers will fight tirelessly againstthis witch-hunt by multipleagencies. We will not suc-cumb to these attempts to bla-tantly undermine democracyand free speech in India.”

The statement added, “It isclearly the independence andfearlessness of NDTV’s teamthat the ruling party’s politi-cians cannot stomach. No mat-ter how much the politiciansattack us — We will not give upthe fight for freedom and the

independence of media inIndia.”

The CBI raids come daysafter NDTV anchor NidhiRazdan had an on-air verbaltiff with BJP spokespersonSambit Patra, after he allegedthat the news network was fol-lowing an “agenda”, during adebate over the new centralnotification on cattle tradeand slaughter. The BJP leaderwas told to leave the pro-gramme.

The CBI has registered acase against RRPR Holding pvtlimited — the promoter com-pany of the English and Hindinews channels — PrannoyRoy, his wife Radhika andunidentified officials of ICICIBank for criminal conspiracy,cheating and corruption. TheCBI sleuths conducted search-es at Roy’s south Delhi resi-dence in Greater Kailash-I andhis house in Dehradun for the“loss of `48 crore to ICICIBank.

The CBI has alleged thatRRPR Holdings took a loan of`375 crore at the rate of 19 percent per annum from ICICIBank to repay the borrowing

from India Bulls. The pro-moters of NDTV pledged theirentire shareholding in NDTVas a collateral to ICICI for thisloan, it alleged. This pledgingof shares was not reported tothe SEBI, stock exchanges andthe Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting, according tothe CBI. Such concealmentwas allegedly done as a cre-ation of more than 61 per centvoting capital which was inviolation of Section 19 (2) ofthe Banking Regulation Act. Itshould not be more than 30 percent. An interest waiver of 10per cent was given by ICICI.According to the Act, “Nobanking company shall holdshares in any company,whether as pledgee, mortgageeor absolute owner, of anamount exceeding thirty percent. Of the paid-up sharecapital of that company orthirty per cent. Of its ownpaid-up share capital andreserves, whichever is less.

The case was registered bythe agency’s banking frauddivision. The officials said theoffice of RRPR Holding, thepromoter of the listed broad-

caster, was also searched.“Searches were conducted (onMonday) at four places, includ-ing Delhi and Dehradun,” CBIspokesperson RK Gaur said.

The CBI move triggeredsharp reactions from somejournalists, politicians andcommentators.

Senior Congress leaderand Deputy Leader ofOpposition in the Rajya Sabha,Anand Sharma has criticisedthe Centre over the CBI raidson journalist Prannoy Roy’sresidence by saying that a “bla-tant misuse of power” wastaking place in the country.Sharma alleged that the raidsshowed that a “blatant abuse ofpower” was taking place.“Centralisation of decision-making is happening at theCentre. The media and theother voices of dissent arebeing muzzled. A warning isbeing sent to the media outletsto fall in line or face a similarfate,” he said.

Congress leader and for-mer Information andBroadcasting Minister ManishTewari said the raids were a“direct assault” on the freedom

of the press. West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeetermed the raids as a “disturb-ing trend” and described Royas “highly respected and reput-ed” and said the trend of con-ducting such search opera-tions was “disturbing”.“Shocked at the raids on Dr@PrannoyRoyNDTV’s house.He is highly respected andreputed. Disturbing trend,”Banerjee tweeted.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said it was anattempt to “silence indepen-dent and anti-establishmentvoices”. Former Uttar PradeshChief Minister and SamajwadiParty leader Akhilesh Yadavretweeted Banerjee and othertweets condemning the CBIraids.

But Union Informationand Broadcasting Minister MVenkaiah Naidu rubbished thewitch-hunt allegation. “Law istaking its own course. ThisGovernment does not believein interfering. If somebodydoes something wrong simplybecause they belong to themedia, you cannot expect theGovernment to keep quiet.”

An extension for a period not exceedingsix months at a time may be allowed forany good and sufficient reasons to berecorded in writing by the disciplinaryauthority, says the new rule

CBI raids NDTV founder Prannoy's home over ‘bank fraud'CHANNEL CALLS IT WITCH-HUNT, SAYS IT WILL FIGHT AGAINST IT

Centre backs State Govt’s offerto provide safety to victim’s kin

ROAD RAGE INVOLVING MANIPUR CM’S SON

New Delhi: On the WorldEnvironment Day, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onMonday pitched for efforts tosave the nature for the futuregenerations as he noted thatthe entire world is lookingtowards India in this regard.

He said the climate changeis a big issue and the youth ofthe country need to be awareabout this so that the environ-ment can be saved.

“Today is the WorldEnvironment Day and ourmusic, our art tell us to con-serve environment also,” Modisaid while addressing the 5thInternational Convention ofSPIC MACAY (Society for thePromotion of Indian ClassicalMusic And Culture AmongstYouth) here.

Noting that climate changeis a big concern in front of theworld today, he said the world

is looking towards India.Three days back, US

President Donald Trump hadannounced withdrawal fromthe Paris climate deal whichhad been signed by 190 coun-tries, arguing that it wasfavouring India.

“We have to save our envi-ronment for our future gener-ations,” the Prime Ministersaid.

He said India has takenmany steps in the last threeyears to conserve the environ-ment and the entire world isdiscussing about these initia-

tives.“Today, the world is look-

ing towards India and thereforeit is very important to makeour youth vigilant about envi-ronment and conserving ourheritage,” Modi said.

He also suggested the SPICMACAY to spread the messageof environment conservationthrough its programmes.

Earlier, in the morning,Modi tweeted, “World Enviro-nment Day is the right time toreaffirm our commitment toprotecting our environmentand nurturing a better planet.”

He said this year’s theme of‘connecting people to nature’was nothing but a way “gettingconnected with ourselves”.

“I salute the will & deter-mination of all those individ-uals & organisations workingtowards protecting the envi-ronment,” he added. PTI

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2017

World is looking towardsIndia, says PM Modi

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Union Urban DevelopmentMinister M Venkaiah

Naidu on Monday urged resi-dents of the national Capital tosegregate waste at their hous-es and shops to avoid causingdamage to the environment.

“Bins with different coloursshould be used to segregate thewaste in every house and shop.Green bins should be used forthe wet waste and blue for thedry waste,” Naidu said. He spokewhile addressing a gatheringafter launching a campaign onsegregation of waste at thesource in the National CapitalRegion (NCR) on the occasionof World Environment Day.The four-month-long nation-wide Waste Segregation atSource campaign will coverabout 4,000 cities and towns.The campaign will be continuedtill October 2. The segregationis the first step to scientific wastemanagement. Once segregatedeach category of waste can thenbe treated separately rather thanmake its way to the landfill.

In NCR region, about15,000 tonnes of municipalsolid waste is being generatedevery day while about 65 mil-lion tones of such waste is pro-duced every day in urbanareas of the country. UnderSwachchh Bharat Mission(Urban), 100 per cent door-to-door collection, transportationand processing of solid wasteis targeted by October, 2019.On the occasion, an agree-

ment, under which the DelhiMetro will purchase “green”power from the InfrastructureLeasing and Financial Services(IL&FS), was signed betweenthe two parties.

With the launch of thecampaign, at least 4,000 urbanareas along with the nationalCapital is set to try out wastesegregation at source cam-paign to tackle the country’swaste problems. Waste segre-gation at source means thatwaste generators, households orcommercial establishments,will not just dump their garbage— they will first segregate itinto wet or kitchen waste whichwill be collected in Green Binsand dry waste which is non-biodegradable in blue bins.

Naidu urges Delhiitesto segregate waste at houses, shops

Union Urban Development MinisterVenkaiah Naidu looks at a photo of PMNarendra Modi and others at an exhibitionduring the launch of ‘segregation of wasteat source’ movement for national CapitalRegion at Talkatora stadium in New Delhion Monday PTI

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The Railways has under-taken a series of measures

for water conservation andrecycling through installationof rainwater harvesting struc-tures and setting up waterrecycling plants, throughwhich the national transportereventually hopes to save `300crore a year through thesemeasures.

It has set a target to recy-cle 20 crore litres per day. The

installed capacity of recyclingOne crore liters per day is beingenhanced to 3.5 crore litres perday by the end of 2017 througha concerted effort. Once therecycling potential of 20 crorelitres per day is achieved, theRailways shall save `300 croreper year only on its water bill,apart from saving preciouswater resources.

Railway Minister SureshPrabhu said that the Railwaysis considered the most energyefficient mode of transportand therefore the most envi-

ronmentally sustainableamong all including road, airand water.

“Railways is the best meansof transport in environmentalview as we are dealing with allaspects of environment. Theorganisation will be saving`300 crore a year through aconcerted effort to conservewater and restore water bodieson rail land across the country,”Prabhu said while addressingan event on the occasion ofWorld Environment Day.

Water recycling plants pro-

vided already at 30 locationssaving 12 million litres ofwater per day. Water audit isunderway at the major waterconsumption centres and rain-water harvesting systemsalready provided at more than2,200 locations and are beingextended further.

Railways have also estab-lished a directorate dedicatedto the affairs of environment,cleanliness and waste man-agement. Besides, it has under-taken energy conservation andenergy efficiency measures

with a target to achieve 1,000MW of solar power and 170MW of wind power installedcapacities.

Highlighting the focus onelectrification, Prabhu said“All our broad gauge lines willbe electrified which will helpin reducing emissions”.

“We have also set a targetof planting 5 crore trees in nextthree years to increase theforest cover on the rail land”.This year, 1.2 crore trees havebeen planted against a target of1.15 crore,” Prabhu added.

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On the World Environment Day on Monday,the World Health Organisation (WHO)

urged Governments to focus on creating greenpublic spaces such as parks and wetlands, cit-ing their innumerable health benefits.

Emphasising on the connection betweenhuman health and natural and man-made envi-ronments, WHO Regional Director for South EastAsia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh said rapid urban-isation was challenging the ecosystem, severelyaffecting physical and mental health being.

With more than a third of all people in theSouth East Asia Region living in towns, thepoorly managed urbanisation was resulting inincreased levels of ambient air pollution, con-

taminated food and drinking water, poor san-itation, noise pollution from traffic and crampedliving conditions, Singh said.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) —many of them environment-related — accountfor around 8.5 million deaths in the region everyyear while consumption of food containingtraces of heavy metals and other detritus wascausing health issues including neurological andkidney damage, she said.

Contaminated water sources were con-tributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)among other effects, while a lack of space wascreating a sense of physical and mental con-finement. Globally, these and other environ-mental risks cause an estimated 12.6 milliondeaths a year, she said.

Create green public spaces, Govts told

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The Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission

(KVIC) has decided to adopttwo out of 100 villages select-ed under the SMARTGRAMinitiative of the RashtrapatiBhavan.

KVIC Chairman VinaiKumar Saxena said followingthe call from the Presidentthat success in SMARTGRAMinitiative was possible onlywhen the Government, privatesector, academic institutions,NGOs and villagers cametogether, the KVIC has com-mitted to the President Housefor providing its full co-oper-ation in development of the twovillages, Raisina and Lohtaka.The KVIC has adopted thesetwo villages.

“On the advice of theRashtrapati Bhavan, the KVICwill implement all Khadi andvillage industries’ programs inboth the villages, to generatesustainable employment forthe villagers there. We havedecided to launch our bee-keeping, spinning, weaving andstitching centres in both the vil-

lages, where the villagers will beprovided proper training to ekeout their livelihood,” he said.

He went on to add that“Not only that, we will alsoimplement our small-scaleindustries’ other various skill-oriented and employment-gen-erating programs like agarbat-ti-making, candle-making, pot-tery and pickle-making. TheKVIC will also conduct sensi-tization programs for theyouths about the PrimeMinister EmploymentGeneration Program (PMEGP)followed by facilitating loansfrom different nationalizedbanks under the PMEGP — togenerate 100 per cent employ-ment in these villages.”

Saxena further said thatboth the villages would bedeveloped as ‘model’ villages.“We will also train the villagersabout the bio-gas plants there,besides distributing Charkhasand looms among the vil-lagers,” he said.

Earlier, the RashtrapatiBhavan Secretariat had askedthe KVIC to come forward inimplementation of its schemesin these villages.”

KVIC to adopt two out of 100 villages underSMARTGRAM initiative

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Former Union MinisterGhulam Nabi Azad on

Monday strongly denouncedthe act of damaging of statue offormer Prime Minister LateRajiv Gandhi, installed in apark in Mirzapur’s Awas Vikascolony in Uttar Pradesh even asthe party threatened a countrywide protest on the issue say-ing the Centre is now encour-aging mob lynching culture.

“We strongly condemn theact of damaging of the statue ofLate Rajiv Gandhi in Mirzapur.This act has hurt the senti-ments of millions and millions

of people and Congressmenacross the country because oftheir love and respect for thegreat leader. The StateGovernment should immedi-ately conduct an inquiry intothe incident in a time boundmanner so as to punish theguilty,” Azad said in a statement

He added that variousanti-social elements havebecome blatantly active in lastfew months because of inac-tion of the State Governmentwhich has resulted in deterio-ration of law and order in thestate of UP.

The statue of Rajiv Gandhiwas found damaged a few daysafter the Congress distributed

a booklet which describedKashmir as ‘Indian-OccupiedKashmir’. The booklet was dis-tributed during Congress’ UPin-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad’svisit to Lucknow. The Congresscalled for a snap state-widestrike for Monday to protest theGovernment inaction.

Uttar Pradesh Congresschief Raj Babbar said the headof the statue was found in adrain with a note which read,“Our government is in powerand he has been sent toPakistan”. Babbar said the partywill wield its strength andshow how it takes revenge. Healso linked the incident to UPChief Minister Yogi

Adityanath’s visit to the city. A FIR has been registered

at the Katra police station byMirzapur’s Congress presidentAbdul Wahid. The FIR reads

that the statue of the late PrimeMinister was vandalised on theintervening night of June 4 and5. No arrests have been madein the case so far.

Azad denounces damaging of Rajiv Gandhi’s statueThis act has hurt the sentiments of millions and

millions of people and Congressmenacross the country because of theirlove and respect for the greatleader. The State Governmentshould immediately conduct an

inquiry into the incident in a timebound manner so as to punish the guilty

— GHULAM NABI AZAD

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The face of RSS on televisionchannels Prof Rakesh Sinha

has donated the entire amountof `5 lakh that he received aspart of the Deendayal Upadhyayaward from President PranabMukherjee on May 30.

Sinha said that though hebelieves that people in public lifeshould avoid taking such awards,yet accepted it because it was inthe name of Deendayal ji fromwhom he has always drawninspiration. “Social and nation-al concerns of Dr Hedgewar,

Jayprakash Narayan andDeendayal ji have influenced hislife and ideology,” he said.

Prof Sinha said he donat-ed the prize money drawing

inspiration from Deendayal’sphilosophy of ‘reaching thelast man’ in the social structure.

“I’m donating this money asa humble contribution to thosewho are still struggling for basicneeds in their life,” he said.

Rakesh Sinha donates `5L ofDeendayal Upadhyay award

I’m donating this money as a humble

contribution to those who are still struggling for basicneeds in their life

Despite Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s efforts tokeep the focus on develop-ment, his detractors haveused every opportunity over

the last three years to shift the discourseonto issues triggered by the antics offringe elements in the Sangh Parivar orto distort routine governmental activityflowing out of court orders and see phan-toms where none exists.

A case in point is the recent hulla-baloo about the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals (Regulation of LivestockMarket) Rules, 2017. The purpose ofthese rules is to protect animals from cru-elty and not to regulate the trade in cat-tle for slaughter houses. It is also meantto curb illegal sale and smuggling of cat-tle and applies specifically to animalsbought and sold in the notified live stockmarkets and animals seized as caseproperties by law enforcement agencies.They do not cover other areas.

