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I n a horrific incident, remi- niscent of the brutal Bulandshahr gangrape last year, a gang of six highway rob- bers allegedly dragged and raped four women in a sugar- cane field by taking turns in a Jewar village along the Jewar- Bulandshahr Highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar in the wee hours of Thursday. The attackers shot dead a male relative when he object- ed to criminals assaulting the women of the family. According to sources, six members of a family — all res- idents of Jewar — were travel- ling by Eeco car, along with a driver, to Bulandshahr from Greater Noida’s Jewar to visit a relative in a hospital. At about 1:30am the vehicle was inter- cepted by the criminals, who had sprayed the road with nails which forced the driver to pull over because the tyres got punctured. When some members of the family came out to enquire, six men armed with country- made pistols suddenly appeared from the nearby bushes and surrounded the car. They dragged the women aged between 35 and 52 and gangraped them before looting the family. A 45-year-old man identified as Shakeel Quraishi — who had tried to save the women — was shot twice at point blank range on his chest after which he fell down and died. “The criminals threw something on the tyre and it got punctured. However, the driver didn’t stop and drove for quite a distance and stopped near a hut. But it appears that the criminals were waiting for this opportunity and pounced at them,” Jewar MLA Thakur Dhirendra Singh said. One of the relatives of the family said the robbers looted around Rs 47,500 cash and took away jewellery worth Rs two lakh from the women. The suspects after looting cash from the men, tied the men with dupattas and took, the women to a field nearby, said Ram Kumar, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Meerut Range, quoting the victims. Police said the robbers appear to be part of the axle gang that employs such modus operandi to stop vehicles at the deserted stretch on highways. “After crossing Sabota vil- lage we were five kilometres away when the incident took place. After stopping the car, the driver called the owner of the car. By that time the crim- inals landed and snatched the mobile. The call got discon- nected. Following which, the car owner got suspicious. It was then that he called police. Had police reached the spot imme- diately, the culprits would have been nabbed. Police came to the spot one and a half hour after the incident, by which time the criminals had made their way,” said the deceased Shakeel’s brother-in- law who witnessed the horror. Lav Kumlar, the Senior Superintendent of Police of Gautam Budh Nagar, said an FIR under section 396, 376 D has been registered at the Jewar Police Station. Also, several police teams, including sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF), have been put on the job to investigate the crime and bring the culprits to justice, he said. The women were taken for medical examination at the Noida district hospital and the men were admitted to the nearby Kailash hospital and now discharged. The post- mortem is being done, said a police officer involved in the investigation. It may be recalled that last July, a mother and her 13-year- old daughter were waylaid and raped by a group of highway robbers also in Bulandshahr. The National Crime Records Bureau’s data for 2014 shows the State also accounts for the highest number of high- way crimes — 80 per cent of the 84,000 cases of dacoity and thefts on highways across the country were recorded in Uttar Pradesh. M ountains of foodgrains are rotting in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns across the country. Data shows that over 61,824 metric tonnes (MT) of food- grains were found damaged or non-issuable in FCI godowns since 2011 till March 1, 2017. Over 86,79,000 kg food- grains were damaged in FCI godowns in 2016-17 while foodgrain production is esti- mated at 3,099.84 million tonnes during the same period. The damaged stock stood at 95,075 MT in 2005-06 and fell to 8,679 MT in 2016-17. Sources said reasons for the damage including pests, leak- ages in godowns, procurement of poor quality stocks, exposure to rains, floods and negligence by FCI staff. Pilferage is another malaise and there have been numerous cases of employees stealing and later showing the stock as damaged. Fed up, the Centre has issued guidelines for the disposal of damaged stock. Manpower shortage is another reason for pilferage and poor maintenance. FCI administrative manpower stands at 23,848, about 65 per cent of the sanctioned strength. The FCI also employs 52,000 technical and managerial staff, which is 12 per cent less than the approved strength. The FCI also deploys one lakh workers engaged through contractors. According to data, the damaged stock was 3,338 MT in 2011-12, 3,148 MT in 2012- 13, 24,695 MT in 2013-14, 18,847 MT in 2014-15 and 31,115.68 MT in 2015-16 . Maharashtra topped the list of damaged stock in 2016- 17, followed by Assam and Rajasthan. The damaged stock stood at 79,63,000 kg in Maharashtra and 2,05,000 kg in Assam and 1,24,000 kg in Rajasthan. Last year, Andhra Pradesh topped the list and its damaged stock stood at 22,02,000 kg. In 2014-15, damaged stock stood at 71,08,000 kg in Odisha, fol- lowed by 22,62,000 kg in Kerala. FCI and State agencies have a storage capacity of 71.5 million tonnes and godowns in MP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal, J&K, Uttarakhand, Arunachal and Manipur did not report any damages. A midst heightened tension between India and Pakistan, the two countries remain on the same page on humanitarian issues, as Islamabad allowed Indian woman Uzma to return home on Thursday, following a court’s order for her repatriation. While Uzma thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Indian High Commission for her safe return, Swaraj expressed grat- itude to the Pakistani Government for facilitating Uzma’s journey back home. Uzma narrated to the media her ordeal in Buner area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which she termed as a “back- ward, tribal” area where she was kept captive by one Pakistani national Tahir Ali, whom she had befriended in Malaysia. Uzma claimed she was invit- ed by Tahir and she went to Pakistan on a visitor’s visa and was forced to marry him upon reaching Buner. “It is easy to go to Pakistan but difficult to return. It is a well of death (maut ka kuan),” Uzma said, adding she feared for her life during her stay. “They could have sold me or used me in a risky operation,” she said about Tahir and his family. Uzma added she was not the only woman duped into marrying a man from Buner. “There may be lots of girls there from different countries. People from Buner are mostly in Malaysia and they get girls from Malaysia, Philippines etc. Every man has at least two wives there. It is a dangerous area. You hear gunshots daily,” she said. Uzma said she saw women from different coun- tries who had arranged mar- riages with Pakistani men lead- ing unhappy lives. She thanked the Indian Government, particularly Sushma Swaraj for making her return possible. “I am proud to be an Indian citizen. Sushma madam would call me daily to say we are fighting for you. You are India’s daughter,” she said, recounting the days she spent at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. On returning to India, Uzma said, “I could breathe the air of freedom. There is no place in the world like India.” Sushma underlined the fact that the Pakistani Foreign Office, Interior Ministry and its Judiciary stood up for a hapless Indian woman. “I am grateful to the Pakistan Foreign Office and Interior Ministry which with- out keeping in mind the pre- sent tension between India and Pakistan treated Uzma’s case as a humanitarian issue and helped her. I am thankful to Pakistani lawyer Barrister Shah Nawaz Noon, who treat- ed her like a daughter while fighting her case. “I am also grateful to Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, who rejected the arguments by Tahir that the case was the issue of Pakistan’s prestige. I am glad Justice Kayani underlined that this is not an issue of Pakistan’s prestige but a humanitarian aspect,” Sushma said. The Minister also lauded the efforts by India’s Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh efforts to help Uzma. “It was a difficult decision to let her inside the High Commission because in Pakistan we live in difficult circumstances and all sorts of actors come into play there. However, the fear and pain on her face made us believe there was no way we could have left her alone, in a vulnerable sit- uation,” Singh said. O n a day Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday for talks on devel- opmental issues, her police scripted a different kind of development by descending on the BJP workers and doing to them what they did on May 22 to the Left Front cadres — packing them off to hospitals with grievous injuries. Used to getting battered and often wasted at the hands of Trinamool Congress goons, the Kolkata Police vented its pent-up anger elsewhere, on a BJP rally, raining lathis, firing tear gas shells and leaving over hundred rallyists, including some of their State leaders, injured. “The police lathicharged our men without any provoca- tion. Many workers, including our women leaders like Locket Chatterjee, were injured. She was arrested from the hospital where she was getting treat- ment with oxygen mask on,” said State BJP leader Samik Bhattacharya, adding party State president Dilip Ghosh and general secretary Rahul Sinha too sustained injuries. However, Mamata dis- missed the clash as fight between the BJP and the Left for second position in Bengal. Joint CP Supratim Sarkar said 141 BJP workers, includ- ing senior BJP leaders Kailash Vijaybargiya, Ghosh, Sinha, JP Majumdar, Rupa Ganguli, were arrested. “About 20 cops were injured, a police vehicle torched and several others damaged. A patrol bomb was hurled at Brabourne Road,” he said. Seeking a judicial probe, Rahul Sinha said the BJP will decide course of action to protest against police excesses. T he Centre on Thursday rushed 400 Rapid Action Force personnel to violence- torn Saharanpur to help the State restore peace in the region hit by caste clashes. “Four companies (around 400 personnel) of the Rapid Action Force have been sent to Saharanpur to help the State Government maintain law and order following a request of the Uttar Pradesh Government,” said Home Ministry spokesper- son Ashok Prasad. Prasad said one person was shot and two people were injured in the clashes between two communities on May 23, following which three FIRs were registered and 24 people arrested. Violence first broke out in Saharanpur about 40 days ago following a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti. The State Intelligence report indicated the role of BSP leaders in supporting Bhim Army responsible for creating tensions in the area. A group of local youth has joined hands to organize Roza Iftar during the whole month of Ramadan at the his- toric Iqbal Maidan of the city. A committee titled 'Iqbal maid- an roza Iftar committee' has been constituted by these youth for the purpose. Banners informing the people about the month-long Iftar have been put up around Iqbal Maidan asking people to join the Iftar open for all. The youth have also derived a slogan for the pur- pose, 'Is Ramadan har din, sath-sath roza Iftar' (this Ramadan every day, roza Iftar together). The youth while talking to The Pioneer insisted not to publish their names as they do not want publicity for the pious work they are going to do besides they do not want to take the credit of the work that according to them is a team work and publishing name of one or two would certainly dis- heartened other members who are equally involved in the charity work. Excited with the over- whelming response they are getting for cooperation from finance to voluntary labour during the month-long pro- gramme, one of the members of the committee said that initial- ly we thought to organise Iftar for the fruit sellers and other handcart pullers who stand around Iqbal Maidan but the discussions going on among friends ended up with the deci- sion of organising Iftar daily for everyone who want to join. People are coming forward to contribute on listening about the programme and are very much impressed by the idea that names of no one would be made public. Initially we are planning to make arrange- ments for about 125-150 per- sons as most of the people pre- fer to do Iftar at home in the beginning of Ramadan. Later we would make arrangements as per the presence of the peo- ple, said the committee member. A t least 11 people, including four children, were killed and 22 others injured when a tractor trolley overturned at Kaankhapatta village near Nayagaon town in the district on Thursday. The people were returning to their native Khanderia Kachria village in Mandsaur district after visiting a temple in neighbouring Rajasthan when their vehicle toppled, Neemuch Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Singh told.As the tractor overturned, the passengers got trapped under it leading to the death of 11 of them, he said. Among the deceased are four children, six women and a man. Their iden- tities are yet to be established, the SP said. The injured per- sons have been referred to Neemuch district hospital, he said. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 7 C M Y K C M Y K

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In a horrific incident, remi-niscent of the brutal

Bulandshahr gangrape lastyear, a gang of six highway rob-bers allegedly dragged andraped four women in a sugar-cane field by taking turns in aJewar village along the Jewar-Bulandshahr Highway in UttarPradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagarin the wee hours of Thursday.

The attackers shot dead amale relative when he object-ed to criminals assaulting thewomen of the family.

According to sources, sixmembers of a family — all res-idents of Jewar — were travel-ling by Eeco car, along with adriver, to Bulandshahr fromGreater Noida’s Jewar to visit arelative in a hospital. At about1:30am the vehicle was inter-cepted by the criminals, whohad sprayed the road withnails which forced the driver topull over because the tyres gotpunctured.

When some members ofthe family came out to enquire,six men armed with country-made pistols suddenly

appeared from the nearbybushes and surrounded thecar. They dragged the womenaged between 35 and 52 andgangraped them before lootingthe family. A 45-year-old manidentified as Shakeel Quraishi— who had tried to save thewomen — was shot twice atpoint blank range on his chest after which he fell downand died.

“The criminals threwsomething on the tyre and it gotpunctured. However, the driverdidn’t stop and drove for quitea distance and stopped near ahut. But it appears that thecriminals were waiting for thisopportunity and pounced at

them,” Jewar MLA ThakurDhirendra Singh said.

One of the relatives of thefamily said the robbers lootedaround Rs 47,500 cash andtook away jewellery worth Rstwo lakh from the women.

The suspects after lootingcash from the men, tied themen with dupattas and took,the women to a field nearby,said Ram Kumar, the InspectorGeneral of Police (IGP) MeerutRange, quoting the victims.

Police said the robbersappear to be part of the axlegang that employs such modusoperandi to stop vehicles at thedeserted stretch on highways.

“After crossing Sabota vil-

lage we were five kilometresaway when the incident tookplace. After stopping the car,the driver called the owner ofthe car. By that time the crim-inals landed and snatched themobile. The call got discon-nected. Following which, thecar owner got suspicious. It wasthen that he called police. Hadpolice reached the spot imme-diately, the culprits would havebeen nabbed. Police came tothe spot one and a half hourafter the incident, by whichtime the criminals had madetheir way,” said the deceasedShakeel’s brother-in- law whowitnessed the horror.

Lav Kumlar, the SeniorSuperintendent of Police of

Gautam Budh Nagar, said anFIR under section 396, 376 Dhas been registered at the JewarPolice Station. Also, severalpolice teams, including sleuthsof the Special Task Force (STF),have been put on the job toinvestigate the crime and bringthe culprits to justice, he said.

The women were takenfor medical examination at theNoida district hospital and themen were admitted to thenearby Kailash hospital andnow discharged. The post-mortem is being done, said a

police officer involved in theinvestigation.

It may be recalled that lastJuly, a mother and her 13-year-old daughter were waylaid andraped by a group of highwayrobbers also in Bulandshahr.

The National CrimeRecords Bureau’s data for 2014shows the State also accountsfor the highest number of high-way crimes — 80 per cent ofthe 84,000 cases of dacoityand thefts on highways acrossthe country were recorded inUttar Pradesh.

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Mountains of foodgrainsare rotting in Food

Corporation of India (FCI)godowns across the country.Data shows that over 61,824metric tonnes (MT) of food-grains were found damaged ornon-issuable in FCI godownssince 2011 till March 1, 2017.

Over 86,79,000 kg food-grains were damaged in FCIgodowns in 2016-17 whilefoodgrain production is esti-mated at 3,099.84 milliontonnes during the same period.The damaged stock stood at95,075 MT in 2005-06 and fellto 8,679 MT in 2016-17.

Sources said reasons for thedamage including pests, leak-ages in godowns, procurementof poor quality stocks, exposureto rains, floods and negligenceby FCI staff.

Pilferage is another malaiseand there have been numerouscases of employees stealingand later showing the stock asdamaged. Fed up, the Centrehas issued guidelines for thedisposal of damaged stock.

Manpower shortage isanother reason for pilferageand poor maintenance. FCIadministrative manpowerstands at 23,848, about 65 percent of the sanctioned strength.The FCI also employs 52,000technical and managerial staff,which is 12 per cent less thanthe approved strength. The FCIalso deploys one lakh workersengaged through contractors.

According to data, thedamaged stock was 3,338 MTin 2011-12, 3,148 MT in 2012-13, 24,695 MT in 2013-14,18,847 MT in 2014-15 and31,115.68 MT in 2015-16 .

Maharashtra topped thelist of damaged stock in 2016-

17, followed by Assam andRajasthan. The damaged stockstood at 79,63,000 kg inMaharashtra and 2,05,000 kg inAssam and 1,24,000 kg inRajasthan. Last year, AndhraPradesh topped the list and itsdamaged stock stood at22,02,000 kg. In 2014-15,damaged stock stood at71,08,000 kg in Odisha, fol-lowed by 22,62,000 kg inKerala.

FCI and State agencieshave a storage capacity of 71.5million tonnes and godowns inMP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana,Himachal, J&K, Uttarakhand,Arunachal and Manipur didnot report any damages.

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Amidst heightened tensionbetween India and

Pakistan, the two countriesremain on the same page onhumanitarian issues, asIslamabad allowed Indianwoman Uzma to return homeon Thursday, following a court’sorder for her repatriation.

While Uzma thankedExternal Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj and the IndianHigh Commission for her safereturn, Swaraj expressed grat-

itude to the PakistaniGovernment for facilitatingUzma’s journey back home.

Uzma narrated to the mediaher ordeal in Buner area inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province,which she termed as a “back-ward, tribal” area where shewas kept captive by one Pakistaninational Tahir Ali, whom shehad befriended in Malaysia.

Uzma claimed she was invit-ed by Tahir and she went toPakistan on a visitor’s visa andwas forced to marry him uponreaching Buner. “It is easy to go

to Pakistan but difficult toreturn. It is a well of death (mautka kuan),” Uzma said, adding shefeared for her life during her stay.“They could have sold me orused me in a risky operation,”she said about Tahir and hisfamily. Uzma added she was notthe only woman duped intomarrying a man from Buner.

“There may be lots of girlsthere from different countries.People from Buner are mostlyin Malaysia and they get girlsfrom Malaysia, Philippines etc.Every man has at least twowives there. It is a dangerousarea. You hear gunshots daily,”she said. Uzma said she sawwomen from different coun-tries who had arranged mar-riages with Pakistani men lead-ing unhappy lives.

She thanked the IndianGovernment, particularlySushma Swaraj for making herreturn possible. “I am proud tobe an Indian citizen. Sushmamadam would call me daily tosay we are fighting for you. Youare India’s daughter,” she said,recounting the days she spentat the Indian HighCommission in Islamabad. Onreturning to India, Uzma said,“I could breathe the air offreedom. There is no place inthe world like India.”

Sushma underlined the fact

that the Pakistani ForeignOffice, Interior Ministry and itsJudiciary stood up for a haplessIndian woman.

“I am grateful to thePakistan Foreign Office andInterior Ministry which with-out keeping in mind the pre-sent tension between Indiaand Pakistan treated Uzma’scase as a humanitarian issueand helped her. I am thankfulto Pakistani lawyer BarristerShah Nawaz Noon, who treat-ed her like a daughter whilefighting her case.

“I am also grateful to JusticeMohsin Akhtar Kayani, whorejected the arguments by Tahirthat the case was the issue ofPakistan’s prestige. I am gladJustice Kayani underlined thatthis is not an issue of Pakistan’sprestige but a humanitarianaspect,” Sushma said.

The Minister also laudedthe efforts by India’s DeputyHigh Commissioner JP Singhefforts to help Uzma. “It was adifficult decision to let herinside the High Commissionbecause in Pakistan we live indifficult circumstances and allsorts of actors come into playthere. However, the fear andpain on her face made us believethere was no way we could haveleft her alone, in a vulnerable sit-uation,” Singh said.

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On a day Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee

was hosted by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in Delhi onThursday for talks on devel-opmental issues, her policescripted a different kind ofdevelopment by descendingon the BJP workers and doingto them what they did on May22 to the Left Front cadres —packing them off to hospitalswith grievous injuries.

Used to getting batteredand often wasted at the handsof Trinamool Congress goons,the Kolkata Police vented itspent-up anger elsewhere, on aBJP rally, raining lathis, firingtear gas shells and leaving overhundred rallyists, includingsome of their State leaders,injured.

“The police lathichargedour men without any provoca-tion. Many workers, including

our women leaders like LocketChatterjee, were injured. Shewas arrested from the hospitalwhere she was getting treat-ment with oxygen mask on,”said State BJP leader SamikBhattacharya, adding partyState president Dilip Ghoshand general secretary RahulSinha too sustained injuries.

However, Mamata dis-missed the clash as fightbetween the BJP and the Leftfor second position in Bengal.

Joint CP Supratim Sarkarsaid 141 BJP workers, includ-ing senior BJP leaders KailashVijaybargiya, Ghosh, Sinha, JPMajumdar, Rupa Ganguli, werearrested. “About 20 cops wereinjured, a police vehicle torchedand several others damaged. Apatrol bomb was hurled atBrabourne Road,” he said.

Seeking a judicial probe,Rahul Sinha said the BJP willdecide course of action toprotest against police excesses.

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Roza Iftar during the wholemonth of Ramadan at the his-toric Iqbal Maidan of the city.A committee titled 'Iqbal maid-an roza Iftar committee' hasbeen constituted by these youthfor the purpose. Bannersinforming the people aboutthe month-long Iftar have beenput up around Iqbal Maidanasking people to join the Iftaropen for all.

The youth have alsoderived a slogan for the pur-pose, 'Is Ramadan har din,sath-sath roza Iftar' (thisRamadan every day, roza Iftartogether).

The youth while talking toThe Pioneer insisted not topublish their names as they donot want publicity for the piouswork they are going to dobesides they do not want to takethe credit of the work thataccording to them is a teamwork and publishing name ofone or two would certainly dis-heartened other members who

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Regional Museum ofNatural History, Bhopal

organised a Lecture on ‘EcoJournalism and ScienceCommunication’ delivered byManoj Kumar Sharma,Scientist-B and in-charge ofthe Museum on May 25, 2017under Summer Nature StudyProgramme. During the lec-ture, Sharma told that Eco-journalism is the collection,verification, production, dis-tribution and exhibition ofinformation regarding cur-rent events, trends, issues andpeople.

