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As Virat Kohli’s men take onPakistan in the final of the

Champion’s Trophy on Sunday,apart from a millions of crick-et lovers, betting syndicates andTV channels are equally excit-ed. TV advertisement rates dur-ing the cricket match, its pro-mos, and highlights are report-ed to be five to ten times morethan normal; while the battingsyndicate is dealing with �2,000crore booty for the match.

Gambling is legal inLondon, where the match istaking place. Indians can placebets through UK websites byusing their international cred-it cards and e-wallets. For thebookies, India is a clear

favourite, but an upset is notruled out altogether. Look at theodds: A bet of �100 on Indiawill fetch �147 if Virat Kohli’steam wins. On the other hand,if Pakistan wins, a �100 bet will

bring in �200 of profit. “India v Pakistan Final...

!!!!!!!! All TV execs around theworld are now cracking a nicebottle open to celebrate,” tweet-ed former England captain

Michael Vaughan.Apart from betting on the

outcome of the match, one canalso bet on 10-over score byeach team and total scores byboth teams.

With fans expected toremain glued to their TV sets,reports said that Star Sports ischarging �1 crore for a 30-sec-ond spot during the final.

Some of the major adver-tisers who have booked adsports in advance are: NissanMotor, Intel Corp, Emirates,Chinese mobile maker Oppoand MRF. Meanwhile, thepolice busted betting rackets inseveral parts of India, arresting11 people in Prakasam andNellore districts of AndhraPradesh on Saturday.

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While the Government ismoving towards disin-

vestment of Air India, theemployees of the national car-rier are ready to make person-al sacrifice to prevent strategicsell of the debt-ridden 64-year-old ‘Maharaja”.

Alarmed by the news thatthe Cabinet note is alreadyready for stake sell of Air India,a total of 21,137 employees AirIndia and its subsidiaries haveoffered to forgo a part of theirsalaries, perks, and other mon-etary benefits to save the coun-try’s biggest air carrier.

Some of them have writtendirectly to the office ofChairman and ManagingDirector (CMD) of Air IndiaAshwani Lohani saying it istime for them to make somesacrifice for the company whichhas given them so much in life.

“I wish to contribute a meredrop in the vast ocean of �50,000crore debt by forgoing my trans-portation claims for the past twoyears that amounts to morethan �2 lakh,” writes a seniorcrew member Anyanada Joshi.

While ready to launch amajor protest, they are alsowilling to face any hardship tosave the Maharaja.

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Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan on Saturday termedthe Naveen PatnaikGovernment as inefficient and

incapable and said Vikash(development) in Odishawould not be possible as longas the BJD is in power.

“There is no dearth ofwater, forest, minerals andother natural resources inOdisha. But Odisha remains tobe poor due to bad governanceand mismanagement. TheGovernment here is incapableof effecting development,”Chouhan told a gathering at theBJP’s Sabka Saath Sabka Vikashprogramme here.

He said the Centre hasprovided a whopping Rs 1,75,200 crore under various pro-

people schemes to Odisha dur-ing the last three years, butdevelopment has not beenmarked due to inefficiency ofthe BJD Government. “Throwout the Government, bring theBJP to power and see howdevelopment takes place in avery few months,” he said.

Stating that more than 105developmental schemes havebeen introduced by theNarendra Modi Governmentduring its first three years,Chouhan said good gover-nance is what that the peopleof the country have alreadyseen in these three years of the

Modi rule.He said Odisha people

have been deprived of gettingbenefits of various Centralschemes as the BJDGovernment has failed to prop-erly utilise the Central funds.

He lamented that whilethe Centre is giving Rs 400crore to Odisha every monthfor distribution of subsidisedrice among the poor, the BJDGovernment is taking credit bynaming the Rs 1-a kg ricescheme as its own.

On the occasion, SushantaMishra, who had fought theBhatli Assembly seat as anIndependent candidate dur-

ing the last general elections,along with over 5,000 sup-porters joined the BJP. Besides,Gobardhan Bhoi, a ST leader,and senior lawyer BishmadevSaraf joined the saffron party.

The BAargarh programmewas sponsored by theMahanadi Coalfield Limited.

Among others, BJP Statepresident Basanta Panda,Brajarajnagar MLA RadharaniPanda, Padmapur MLAPradeep Purohit, KuchindaMLA Ravi Naik, former Statepresident Suresh Pujhari, MCL,Sambalpur chief LN Mishra,party’s district presidentNarayan Sahu were present.

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In a sharp reaction to MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chouhan’sremark that development is notpossible in Odisha under thepresent dispensation, the BJDsaid Chouhan should first con-trol the uprising in his Stateborn out of killing of fivefarmers in police firing andthen advise Odisha.

“The Madhya PradeshChief Minister has stained hishands with bloods of farmerskilled in police firing. Heshould think of effecting

development for his State’sfarmers first. He should notgive any advice to the OdishaGovernment on development,”said BJD spokesperson PratapKeshari Deb.

He said Chouhan shouldanalyse what development hehas done for farmers in hisState even when the BJP is inpower at the Centre.

Similarly, party vice-pres-ident Surjya Narayan Patrosaid Chouhan’s remark onOdisha is very unfortunatewhen his own State is facingfarmers’ revolt and that hasbecome a national issue now.

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The Commissioneratepolice on Saturday issued

a show-cause notice to theNayapally police stationI n s p e c t o r - i n - C h a r g eSuryanaryan Swain and sus-pended police station Sub-Inspector NC Swain over thedeath of a Salia Sahi teenag-er Eshak Digal in a road

mishap on June 6.Eshak had been injured

in the mishap and rushed tothe Capital Hospital bypolice, but later was shifted tothe SCB Medical CollegeHospital in Cuttack, where hesuccumbed to his injuries.But as his family was notinformed about all this, theydid not have clue about hiswhereabouts.

After the body remainedunclaimed, the Cuttack policecremated it after three days.His family came to knowabout the incident after 10long days. Residents of SaliaSahi held a demonstrationbefore the Nayapally PSdemanding stringent actionagainst the errant cops.

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At least four people werekilled on Saturday when

police allegedly opened fire atstone pelters in trouble-tornDarjeeling though Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeedenied reports of police firingand blamed a “foreign countryand terror groups” for stokingfire in the Hills.

Four Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha (GJM) supporters —Bimal Sasankar, MaheshGurung and Sunil Rai and oth-ers — were killed when policeallegedly opened fire to dispersea charging band of GJM sup-porters who pelted stones,hurled bombs and even firedbullets before torching at leasthalf-a-dozen police vehicles atSingmari in Darjeeling, saidsources, adding the skirmish atSingmari, Ghoom in GoruBathan — famous for its scenicbeauty and highest railway sta-tion in the world — had furtherdiminished any chances of talks.

Besides, many people,including 19 policemen, wereadmitted to various hospitals inDarjeeling and Siliguri afterthey sustained injuries skirmishthat started after the policetried to stop two huge ralliesemerging from Patleniwas,sources said.