But more importantly, these ruleshave been made in compliance of anorder of the Supreme Court in GauriMaulekhi vs Union of India and Others,which primarily related to cattle smug-gling to Nepal. In this case, the courtordered on July 13, 2015, that theGovernment should frame guidelines toprevent animals from being smuggled outof India for the Gadhimai Festival inNepal, during which there is large-scaleanimal sacrifice. The apex court alsodirected the Director General (DG) of theSashastra Seema Bal (SSB) to examine theissue in detail and suggested certain mea-sures to curb trans-boundary smug-gling of cattle. The court asked theGovernment to implement these recom-mendations and notify rules in regard toLivestock Market and Case Property ani-mals. The court issued a final order onJuly 12, 2016, in which it said that rulesmust be framed under Section 38 of thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,1960, within three months.

Following these directions, theAnimal Welfare Board of India preparedthe draft rules incorporating all the sug-gestions made by the Supreme Court inthis case, and the draft rules were noti-fied on January 16 this year, invitingobjections and suggestions within 30 daysfrom persons affected by the amend-ments. The Government received 13 rep-resentations, which were examined, andeventually rules were notified last month.

Have you heard any of these facts oranything about the order of the SupremeCourt in the cacophonous debate that iscurrently on in different parts of thecountry on these rules? Also, is it not anabsolute perversion to say that these rulesare aimed at curbing beef-eating?

The background is as follows:Gauri Maulekhi of Dehra Dun peti-

tioned the Supreme Court in 2014 seek-ing its intervention to stop the transporta-tion of lakhs of animals from Bihar, UttarPradesh, West Bengal and Uttarakhandacross the India-Nepal border for a bar-baric ritual sacrifice at the GadhimaiFestival held once in five years in a vil-lage called Bariyarpur in Nepal. This is thelargest animal sacrifice in the world andinvolves the gruesome slaughter of abouthalf a million animals including sheep,buffaloes, pigs etc over a span of two daysand 70 per cent of these animals that areput on the chopping block are smuggledinto Nepal from India.

At the very first hearing of this peti-tion in October, 2014, the court issued adirection that no live cattle and buffaloesshould be illegally exported from Indiato Nepal. Thereafter, it directed the DG,SSB, to call a joint meeting of represen-tatives of the States, talk to the petition-er, evolve a comprehensive plan and sub-mit the report to the court. The DG pre-pared the plan as directed by the court.

He said in his report that lakhs of peo-ple from India cross the border when thefestival is held. “In view of the open andporous nature of the India-Nepal border,it is difficult to prevent cattle crossing overif effective measures are not taken in the

hinterland to prevent the transportation ofanimals up to the border, due to the largenumbers involved. Therefore, concertedefforts are required to be taken by everyagency across the states mandated to pre-vent cattle smuggling and animal sacrifice.”

He told the court that the transportof these animals involved 17 violations,including provisions of the Constitution,Acts of Parliament and Rules made thereunder and judgements of the SupremeCourt, apart from economic ramificationslike yearly drainage of large population ofproductive animals, setback to agricultureand animal husbandry and illegal activ-ities in respect of sale and transportationof livestock and cross-border smuggling.

The report recommended legally-mandated institutions and mechanismslike the constitution of Societies for thePrevention of Cruelties to Animals inevery district, establishment of StateAnimal Welfare Boards in every State asdirected by the Supreme Court, creationof training modules on animal welfare forlaw enforcement agencies and a generalprohibition on animal slaughter “at anyreligious or public place”, and setting upof monitoring and evaluation commit-tees to prevent such cruelty to animals.

More significantly, the report said thatrules should be framed “to regulate cat-tle markets to ensure that healthy cattle are

sold only for legally authorised purposes”;animal transportation should be done onlyin accordance with various Acts andRules in vogue; and rules must be framedfor disposal of seized cattle to ensure thatthey do not get recycled into smuggling.

The court directed the Governmentto implement these recommendationsand frame the Rules as suggested by theDG, SSB, in his report to the court. TheGovernment took extra time to imple-ment the order and eventually came upwith the Rules in question.

What has any of this got to do with theconsumption of beef or cow protection inparticular? Is it a sin to implement theorders of the Supreme Court? This is anabsolutely bogus controversy created by thepseudo-secular brigade which indulges fre-quently in its favourite pastime of mock-ing at Hindus for their reverence for thecow. Hindu-hating communists in Keralacooked beef on the roadside and consumedit to register their ‘protest’ against the Rulesframed as per directions of the court. Sadly,the Congress too is going along the sameroad these days. The Youth Congress tooused the occasion to mock at the Hindus.They cooked and ate beef along the road-side in Thiruvananthapuram. The peoplewill teach them a lesson.

(The writer is Chairman, PrasarBharati. Views expressed here are personal)!

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Trump’s climate change” (June 5).The US’s decision to exit from theParis climate change accord willcome as a serious threat to theentire planet. The condition of theglobal environment is such thatdelay by even a single day, in exe-cuting the policy, will lead to anincrease in pollution level tounmanageable numbers. The USis undoubtedly a developed coun-try, but how would it matter if thenation proves to be a factor ofdestruction instead of benefitingthe globe?

Fortunately, environmentalawareness is fast spreading inIndia and, therefore, it is hopedthat the atmosphere will likelyimprove in the coming years.However, the US’s withdrawalfrom the Paris climate agreementwill affect not only the environ-ment over there, but it will also bea potential threat to the countriesacross the globe. Needless to say,it will adversely affect our futuregenerations too. It is, therefore, upto us how we want our future tobe. After all, injustice anywhere isa threat to justice everywhere.

Atri GargNew Delhi

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Sir— This refers to the editorial,“One titanic controversy” (June 5).It seems that controversy hasbecome a middle name for theBoard of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI). All this does notaugur well for Indian cricket.Spin legend Anil Kumble came

with a huge wealth of experienceand produced amazing resultstoo. One may argue that whatev-er we have achieved till date is onhome soil. The real test lies on theforeign soil. But if captain ViratKohli is not happy with Kumble’sattitude, these things can be bet-ter sorted out across the table inthe presence of the Committee ofAdministrators (CoA).

Each individual is different.Both the captain and the coachneed to understand this. There arenot many with Kumble’s stature tobe appointed as the next coach, sothe BCCI and the CoA need totread carefully. No one is above thegame, and Indian cricket’s inter-est should be paramount. Egoshave no place in such matters.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Containing Zika’s spread” (June 3).The World Health Organisationhas confirmed the first three casesof Zika virus in India. We need tobe on alert as Zika virus can causean epidemic in no time.

We must not forget that SriLanka has got the status of thesecond malaria-free country inthe Southeast Asia region afterthe Maldives, in spite of its longhistory with the disease. Indiashould take lessons from thesetwo countries to eliminate themenace of deadly vector-bornediseases on a war footing.

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The North-East (N-E) is the newengine of growth, said PrimeMinister Narendra Modi while

inaugurating the longest, 9.15 kmDodha-Sadiya bridge of the country,linking Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

But can a bridge change the fate ofdisaster and a poverty-ridden region?In fact, this is much more than a bridge.It is becoming a major land gatewayto Southeast Asia — Bangkok, Phuket,Singapore — and an emerging area ofglobal prosperity. The bridge reducesthe travel time from Rupai on NH 37to Meka/Roing on NH 52 inArunachal Pradesh from six hours toonly an hour. The bridge is quake-resis-tant and can take a load of 110 tonnes,as against India’s main battle tank’sweight of 68.6 tonnes. It can troops to

India-Tibet border, McMahon Line, ina jiffy in all-weather conditions. Thiscame with the foundation-stone lay-ing of the region’s first All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences andIndian Agricultural Research Institute.In a day, Modi announced �3,500 croreprojects for the region. A total invest-ment of over one lakh crore rupees isenvisaged in the next five years.

In January this year, another cru-cial bridge was inaugurated by UnionMinister for Shipping and RoadTransport Nitin Gadkari on theBrahmaputra at Saraighat. He hadannounced a number of new road pro-jects and bridges for Assam, worth�65,000 crore over the next five years.The North-East is changing, saysArunachal Chief Minister PemaKhandu. “Now we do not have toqueue up in Delhi to meet Ministers.They come to us.”

The region feels its isolation isending and it is privy to a new devel-opment path that connects not onlythe rest of the country but beyond,to Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. Itis now part of India’s Act East strat-

egy started by then Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee. Even theDodha-Sadiya bridge was conceptu-alised by Vajpayee.

The new bridge has broughtcheers to 40,000 tea growers, includ-ing 509 tea gardens and factories inTinsukia and Dibrugarh districts,Arunachal Pradesh’s Roing and adja-cent areas, cut-off from the mainlandfor centuries. It produces 40 crore kgof green leaf per annum. The North-East will denote new economy, newenergy and new empowerment.

The Modi Government has takenmany diplomatic activities to connectthe region. The transit between N-E toother areas in the country is to be faster,as transit through Bangladesh isbecoming a reality. Direct bus services,flight from Guwahati to Dhaka,Bangladesh visa office and a joint tourpackage with Bangladesh, will bringthis hilly region closer to the beachesof Cox’s Bazar.

Bangaldeshis will now have accessto Kaziranga sanctuary and can investin textiles, tissue paper making, fooditems and ceramics in Assam,

Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland,Mizoram and Arunachal. Bangladeshimports seven billion dollars of goodsa year. Now it will have opportunitiesto invest to boost their economy.

As the Dodha-Sadhia bridge takesIndian troops faster to the China bor-der, the bridge on Feni in Tripura willferry heavy machines and goods toand from the N-E and the rest of Indiavia Bangladesh through theChittagong international port, as pera new agreement. Dhaka had earlieragreed to allow India to use theChittagong port, about 72 km fromTripura’s southern border town ofSabroom. The move is aimed atboosting investment and productionin the region. A gradual transforma-tion in this area is increase in local pro-duction and reduction of importseither China or northern Indian.

Two more toll roads are to be builtalong both banks of the Brahmaputra.The roads, to serve as flood protec-tion walls, would be constructedusing silt dredged to improve the nav-igability of the river. This is expectedto improve the farm production and

reduce seasonal miseries.The new Indian Agricultural

Research Institute is to boost produc-tion in the region with the Scheme forAgro Marine Produce Processingand Development of Agro-ProcessingClusters. This will be a �6,000 croreumbrella project for seamless trans-fer of food products for producing toconsuming areas.

Development is happening inMizoram too. The Kaladan corridor ispoised to link N-E with southeast Asiathrough multi-modal transit system(KMTT) based on road, river and seasas part of the Act East policy. It is tobe developed as a potential sea-gate.The project includes the improvementof Sittwe port in Arakan Province, westMyanmar, construction of an inlandwaterway on Kaladan river and prepa-ration for a highway transportation sys-tem linking up with the Mizoram cap-ital of Aizwal. Consequently, roadtransport is proposed to the Indianborder in Mizoram.

The North-East has betterprospects, as Indian Ambassador toThailand Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi

said in May 2016. For the first timein decades, India will be linked byland to Southeast Asia. India,Thailand and Myanmar are workingon a 1,400-kilometre-long tri-nationhighway, in a bid to provide a boostto trade and cultural exchangesamong the three countries. India isfunding renovation of 73 bridges. Theplanned highway starts from Morehin India and reach Tak in Thailand.

The road will help in transporta-tion of goods and further developmentof small and medium enterprises in theN-E. Myanmar’s Dawei deep-sea portand industrial estate project near theThailand border is also expected tohelp further integrate eastern Indiawith Southeast Asian countries. Theplanned port can be linked up withIndia’s Chennai port as well asThailand’s Laem Chabang Port.

The Modi vision is likely to trans-form the region with high resourcelacking people. It is connecting the leastlinked-up areas to prosperity by open-ing up avenues beyond the eastern bor-ders and to the seas.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Last fortnight was verynewsy in Uttar Pradesh,where incidents like mur-der, kidnapping, rape andtheft dominated newspa-

pers. The allegations of jungle rajflew left, right and centre, and thistime it is the Samajwadi Party whichhas started complaining about law-lessness in the State. It is theBharatiya Janata Party which is nowdefending the State Governmentand asking for more time to bring theState back on rails. The rot of 15years cannot be washed away in justtwo months — give us some timesand the situation will improve, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath had saidmany a time in his rallies or commu-nication with reporters.

What happened in the last twoweeks is a wake up call for the YogiGovernment. The murder of jew-ellers in Mathura, kidnapping ofIndia’s biggest glass trader inFirozabad, caste violence inSaharanpur and the alleged gangrape of four women in Jewar andbrutal murder of one of the familymembers who protested against theincident, are grisly reminders toBJP that ruling Uttar Pradesh is notchild’s play.

The only comfort for the YogiGovernment has been that that thepolice have acted fast and arrestedcriminals barring in Jewar — wherepolice say nomadic tribes areinvolved in the crime. This is for surethat no Government can stop crimein any State, but the crime rate candefinitely be brought down if thepolice acts fast and arrests peopleinvolved in a crime. This will giveconfidence to the people that theyare safe; in turn, prompt action willact as a deterrent against criminals.

The BJP needs to build that con-fidence. Though two months is asmall time to judge the performanceof any Government, Chief Ministerwill have to keep it in mind that theBJP came to power with a promiseto improve the law and order situa-tion. The resounding victory theparty got in the Assembly election isa testimony to the fact the peoplebelieve only the Bharatiya JanataParty can restore law and order inUttar Pradesh. The Yogi AdityanathGovernment will have to live up tothat expectation.

The only mantra to controlcrime for any Government is tostamp its authority. This can only beachieved if the Government cansend fear down the spine of crimi-nal gangs. That’s what Kalyan Singhdid when he was Chief Minister ofUttar Pradesh. The Special TaskForce of the State police prepared alist of criminals and eliminatedthem one by one. Sri Prakash Shukla

was the top-most criminal and hisencounter sent a positive messageamong people. The same goes truefor Mayawati, who gave a free handto the police to deal with criminals.The Samajwadi Party failed toimprove law and order because of itsbias. People of one caste and thosebelonging to one religion were givenpreference and their crimes weregenerally overlooked.

It is a political challenge for YogiAdityanath, who has emerged as ano-nonsense politician, to controllaw and order in the State. But therecent happenings in Uttar Pradeshsuggest that he has a long ground tocover. His first brush with the bel-ligerent group was the emergence ofsome saffron outfits who, in thename of cow vigilantism, spread ter-ror in western Uttar Pradesh. Theybeat up innocent people on the pre-text that they were somehowinvolved in the cow slaughter busi-ness. The trend spread to many partsof Uttar Pradesh, with the saffrongamchcha emerging as sign of terror.

Yogi has talked tough and askedthe police to arrest whosoever cre-ates trouble. The warning was clearthat no one should be spared, how-ever powerful that person may be.This message worked, and in theSaharanpur caste conflict case, thepolice arrested people from bothsides. The Chief Minister did noteven spare the MLA fromGorakhpur, Radha Mohan DasAgarwal, considered to be his pro-tégé, and admonished him for talk-ing rough with a trainee IPS officer.

These incidents have shown that

Yogi has the political will to tame thecrime rate. But the big question iswhether he has resources under hisbelt to handle Uttar Pradesh, whichis the fourth largest Indian State withan area of 240,928 square km; pop-ulation-wise it would be the sixthcountry in the world. It is the mostpopulous State in the country —home to over 22 crore people. Thus,proper policing is required to con-trol crimes across the vast State.Police officials vouch that they donot have the resources to handle thesituation effectively. “It is a fact thatUttar Pradesh does not have enoughpolice force. We do not have enoughconstables to monitor beat. TheSub-inspectors are over burdened.The result is they are irritated. I willnot hesitate to say that sometimes wecreate criminals. Just to please ourbosses we arrest innocent men —some of them take to crime becausethey know how police work”, asenior police official said, adding,“Police in Uttar Pradesh is sufferingfrom an acute erosion of power. Thefact is that criminals do not fear thepolice anymore.”

This official, who wanted to beanonymous for obvious reasons, isnot off the mark. Human RightsWatch, in its 118-page report,‘Broken System: Dysfunction, Abuseand Impunity in the Indian Police’,recounts how the police works inUttar Pradesh. The report has aquote of a constable of the State, whosays, “With all the mental stress, the24-hour law-and-order duty, thepolitical pressure, a person mayturn to violence. How much can a

person take? We have to keep watchon an accused person, their humanrights, but what about us? Living likethis 24 hours! We are not claimingthat our power makes us born towork all the times. Sometimes webeat or detain illegally, because ourworking conditions, our facilities arebad. So we are contributing to cre-ating criminals and militants.”