Manoj Kumar Sharmainformed about the naturewriting include against narra-tive, garden essays, eco-fer-minist works, writing on jus-tice & advocacy, environmen-tal preservation, sustainabili-ty and biological diversity.Sharma told about the scope ofcommunication like; Air pol-lution, Animal waste man-agement, Biodiversity,Wildlife, Environmentalissues, Environmental advo-cacy, Disposal of dredgedmaterial, Global warming andClimate change etc. Duringthe lecture, Sharma appealedto the participants to write onlocal environmental issues.

In the continuation,Regional Museum of NaturalHistory, Bhopal also orga-

nized ‘Study of PaperRecycling’ Programme atPaper Recycling Unit ofEPCO, Bhopal for participantsof Summer Nature StudyProgramme. Rajesh Mishra,Engineer and Unit in-charge,

EPCO, Bhopal informed thatfirst of all waste paper mixedin water. Some cloths alsomixed in the mixture of wastepaper for strengthening. Hetold that with help of amachine this mixture con-

verted in Lugdi. After that thislugdi converted into a sheet.Mishra told that after thatsome extra water removedfrom sheet by Screw ProcessMachine than glandingmachine used for to make

sheet plan and smooth thencut into different size of sheet.

During the visit, Practicalon Hands was conducted byparticipants to know theprocess of paper recycling inthe guidance of Rajesh Mishra.

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The Opposition Congress inMadhya Pradesh alleged that

preparations are on for large-scale corruption in the name ofplantation on the banks ofNarmada River.

Madhya Pradesh CongressCommittee (MPCC) chiefspokesman KK Mishra in astatement here on Thursdaysaid, “Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan after conductingNarmada Seva Yatra for his ownpolitical benefits is now planningto plant six crore plants from July2 in that corruption of �500 crorecould be done by diverting fundsof MNREGA.”

Mishra further said that theGovernment should make itclear that does all the nurseriesof the State have six crore plantsfor plantation and does the treeguards to safeguard them inequal number would be avail-able? If not than what would bethe guarantee of safety of theseplants, he added.

Elaborating his allegationthe senior Congress leader saidthat as per the declared govern-ment figures six crore pits wouldhave to be dig for six crore plantsand the Government rate for that

would be a minimum of �10-15per pit, thus expenditure of �90crore would come on digging ofpits, similarly the cost of plantsshould be estimated at �15-20and according to that expendi-ture of � 90-120 crore could beestimated on this head, he added.

He said that the chief min-ister has said that a personwould plant 24 plants, so 25 lakhpeople would be required toplant six crore plants.Transportation of these 25 lakhpeople, their food, publicity andspades, tumble, buckets andother necessary things wouldalso be purchased and crore frupees would be spent on that,he added.

The chief spokesman ofstate Congress said that on theone hand the Government is notable to make payment of labor-ers for the work they havealready done under MNREGAand on the other hand it isintending to further hollow thealready financially crippling state.

Wildlife activists allege neg-ligence, exposure to humansand absence of a wildlife veteri-nary cadre as the main reasonsbehind such deaths.

Earlier, when asked aboutthe exposure of cubs to humans,

Pathak said that they were keptin isolation and humans did notcarry viruses.

Calling it “negligence ofduty” and “open defiance oforders”, the state government hasnow asked the BandhavgarhTiger Reserve Director to submitfinal reports on the deaths of alltigers and leopards in the forestduring 2016-17. “Hope thatanother reminder would not beneeded,” Singh said in the letter,procured by wildlife and RTIactivist Ajay Dubey.

While Madhya Pradeshclaims to be the “tiger state”, it isalso becoming a tiger, bear andpangoline poaching hub.

Dubey said, “This is grossviolation by the BandhavgarhField Director and he should beimmediately removed. Not sub-mitting final report and in somecases even primary report aftera tiger’s death shows that thereis no learning process involvedin the type of conservation beingfollowed.”

According to Dubey, there isno wildlife veterinary cadre andpermanent wild animal doctorsacross 10 tiger reserves andsanctuaries of the state, includ-ing Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench,Panna and Sanjay.

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An exhibit ion to payhomage to the freedom

fighters of the country ‘ZaraYaad Karo Qurbani’ is beingorganised at Swaraj Vithika(Swaraj Art Gallery) RavindraBhavan premises.

Organised by SwarajSansthan, the exhibitionbegan here from Monday andwill be on view till Friday.

The exhibition is organ-ised under the Azaad BansuriFestival with a purpose tomake youngsters of the cityaware with the freedom strug-gle. The exhibition narratesthe tales of bravery and valorof the revolutionaries whofought against British rule.Theportraits of various freedomfighters including ChandraShekhar Azad, Tipu Sultan,Bhagat Singh and more are

put up at the gallery. At theexhibition there is also briefinformation attached with theportrait of each freedom fight-er.

Other than the portraits ofmale freedom fighters, theexhibition tells about the con-tribution by females whostruggled during British rule.It is to be noted that femaleshad an equal contribution infreedom struggle.

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Marking the third day ofCharlie Chaplin film fes-

tival, the movie ‘The GreatDictator’ was screened.

It is a comedy moviereleased in 1940. Directed byCharlie Chaplin, the movie sur-rounds the life of dictatornamed Adenoid Hynkel.

Twenty years after the end

of World War I, in which thenation of Tomainia was on thelosing side, Adenoid Hynkel hasrisen to power as the ruthlessdictator of the country. Hebelieves in a pure Aryan state,and the decimation of the Jews.This situation is unknown to asimple Jewish-Tomainian bar-ber who has since been hospi-talized the result of a WWI bat-tle.Upon his release, the barber,

who had been suffering frommemory loss about the war, isshown the new persecuted lifeof the Jews by many living in theJewish ghetto, including a wash-erwoman named Hannah, withwhom he begins a relationship.

The barber is ultimatelyspared such persecution byCommander Schultz, who hesaved in that WWI battle.

The lives of all Jews in

Tomainia are eventually sparedwith a policy shift by Hynkelhimself, who is doing so forulterior motives. But thosemotives include a want forworld domination, starting withthe invasion of neighboringOsterlich, which may be threat-ened by Benzino Napaloni, thedictator of neighboringBacteria.

Ultimately Schultz, who

has turned traitor againstHynkel's regime, and the bar-ber, may be able to join forcesto take control of the situation,they using Schultz's insideknowledge of the workings ofthe regime and the barber'suncanny resemblance to one ofthose in power.

The movie was muchenjoyed by the theatre buffs ofthe city.

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Minister for PublicRelations, Water

Resources and ParliamentaryAffairs Narottam Mishra dis-tributed certificates of PradhanMantri Awas and MukhyaMantri Mazdoor SurakshaYojana and Bhoo-Adhikarevam Rin Pustika (Land Rightsand Loan Book) in Datia onThursday.

Mishra mentioned thatpucca house will be given toevery poor. No one will be leftwithout house, everyone willget house. District PresidentBJP Vikram Singh Bundelaand other PublicRepresentatives were presenton the occasion.

Mishra distributed 16 cer-tificates of Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana. Moreover, he dis-tributed certificates of MazdoorSuraksha to 5 landless personsand sanctioned old age pensionto 3 persons on the spot. Mishrasaid that Pt Deendaya cherisheda dream that benefit shouldreach to the last person of the

file. With the same objective, weare visiting village to village toprovide benefit of the schemesto the beneficiaries.

He told to educate childrenand encourage them. The stategovernment will bear theexpenses of further studies ofstudents securing over 75 percent marks. He also heard thegrievances of the villagers andredressed them. Vikram SinghBundela informed about the PtDeendayal Upadhyaya WorkExpansion Scheme.

Furthermore, Mishra dis-

tributed 8 Pardahan MantriAwas certificates, rinpustikayein to 2 persons andUID to handicapped person invillage Ganeshkheda. He stat-ed that officers are visiting vil-lages under 'Gramoday toBharat Uday' campaign andredressing the grievances of thepeople. He told the people tocome forward and avail thebenefits of the schemes. SocialActivist Jagdish Yadav alsoexpressed his views. PublicRepresentatives and villagerswere present on the occasion.

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The season to enjoy the deli-cious mangoes is here. The

king of the fruits is welcomedwith a style by Noor-Us-SabahPalace Heritage Hotel. A MangoFest would be organized by her-itage hotel for the foodies of thecity.

The festival will begin fromFriday and will continue tillSunday. During the three-dayMango Festival the foodies ofthe city will taste different dish-es prepared with mango atZaaiqa restaurant. Variousmangolicious recipes will beserved at the restaurant. Frombeverages to desserts and fromsalads to curries all will beserved on the complete platter.

It is to be noted that mangois one of the best delicacies tooffer during summer and dur-ing the mango festival innova-tive mango dishes will be avail-able for the foodies to enjoy dif-ferent tastes of mango. Thechefs of the hotel have broughtthe recipes which will definite-ly enhance the taste buds of thefoodies.

Featuring salads and soupslike carrot mango and thymesoup will be on the menu.

Starters like Amchur wali matarki potli and Keri seekh will bemouthwatering for the foodies.There will be main course dish-es in vegetarian and non-veg-etarian platter like steamed fish

with mango and mustard sauce,grilled vegetables with spicy andmango pulao. Besides, thedesserts will include mango kashrikhand and Aam Raas willbe served.

The festival would takethe foodies of the city on anextraordinary expedition totaste the flavorsome mangodishes.

The carefully crafted menu

comprises traditional spicelaced food, succulently createdfrom fresh ingredients keepingin mind a healthy nutritionalbalance and preserving thewholesome goodness.

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Swami Vivekanand Libraryand Inklette Magazine are

announcing a Creative WritingWorkshop in Poetry at SwamiVivekanand Library. The work-shop will be held on June 8.

The daylong workshop willbegin from 12 pm and will con-tinue till 4 pm. The workshopwill be conducted by a youngwriter Devanshi Khetarpal.

The workshop will focuson reading and writing poetryand is designed for anyone withor without prior experience inreading or writing poems.Besides, the workshop is opento anyone equal to or above theage of 16.

The workshop is limited to20 participants. While inform-ing about the workshop, SeniorManager of SwamiVivekananda Library LaxmiSharan Mishra said, “The inter-ested participants need to reg-ister for the workshop.”Elaborating further heinformed that to apply for theworkshop the applicants need

to send the details includingname, age, occupation, emailand contact number.

Besides, the applicants alsoneed to attach a writing sam-ple poetry or prose as well as ashort personal statementexplaining why applicant wantto attend the workshop in 300words.

Mishra also said that thelast date to register for theworkshop is June 4. The select-ed candidates will be informedby June 6, he added.

It is to be noted thatDevanshi Khetarpal will beconducting the workshop. Sheis a young writer and herworks have been published inIndian Literature (a publicationof Sahitya Akademi), Vayavya,Souvenir and Drunk in aMidnight Choir. She is theeditor-in-chief of InkletteMagazine, a Poetry Reader forBlueshift Journal and a Co-Managing Editor for SproutMagazine. Besides, her poemshave been recognised byHollins University andColumbia College Chicago.

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Atrader was targeted by mis-creants and �90000 cash

kept in the pocket of his pantwas stolen from his residenceat Patharwali Gali underKotwali police station area onWednesday.

According to the policethe victim Faiyaz Khan kept�90000 in his pant pocketwhich was found stolen in theevening.

In his statement Faiyazstated that in the afternoon onWednesday he returned fromwork and went to sleep and ataround 6 pm when he woke uphe found that the cash wasfound missing, He searched forthe cash but failed to find thecash and later lodged a com-plaint with the police.

The victim deals in crock-ery and came with cash in theafternoon. Police said that theneighbor or his employee whowas aware of the cash is behindthe burglary as specifically tar-geting cash from the pocket ofthe pant in a little span of timecould be done after havingexact information.

The police have registereda case under section 380 of theIPC and have started furtherinvestigation.

Meanwhile, valuablesworth �70000 were burgledfrom Ghora Nakkas area underHanumanganj police stationarea on Wednesday. Accordingto the police, the victimPravesh Vyas had gone to Oldcity area and when he returnedthe valuables were found bur-gled.

A compliant was lodgedwith the police and in hiscomplaint the victim statedthat the loss in the burglary wasaround �60000 cash and a pairof gold earring worth �10000.The police have registered acase under section 454 and 380of the IPC and have started fur-ther investigatio

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Metal collection campaignfor the massive statue of

Adiguru Shankaracharya willbegin from August 26 on RishiPanchami. Collection Yatraswill begin from Adiguru smri-ti sthals of Madhya Pradesh. Allthe Yatras will culminate atOmkareshwar.

This unanimous decisionwas taken on Thursday at aVimarsh Sabha of seers in thepresence of Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan. TheVimarsh Sabha was organizedat the Tribal Museum commu-nity hall. Swami PrabodhanandSaraswati, Swami Vishnudutt JiBourasi, SwamiRaghavendradutt Maharaj ofChinmayanand Mission, PublicWorks Minister Rampal Singhand Minister of State forCulture Surendra Patwa wasalso present on the occasion.

Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan said that stateGovernment is making effortsto reach out Adiguru

Shankaracharya darshan to themasses and to inspire people tofollow his path by setting up hishuge statue.

Adiguru Shankaracharyahas done the work of unitingIndia culturally. Adiguru con-nected the country from all fourdirections in such a mannerthat the country cannot breakup or scatter. He said that thecountry is indebted to Adigurufor its form today. He said thatAdiguru Shankarachaya’s dar-shan will give a feeling of peaceto the humanity soaked in thefire of materialism. Adigurugave human beings a feeling ofperfection. If everyone acceptsthat there is the same chetna inall, all enmity, hatred will end.All conflict and upheavals willend. The whole world willbecome one family.

The Chief Ministerexpressed his gratitude to theAcharya Sabha for acceptanceof the responsibility of thecampaign by the seers. He saidthat the campaign will be suchan amazing event in the hands

of the seers community that itwill fill the entire state with cre-ativity and spirituality. Heinformed the seers about theprogramme in which 6 croresaplings will be planted oncoming July 2 and invited themin it. He told them that devel-opment, construction worksand environment protection isGovernment’s responsibility.

State government is work-ing with this feeling. Rivers inthe state will not be exploitedfor sand anymore. After ade-quate discussion, arrangementfor scientific mining will bemade.

The mining model will bechanged after bidding. Miningwill be done by women andyouth self-help groups throughhuman labour. Governmentwill control sale of sand. Theprofit from sand trade whichuntil now was going to a fewcoffers will now reach the poorman’s hut. He said that state isleading in the implementationof Prime Minister’s pro-grammes.

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Inaugurating the daylongSummit on Thursday on ‘Agro

& Food Processing Summit:Technology - Investment –Infrastructure’ with the focus onMadhya Pradesh, Horticultureand Food Processing MinisterSuryaprakash Meena said thatMadhya Pradesh Government iskeenly working to promote foodprocessing industries in MadhyaPradesh.

The Summit was organizedby the Associated Chamber ofCommerce and Industry of India(ASSOCHAM), India’s ApexChamber of Commerce.

He further said that his gov-ernment has already allocatedRs.350 crore worth of fund to setup cold storage chains with a 25per cent subsidy plan to set upthe chains. Being the leader infoodgrain production and asolid position in horticultureproduce Madhya Pradesh hasimmense scope for food pro-cessing sector.

Dhaval Raval, Chairman,Food Processing and SMECommittee, ASSOCHAMWestern Council; KK Singh,Director, Central Institute ofAgricultural Engineering;Satyanand, Director, Department

of Horticulture and FoodProcessing and other dignitariesexpressed their views on theoccasion. Most of the speakerswere of the view that better infra-structure, particularly storage,transport, minimum supportprice and marketing facilities canbenefit farmers as well as theindustries.

The Summit marked pres-ence of Central and StateGovernment officials,Government regulatory bodies,Leading national & internation-al Agro & Food ProcessingCompanies, EquipmentManufacturers, TechnologyDevelopers, Associations,Research Institutes, FinancialInstitutions, Banks/ FinancialService Providers, Private Equity,Research Scholars, Fellow andAcademics, R&D Institutions.

Dhaval Raval in his welcomeaddress said that the objective ofthe Summit was to discuss theopportunities & challenges, tech-nological advancements, invest-ment opportunities and infra-structure availability to promoteAgro & Food Processing sectorin the Madhya Pradesh. He alsogave an overview of the Agro &Food Processing sector in theState and discussed ongoingprojects in the State.

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Leader of Opposition inMadhya Pradesh assembly

Ajay Singh alleged that twodifferent laws are applied inthe state, one for the commonman and one for the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP).

Singh in a statement hereon Thursday said, “ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan should tell the truthfor removing Harda collectorto the people of state that hehas been removed for stop-ping illegal sand mining andissuing externment orders of

former minister of BJP.Criminals are pardoned in thestate while those taking actionagainst them are punished.”

Singh furthers aid thattoday the bureaucracy of thestate is working under hugepressure or in confusion. Onthe one hand chief ministerasks the of f icia ls onSamadhan online to curbcriminals and mafias andwhen any official takes strictmeasures than he is immedi-ately removed. When the thenKatni SP Gorav Tiwari start-ed exposing real faces of KatniHawala Scam chief minister

immediately removed him.When the police took actionagainst an RSS worker whowas involved in illegal activ-it ies in Balaghat theGovernment immediatelyremoved constable to TownInspector. Similarly, Hardacollector has been removedfor issuing externment orderof former BJP minister, headded.

The LoP said that due tothe double faceted policy ofthe chief minister the moraleof the police and administra-tion has come down and theyare not able to decide that

whether they should takeaction against the criminals orthe complainant. Afterremoving the Harda collectorthe chief minister should nowconduct enquiry of the alle-gations of �5000 crore cor-ruption in illegal sand miningin the district, he added.

He said that chief minis-ter is not able to govern andhas miserable failed in run-ning government and admin-istration and his saying anddoing is different like thechal charitra of his party.

veterinary cadre as themain reasons behind such

deaths. Earlier, when askedabout the exposure of cubs tohumans, Pathak said that theywere kept in isolation andhumans did not carry virus-es.

Calling it “negligence ofduty” and “open defiance oforders”, the State Governmenthas now asked theBandhavgarh Tiger ReserveDirector to submit finalreports on the deaths of alltigers and leopards in theforest during 2016-17. “Hopethat another reminder wouldnot be needed,” Singh said inthe letter, procured by wildlife

and RTI activist Ajay Dubey.While Madhya Pradesh

claims to be the “tiger state”,it is also becoming a tiger,bear and pangoline poachinghub.

Dubey said, “This is grossviolation by the BandhavgarhField Director and he shouldbe immediately removed. Notsubmitting final report and insome cases even primaryreport after a tiger’s deathshows that there is no learn-ing process involved in thetype of conservation beingfollowed.”

According to Dubey,

there is no wildlife veterinarycadre and permanent wildanimal doctors across 10 tigerreserves and sanctuaries ofthe state, including Kanha,Bandhavgarh, Pench, Pannaand Sanjay.

“The Government in 2005decided to form a permanentcadre for vets. The lastreminder was sent to the tigerreserves and parks in 2013.Nothing has happened…Right now, the veterinariansare either on deputation orcontract, which limits thescope of development,” Dubeysaid.

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While the nation aspires todouble the number of

tigers by 2022, “open defiance”of foresters despite rising mor-tality of the fine felines hasraised question mark over con-servation in Bandhavgarh TigerReserve in the State.

The State Government in aletter reprimanded the FieldDirector of Bandhavgarh TigerReserve for not disclosing orsubmitting any report explain-ing deaths of three orphanedtiger cubs as well as otherfelines during the year 2016-17.

More than 50 tigers havereportedly died in the past 20months in the state, a stateknown for its lush green forestsand tigers.

The letter said that in caseof the recent deaths of threecubs, the foresters neither sub-mitted the first report nor sentany photographs despite repeat-ed reminders from the NationalTiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) and the state govern-ment.

RP Singh, AdditionalPrincipal Chief Conservator ofForest (Wildlife) in the letter toField Director Mridul Pathaksaid, “You had been repeated-ly asked to send the forensic

reports, histopathology reports,toxicological reports, post-mortem reports, coloured pho-tographs and the primary on-spot observation of the inci-dents… They are all pendingdespite several directions fromthe top offices, which is matterof concern,”

Three orphaned tiger cubskept under the care of tigerreserve authorities diedbetween April 23 and 26. Theirmother was electrocuted bypoachers on the forest’s periph-ery in January.

The cubs, raised using adummy tigress, died after catch-ing infection, allegedly due toexcessive exposure to VIP vis-itors. The visitors included thestate’s Chief Minister and theRailway Minister.

Wildlife activists allege neg-ligence, exposure to humansand absence of a wildlife vet-erinary cadre as the main rea-sons behind such deaths.

Earlier, when asked aboutthe exposure of cubs tohumans, Pathak said that theywere kept in isolation andhumans did not carry viruses.

Calling it “negligence ofduty” and “open defiance oforders”, the state governmenthas now asked the BandhavgarhTiger Reserve Director to sub-

mit final reports on the deathsof all tigers and leopards in theforest during 2016-17. “Hopethat another reminder wouldnot be needed,” Singh said inthe letter, procured by wildlifeand RTI activist Ajay Dubey.

While Madhya Pradeshclaims to be the “tiger state”, itis also becoming a tiger, bearand pangoline poaching hub.