While State Governmentcalled an all-party meeting inthe wake of political tempera-

ture rising steeply, GJMspokesperson Binay Tamangsaid his party would “only talkwith the Centre and that too onfurtherance of the cause ofGorkhaland State and holdingof a judicial enquiry intoSaturday’s firing that killed fourof our people,” adding “there canbe no talk with the StateGovernment after they killedour four Gorkha brothers.”

The Chief Minister told themedia quoting ADG Law andOrder Anuj Sharma that policehad not opened fire. “It was theMorcha and not police thatopened fire,” Sharma said.

Also, she claimed anIndian Reserve BattalionAssistant Commandant KiranTamang had succumbed tohis injuries but soon retracedher statements saying “he isgrievously hurt and is fightingfor his life.”

Tamang had been rushedto a hospital in Siliguri, wherehis condition was stated to becritical, Sharma said.

She also claimed, “I havereports that some foreign coun-tries and terrorist groups of theNorth-East are backing thesegoonda elements in Darjeeling.

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At a time when violence hasescalated in Kashmir, Chief

Minister Mehbooba Muftiunderlined the essence of dia-logue and adopting democra-tic means and called theOpposition parties to unite forachieving the goal of reconciliation.

She said “neither guns northe Army” can bring peace totroubled Kashmir, ANIreported.

Speaking on the obituaryreferences in State Assembly,Mufti said dialogue is the onlyway forward in Kashmir andregretted that separatist leadersrefused to meet the All PartyDelegation led by HomeMinister Rajnath Singh in 2016despite she extended invitationto them as the president of thePDP.

She obliquely blamed theOpposition National Congress(NC) and Congress for the pre-sent upheaval in Kashmir.“These parties killed democ-racy in the past. Becausedemocracy was killed, situationhas turned violent,” she said.

She said it was the 1987election that actually created theongoing situation. “SyedSalahuddin and Yasin Malik arethere and I think I need not totake more names,” she saidreferring to rigged Assemblypolls when Salahuddin hadcontested the elections asMuslim United Front candidate.

She said the Oppositionmembers asked her to convincePrime Minister Narendra Modito hold dialogue. “Were theyable to convince the PrimeMinister in Congress era?Whatever happened (on thetalk front) was in Vajpayeeera,” she said.

She hailed Modi for visit-ing Pakistan and compared itwith 10-year tenure ofManmohan Singh who couldnot take up the visit. She regret-ted that Pathankot attack castshadow on Modi’s initiative.

She said dialogue has beenher party’s agenda. “Dialogue isthe way forward,” she said andsought cooperation from theOpposition parties. “If we canunite, we can get it (dialogue)done. We should put our headstogether to take it as a commoncause,” she said.

The CM said the peoplehave lost fear referring to inci-dents of stone-pelting atencounter sites. “There is nofear now.

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Bank Chor is like that upside downhouse showcased in KualaLumpur. Only, while the

Malaysian property is a crowd puller,Ritesh Deshmukh starrer is a completeput-off.

With such movies, you know thehumour will be of a particular variety, theretarded forced slapstick kind but in BankChor, even that is forced on you fromwithin the constrictive four-walls of abank. It takes an era almost for the filmto actually take off and in all that wastedtime it scripts a treatise of blunders,bumbling aimlessly from one locker toother.

By the time the director — and theplot — returns from its insane but inane

trip, it is much too late indulge in “der ayedurust aye” forgiveness by a totallycheated audience. Yes, amid all the troll-worthy inaction, there are sparks ofMumbai and Delhi humour capsulesthrough the three main protagonists.While the brash ambience of Delhiculture is brought out hilariously by thetwo bank chor assistants, the Mumbaikar“outsider” mindset is also talked about ina breezy manner that makes you smileand mutter ‘at least this they got right.’

Vivek Oberoi makes a mark only withhis moustache and rippling muscles cladin a tight black (command not CBI type)of attire but he is wasted in a “wait at thedoorstep of action endlessly” trap even asRitesh tries his best to save the film frominside the bank.

Bank Chor (trying to too obviouslysound like that common Hindi abuse),gives the phrase falling flat a whole new,unwelcome meaning. It’s best avoidedeven if it comes free to you.

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Aperfect holiday movie for kids andaccompanying parents too, Despicable

Me 3 is a perfectly scripted rollercoasterfull of pace, colour, laughter, fun and frolic,not to mention a near-perfect animationstory.

Bru finds a long lost brother in Dru (bothbackgrounded by Steve Carell) and then allthe action begins, after of course the mean-lean Bathalzar has re-stolen the pink diamondas big as that mountain you may havemoved the other day at work.

This third edition of the hit animatedseries sees Gru having turned from a supervillain to a super detective with three angelicdaughters and a love interest from the office.The ever popular minions and their tryst witha music reality show, a jail term and, of course,their return to loving Gru are the sidelightsof this cute film with overly accentuatedfigurines stalking the screen to your delight.

Gru’s twin brother is a blond breeze withan establishment so rich that the Sultan ofBrunei may have a complex. The two go ona chase to “steal back” the pink diamond andthe chase is quite some adrenaline pumperboth for kids and adults.

A must see threequel for comic whirls andsome animated violence. It’s a fun choice, fullof gentle morals, for a dull weekend.

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To even understand what is happeningin this biopic about the rise and fall of

American rapper and actor who wasviolently killed at age 25 is to firstunderstand the world of rap. Second, howthe music industry works. Third, to be ableto catch on the lingo that is commonlyused among Blacks, which is no easy task.

If one does manage to grasp all this,one may be able to sit back and enjoy themusic which was greatly influenced bysocial consciousness and Afro-centrism inhip hop music in the mid 80s and early90s. The problem here is that, even if oneheard any of his songs, there is littleconnect outside of his music even thoughthe film keeps talking about how he was avictim of a system that made him self-destruct just because he was Black.

Though why he let that happenappears to be a mystery, he knew thepitfalls and was repeatedly warned by hismother — an American political activistand member of the Black Panther.

Over all a movie for only those whohave followed his music and life.

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Do you believe in thesupernatural? In a realm wedon’t know of? Is a ghost

scary to you? &TV has come up with a ghost

story which breaks the notion thatghosts are to be feared.

A royal family celebrates thedeath of a tyrant elder Bakula Bua,not knowing that her spirit is backin the house after convincing Godsthat her family needed her.

So persistent is she that evenGods want to get rid of her and sendher back to Earth as a ghost.

Bakula used to be a dominating,aggressive, stubborn and intelligentwoman handling all the householdaffairs with an iron fist. She wasfeared and detested by all familymembers, so much so that thefamily wished she was dead.

On seeing her death beingcelebrated by one and all, Bakulaturns into a disgruntled ghostwanting to take revenge.

The result is a comedy whichbreaks the perception of a usualghost.

This one is all set to take revengebut realises she is the cause of all themiseries of her family. She tries toturn saviour and fix thedysfunctional unit. The show usesthe genre of fantasy to signal a socialchange, teaching people to be kind.

The high point of the show isthat it brings together veteranGujarati actors Sarita Joshi as BakulaBua and Aparna Mehta as her sister-in-law Rekha.