Under this situation, when aGovernment asks the police to con-trol crime, the police officials findinnovative ways to please their polit-ical masters. During the AkhileshYadav regime, the most heinouscrimes were registered under the spe-cial and local laws (SLL) instead ofthe Indian Penal Code (IPC), toavoid the National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB) assessments. Thisanomaly was highlighted by theNCRB in 2015, when it found thatunder the IPC, only 112 cases wereregistered in the State, whereas thisnumber was 917 in Delhi. When SLLwas added to this figure, the num-ber rose to 1,293.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathneeds to discourage such innova-tions. He has to make the UttarPradesh police accountable. He hasmade a beginning when, onThursday, he issued directives hold-ing beat constables to the DirectorGeneral of Police responsible for anescalation in crime. The need of thehour is to make the State policebelieve it can arrest the crime rate.If the Yogi can do it, he will have wonhalf the battle.

(The writer is Chief of Bureau,The Pioneer, Lucknow edition)

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The ‘Maharashtra bandh’called by the farmers on the

fifth day of their agitationevoked good response onMonday, with many APMCmarkets and regular marketsoutside Mumbai and othermajor cities remaining closedand milk, fruits and vegetablesupplies continue to be affect-ed in many parts of the State.

On a day when the agita-tion took a violent turn atmany places across the State,the ruling Shiv Sena — whichhas consistently been demand-ing waiver of farm loans andhad come in open support offarmers on the day one oftheir agitation — once againthrew its weight behind the agi-tating farmers and even justi-fied the acts of violenceindulged in by the protesters.

In a statement issued here,Sena president UddhavThackeray said, “The StateGovernment should learnlessons from the tremendousresponse that farmers’ agitationis evoking all over the State. Atsome places, we are witnessingviolence. The State Gov-ernment should consider thisnot as violence but the eruptionof pangs of hunger suffered byfarmers. Given the kind ofunity we are witnessing amongfarmers, I am sure that the agi-

tation will not end till such timethe State Government annou-nces a farm loan waiver andremunerative prices for theirproduce”.

Apart from the ruling ShivSena, the Opposition Congress,Nationalist Congress Party,Peasants and Workers Party,Left parties, various tradeunions, NGOs, affiliated organ-isations and farmers groups aresupporting the agitation.

The agitating farmersresorted to “rasta rokos” atmany places, with the protest-ers blocking the trucks carry-ing milk, poultry products andvegetables to Mumbai andother urban areas of the State.So much so that the agitatorsclimbed the stranded trucksand threw onto roads milk andvegetables . Incidents of arsonswere witnessed at many placesin Ahmednagar in westernMaharashtra which is the epi-centre of agitation.

The protesters carried outa symbolic funeral processionof Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis at Deva-rgaon, Vandagalli and Mah-alsakore in Nashik district inprotest against the StateGovernment’s failure to lookinto their various demands,including farm loan waiver,remunerative prices for theirproduce and pension for themafter 60 years of age. At a few

places, the farmers burnt theeffigy of the Chief Minister.

The farmers’ agitationevoked maximum response innorth Maharashtra, Marathw-ada and most parts of westernMaharashtra and easternMaharashtra. The farmersmade bonfire of onion stocksin places like Chandrapur,Dhule, Latur, Bhandara,Hingoli, and Satara while farm-ers in Yavatmal districts resort-ed to mass-tonsure in protestagainst the Government’s apa-thy towards agrarian crisis.

In Kalamb tehsil ofOsmanabad district, agitatingfarmers damaged three State-run MSRTC buses throughstone-throwing. The farmers inVaijapur tehsil of Aurangabaddistrict resorted to a peacefulprotest by resorting to “bhajan”in protest against the StateGovernment.

The vehicular traffic onvarious roads across the State,including Nagpur-TuljapurState highway, Niphad-Chandvad road were affected.In Osmanabad district, farmersresorted to a novel ‘topless’protest by removing their shirtsand kurtas and squatting inmarkets and roads sportingtheir dhotis and pyjamas.

The APMC marketsremained closed for the fifthconsecutive day in many dis-tricts of the State.

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While the rival political par-ties accused her of playing

the Bengali card to reap electoralbenefits in the panchayat elec-tions particularly in NorthBengal, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onMonday drove home the needto learn the language for non-Bengali speaking populationwhile living in Bengal.

Her statement came on aday when the Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha staged protests againstthe State Trinamool CongressGovernment’s decision to makeBengali a compulsory thirdlanguage for those who wouldlive in the State.

The GJM staged protestmarches and raised black flagsthroughout the two districts ofDarjeeling and Kalimpongdemanding a rollback of theGovernment decision.

Mamata, who was cur-rently in Darjeeling to hold anadministrative meet and aCabinet meeting in the Hills,wondered, “If the Bengalis canread Nepali why can’t a Nepaliperson read Bengali,” appar-ently aware of the politicalimpact of her speech.

She said, “We are not forc-ing Bengali language downyour throat. We are making itavailable for the people likeother three languages —

English, Hindi and Nepali.What is the harm to read afourth language in a Statewhere we are living.”

The GJM was trying torake up an issue ahead of the panchayat elections becausethey don’t have any issue to raise, she said reminding thatthe State Government haddone all the developmentalwork in Darjeeling and theGJM was trying to create lin-guistic divide to save its placein the hills.

Her statement was howev-er vehemently protested byGJM leadership with partyleader Benoy Tamang onMonday staging a mammothrally at Mirik.

“We will not tolerate anydictatorial move by the BengalGovernment on the Gorkhapopulation,” said GJM chiefBimal Gurung.

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Defending the Bihar SchoolExamination Board

(BSEB) and education depart-ment in the context of the sec-ond consecutive merit scam,Chief Minister Nitish Kumarsaid the strict measures tocheck unfair practices yieldedgood results and the pass per-centage went down to 35 percent in the recently declaredresults of the intermediateexam. Referring to the episodeof Ganesh Kumar, who topped,but committed fraud in lower-ing his age, he said this irreg-ularity was exposed by theofficials.

The CM also announced totake action against schoolsfrom where not a single studentwas passed and said a compre-hensive view would be takenregarding the kind of educationimparted there and the infra-structure they have. He was

reacting to the reports in a sec-tion of the Press that all theteachers of such schools wouldbe dismissed.

He admitted to scam in theresults of the Class XII examlast year but claimed no suchirregularity was committed thisyear. “We are working hard forreforms in the education sec-tor. There are challenges and Itake them as opportunity,” saidthe CM and asked, “Show meone place where perfectly idealarrangements have been made.”The CM said anybody foundinvolved in wrongdoings andcorrupt practices would not bespared.

Nitish, who was speakingto media after a long time onMonday, also spoke on issuesranging from three years of theNarendra Modi Government toKashmir to gau rakshaks.

He came down heavily onthe gau rakshaks and therestriction on cattle trade and

said the cattle straying on roadsshould be protected and servedby the BJP people in goshalasbefore a ban on cattle trade.

The CM disclosed that onexperimental basis he askedPatna DM to identify places forkeeping the stray animals andprotect them from dangers ofaccident as well as plastic chew-ing. He said this problem wasmore chronic in UP but thecow vigilantees and BJP menwere least bothered about it.

Sometime ago RJD chiefLalu Prasad had asked hisparty workers to tie stray andaging cows and buffaloes at thedoor of the BJP leaders for theirbetter upkeep.

On three years of the BJPled Central Government, Nitishsaid before the election, theirmain promise was to create jobopportunities and help farmerswith minimum support pricebut nothing happened on thesefronts.

To a query on UP CM YogiAdityanath’s visit to Bihar andthe two public meetings to tellpeople about the achievementof the Modi Government,Nitish said, “The central lead-ership of the BJP is sendingleaders from outside whichmeant that it has no faith in itsState leaders.” This referencewas obvious towards Bihar topBJP leader Sushil Kumar Modiwho has a habit of issuingstatement on daily basis againstNitish and his administration.

On Kashmir issue, Nitishsaid it was a sensitive issue andshould be handled carefully.The Centre, he said, shouldtake all political parties byconfidence and take whatevernecessary action it deems fit.The CM said the Centre shouldalso try for consensus on thePresident candidate and if failsto do so, the Opposition havethe right to pick up their owncandidate.

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The Hindu JanajagrutiSamiti on Monday filed a

police complaint with the cybercell of the Goa Police, seekinga closure of controversialpreacher Dr Zakir Naik and hisorganistion Islamic ResearchFoundation’s Facebook page,claiming the two pages con-tained socially divisive content.

The complaint was filed onMonday by a lawyer NageshTakbhate, representing a wing of the samiti with thecyber cell.

“The Islamic ResearchFoundation and Dr Zakir Naikare active in India, even afterthe notification of ban and arecommitting cognisable offence.Therefore the Facebook page ofIRF and Zakir Naik should beblocked immediately and anoffence must be registeredagainst Zakir Naik and itsactive members, followers andfans of Dr Zakir Naik andIslamic Research Foundation,”the complaint said.

The TV preacher Naik,who has been the focus of con-troversy following the recentDhaka terror attack, hasclaimed innocence and hascontested allegations of stokingcommunal flames and inspir-ing terrorists, which are beinglevelled against him, even as the Union Home Ministry hasalso started a probe into hisactivities.

His foundation has alreadybeen banned for a period of fiveyears under the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act.

The lawyer has prayed thathis complaint be also registeredunder the Information and

Technology Act 2008 andSection 13 of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act.

The complaint also saysthat the respective Facebookpages were posting objection-able content and encouragingfollowers of these pages to“promote disharmony betweendifferent religious communitiesand groups.”

“The Home Ministry ofIndia has genuine evidencethat Zakir Naik has beenencouraging and aiding its fol-lowers to promote disharmonybetween different religiouscommunities and groups. TheCentral Government hasreceived information that thestatements and speeches madeby Zakir Naik are objectionableand subversive in nature as hehas been extolling the knownterrorists like Osama BinLaden, proclaiming that everyMuslim should be a terrorist,”the complaint also says.

Speaking to reporters inPanaji, Superintendent of Polic(Crime) Priyanka Kashyap saidthat her department was inreceipt of the complaint and itwas being examined.

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As it is raining “fake doctors”in Bengal, the Crime

Investigation Department onMonday picked up yet anoth-er medico practising for the lastseveral years sans a genuinemedical degree.

After the arrest ofSubhendu Mukherjee and AjayTewari, the police have nettedHowrah’s Ramashankar Singh,an alleged fake doctor, onMonday. He was picked upfrom Bauria police station area,said police, adding that theman has been coning patientsfor quite a few years now andattended a number of chambersin the city.

Singh’s arrest came a coupleof days after the police arrestedAjay Tewari who had beenpracticing as an endocrinologistat a top private hospital.

Both Mukherjee andTewari, commerce graduates,tended to make full commer-cial use of the medical profes-sion by posing as doctors forthe last few years, said a CIDDeputy SP, adding Tewari likeNaren Pandey, a self-styleddermatologist, associated withanother top private hospital forthe last 20 years were treatingpatients with impunity.

The State Medical Councilhas submitted a report to theGovernment on at least 10more doctors practicing in andaround Kolkata, saidTrinamool leader Dr NirmalMaji adding that the intelli-gence agencies were keeping aneye on another 500 doctors invarious parts of the State.

“There are many doctorswho have been claiming thatthey have obtained their degreesnot only from other parts of

India but also from neighbour-ing countries like Bangladesh.When we counter-checked withDhaka, we found that their claims werefalse,” he said adding theGovernment was also zeroing inon a number of self-styledcouncils that had been provid-ing fake degrees for alternativemedicine enabling these doctorsto carry on their fake network.

Maji said, the doctors prac-ticing in Bengal would soon beasked to resubmit their cre-dentials.

“In fact many of them havealready been asked to submittheir certificates and fill up aduly prescribed form,” a HealthDepartment official saidadding some senior officials ofthe Ministry were under theCID scanner for givingappointment to fake doctors inGovernment Hospitals.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said that the

benchmark for his Gover-nment’s governance is KalyanSingh’s regime where law andorder was the best and deliverysystem was smooth and trans-parent.

“When we need to pick anyadministration which shouldbe our benchmark, only onename comes to the mind. Thatis of Kalyan Singh. We want toreplicate the achievements ofthat regime. The then CM notonly improved law and orderbut also ensured that benefitsof Government schemesreached each beneficiary,” Yogisaid while laying the founda-

tion of a solid waste manage-ment project in Aligarh onMonday.

The CM said that hisGovernment was committed toprovide better lifestyle to mass-es including better roads, qual-ity power and clean environ-ment. “The beginning has beenmade by initiating projects tomanage solid waste. We haveproposals where we will gen-erate power from waste. But forthat we need to segregatedomestic, industrial and med-ical waste,” he said.

“Aligarh has a capacity tomanage 300 tonnes of waste butthis should increase to 1,000tonnes so that we can generatepower from this waste,” the CMsaid.

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Congress leaders and sup-porters held a massive

protest throughout Uttarpradesh on Monday againstalleged defacement of a statueof former Prime Minister RajivGandhi in Mirzapur onSaturday night.

While State Congress chiefRaj Babbar along with RajyaSabha member Pramod Tiwarirushed to Mirzapur andprotested there demandingaction against the culprits, inLucknow, senior leaders held ahuge protest and burnt effigiesof Prime Minister NarendraModi and CM Yogi Adityanathbefore marching to RajBhawan.

In Lucknow, the Congressleaders gathered at the GPOand then they burnt the effigiesof PM and CM at Hazratganjcrossing. Later, a Congressdeleagtion led by Rajya Sabhamember PL Punia, formerMinister Satyadeo Tripathi,Virendra Madan, Sanjay Bajpai,Amarnath Agarwal, DP Singh,Onkar Singh, marched to theRaj Bhawan.

There the angry Congres-smen raised slogans against theModi and Yogi Governmentsand alleged that they werebehind the beheading of RajivGandhi’s statue in Mirzapur.

Large contingent of policewere deployed to avert any exi-gency but that could not pre-vent irked Congress workersand they even marchedtowards the BJP office to venttheir ire. But later they changedtheir mind and instead went toRaj Bhawan. In Lucknow, someyouth Congress members alsoblocked rail tracks near Bads-hah Nagar railway station.

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After his release from TiharJail on bail, AIADMK

deputy general secretary TTVDinakaran on Monday metparty chief VK Sasikala, who isimprisoned at ParappanaAgrahara Central Prison on theoutskirts of Bengaluru. Hismeeting with Sasikala assumespolitical significance as thewarring factions within theTamil Nadu ruling party istalking about coming togetherto isolate both of them.

This is his first meetingwith Sasikala since his release.He came to the prison withfamily members, 12 MLAs andone MP of the party.

The prison authoritiesallowed only four persons to

meet Sasikala. According tosources, Sasikala and Dina-karan discussed for over anhour political developments

that were taking place both inTamil Nadu and the Centre.

Sasikala, co-accusedEllavarasi and her nephew VN

Sudhakaran are lodged in theprison since February 15. Theyhad surrendered in the trialcourt here following their con-viction by the Supreme Courtin the disproportionate assetscase, in which former TamilNadu Chief Minister late JJayalalitha was also an accused.

A Delhi court on Thursdaygranted bail to Dinakaran andhis aide Mallikarjun overallegedly bribing the ElectionCommission officials for get-ting the party’s two leaves sym-bol for his faction. The TisHazari court granted bail to theduo on personal bond of �5lakh, however, they were askedto surrender their passports.

In a high political dramaafter the death of Jayalalithaa,Sasikala appointed Dinakaran,

her nephew, as her deputybefore she went to jail to servea four-year sentence for cor-ruption.

Dinakaran was ousted andsidelined by the party as itattempted a reunion with arebel faction led by formerTamil Nadu Chief Minister OPanneerselvam whose maincondition for the merger wasthat Sasikala and her family bekept away from the party andthe Government.

Dinakaran and his aideMallikarjuna were arrested inApril by the Delhi crimebranch police. The duo wascharged with attempting tobribe the Election Commissionofficials in the AIADMK sym-bol row to gain a favourableverdict.