Dubey said, “This is grossviolation by the BandhavgarhField Director and he should beimmediately removed. Notsubmitting final report and insome cases even primary reportafter a tiger’s death shows thatthere is no learning processinvolved in the type of conser-vation being followed.”

According to Dubey, thereis no wildlife veterinary cadreand permanent wild animaldoctors across 10 tiger reservesand sanctuaries of the state,including Kanha, Bandhavgarh,Pench, Panna and Sanjay.

“The government in 2005decided to form a permanentcadre for vets. The last reminderwas sent to the tiger reservesand parks in 2013. Nothing hashappened… Right now, theveterinarians are either on dep-utation or contract, which lim-its the scope of development,”Dubey said.

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Central India includingMadhya Pradesh has

remained under the tight gripof heat wave conditions forquite some time now to such anextent that the day tempera-tures remained above 40-degree mark, well above thenormal limits. However, pre-Monsoon rains have finallycommenced over this state.

As per weathermen manydistricts of Southeast MadhyaPradesh like Ujjain, Indore,Satna, Chhindwara, Balaghatand Rewa have started wit-nessing isolated pre-Monsoonrains along with squally winds.

These rains could be attrib-uted to a cyclonic circulationover South Chhattisgarh. Suchweather conditions are expect-ed to continue for 24 hours.Meanwhile, the other cities ofthe state will remain under thegrip of hot and dry weather.

At present, most of the dis-tricts like Betul, Bhopal, Gwalior,Indore, Jabalpur and Ujjain arewitnessing maximums mount-ing above 40 degrees while theminimums are also settlingbetween 25°C and 30°C.

Bhopal recorded maxi-mum temperature of43.4degree Celsius onThursday while the minimumtemperature on Wednesday

night was 28.3 degree Celsiuswhile the minimum and max-imum temperatures recordedin major cities of the state onThursday was Indore 42.5 and28.4, Gwalior 43 and 25.1,Jabalpur 43.5 and 29.4 andKhajurao 44.4 and 28.6 degreeCelsius.

By May 28 or 29, the inten-sity and spread of these rainswill increase over many dis-tricts of East and CentralMadhya Pradesh. Theseregions will observe scatteredrains, while isolated activitycannot be ruled out over west-ern parts. These rains willresult in subsiding the prevail-ing temperatures. Hence aslight relief from the hot weath-er condition in the state isanticipated. The month of Maydid bring some rains over a fewdistricts while the other stillremained parched.

Wildlife activists allegenegligence, exposure to humansand absence of a wildlife vet-erinary cadre as the main rea-sons behind such deaths.

Earlier, when asked aboutthe exposure of cubs tohumans, Pathak said that theywere kept in isolation andhumans did not carry viruses.

Calling it “negligence ofduty” and “open defiance oforders”, the state governmenthas now asked the

Bandhavgarh Tiger ReserveDirector to submit final reportson the deaths of all tigers andleopards in the forest during2016-17. “Hope that anotherreminder would not be need-ed,” Singh said in the letter, pro-cured by wildlife and RTIactivist Ajay Dubey.

While Madhya Pradeshclaims to be the “tiger state”, itis also becoming a tiger, bearand pangoline poaching hub.

Dubey said, “This is grossviolation by the BandhavgarhField Director and he should beimmediately removed. Notsubmitting final report and insome cases even primary reportafter a tiger’s death shows thatthere is no learning processinvolved in the type of conser-vation being followed.”

According to Dubey, thereis no wildlife veterinary cadreand permanent wild animaldoctors across 10 tiger reservesand sanctuaries of the state,including Kanha, Bandhavgarh,Pench, Panna and Sanjay.

“The government in 2005decided to form a permanentcadre for vets. The lastreminder was sent to the tigerreserves and parks in 2013.Nothing has happened… Rightnow, the veterinarians areeither on deputation or con-tract, which limits the scope ofdevelopment,” Dubey said.

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A20-year-old girl was molest-ed and assaulted by a mis-

creant her near Habibganj rail-way station in the evening onWednesday.

Police said that the victimwas slapped and assaulted by theaccused identified as VishwanathParihar who escaped the spotafter the incident and is still atlarge.

The victim in her com-plaint stated that at around 8.30pm on Wednesday when she wason her way back to home theaccused obstructed her way andslapped her after she refused totalk.

The victim was notacquainted with the accusedand used to stalk her for the pastthree months and on Wednesdayhe tried to talk to the victim andpropose her but the victim reject-ed the proposal which annoyedthe accused after which he wentto meet the victim and assault-ed her and molested her onMonday.The accused used tosend obscene messages over hermobile phone and when the vic-tim blocked his mobile numberhe tried to talk to her.

The victim raised alarm butbefore someone could help herand rescue the victim theaccused escaped the spot.Policesaid that the accused is residentof the same locality of the victimbut victim was not able to pro-vide the details of the accused asshe was not aware and used totalk with the accused over phoneonly.

The police have registered acase under section 354, 354(A)and 323of the IPC and sectionsection 3(2)(5) of ScheduledCastes and Scheduled TribesPrevention of Atrocities Actand have transferred the case toAJK police station.

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Thirteen trucks involvedin illegal sand mining

were seized by revenuedepartment team onWednesday near Paroth andMahuaar rivers, one L & Tmachine managed to escape.

One of the trucks seizedwas found to be of son of aCongress MLA who tried toinfluence the Sub-DivisionalMagistrate (SDM) but theSDM remained firm and tookaction against the seizedtrucks.

After the truck spottedthe team the drivers started toescape the spot unloadingsand but 13 were seized in theaction.

The truck bearing regis-tration number MP33H2041was registered in the name ofNitin Khateek who is son ofCongress MLA ShakuntalaKhateek. MLA Shakuntalacontacted the SDM CB Prasadthrice but Prasad refused torelease the truck owned byNitin.

The MLA accepted mak-ing calls to SDM and object-

ed making the informationpublic.

The team comprised ofSDM CB Prasad, TehsildarNavneet Sharma, NayabTehsildar Mahndra Korkuand Patwari Rakesh Guptaand Anurag Jain.

Meanwhile, Congressspokesperson and MP repre-sentative Har veer SinghRaghuvanshi expressed hap-piness and gratitude towardsJyotiraditya Scindia towardsfacilitating halt of IntercityGwalior-Bhind-Indore atBadarwas.

The efforts by Scindiawould benefit the businessactivities in the region and theresidents of the nearby areaswould also be benefitted. Theresidents are happy over thehalt of the train.

Distr ict CongressPresident and MLA RamSingh Yadav, Vaijnath SinghYadav block president AzadVerma, Bhupendra Yadav,Kamlesh Goswami, VipinSharma, Parmaal SinghRaghuvanshi, Narendra SinghYadav, Rakesh Yadav,Chnadrabhan Singh Yadav.

Today is a day of pride for us.Today we have completed

three successful years under theleadership of our country’sPrime Minister RespectableNarendra Modi Ji. I am callingthis day - a day of pride becausethree years back from todaywhen the public had entrustedthe country’s leadership in thehands of Narendra Modi Ji,there were many dreams in theeyes of the people. Today thegovernment is moving ahead tomake those dreams come true.Modi Ji has displayed muchmore by fulfilling the faithpeople had shown in him. Forthe first time the country hasgot such a Prime Minister whois turning our diversities thatwere once considered ourweakness, into our strength.On this occasion I heartilycongratulate honourableNarendra Modi Ji.

Narendra Modi Ji has builta prosperous and strong Indiathrough his honest, farsighted,courageous and several timesrevolutionary decisions in these

three years. With his effort, areliable ‘Brand India’ has beenestablished in the world. Indiahas emerged as a power in theworld. Modi government hasformed an image of a reliableand strong government. Modigovernment had taken thereigns of the country with thefeeling of ‘Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas’ and today the govern-ment has made better schemesfor empowerment of all cate-gories in the country and alsosuccessfully implemented it.

Today in a short span ofthree years Prime MinisterNarendra Modi Ji has success-fully acquired a status for Indiaas the world’s fastest growingand third largest economy. Alleconomic agencies of the worldare surprised at India’s devel-opment. IMF has estimatedIndia’s economic developmentrate for this financial year as 7.2per cent and 7.7 per cent ormore in the coming years.World Bank has also said thatIndia’s development rate can bebetween 7.6 and 7.8 per cent.

India has also jumped 16 placesin the Global CompetitivenessIndex issued by the WorldEconomic Forum.

According to BrandFinance, India is the world’sseventh most valued nation.India has achieved a significantrise of 32 per cent in NationBrand Value, while the brandvalue of China, Germany andCanada has been negative,India is far ahead in growth.There is a decline in inflationrate based on Wholesale PriceIndex. In the Global FDIConfidence Index, India hasreached such a good situationthat investors have said thatIndia’s image is progressiveand worth showing faith.International economic agencyNOMURA has also said thatthis year has begun with thestrengthening of domesticRupee as per other emergingmarkets.

Narendra Modi Ji hasestablished India as a countrythat provides internationalleadership at the international

level. This month that is in May2017 India has gifted its neigh-bouring countries by launchingSouth Asia Satellite ‘GSAT-9’for SAARC countries. Throughthis gift, Modi Ji has expressedhis feeling of ‘Sabka Saath –Sabka Vikas’ at the interna-tional level. This will facilitateparticipant countries with asafe hotline which will be help-ful in managing calamities likeearthquake, floods, cycloneand Tsunami.

Indians residing in foreigncountries today take pride inbeing an Indian. NarendraModi Ji has helped Indiansstaying in any country in theworld in times of need. It is theresult of his efforts that 1100Indians staying in Ukraine,3750 from Libya, 6710 fromYemen, 7200 from Iraq and 163from South Asian Sudan havebeen rescued and brought safe-ly to India.

(From the blog of ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan)

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Agroup of 35 students of theDelhi School of Social

Work of Delhi University,along with four faculty mem-bers, has received a rareopportunity to have a first-hand experience of spendingfour days and three nightsinside Asia’s largest TiharCentral Jail premises andinteracting with inmates.

Starting on May 22, theystayed at jail administration’sbuilding and went inside tointeract and understand theplight of the prisoners fromthe perspective of a commonman.

“Initially, inmates werehesitant to talk to us. Over thenext two days, our group canestablish good rapport withthe inmates and gradually,these inmates confided in ustheir problems, their chal-lenges,” said Prashant Kumar,MA final year student.

“Through focused groupdiscussions and visual pre-sentations, we interacted with

the inmates. There is a dearthof professional counsellors.Individual counseling is theneed of the hour in the jails,”he added.

It was an enriching expe-rience for the students andfaculty members.

They got the opportunityto gain an insight into thecriminal justice system inIndia and compare it withinternational standards, saidSonia Singla. Exploring cor-rectional social work andbroaden understanding ofsocial defence, she added.

After interacting with thecross sections of inmates, thepost graduate students onThursday made presentationsbefore the Director GeneralPrisons Sudhir Yadav andother senior officers.

Rebecca, one of the stu-dents, shared, “We made apower point presentationbefore the Tihar authoritiesand shared our findings. Wealso gave suggestions along thelines like interventions to insti-tutionalise services of coun-

selling, gender sensitisation,anger management and crosscultural perspective trainingfor both inmates and jail staff.”

Shubham, first year stu-dent, said, “I feel employabil-ity and rehabilitation of theinmates must be the primeobjective of the reformativeprocess initiated by the jailadministration. Matters relat-ing to undertrials and therelease of convicts should beclosely observed by legalauthorities in order to preventprocedural delays.”

“It was sensed that effec-tive managerial practices canbring desired results of refor-mation and reintegration.Regular human rights aware-ness camps, health camps andlegal aid camps will certainlyadd to the quality of service”,Shubham added.

Recognising the efforts ofthe students, Yadav said, “Weappreciate the collective effortsof students for their collabo-ration in the ongoing projectof rehabilitation, reformationand reintegration.”

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New Delhi: As the countrygears up for mega Yoga Day cel-ebrations on June 21 in Lucknow,the Government on Thursdayclaimed that number of yogapractitioners are on the rise inthe developed nations like USAand the UK asin India.

“Last twoyears, the IDYwas celebrat-ed across theglobe withactive participation of morethan 190 countries,” AyushMinister Shripad Yesso Naik toldreporters here adding the eventto be held at RamabhaiAmbedkar Sabha Sthal inLucknow in the presence ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi

and a galaxy of yoga gurus, willsee 51,000 people demonstratecommon yoga protocol.

“Yoga events will be held indifferent parts of the country aswell as main cities like Paris,London and New York,” the

Minister said.Dr Ishwara

N Acharya,Director ofCentral Councilfor Research inYoga and

Naturopathy (CCRYN), whichis conducting one month freeyoga camp across States, citedlast year’s ASSOCHAM studyconducted in ten metro citieswhich said there has been aspurt in the number of peoplethat have taken up yoga. PNS

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The Congress on Thursdaydemanded Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to come cleanon the actual GDP figuresbesides a White Paper on thestate of economy. Lashing outat the NDA Government forcelebrating “Modi Fest”, formerUnion Minister Anand Sharmaalleged that the BJP was open-ing the vaults of the treasury tofurther PM’s “personality cult”and spent over �1,500 crorefrom the Central funds.

The former CommerceMinister described the Indianeconomy as “sluggish” and thecountry’s growth “flat” with noinvestments coming in andinvestment and bank savingrates and non agricultural bankcredit off-take all plummeting.“We demand that Governmentcomes out with a White Paper onthe state of the economy andmakes public the GDP figures asper old formula. We also dare thePM to make public the details ofthe people who have been givenjobs by his Government duringthe three years of the BJP rule atthe Centre,” Sharma said atAICC briefing.

He claimed that against thepromise of two crore jobs everyyear by the NDA Governmentonly 1.5 lakh jobs were gener-ated last year.

Criticising the internalsecurity situation in the coun-

try, Congress dubbed theGovernment’s Pakistan policya “diplomatic disaster”.

“We have lost more sol-diers, more officers of theArmed Forces in the last threeyears,” Sharma said. Congressalso alleged India now has noroad map for the neighbour-hood diplomacy especiallyPakistan.

“For the PM, it is a photoopportunity and that is what hehas believed in and that isexactly what he did when helanded at Lahore and hebecame the first Prime Ministerof a great Nation who was notgiven a Guard of Honour, notsaluted by the three ServiceChiefs when he landed there,”Sharma said.

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years’ achievements rangingfrom public services like newcatering policy, Wi-Fi andremodeling of stations. Itdefended its decliningOperating Ratio saying the bur-den of the 7th Pay Commissionhas been taking a toll on rail-ways’ economic health.

Indian Railways ended thelast fiscal with its worst-everoperating ratio in 16 years at96.9 per cent deterioratingeven from its Revised Estimatesin Budget.

“It is high time there has tobe no ambiguity. Either we lookinto welfare activities or man-age commerce,” said HanishYadav, OSD to Railway

Minister Suresh Prabhu. Prabhu, however, did not

attend the media briefing as hewas in Andhra Pradesh. Theentire Railway Board despitetheir presence in the RailBhawan also did not turn up.Chairman Railway Board AKMital, all five Board Membersand three Director Generalswere also conspicuous by theirabsence. As things stand, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hasdirected all his Cabinet col-leagues to address the mediabriefings.

The absence of all key per-sons of the Ministry led toraised eyebrows as Prabhu

doesn't miss out to hold mediabriefings even for events likeinauguration of a toilet in far-off Cuddalore or Wi-Fi servicesat a station.

Railway officials also listedout that a Cabinet approval for high speed dedicated corridor between Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrahworth over �12,000 crore is inthe offing.

The officials regretted thefact that while the freight load-ing has grown by 1,344 per centand passenger kilometers by1,642 per cent, the route kilo-meters have grown only by 23per cent.

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Jaipur: A truck which was car-rying nearly half-a-dozenbovine animals was torched by'cow vigilantes' in Bhilwara dis-trict, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred on theintervening night of Wednesdayand Thursday when nearly tenpeople chased the truck fromMandalgarh town and freed theanimals before setting the truckon fire, police said.

After spotting the truck ata roadside in Mandalgarh, twolocals enquired about the cat-tle in the vehicle and allegedlymisbehaved with the driver,police said.

They suspected that theanimals were being transport-

ed illegally for slaughteringand called up other members.

In the meantime, the driverleft the place with the truck,fearing attack on him but thelocals chased the vehicle whichgot stuck in a narrow lane a fewmetres away. The cow vigilantesthen freed the animals and setthe truck on fire, they said.

The truck owner haslodged a case against ten localsunder sections 307 (attempt tomurder),435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance withintent to cause damage) and336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) ofIPC. No arrest has been madeso far. PTI

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Amountaineer from SikkimKelsang Dorjee Bhutia (36)

has successfully summitedMount Everest without oxygenon May 21.

He had reached the Everestbase camp as part of army teamon May 17 and camp 4 on May19 but began the summit onMay 20 due to bad weather,general secretary SikkimM o u n t a i n e e r i n gAssociation(SMA) BarapNamgyal Bhutia said.

Kelsang had to spend theentire night and day of May 19and May 20 at South Col alsocalled 'death zone' due to theweather and began his climb at8 pm on May 20.

He reached the top of MtEverest on May 21 at 7.30 am.Kelsang became the seventhmountaineer from Sikkim tosummit the world's highestpeak. The state has the largestnumber of mountaineers tomake it to Everest among thenorth eastern states, Bhutiasaid.

"It is a great feat of courageand dedication. This achieve-ment will encourage manyyoung aspiring mountaineersin the state to achieve highergoals. Adventure tourism inSikkim will also be facilitatedbecause of this achievement.

"We are extremely proud ofour young achiever whoclimbed the world's highestmountain without oxygen." hesaid.

Kelsang hails from EastSikkim district and is yet toreturn after his daring summit.

New Delhi: The CBI has arrest-ed a superintendent of theCentral excise department fromSonepat in connection with theftof gold from its vaults at theIndira Gandhi InternationalAirport here.

It is alleged that over 100kilograms of gold, seized by thecustoms department over threedecades, has been pilfered fromthe vaults of the department.This is the first arrest in the case.

CBI sources said SanjivKumar, the Superintendent inthe Central Excise department atSonepat in Haryana, has beenarrested recently in connectionwith the case. The agency has sofar registered cases related to pil-ferage of 53 kilograms of gold butduring the probe it found thatover 100 kilograms of gold isallegedly missing. PTI

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Amid growing violentextremism across the

globe, many internationalNGOs came together onThursday to co-host a cam-paign to raise public awarenesson the need for peace and tol-erance.

Heavenly Culture, WorldPeace, Restoration of Light(HWPL), an international bodyengaged in global peace build-ing, co-hosted the campaigntitled 'Walk & Talk to PreventViolent Extremism' with localcommunity and internationalyouth associations.

The event was held in 85cities in 43 countries, including

Beijing, New York, Paris, Seoul,Sydney, and Tokyo.

At the end of the event, theparticipants gathered togetherfor a peace walk. Speaking onthe occasion in Seoul,Chairman Man Hee Lee ofHWPL, called for global coop-eration on peacebuilding.

"Who can bring aboutpeace while we stand still? Byputting an end to war, a worldof peace can be established," hesaid.

He also stressed the needfor civic participation to "makean end to war and establish aworld of peace as a legacy forfuture generations, which is thevery task of every one of ourglobal family."

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We will have to wait formosquitoes to give us

data, an irked Delhi HighCourt said today when civicbodies failed to provide thenumber of houses inspected tocheck the spread of dengue andchikungunya in the nationalcapital.

The menace of shikun-gunya and dengue should befought on a "war-footing", thecourt said while asking theDirector of the National VectorBorne Disease ControlProgramme (NVBDCP), runby the Centre, to provide anaction plan by July 12.

Dissatisfied over stepstaken by the agencies and the

Delhi Government, a bench ofActing Chief Justice Gita Mittaland Justice C Hari Shankar said,"Dr PK Sen, who is the Directorof the programme, to place acomprehensive action planfrom all angles, so that vector-borne diseases like chikungun-ya and dengue are minimisedand then eliminated."

The court was anguishedwhen the counsel for the tri-furcated MunicipalCorporation of Delhi (MCD)could not give the figure ofhouses inspected till May 24 inthe national capital andobserved: "We will have towait for the mosquitoes to giveus such data."

NVBDCP is the centralnodal agency for prevention

and control of vector borne dis-eases like Malaria, Dengue,Lymphatic Filariasis, Kala-azar,Japanese Encephalitis andChikungunya in India. It is atechnical department of theDirectorate General of HealthServices.

The direction to NVBDCPfor providing the action plan tocurb and eliminate the vector-borne diseases was issued afterthe court expressed dissatis-faction over the steps taken byvarious agencies and askedwhich was the experts' bodycapable of handling the situa-tion.

The court observed thatdespite its direction, the author-ities have not yet come up witha comprehensive plan to tack-

le the issue and as they are stillinspecting houses, a task whichwill not be over by even nextyear.

"The problem needs to beexamined in a holistic mannerand on war-footing so that thesame do not occur next year,"the bench said.

Dealing with tardy andunclear aspect of house inspec-tion, the Bench said "if this isthe situation, we will do every-thing that we have to get for thecitizens of Delhi. We will get itdone. If not for this year, at leastfor the next year."