“We chose Sarita Joshi to playBakula Bua as she has a face whichis both stern and soft at the sametime. So, she can be tender andmischievious. She can depict a lot ofemotions simultaneously. As forAparna, we wanted to get her out ofthe saas mode. Besides, they are bothfrom Gujarati theatre and willenhance the characters,” says script-writer and producer Aatish Kapadia

The show also sports the messagethat destiny has a plan for everyoneand no one can escape it.

The show is different because ittries to break superstitious beliefsthrough a ghost and tells theaudience how the general perceptionaround spirits is totally erroneous.

“Why can’t a ghost just beanother person and why should it bescary was what I wanted to depict inthe show,’’ says Kapadia.

“I was wanting to portray anexciting character on screen for along time. When I read the script,it interested me and agreed to playBakula. I’m thrilled to be a part thisproject as the concept of the showis different. It’s exciting to be playingthe role of a ghost for the first timeon television. I love experimentingwith newer roles and I’m sureBakula Bua Ka Bhoot will connectwith the audience.’’ Joshi says.

The show, produced by JDMajethia and Aatish Kapadia, will goon air from June 24, every Saturday-Sunday at 8 pm.

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BJP leader Bijay Mohapatraon Saturday criticised the

Central Water Commission(CWC) for not trying to settlethe Mahanadi water disputebetween Chhattisgarh andOdisha. Mahanadi is an inter-State river and Odisha hasequal right over it, he toldreporters here following thestatement of ChhattisgarhIndustries Minister AmarAgrawal that as the Mahanadiis flowing into Odisha throughChhattisgarh, his State has thefirst right on its water.

Mohapatra said, “TheMahanadi has dried up inOdisha, and the construction ofthe Kalma barrage inChhattisgarh has further wors-ened the situation. If we don’tdo anything in this regard now

then our future generations willsuffer.” He opined that theCWC should immediatelyintervene in the issue and sortit out legally.

“The CWC should callengineers and officials ofChhattisgarh and Odisha andchalk out a ‘water-sharing agree-ment’ between them,” he said.

“The CWC should alsodirect the ChhattisgarhGovernment on the amount ofwater it should release duringmonsoons. During the non-monsoon months, the amountof water released is very less,but during monsoonsChhattisgarh releases large vol-ume of water for which severalparts in Odisha get inundated.The CWC should direct theChhattisgarh Government forreleasing water during both mon-soon and non-monsoon months,”

Mohapatra emphasised.“The capacity of

Chhattisgarh’s RavishankarSagar Dam is 348.700 metre,and currently it has 341-metrewater. However, currently thewater level in the HirakudDam (630 ft) is comparativelyvery low,” he said.

Mohapatra alleged that theOdisha Government has notdone much in this regard forwhich most of the Mahanadiwater drains into the sea. “TheOdisha Government had start-ed a Mahanadi Birupa projectaround three years back, butnot a single canal in the regionis getting water,” he claimed.

Mohapatra demand thatthe Odisha Governmentimmediately construct sub-mersible barrages on six rivers,Mahanadi, Karandia, Birupa,Paika, Chitrotpala and Luna.

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The construction workbetween Bolagarh Road to

Nayagarh Town railway sta-tions has been completed andthe sanction of ChiefCommissioner of RailwaySafety has been received by theEast Coast Railway to runtrain services. Now, Nayagarhdistrict will be connected withthe railway network from June19.

Minister of RailwaysSuresh Prabhakar Prabhu willdedicate the new section fromBolagarh Road to NayagarhTown of the Khurda Road-Balangir ongoing rail line pro-ject and flag off the extensionof Khurda Road-BolagarhRoad-Khurda Road passengertrains up to Nayagarh at 3 pmon June 19 through videoconferencing from the RailBhawan, New Delhi.

On the inaugural run, thetrain will run as a specialtrain from Nayagarh Towntowards Khurda Road.However, the regular service in

the extended portion will becommenced from June 20,according to an ECoR releaseon Saturday.

Around 58430 NayagarhTown-Khurda Road Passengerwill leave Nayagarh at 5 amand reach Khurda Road at 7am. In the return direction,58429 Khurda Road-NayagarhTown Passenger will leaveKhurda Road at 7.35 pm andreach Nayagarh at 9.30 pm.

Around 58,431 Khurda

Road-Nayagarh TownPassenger will leave KhurdaRoad at 7.45 am and reachNayagarh at 9.30 am. 58432Nayagarh Town-Khurda RoadPassenger will leave Nayagarhat 10 am and reach KhurdaRoad at 11.30 am.

Both the trains have 10second class seating and havestoppages at Khurda Town,Begunia, Rajsunakhala,Bolagarh Town PH andBolagarh Road stations.

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Black flags were waved atChief Minister Naveen

Patnaik by BJP workers atSatasankha in Puri district onSaturday. Three activists ofthe party were arrested inconnection with the inci-dent, sources said.

The BJP workers showed

black flags to Patnaik whenhe was on his way to Puri toreview the preparedness forthe upcoming Ratha Yatra atthe f inal Coordinat ionCommittee meeting.

Earlier in the day, fourmembers of the PuriSachetan Nagarik Manch andtwo Congress activists hadbeen detained by policeahead of the CM’s visit to thepilgrim city.

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The BJP on Saturday said itwould stage silent protests

on Sunday against the recenteggs pelting at Union TribalAffairs Minister Jual Oramand Union AgricultureMinister Radha Mohan Singh.

The BJP said the partywould also protest against therape and murder of a widow inDhenkanal district.

BJP vice-president SameerMohanty said that after thepanchayat elections, the BJDhas become bloodthirsty. Theruling party is determined toresort to violence against their

political rivals and all thosewho differ with the opinion ofNaveen Patnaik.

The patronage providedby BJD Ministers to anti-socials have endangered thelife and dignity of people. Butthe BJP would continue tofight for the rights of the peo-ple, Mohanty said.

Meanwhile, in a bid tocontrol the damage, ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik onSaturday condemned the eggspelting incidents and saidthere is no place for suchactivities in democracy.

Ironically, Biju Yuva JanataDal (BYJD) presidentAmaresh Patri had on Fridaythreatened that BYJD activistsmight hurl eggs at BJP nation-al president Amit Shah duringhis upcoming visit to the State

in protest against the Centre’salleged indifferent attitudetowards Odisha’s demand ofgranting it Special CategoryState status and for not resolv-ing the Mahanadi water dis-pute.

Reacting to the BYJDchief ’s statement, the BJP saidthe BJD is on a violence modeafter it lost several seats in thelast panchayat elections.

“We will continue tounmask the ruling party’sundemocratic and violent atti-tude. Both the Congress andthe BJD are trying to threatenus, but we will not be deterredby such threats. We are com-mitted to work for interests ofthe people in the State,”Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha(BJYM) State presidentTankadhar Tripathy said.

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The Brahmapur Bada Bazarpolice on Saturday arrested

four persons for their allegedinvolvement in the brutal attackon businessman RabindraSahu at Sarguna Street Squarehere on June 13.