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Telangana has become thefirst State to take up specific

measures, including makingbudgetary allocation for thewelfare of Brahmin communi-ty, the elite in the Hindu castehierarchy.

Andhra Pradesh Ministerfor Urban Development KTaraka Rama Rao on Mondaylaid foundation stone forBrahmana Sadan, a communi-ty centre building in Gop-anapalli in the outskirts ofHyderabad. He said that the

building to be constructed overan area of nearly six acres at acost of �10 crore will havemany facilities. It will serve asa hostel for the Brahmin stu-dents pursuing higher educationand also meet various commu-nity needs. The building willalso have a library and studycentre. State Government hadallotted land for the building.

“Our Chief Minister KCRis a friend of the Brahmins andhe is working hard for theirwelfare,” Rama Rao said.

“He is known for keepinghis word and fulfill promises.”

KTR pointed out that theState Government has allocat-ed �100 crore for the welfare ofBrahmins.

It is for thefirst time that aGovernment in the State madesuch allocation for Brahmins.

While so far, the Govern-ment has been devising sche-mes and programmes for thewelfare of Dalits, tribals,Backward Classes and minori-ties, Telangana has also startedfocusing on the other socialgroups, including Brahminswho constitute 2% of the Statepopulation.

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An incident of honourkilling at the village

Gundakanala in Muddebihaltaluk in Vijayapura district ofKarnataka has sent shockwaves. According to police, a21-year-old pregnant Muslimwoman, identified as BanuBegum, was allegedly burntalive by her family members formarrying Dalit youthSayabanna Sharanappa Konnurfrom Valimiki caste onSaturday night.

Konnur also sustainedinjuries in the ghastly incidentand is battling for life in a hos-pital.

Banu and Konnur hailfrom the same village and hadfallen in love. Banu’s family wasagainst the relationship. TheBanu’s family members hadlodged a case against Konnurunder the Pocso Act with theTalikote police.

However, two days afterlodging the complaint, Banueloped with Konnur to Goaand both of them returned tothe village four days ago, aftergetting married at the sub-reg-istrar’s office in Muddebihal,police said.

The police have arrestedBanu’s mother, sister, brother-in-law and brother in connec-tion with the incident. Her twoelder sisters and brothers areabsconding, said DySPPrabhugouda Patil said.

The love story of BanuBegum and 24-year-old Dalitboy Sayabanna SharanappaKonnur, ended in a tragedywhere in the family membersof Banu Begaum allegedlyburnt her alive after knowingthat that she was pregnant.

As the story goes the girlsfamily was opposed to therelationship and they evenwent to police and filed a writ-ten complaint against the boy.

After this incident, Banu andSayabanna eloped to Goa onJanuary 24, and decided to livethere. In February, they gottheir marriage registered.When Banu got pregnant, thecouple decided to return toGundakanala, assuming thattheir families would accepttheir marriage.

According to Talikotepolice, the family refused toaccept them even after theycome to know about her preg-nancy. “The families did notaccept their marriage and a huge fight ensued throughoutthe day,” the Talikote Dy SPsaid.

On Saturday night, whenthe couple refused to give in totheir families’ demands, hewas brutally assaulted.“Sayabanna arrived at the sta-tion and was severely injured.He narrated the series of eventsand he ran back to pick upBanu,” police claimed.

It was on Sunday, Banu’smother, brother, sister andfather-in-law were arrested.“They have been booked formurder and assault. Banu hadbeen stabbed multiple timesbefore being set on fire,” Patilsaid. Four other accused in thecase — Banu’s two elder sistersand two brothers — areabsconding, Patil added.

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Tragedy struck Bareilly whenat least two dozen passen-

gers were charred and 14 oth-ers suffered critical burns whenan Uttar Pradesh RoadTransport bus burst into flamesafter crashing on to a truck onthe National Highway earlyMonday morning.

The injured where admit-ted to a hospital and a three-member State Governmentdelegation led by FinanceMinister Rajesh Agarwal ovre-saw that the injured were treat-ed and the DNA samples of thedeceased were preserved foridentification. Agarwal andtwo of his Ministerial col-leagues Swatantradev Singhand Brijesh Pathak flew toBareilly in a chopper on instru-ction of CM Yogi Adityanath.

The Minister announcedan ex-gratia payment of �2 lakhfor the kin of deceased, �50,000to the seriously injured and�25,000 for those with minorinjuries.

A native of Bareilly,Agarwal said that the death tollhas risen to 24.

Besides, 14 others weresuffering from serious burns.He said that the compensationwould be paid only after theidentity of deceased were estab-lished. He also ordered shiftingof two critically injured toLucknow.

With condolence pouringin from all quarters, PrimeMinister Narendra Modiexpressed grief over the deathsand announced an ex-gratiapayment of �2 lakh each to thefamilies of the deceased. TheUP State Road TransportCorporation (UPSRTC) alsoannounced an ex-gratia pay-ment of �5 lakh to the familiesof the deceased besides order-ing a high-level probe into theaccident.

Transport CommissionerK Ravindra Naik said that a

probe has been ordered to findout the reason behind the acci-dent.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath also expressed sor-row at the loss of lives in amishap in Bareilly andexpressed condolences to thebereaved families. He alsodirected officers to ensure thatthe injured got proper andprompt treatment.

The ill-fated UP RoadTransport Corporation bus(UP43T-5978) carrying 41 pas-sengers from Delhi, was on its

way to Gonda in eastern UPwhen the mishap took placenear Bada bypass on NH 24.The bodies were so badlycharred that doctors found itdifficult to determine the gen-der of the victims.

Initially, the number ofinjured was put at 15, but thename of another passengerwas added to the list, of whomtwo died during treatment.Three passengers escaped withminor injuries.

SSP Jogendra Kumar said,“The accident involving a bus

of UPSRTC and a truckoccurred between 1am and1.30 am. Six passengers, whowere critically injured, werehospitalised.”

Eyewitnesses claimed thatthe diesel tank of the bus burst after the collision leadingto the fire.

“Around 5.45 am, wereceived 22 bodies from theaccident site. Most bodies werecharred beyond recognition. Itwas difficult to even determinethe gender of the people,” saidDr Shailesh Ranjan of Bareillydistrict hospital.

“The number of male andfemale passengers, who died inthe accident, would be clearonly after the post-mortem,”Chief Medical Officer, Bareilly,Dr Vijay Yadav, said.

The bus driver is alsoamong the deceased, while theconductor received seriousinjuries. The driver of thetruck, which was coming fromShahjehanpur, is absconding.

“The truck and the busboth caught fire after the col-lision. Fire engines reached tothe spot, but the flames were sohigh that it took us a lot ofeffort to douse the flames andreach inside”, said senior policeofficer SK Bhagat.

Meanwhile, UPSRTC has set up a control room(numbers : 058-2473303 and058-247043) to help the kin ofthe victims.

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In a bizarre incident, twoboys bobbitised their own

friend in Mainpuri late onSunday night. The victim wasconvalescing in a hospital whileone of the perpetrators wasarrested and a case was regis-tered in this regard.

A per reports, 13-year-oldKartik (name changed) ofKitah hamlet of Kisni(Mainpuri) was sleeping out-side his house on Sunday night.His family members testifiedthat Kartik woke up with sud-den pain. He found bloodsplattered near his private partsand two of his friends withknives in their hand runningfrom the spot. The shocked vic-tim later realised that hisfriends had slashed his gene-tials.

Kartik immediately raisedan alarm after which his fam-ily members rushed him to anearby private hospital andinformed the incident to thepolice. Later, Kartik identifiedthe accused as Vikram andNitin, after which the policeraided their homes and man-aged to arrest one of them.

The accused revealed thatthey had a tiff with Kartik anddecided to teach him a lessonand hence they planned tobobbitise him. As per the plan,they went to the victim’s homewhile he was in deep sleep andslashed his genetials.Investigations are on andefforts are being made to arrestthe other accused.

Meanwhile, in Moradabad,five persons, including three ofa family, were killed in a roadmishap on Monday morning.

As per reports, a BoleroJeep (UK04L-3389) comingfrom Haridwar rammed into astationary vehicle in whichfive occupants of the jeep werekilled on the spot and eightothers critically injured. Theincident occurred at Ganeshghat area of Mudhapande local-ity of Moradabad. A case wasregistered and the bodies weresent for post-mortem.

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Mystery shrouded the deathof a 65-year-old astrol-

oger and his 17-year-old grand-son, whose bodies were foundlying in a pool of blood outsidea temple near their home inRae Bareli on Monday morn-ing.

The family membersnamed three persons in thisconnection but the policeclaimed that they were investi-gating the incident and wouldarrest the accused only if theirroles surfaced in the crime.

As per reports, famousastrologer of Parakhurd local-ity in Shivgarh (Rae Bareli)Lakshmikant Shastri used tosleep on the verandah of a localtemple. On Sunday night too,he along with his grandsonNirbhay Mishra went to thetemple to retire for the day. OnMonday morning when Shastridid not return home, his fam-ily members went to the tem-ple to enquire. They wereshocked to find both lying in

pool of blood. Both had beenfatally battered with stones.

A police team rushed to thespot and found an almirah inthe temple broken with someitems scattered on the floor.The police said that the fami-ly members accused three per-sons of Hassanpur in Bachrawaof committing the crime. Theyalleged that since they called offthe marriage of one of the girlsin their family with a boyrelated to the accused, theyorchestrated the killing. Thepolice however said that thecircumstantial evidences point-ed towards a case of loot andmurder and hence they weretrying to confirm it before ini-tiating action against them.However, they were detainedfor quizzing.

Meanwhile, in Sonbhadra,unidentified assailants shot avillage pradhan in Naxal-affect-ed Kanhaura village on Sundaynight. Reports said that prad-han Ramesh Maurya was calledoutside his home by theassailants and fired upon.

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Power Minister ShrikantSharma said that soon all

villages across Uttar Pradeshwill start getting 24x7 electric-ity under ‘Power for All’ cam-paign, even as the Oppositioncharged that UP was reelingunder acute power shortageand that the Minister’s state-ment was nothing but hollowpromise.

Addressing employees ofUttar Pradesh Power Corpo-ration in Lucknow on Mondaythe Power Minister said thatrural areas were getting powerfor 18 hours, tehsils for 20hours and districts for 24hours. “Our commitment is toprovide power to all villages by2018 under ‘Power For AllScheme’ the Minister said.

Sharma said that the powersituation can improve only ifthe employees andGovernment work together.“The Government will try tosolve problems of the employ-ees which include increase inpay and in turn the employeesshould work hard and ensurethat people did not suffer,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, the SamajwadiParty criticised the Minister forthe prevailing power crisis inthe State. “The Minister haspromised 24x7 power in dis-tricts, 20 hour supply in tehsilsand 18 hour supply in villages.However, the fact remains thateven districts were not gettingmore than 15 hours of power,”SP spokesman RajendraChaudhary said in a statementissued in Lucknow on Monday.

Chaudhary claimed thatduring the previous regime, vil-lages were getting over 18hours of power. “This Govern-ment tried to replicate thesame formula but failed bec-ause of its faulty delivery sys-tem. The CM should immedi-ately take action against thePower minister,” he said.

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Celebrations were low key asChief Minister Yogi

Aditynath turned 45 onMonday and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and GovernorRam Naik greeted him.

Wishes started pouring infrom all quarters wishing himlong life and people greetinghim by sending him messagesthrough the social media oreven personal meeting.

The CM who attended anInternational Environment Dayfunction in Lucknow onMonday morning, later left forAligarh to attend several offi-cial functions there. A seniorofficial said that Yogi Aditynathhad never celebrated his birth-day in the past and thus afterbecoming CM, he decided tofollow the same tradition.

Prime Minister NarendraModi was among the first towish Yogi Adityanath on his45th birthday.

In his tweet, the PrimeMinister wrote, “Birthdaygreetings to the youthful &dynamic CM of UP YogiAdityanath. I wish him a longand healthy life.” The CMresponded promptly tweeting,‘Dhanyavaad’.

Governor Ram Naik, wentto the Chief Minister’s officialresidence and wished him luck on his birthday by pre-senting a bouquet.

Several Ministers includinghis two deputies Keshav PrasadMaurya and Dinesh Sharmaalso wished their captain andpresented bouquets.

Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChauhan, BJP president AmitShah, Union Minister MukhtarAbbas Naqvi, BJP vice-presi-dent Om Mathur were amongthe senior leaders who wishedYogi on his birthday.

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senior most in the compa-ny’s management, has beenholding the position ofE xe c ut ive D i re c t or( C om m e rc i a l Ve h i c l e s )since June 21, 2012, havingjoined Tata Motors as VicePre s i d e nt C om m e rc i a lVe h i c l e s ( S a l e s &Marketing), in 2007.

Prior to joining Tata

Motors, he was with CastrolLtd, a subsidiary of BP. Heh a d a l s o wor ke d w i t hPhilips India in variousroles.

Borwankar, on the otherhand, started his career withTata Motors in 1974, as aGraduate Engineer Trainee.He has been the ExecutiveDirector (Quality) since

June 21, 2012.He has held various

executive positions, over-seeing and implementingproduct development, man-ufacturing operations andquality control initiativesof the company’s CV busi-ness unit.

A mechanical engineerf rom I I T, Kanpu r,Borwankar has also playedsignificant roles in settingup greenfield projects ofthe company.

Tata Motors has wit-nessed sales of its commer-cial vehicles slowing downin the domestic market. ItsCV sales grew by just 0.45per cent to 3,05,620 units in2016-17.

In May 2017, the com-pany’s overall commercialvehicles sales in the domes-tic market were at 23,606units, down 13 per centfrom the same month lastyear. ���

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said its prompt corrective action(PCA), initiated in case of somepublic sector banks with highNPAs, is a supervision tool anddoes not constrain normal bank-ing operations for the public.

The Reserve Bank has putDena Bank, IDBI Bank, IndianOverseas Bank and UCO Bank,under the PCA in view of theirmounting non-performingassets.

RBI’s statement comes inthe backdrop of “some misin-formed communication” cir-culating in some section ofmedia as well as social mediaplatforms, about the PCAframework.

The PCA framework hasbeen in operation sinceDecember 2002 and the guide-lines issued in April this year isonly a revised version of theearlier framework, the centralbank said.

The Reserve Bank, underits supervisory framework,uses various measures/tools tomaintain sound financialhealth of banks. ���

�*� #���� Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Mondayreviewed the preparationsfor the roll-out of the Goodsand Services Tax (GST)regime from July 1 and saidit will be “a turning point” inthe country’s economy.

Descr ibing it as an“unprecedented” moment inthe country’s history, he saidthe creation of the one-nation, one-market and one-tax system would greatlybenefit the common man.

He took stock of variouselements involved in the roll-out and directed the officialsthat maximum attention bepaid to cyber-security in ITsystems linked to the GST,the Prime Minister’s Office(PMO) said in a statement.

The GST, for whose roll-out a law was enacted lastyear, will overhaul the indi-rect tax regime in the coun-

try.The meeting, which last-

ed for over two-and-a-halfhours , was attended byFinance Minister ArunJaitley, and top-most officialsfrom the Ministry of Finance,the PMO and the CabinetSecretary.

The prime minister saidthe implementation of GST

from July 1 is the culmina-tion of the concerted effortsof all stakeholders, includingpolitical parties, trade andindustry bodies, the state-ment said.

He described the GST asa “turning point for the econ-omy, unprecedented in his-tory”, the PMO said.

During the course of the

meeting, the prime ministerspecifically reviewed aspectsof implementation such as ITreadiness, HR readiness,training and sensitisation ofoff icers, query handlingmechanism, and monitor-ing, the statement said.

He was informed thatGST systems such as ITinfrastructure, training ofofficials, integration withbanks, and enrolment ofexisting taxpayers will be inreadiness well in time for theJuly 1 implementation date,it added.

Information security sys-tems were discussed in detail.

A Twitter handle -@askGst_GOI has been start-ed for real-time answering ofqueries.

An All India toll-freephone 1800-1200-232 hasalso been activated for thispurpose. ���

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�*� #���Shareholders oftextile major Raymond Ltdon Monday rejected over-whelmingly a proposal forsale of JK House to its pro-moters and extended familyat a substantial discount.