"We cannot wait for anoth-er disease like yellow fever toarrive in India," it said whileasking the local authorities toalso place their action plans by

May 30.The court said already 90

cases of chikungunya and 36cases of dengue have beenreported so far this year andthat too, when humidity levelwas yet to rise and monsoonyet to arrive.

As many as 4,431 cases ofdengue were reported till theend of 2016 in Delhi, accord-ing to a report of the SouthDelhi Municipal Corporationwhich tabulates the data onbehalf of all the three munici-pal corporations in the city.

The Bench was hearingtwo PILs seeking directions tothe authorities to take steps tostop the outbreak of these andother diseases in the nationalCapital.

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Milk andDairy Development MinisterKT Rajenthra Bhalaji's remarkthat private milk suppliers addedchemicals to extend longevity oftheir product has kicked up arow, with the milk agents' asso-ciation hitting out at him for hisgeneralised statement.

Bhalaji alleged "majority" ofprivate milk companies in thestate added "chemicals" to keepit from expiring for a longer time.

A milk agents' association hitout at Bhalaji for his "generalised"statement and asked why thegovernment had not acted on along-pending demand forstricter laws to deal with adul-teration of milk.

While the Minister had firstmade the remarks recently at afunction in neighbouringTiruvallore district, he todaystood by them, and even chal-lenged the private players toprove the standard of the milksupplied by them. "Can the pri-vate milk suppliers take socialactivists or an all-party delega-tion to their plants and provetheir milk is pure," Balaji asked.

"Aavin milk is genuine...Notall but a majority of private play-ers are indulging in such wrong-doings," he told reporters here.

He said a number of com-plaints had been received of lateand that government agenciesconcerned had already under-taken "discreet investigation"into the matter.

The Minister also warned ofinitiating legal action againstthose found guilty of adulterationof milk by adding chemicals. Hesaid the Government will also"create public awareness throughmedia" against milk brands thatwere found to be containingadded chemicals.

He asked "can we drinkpoison if there is no milk,"responding to a question on pos-sible shortage of Aavin milk insome parts prompting con-sumers to opt for milk market-ed by private companies.

Bhalaji's remarks drew crit-icism from a milk agents' body.

Tamil Nadu Milk AgentsLabour Welfare Association saidthe Minister was making "gen-eralised statements."

Association founder SAPonnusamy said theGovernment had so far notacted on the Supreme Court'sdirective on enacting stricterlaws to deal with the issue ofadulteration of milk. "While theGovernment has not acted onthis matter despite our repeatedpleas, the Minister now seems tobe speaking with a newfoundrealisation," he said in a state-ment.

He said Bhalaji's statementswere "strongly condemnable."Ponnusamy demanded that thegovernment immediately con-stitute an expert panel to addressthe issue of adulteration of milkand enact stringent laws to dealwith offenders.

Hatsun Agro Ltd, whichretails milk under the Arokyabrand, said the milk sold by itwas free of preservatives orchemicals. "Hatsun AgroProduct Ltd procures 100 percent of milk directly fromfarmers in Tamil Nadu and themilk undergoes 42 tests fromprocurement to delivery stageto ensure "highest standards aremet for our customers", HatsunAgro Product Chairman, R GChandramogan said in a state-ment. He said the company hasheavily invested in infrastruc-ture over the years to effectivelyhandle significant volume ofmilk. "Our infrastructure andinputs ensure better qualitymilk...," he said.

The milk produced was reg-ularly tested by the Food Safetyand Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) authorities in TamilNadu and also in other states, hesaid. The company ensures com-plete cold chain facility from pro-curement, processing and supplychain logistics until it reaches theretail outlet. PTI

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The Narendra Modi Governmentcompletes three eventful andtumultuous years this month.Taking over from the UPAGovernment, that was voted out

on charges of corruption and indifferentgovernance, it promised a clean and pur-poseful regime.

Ever since then, the Centre has beenfocusing on curbing unaccounted moneyflow. The crackdown on black money has,in effect, become its key reform plank,which has won the BJP elections in Statesas well. It began with auctions for telecomspectrum and coal blocks and peaked withthe ‘shock and awe’ demonetisation exer-cise. If there were any UPA initiatives thisGovernment embraced wholeheartedly, itwas the use of Aadhaar as an instrument ofreform, and other reforms like the Goodsand Services Tax (GST).

The transfer of welfare payment isincreasingly being linked to Aadhaar,enabling the Government to target its sub-sidies. The concerted push for Aadhaar aswell as cashless transactions has attract-ed criticism, with concerns about securi-ty and privacy being raised. The cash-ori-ented informal sector, which accounts for40 per cent of the GDP, has taken a hit.But the Government has not wavered inits resolve to change altogether the way thiscountry transacts.

The rush to meet the July 1 deadline formoving to GST fits into this scheme ofthings. With a large share of flow of goodsand services, besides income, now is set tobe duly recorded, the tax base and collec-tions are likely to improve tremendously.

The Centre has also rung in changesin renewable energy and agriculture.There has been a sharp rise in solar powercapacity, supported by the worldwide fallin module prices. The Pradhan MantriFasal Bima Yojana can become a game-changer in improving crop insurancecoverage. The focus on pulses productionin 2015-16, by raising minimum supportprices has worked, but the challenge is tokeep that going. The electronic-NationalAgricultural Market (e-NAM) initiativecan improve price discovery, but it remainsa work-in-progress.

However, the Centre would be acutelyaware that despite the fanfare over Make inIndia, it has been unable to make good onits employment-generation promise.Investment shows no signs of picking up, notleast because the rising proportion of non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking sys-tem has reduced the ability and willingnessof banks to lend. The present growth rate ofover seven per cent looks fine on paper, butin the absence of a pick-up in bank credit andinvestment, seems unconvincing.

Another important sector, whichneeds important concentration is nation-

al security and defence. The DefenceMinister’s post is not a part-time job andit requires immediate attention to appointa competent, professional, bold, well-meaning and mature leader.

There has been a flurry of new initia-tives and policy decisions on severalfronts in the gigantic defence ministry,with all its national security imperativesand complexities.

However, while marking a decisive shiftfrom the status quo era under the risk-averseAK Antony’s eight-year stint as DefenceMinister, good beginnings are yet to trans-late into concrete realities on the ground.The Government has fulfilled its promiseto implement the long-pending One RankOne Pension (OROP) scheme for over 26lakh veterans, notwithstanding some dis-gruntlement over its final form.

The Army also carried out surgicalstrikes against terror launch pads inPakistan-occupied Kashmir, a departurefrom past. The functioning of the defenceministry has been scam-free so far. But,from the crucial Chief of Defence Staff(CDS) post and Tri-service Commands tohandle space, cyberspace and special oper-ations — to bold measures required to invig-orate India’s moribund defence-industrialbase, the ‘radical systemic changes’ promisedby the 2014 BJP manifesto are still missingin action.

No major Make in India defence pro-ject, for instance, has actually taken off tillnow. The proposed National MaritimeAuthority (NMA) is nowhere on thehorizon. Far-reaching measures like the

‘strategic partnership’ policy to boost theprivate sector’s role in defence production,finally approved by the defence ministryrecently, will take at least another year tobe rolled out.

The planned defence procurementorganisation, in turn, will take another twoyears to take shape. Yes, the Governmenthas cut through the stupefying red-tape andlong-winded arms procurement proce-dures to push through deals like the onesfor 36 Rafale fighters, 145 M-777 ultra-lightHowitzers, and 22 Apache attack and 15Chinook heavy-lift helicopters.

It also creditably empowered the belea-guered Armed Forces to buy emergencystocks of ammunition and spares to ensurethey could undertake at least 10 days of‘intense fighting’ if matters come to a headwith hostile neighbours. But the ArmedForces still continue to battle critical defi-ciencies in areas ranging from submarinesand fighters to multi-role helicopters andnight-fighting capabilities.

The direct acquisition of 36 Rafale,ordered from France for �59,000 crore lastSeptember after scrapping the deadlockedMedium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft(MMRCA) project for 126 fighters, forinstance, will in itself not do. The Indian AirForce (IAF) is making do with just 33 fight-er squadrons (each with 18 jets) when atleast 44 are needed to tackle the ‘collusivethreat’ from China and Pakistan. Thebacklog is so huge it cannot only be man-aged in three years.

Decision-making has become fasterthough. Since 2014-15, initial approvals have

been accorded to around 140 capital pro-curement projects worth over four lakhcrore rupees, with 96 of them worth over�2.5 lakh crore involving domestic produc-tion. Similarly, around 150 actual contractsworth over two lakh crore rupees have beeninked. These include around 80 capital pro-curement contracts worth �1.50 lakh croreinked with foreign vendors. But there hashardly been any hike in the country’s annu-al defence budget.

The 2017-18-defence outlay of �2.74lakh crore works out to just 1.63 per centof the projected GDP, the lowest since the1962 war with China. It requires to beraised to at least 2.5 per cent of the GDPif not three per cent to build up strongmilitary base.

With the exception of sectors such asroads, ports, and a robust foreign policy,execution continues to lag intent. Havingbegun with a promise of ‘minimumGovernment, maximum governance’,bureaucracy reform is on the back burn-er; rather, state authority has assumed dis-turbing proportions. The Centre shouldconsult the Opposition in areas of nation-al interest especially worsening Jammu &Kashmir problem.

An open economy and a tolerant, plu-ralistic political climate are two sides of thesame coin. Having proved his point in Stateelections, the Prime Minister should focushis energies on seeing his vision for a new,aspirational and digitally transformed Indiatranslated into reality.

(The writer is a retired Professor in international trade)

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Sir — The Manchester suicidebomber Salman Abedi has beenidentified as a young British citizenof Libyan descent. A friend of hisfamily has told the media that he hadbeen travelling frequently betweenBritain and Libya, which is full ofIslamic State (IS) terrorists. He mayhave been brainwashed in Libya, buthis handlers must still be in the UK.

Besides the Manchester killings,the terrorists have so far carried outdeadly attacks in Paris, Brussels,Munich, Berlin etc. At least now, theworld powers must resolve their dif-ferences and unite in the war againstterrorism. One can only hope thatthe IS savages, who have taken theresponsibility for the Manchesterattack will be made to pay for theheinous crime.

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Sir— This refers to the editori-al “Manchester brutality” (ThePioneer, May 25). The attack hasonce again confirmed the Westernworld’s susceptibility to terror-attacks. The world leaders have to situp and take notice because it is notpossible that the bomber couldhave carried out the attack withoutbeing part of a large coordinated net-work which is running amok inevery nook and corner of the globe.An eagle’s eye on the unbridled state-of-the-art technology aiding thepreparation of explosives on inter-net and an intelligence watch on‘expert trainers’ is a must.

What the terror perpetratorsconstrue as an act of bravado is

instead nothing more than plaincowardice because of their fear of adirect confrontation with the author-ities and the tendency to target civil-ians. While it is true that no amountof lip service or investments on secu-rity may end the burgeoning terrormenace it is equally true that no suchattacks can permanently crushpeace, brotherhood and tranquilli-ty prevailing in society and amongthe countries.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial“Nothing inhuman here” (May24). Major Nitin Leetul Gogoitook an unconventional decisionto dissuade the stone-peltingyouths and it was indeed perilous,but could those who are criticis-ing him for this action suggest abetter alternative?

A dangerous situation some-times needs an equally precariousaction. The person who is trappedamidst a rioting mob alone knowsthe perils of being stone-pelted. TheArmy more often than not, facesinhuman situations where there areno clear guidelines, no rules or noprecedents to follow.

Therefore, it should be respected and not debated. Do Armyjawans not have a right to live?Mother Teresa had rightly put it:“Human rights are not a privilegeconferred by the Government.They are every human being’s enti-tlement by virtue of his humanity.”

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The Muslim movement inKashmir is jihad. It is part ofthe campaign which divid-ed India in August 1947. TheMuslim theological precept

doesn’t recognise any national boundary,any state authority and any extra-religiousobligation. Muslim political obligation isreligious in content and it draws its inspi-ration from scriptures. Islamists have beenseeking to Islamise Kashmir. This is thetruth and can be ignored at one’s peril.

Princely states were not part of the par-tition plan of 1947. Partition plan was strict-ly confined to British India. The sovereignsof the princely States or the rulers of theprincely States were left free by the IndianIndependence Act of 1947 to accede to orjoin any of the two Dominions — India orPakistan — taking into consideration thecontiguity factor.

Before the sovereign of Jammu &Kashmir would have taken a decision on itsaccession, Islamic jihad engulfed the Stateand then turned to swallow Hyderabad andJunagarh. While the Indian political class,which inherited power from the British andruled India then, ran from pillar to post, thepeople of all the three States defeated thedesigns of the jihadis. All the three Statesacceded to India as per the constitutional law

on the subject.Islamic jihad, not having been able to

achieve its objective of having a ‘SouthPakistan’ (Hyderabad) and ‘North Pakistan’in Jammu & Kashmir, continued its line ofMuslim-majority principle to claim Jammu& Kashmir. Islamic jihad has for the last 70years struggled, fought, indulged in a warof subversion and taken recourse to terror-ism to grab Jammu & Kashmir and create‘North Pakistan’.

The Indian political class, on the otherhand, did not either recognise the contentand contour of this jihad in Kashmir or wasnot prepared to face it and fight it. It evad-ed efforts to evolve conceptual constructs tosecure its boundaries and secure its territo-ries, specifically Jammu & Kashmir.

The jihad in Kashmir is carried on byPakistan, which is a cut-off territory of theIndian subcontinent and stands on the headof India with 200 nuclear bombs.

The present radicalised struggle inJammu & Kashmir, as said, is a jihad whichis using all forms of subversive warfare tograb Jammu & Kashmir and has at its beckand call the Muslim separatist forces inJammu & Kashmir, elements in India sym-pathetic to the jihadi struggle and sectionsof the global Muslim community.

The jihad in Kashmir should not be mis-

understood, as it has been by the Indianpolitical class deliberately or otherwise as astruggle for freedom or a struggle for self-determination or a struggle for ‘Kashmiriyat’or whatever nomenclature the jihadi fight-ers have invented to suit their purpose.

Self-determination was confined only tothe liberation of colonies from the colonialpowers, and it ended its course with the for-mation of the United Nations. To call theongoing movement in Kashmir a strugglefor freedom would, therefore, be a mis-nomer. It would be a contradiction of sortsbecause no nation-state can be broken forthe sake of small minority who wants to sep-arate from it.

The separatist movement in Kashmirand the jihad, the form it has taken, is a con-tinuity of the Islamist movement which foist-ed the first partition on the people of Indiain 1947. It is now working to foist a secondpartition on the people of India. It seeks toextend the reach of Islamic State of Pakistanto the border of Himachal Pradesh on theone side, and the Sanskrit Himalayas on theother. Its extension to the Sanskrit Himalayaswill make the China-Pakistan axis a forcewhich will change the entire balance ofpower in Asia. More importantly, it willdemolish the entire northern frontier ofIndia and expose the whole of north India

to invasions from the north.Vast parts of Kashmir have already been

captured by the jihadis, whose leader ZakirMusa openly and unambiguously says thattheir “struggle is not for azaadi but forIslamic rule, Allah and caliphate” — whichis the watchword and battle-cry of theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).Earlier, his predecessor, now slain BurhanWani, a Hizbul commander, had repeated-ly said that their “jihad is for a Caliphate”.

Sadly, the authorities didn’t act on timeto nip the evil in the bud. Contrarily, theyvirtually legitimised the hoisting of IslamicState flags completely overlooking the factthat these flags were, in the words of formerDGP, Jammu & Kashmir Police, MMKhajuria, “symbols of the most poisonous,brutal and dangerous Wahhabi/Salafi terror-ist ideology” as well as that of Abu Bagdadi-led Pan-Islamic Islamic Caliphate spreadingits deadly tentacles across the globe suck-ing in vulnerable Muslim youth”.

More significantly, the past two years ormore witnessed the authorities in Jammu &Kashmir in a state of retreat. The policy ofretreat only further emboldened the jihadisand the result has been deadly attacks onArmy camps and convoys, attacks on policestations and assualts on the CRPF camps.Besides, this policy of retreat has so embold-

ened the over-ground supporters of jihadisthat they have been hampering counter-ter-rorist operations with impunity.

The political class has right from thebeginning of freedom of India relied on con-ceptual constructs which are self-contradic-tory, illogical, unscientific and destructivein nature. Meaningless concepts such as‘composite dialogue’, ‘stakeholders’, ‘backchannel diplomacy’, ‘peace process’, "neigh-bours cannot be changed’, ‘South-AsianPeace Zone’ and ‘India-Pakistan friendship’have been fabricated by the political classbecause it has never picked up the courageto face the growth of Islamic jihad inKashmir and because it has never built thedetermination to fight it.

It is heartening to note that Hindus,Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains, who constitute43 per cent of population of Jammu &Kashmir and inhabit over 88 per cent of itsland area, have not allowed these jihadis toextend their tentacles beyond the Kashmirvalley. They appear determined to fight thejihad and, if necessary, also to fight the imbe-cility and pusillanimous character of thepolitical class. But this is not enough. TheIndian state has to act like the US, Israel, SriLanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh and so on,have acted. It would be simplistic to expectothers to fight India’s battle. �

An Islamist movement brokeout in Kashmir valley in1989-90, when for the first

time loud-speakers fitted atopmosques in downtown areas ofSrinagar and other parts of Kashmirvalley were used to terrorise thepeace-loving Kashmiri Pandit com-munity living in harmony despiteextreme provocations.

But before the Pandits couldtake note of these developments,posters surfaced, threatening them to convert to Islam or flee orperish. In the absence of a state machinery on ground, it wasfree for all.

Retd Col (Dr) Tej KumarTikoo, in his book, Kashmir — ItsAborigines and their Exodus, hasattempted to track down the exacttimeline of sequence of eventswhen they were dragged out ofKashmir valley on the fretful nightof January 19, 1990.

According to (Retd) Col Tikoo,“On January 4, 1990, a local Urdunewspaper, Aftab, published aPress release issued by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, asking all Pandits toleave the valley immediately.”

Al Safa, another local daily,repeated the warning. These warn-ings were followed by Kalashnikov-wielding masked jihadis carryingout military-type marches openly.

Explosive and inflammatoryspeeches being broadcast fromthe public address systems of themosques, became frequent.

Recalling these events, formerDirector General of Jammu andKashmir Police, MM Khajooriasays, “The mischief of the summerof 1989 started with serving noticeto the prominent members of the

minority community to quitKashmir” valley.

The letter said, “We order youto leave Kashmir immediately,otherwise your children will beharmed — we are not scaring youbut this land is only for Muslims,and is the land of Allah. Sikhs andHindus cannot stay here.” Thethreatening note ended with awarning, “If you do not obey, wewill start with your children.Kashmir Liberation Zindabad.”

Night of January, 19, 1990: Inhis book, Col Tikoo wrote that thenight witnessed macabre happen-ings, the like of which had not beenwitnessed by Kashmiri Panditsafter the Afghan rule. For futuregenerations, it will be a constantreminder of the brutality of Islamicradicals, who had chosen the tim-ing ver y carefully. “FarooqAbdullah, whose Government hadall but ceased to exist, resigned.Jagmohan arrived during the dayto take charge as the Governor ofthe State.”

He took over charge just theprevious night at Jammu. He hadmade efforts to reach Srinagarduring the day earlier, but the planehad to return to Jammu from Pir

Panjal Pass, due to extremely badweather. Though curfew wasimposed to restore some sem-blance of order, it had little effect.The mosque pulpits continued tobe used to exhort people to defycurfew and join the jihad againstthe Pandits, while armed cadres ofJammu & Kashmir LiberationFront marched through the streetsof the valley, terrorising the peo-ple without challenge.

For the first time after inde-pendence of India from Britishrule, Kashmiri Pandits foundthemselves abandoned to theirfate, stranded in their own homes,encircled by rampaging mobs.

By now it became apparent tothe Pandits that Kashmiri Muslimshad decided to throw them out fromthe valley. Broadcasting viciousjihadi sermons and revolutionarysongs, interspersed with blood-cur-dling shouts and shrieks, threaten-

ing Kashmiri Pandits with direconsequences, became a routinemantra of the Muslims of the val-ley, to force them to flee. Some of theslogans used were:

“Zalimo, O Kafiro, Kashmirharmara chod do.”

(O! Merciless, O! Kafirs leaveour Kashmir)

“Kashmir mein agar rehna hai,Allah-ho-Akbar kahna hoga.”

(Any one wanting to live inKashmir will have to convert toIslam)

“Yahan kya chalega, Nizam-e- Mustafa.”

(We want to be ruled under the Shariah)

Senior journalist and authorRahul Pandita in his moving book,Our Moon Has Blood Clots, had alsonarrated the sequence of events pre-ceding the eviction of the Panditsfrom their homes and hearths. “Iwas 14, just an adolescent. And Iremember those days very vividly,the kind of brutalisation we faced,particularly on January 19, 1990,when there was this whole series ofslogans against the Kashmiri Panditcommunity; anti-India slogans andanti-Pandit slogans. I would like topoint out one which really terrifiedus. It essentially meant, ‘We wantour Pakistan without Pandit menbut with their women’. That reallyterrified us. And I think from thatday onwards, the exodus began.And it went on for a few months,from January 1990 to September1990, till a point of time when 3.5lakh Kashmiri Pandits were ren-dered homeless. Even after 27 years,Kashmiri Pandits are in permanent exile.”