They were identified asSantosh Kumar Panda, AlokDash, Heena Panda andKishan Behera of SargunaStreet, informed IIC SureshKumar Tripathy.

While Sahu was returninghome on his motorcycle in thenight, some miscreants inter-cepted and abused him atSarguna Street. Following aquarrel, they attacked Sahuwith a sword, injuring himseverely. They snatched awayhis bike and fled from thespot.

Sahu had to be shifted

from the MKCG MedicalCollege Hospital to a hospitalin Vishakhapatnam as hiscondition deteriorated.

Acting on the complaintfiled by Sahu’s wife Gayatri,the police conducted investi-gation. Apart from arresting

the accused, the police havetoo recovered the bike andtwo swords from them. One ofthe accused named Bagha isstill at large.

The motive behind theincident was past rivalry, saidthe IIC.

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Tension gripped the Hi-Tech Medical College and

Hospital here on Saturday asrelatives of a deceased patientvandalised the hospital allegingnegligence in treatment as thereason behind the death.

According to reports, oneRamakant Ray of Birajapallihere had been admitted to thehospital five days ago after hecomplained of chest pain. Hewas later discharged butbrought back to the hospital onSaturday morning after heagain complained of pain inchest.

Alleging that delay in tak-ing the patient to ICU over afee payment issue led to thepatient’s death, his familymembers created ruckus andransacked the hospital break-ing doors.

Police were deployed at thespot to avoid any further unto-ward incident.

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Odisha Tourism Conclave,2017 organised by the

Hotel and RestaurantAssociation, Odisha (HRAO)was inaugurated by GovernorDr SC Jamir here on Saturday.

Jamir laid stress on heritagetourism as Odisha has rich her-itage.

Addressing as guest ofhonour CII Odisha Chairmanand Nalco CMD Dr TapanKumar Chand cited Odisha asa spiritual, cultural and ecotourism hub and stressed onpromoting the State from one

of the tourist destinations to thefirst choice as tourist destina-tion.

He said the AluminiumAssociation of India is active-ly considering a proposal to setup an Aluminium Museum inBhubaneswar, for which itwould soon approach the StateGovernment for allocation ofland.

Tourism PrincipalSecretary Arti Ahuja wasanother guest of honour. Theinaugural session was alsoattended by HRAO chairmanJK Mohanty, who deliveredthe welcome address, FICCI’sRahul Chakroborty and HRAOadvisor Deepak Rathore andsecretary general SrinivasSubudhi.

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The alleged highhanded-ness and undue favour of

various Government depart-ments, including Industriesand Water Resources, toShyam Metallics has come tolight again in Sambalpur.

When the Governmentdepartments have failed totake any action against theillegal work of the firm insidethe Hirakud dam reservoir, itis the villagers of Panduloiwho have stopped the workand brought to light its illegalworks.

As per information, thevillagers of Panduloi sawShyam Metallics laying pipeline inside the Hirakud damreser voir to which theyprotested as this companyhas already got a water sup-ply line from the reservoir.They immediately informedthe Water ResourcesDepartment in Burla andSambalpur but to no effect.

“And as part of the pre-cautionary activities againstsuch illegal work that is surethe affect irrigation and restother activities, we stoppedthe work of pipe line layinginside the reservoir,” saidJagannath Meher and SubashPanda from Panduloi. “Weknow that Shyam Metallics inconnivance with officials ofthe Water ResourcesDepartment is doing the job,”they alleged further, addingthat this a regular practice ofall the industries.

When contacted, WaterResources Department SDOBK Mishra said that he wasnot aware of the matter. “Butif any illegal activities come tohis notice, then stringentaction will be taken againstthe company,” Mishraassured.

At the same time a seniorofficial of the Shyam MetallicsKC Dash said, “ The repairingof the first pipe line is onlygoing on as there are somedefects detected in it.”

But villagers are not pre-pared to buy the story as theyare sure that a second pipeline work is going on.

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The Commissionerate policehave drawn a lot of flak for

the recent death of a teenageboy of the Salia Sahi slumunder the Nayapalli police sta-tion.

Eshak (14), son of PabitraDigal who is slum dweller ofSalia Sahi, died at the SCBMedical College Hospital inCuttack where he was under-going treatment after beingshifted from the CapitalHospital following an accidentwith a bike in Bhubaneswar onJune 5 while he was returninghome from the Nicco Park,where he had gone along withtwo friends to do a catering job.

However, when he did notreturn home in the night, hisfather went to the Nayapally PSto register a ‘missing’ com-plaint. But the police did notaccept it even after repeatedrequests. After the fatherinformed the DCP, the policeregistered a complaint but didnot search for the boy.

Pabitra came to know

about his son’s death after 10days of frantic search. Afterbeing informed by a local busi-nessman, Pabitra found Eshak’sbicycle in front of a shop atBehera Sahi. He came to knowthat a biker had hit his son’scycle there. The boy had sus-tained serious injuries on hishead. After getting informationfrom locals about the inci-

dent, the PCR van rescuedEshak and rushed him to theCapital Hospital.

After his condition deteri-orated, Eshak was shifted toSCB Hospital in Cuttack.Pabitra came to know thatEshak died on June 6 at theSCB Hospital due to bleeding.As per the rule, his son’s bodywas kept there for three days.

As nobody came to claim thebody, police consigned it toflames after autopsy.

Ironically, theCommissionerate police whohave the punch line, “We Care,We Dare,” neither informed hisfamily about the accident norabout his admission in hospi-tal. After the death, withoutmaking any investigation ortrying to trace his family andrelatives, the body was cre-mated by police considering itan unidentified body.

Reacting to the incident,hundreds of irate locals ofSalia Sahi gheraoed theNayapalli police station onSaturday for negligence ofpolice including PCR van staffs,the Capital Hospital policeoutpost and the Cuttack SCBHospital outpost and demand-ed a high-level probe into thewhole episode and stringentaction against the police per-sonnel involved for such dere-liction of their duty.

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The Baleswar district hasbeen adjudged to receive

awards from the UnionMinistry of Rural Developmentfor its significant endeavour inimplementing the schemeunder the Prime Minister AwasYojana (PMAY)-G.

In implementation ofhousing scheme under thePMAY, while Odisha hasemerged has number one inIndia, the districts which havebeen selected to receive theaward in recognition to theircontributions includeSambalpur, Balangir ,Mayurbhanj , Sundargarh,Ganjam and Baleswar.

According to sources, thefelicitation ceremony whilewould be held in the VigyanBhawan New Delhi on Monday

( June 19) , the districtCollectors have been invited toattend the function.

It may be noted about twoyears ago, the Baleswar district’srank was 29 among 30 districtsof the State in implementingthe rural housing schemeunder PMAY-G.

“With the support andcooperation of line officialsand elected representatives, wecould achieve the feat. I havebeen invited to attend the felic-itation ceremony to be held inNew Delhi,” said Baleswar dis-trict Collector Pramod Das.