The shareholders havealso approved reappointmentof the company’s Chairmanand Managing DirectorGautam Singhania as directordespite proxy advisory firmInst itut ional InvestorAdvisory Services (IiAS) rec-ommendation against theproposal.

Raymond had asked itsshareholders to either rejector approve an offer requiredto be made by the companyunder a tripartite agreemententered in 2007 between it,lessor and occupants -- allpart of promoters and theirextended family -- of JKH o u s e .

Under the agreement, thecompany was required to sellflats at JK House at a sub-stantial discount to the cur-rent prevailing market prices.

In its AGM today, 97.67per cent of total votes polledwas against the resolution,while 2.32 per cent was infavour.

Commenting on thedevelopment, Singhania saidthe decision by shareholderswas in the best interest of thecompany and shareholders.

It is “aligned to my per-sonal opinion on this issueexpressed earlier”, he added.

IiAS had red-flagged theproposal saying Raymond’spromoters and their extend-ed family were trying to buythe premium property in

Mumbai from the company at“throwaway rates” which willresult in loss of over �650crore to the company and itsshareholders.

Stating that protectingshareholders interest is ofparamount importance,Singhania said Raymond ison a growth path and makingit future ready for enhancedvalue creation for all stake-holders.

The shareholders havealso approved reappointmentof Singhania as director with90.53 per cent of votes polledin favour and 9.46 per centagainst the resolution.

IiAS had stated thatSinghania was responsiblefor the related party transac-tion in discussion and rec-ommended the shareholdersvote against his reappoint-ment as director toRaymond’s board. ���

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The opportunities for newrecruitment and promo-

tions have shrunk in India’s ITindustry, a phenomenon nat-ural when growth slows down,says an industry expert, whosees no merit in reports aboutmassive layoffs.

The growth rate has defi-nitely slowed down because ofwhich opportunities in theindustry, especially for newrecruitment, is down, Infosysco-founder KrisGopalakrishnan said.

“Because, when the growthrate comes down, there is lessneed of new people. Second, theopportunities for promotionare also less because you don’tneed more people.

“You don’t need people atthe higher level because there isno upward movement,” theformer CEO of the Bengaluru-headquartered IT major toldthe news agency in an inter-view.

“I haven’t seen or heardanything about massive layoffs.There is always tightening ofpromotion process and I thinkthat will happen automatically,”he said.

“Promotions are going tobe tighter. (Performance) eval-uations are going to be moretougher,” said the Chairman ofAxilor Ventures, an early stagestartup accelerator and venturefund.

But Gopalakrishnan saidsuch developments are naturalin the sector as they have hap-pened in the past -- after theinternet bubble burst in 2001and the 2008 financial crisis.

There are multiple factorsaffecting the IT industry now -- growth slowing down becauseeconomies in which Indiancompanies operate -- the US,Europe -- are slowing downand, secondly, because of the“base effect” as the industry isvery large now, and also becauseof uncertainty on the Visafront.

Asked about some reportson efforts to prop up a union inthe IT industry, he said he firm-ly believes that employees in thesector are “well paid, very welltaken care off, (and) theyalready have choices (to changejobs).”

“For me, forming a union(in the IT industry) is a badidea. Union may make sensewhen you are working in a fac-tory. This (IT industry) is notthat, people have choices, (theyare) very well paid,” the formerpresident of Confederation ofIndian Industry (CII) said.

On Infosys co-founder N RNarayana Murthy’s statementthat IT companies can protectthe jobs of youngsters if seniorexecutives take pay cuts,Gopalakrishnan said, “I don’tsee massive layoffs or anythinglike that. So, I don’t want to

comment on that.”Regarding job opportuni-

ties in the IT sector, he said,“There is still requirement forpeople with major sciences,(skills in) artificial intelligence,new paradigms on the mobileplatform, on IoT: this is anindustry that’s always lookingfor talent with right technicalcapability.”

On if he expects “protec-tionist tendencies” to persist inthe US and Europe, two keymarkets of Indian IT compa-nies, Gopalakrishnan said, “Ibelieve it’s part of the cyclebecause all economies are grow-ing, without creating new jobs.There is a tendency to protectjobs.”

“Having said that, if you seedata from the US, there are600,000 unfilled jobs in IT sec-tor. People with right skills willget recruited,” he said.

“I also believe that compa-nies (in the US) are finding itdifficult to recruit right peopleand they will come to India andset up operations by them-selves. So, the IT back-officeswill continue to move to India,whether in an outsourcedmodel and direct model,” headded.

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In a rebuff of party col-league Subramanian Swamy, hedefended the equity structure ofGSTN saying he did not findanything wrong in Governmentholding 49 per cent stake in thecompany.

Swamy has repeatedlyquestioned the shareholdingpattern in the GSTN, termingit “a shady organisation” thatwas a “grave security” issue.

“The present structure ofGSTN was decided by theUnited Progressive Alliance(UPA) when Mr PChidambaram was the financeminister. I have personallyreviewed the entire structureand I saw no reason to dis-agree with him,” Jaitley toldCNBC TV18. ���

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British Prime MinisterTheresa May on Monday

said the three terrorists respon-sible for the London attack havebeen identified and their nameswould be revealed soon, evenas police conducted fresh raidsin two more places.

In all seven women andfive men aged between 19 and60 were arrested under theTerrorist Act in Barking yes-terday.

A 55-year-old man waslater released without charge.

"All the three terroristsresponsible for the Saturdaynight's terror attack at LondonBridge have been identifiedand their names will releasedby police as soon as opera-tionally possible," May said,answering questions after heraddress at the Royal UnitedServices Institute.

According to the ScotlandYard, one of the terrorists car-ried Irish identity card.

Seven people died and 48others injured, 21 of them seri-ously, in the terror attack, thepolice said.

"A number of people havebeen detained," police said ina statement after two earlymorning raids in east London.

London police chiefCressida Dick told BBC TVthat they have seized "a hugeamount of forensic material"

after going through the vanused in the attack "very verycarefully".

"A very high priority for usis to try to understand whetherthey were working with any-body else," she said.

The first victim of theattack has been named asCanadian national ChristineArchibald who worked in ahomeless shelter until shemoved to Europe to be with herfiance.

May referred to the threeterror attacks in the UK during

the last three months, saying"we cannot deny that the threatfrom Islamist extremism is oneof the gravest we face."

She said, "I believe it is rightthat the UK is engaged in tak-ing on and defeating groupslike ISIS and their like aroundthe world. It is in our ownnational interest to do so, andit is in the interests of the widerworld.

"But as our efforts to defeatthem overseas are ever moresuccessful, they are increasinglyseeking to spread their poiso-nous ideology and to prey onthe weak and vulnerable in ourown countries, inspiring themto commit acts of terror here athome. They exploit the safespaces of the internet andsocial media and they exploitthem in the real world too."

She said the UK has led theworld in developing a strategyfor preventing violent extrem-ism, and it has been highly suc-cessful.

But she admitted "we mustdo more - much more - to takeon and defeat the evil ideolo-gy of Islamist extremism thatpreaches hatred, sows divi-sion, and promotes sectarian-ism...We must deny it the safespaces it needs to take root andgrow."

Asserting that Britain willcontinue to support militaryaction to destroy ISIS in Iraqand Syria, she said, "working

with other democratic gov-ernments we will agree ways toregulate cyberspace and pre-vent the spread of extremismand terrorist planning online."

She said that her govern-ment would do more to denythis ideology the physical spaceto breed in the UK. "It meansrefusing to tolerate extremismof any kind in our country."

"This is what we must do ifwe are to come together as acountry and tackle this extrem-ism in our midst - not just vio-lent extremism, but the wholespectrum of extremism, start-ing with the bigotry and hatredthat can so often turn to vio-lence too," the prime ministersaid.

With the Brexit negotia-tions beginning just 11 daysafter the June 8 polls, May said,"we have no time to waste. SoI offer myself as Prime Ministeronce more, with a resolutedetermination to get on withthe job of delivering Brexit,confidence that I can get a dealthat works for all, and beliefthat I have the vision, the plan,the will and the experience tofulfil the promise of Brexitand build a better Britain."

Answering questions, shesaid the Mayor of LondonSadiq Khan was doing an"excellent job" and USPresident Donald Trump waswrong in withdrawing from theParis Climate Deal.

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Ankara on Monday said US-based Muslim preacher

Fethullah Gulen, blamed forlast year's failed coup, anddozens of others would loseTurkish citizenship if they didnot return home within threemonths.

A total of 130 people willbe affected by the move, aninterior min-istry announce-ment publishedin the OfficialGazette said,adding that thethree-monthdeadline started on Monday.

The government says theabortive July coup aimed attoppling President RecepTayyip Erdogan was engi-neered by an Islamic move-ment led by Gulen, who hasdenied the charges.

The list also includes twolawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' DemocracyParty (HDP) Faysal Sariyildizand Tugba Hezer.

Ankara: Turkey on Mondayrefused to budge on its decisionto refuse German lawmakerspermission to visit troops sta-tioned at a Turkish air base,saying it expected "positivesteps" on Turkey's requests forGermany to crackdown onKurdish rebels and allegedcoup plotters.Speaking at a joint news con-ference with his visiting Germancounterpart, Turkish ForeignMinister Mevlut Cavusoglu saidTurkey would allow Germanlegislators to visit a NATO basein the central province of Konya,but not Incirlik Air Base, wheresome 270 German troops arestationed with Tornado recon-naissance jets and a refuelingplane. AP

Peshawar: An outspoken Pakistani student killed by a lynchmob was falsely accused of blasphemy, according to an offi-cial report that added his murder was organised by facultymembers and rival students.

Mashal Khan, 23, was stripped, beaten and shot beforebeing thrown from the second floor of his hostel at the AbdulWali Khan university in northwest Mardan in April. AFP

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Days before a highly antici-pated hearing, President

Donald Trump appears unlike-ly to try and block fired FBIDirector James Comey fromtestifying, as a Senate panelpledged aggressive questioninginto whether the presidentsought to obstruct a probeinto his campaign's relationshipwith Russia.

Comey, ousted last monthamid the FBI investigation intopossible Trump campaign tiesto Russia, is set to testifyThursday before the Senateintelligence committee. Thepublic hearing is expected toshed light on his private con-versations with Trump in theweeks before his dismissal,including one discussion inwhich Trump allegedly askedComey to drop an investigationof former national securityadviser Michael Flynn and hisRussian contacts.

There's been no final deci-sion as to whether Trumpwould invoke executive privi-lege, and the matter remainsunder discussion, accordingto two administration officialswho spoke on condition ofanonymity to discuss privatedeliberations. Trump's knownto change his mind on majorissues.

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Crowds swelled to severalthousand as demonstra-

tors from varying groups con-verged in downtown Portland,Oregon, in the wake of the fatalstabbing of two men who triedto stop another man's anti-Muslim tirade.

A pro-Donald Trump freespeech rally organised by a con-servative group called PatriotPrayer drew hundreds to aplaza near City Hall. Rallyorganiser Joey Gibson told thecrowd that the goal is to wakeup the liberty movement. "It's

OK to be a conservative inPortland," he said yesterday.

Demonstrators chanted"USA" and held banners in sup-port of President DonaldTrump.

The group was met byhundreds of counter-protestersorganised by immigrant rights,religious and labour groups.Many of them filled the stepsof City Hall, drummed andplayed music and held signs,some of which read "Our cityis greater than hate" and "Blacklives matter." Some chanted"love, not hate" and "Go home,fascists."

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ACNN anchor is beinglashed out by netizens for

allegedly making a "racist"remark against Indian-American national spellingchampion Ananya Vinay,assuming that the 12-year-oldis "used to using" Sanskrit dueto her heritage.

California resident Vinaywas being interviewed by CNNanchors Alisyn Camerota andChris Cuomo following herwin last week at the prestigiousScripps National Spelling Bee.

The sixth-grader had cor-rectly spelled the word 'maro-cain' and became the 13thconsecutive winner from theIndian-American communityat the annual spelling beechampionship.

Towards the end of theinterview, Camerota askedVinay to spell 'covfefe', theword recently used by PresidentDonald Trump in one of histweets that took the socialmedia by storm with peopleguessing what the US leadercould have meant by that word.

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Geneva: Weeks after becomingUS President Donald Trump'sambassador to the UnitedNations, Nikki Haley describedthe UN's Human RightsCouncil as “so corrupt.”

Expect some sparks to fly,then, when she addresses thatbody for the first time. En routeto the West Asia, Haley drops intoday at the meeting in Genevato deliver a speech and take partin a "side event" focusing onrights in Venezuela. Her one-day appearance is shaping up asperhaps the standout event ofthe council's three-week sessionbecause the US has a reputationas a key human-rights defend-er and is the single largestdonor to the UN.

Her boss, however, hasshaken up that image and raiseddoubts about America's globalcommitments. Trump is seek-ing deep cuts in US funding forinternational organisations. OnThursday, he announced the USwill withdraw from the Paris cli-mate accord, dentingWashington's moral capital.

Last month in Riyadh, heannounced hundreds of bil-lions of dollars in arms salesover 10 years to Saudi Arabia,which is leading a militarycampaign in neighbouringYemen that has killed hundredsof civilians. AP

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Israel had a secret plan to det-onate an atomic bomb in

Egypt in the event that it faceddefeat during the 1967 Arab-Israel war, a leading Americanthink tank said on Monday, cit-ing newly released documents.

The operation was nevercarried out, as Israel swiftlyvanquished its enemies in sixdays. But details about thedoomsday scenario, in whichIsrael planned to set off anuclear weapon atop a moun-tain in the Sinai Peninsula, shednew light on the fearful climateat the time. It also could under-mine Israel's decades-long pol-icy of nuclear ambiguity.

The Nuclear ProliferationInternational History Project ofthe Woodrow WilsonInternational Center forScholars in Washingtonunveiled a website today devot-ed to “Operation Shimshon,”the codename for the hastilyarranged contingency plan ofplacing an improvised nucleardevice in Sinai to be detonat-ed upon the Prime Minister'sorders.

The operation's name,Hebrew for Samson, invokedthe biblical figure of greatpower and aimed to scare Arabarmies into quitting their offen-

sive should Israel face what wasfeared to be an existentialthreat.

The new information wasbased on interviews withYitzhak Yaakov, a retiredbrigadier general who in 1967was the chief liaison betweenthe Israeli military and thecivilian defense industries,including those overseeing thenuclear project.

In a series of interviews in1999 with Avner Cohen, aleading scholar of Israelinuclear history, Yaakov detailedhow he came up with the plans

at his superiors' urging andhow a pair of helicopters waschosen for the mission alongwith forces from the eliteSayeret Matkal unit.

The selected landing sitewas a mountain in easternSinai, about 20 kilometers fromthe large Egyptian militarycomplex in Abu Ageila. There,the semi-assembled "spider"device was to be connectedwith its nuclear core and linkedto ignition wires.

"You've got an enemy, andhe says he's going to throw youto the sea. You believe him,"Yaakov said, according to atranscription of his taped inter-view with Cohen.

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Getting better and better, AndyMurray worked his way intothe quarterfinals of the French

Open for the fourth straight year bybeating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Monday.

The top-ranked Murray becamethe 15th man to reach 650 tour-levelmatch wins.

"I think today was probably thebest I have played overall. Eachmatch I feel like I played better," saidMurray, who lost in last year's final.

"I have hit the ball cleaner and start-ed to hit the right shots at the rightmoments. (I have) come a long waythe last ten days or so."

Murray had never before playedthe unseeded Russian. The 53rd-ranked Khachanov made 38 unforcederrors, compared to only 14 forMurray.

Murray will next play eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori, who recoveredto beat Fernando Verdasco 0-6, 6-4,6-4, 6-0.

"Kei is dangerous off both wings,"Murray said. "Moves well."

Earlier, third-seeded SimonaHalep and fifth-seeded Elina Svitolinaadvanced and will face each other inthe quarterfinals.

In four previous matches onclay, Halep had never been able tobeat Carla Suarez Navarro. But theRomanian took care of that problemon Monday, routing Suarez Navarro6-1, 6-1 on Court Philippe Chatrier.