Another writer, Varad Sharma,

while working on his book, A LongDream of Home: The Persecution,Exodus and Exile of KashmiriPandits, spoke to several Pandits,including his own relatives, abouttheir life in Kashmir and the lossof their homes.

He writes, “Pandits are infuri-ated with the Government’s atti-tude towards their predicament.Though Pandits wish to return totheir homes, they don’t see anyhope of returning to Kashmir,including my own family.”

It is because of the fact that theissue has lingered on for a quarterof a century. In the last 25 years,Pandits have got only assurancesfrom various Governments. Theyhave been told and retold thatKashmir is incomplete withoutKashmiri Pandits and that theGovernment is committed to thesafe return of Kashmiri Pandits tothe valley. Governments havechanged from time to time but therhetoric hasn’t changed.

The Indian state has not evenonce tried to address the ethniccleansing of Kashmiri Pandits.The reversal of ethnic cleansingmust begin with justice — with theprosecution of the culprits of the1990 Pandit exodus.

However, the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic AllianceGovernment, which has been inpower for last three years, doesn’'tseem to address the issue of ethniccleansing. The Bharatiya JanataParty is seen as a party that has com-promised on its agenda so as to geta power-share in the State. PrimeMinister Modi gave hope to thePandit community; that hope is nowflickering, wrote Varad Sharma. �

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Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis and

five others had a narrow escapeon Thursday, as a VVIP heli-copter carrying him and othersdeveloped a major technicalsnag immediately after its take-off and crash landed nearNilanga town in Latur districtin Marathwada region.

The US-made Sikorskyhelicopter, which has beenwith the Maharashtra Gover-nment for the past five years,crashed near Nilanga town, ataround 12 noon, after therotary wing of the aircraft sna-pped and got entangled withelectric cables.

The helicopter, comman-deered by Capt Sanjay Karve,the chief pilot of theMaharashtra Government, andhis co-pilot and navigator, hadtaken off from Nilanga town at11:55 hrs. Eyewitness accountsand video-footage revealed thatthe helicopter faced some prob-lems during the take off itselfand the aircraft appearedunstable as it attained a height

of nearly 80 feet. Before long,the helicopter’s rotor snappedand got entangled with electricwires, resulting in a spark.And the helicopter came crash-ing down.

Apart from Fadnavis,senior IAS officer and PrincipalSecretary to the Chief MinisterPraveensinh Pardeshi, the CM’spersonal assistant AbhimanyuPawar and his personal assis-tant Ketan Pathak were amongothers who were on board thehelicopter, when the mishaptook place. All those, exceptPathak, escaped unhurt. Pathaksuffered minor injuries.

The mishap took placewhen Fadnavis was returningto Mumbai, after interacting

with the people of Halgara vil-lage in Nilanga taluka of Laturdistrict.

“Our helicopter did meetwith an accident in Latur butme and my team is absolutelysafe and ok. Nothing toworry...... With the blessings ofpeople of Maharashtra andNation, I’m safe. My team isfine too. Please do not believeany rumours,” Fadnavis statedin two tweets put out after theincident.

Declining to specify rea-sons for the mishap, Fadnavissaid: “I do not want to say anything on the reasons for the mishap at this juncture. We will get to know about it later.”

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With the Centre providing400 anti-riot police per-

sonnel to assist the local policein restoring peace in clash-hitSaharanpur district, districtadministration on Thursdayclaimed that no further unto-ward incident was reportedsince Wednesday afternoon.

Internet and mobile mes-saging services were suspend-ed in the district to prevent thespread of rumours which theadministration feared couldspark trouble once again.

The new District Magist-rate and SSP reviewed thesecurity arrangements.Besides, the battery of seniorofficers, which includedHome Secretary Mani PrasadMishra, ADG (law and order)Aditya Mishra, IG STFAmitabh Yash and DIG (secu-rity) Vijay Bhushan, is camp-ing in the district and wouldreturn after normalcy will berestored.

Sources said that onrequest of the State

Government to provide moreCentral Para Military Force tocontrol the caste clash , Centremade a positive move by dis-patching 400 jawans belongingto specialised anti-riot RapidAction Force (RAF) to assistthe local police in maintaininglaw and order. IG Law andOrder, Hari Om Sharmaclaimed that heavy police forcehas been deployed inSaharanpur and efforts were onto identify the culprits.

Sharma claimed that aftertwo stray incidents on Wed-nesday, which were not relatedto caste clash, no further unto-ward incident took place in thedistrict since then. He claimedthat new officers had joinedand all efforts were made torestore complete normalcy inthe area.

Meanwhile, sources saidthat the State Government dis-patched a report to the Centreon the development inSaharanpur and efforts madeby the law enforcing agenciesto maintain peace. The HomeMinistry reportedly asked the

State Government to providedetails of the incidents, whichbegan last month and the stepstaken to restore peace in thewestern Uttar Pradesh district,official sources said.

On May 5, one person waskilled and at least 15 people,including a police officer, wereinjured as members of twocaste groups clashed over loudmusic being played during aprocession. Clashes broke outagain on May 23, leading to thedeath of one person andinjuries to four people. Threepeople were injured in freshviolence on Wednesday in thedistrict.

In view of the continuingviolence, the State Governmentsuspended the District Magis-trate, NP Singh and SeniorSuperintendent of Police,Subash Chandra Dubey, aftermaking them prima facieresponsible for failing to checkspread of caste clash in the area. The DivisionalCommissioner and the DeputyInspector General were alsotransferred.

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It is not the ruling AIADMKthat has earned the ire of the

Opposition led by the DMK inTamil Nadu. While MK Stalin,the working president of theDMK, issues statement peri-odically blaming the EdappadiK Palaniswamy Governmentfor its “commissions and omis-sions”, all his anger is directedtowards the BJP, which has norepresentation in Tamil NaduLegislative Assembly.

Not a single day passes inTamil Nadu without Stalinslamming the BJP for “remotecontrolling” the State adminis-tration.

He is joined by all alliancepartners and would be alliancepartners in blaming theHindutwa party for its allegedinterference in the governanceof the State. But H Raja, nation-al secretary of the party,

described it as ‘BJP-phobia’ ofthe Opposition parties.

A Thirunavakarassar, for-mer Sangh Parivar man-turned-Tamil Nadu CongressCommittee president, allegesthat it is the BJP which is rul-ing Tamil Nadu. “What we seein Tamil Nadu is aBommalattam (Tamil for pup-petry) orchestrated by the BJP,”said the TNCC chief.

Thirumavalavan, leader ofthe VCK and a Dalit outfit and other parties like the Lefts,Islamic outfits and Dravidianchauvinists too are lambastingthe BJP for the interference.

“The Opposition is doingus a great service by allegingthat we are remote controllingthe administration and theAIADMK. It will certainlyboomerang on them as the people would vote the BJP to power in the nextassembly election," Raja toldThe Pioneer.

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Amid talk of growing wedgeand bitterness between the

two allies, the BJP PresidentAmit Shah on Thursdayattended a lunch party hostedby Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N Chandrababu inhonour of the visiting leader.Sources said that Shah assuredthe TDP that there was nothreat to the TDP-BJP alliance.

Union Ministers M Venk-aiah Naidu, Suresh Prabhu,Sujana Chowdhary and TDPleaders Y Ramakrishnudu andNara Lokesh were also present.

Sources said that the pre-sent political situation and therecent developments came upfor discussion.

Some strains in the alliancebetween the two parties hadcome to the fore in the recentdays after the State’s Leader ofOpposition and YSR Congresspresident YS JaganmohanReddy met the Prime Ministerin New Delhi. Several TDPleaders, including SeniorMinisters, reacted negatively tothe development. Apart from

criticising the meeting, theyquestioned why the PrimeMinister met a leader facingcharges of corruption. Also,Jagan’s announcement that hisparty will support NDA can-didate in Presidential electionhas left the TDP worried.

Sources said that AmitShah has assured the TDP thatthere was no threat to the

TDP-BJP alliance. Earlier Chandrababu

Naidu, Amit Shah andVenkaiah Naidu flew togetherfrom Hyderabad to Vijayawadathis morning. After arrival atGannavaram airport, they tookpart in a ceremony of launch-ing 13 state-of-the art ambu-lances, one for each of the 13districts of the State.

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On the final day of the 52ndannual Meeting of African

Development Bank (AfDB),Akinwumi Adesina the currentPresident of AFDB praisedPrime Minister Narendra Modiand said that because of hispragmatic efforts cooperationbetween India and Africawould go deeper.

Speaking on the future ofgrowth of Africa, Adesinatalked about how the privatesector would become the engi-ne of growth for developmentin the continent. Furthermore,while talking about the role ofwomen in the economy ofAfrica, the president of AFDBstated that no bird can fly withone wing, and for any ofAfrica’s country’s to develop,the equal involvement of menand women in the near futurewould be necessary for Africato develop. On Gujarat,Adesina said that it is a dynam-ic economy and responsible forprocessing 90% of the world’sdiamonds and it have highlydeveloped medical facilities.

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Aday ahead of PrimeMinister Narendra

Modi’s scheduled visit toAssam, a suspected explo-sion rocked Assam’s Dibru-garh district killing one per-son raising concern overthe security arrangementsahead of the VVIP visit.

While the Assam Policedenied any role of terror out-fits behind the blast andsaid that the explosion tookplace due to excessive oilpressure on the pipeline,anti-talk faction of the Ulfaterrorists have claimedresponsibility for the blastand said one of their cadrewas killed while trying toplant the bomb.

It may be mentionedhere that Prime Minister isto arrive in Assam on Fridayto inaugurate the longestroad bridge in the countrybetween Dhala to Sadiya.

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West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Thursday said she discussed“development and not politics”at a meeting with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi here.The Trinamool Congresschief ’s meeting with Modicame amid efforts byOpposition leaders to choose aconsensus candidate for thecoming Presidential polls. Theruling NDA is yet to announceits Presidential candidate.

“This was not a politicalmeeting, (but an) absolutelydevelopment oriented meeting.I have taken up several issues

with the Prime Minister,"Mamata told reporters, describ-ing it as a “customary” meetingbetween the State Governmentand the Centre.

She said she discussed arange of issues related to soilerosion caused by the Ganga inWest Bengal and restructuringof the State’s debt. Issues such as the Farakka barrage, the heavy export duty imposedby Bangladesh on mangoesfrom West Bengal and theconstruction of a dam over theAtrai River by Bangladesh werealso discussed. She alsodemanded restructuring of theCentral Government’s loan tothe State.

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Bengaluru police onWednesday arrested three

suspected Pakistani nationals,who have been staying inBengaluru with forged docu-ments and fake Aadhar cardsover two years.

The arrested were identi-fied as Mohammad Shihab, aresident of Kerala, Sameerawho claims to be his wife anda native of Karachi, and anoth-er couple Kiron Gulam Ali, afriend of Sameera, fromKarachi and a man claiming tobe Kiron’s husband KhasifSamshuddin, also a native ofKarachi.

According to Bengalurupolice, one Keralite Moham-med Shihab, fell in love with aPakistani woman KiranGhulam Ali while working inQatar. They got married, butdue to opposition from theirparents they came to India viaNepal. Their friends fromPakistan Sameera and KashifShamshuddin also joined them.

All four of them travelledfrom Qatar to Muscat andfrom there to Kathmandu andthen to India by road via Patna.From Patna they came toBengaluru. They are thenbelieved to have travelled byroad to Patna, and eventuallymade their way to Bengaluru.Police have arrested them fromKumaraswamy layout inBengaluru.

Preliminary investigations

revealed that the couples havetaken refuge in Bengaluru atthe behest of Keralite manShihaab who offered to helpthem. Shihab, before finding ajob and going to Qatar, wasstaying in KS Layout in the city.

According to BengaluruPolice Commissioner PraveenSood, all the three Pakistani cit-izens moved to India togetherand were arrested fromBengaluru on Wednesdaynight.

He said “We do not knowthe exact relationship betweenthe three Pakistani nationals yet,but it is safe to assume that theyknew each other because theytravelled to India together.”

“The three Pakistaninationals did not have a validvisa and were residing here ille-gally,” Sood said. However,they managed to get Aadhaarnumbers with forged identities,Sood added.

“All this information isbased on preliminary investi-gations and the confessions ofthe accused,” Sood said.“Central agencies are alsoinvestigating the case, andstatutory procedures likeinforming the embassy will bedone soon,” Sood said.

FIR has been registeredand the four have been bookedunder several sections of thePassport Act and theForeigner’s Act. Central agen-cies have been kept in the loopby the local police who areinvestigating.

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The Modi Governmentplans to start 20 world

class institutes in India where25 per cent students would befrom other countries, saidUnion Human ResourceDevelopment Minister PrakashJavadekar on Thursday.

Addressing a seminar on‘Africa-India Cooperation onSkill Development andEducation — Focus on Peopleto People Exchanges’ on theside-lines of 5-day long AfricanDevelopment Bank’s annual

general meeting, Javadekar saidthere would be more than2,000 different courses in thoseinstitutes.

“Already Government ofIndia has been imparting schol-arships to 24,000 foreign stu-dents. We are planning to raisethat to around fifty thousandscholarships in the next fiveyears,” said the Minister, addingthat India and Africa can havemore active cooperation ineducation, capacity buildingand knowledge.

Javdekar said the Govern-ment planned to have more

girls enrolled in the IndianInstitutes of Technology (IIT)and Indian Institutes ofManagement (IIM). Therewere actually 2,800 girls eligi-ble and qualified to enter theIITs, but only 900 of them wereenrolled, he said adding thatthe Government has decided togive super numerical seats toIndian girls in IITs.

He asserted that the Gover-nment was to start Any TimeLearning (ATL) and AnywhereLearning (AWL) concept.Already having started 300courses on the web for that, he

said that now such courseswould be expanded to more than 1,000. TheGovernment has come outwith national digital library,where more than 6.5 millionbooks and journals are acces-sible to all, he informed.

Asserting that the Indo-African cooperation in thefield of education would hope-fully go to a very high level in the coming years, heinformed that the Centre hasmapped so many possibilitiesregarding the cooperationbetween the two sides.

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Prahalad Patel, a CongressMLA from North Gujarat’s

Vijapur Assembly constitue-ncy has asked his party’snational general secretary in-charge of Gujarat affairs AshokGehlot to ensure that at least 55out of 182 seats be given to thePatel community in the forth-coming Assembly polls.

Obviously this demand hascome in wake of on-going pro-quota agitation of PatidarAnamat Aandolan Samiti ledby Hardik Patel which isdemanding reservation forPatel community youth inGovernment jobs and educa-tional institutions under OBCcategory.

According to Patel, theCongress party should exploitthe situation in its favour bygiving importance to powerfulPatidar community.

It is a known fact that theBJP has been running theGovernment since more thantwo decades in the State, pri-marily winning due to thebacking from strong andstaunch Patel followers. TheState has always had aCongress-led Governmentwhich witnessed a majorchange in 1995, whenKeshubhai Patel, a strong leaderfrom the community wascrowned the Chief Minister bythe BJP. Many Patel MLAsfrom the Congress had left theparty to join Keshubhai led BJP.Since then, the Patidar com-munity has always supportedthe BJP government, even if theCM was not a Patel.

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Siddhanth Ganore, the son ofa police officer who was part

of the probe team that initial-ly investigated the Sheena Boramurder case, was arrested fromJodhpur in Rajasthan onThursday, less than 36 hoursafter he allegedly stabbed hismother to death at theirSantacruz residence in north-west Mumbai and fled thescene.

Deepali Ganore (42), wifeof inspector DnyeshwarGanore, was found in a pool ofblood, when Dnyeshwarreturned home from work lateon Tuesday night. Deepal hadbeen stabbed in the neck. Theirson Siddhanth (21) was miss-ing from the residence.

When police reached thecrime scene in the early hoursof Wednesday, they found agrisly smiley drawn in bloodnext to Deepali’s body and anote written in the floor inblood, saying: “Tired of her,catch me and hang me.”

Siddhanth, who hadallegedly drawn the smiley andwritten the note next to herbody, had left his cell phone inthe house, but had taken awaysignificant amount of cashfrom home.

Acting on a tip-off thatSiddhanth had gone to Jaipur,a team of police officials from

Mumbai reached the Rajasthancapital on Wednesday night.“In Jaipur, the visiting policeteam came to know thatSiddhanth had left for Jodhpurand was staying at HotelDhoom. Realising thatSiddhanth might flee the hotelbefore they reach Jodhpur(which is 337 kms away fromJaipur), the visiting police fromMumbai shared Siddhanth’sphotograph with the Jodhpurpolice and asked them to takethe murder accused into cus-tody. Accordingly, the Jodhpurpolice took Siddhant into cus-tody ,” a senior police officerwith Mumbai police said.

Sources in the Mumbaipolice said that Siddhanth hadconfessed that he had indeedmurdered his mother. Siddh-anth is being brought toMumbai on Friday, after seek-ing his transit remand from aJodhpur court.

The police said thatDyaneshwar had returnedhome from his work at around11 pm on Tuesday. After find-ing that the door was locked, heassumed that they might havegone for shopping. Dnyeshwarhad entered his residence ataround 1 am on Wednesdayafter finding the house keys tohis house thrown in the dust-bin kept outside the door. Onhis entry, Dnyeshwar found hiswife in a pool of blood.

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Maharashtra’s senior BJPMinister Girish Mahajan

has landed in trouble forattending the marriage of a rel-ative of Karchi-based donDawood Ibrahim at Nashikon May 19, with theOpposition NCP demandinghis resignation from the StateCabinet.

Raking up the issue, seniorNCP leader and former DeputyChief Minister Ajit Pawar saidon Thursday, “This is the sameparty (BJP) that had made ahuge issue in the past by alleg-ing that our party president hadlinks with Dawood. A seniorMinister from this party GirishMahajan now attends the mar-riage of a relative of Dawood atNashik. How does the BJPaccount for this? Mahajan has

no alternative but to resign asthe Minister forthwith”.

Talking to media personsafter the party office-bearers’meeting in Pune presided overby the party chief Sharad Pawarhimself, Ajitdada — as he isknown in the State political cir-cles — said, “Before a Minister

goes to a marriage or a privatefunction, the local police com-missioner or the police headbriefs him about theantecedents of the personsorganising the programme.Had the Nashik PoliceCommissioner not briefedMahajan about Dawood’s rel-ative whose marriage heattended? ... Since Mahajanhas committed an unpardon-able blunder, he has no moral

right to continue in the StateCabinet”.

Mahajan is the WaterResources Minister in theMaharashtra Cabinet.

It may be recalled that thepresence of Mahajan at themarriage of a relative ofDawood held at Nashik on May19, sparked a controversy. Atthe marriage function, therewas a leading bookie. Alsopresent at the gala weddingfunction were several seniorpolice officers and elected rep-resentatives from Nashik dis-trict.

After the news reportsabout the presence of Mahajanat the wedding of Dawood’s rel-ative, Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavishad asked the Nashik policeCommissioner to submit areport to him on the issue.

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Marxist Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan on

Thursday kick-started the cel-ebrations of the first anniver-sary of Kerala’s CPI(M)-ledLDF Government at Thiruvan-anthapuram by warning theOpposition not to approach theGovernment with “destructiveapproach” even as former ChiefMinister VS Achuthanandanand the Opposition leadersstayed away from the function.

“Healthy criticisms are wel-come but destructive approachcannot weaken us,” Pinarayisaid while inaugurating thecelebrations. The Governmentwould give special emphasis toinfrastructure developmentand priority would be given tomodernisation of highways,development of coastal andhigh range highways and real-isation of the dream of a water-way stretching the whole lengthof the State, he said.

“If Kerala has achieved thegoal of total electrification, it isindisputably because of theefforts of the LDF Gover-nment,” he claimed. Comingdown heavily on the Congress-led Opposition, Pinarayi said,it was restless at the achieve-ments of the LDF Government.

“All of us know that sever-al out-of-the-way activities hadtaken place during the time ofthe former (UDF) government.All of us know about the peo-ple behind those moves,” hesaid. “The LDF has put forwarda New Kerala concept. Fourmissions have already beenconstituted as part of it andmore missions may come up asper requirement,” he added.

The LDF Government withPinarayi heading a 19-memberCabinet had assumed office onMay 25 last year after the frontregistered a spectacular win inthe Assembly election by bag-ging 91 of the total 140 seats.The Left had based its electioncampaign mainly on theallegedly rampant corruptionprevalent under the formerUDF rule.

Though the Governmenthad started off by generating afeeling that it meant businessthrough its ambitious devel-opment programmes and plansto augment welfare measures,controversies soon started dog-ging it. The first major scandalto hit it was the nepotism rowwhich had led to the resigna-tion of CPI(M) central com-mittee member EP Jayarajan asIndustries minister.

The resurfacing of politicalviolence between the CPI(M)and BJP-RSS in Kannur, thesuicide of an engineering stu-dent of a self-financing college,the open CPI(M)-CPI con-

frontations, resignation of anNCP minister over a honey-trap scandal, the row overeviction of encroachers fromgrabbed lands in Idukki, etchad posed serious problems tothe Government in its first year.