It is pertinent to be men-tioned here, Odisha while hasemerged as number one inimplementing the PMAY-Gfor the fiscal year 2016-17, thesecond slot has gone toTelengana and third position isshared by Kerala and Andhra

Pradesh.In March 2016, the Union

Cabinet had approved toreplace the existing Indira AwasYojana with Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana - Gramin as a partof ‘Housing for All’ by 2022Mission.

Under the scheme, finan-cial assistance is provided forconstruction of dwelling unitsand up- gradations of existingunserviceable kutcha housesfor Scheduled Castes/ScheduledTribes and non-SC/ST ruralfamilies living below the pover-ty line in rural areas.

A minimum of 60 per centof the funds under the schemeis earmarked for assistance toSC/ST families living below thepoverty line. The unit assistanceis �1,20,000 in plain areas and�1,30,000 in hilly States, difficultareas and IAP districts.

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Another incidence of aminor girl being branded

with hot iron by her familymembers to cure her illnesscame to the fore in the districton Saturday.

Sources said the 10-year-old girl of Reba village underBansapal block was brandedwith hot iron rod five days backafter she complained of stom-ach pain. The girl was lateradmitted to hospital after hercondition deteriorated.However, she is stated to be sta-ble now, sources said.

It may be mentioned thatas many as five children havebeen branded with hot iron inKeonjhar district alone in thelast 10 days. Local intellectualshave blamed poverty, illiteracy,lack of awareness and lack ofhealthcare facilities for the fre-quent hot iron branding inci-dences.

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Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik reviewed the final

preparation of the Rath Yatraon June 25 in a meeting hereheld on the Saturday in pres-ence of his Cabinet colleaguesand top officials of variousline departments.

District Magistrate ArabindAgarwal appraised the ChiefMinister regarding prepared-ness of various departments.

Shree Jagannath TempleAdministration (SJTA) ChiefPK Jena informed about theprogress of ongoing constructionof three Raths, about the neetisand assured timely performanceof the nitees of the deities.

The Chief Minister wasinformed about the progress ofvarious projects connected withthe festival being executed bythe PWD, the PHD, theDrainage, the Sewerage, theRailways, the National High

and the Puri civic body. Thethings that came for reviewinclude continuous supply ofpower, drinking water, essentialcommodities, illumination ofthe city and healthcare.

The Chief District MedicalOfficer (CDMO) informed thattwo units of heat stroke treat-ment centres would operatenear the Lion’s Gate area of thetemple to provide relief to thepilgrims. These apart, addi-tional 77 beds in ICU, emer-gency and casualty wards havebeen made. About 136 doctors,including specialists and a

good number of support staff,have been deployed in theDHH while additional staffmembers have been posted atvarious other hospitals alongvarious routes to Puri.

About 186 special trainswould ply to Puri during thefestival while 36 ticket bookingcounters would be opened bythe ECoR at Puri and manymore would be made opera-tional at other stations con-nected to Puri route. A first aidcentre at Puri railway stationwith ambulance would beplaced in service. Elaborate

security arrangements wouldbe made, it was told.

SP Sarthak Sarangiinformed that 125 platoons ofpolice personnel, besides hun-dreds of officers of variousranks, a number of RapidAction Force (RAF) and SOGbattalions and 2,400 homeguards would be deployed forthe smooth conduct of the fete.

HUD Minister NiranjanPujari, Revenue MinisterMaheswar Mohanty, PanhayatiRaj Minister PradeepMaharathy, Health MinisterPratap Jena and CultureMinister Ashok Panda werepresent.

The Chief Minister laterinaugurated the new Puri jailbuilding at Bangara spreadover in 25 acres of land builtat a cost of about �10 crore. Itcould accommodate 480 per-sons in the two-storied build-ing. It has a 25-bed hospitalbesides staff quarters. Apartfrom modern security systems,it is also has videoconferencingand other facilities for theinmates.

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After the Opposition partiesBJP and Congress on

Friday said they would protestthe rape and murder of awidow in Balikuma village inKakadahada area in Dhenkanaldistrict, Transport MinisterNursingha Sahu on Saturdaydemanded exemplary punish-ment, including death penaltyfor the accused in the incident.

Sahu visited the victim’s vil-

lage and spoke to the deceasedwoman’s kin and condemnedthe incident. “I strongly con-demn the incident. It is aheinous crime. I demand thatthose involved in the barbaricand inhuman crime be hangedto death,” said the Minister.

Meanwhile, the districtpolice on Saturday opened apolice camp near her house ina bid to instill a sense of secu-rity among the family membersof the victim and locals.

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Police retrieved the body ofa newborn girl chi ld

wrapped in a polythene bagfrom near a drain in RoxyHotel lane under theBadambadi police stationhere on Saturday.

Local police InspectorBN Pati said it could be acase of “stillbirth” from anyof the several hospitals in thelocality.

On Friday, the city policehad had too recovered themutilated body of a youthfrom the Bidyadharpur areaunder the Chauliganj PS.Locals said the body waspushed from a running auto-rickshaw, which sped awayfrom the spot.

The police later foundout that the body belonged toone Afzal Hussain (45) ofDewan Bazaar of the city.Family members allege thatAfzal was brutally murderedand his body was thrown onthe road to give it a colour ofroad accident case.

Afzal worked as an elec-trician, and he jad left hishouse on Friday morningwith two others telling fam-ily members that he wasgoing to Jagatsinghpur forwork.

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Acclaimed artists DeepakMaharaj and Salil Bhatt,

both sons and disciples of twoof India’s legendary artistsKathak maestro Pandit BirjuMaharj and Grammy awardeeMohan Veena, exponent PanditVishwa Mohan Bhatt, respec-tively, are scheduled to performat the Rabindra Mandap hereon Sunday (June 18).

The concert - Smritiyaan- isjointly organised by the NewDelhi-based Tabla Wizard PanditChaturlal Memorial Society andthe well-known BhubaneswarMusic Circle (BMC).

Chatur Lal, who passedaway at the young age of 40 in1965, was instrumental in pop-ularising tabla in the West. Heaccompanied famed Indianmusicians like Ravi Shankar,Baba Allauddin Khan, NikhilBanerjee and Ali Akbar Khan.His legacy is maintained by thePandit Chatur Lal MemorialSociety that is being managed byhis elder son CharanjitChaturlal, daughter-in-lawMeeta Lal, granddaughterShruti Lal and grandsonPranshu Lal, informed the hosts.

The evening’s concertwould commence with solo

Kathak recital by DeepakMaharaj from New Delhi, whobelongs to the illustrious fam-ily of Kalka-Bindadin gharana.Born in 1970, he received histraining from a very tender agefrom his father and started per-forming at the young age ofnine and also accompaniedhis father on many concerttours in India and abroad. Hewould be accompanied on tablaby Pranshu Chatur Lal and onsarangi by Ghulam Waris.

Similarly, Salil Bhatt, con-

cert would follow the Kathakshow, represents the tenth gen-eration of the famous Bhatt lin-eage. The 1971-born artist isthe creator of the Sattvik Veena,the instrument that he playswhile his father is known as thecreator of the Mohan Veena.Pranshu Chatur Lal, the grand-son of Chatur Lal, will alsoaccompany Salil Bhatt.