"I was expecting a very toughgame," said Halep, the 2014 FrenchOpen runner-up. "I managed topush her back."

Svitolina rallied to beat Croatian

qualifier Petra Martic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 onCourt Suzanne Lenglen.

The 290th-ranked Martic wasleading 5-2 and 30-0 on Svitolina'sserve in the deciding set. TheUkrainian managed to hold serve,however, which allowed Martic toserve for the match at 5-3.

But Svitolina, who needed treat-ment on her back at the start of thethird set, broke and soon won on hersecond match point, when Martic hita backhand into the net.

"It was amazing tennis fromPetra today and she was really strik-

ing the ball well," Svitolina said. "I wasreally happy to come back in the sec-ond set. Thanks to the crowd forcheering me on. They gave me theenergy to fight."

Stan Wawrinka reached theFrench Open quarterfinals for thefourth time after beating Gael Monfils7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

The 2015 champion sealed vic-tory on his third match point with abackhand down the line that theFrenchman could not return. Thethird-seeded Swiss next plays No 7Marin Cilic of Croatia.

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Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur feels his sidewas given a "reality check" by India in the

lost Champions Trophy clash here and the"below-par" show was a result of his playersletting the occasion get the better of them.

Arthur admitted that Pakistani playerslacked self belief and erred in executing sim-ple plans.

"We were below par. It's as simple as that.And it's a reality check of where we are in ourone-day cricket at the moment," Arthur saidat the post-match press conference here. "Wetalk about setting the tone up front. But wedidn't set tone up front. We had a couple ofguys that were in the clouds at the start andthat sets the tone. For us to have a perfor-mance as tentative as that right from the startis a worry and the only thing I can think ofis the magnitude of the occasion got to them."

India launched their Champions Trophycampaign with a resounding 124-run victo-ry over Pakistan on Sunday, extending theirdominance over the arch-rivals in major ICCtournaments.

Pakistan now need to win their final twogames against Sri Lanka and South Africa tostand a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.

"The guys tried as hard as they could. Myissue is fear. My issue is getting out there andreally looking to take the game on and justbelieving in themselves and believing thatthey can take the game on," Arthur said.

"The worrying thing for me, and it hasbeen for a period of time, is we just do thebasics wrong. We do the simple things wrong.We drop simple catches. We don't run wellenough between wickets," he lamented.

An exasperated Arthur could barely hide

his disappointment with his players, whofloundered in almost every aspect of thegame.

"We don't hit the keeper with ourthrows. We don't understand when to bowlour variations. We bowled a really good overand then we bowled a variation in our sixthball and that's the ball that ended up goingfor a boundary," he said.

"So it's the simplicity of those things thatare worrying me at the moment and ourunderstanding of when to do certain things.So that was disappointing. But we'll bounceback from it," he added.

"We selected a team that we thoughtcould go out there and rattle the cages ofIndia. Ultimately our execution wasn't goodenough today. We thought we had an attackthat could really attack them and put themunder pressure. And we didn't execute thatat all."

The shoddy performance, notwith-standing, Arthur defended Pakistan's recordin recent times.

"It's a total insult to say we're playing evenworse. If you have a look at our records overthe last year we've won two series. We've gotourselves from No 9 to No 8 in the rankingsand our brand of cricket has changed," theSouth African insisted.

"We had a poor game today. But we'reobviously trying our best and we're trying tochange it. It's not going to happen overnight.We're trying every day. Every time we godown to training, we try and get the basicsright. We didn't do it today. And that's dis-appointing."

Asked whether Sunday's defeat will onlytake Pakistan cricket backward, the coachsaid: "In fact, something like this could takeit forwards, for the simple reason that a lot

of questions get answered."When we put a performance in like that

we answer a lot of questions, and a lot ofthings become clearer for us in terms of howwe take this team forward."

Not just the big defeat, there were alsoconcerns in the Pakistani camp over the fit-ness of several players like MohammadAmir and Wahab Riaz.

While Amir left the field after one ballin what would have been his ninth over, dueto cramps, Riaz limped off after twisting hisankle. "I don't know why they're cramping.That's something that I need to take up withthe medical team. The magnitude of the occa-sion? Possibly. Possibly. And I think very def-initely," Arthur said.

"Wahab Riaz was fully fit. He wentthrough a fitness test; he was declared fullyfit. He performed poorly today. But he hada role to play. And I'll take the blame, me, I'lltake it. I selected him. I selected him becauseI wanted him to perform a role. He didn't exe-cute that role, unfortunately.

"So sometimes it works out. Sometimesit doesn't. We picked Shadab ahead ofFahim today. That worked really well. Ithought Shadab was outstanding. So, some-times it works. Sometimes it doesn't," he said.

Pakistan will play South Africa in a cru-cial Group B encounter here on Wednesday.

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed felt hisside lost the plot in the final overs of theIndian innings.

"Everything was under control after 40overs, but we lost the plot in the last eight.Credit to India's batsmen. They scored 124in those last eight, and the momentum wentto India. I think we need to stick together andcontrol our bowling rate, especially last fewovers," a disappointed Sarfraz said.

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Shahid Afridi was appalled by Pakistan's abjectsurrender but he credited India for their com-

manding show, saying the defending championslived upto the favourites tag in their ChampionsTrophy opener here.

Afridi, a former Pakistan captain, said his coun-try's drab show last night took away all the excite-ment from what was expected to be a high-volt-age Group B encounter.

"The Indo-Pak Champions Trophy encounterfailed to live up to its hype as Pakistan produceda forgettable performance at Edgbaston. As aPakistani supporter, the drab show was a painfulwatch indeed as India once again proved that it hasa stranglehold over its neighbour that it is in nomood to relinquish," Afridi wrote in a column forthe ICC.

"India started as the favourite and played theentire game in the same frame of mind, even asPakistan crumbled limply."

India launched their ICC Champions Trophycampaign with a resounding 124-run victory overPakistan last night, extending their dominance overthe arch-rivals in major ICC tournaments.

Analysing the match, Afridi said India camehard on skipper Sarfraz Ahmed's shoddy gameplan.

"Sarfraz Ahmed won what was a crucial tossin tricky weather conditions. When rain is around,the team batting second gets a huge advantage.Unfortunately though, a poor game plan and shod-dy execution, besides abysmal fielding, nullified theadvantage," he said.

"Mohammad Amir bowled a splendid first overand I thought he would strike with the new ball.Strangely though, Sarfraz handed the other new ballto Imad Wasim despite the overcast conditions. The

tactic was perplexing for me since the match was-n't being played in the UAE! Even if Sarfraz want-ed to surprise India, he should have deployed hisfaster bowlers after an over or two from Imad."

Afridi said Pakistan had allowed Indian open-ers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to settledown and once that happened, it was difficult tostop the duo.

"Players of the calibre of Rohit Sharma andShikhar Dhawan are very hard to stop if they areallowed to settle early, and that is what Pakistanallowed them to do," he said.

"While the Indian openers negotiated Amircarefully, they gradually got their eye in againstImad. Pakistan missed a trick and for the rest ofthe Indian innings there was hardly a period wherethey looked troubled.

"Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh than flayed a tir-ing attack before Hardik Pandya's cameo turnedthe match totally in the defending champion'sfavour," Afridi added.

Afridi also came hard on Pakistan's shoddyfielding effort.

"Pakistan's fielding was very ordinary too, witheasy runs given away inside the circle, besides thedropped chances, which made life tougher for thebowlers. The players looked tense and nervousdespite the claims to the contrary before the startof the game," he said.

Afridi was also scathing on his attack on thePakistani batsmen, who could muster just 164 runs.

"I feel that our batsmen are short on the skillsside and freeze under pressure. The senior lot failedto cope with the increasing run-rate and got outafter occupying the crease for long but barren dura-tions.

"There is simply no excuse for a 164-run scoreon a flat wicket where the opposition managed 319with consummate ease," he said.

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Boosted by the availability of starstriker Sunil Chhetri after his

timely recovery from a hamstringinjury, hosts India go into the foot-ball friendly against lower-rankedNepal here on Tuesday with theirconfidence high and as thefavourites.

The international friendly is to beplayed at the Football Arena inAndheri Sports Complex whereIndia's dramatic ascension to no 100in the FIFA rankings commenced lastSeptember with a 4-0 rout of PuertoRico.

The Indian squad has beensweating it out at the same venue forthree weeks now with only the play-ers from Bengaluru FC and MohunBagan missing for the major part dueto their club commitments.

With them joining the camp afew days ahead of the friendly againstNepal, which is being used as thetune-up for India's vital AFC AsianCup Group A qualifier againstKyrgyzstan next week, national headcoach Stephen Constantine would bekeen to put his best team on the parkand make them jell again as a com-bination.

The players had dispersed to ful-fil their respective club commitmentsafter notching up a memorable 1-0win over Myanmar in the AFCAsian Cup group opener in Marchend and the main aim will be to

reunite in a proper way for the June13 game against Kyrgyzstan atBengaluru.

Although key striker Chhetri isfit enough to play, he was unlikely tobe included in the friendly as a pre-caution for the more importantgame against Kyrgyzstan, saidConstantine on Monday.

"(Norway-based goalkeeper)Gurpreet Singh will lead the side.Sunil may not play against Nepal.The AFC Asian Cup qualifier is moreimportant than a friendly. It's just toprotect him. He's not 22 anymore. Asyou get older you will have to put upwith injuries and it gets longer torecover," the Englishman explained.

India were hovering in the 170swhen they last played against Nepaland Constantine described the ascentas "not an easy journey."

"It was a result of a lot of hardwork and commitment from every-one concerned - players, support staffand the rest. FIFA ranking is just oneaspect, a number. It depends on anumber of variations," he said.

The team will obviously miss theservices of winger Udanta Singh, whohas picked up a serious hamstringinjury and is out of this game as wellas the more important one againstthe Kyrgyz Republic.

It was Udanta who had laid theperfect pass for Chhetri to bulge thenet in the dying moments of thegame against Myanmar in Yangoonon March 28.

India will also miss the servicesof C K Vineet, said Constantine.

Coming to the India-Nepal foot-ball rivalry, the hosts have not lost totheir north-eastern neighbours for 18years, their last defeat - a 0-4 rout -happening in the 1999 SAF Games.

After that reversal, the two SouthAsian neighbours have met on nineoccasions and India has come outtrumps on all but two of theseencounters which were goallessdraws.

Their last contest was in theSouth Asian Football Federationchampionship in December 2015 andIndia had emerged 4-1 victors.

Visiting team's coach, KojiGyotoku of Japan said the gameagainst India was very importantahead of next week's group F AFCAsian Cup qualifier against Yemen.

"This match is very important toprepare for our Asian Cup qualifieragainst Yemen next week. India haveimproved as a team in the last 2-3years. We are looking forward to geta good result for building confi-dence," said Koji.

"In tactics and in the physicalaspect the Indian team is better. Weneed to get something from tomor-row's game," he added.

Nepal does not possess a nation-al football stadium to train or hostinternationals after the devastatingearthquake in capital Kathmandu acouple of years ago, according to thecountry's Japanese coach.

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It is not just what we put into our bod-ies that can prove detrimental to ourbrains, but lifestyle and environment

play a major role in the cognitive abili-ties of our minds. The next time you stepoutside for a jog or are on route to a yogaclass, you may very well being reversingthe health benefits of your exercise ses-sion.

Skipping breakfast might seem likea good way to reduce your daily caloriecount, but more often than not yourblood sugar crash will leave you cravinghigh glucose treats by mid-day. Aninsufficient or unbalanced supply ofnutrients to the brain will lead to mal-nutrition and contribute to the degener-ation of brain cells.

Overeating, often a symptom ofdeprivation or skipping a meal, can alsolead to brain irregularities. When youshock your body with a large quantity ofnutrients, it will increase your blood pres-sure and lead to arterial stiffness, a symp-tom of decreased mental ability.

Smoking is widely known as damag-ing to heart health as well as a leadingcause of many cancers, but many fail torealise its effects on the brain. Thechemicals in cigarettes, specifically nico-tine, is known to permanently damagespecialised receptor cells in the brain,shrinking and thus weakening the organitself.

Air Pollution is a major factor in thedeterioration of vital cells in the brain.As the largest benefactor of oxygen, thebrain is unable to use polluted air, andthe decrease in oxygen supply leads todiminished mental capacity.

The brain does an awful lot of workwhile we’re sleeping–in fact, it reallynever sleeps. It’s always consolidatingmemories and pruning unnecessary con-nections. Sleep deprivation, and just a lit-tle of it, takes a toll on our cognitivehealth. It’s linked to worse cognitive func-tion, and poorer attention, learning andcreative thinking. The more sleep debtyou accrue, the longer it takes to undoit. Sleeping for about seven hours pernight seems to be a good target to aimfor. Sleep irregularities is a major factorin the loss of brain cells. Sleep is the onetime our brains are able rest and recov-er from a day of stimulation. Sleepingwith your head covered may seem a goodway to block out disturbance, but the lackof oxygen during this required period ofrest can severely stunt growth and recov-ery.

This is a very simple thing we do. Ifyou cover your head you’ll be exposed tomore carbon dioxide. This can lead toincreased blood pressure in your headand headaches. Research also indicatesan increase in the onset of dementia orAlzheimer’s, caused by this seemingly

minor sleep habit.Challenge yourself. When it comes to

brain power it’s “use it or lose it.”Challenge yourself by doing puzzles,learning new card games or taking up anew sport. Do the same things in differ-ent ways. Seek out new experiences. Takea class in something you’ve always beencurious about. When you walk or drive,take different routes.

Social isolation is proven to negative-ly influence the growth and strength ofthe brain. Conversation promotes the for-

mation of new pathways in the brain andwithout an outlet for ideas, the brain canstagnant and regress. Stimulating conver-sation encourages brain efficiency.

Rarely do our medical institutionsmonitor the well being of our minds andoften routine physicals focus solely oncorporeal issues like blood pressure,weight and heart health. Research com-ing out of the Center for Brain Health inDallas Texas suggests that a healthybrain is not only essential to physical wellbeing and life longevity, but it is the most

vital organ in our bodies. Something def-initely worth keeping in mind.

Not drinking enough water alsoaffects our brain. Mild dehydrationinterferes with our energy levels, moodand ability to think well. Since our brainis mostly water, when we become dehy-drated the rest of our body borrows someof the brain’s fluids for other essentialprocesses, causing the cells to wither andshrink. This can also press on our skullsand give us headaches.

Many coffee lovers know instinctive-ly that coffee does something very goodfor their brains in the morning, andindeed our cognition seems a little fuzzywithout it. But coffee does appear toeffect some real change: Not only doesit keeps us alert, by blocking adenosinereceptors, but coffee consumption hasalso been linked to reduced risk ofdepression, and even of Alzheimer’s andParkinson’s diseases. This is partlybecause, like cocoa, compounds in cof-fee improve vascular health, and may alsohelp repair cellular damage by acting asantioxidants.

This connection is fascinating,because although there are thousands ofyears of anecdotal evidence that medita-tion can help a person psychologically,and perhaps neurologically, the scientif-ic evidence for meditation’s effects on thebrain has really just exploded in the last

five or 10 years. Meditation has beenlinked to increased brain volume in cer-tain areas of the cerebral cortex, alongwith less volume in the brain’s amygdala,which controls fear and anxiety.Meditation also seems to lead to changesto the white matter tracks connecting dif-ferent regions of the brain, and toimproved attention and concentration.

Write down the top five subjects youwant to know about and read books onthose subjects daily. Learn systematical-ly from the ground up. Start at an intro-ductory level and work your way up toadvanced.

This will not only make you an expertin the subject, but you will find that yourvocabulary increases naturally and youwill be in tune with intelligent peoplearound you because it will create the rightgrammatical structures in your brain!Your speaking will improve. This will alsokeep your brain healthy.

Listen to the news. Do not spend toomuch time on this. Just listen to the newsfor twenty minutes a day on the radio, noton TV. This will keep your brain clearand will keep you abreast of the impor-tant events and names in the world. If youwatch it or read it you will be absorbingopinions. This will clutter your brain, notkeep it healthy. As an exercise you cancompare various reporters and find theones who are the most truthful.