Achuthanandan, nonage-narian Marxist and Pinarayi’smain enemy in the CPI(M),stayed away from the anniver-sary celebrations allegedlybecause he had not been invit-ed to it in a manner he dese-rved. It was said that he wasgiven only an ordinary letter ofinvitation and no official invitedespite being the senior-mostleader of the CPI(M).

Leaders of the OppositionUDF, which had organisedprotests across the State againstthe Government citing its sev-eral alleged failures, were alsoabsent. The Government hadextended special invitation toOpposition Leader RameshChennithala but he stayed awayand sources said he had notboycotted the function but hadother important engagements.

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Launching a mass vaccina-tion campaign against

Japanese encephalitis ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath saidthat this dreaded disease is thebiggest obstacle in the progressof eastern Uttar Pradesh andthis campaign will help ineradication of JE from UttarPradesh.

“As I belong to eastern UP

I know the agony of poor peo-ple who have lost their childrenin this disease. This is myGovernment’s commitment toeradicate this disease and bringhappiness to the life of people,”Yogi said while launching themass JE eradication campaignin Kushinagar on Thursday.

Yogi administered vaccineto five children in the presenceof senior district officials. Thiscampaign has been launched

simultaneously in 38 endemicdistricts with senior ministersin Yogi Cabinet actively takingpart in this by administratingvaccine to identified children.Over 88 lakh children betweenage group of 1-15 years wouldbe given vaccines in theseidentified districts.

CM said that it is for thefirst time that any governmentin UP has started a campaignin such a measured manner.

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The US-based company IonicMSM Inc, which has started

manufacturing a wide range ofwellness products with methyl-sufonylmethane MSM as its mainactive ingredient in the countryin collaboration with Ionic MSMLimited, is targeting a sale of �100cr in the next two years

The company has launchedits products on all leading onlineplatforms Tatvam, Amazon,Snapdeal, Flipcart, Shopcluesand Paytm. Buoyed by theencouraging response from thecustomers, the company held atwo-day consumer awarenessand engagement progamme inVasanat Kunj area of Delhi, lastweekend. The company is soongoing to launch its MSM wellnessproducts offline through dis-tributor and dealer channel totarget retail segment.

"Although the very wordwellness is becoming a sort ofcliché, with every company play-ing around it, we intend tochange the way industry looks atwellness," says Dr. SantoshKumar Bagla, Chairman, IonicMSM Ltd, who has written abook on MSM, titled OrganicSulfur: Gift of God due forrelease soon.

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With maximum optimismin liquidity positions,

both globally and domestical-ly, BSE benchmark Sensex onThursday rallied a historichigh again, hitting 30,750 witha jump of 448 points - itsbiggest single-day gain in overtwo months -- after the US Fedsignalled that it will wait formore data for a rate hike. TheNSE Nifty also again got con-trol of the key 9,500-level.

Over 85 stocks hit fresh52-week highs on the BSEincluding L&T, HDFC Bank,HUL, L&T Infotech, TVSMotor, Voltas, Ion Exchange,ICICI Bank, EvereadyIndustries, and KECInternational.

Besides, rupee also showedstrength for the second dayagainst the dollar as it ended at64.62, which came as a shot inthe arm. However, traders said

that the minutes from the UScentral bank's May 2-3 policymeeting was in large partresponsible for the suddenspike in enthusiasm. Thisprompted investors to covertheir short bets as Thursdaywas also the last day for Mayfutures and options contracts.

"The market reboundedfrom previous fall as FOMCminutes shared its concern

over the hike in US rate infuture due to slowdown in eco-nomic growth, which is posi-tive for emerging markets,"said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch, Geojit FinancialServices.

As far BSE indices areconcerned, the 30-share Sensexvaulted to an all-time high of30,793.43 intra-day to close ata new peak of 30,750.03, up

448.39 points, or 1.48 per cent,leaving behind its previousrecord closing of 30,658.77reached on May 17. TheThursday's rally was the biggestsince March 14 when it surged496.40 points. The gauge hadlost 269.33 points in the pre-vious two sessions. The 50-share NSE Nifty again hit offthe key 9,500 to scale the ses-sion's high of 9,523.30 beforeending at 9,509.75, up by149.20 points, or 1.59 per cent.

A spell of intense buyinginterest in late afternoon tradepropelled the markets higheras participants carried for-ward their positions to theJune series of derivatives.Positive earnings by somecompanies perked up senti-ment. The rally in domesticequities was largely in line withthe upward move at otherAsian markets, mirroringovernight gains on the WallStreet, as minutes from the

Federal Reserve's latest policymeeting favoured a cautiousapproach to raise borrowingcosts.

With the positive senti-ments all over bourses, somekey stocks like Larsen andToubro emerged as the topgainer, which surged 4.97 percent, followed by ICICI Bank,HDFC Bank and Infosys.Voltas also shot up by anoth-er 6.25 per cent to close at afresh one-year high after itssolid quarterly earnings. Drugfirm Lupin plunged 7.31 percent after the company onWednesday reported a plungein consolidated net profit.

The BSE capital goods ral-lied the most, up 3.52 per cent.Banking spiked 2.82 per cent,IT 2.32 per cent and realty 2.01per cent. Small-cap and mid-cap indices climbed 2.01 percent and 1.35 per cent, respec-tively. European shares tootraded higher in the bourses.

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Flagging concerns on exportscenario in the country,

exporters' body Federation ofIndian Export Organisations orFIEO on Thursday said that theGovernment is likely to trim thegoods and services shipment tar-get of $900 billion fixed for2020 due to global factors whenit unveils a mid-term review ofIndia's foreign trade policy (FTP)later this year. The downwardrevision may be to the tune ofaround $700 billion as India'sexports performance has beendismal in the last couple ofyears.

"If we are looking at anexport of $900 billion which wasinitially in the foreign trade pol-icy, we record a compoundedannual growth rate of around 27per cent and this is definitely avery challenging figure so I ampretty sure that when the mid-term foreign trade policy reviewis done, the Government mayrevisit the export target alsoand looking into the global fac-tors they may reduce the exporttarget also," FIEO Director

General Ajay Sahai told reportershere.

Sahai further said that amore achievable scenario ofshipments growing at a com-pounded annual rate of 15 percent would lead to exports clock-ing $700-750 billion by 2020.

The FIEO also said theCommerce Ministry has agreedto its suggestion to announce themid-term review coinciding withthe rollout of the Goods andServices Tax (GST) regime slat-ed from July 1.

India's merchandise exportsstood at $274.6 billion during2016-17. However, the exportersflagged various concerns owingto the implementation of theGST on India's shipments, espe-cially owing to the proposedrefund mechanism. "We areworried with the liquidity issue

as the refund mechanism wouldrequire payment of GST first andits refund subsequently. Theadditional cost of credit to man-age the liquidity should be borneby the Government if presentexemption is not brought for-ward in the GST," FIEOPresident Ganesh Kumar Guptasaid.

He said rough estimatessuggest exports competitivenessof India's shipments sector willshrink by 2 per cent whichneeds to be offset. Gupta said itwas difficult to say whetherIndia's exports would suffer onaccount of the GST rollout, butasserted that it will take at least5 to 6 months to adjust to thenew regime as there would beteething problems initially.

FIEO highlighted the rupeeappreciation and growing pro-tectionism in developedeconomies as major challengesfor India's shipments sector. Astudy undertaken by theexporters' body revealed that ifIndia can increase exports of thetop 200 products it ships outwardby 0.5 per cent, the country's totalexports can rise by $80 billion.

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With maximum inventorygains, higher refining

margins and better operationalperformances, nation's biggestoil retailer Indian Oil Corp(IOC), on Thursday, reportedover 85 per cent jump its netprofit in January-March quar-ter. IOC's net profit for thefourth quarter was at �3,720.62crore or �7.85 per share - it washigher than �2,005.89 crore or�4.23 a share in the same peri-od of the previous fiscal.

"The profit was highermainly because of inventorygains, higher refining marginsand operational efficiencies,"IOC Chairman B Ashok toldreporters here.

The biggest refiner earned$8.95 on turning every barrel ofcrude oil into fuel in the fourthquarter of 2016-17 fiscal ascompared to a gross refiningmargin (GRM) of $2.99 a bar-rel in the same period of pre-vious fiscal.

The company, however,said that it had an inventorygain of �2,634 crore in the

fourth quarter as compared toan inventory loss of �3,417crore in the same period of lastfinancial year. "Without theinventory gains, GRM in Q4was $7.17 per barrel as com-pared to a GRM of $6.23 a bar-rel in the year- ago-period,"IOC Director (Finance) AKSharma said.

Revenue from operationswere up 24 per cent to�1,22,285.30 crore. Its refiner-ies turned 17.1 million tonneof crude oil into fuel duringthe quarter as opposed to athroughput of 15.01 MT in theprevious fiscal.

Ashok, however, said IOCposted its highest ever annu-al net profit or �19,106.40crore in 2016-17. "We sold arecord 83.49 MT of products,including exports, during2016-17. Our refinerythroughput too was at an alltime high of 65.19 MT (56.69MT in 2015-16)," he added.

GRM in 2016-17 was$7.77 per barrel as comparedto $5.06 a barrel in 2015-16."The company had a goodshowing on its petrochemicaland natural gas business aswell, clocking highest eversale of 2.57 MT and 3.79 MTrespectively. We exceededoverall capex performance tar-get of �15,395 crore for theyear 2016-17 by over 30 percent," Ashok said, adding thecompany plans to invest�20,737 crore during the cur-rent fiscal.

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��0���2��@�Regulator Trai onThursday directed telecomoperators to stop providingdiscriminatory tariffs to thesubscribers of the same cate-gory and report all plans tothe sector watchdog withinseven days of their launch.

" . . .Clause 10 of theTelecommunication TariffOrder, 1999 provides that noservice provider shall, in anymanner, discriminate betweensubscribers of the same classand such classification of sub-scribers shall not be arbi-trary. Provided that differenttarif fs in the nature of'Vertical Price Squeeze' shallbe a case of discriminatorytariff," Trai said in a directionissued to telecom operators.

The Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (Trai) saidit has received complaint thatsome telecom operators arelaunching tariffs without fil-ing it with the regulator and"offering discriminatory tar-iff to individual customerswithin the same class".

Reliance Jio had filedcomplaint with Trai againstBharti Airtel in April sayingthe telecom major violatedtariff rules by issuing mis-leading offers and arbitrarilydiscriminating among its owncustomers subscribing to thesame plan.

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��0���2��@Jindal Steel and PowerLtd, which has a consolidateddebt of around �46,000 crore, onThursday said it is likely to be a 'rel-atively' debt-free company withinfive years.

"We are increasing our pro-duction, there is good demand forsteel and the government has alsotaken a lot of initiatives to buildinfrastructure in the country,"JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindaltold reporters on the sidelines ofIndia's National CompetitivenessForum here.

"In the next four to five yearswe hope to be relatively debt freecompany. The debt should not bemore than three times, I believe, ofthe EBITA," he said.

JSPL's consolidated EBITDAwas at �1,552 crore in thefourth quarter of FY'17.

Things are much better now

for JSPL, Jindal said, adding, "Weare able to service the debt and Ihope that if the steel demand con-tinues we will be able to overcomeit. Our debt is only come downnow. Whatever was our debt inFY'16 we have reduced it inFY'17".

Jindal said that company'sdebt increased basically after thecancellation of coal blocks and ithad to pay �3,500 crore of addi-tional levies.

"We had to borrow to pay ourlevies that is why JSPL's debt is high.Then we have been servicing thedebt that we took, so it cost us morethan �5,000 crore," he added.

The debt is not because ofsome project but due the compa-ny's cost which went up onaccount of cancellation of coalblocks, he said.

Stating that the companyposted very good result in the lastquarter of 2016-17, Jindal said thecompany will soon make func-tional its blast furnace at Angulin Odisha which would help indoubling production.

"From the level of 3.5 milliontonnes last year we will be cross-ing six million tonnes. That willhave a huge benefit for the com-pany," Jindal said.

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Nepalese President BidyaDevi Bhandari on Thursday

called all political parties toelect a new Prime Ministerwithin seven days through con-sensus, a day after Prachandaresigned from the post.

President Bhandari hadaccepted the resignation of Pra-chanda and asked him to cont-inue as caretaker Prime Ministertill his successor is elected.

The president has calledthe political parties represent-ing the Legislative Parliamentto elect a new Prime Ministerand form a council of ministersunder his or her leadership,said a notice issued by thePresident’s office.

‘Prachanda’ resigned tohonour a power sharing dealwith the ruling coalition part-ner Nepali Congress to handover the country’s leadership tothe largest party in Parliament.

His resignation has

cleared way for his formerpolitical rival and NepaliCongress president SherBahadur Deuba, who isexpected to take over as thePrime Minister.

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ABangladeshi court onThursday sentenced the

chief of the banned JMB groupto over seven years in prison forheading the terror outfit linkedto a series of attacks, includingthe one on a popular Dhakacafe that killed an Indianwoman along with 17 otherforeigners.

Maulana Saidur Rahman,the former head of Jama’atulMujahideen Bangladesh, whowas arrested exactly seven

years ago on this day in 2010has already spent seven yearsbehind bars. He will nowser ve the remaining sixmonths in jail for this case.Two of Rahman’s associateswere also sentenced in absen-tia to seven years in prison.

“Saidur Rahman and twoother JMB operatives wereconvicted for planning tocommit subversive activitiesacross the country and hand-ed down all the three seven andhalf years of imprisonment,” acourt official said.

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US President Donald Trumppressed nervous allies on

Thursday to do more on ter-rorism after the Manchesterbombing as he met EU andNATO leaders for the first time.

Trump faced protests on hisarrival in Brussels but he is get-ting a red-carpet welcome fromWestern allies eager to persuadehim that his earlier harsh crit-icisms of them were misplaced.

Despite Trump havingbacked Britain’s Brexit votelast year, it was all smiles at theheadquarters of the EuropeanUnion as Trump met the bloc’stop two officials, Donald Tuskand Jean-Claude Juncker.

“I’ll aim to convince POTUSthat euro-atlanticism means thefree world co-operating to pre-vent (a) post-West world order,”European Council chief Tusk, aformer Polish premier, tweeted

before the meeting.Trump’s focus is however

on terrorism, with the deadlyattack on a pop concert inManchester, England this weekadding to the urgency of hiscalls for NATO to step up thefight against the jehadis.

“When you see somethinglike what happened a few daysago you realise how important itis to win this fight. And we willwin this fight,” said Trump onWednesday after meeting Belg-ian PM Charles Michel, whoseown country suffered ISIS sui-cide attacks in March 2016.

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British Prime MinisterTheresa May on Thursday

confirmed that a total of eightmen were in custody in theUK in connection with thedeadly suicide bombing at apop concert this week andasserted that the threat levelin the country will remain at“critical”.

Speaking from DowningStreet after chairing a meetingof the COBRA (CabinetOffice Briefing Rooms) emer-gency response committee,the British Prime Ministersaid as many as 1,000 Armytroops have already beendeployed to boost securityoperations.

“The police have con-firmed that eight suspectsremain in custody and thatprogress is being made in thecase but the threat level, asassessed by the independent

joint terrorism analysis cen-tre, will remain at critical

and the public should remainvigilant,” May said in a videomessage, before leaving forBrussels to attend a NATOsummit.

“I will make clear toPresident Trump that intelli-gence that is shared betweenour law enforcement agenciesmust remain secure,” she said,in reference to an escalatingdiplomatic row between theUK and the US.

UK officials are said to be“furious” that their investigationwas compromised when photosappearing to show debris fromMonday’s attack appeared in the‘New York Times’.

Greater ManchesterPolice indicated that infor-mation will no longer beshared with US counterpartsas the force described theeight men who remain incustody as “signif icant” arrests in their “fast-movinginvestigation”.

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The US has sent a navy war-ship near an artificial island

built by China in the disputedSouth China Sea as part of thefirst freedom of navigationoperation under PresidentDonald Trump, promptingBeijing to strongly condemnthe “provocative action.”

The guided-missiledestroyer, USS Dewey, con-ducted a patrol within 20 kilo-metres of Mischeef Reef, partof the Spratly Islands.

A crucial shipping route,China claims ownership of thevast majority of the South ChinaSea, including the Paracel andSpratly island chains, a claimdisputed by numerous othercountries including thePhilippines and Vietnam.

The Chinese Governmenthas reclaimed land and built up

artificial islands in the sea,including on Mischief Reef, anddeployed military assets to them.

The exercise is the firstsince October and comes afterhigh-level visits and friendlyexchanges between the US andChina to settle trade issues andvows to cooperate to containthe nuclear programme ofNorth Korea, a Chinese ally.

Pentagon spokesman JeffDavis said, “We operate in theAsia-Pacific region on a dailybasis , including in the South China Sea. We operate in accordance withinternational law.”

The patrols are “not aboutany one country, or any onebody of water,” he said.

In Beijing, China reactedsharply to the action saying the US warship had entered theSouth China Sea “without permission”.

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Moscow: Russia’s security ser-vice on Thursday said it haduncovered an alleged bomb-making laboratory in Moscowas officers detained four sus-pected ISIS group membersplotting “terror attacks” onpublic transport.

The FSB said those heldincluded citizens of Russia andex-Soviet Central Asia who were“preparing terror attacks with theuse of homemade explosives onMoscow’s transport infrastruc-ture.” “As a result of searches atthe detainees’ places of resi-dence a laboratory for makingexplosives was discovered and aready-made explosive device,”the agency said in a statement.

The alleged terror cell wasdirected by ISIS leadership inSyria and the suspects plannedto flee there after the plannedattacks to fight for the extremistgroup, it added. AFP

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lion and give $800 million asreimbursement to Pakistanin the next fiscal for its military support in fightingterror, a defence departmentofficial said.

The administration has pro-posed the $100 million cut in itsannual budget proposals underthe Coalition Support Fund(CSF), a Pentagon programmeto reimburse US allies that haveincurred costs in supportingcounter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.

Pakistan is one of thelargest recipients under thefund and has received $14 bil-lion since 2002. But for the pasttwo years, the Congress hasimposed conditions on dis-bursal of the fund.

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After months of disappointmentand a lack of motivation, AndyMurray is counting on the

French Open to turn his seasonaround.

In November, Murray became thefirst British man to reach world No 1since the rankings were introduced in1973.

The Wimbledon champion alsobecame the first player to win aGrand Slam, the ATP World TourFinals, the men's singles at theOlympic Games and a Masters 1000title all in the same calendar year.

Not surprisingly, it's been a toughact to follow.

"I got to No 1 in the world at theend of last year and there's been sometimes this year where it's been diffi-cult to keep up the motivation and setnew goals," Murray said onWednesday.

Murray ended last year with 24consecutive wins, but since then he hasmade early exits at Indian Wells,Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madridin the worst start to a year by a worldnumber one since Pete Sampras in1999.

"The last few months have beendifficult for sure," Murray said." Ihaven't played so well and I also hada few physical issues with my elbowaround February, March time. So it'sbeen a difficult few months. But overthe last seven, eight years of mycareer I always wanted to perform atmy best and play my best tennis at theGrand Slams and that's still the casenow.

"I always feel extra motivationwhen I come to a Slam, even if I'vebeen playing badly. I'm excited to getout there and compete. Hopefully I'llget four or five good days of practiceand preparation and I'll have a goodtournament."

With the French Open starting onSunday, Murray doesn't have muchtime to rediscover his best form.

But the 30-year-old Scot is confi-dent he can once again overcomeadversity.

"I'm ranked No 1 in the world, I'vebeen in worse positions than this,"Murray said. "I had my back surgery

which was very difficult for me. Therewere times when I was younger whenI was struggling at lot more than this.

"For sure, the last few months havebeen difficult. But I believe I can turnit around and I hope it starts here inParis."

Murray will also be facing somestiff challenges from the youngerplayers on the tour.

For the first time, the top five play-ers in the rankings are over 30, but thereare several youngsters who could wintheir first Grand Slam in Paris. The 20-year-old Alexander Zverev beat NovakDjokovic to win the Italian Open onSunday, while the 23-year-old DominicThiem also impressed in the tournament,defeating Rafael Nadal.

"The way tennis has been going the

last 10, 12 years or so it has looked likeplayers are starting to play better as theyget older, which wasn't the case in thepast, but I would say it is a bit surpris-ing," Murray said.

"I'm sure that will start to changesoon and I'm sure the young players willbreak through very shortly," he added."But hopefully I'll still have a few moreyears in the top few spots in the rankings."

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India's new vice-captain Chinglensana Singh says heis ready to shoulder the responsibility with the Hockey

World League Semifinal next month."This is an important tour for us in our preparations

for the World League Final in December and I am veryexcited to be entrusted with this new responsibility," saidChinglensana on the sidelines of the ongoing nationalcamp in SAI, Bengaluru.

As a midfielder, Chinglensana is fast with the abil-ity to set off aggressively inside the opponent's half cre-ating a chance for the Indians to breakout.

He is oftenentrusted withthe role of astopper toow h e nHarmanpreetSingh orRupinder PalSingh attempts adragflick to con-vert penaltycorner.

"It's theseabilities on thefield to adapt toany situationand his greatspirit and ener-gy were thequalities thatmade our deci-sion easy toname him asVice Captain ofthe team,"explained Chief Coach Roelant Oltmans.