The late legend’s grand-daughter Shruti Chatur Lalwill anchor the event, the hostsinformed.

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To keep a tap on the grow-ing Maoist activities in

Odisha and neighbouringStates and to prepare a counterstrategy, a close-door discus-sion was held at the SW RegionDIG office here on the presentsecurity and intelligence net-work.

The high-level meeting washeld by Intelligence Bureau(IB) Director Rajiv Jain.Officials from Odisha andother States attended the meet-ing. Sources said the meetingdiscussed on various strategies

adopted by security forces inextremist-infested regions andnecessary changes in it.

While the OdishaIntelligence Director Sunil Royshared some vital inputs in con-nection with the anti- Maoistdrive in the State with Jain , thelatter spoke to SPs of Malkangiri,Nabarangpur, Rayagada,Gajapati, Kalahandi and Koraputon various issues like improvingintelligence gathering.

Among others, top officialsof BSF and CoBRA battalion,IG (Operation) RP Koche andSW Region DIG S Shyni werepresent on the occasion.

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Ahead of the BJD’s June 21youth convention in

Brahmapur, the party’sKandhamal unit leaders nar-rated various welfare pro-grammes undertaken by theState Government at a Pressmeet held here on Saturday.

Leaders like Saroj Karna,Duguni Kanhar, MLAs RajibPatra and Pradip Pradhan, for-mer MLA Debendra Kanharand party observerDhananjaya Reedy addressedthe meet.

They claimed that CM

Naveen Patnaik has beenworking for development andsocial protection of the SC andST people, farmers, labourers,women, children and theyouths. Roads and other infra-structural developments havetaken place and theGovernment is now working toensure pucca houses to all andprovide electricity connective-ly to all villages by 2019.

A large number of youthactivists from Kandhamal dis-trict would join the party’s pro-posed youth convention atAmbapura in Brahmapur, theysaid.

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ley, including the one on Fridayin which six cops were mar-tyred by Pakistan-basedLashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) inAnantnag, bear resemblance toMaoist-style attacks. Suchstrikes in which only policeparties were targeted havedrawn the attention of thesenior police officers towardsthis possible Maoist link.

Though there is no directevidence to suggest that the ter-rorist outfits in Kashmir are indirect touch with Maoistgroups, two recent strikes onJammu & Kashmir policemen

seem to suggest terrorist groupsoperating in the Valley havebeen imparting Naxal-likeguerilla warfare training totheir cadre.

In June 16 attack, terroristshad taken a cue from Maoistsby creating roadblocks to pre-vent free movement of pas-senger vehicles before ambush-ing the police party. When thepolice van slowed down due toroadblock near Kulgad vil-lage, the terrorists ambushedthe police party from all direc-tions.

They sprayed so many bul-lets that the cops couldn't evenmove to retaliate. Even thedead bodies of policemen layscattered along the road till

reinforcements were rushedto the spot.

The hiding terrorists wereaware of the route the policeteam was taking to reach theirdestination. That is why theydared to target them withoutfacing any resistance, and van-ished without any fear of get-ting trapped or tracked downby the huge presence of secu-rity forces in the area. Theambush site was roughly 6 kmfrom Anantnag town, officialsources said. Real time intelli-gence sharing helped thempick their target easily andcaught the police party, travel-ling in a non-bulletproof vehi-cle, off guard.

Earlier on May 1, 2017,

security forces were stunnedwhen a cash van of a local bankwas selectively targetted byterrorists in Kulgam area. Fivepolicemen and two bankguards were killed in the dead-ly strike.

Security forces operating inthe Kashmir valley view theincidents as an alarming devel-opment, especially in the runup to Amarnath pilgrimagestarting on June 29. The IndianArmy has already pressed fiveadditional battalions to physi-cally dominate the vulnerablestretches of National Highwaypassing through south Kashmirpockets and communally sen-sitive areas to prevent anyflare-up in the area.

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any country directly, I willrequest the groups of NorthEast not to back these ele-ments.”

There was a deep-rootedconspiracy in the Hills shesaid vowing, “I will never letDarjeeling get split from Bengaltill I am alive. Who will explainpresence of so much of armsand ammunition in a smallarea? So much of bombs andfire arms have been importedin that area. This is a conspir-acy to destabilise Bengal.”

Curiously her Cabinet col-league and Siliguri MLAGautam Deb, who is also incharge of Darjeeling affairs,earlier blamed BJP for “creat-ing mischief in Darjeeling.”He had been attacked withKukri (a kind of knife used bythe Gorkha people).

The immediate triggerbehind the incident was areported raid in BenoyTamang’s house, sources said.“My house was raided andvandalised by police,” Tamangsaid. Soon after police raid hugerallies converged at Patleniwas,Singhmari and Ghoom.

Tamang also alleged“Vikram Rai - a local journal-ist, was arrested last night. Raiwas associated with variousmedia houses based in Kolkataand was also a stringer for atelevision channel. If local jour-nalists are not safe inDarjeeling, who is.”

Once police tried to stopthe rallies clashes ensued. “Atone point of time the mobswere seen chasing the cops andeven rolling boulders from thehill tops causing many injuries,”though the GJM leadershipdenied any such attacks.

The Bengal Oppositionparties blamed Mamata forigniting the situation inDarjeeling through her “aggres-sive all-devouring policy” andfor allowing the situation togradually slip out of handthereafter by trying to handlethe situation with force.

Meanwhile in what seemedlike the Hill agitation is slow-ly spreading in the Plains theGJM and associated partieshad called a 12-hour bandh inDooars region on Sunday. Alarge number of Gorkha pop-ulation lives in Dooars-Terrairegion.

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and throws a stone near anencounter site,” she said.

The CM said there hasbeen resistance to talks inKashmir too. “When InderGujral said in Qazigund that hewants to talk, Farooq Abdullahdrove to the Assembly to saythat if Delhi entered into talkswith separatists he will be thefirst to go against India,”Mehbooba said.

She said on her suggestionto hold talks with separatists in1996, Farooq Abdullah react-ed tersely and declared todrown the separatists in Jheluminstead.

Later when Vajpyeeannounced a ceasefire inRamzan, Farooq said in theAssembly that he has asked hisDG to go and get the militants.

Earlier, NC veteranMohammad Shafi Uri said thesituation in Kashmir is takinga dangerous turn.

He said he was unawarewhat the Home Minister wastalking about when he saysKashmir will get a permanentsolution.

“Kashmir is on fire,” Shafisaid, “If you add to it, it willdevour all of us.” He suggestedthe Government to make thesituation favourable for talks,respect the people and themonth of fasting.

Later, the Special Session ofAssembly was hastily adjournedsine die without specific dis-cussions on implementation ofGoods and Services Tax (GST).

The Opposition NC andCongress raised anti-Government slogans andrefused to accept passage ofGST bill in its present form. Thesession was planned for fourdays but it was truncated with-out holding the meeting ofbusiness advisory committeethat formulates schedule for theassembly business.