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Unlike the tricky, self-serving Black Widow inthe Marvel Universe or the ambiguousCatwoman, Diana is pure of spirit. Today,

Wonder Woman is redefining the genre of femalesuper humans.

In a world of only women, there are no phallicstructures. At least that’s how Patty Jenkins imaginedthe island home of the Amazons and their heroicprincess Diana, who grows up to become WonderWoman.

“Like columns? They didn’t make that much senseto me,” Jenkins said in a recent interview. “They feltlike an imposition on landscape, which didn’t feel likesomething that women are jonesing to do.”

As the director of Wonder Woman, Jenkins is cre-ating new worlds for women both onscreen and off.Not only did she help dream up the look of theAmazon island and hire scores of actresses to serveas its resident warriors, she’s the first woman to directa major superhero movie, and her success could pavethe way for others.

As a child, she was inspired by Wonder Woman,describing Lynda Carter’s portrayal on TV as “theembodiment of everything that Iwanted to be as a woman.”

“When I was playing WonderWoman, I was able to do incrediblethings and save the world,” the 45-year-oldfilmmaker said.

That’s the feeling she hopes to evokewith viewers of Wonder Woman. GalGadot plays the title character, who

discovers her superpowers and fightsfor justice alongside humans afterfollowing a charming spy (ChrisPine) to London during WorldWar I.

The Israeli-born Gadotdidn’t grow up with WonderWoman, but she was alwayson the lookout for power-ful characters to play.

“Usually the women arethe damsel in distress or theheartbroken woman or the sidekick, butin real life it’s not the case. In real life, we bringlife. We have babies. We have careers. We are so manyother things,” said Gadot, a 32-year-old married moth-er of two. Wonder Woman symbolises the magnifi-cence of a woman and how amazing women are. AndI think that it’s an important movie not only forwomen and girls, but it’s also great for boys and men.You can’t empower women if you don’t educate themen and you don’t teach the boys, so as much as it’simportant for girls to be exposed and see this movie,it’s important for boys to have a strong female figurethat they can look up to.”

Gadot says that young women need a characterlike Wonder Woman in their lives. The 31-year-oldwants girls to have someone to look up to when they’regrowing up.

“First of all, she (Wonder Woman) doesn’t see thatdifference between any gender. It’s not even an issue.She comes from this world where men and women

are equal and it’s not a thing to be a man or to be awoman. She feels that she can do everything and shewill go for it,” Gadot said.

“She’s a peace seeker; she wouldn’t go and lookto start a battle or a fight. She would try to solve itin any other different way, but I think that’s what’sbeautiful about Wonder Woman,” she added.

Wonder Woman was created in 1941, yet this isher first solo feature film. Jenkins wanted to bring herto the big screen for more than a decade, but studiosdoubted the appeal of the lasso-wielding superheroine.

“I don’t understand why somebody who has hadzero big blockbuster representation for 75 years stillhas 15 little girls a minute coming to my door dressedas her every Halloween, like how does that not equaldollar signs?” Jenkins said.

Connie Nielsen, who plays Diana’s mother,Amazon queen Hippolyta, also didn’t grow up withWonder Woman, but had myriad other models ofpowerful women as a child in Denmark.

“The Denmark I grew up in was a Denmark inwhich women were, in fact, fully liberated and thewhole world had been opened up to us,” she said. “Inthe magazines during the early ‘80s, it was men whowere photographed doing the vacuum cleaning in theads for vacuum cleaners and women were no longerposing on the Ford Mustang.”

So Nielsen felt entitled to question why, on anisland populated by only women, her character wouldwear high heels. She and Gadot, both statuesque, wearwedges in the film.

“I actually had that conversation several times,and Patty was adamant,” Nielsen said. “She really feltlike you stand a different way (in heels), and you do.”

The costumes, including the wedges, had to beconsidered during the physical training, whichincluded horseback riding, archery andswords(wo)manship. For Robin Wright, who wasraised on the Wonder Woman TV show, training andshooting with the Amazons was the best part.

“I think it was a little daunting for the menbecause it was very unusual. I think there were like120 Amazons,” said Wright, who plays the warriorAntiope, Diana’s aunt and teacher. “That’s a differ-ent energy on the set, and great for us. We just feltlike a team of women that had each other’s backs.”

She called Jenkins “the biggest cheerleader ofthem all.”

Jenkins is thinking about what Wonder Womanmight mean for a new generation of aspiring super-heroes — and filmmakers.

“I am a filmmaker who wants to make success-ful films, of course. I want my film to be celebrated,”she said. “But there’s a whole other person in me who’ssitting and watching what’s happening right now, whoso hopes, not for me, that this movie defies expec-

tations. Because I want to see the signal will sendto the world.

Warner Bros. studio on Monday said the tick-ets sold on Sunday turned out to be even high-er than it estimated over the weekend. WarnerBros. previously had announced a $100.5 mil-lion North American haul.

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They may have had different incep-tions in music but their roads even-

tually met at one point, leading to the cre-ation of Sachin-Jigar. For Sachin Sanghviand Jigar Saraiya, music was certainlytheir first love.

The duo belong to typical Gujaratifamilies where you either get into thefamily business or choose a white col-lared profession. Not surprising, their rel-atives did not think highly of their choice.“When we were music arrangers our rel-atives thought we were a part of someorchestra; they didn’t know that our pas-sion lay in composition,” says Sachin.Despite that, their immediate familiessupported them at a crucial time. “Fifteenyears back, choosing to support ourdreams required a lot of courage onbehalf of our parents. Back then, whenreality shows didn’t exist as viable plat-forms that gave everyone an opportuni-ty to showcase their talent, our parentslet us identify and pursue our passion,”he adds.

About their working experience,Jigar feels, “We have a difference of opin-ion but then we realise that our bond isstrong and goes beyond music. There isno ambition in this combination. It’s likewe have sworn till death do us apart. Weeventually find a halfway solution in caseof a difference of opinion.” Sachinbelieves, “I think creative arguments andfights only help us to make songs that weare proud of. Discussions and disruptionsare part and parcel of the process of cre-ativity.”

Sachin and Jigar have drawn inspi-ration from a variety of sources. Jigarmentions, “We always draw inspirationfrom people, experiences and life in gen-eral. Music exists in every iota of the uni-verse; you just need to be keen enoughto recognise it.”

Talking about their experience asmusic arrangers with the legends PritamChakraborty and A.R. Rahman, theyexplain, “It is wonderful to witness andassist such music legends when they areat the peak of their careers. It’s amazingto see how they are able to skilfully depictthe same song in their own way. We haveworked for so many people in the indus-try as producers and arrangers but ourstint with Pritam Sir was much longerand more enriching. We have learnt a lotfrom him and we can’t put it down inwords. Working with him was an emo-tional journey that has helped us become

who we are today. These days, a lot ofartists forget that making music is a longdrawn process; you need technicalknowledge, expert guidance, a lot of per-sonal experimentation and hand work toreach the pinnacle of success.”

Sachin adds, “I feel that Rahman siris the simplest human being alive. Hegave us a lot of perspective about howsomething simple can be made compli-cated and vice-versa. There were a cou-ple of times when we had the chance towork with Rahman sir. We distinctlyremember that once we had taken ourwork to him and upon viewing it, he hadremarked that it’s good but it’s a simple

song so don’t overcomplicate it. That justmeant the world to us because that kindof appreciation for our work came froma maestro.”

Their journey started from Gujaratimusic. Jigar feels that “Every form ofmusic that is pleasing to the ears can bea part of Bollywood music. This flexibil-ity with style and openness to accept awide variety of music is what makesBollywood such a welcoming platform.Here, you can achieve the fame that otherplatforms cannot provide. Sachin feelsthat, “The heart will always lie in folkmusic. We have absorbed so much fromfolk music and our own tradition that our

minds first make music in the mothertongue.”

Sachin remarks, “We don’t want tocommit ourselves to a particular style ofmusic, we always try to look first at thescript and get a grip of the situationbefore committing to it.”

“There is no set formula. SometimesSachin has an idea and I build upon it,or vice versa. We can arrange, composeand ideate. Nothing is planned, it is anongoing, dynamic and creative process,”Jigar adds.

They agree to the fact that today’smusic lacks melody. However, Jigarbelieves that “films represent the timeswe are living in and today’s generationprimarily wants to dance when they lis-ten to music. They want their music toset the stage for dancing. Music is notonly confined to those who seek soulfulmelodies; they form just one segment ofthe listeners.” Sachin feels, “Today’saudience isn’t well informed aboutwhat good music making should be likeand so they only look for Punjabi rapor dance music. Half of the films haverun-of-the-mill songs, which willprobably remain in people’s coun-sciousness for 15 days and then beplayed only at weddings. We call suchmusic, popcorn music. I am notagainst it, I am just saying that we areundergoing a transition phase.”

They summarise their upcomingprojects as: “Reload, IshqVishq 2 andHaseena. All these films have a differentapproach and we will try to deliver some-thing that stands out in each of our songs.These projects will classify us in a newsegment altogether. Fans won’t be able totell that this is a Sachin- Jigar song. Thatis the extent to which we are undergo-ing experimentation this year.”

Their only advice for future musi-cians is to keep experimenting andevolving. “Implementing variations toyour comfortable style will always giveyou good results,” they say as they sign off.

�What is Apocalypse’s big problemwith the world in 1983?

Oscar Isaac: That he doesn’t rule it.I think Apocalypse has a problem withthe fact that the weak have taken over theearth. And they hide behind theirweapons, their systems of government,their money and their class. And they aresubjugating the truly powerful. So whathe wants to do is to wipe away all of theseweak-willed, weak-minded people and letthe strong survive.

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Oscar Isaac: Because is a God real-ly a God if no one worships him? Iwould say probably not. So just like anygood cult leader does, you find peoplethat are in a low point in their lives andyou offer them something. And what he

offers them is more power, tapping intotheir pain, rage and hatred, therebyunleashing their power. This changesthem.

�How big is the showdown betweenApocalypse and the X-Men?

Oscar Isaac: The showdownbetween Apocalypse and the X-Men inthe third act is incredibly epic. I can feelthe anticipation. It’s the X-Men moviethat I’ve been waiting for where you seeall of them team up to take down some-body. It’s very rewarding.

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Oscar Isaac: Apocalypse is like theGod of the Old Testament. He can be jeal-ous. He can be very angry. Yet he can becharismatic. So depending on what heneeds he has the violence of nature. It’san indifferent violence. But unlike nature,he does actually get pleasure out of power.

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Art and culture have always been anexcellent blend. Neelam Malhotra, a

local artist and an emerging curator intro-duced the culture of masks through herexhibition, Mukhosh. It showcased 123conventional masks, reflecting the inheri-tance of ancient culture and the legacy of thetribal art.

When asked about the idea behind theexhibition, Malhotra shared, “Masks are veryrare. People don’t know much about folk,traditional or tribal masks, their idea ofmasks is limited to props, decorations andsometimes protection. I wanted people tolearn about their significance in our culture.Apparently, artists who make masks aren’tmuch recognised as they usually belong toremote areas which are not easily accessi-ble.”

Each mask carried it’s own unique iden-tity, reflecting the persona of the artists. Amask from Nepal had an elephant head,highlighting the human-animal relationship.The earliest mask to be discovered had pre-historic rock paintings, dating back to3000 BC. “Masks share an analogous historyand have been recoursed for diverse yet uni-versal functions. Even the tradition ofHalloween dates back to the ancientCeltic festival of Samhain.During that time people feltthat the spirits were veryactive, so the people startedwearing masks so that thespirits wouldn’t recognisethem.”

The masks were carved,painted and decorated yet,they maintained a sense ofsimplicity. They exhibited anelaborative cultural detailing and aninclination to the geographicalregion they belonged to. Talkingabout the intense detailing thatthe masks exhibited, she said,“They have been passed on sinceages. All vary greatly in appear-ance, raw material and utility inaccordance to whoever adopt-ed them, including their culture,belief system and ecology. Someare often paired with costumes,significantly in rituals or perfor-mances for consummate characteri-sation. Fundamentally, the costumecompletes the new identity exem-plified by the mask, and usuallytradition prescribes its appearanceand construction to the sameextent as the mask itself.Costumes, like the masks, comefrom a diverse plethora of mate-rial, all of which has a symbolicconnection with the mask’s ver-itable imagery.

When asked about the mod-ern trends in mask making sheexplained, “Lately, mask makers are

resorting to paper mache as a medi-um, because it is easier, cheaper andquicker to make. Unfortunately theydon’t have much life when comparedto brass and wooden mask. Brass andwooden masks are reducing in num-

ber now because of the high cost.”The awestruck faces of the visi-

tor definitely showed their wonderand amusement. She said, “As a

human being it is important to knowthe history of one’s own culture. It’samazing to look back at our own her-itage, along with the tribal, andrealise their simplicity and beauty.Using masks as a medium we are try-

ing to make people aware of ourinheritance. Wearing masks andperforming rituals is something thatstarted centuries ago. The westernworld has recognised Indian art and

artists more than India has. France andNorway are celebrating more of our

Indian textiles. So, I think museums andgalleries and even documentaries tooshould bring it forward and talk more

about such issues. But, all the same,seeing the response towards the exhi-bition makes me content. I amexpecting more Indians to visit.”

Talking about her future plans,Malhotra said, “I am working on theSanthal tribal art of Bengal as well asthe show on puppetry and Phulkaritextiles of north east.”

The exhibition is open till June 10and is definitely a must-see for art

enthusiast.

Nature breathes life into us. The ultimate nur-turer that embraces us fondly and soothes up

our burning nerves, bountiful nature is the truegiver. But what do we give it in return? DhananjayMukherjee, in an effort to remind his viewers ofthe need to save our environment, has painted hiscanvas beautifully. “The different faces in my paint-ings are carved out of a leaf with various motifsforming the eyes and lips. I find modernism oncanvas with the help of old mythological art,expressing the same through remarkable use ofcolours to depict the unknown mysteries in thenatural world. I got the idea for this theme fromthe Rain-Forest. Somehow, they appear to be form-ing an image which looks very much like a Godface or a human shape or form,” Mukherjee shares.

“I create graphic and structural uniformity oncanvas through the play of light and shade. My paint-ings are a judicious mix of the abstract and realis-tic forms, which stems from unique imagination,combining the real natural world with the artisticand creative world. According to me green is thecolour of life, but human beings, through ages, haveexploited it without understanding how pristine andimportant it is for life on earth,” he adds.

His meticulous tapestries reflect the sacro-

sanctity of nature. His solo art exhibition is on atthe Azad Bhavan Art Gallery, where art admirerscome and marvel at the graphic and structural uni-formity created through the play of light and shade.

“I feel that nature gives us very everything weneed in our life, yet we never return the favour. Thepurpose of my paintings is to inculcate faith innature. “I believe with my paintings I can bring peo-ple to see the divinity inside every green form, beit a plant, a tree trunk or even a leaf,” Mukherjee says.

The flora in his paintings has been brought alivethrough its resemblance to Gods and deities.Comparing nature to God he says, “We all have deeprespect for our mythology. We could never think ofhurting our Gods. Likewise, nature should be seenin a similar light as God. This is why I have triedto give my paintings a divine touch.”

“Our rainforests are in great danger. We are cut-ting them down rather injudiciously for our ownselfish purposes.We must realise their importancebefore it’s too late,” asserts Dhananjay, therebyexpressing his concerns over the extinction of rain-forests.

From capturing the majestic conical roofedhouses in Alberobello, Italy to the mysticalremains of castles and fortresses built in the

7th century in Croatia, eastern Europe, Chennaibased photographer, Sharad Haksar is known tocapture the unconventional and the unexploredarchitecture. His latest series Stories of Three Citiescaptures a new concept, ‘illusions in impressions,’documenting the imprints made by ordinaryobjects, like banana and corn which were slurredwith powdered coloures.

Talking about his new series, Haksar shares,“The astounding thing about this exhibition is thatit involves an amalgamation of three variedthemes. While the eye-soothing scenes from Italyand Croatia are a part of my 15 days trip, the thirdconceptual series that is on display is the inspira-tion I got from Neil Armstrong’s first step on themoon. It was the illusionary images that createda lot of buzz in the past and I really wanted to dosomething on illusions. Also, the reason behindhaving a single platform for such parallel genreswas to break the stereotype of single theme exhi-bitions.”