With the pressure on forwards to improve their fieldgoal conversion rate from 20 per cent at the recently con-cluded 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Chinglensana's rolein the centre half along with Sardar Singh, ManpreetSingh, SK Uthappa, Satbir Singh and Harjeet Singhbecomes all the more crucial for the team.

But it helps that Chinglensana exhibits an attitudethat revolves around a team-first approach.

"Whether you are the Vice Captain, Captain or asenior player in the team, it is important for us to guideyoungsters in matches. Rectifying the mistakes we madein Malaysia was the main goal of this camp. I am sureif we don't repeat these mistakes we will bring goodresults in both Germany and London."

While India plays two matches each against Germanyand Belgium in Dusseldorf at the three nations invita-tional tournament starting June 1, India is grouped withCanada, Scotland, Netherlands and Pakistan in the WorldLeague Semifinal starting June 15.

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Attire make the man,according to the oldsaying and in the world

of business, what you wearshapes the public’s perceptionof you and the company yourepresent. Human resourcesdepartments often craftdetailed workplace dresscodes so that clients and cus-tomers focus on the compa-ny’s goods and services andnot on inappropriately dressedemployees. If you are notrequired to wear a uniform,you must adhere to the com-pany dress code to avoid dis-ciplinary action.

The importance of a dresscode for professionalismvaries somewhat by industry,but the correlation betweenthe two is generally strong.Some companies prefer toallow employees to dressfreely or casually for comfort,which works in more creativework environments. However,companies in which employ-ees routinely interact withprospects, clients and businesspartners typically need a dresscode to maintain a profession-al image. Small businessesmay benefit by maintaining astrong professional image.

There was once a timewhen every professional, nomatter their industry, put ona suit each morning. Buttoday, there are so many inter-pretations of formal and busi-ness casual that it can be easy

to look sloppy or over-dressedif you're not aware of the envi-ronment.

The definition of appro-priate business attire forwomen varies only with theadditional requirement toavoid wearing revealing cloth-ing. You must also avoidwearing revealing clothing atcompany social events,whether formal or casual,even when such events areattended by friends and indi-viduals around whom youfeel comfortable. To this end,to remain compliant withbusiness dress codes, womenare often advised not to wearmini-skirts, short-shorts orlow-cut tops. Because blous-es can be bulky and hot underbusiness suits, you can wearspaghetti-strap or tank tops ifyou keep your suit jacket onwhile at work.

Some businesses avoidcodifying grooming rules forcultural reasons, meaningthey may not say specificallythat employees must haveconservative hair styles andshort nails, but you may notreceive a job offer if you sportan outrageous hairstyle ornail designs, or have too manyvisible tattoos. Similarly, anemployer may tell you whatkind of shoes, jewellery ormakeup to wear unless suchitems impact personal, orclient and customer safety.Business etiquette and career

counselors, however, adviseyou to keep hair styles conser-vative and make up and jew-ellery to a minimum.

Many professionalwomen are guilty of multiplefashion faux pas without real-ising it, and their lack ofjudgment can sometimes leadto being passed over for a jobor promotion. The nature of

professional dress is some-what tied to your industry.Professional behavior for alawyer, for instance, is likelydifferent from that of a retailstore manager or manufactur-ing plant worker. However,the standard of professional-ism remains constant in thateach of these workers is gen-erally expected to exhibit

traits and behaviours up to acertain standard of excellencefor someone in his position.

Appropriate dress, alongwith basic etiquette, is one ofthe most common associa-tions made to professionalism.We form first impressionsand overall judgments aboutpeople by the way they dress.If the way someone dressesaffects the perception of yourcompany's customers or busi-ness partners, it is importantto maintain a standard ofdress that creates a positiveimpression. No standard orcasual dress standards maymake employees comfortable,but the point of professional-ism and etiquette is to makeothers comfortable.

The way you dress carriescertain messages to thosewho meet you. Thus, a com-pany that wants to maintain aprofessional image or certainstatus in the marketplaceshould make a dress code apriority.

Some employers face abattle from employees whobelieve they have the right todress and groom in a way thatsuits their personality. This istrue — outside of the employ-er’s operation. Individualshave a right to express them-selves, so to do businesses, andthe way your employees dressdefinitely sends intended orunintended messages to yourmarkets.

Because there have beenso many changes in businessattire over the years, manypeople have come to forgetwhy proper business attire isimportant. Instead, theywould rather dress comfort-ably or dress in the lateststyles. There are several rea-sons why doing so is unac-ceptable. The main reasonwhy dressing in proper busi-ness attire is important forevery business professional isbecause it gives the messagethat you are dedicated to yourposition. Although this maysound cliché, it is true. If youwere to walk into an office andsee one person in torn jeansand a stained t-shirt andanother person in a sleekbusiness suit, you wouldassume that the one in thejeans does not care abouttheir job. It is true that firstimpressions are everything.

You could be the mostdedicated employee, but if itdoes not show in your busi-ness attire, then you shouldlook into changing yourimage. It would be a shame tobe overlooked for a promo-tion simply because of the wayyou dress. Unfortunately, thisactually does happen quiteoften.

Another reason whydressing in proper businessattire is important in the busi-ness world is because younever know when you will be

required to have a meetingwith someone from outsidethe company. The way inwhich you present yourselfwill be the image that this out-sider has of your company.Anytime you have a meetingwith someone who is notfrom your company, you haveto realize that you are repre-senting the company. Mostmanagers and owners wouldwant this message to be pro-fessional. It actually couldindirectly mean the differencebetween landing a new dealand being passed up for it.

You also have to take thecompany for which you workinto consideration when youare planning your businesswardrobe. There are manycompanies that are usingbusiness casual these days, solook around and see what themajority of your coworkersare wearing. Business casu-al is a term that can varygreatly from company tocompany. To some it couldmean dress shirt with tie formen while at another compa-ny it could mean wearing apolo shirt. You do not haveto wear a suit to work if noone else at your workplacedoes. Although dressing pro-fessionally is important, italso is important to dress rel-ative to your coworkers.What is acceptable at onecompany could be lookeddown upon at another.

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When you speak to CV Raman, Maruti-Suzuki’s ExecutiveDirector, Engineering, you are speaking to a very sat-

isfied gentleman. Raman, a long-time Maruti hand, has beenthe brains behind some of Maruti’s best-sellers. As the com-pany’s parent Suzuki realises that to continue their unprece-dented domination in the Indian market they will need todevelop products not only for India but also in India, Ramanand his team have been at the forefront. And while he is bestknown in the automotive community for his work on theBrezza, it was actually working on the Dzire that his team real-ly got started.

The first-generation Dzire was developed almost as anafterthought, as the SX4 did not exactly set the market alight,a sedan based on the Swift platform was believed to be a log-ical development. Maruti had seemingly exited the “afford-able” sedan space when they finally withdrew the Esteem.Basing a sedan on the Swift platform seemed logical and alsokept development costs lower.

The first generation Swift Dzire came towards the end ofthe first-generation Swift’s life-cycle and was quickly replacedwith the second generation Swift Dzire soon after the intro-duction of the second-generation Swift. The second-genera-tion Swift was a best-seller; it took advantage of the compactsedan “loophole” that the government had for sub-four metrecars. The second-generation Dzire was the spiritual and costsuccessor to the Esteem; private buyers loved it as it was afford-able and easy to maintain. Then as the rush of app-based cabhailing services took off post-2014, the Dzire became the vehi-cle of choice. So little wonder that in just over a decade, Marutihas sold close to 1.4 million of them. A vehicle that was anafterthought became a best-seller.

So what has changed with the third-generation Dzire?Quite a bit. First it has lost the “Swift” badge ahead of Dzire.Not just that, the third-generation Dzire has been launchedin India well ahead of the third-generation Swift. The next Swift,which was showcased at the Geneva Motor Show a few monthsago, will not make it to Indian shores until the 2018 Auto Expo.Also, the Dzire, while retaining the basic Swift stance and looks,has evolved, the windowline being a clear indication of that.And while the first two generations of Dzires could never bedescribed as “lookers” particularly from the rear, Maruti’s design

team has worked on that front. This is a good-looking car, pret-ty much continuing Maruti’s recent run of smart-looking vehi-cles.

Inside, the car is much more comfortable. Raman talksof the vehicle being wider and with improved shoulder room.While a couple of centimetres of extra width may not seemlike much on the face of it, it really feels much improved. Overallinteriors are much improved from the previous generationDzire — the angled central console with the infotainment sys-tem and the flat bottomed steering wheel are small changes— but they add up. On the top-end variants we drove, the two-tone plastics look and feel good, and while I am not a fan offaux-wood inserts, they don’t really look out of place.Another big change for Maruti is offering the top-specifica-tion version with the touchscreen infotainment system withtheir automatic variant, a first for the carmaker and one thatis much appreciated.

But here is the big question, how is the new Dzire to drive?Well, based on Suzuki’s Hearttech platform, this car is a lotlighter than the outgoing generation, 75 kg lighter and thatcomes through in the improved pick-up. Keep in mind, how-ever, that Maruti has not replaced the DDiS diesel or K12 petrolengines from the previous generation. The version I spent themost time with was the “Auto Gear Shift” DDiS version, whichuses a five-speed AMT gearbox, the priciest Dzire in the line-up.

A few points on that. This is a solid implementation ofthe automatic gearbox on the diesel, possibly the best until now.There is a short lag, a sort of interruption in the power deliv-ery at slightly higher speed on the highway, but that is noth-ing more than what one would describe as a leisurely gear shiftand that is really nit-picking. Like all modern new Marutis,the Dzire handles superbly and has a wonderful ride.

But there are a couple of other issues. The new GST regimehas more or less removed the lower excise “loophole” that sub-four-metre cars enjoyed. Maruti has also become more con-fident in their pricing ability, so the top-end diesel AGS Dzirewe drove would cost over ten lakhs on the road, which is alot for a Dzire. Sure, the entry-level petrol model costs aroundsix lakh, but the new Dzire will not be cheap. And when youcompare the prices of the higher-specification manual versionsto that of the Dzire’s stablemate, the Ciaz, the gaps are not verylarge indeed. This is possibly the reason Maruti-Suzuki shift-ed the Ciaz to the Nexa network of showrooms. So while theDzire ticks all the boxes when it comes to performance andcomfort, it is the first Maruti vehicle in a while that may nottick the affordable cost box. But with the carmaker on a highright now, it is impossible to blame them for the pricing, becausethis is still a car that one would readily recommend.

Rising like a chimera, the magnif-icent Sun temple, about 106 km

away from Ahmedabad, dominatesits entire surroundings. Constructedby the Chalukya dynasty in Gujarat,the sand stone edifice with itsengravings of men, women, childrenand animals look on as the cast andcrew of the serial Aarambh call it aday. Two pigeons have the vantageview to the goings-on, seated as theyare inside the outer crevices of thetemple. The day’s heat has clearlytaken a toll on the actors due to theheavy costumes that they are wear-ing. Actor Tarun Khanna, whoplays Kayastha, breathes a hugesigh of relief when the leather armguard is removed.

Coming close on the heels ofsuccess of Bahubali 2, the callingcard of Aarambh is a screenplay byK. V. Vijayendra Prasad, who

wrote the movie too. Mounted on a lavish scale, shot

across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Mumbaiwith a lot of V-effects, Aarambhdepicts the clash between the war-rior Aryans, who are in search of aland to finally settle down and theDravidians who already possessedthis land.

The cast is certainly enthusedabout being a part of the mytholog-ical story. Khanna says, “It is every-one’s responsibility — mine, theother actors’, the production house’s,the director’s and even the channel’s,to justify Vijendra sir’s faith in all ofus. He could have chosen anybodyfor the casting, especially after hav-ing produced India’s biggest filmBaahubali. If such a writer choosesto make a TV show, it is our respon-sibility to make him believe that hisfaith in us is correctly placed.”

However, there is endless spec-ulation about this conflict betweentwo civilisations in ancient India.And when you try to weave fact withfiction for entertainment, it becomesa difficult task. Khanna clarifies,“This is not history. This is a ficti-tious story. Everything that we seeon TV is inspired from history.Thus, it is fiction plus history plusmythology because there is no actu-al historical record that Aryanscame in this or that year. It is allhearsay.”

Since it is all hearsay, derivingfrom a source based upon which thecharacters could be shaped, was dif-ficult in Aarambh. “An actor has tobe imaginative. We are taught twothings – first, take a reference foryour role and second, study. If boththese things are not possible or avail-able then you must use your imag-ination. So that’s what I did. I usedmy kalpana or imagination,”Khanna shares.

He does cite sources whichserved as an inspiration for him. “Inthe movie Sikander, the army ofPrithviraj Kapoor, who plays theeponymous character, gives up hopebut he encouragees his men to pickup arms again and fight. The sceneserved as a reference point as to theway a group of men can be encour-aged. To get an insight into a politi-cian’s body language and speech, Itook notes from the Hollywoodmovie All The King’s Men,” addsKhanna.

Using their imagination alongwith director Goldie Behl’s instruc-tions to make their charactersbelievable was not the only a chal-lenge faced by the actors. RajneeshDuggal, who plays Varun Dev, says,“On the very first day of the shoot,

I had to ride a horse with a 10 kgsword in my hand.” Duggal hadnever attempted anything even closeto this before. “So I took up the chal-lenge and gave it a shot. I had to doa couple of retakes and got it rightfinally,” he adds. He learnt that whilemounting a horse, if it goes up onits hind legs, one is likely to fall off.It is best then to hold the horse’sneck. But with a sword in hand thatwas impossible for Duggal toattempt. So he leant forward withthe sword in hand and got the shotcanned.

All the actors starring inAarambh have worked on both thebig and the small screen. Unlike teleserials which do not seem to end,this is a finite show and will not goon for six-seven years. It will end anytime between six months to twoyears though the exact duration isnot fixed.

Each character in the serial hasa never-before-seen quality. Duggal’scharacter is a bit akin to that of TejSapru’s who plays a purohit. “Mycharacter has an intuitive side.There are layers to my character andintuition is one of them,” saysDuggal. His character is fighting forhis father’s respect and dignity,

which he hasn’t received from theentire clan for all his life. He is alsotrying to seize the land where theAryans want to settle. This consti-tutes their fight with the Dravidians.Naturally, there is a lot of politicsand drama, war and romance in theshow.”

But with mythology, fact andfiction serving a melodramatic mixin this serial too, is that the wayIndian TV should continue or shifttowards more realistic formats?Duggal believes that, “It is better thattelevision has different genresbesides reality. People see realityevery day, in and around them, injoint families and wherever they go.Mostly big comedies, the ones thatmake you laugh and cry, those aremost successful because they takeyou away from your real life. That’swhat we also aim at.”

He feels that Pakistani plays arepretty close to real life. But Indianshows are at a different level.“Personally, I don’t watch saas-bahu shows. But if there is fictionlike what Aarambh showcases, thenit hooks me,” he says. He feels thatpeople switch on the television to beentertained and to relax. “There areaudiences who get hooked on to TVshows. If my naani, dadi or my momfind something interesting on tele-vision, they will keep watching itevery day. That’s the kind of audi-ence we also want, who watch itevery day,” says Duggal.

Aarambh is a fictional show andhas been created as a fantasy. “It isa historical drama and has its ownlayers. We have only done 10episodes but it is very intriguing.And when you get one hour of thatintrigue on the weekend, you arebound to get hooked,” says Duggal.

How does he pick the projectsthat he wants to be a part of? “FirstI consider whether I like the story.After that, what is my role in it andthen if I like my role, I go ahead anddo it.” He also looks at the set-up andthe producer. For Aarambh it wasthe writer. “I had signed this showlast June. I knew Vijendra Prasadhad written Makkhi. I knew he hadwritten Bajrangi Bhaijaan andBaahubali. What he has written forAarambh is no less. It is amazing.”

The loyal drinkers of“whisky on the rocks witha twist” or the ones who

preferred it with soda have beenswitching to a more colourfulwhisky cocktail culture. And thistrend is something that majorsare tapping into for expandingtheir market this summer.

As bars in metros arebuzzing with a new-foundcraze for whisky cocktails,James Pennefather, ManagingDirector, William Grant and

Sons, India, tells us, “It’s drivenby a combination of threethings: bartenders with betterskills, an increasingly vibrantbar scene along with drinkerswho have an internationaloutlook and are keen onexperimenting differentdrinks and a new demo-graphic of women.”

Few know that a whiskyworks better in a cocktail than

the traditional white spirits,vodka and gin, simply because ithas a bouquet of flavour profiles

that go with various ingredients.Some of the mixes that are a hit athome are Spey Tea, Oak fashionedand Solera Roso, all of which jellfamously with the lime and lemo-ny.

India is the biggest whisky mar-ket which provides a huge space forthe distilleries to experiment. RohanBhardwaj, the brand ambassador ofWilliam Grant and Sons, says, “Theglobal trendsetters of cocktail cul-ture are London, New York andSingapore and now Delhi andBombay are the lead runners fol-lowed by Bengaluru and Hyderabad.Over the last few years, some real-ly fantastic cocktail bars havepopped up across the country. Our

job is to help the bartenders under-stand whisky and to encouragethem to experiment with it. Lastyear, Glenfiddich launched its exper-imental bar programme in India,where a bartender collaborates withan artist and together, they work oncocktails. Bartenders have alwaysbeen excited about cocktails but nowcustomers are taking a keen inter-est in the toss-up. Besides, mostIndian bartenders have had anexperience working at five-starhotels in Dubai and Singapore andbring back their own specialties.”

Events such as whisky-tastingsessions and the celebration ofWorld Whisky day on the thirdSaturday of May have helped createan environment of true appreciation.Adds Bhardwaj, “We conduct a lotof workshops which include educat-ing people about Scotch whisky, thevarious types of whiskies and thecraft that goes into making them. Ipersonally take these tasting sessionsand travel around the country edu-cating people about the romance ofScotch whisky and what makes it the

most popular brand around theworld.”

Bhardwaj feels Indians are verycurious about accents and flavourprofiles, especially the single maltconsumers. “While we have a cer-tain audience that we cater to, thereare ambitious people who want toupgrade from one whisky to theother, just as they want to move for-ward, towards better jobs, better carsand better lives. There is a whiskyladder and our job is to make themaware of the different whiskies thatare available for them.”

Whiskies have also found theirway as the most preferred accompa-niment to Indian dishes, especiallytandoori kebabs and chicken. Thesmoky flavours from the charcoal-fired tandoor complement the strongmalts that are soaked into the meat

which triggers the taste buds.“American whiskey can bepaired with most Indian foods,

mostly the barbecued items,”shares Yangdup Lama, the

American Whiskey Ambassador. Lama feels that American

whiskey, with over 200 years of his-tory, is resurgent as they movedfrom barley and rye to using corn.“Now it is all set to take the worldwith its innovation and new agespirits with all the original recipesleading from the front,” he adds. Itcan be a base of cocktails because its“unique characteristic is the flavourthat comes from the new charredoak barrels like vanilla and spice andthe mash bill which has the combi-nation of grains that also adds to thefinal character. But the most impor-tant thing about American whiskeyis the use of new charred white oakbarrels that contributes to at least 80per cent of its character.”

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Located on the second floor above twodifferent pubs, each booming with itsown rhythm of music and life, Yeti gives

the impression of a sophisticated and whole-some eating experience. It is found in theheart of one of Delhi’s most attractive and elitetourist destinations which also happens to bea favourite haunt of the hipster crowd: HauzKhas Village. This location places Yeti in asolid position of attracting travellers, studentsas well as entire families.

Upon entering, we were greeted by smil-ing faces and engulfed by a warm and pleas-ant hospitality. As soon as the door closedbehind us, Yeti became a peaceful refuge awayfrom swarming youngsters and the crowdedbars, inside which they were seeking theirshelter. The interior décor was doubtlesslysplendid. It was inspired by the NamcheBazaar in Nepal, a village in the north east-ern region of the hill country. The villageserves as a gateway to the high Himalayas,which are Nepal’s greatest asset and point ofattraction. The walls were decorated with tra-ditionally embroidered textiles. The ambiencewas enhanced by soft, instrumental musicplaying in the background. The warmth ofhuman chatter surrounded us. We felt asthough we had been transported to a muchcalmer place and were in anticipation for themeal to follow.

When asked about Yeti’s speciality, thechef informed us, “Momos contribute toaround 20 per cent of our sales. Apart frommomos, we have no fixed specialty. Differentfood items are preferred by different groupsof customers. When we decided to featureHimalayan cuisine, which we have defined asbeing a melange of Tibetan, Nepali and Indianfood, I was a little unsure about it. However,once I started working for Yeti, I realised thatthe uniqueness of this melange is ourstrength.”

Even a brief glance at Yeti’s elaboratemenu would immediately inform you thatthere is much more variety for non-vegetar-ians than there is for their veggie counterparts.Our meal began with one vegetarian and one

non-vegetari-an dry thup-ka. Althoughthe tradition-al Nepalithupka isalways servedhot with noo-dles swim-ming in abowl of tastysoup, the oneoffered here,as stated inthe menu,was dry. Thev e g e t a r i a nthupka withits pale yellownoodles sub-merged in abright orangesauce, looked immensely appetising. Thesauce was garnished with herbs on top. Thefirst few mouthfuls were pleasant, but if youhave as low a capacity for eating spicy foodas I do then make sure you keep your glassof water within arm’s reach. The sauce wasspicy indeed.