Trade bodies and sepa-ratists in Kashmir have opposedimplementation of GST sayingthe uniform tax programme

would infringe the special sta-tus and financial autonomy ofthe State.

The planned rollout of theGST on July 1 across the coun-try would require concurrencefrom the State Government asthe Central ordinances andlaws are not directly applicableto J&K due to its special con-stitutional status, said sources.

The Special Session hadbeen called to endorse the101st amendment in theConstitution of India.

“It is embarrassing for theMehbooba-led Government toconvene a Special Session andcall it off on the first day. TheGovernment should have builtconsensus on GST before call-ing the special session,” saidjournalist Haroon Rashid onthe unprecedented develop-ment.

Earlier, Opposition legisla-tors created ruckus in theAssembly accusing the StateGovernment of killing andblinding boys and girls withbullets and pellets.

The Assembly had begunwith obituary reference on fiveformer legislators and GovernorGC Saxena but the Oppositionmembers insisted on inclusionof people slain during the recentunrest in Kashmir in the refer-ence.

Speaker Kavinder Guptastruggled in restoration of orderin the Assembly as severalmembers occupied the Well ofthe House and raised anti-Government slogans. An NClegislator Davider Rana accusedthe Speaker of being biased andworking at the behest of NewDelhi. The Opposition legisla-tors, including independentMLA Sheikh Rashid, blamedthe Government for continuinga spree of killing innocent peo-ple across the State. Sourcesaid the Government wouldconstitute an all-party panel todiscuss the GST implementa-tion before reconvening thesession for the purpose. Thismay delay the implementationof GST in the State.

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crew member of the historicInternational Women’s Dayflight to San Francisco thisMarch, has further stated thatshe always believed payingback her due to society she livesin. “Air india has been my fam-ily, my society where I feel thesense of belonging. The airlinehas given me 14 years of mem-ories and glory to cherish in,”Joshi added.

Some other employeeshave even dispatched hand-made crafts, paintings, artifacts,and name plates for the CMD.These have now been dis-played in the corridors of theAI headquarters, AirlinesHouse.

A senior AI official point-ed out that unlike in the pastwhen the employees turnedbelligerent in the face of evenminor policy changes, this isperhaps for the first time thatwhen talks of divestment are atadvance stage the employeeshave remained calm and poise.

“The employees have puttheir best foot forward in dif-ficult time. It’s touching,” saida senior AI official, adding, “In

future, they may also go onstrike, but that’s natural.”

Seven unions of Air Indiaemployees have written to CivilAviation Minister GajapathiRaju saying the employees are“agitated and apprehensive”about the issue and theywarned the Government ofmassive protests if a proposalto privatise the national carri-er is approved.

The unions have alsosought an appointment withthe Civil Aviation Minister todiscuss their concerns overAir India’s future.

Another employee of thegroup from Air India Expresshas written to the organisationrequesting that he may beallowed to work for few monthswithout any pay.

“After all I am what I amonly because of Air India. You(Lohani) have done and are stilltrying to do much for theorganization, I would be happyto see you continue on yourwinning streak and that AirIndia emerging winner withyou would be a moment to becherished,” said the letter ofSudesh Singh of Air IndiaExpress.

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Dismissing speculationsabout being a contender

for the post of President,External Affairs Minister(EAM) Sushma Swaraj onSaturday termed such news asrumours.

“These are rumours. I aman External Affairs Ministerand you are asking me some-thing which is an internal mat-ter,” Swaraj said when asked bymediapersons whether she wasbeing considered as a candidatein the Presidential poll.

The Minister’s name isspeculated in certain sectionsof the media even though theGovernment has not declaredits choice of candidate for thePresident’s post. The election topick up a new President will beheld on July 17 while thecounting of votes would be heldon July 20. June 28 is the lastday for nominations.

Meanwhile, Swaraj annou-nced the launch of 149 newPost Office Passport SevaKendras (POPSK). The POPSKwill ensure that people gettheir passports without havingto travel much distance. Thiswill be in addition to the 86POPSKs announced by the

MEA in the first phase. “We have set up a target

that no one has to travel morethan a distance of 50 kms to geta passport,” Swaraj said.

She added the MEA andthe Department of Post areworking to utilise 810 headpost offices to double up aspassport offices.

Swaraj said that when shetook charge of the Ministry, she realised that proximity ofpassport offices was the biggest hurdle in applying forpassports which is why theGovernment is now utilisingexisting infrastructure available with the Indian Post. The NDA Government

has in the last three yearsopened altogether 251 PSKsand POPSKs. Prior to this,there were 77 PSKs in thecountry.

Swaraj said more POPSKswill be opened in the thirdphase after the completion of mapping and checking theviability of the post offices.

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In view of rising threat fromIslamic terror groups, an

Eminent Persons Group (EPG)of India and Indonesia hassuggested enhancing bilateralcooperation in combating ter-rorism, terrorist financing,money laundering, armssmuggling, trafficking inhuman beings and cybercrime.It also recommended that thetwo countries should learnfrom each other’s experience onderadicalisation.

The EPG added that therewas a need for greater interac-tion between the security forcesof India and Indonesia for abetter understanding of theDaesh (ISIS) and threats posedby it. “A preventive architectureto counter the physical threatsand sharing of intelligenceneeds to be established. Bothcountries have segments ofpopulations which could besusceptible to radical propa-ganda. There is a need forcountering the propagandawith pragmatic narratives.Exchange of best practices ofthese moderate narratives isrequired,” the EPG said in itsreport submitted to bothGovernments recently.

While the Indian Govern-ment is yet to formalise aderadicalisation policy, Maha-rashtra last year rolled out aprogramme for its minoritycommunity to counter bothhome-grown extremism andthe Islamic State (IS) threat.Moreover, national securityagencies have over the lastcouple of years dissuaded sev-eral Indians from joining ISISin Syria and Iraq. Indonesia, onthe other hand, has a nationalderadicalisation programme torehabilitate terror sympathisersand bring them back to themain stream. This includesinvolving the families of the ter-rorists and sympathisers towean them away from violence.

The EPG also talked aboutthe need for continuation of

annual Army-to-Army stafftalks; examining the feasibili-ty of upgrading the currentjoint military exercises from theplatoon to the company leveland introduction of commandpost exercises alongside thecombined exercises. They rec-ommended the launch of a dia-logue on cyber security issues.

The India-IndonesiaEminent Persons’ Group (II-EPG) was established to reviewIndia-Indonesia relations andexplore ways to widen theexisting cooperation towards asustainable long-term strategicpartnership. The group metthrice in 2016 to review therelations between the twocountries and suggested waysfor future cooperation.

It suggested that the twoGovernments may considerelevating the existing strategicpartnership to a ‘NewComprehensive StrategicPartnership.’