From the numerous photographs that havebeen exhibited, there are two series which are veryclose to his heart. “I basically like conceptual pho-tography so I really enjoyed working on my series,The Divine Irony in which I’ve shot Hindu Gods.It includes Lakshmi along with a wall that has a beg-gar showing the humorous irony about life. Theother series that is really special to me is Brand Irony,which portrays a man taking a leak on the wall withthe following written: nike, just do it.”

Photography is not just limited to a good cam-era or the composition. Rather, photography com-pels one to explore the world. Being an advertis-ing photographer, Haksar says, “Earlier, my hecticschedule never gave me the leisure to follow myheart. I love travelling and that is what I have beendoing for the past three years. I have been very fas-cinated with historical architecture and nature, soI go for a fifteen day trip to places where not manypeople have been. I interact with the people andlearn about their culture, food and lifestyle.”

Little did he know that his hobby would oneday bring him more than 200 awards. Haksar’s pho-tographic journey apparently started as a three-year-old and the idea of pursuing it as a career stuck himwhen he was in eleventh standard. “I met IqbalMohammad who had returned to Chennai afterstudying photography in US. I loved his work andsince he had come from the west, his work was dif-ferent and creative than what I had seen in Indiaat that point. He saw some of my amateur picturesand said that I have an eye for photography and evenoffered me the chance to work with him. This wasthe major turning point in my life,” shared Haksar.

When asked about his perspective towards lifeas a photographer, Haksar shared, “Life is too short.We keep doing the same mundane stuff day in andday out. But before you realise what you want, youbecome too old to do it. So, I believe that you haveone life which you need to live to the fullest andtravel does that for me. It gives me a sense of ful-fillment when I go to different places.”

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Daughter and disciple of legendaryKuchipudi exponent Raja RadhaReddy, Yamini Reddy, follows his

path today. A young star of the Kuchipudifirmament, she, with her poised ability tohold difficult balancing poses along withher finely honed sense of rhythm can eas-ily dazzle audiences.

�Tell about An evening of storytelling.Kuchipudi is a very beautiful dance

style, a combination of Natva Mala andNatya Mala. Basically, it is a temple danceand a theatre form. I wanted to bring outthe beauty of kuchipudi, which is its veryuniqueness. I chose the title An eveningof story telling through which I plan to tellstories about the creation and the evolu-tion of man with dance as my mediumof expression. I’m also going to do a verypopular Ram bhajan composed byTulsidas.

�You had done your first dance per-formance at the age of three. Do youremember anything of it?

I don’t remember much about it butmy parents usually tell me about whathappened that day. I have their memo-ries. I’ve always been very crazy aboutdance. When I was very young, I use totrouble them a lot by repeatedly sayingthat, ‘I want to perform on stage just likeyou.’ They would humour me by makingme wear a costume and then leave me inthe changing room. They used to say thatthey’ll call me on stage later. They did thatfor a few performances. Soon after-wards, when I had discovered that thiswas only a trick to keep me away fromthe stage, I got quite angry. Then duringone performance I ran out on stage andstarted hitting my dad during the mid-dle of his performance. I began accusinghim of not calling me on stage and nevergiving me the chance to dance in front ofeveryone, in the same way that he did.The audience found it very funny. Theydecided to let me perform whatever small

little thing I could do. Afterseeing me dance, they werequite amazed, especially givenmy age.

�What is your favouriteaspect about dance; is it theability to tell stories?

The thing about dancefor me is that it touches mysoul directly. I feel rejuvenat-ed and gain a creative spacewhere I can express myself.Dance is also a beautiful artform that coordinates themind, body and soul, partic-ularly an Indian dance. Wepractice training our body tothe extent that we end up for-getting about it. The heartsupersedes the mind. Asdancers, we aspire to reachsomething much beyond ourphysical bodies. Engaging allthese three aspects of our-selves: body, mind and soul isa very difficult and longprocess that any dancer willhave to undergo. Once itdoes, magic happens. Thatmagic is also created on stage.The first step always involvesmastering the body so thatyou eventually become aninstrument for allowing allthe feelings to flow throughyou.

�How is kuchipudi receivedacross the world? Do theyunderstand the story or theemotions that are trying tobe conveyed?

Dance is a universal lan-guage, which can be under-stood by everyone. So, eventhough the song and its lyricsmay belong to different lan-guages, if the dance itself is

performed effectively thenanybody can understand it.When we travel abroad,even though the peoplethere may not know any-thing about our dance form,our Gods or the storiesrelated to them, they dononetheless understandwhat we are doing on stage.They thoroughly enjoy it. Ofcourse, a little bit of expla-nation is provided to thembefore the performancebegins. We have performedin so many places where wehave received standing ova-tions. I am sure we havemanaged to get through tothem. In fact, once I hadgone to Russia to perform.There, an old Russian ladycame up to me and she wasin tears. That’s how muchshe had appreciated the per-formance. Dance has thatpower to move people.

�Your family has just cel-ebrated the silver jubilee ofteaching dance to so manyyoung Indians. They arerenowned dancers them-selves. In the light of this,do you feel pressure tomeet up to their expecta-tions?

I guess when I wasyounger and had just start-ed doing solo performances,I used to feel the pressure.Now I’ve grown beyondthat. I’ve realised that I dothis for myself and not formy parents. I dance becauseI love to dance and notbecause I have to carry on alegacy or anything like that.That’s all that matters at the

end of the day. If I do feel any pressureit’s only because I know that I need to putup a good show or with regard to anyexperimentation that I’m doing with thepresentation of the performance.

�When you dance, do you think fromthe audience’s perspective as to whetherthey will understand your intentions ornot, or do you value your experience ofthe dance more?

I try to strike a balance between thetwo because both are very important. Idon’t want to dilute a traditional dancejust to please the audience but at the sametime neither do I wish to inundate themwith a lot of technical pictures which theycannot understand. Ultimately a com-promise has to be made, through whichthe audience can enjoy what they arewatching and the dancer can enjoy whathe or she is doing. To achieve this, I don’treally mess with the grammar of thedance form itself. Instead I try to makethe presentation of my art form moreinteresting and different to what my par-ents used to do. This could include theintroduction to the dance, or its narra-tion or even the lighting and costumes.I play around with the presentation of thedance but not with the dance itself.

�What kind of preparation do you gothrough for your performances? Whatframe of mind are you in, since you’vegot a performance is this week?

We are still getting everythingtogether. Right now, all I want is to putup a good show. I want all the differentpieces to fall into place so that the ulti-mate, complete jigsaw puzzle that emergesis appreciated. We are working on themusic, the lighting, the narration and itis only on stage during the final event thateverything will come together beautiful-ly. I’m really looking forward to it.

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Asensational death bowling spell by MitchellStarc (4/29) trumped Tamim Iqbal's superb 95as Australia bowled Bangladesh out for a pal-

try 182 in 44.3 overs in their ICC Champions Trophymatch here on Monday.

Starc destroyed Bangladesh late in the inningswith a sensational death bowling display. He grabbedthree wickets from the 43rd over, including that ofIqbal. He then scalped the last Bangladesh batsmanto end the innings early.

The Australian fast bowler missed a chance fora hat-trick as he took three wickets in four balls.

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa grabbed two wicketsin an impressive spell while JoshHazlewood, Pat Cummins, TravisHead and Moises Henriques tooka wicket apiece as the Australiansthrottled Bangladesh batsmen -except for Iqbal - for runs.

Electing to bat on an Oval pitch that offered pacebut little swing, Iqbal played a lone hand in the faceof some fine bowling by the Australians as he steeredhis side to a respectable total.

His 69-run stand for the fourth wicket withShakib Al Hasan (29) was the only substantial part-nership for the Bangladesh side with only three bats-men reaching to double digit figures.

Iqbal hit six fours and three sixes in his fine 144-ball innings as he gave scant respect of the Australianbowlers who otherwise gave a good account of them-selves.

Bangladesh began at a slow pace with theAustralians tying them down by bowling a tight lineand length. On top of that, Bangladesh lost wicketsat regular intervals with Iqbal being the one making

a resistance to the Australian bowlers.Soumya Sarkar (3) was the first to go in the sixth

over at team score of 22 with Josh Hazlewood edg-ing him to Matthew Wade as the opening batsmanplayed without any foot movement.

One down Imrul Kayes (6) was beaten by PatCummins' pace as the batsman offered a simple catchto Aaron Finch at cover point as Bangladesh werereduced to 37 for 2 in the 11th over.

Wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim (9) didnot last long as he fell LBW to a Moises Henriquesdelivery in the 17th over and Bangladesh were in trou-ble at 53 for 3. Iqbal was, however, unruffled eventhough wickets fell regularly at the other end. Hepicked Henriques for a special treatment in the 23rdover, hitting the bowler for two fours and a six to col-lect 16 runs from it. In the next over, Iqbal reachedto his 37th fifty in his 171st ODI with a single offTravis Head. Shakib gave got good support to Iqbalfor a while as the duo added 69 runs for the fourthwicket before he fell LBW to a delivery off in the 30thover. Adam Zampa then rocked the Bangladeshinnings with two quick scalps.

Zampa first had Sabbir Rahman (8) caught bySmith in the 35th over before scalping the wicket ofMahmudullah in the 37th over. Bangladesh reached171/6 at the end of 40th over and it was left to Iqbalto accelerate the innings in the last 10 overs. But hefell in 43rd over bowled by Starc who grabbed threewickets in a dramatic death bowling show.

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Indian captain Virat Kohli said he "felt likea club batter" when teammate Yuvraj Singh

was in full flow in the ICC ChampionsTrophy win against Pakistan here, creditingthe left-hander for taking the pressure offhim.

Defending champions India startedtheir Champions Trophy campaign with aresounding 124-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan.

Kohli and Yuvraj stood out in an all-round batting effort, propelling India to 319for three after rain halted proceedingstwice. Yuvraj smashed 53 off 32 balls,while Kohli made 81 off 68 deliveries.

"The way he (Yuvraj) was hitting the ball,I felt like a club batter in front of him," Kohlisaid at the post-match press conference.

"...After I got to 50, I wasn't able to freelyplay. And Yuvi came in and just took all thepressure off me. And the way he batted wasthe way only he can strike the ball, hittinglow full tosses for fours and sixes, and evendigging out yorkers for fours was outstand-ing.

"I think that really deflated the opposi-tion and that gave me a bit of time to settlein from the other end. When he got out, Itook over. But I think his innings was a dif-

ference in the game," he added.While he was pleased with the win,

Kohli was not impressed with India's field-ing.

"With the bat and ball, right up there -I would say nine out of 10. In the field wewere still 6. It's a very strong performance,

we've taken the confidence from the prac-tice games.

"We need to tighten our fielding to com-pete hard against the best teams," he said.

The Indian batsmen remained focuseddespite the rain breaks with Rohit Sharma(91 off 119), Shikhar Dhawan (68 off 65),Kohli and Yuvraj rising to the occasion ina game reduced to 48-overs-a-side affair.

"I think the way Shikhar batted was real-ly good to see. Rohit was taking a bit of timebecause, understandably so, he's come backafter so long to international cricket. IPL isdifferent, but international runs are very dif-ferent, against a quality bowling attack aswell," Kohli said.

"And Hardik, 18 off five balls, was out-standing. We went with four seamers pure-ly because we're playing Pakistan. They playspin really well, and most of them are right-handers.

"In pressure situations, to have mid-on,mid-off up and hit hard lengths, gives us anadvantage. Against other sides, we might usetwo spinners, depending on their strengths,"he added.

Asked what it meant to play againstPakistan given the continuing tensionsbetween the two countries, Kohli chose tooffer a diplomatic reply.

"This one's done and dusted...We come

here to play the sport. And that's all we focuson. It's not my place to speak of any otherdecisions. The higher officials take care ofthose decisions," he said.

"My opinion does not matter andshould not matter. It's up to them what theydecide going ahead. But regardless of whoyou play, you just want to play cricket," headded.

"It's not preferences over opposition.And that's all I can say to this."

Nonetheless, Kohli said, he does enjoythe competitiveness of Indo-Pak cricketrivalry.

"They're a very competitive side. Theatmosphere is great. From that regard, as acricketer, we really enjoyed this game,that's all I can say," he said.

Reflecting on his own performance,Kohli said he let the momentum slip afterreaching 40 and regretted trying too hardfor big hits during his partnership withYuvraj. "But when he got out, I decided tostay still and just back the strokes that I haveand a few connected, and that's what hap-pens in this sport. Momentum comes yourway; it goes away. But you've got to staypatient. And when it comes back, you've gotto capitalise on it. So I believed in myself; Ican get 30 off 10 balls as well in the end,"he explained.

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After a comfortable outing in thetournament-opener, title

favourites England are set to face amuch stiffer test against NewZealand in a crucial ChampionsTrophy Group A fixture here onTuesday.

There is a lot at stake for both theteams. England will put their onefoot in the semifinals with a secondsuccessive win while New Zealandwill aim for two full points after raindenied them a crack at Australia andthe two teams settled for a point eachin a game that produced no-result.

England could not have hopedfor a better start to the tournamentas they thrashed a lacklustreBangladesh in the first match of theChampions Trophy on Thursday.

How easily they chased down306 was a timely warning to the othertitle contenders. Joe Root strolled toa 10th ODI hundred while openerAlex Hales missed out on well-deserved hundred by five runs.

Captain Eoin Morgan too beganhis campaign on a confident note,smashing an unbeaten 75 off 61 balls.

He, however, wouldbe a tad worried about thelean patch of opener JasonRoy, who has not crossed20 in his last six ODIinnings.

The hosts will also have to dealwith the absence of fast bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes, who wasruled out of the tournament with aninjury after bowling just two oversagainst Bangladesh. Steven Finn has

been named his replace-ment.

Morgan might alsobring back leggie AdilRashid to add more variety

to the bowling department.Nonetheless, an exciting contest

is in the offing with New Zealandshowing a lot of promise againstAustralia.

Captain Kane Williamson led

from the front against the trans-Tasmanian rivals with a ninth ODIhundred. Luke Ronchi looked inominous touch at the top of the orderand alongside Martin Guptill, forma dangerous combination.

The Black Caps lost their waytowards the end of the innings andthey would be aiming to rectify thatin the game on Tuesday.

Chasing 235 in 33 overs,

Australia were put under severepressure by New Zealand, reducingthem to 53 for three in nine oversbefore rain had the final say.

Their pace battery, comprisingTim Southee, Adam Milne and TrentBoult, looked in good shape andwould be raring to perform.

Former New Zealand fast bowlerShane Bond wrote in a column forthe ICC: "In some respects, this isalmost like a quarterfinal, theBirmingham no-result throwing aspanner in the works a little bit.Especially in the last two years,despite England's vastly differentapproach to white-ball cricket, gamesbetween the two teams have beenvery tight, and I expect another close,well-contested encounter."

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Vice-captain David Warner has attackedCricket Australia's handling of a pay

dispute and once again raised the spectreof an Ashes series boycott by players laterthis year.

The feisty opener has not backed awayfrom claims he made last month of a poten-tial players' strike during the showpiecehome series against England, starting inNovember.

CA has threatened not to pay contract-ed players beyond the June 30 expiry oftheir current financial deal if they do notaccept a new offer.

But Warner has gone on the front foot,claiming the governing body had prosecut-ed its argument primarily through mediabriefings. "If we are unemployed, we haveno contracts, we can't play," he said onMonday in England at the ChampionsTrophy. "We are pretty sure that they willcome to an agreement. But, as you know,we are going to be unemployed come July1. So we have to wait and see."

Warner said beyond "a couple of

emails" CA management had not engagedwith its contracted players. "It is only whatwe hear in the media and that's how CAhave been driving it the whole way," he said."They have been using the media as a voiceand we get the message from there."

Warner again pledged his "full support"to fellow players and affirmed he is "100per cent" behind the Australian Cricketers'Association (ACA). "They are doing a greatjob for us," he said of the players' union'sefforts in the dispute."From a players' pointof view, we are pretty vocal and upbeat."

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