The non-veg thupka’s chicken was notvery enticing and rather bland. The firstcourse had slightly lowered our expectationsof what was to follow. For drinks, we chosewatermelon juice and lemonade. While thewatermelon juice was brilliant, the lemonadehad a tinge of mango flavour. At first sight,the fancy-looking, easy-to-hold glassappeared to hold mango shake but a few sipsconvinced us that this was no ordinarylemonade. It kept our taste buds on edge, con-stantly trying to unravel the mystery behindthe creation of this cool beverage.

Our taste buds were primed and after ashort break, we dived into a vegetarian plat-ter which consisted four things: Bhutekochana, Aloo sadeko, Tingmo and Wai Waisadeko, with great gusto. The word “sadeko”implies that the food is Nepali. The chana was

warm and sumptuous; the aloo large, squareand cold as they are supposed to be, sprin-kled with sesame seeds. The Wai Wai con-sisted of chopped tomato, onion and corian-der, all of which playfully intermingled in ourmouths and unleashed a burst of flavours. Itwas the soft yet strong-steamed, hand-madebread Tingmo that acted as a palate cleanserin between the intense flavours.

We decided to consult the manager forthe dish he considered to be Yeti’s master-piece.He suggested Gundruk, dried and fer-mented radish leaves. They are slightly sourand come in different flavours. He also rec-ommended Daatsi, which is a wholesomecheese sauce. This is from Bhutan and isserved with Tingmo. These two are for veg-etarians. For non-vegetarians, the muttonmomos are a must-have. “The vegetariansshouldn’t feel left out and they can dig intospecial aloo momos. Our momos are fresh-ly made. The cooks will start making the bagonly after I place the order. Our momos take25 minutes to be prepared. But the wait is def-initely worth it,” he told us.

And worth the wait, it was. The aloomomos took the cake and virtually everythingelse for they were the highlight of theevening. The filling melted in our mouth withevery bite that we took. With each consecu-tive bite, the flavours could be predicted butthis kind of predictability was desirable; itmade me realise that the next time we come,we will surely be devouring these again. Themutton momos were equally impressive.

The advantage that Yeti has is that it catersto a variety of people. Behind us sat a groupof six friends who were enjoying themselvesthoroughly. Good conversation is alwayscomplemented by good food. But keep thefollowing in mind: if you are a college stu-dent, this might be the place for you to giveyour friends a birthday treat, but it’s not theplace to eat on days when you’ve forgotten tobring packed lunch from home. It is quitecostly. Special occasions can be celebratedhere. A fellow diner justified the wait time.“We have to wait 20 minutes for certain dish-

es to be prepared...that’s not too muchtime since we use that time to talk. Thisalso shows us that everything they makehere is fresh.”

Yeti has recently collaborated withthe Rastafarian culture-promotingCaribbean lounge called Raasta. Thecompletely contrasting cuisines createsa mystery about the reason for thisunexpected collaboration. Personally,we can confirm that there was no BobMarley reggae music being played inYeti. To experience that, you have to goto Raasta, which is right next door. Themanager said “There is no connectionwith Raasta’s culture and cuisine. Theonly connection is that the same com-pany owns both food chains. We havetaken over the brand now.”

It’s a Tuesday night, theworking week has just

started. I enter The Junctionexpecting lesser people.Frankly, with the “no non-veg” Tuesdays, clubs andcafés are generally vacant.But to my surprise, I seevalets working at a harriedspeed and a parking spacethat is almost crammed.

I enter with high expec-tations. On entering the café,I see people dancing onSpanish music. Behind me isa gang of boisterous 20-somethings dancing andscreaming. The divas in highheels totter past. “Is this the‘no non-veg’ Tuesday,” I asksomeone from the waitingstaff. “Saturdays are evenbetter,” he tells me.

The place is tastefullydone up in bricks, wood,lamps and flowers. Actually,a lot of flowers. It gives youthe feel of a European walk-in bar. It has choices galore.A dedicated corner forFrench fries, called Potet.Pizzeria, a pizza dungeonwith a beautiful clay ovenplaced in the centre. Manga,the Asian kitchen, bringsforth some deliciously freshhand-rolled sushi, dim sumsand baos. The Cellar willstack and serve wines fromall over the world. But holdyour horses because theplace isn’t completely readyyet and it doesn’t have theliquor licence.

I decide to sitat Pizzeria as it’sless noisy. A hugeglass wall parti-tions the kitchenon the other side. Isee the chef stick outhis tongue. “Iseverything ok,” I ask.Apparently he can’thear me and I canonly see him cook.

I order ItalianSmooch. As exotic asits name, the refreshingmocktail has me askingfor more. Made withfresh mint, lemon chunks,ginger ale, it somehowreminds me of virgin moji-to. Only difference, this istopped up with Coca Cola.

My undying love for piz-zas makes me order thesmoked chicken number. Itarrives with authentic Italiansauces. Uniformly cooked,golden crust topped with

juicy sliced chicken, plen-ty of molten cheese, itscores high on taste,

f lavour andappearance. Thespicy onion ringsare disappoint-ing. Not much towrite about it. Ihave had better.

For the mains,I move to theNorth Indianpalate. The Spanishtune by now haschanged toTimberlake’s Can’tStop the Feeling. “Igot this feeling inside

my bones, It goes elec-tric, wavey when I turn it on,all through my city, allthrough my home, we’re fly-ing up, no ceiling, when wein our zone,” he croons as myorder is jotted down.

When you have startedwith North Indian food, youcan’t leave without dunkingflaky naan in a handi ofcreamy, heart-clogging but-

ter chicken. The butter hassoftened the meat, seepinginto it and giving it its owndistinct flavour and aroma.The chicken is absorbentlyjuicy. The curry is equallygood. Not too spicy, not toosweet. It’s done perfect.“Butter chicken is the mostpopular dish here. We mar-inate our chicken with richspices and the gravies aremade over an hour of sim-mering,” executive chefAbhinav Tyagi tells us.

The dal makhni is anexperience in itself. Teamedwith jeera rice, it is coated inbutter and so scrumptiousthat it reminds me of myPunjabi friend’s tiffin that weused to fight over back inschool.

They say it’s somebody’sbirthday everyday and it’sstraight rude to not celebrate.In the party spirit, I end withchocolate fudge. What canwe say? It is a dig-in-as-you-like place where you arelooking to lounge away.

Do you love theflavours of

Japanese cuisine?How aboutpampering yourgastronomical budswith flavours ofBuddhist Zencuisine? Headstraight to theDonburi festival at the RED restaurant atRadisson Blu MBD Hotel, Noida. The flavoursgive every food lover a chance to explore andtry out something different from themainstream Japanese you are accustomed to.

The restaurant has a calm ambiencewith pastel coloured walls and sophisticatedwooden furniture which complement the restof the decor. The soothing music accentuatesthe atmosphere. But what is Donburi? MasterChef Raymond Sim said, “Donburi, is a onepot Japanese meal consisting of rice, chicken,some exotic veggies, which has an altogetherdifferent taste and texture. It is a dish whichone can eat while short on time. Besides, it isvery easy to cook.”

As we settleddown to browse themenu, Master Chef Simhelpfully made somesuggestions for us tomake the best selections.Our lunch began with aglass of freshly madewatermelon juice,perfect to beat thescorching Delhi heat.

The arrival of apiping hot bowl ofchicken manchow soupand some chicken andvegetable dumplingssignalled the start of themeal. The soup haddifferent flavours –oregano and pepper. Thethinly-sliced carrot and

chopped coriander addedtexture and aroma. Twodifferent kinds ofdumplings, one stuffedwith seasoned mincedchicken and the otherwith veggies likespinach, accompaniedthe manchow soup.

The delicious flavourshad us salivating for moreand soon enough the star dishDonburi was served. The rice bowlwith pan chicken, vegetables and eggs wasflavoured with dark and light soy sauce and ahint of sugar. It was nourishing food at itsbest. The garnish of caramelised and springonions elevated the whole texture and taste

of Donburi. The main coursewas hearty and filing which

satisfied all our foodcravings.

I decided to try yetanother popular dish,noodles with stir-friedchicken and exotic

vegetables. The perfectlystir-fried veggies in a

variety of sauces and freshhand-picked herbs

complemented the well-seasonednoodles.For desserts the unanimous choicewas mango and lychee ice cream. Freshly cutsweet-aromatic alphonso and a big scoop ofice cream with fresh chunks of lychee madefor a perfect end to a light summer meal.

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The ICC Champions Trophyholds a special place in the

history of New Zealand crick-et as it is the only global titlethey have won. The feat wasachieved in the 2000 editionplayed in Nairobi when theydefeated India in the finalthanks to a brilliant hundredfrom Chris Cairns. They hadalso reached the Final in 2009where they lost to Australia.

Around two years ago,under the brilliant leadership ofBrendon McCullum, the Kiwisproduced a splendid perfor-mance at the World Cup infront of their home crowd.

This time around, theydon't have the leadership ofMcCullum nor the support ofhome fans to back them. Butthey still have the twoleading bowlers whoplayed a key part intheir World Cup cam-paign, Tim Southeeand Trent Boult.

These two haveformed a formidablecombination for theBlack Caps ever sincethey got together as anew ball pair someyears ago. The keyweapon for both ofthem is their ability toswing the ball, thoughthey have certainother tricks up theirsleeves as well likebouncers and slowerdeliveries. They will bevery dangerous if theEnglish conditions liveup to their reputationand assist swing bowl-ing. The right-arm,left-arm combinationof these two can be verydifficult for batsmen to dealwith.

There are two other bowlersin the squad who can play animportant part. Adam Milnepossesses extra pace that couldprovide another dimension tothe attack while MitchellMcClenaghan is a left-armseamer who is handy in short-er formats of the game.

Luckily for New Zealand,there are a couple of very use-ful spinners in their squad also.Mitchell Santner has been anexcellent performer for theKiwis in the last year. In manyways, he is the rightful succes-sor to Daniel Vettori as like him,

he uses subtle variations offlight and speed to keep thebatsmen honest.

Jeetan Patel is another valu-able member of his side who hasbeen a regular feature in coun-ty cricket and hence, wellacquainted with the conditions.He too relies on old-fashionedmethods of foxing the batsmenrather than any fancy variations.But it is likely that he would bethe second choice spinnerbehind Santner.

The Kiwis possess a prettyimpressive batting line up forthe upcoming event. The twopillars of their batting line-upare Kane Williamson and RossTaylor. Williamson is consid-ered to be well on his way tobecoming the greatest NewZealand batsman of all time.However, in ODI's, its Taylor

who has been more pro-lific. WhileWilliamson's battingoozes with class, Taylorhas the ability to shredbowling attacks topieces.

Unlike Tests, thereis a third big performerin their line-up, MartinGuptill. On his day, heis as devastating as anybatsmen in the world.His big-hitting prowessbelongs to the sameleague as that of RohitSharma and ChrisGayle. He has alsoshown the appetite formaking big scores andis one of only five bats-men in the history ofthe game to score adouble hundred.

His opening part-ner Tom Latham hasquietly made himself a

very dependable per-former in ODI's. He is not afierce stroke-maker but a grafterof runs and has been very con-sistent in the last year.

The presence of CoreyAnderson in the lower orderwill cause headaches for otherteams. A big power-hitter, hecould demolish bowling attacksin the death overs with hispower and striking ability. LukeRonchi is another useful bats-man who can help build aninnings for his team.

As always, the Kiwis will bea good fielding unit. They havethe talent and the tools torepeat their success of the 2000edition.

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Aguttural roar of "Manchester, Manchester"thundered around the Friends Arena atthe full-time whistle.

Purely in footballing terms, ManchesterUnited's 2-0 win over Ajax in the Europa Leaguefinal on Wednesday was a triumph of huge sig-nificance for England's biggest club.

On a wider level, it was also a moment tocheer for the team's home city, grieving 2,000kilometers away.

Manchester was plunged into tragedy onMonday when 22 people were killed by a bombattack at an Ariana Grande concert in the citycentre. United's players were clearly moved bythe events and flew to Sweden with heavy hearts,vowing to deliver a display in their biggest matchof the season that would serve as a tribute to thevictims and their families.

That they succeeded in doing so was a tes-tament to their strength of character. It made thisvictory, in a largely forgettable match, one toremember.

"Yesterday morning, we were devastated,"said United midfielder Ander Herrera, dedi-cating the win to the victims. "But the manag-er told us the only thing we could do was to winthis for them. That's what we've done."

Paul Pogba scored off a deflected shot in the18th minute and Henrikh Mkhitaryan added asecond goal in the 48th by deftly hooking homea close-range effort from a corner.

In tough circumstances, United handled theoccasion better than an Ajax side featuring sixplayers aged 21 or under and playing in thefamous Dutch cluAb's first European final in 21years.

"I haven't seen the Ajax that I am used to,"Ajax coach Peter Bosz said. "They are not usedto play a final. It was all new for them."

For United coach Jose Mourinho, it wasobvious that the victory was a huge weight offhis shoulders, because of both the emotions ofthe last few days and the importance of thematch. Mourinho was thrown up in the air byhis coaching staff in the post-match celebrations,he rolled around on the ground with his son,and jumped up and down in frenzied fashionjust before United captain Wayne Rooney lift-ed the trophy.

United's season was always going to bedefined by this game. In Mourinho's first sea-son at Old Trafford, he has guided the team totwo trophies – the League Cup in February –and a place in next season's Champions League,the bonus prize for winning the Europa League.

"Obviously there's happiness from ourachievement," Mourinho said. "But if we could,we'd change the peoples' lives for this cup. Wewouldn't think twice. Does this cup make the

city of Manchester a little bit hap-pier? Maybe."

The planned pre-matchone minute's silence, in hon-our of the victims of theblast, rapidly turned into 60seconds of applause, duringwhich United's fans chantedpoignantly "Manchester,Manchester" for the first time.Both sets of fans came together ina show of unity, mingling happily out-side the stadium and in the city centre beforethe match.

It was billed as a clash between the efficien-cy of Mourinho's United against the swagger and

youthful exuberance of Ajax.United was the clear winner,the players imposing them-selves as much throughtheir physicality as theirsuperior game manage-ment.

"It was the victory forpragmatism," Mourinho said,

"a victory of the humble peo-ple; People who respect their

opponents and exploit their weak-nesses."

For Mourinho, that meant long balls toMarouane Fellaini, a regular attacking outletbecause of his height and physical presence. It

meant keeping a strong defensive shape and usingthe pace of Marcus Rashford on the break.

Pogba stood out, dominating the midfield inthe first half. Pogba and Mkhitaryan were United'sbig-money signings last off-season and have hadinconsistent seasons. They delivered when it mat-tered most.

United had little trouble keeping Ajax at bayin the closing stages and the celebrations wereeuphoric after the match, with Pogba producingsome dance moves in front of United's jubilantfans.

It was United's only major piece of silverwaremissing from its collection.

"It means the last piece in the puzzle," Mousaid, "a club with every trophy in football."

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The BCCI on Thursday invitedapplications for head coach's

post, sending a reminder to headcoach Anil Kumble that he will notget an automatic extension after hiscurrent term expires at the end ofChampions Trophy.

Interested candidates can applyby May 31st and will be interviewedby the Cricket Advisory Committee(CAC) of Sachin Tendulkar, SouravGanguly and VVS Laxman.

"To ensure a fair and complete-ly transparent process, a nominee ofthe Committee of Administrators(CoA) will oversee the entire processalong with the Cricket AdvisoryCommittee," the BCCI release stat-ed.

BCCI joint secretary AmitabhChaudhary said that board is happywith Kumble's performance but theyare trying to follow a due procedure.

"A process has been followed.There is nothing unusual about it. Hiscontract was getting over on June 20and we had to have a coach by June21. He can obviously apply again. Just

to make it clear, that BCCI is veryhappy with Kumble's performance.The coach will be chosen not by any-one in the BCCI. It will be done byGanguly, Tendulkar and Laxman,"Chaudhary said. While Kumblebeing the current coach gets a "directentry" into the interview process, thetiming of BCCI's announcementmakes it clear that the top brass hasnot exactly been happy with the leg-endary leg-spinner. The reason beingthe aggressive stance asking for amassive hike in central contracts for

players and his own salary. Hisstance on these issues and manner ofhis demands have not gone downwell with the powers that be in theBCCI.

"Obviously, he is in contention asthe current chief coach," a BCCI offi-cial said on Thursday.

"Obviously BCCI could havewaited till the end of the ChampionsTrophy to invite applications. Butthen no one should take his place forgranted," the source added.

"Kumble is bargaining for him-

self as well as the players. Fairenough but tomorrow if BCCIdecides to replace him, he will not bein a position to bargain. Some of hisdemands have been simply inex-plicable," the official said.

The BCCI brass is peeved thatKumble demanded 25 per cent extra"captaincy fees" for Virat Kohli as hetakes extra burden. His demands fora position in the selection commit-tee in capacity of being the headcoach has also been questioned in allquarters. Kumble's demand could bea deviation from the LodhaCommittee norms as it is clearlymentioned that only three selectorswould comprise the selection com-mittee.

As per BCCI constitution, thecoach or the captain attends selectionmeetings but they don't have a vote.The constitution needs to berevamped and the board are unlike-ly to consider most of Kumble's sug-gestions. They have already made itclear that they won't increase the cur-rent 26 per cent revenue that isreserved for the cricketers and wouldwork around that model.

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Having booked a spot at the knockout stage of theSudirman Cup, India will have to play out of their

skins to break the Chinese wall in the quarterfinals hereon Friday.

It will be the mighty Chinese who will stand inbetween India and amedal at the prestigioustournament.

China have two-time Olympic championLin Dan and reiningRio gold medallist ChenLong in their ranks andit will take a giganticeffort from India to getacross them in the men'ssingles. In the women'ssingles, Olympic silvermedallist P V Sindhu will also have a tough task irre-spective of whether she plays world No 7 He Bingjiao orworld No 6 Sun Yu.

World No 5 Sindhu had lost to Bingjiao at the AsiaChampionship last month, while the Hyderabadi has a3-4 record against Sun, who had beaten the Indian at theDubai World Superseries Finals last year.

Women's world No 4 doubles pair of Chen Qingchenand Jia Yifan and the makeshift combo of Bao Yixin andTang Jinhua have done the job for China and it will bean interesting contest for Ashwini Ponnappa and N SikkiReddy, who have shown the stomach to fight.

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Bangladesh took a huge step towards qualifyingfor the 2019 World Cup with a five-wicket vic-

tory over New Zealand in the tri-series finale onThursday.

The win at Clontarf promoted Bangladesh tosixth place, above Sri Lanka in the standings, withjust four months to go before the cut-off date ofSeptember 30 when the top eight are guaranteedautomatic qualification for the finals in England.

An unbroken stand of 72 between MushfiqurRahim and Mahmudullah saw the Tigers to theirvictory target of 271 with 10 balls to spare.

Mushfiqur finished 45 not out at exactly a runa ball but the partnership was dominated by asuperb innings from Mahmudullah who scored his3,000th run in his 36-ball 46, with six fours anda six.

He took 14 off the 47th over, bowled byHamish Bennett to make the last three overs a for-mality and fittingly Mahmudullah hit the winningboundary.

Bangladesh had the momentum going into thesecond innings after they had restricted the BlackCaps to 270 for eight, with just 62 coming fromthe last 12 overs as five wickets fell.

Tamim Iqbal and Sabbir Rahman then carriedit on with a second wicket stand of 136 with bothbatsmen dismissed for 65.

Tamim was caught at deep mid-wicket offMitchell Santner and Sabbir run out by the lengthof the pitch when he found himself at the same end

as Mosaddek Hossain.But despite Shakib Al Hasan holing out to

long leg with 72 still needed from 70 balls, it wasto be New Zealand's last success.

Bangladesh won in spite of a desperately poorfielding performance which saw four droppedcatches including man of the series Tom Lathambefore he had scored and again the ball afterreaching his 50.

He was eventually bowled by Nasir Hossain,playing his first match of the series, for 84 from92 balls with 11 fours.

The Black Caps also had a century secondwicket stand of 133 between Latham and NeilBroom who was dropped on 56; the miss cost only

seven runs as Broom swept to square leg and waswell held by the captain.

Latham's dismissal still left the Black Capswell placed on 167-3 in the 31th over and oncourse for a total of 300 but the wicket of the dan-gerous Corey Anderson led to a collapse - at onestage they lost three wickets for two runs in 11balls - and it needed Ross Taylor to hold theinnings together.

The former captain finished 60 not out, from56 balls with just six fours, as wickets fellaround him.

3���2������1��,������������,�1�Bangladesh still have two more warm-up

matches before their Champions Trophy open-er but captain Mashrafe Mortaza admits their five-wicket victory over New Zealand sends them toEngland with confidence high.

"The warm-up games will be important, wick-ets will be different from here but we will learnsomething from the games against Pakistan andIndia, so they are two big games," said Mortaza.

"We missed out in the first game againstIreland and the first game against New Zealandwas tough but we did really well in last two gamesand confidence is high at the moment."

"Mahmudullah is very experienced," said hiscaptain. "You can't buy experience and in our bat-ting side we also have Tamim and Shakib, whois not in the best mood but I'm sure he will comeback and Mushy and Mahmudullah are also inthe runs so hopefully we can go on from here."

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