There was some kind ofsynergy in thoughts on theChina’s dominance in theSouth China Sea. While theIndian members of the EPGobserved that China’s MaritimeSilk Route and One Belt, OneRoad initiative were designedas strategic projects to expandChina’s influence along itsperiphery and to give it keynaval bases and outposts acrossthe Indian Ocean littoral, themembers noted that Indonesiatoo had been affected byChina’s maritime incursionsinto Indonesian waters off theNatuna Islands. It was sug-gested that the two nationsshould work together to pro-mote respect for the law of thesea in the South China Sea andthe Indian ocean, includingfreedom of navigation.

The group further recom-mended that there was a needto develop infrastructure, secu-rity capabilities in the maritimesector. It was suggested to pur-sue Defence cooperation inthe areas of expanding com-bined patrols.

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Puducherry unit of the BJPon Saturday charged the UT

Government with failing stu-dents in procuring seats forthem in self-financing deemeduniversities for Post Graduatemedical courses underGovernment quota.

BJP’s local unit president VSaminathan told reporters herethat every year the governmentwas proving its “inefficiency” ingetting seats under theGovernment quota for profes-sional courses in keeping withthe stipulation that 50 per centof the total seats should be ear-marked for students under thequota.

Students in Puducherryfaced difficulty this year andthe intervention of Lt GovernorKiran Bedi in the admissionissue has enabled the aspirantsfor PG courses to get the seatsthrough a judicial remedy, headded.

Saminathan also scoffedat the initiative of the Congressgovernment to amend theUnion Territories Act 1963 tocurtail the powers of the LtGovernor.

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Telugu Desam Party MP JCDiwakar Reddy, who has

been barred from flying byseven domestic airlines inIndia over his unruly behav-iour, surprised everybody bytaking an international flight toleave for Europe.

Diwakar Reddy, who isfacing all round flak after hecreated ruckus at the Visakah-apatanam airport on Thursdayand misbehaved with the staffof IndiGo airlines, boardedEmirates flight at HyderabadInternational Airport to Dubaienroute to Paris last night. Hewas accompanied by 11 mem-bers of his family.

His brother and MLA J CPrabhakar Reddy said that histour was planned much inadvance and it was an annualroutine for the family to take avacation. “It has nothing to dowith what happened over thelast two days. His trip abroadwas not planned over night. Itwas there on the agenda for along time,” he said.

Before his departureDiwakar Reddy maintainedthat he will not tender any apol-ogy to anybody as he had donenothing wrong.

Talking to media, theAnantapur MP said that hewould fight against the treat-ment meted out to him andraise the matter in Lok Sabha.“Self respect is more importantto me than any other thing,” hesaid adding that if needed hewill resign from the Lok Sabha.

“I will write to the CivilAviation Ministry on my returnfrom Paris about the incidentat Vizag airport and how I ambeing made a scapegoat,” hesaid. He demanded actionagainst the IndiGo staff fordeliberately denying him theBoarding Pass.

Reddy alleged that the air-lines were fleecing the passen-gers by making over bookingsand denying the boarding pass-es to the passengers to makemore money on the subsequentflight tickets. “I am collectingall the details and I will fight toprotect my rights as a citizenand MP,” he said.

Reddy’s abusive behaviorwith the IndiGo staff after hewas refused boarding pass forcoming late, has earned him aban by almost all the domesticairlines. However, even afterthe incident, IndiGo was forcedto issue him a boarding passand allow him to travel by the

same fight has raised many aneyebrows. Questions werebeing raised, who had forcedthe airlines to issue the board-ing pass even though the MPhad come much after the stip-ulated time of 45 minutesbefore the take off.

It was understood thatUnion Civil Aviation MinisterP Ashok Gajpati Raju, whobelongs to the same TDP asDiwakar Reddy might haveintervened on his behalf. Butamid the growing criticism, theMinister has washed his handsoff and said that he had notmade any intervention. Takinga serious note of the incident,the Minister has ordered ahigh level probe and asked fora report from the Visakhap-atanam airport authorities.

The entire episode haslanded the TDP and its presi-dent N Chandrababu Naidu inembarrassment. Even Naiduwas not aware of Reddy’s plansto fly out of the country in themidst of controversy. He left ata time when Naidu had con-vened a meeting of party lead-ers from Anantapur district toresolve the issue by persuadingReddy to tender an apology.Now they will have to wait tillReddy’s return next month.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation has regis-

tered a case in the allegedmurder of Anurag Tiwari, 36,an IAS officer of 2007 batchof Karnataka cadre on therequest of Uttar PradeshGovernment.

The CBI took up theinvestigation of the FIR No.411, earlier registered onu/s 302 of IPC at PoliceStation Hazratganj, DistrictLucknow (Uttar Pradesh)against unknown personson a complaint of his elderbrother.

Anurag Tiwari wasfound dead under mysteri-ous circumstances on themiddle of the road near theState guest house on MeeraBai Marg in Lucknow on

May 17. He was staying inthe same guest house alongwith UP cadre IAS batch-mate Prabhu Narain Singh,who is currently posted asvice-chairman of LucknowDevelopment Authority, forthree days before the inci-dent.

Post-mortem had indi-cated that Anurag Tiwarihad died of asphyxia.

In the FIR, thedeceased’s brother said theTiwari was working on somecase which could have expo-sed a big scam. He said hisbrother was under tremen-dous pressure for the last fewmonths and had alsoinformed him that his lifewas under threat.

A team from the CBIhas reached Lucknow forfurther investigation.

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Kerala took a big leap in thedevelopment of modern

urban transport infrastructureon Saturday with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi ded-icating to the nation the firstphase of the grand Kochi Metrorail system. Inaugurating thedream project of the entireState, Modi called for bringingabout a paradigm shift in urbanplanning by adopting a people-centric approach.

After cutting the ribbon toopen the 13.2-km Aluva-Palarivattom first reach of the�5,181-crore Phase 1 of KochiMetro project, the PrimeMinister took a short inaugur-al ride on the Metro accompa-nied by Governor P Sathasi-vam, Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan, Union Urban Develo-pment Minister VenkaiahNaidu, India’s Metro Man ESreedharan and others.

Speaking after inaugurat-ing the eighth and the fastest-completed Metro project in thecountry at Kaloor in the city,Modi called for bringing abouta paradigm shift in urban plan-ning. “Over the past threeyears, my Government hasplaced special focus on overallinfrastructure development ofthe nation,” he said.

Congratulating the entireKeralites over the big achieve-ment the State’s commercialcapital had made with thecompletion of the Metro, Modisaid the establishment of themass rapid transport systemwas necessary for the city,famous as Queen of Arabian

Sea and for its place in spicestrade and tourism, as its pop-ulation was expected to touch23 lakh by 2021.

Showering praises on allthose who had worked behindthe project, the Prime Ministerlisted out a number of firstsachieved by the Kochi Metro:In embracing modern technol-ogy, adopting a PPP model forticketing, efforts to attain zero-emission standards, grantingemployment to nearly 1,000women and 23 people belong-ing to the transgender section,etc.

Modi also highlighted theachievements the UnionGovernment had made in thepast three years especially inroad, rail, and power sectorsand in ironing out issues inthese sectors. He also said thathis Government was alsofocusing on next-generationinfrastructure, including logis-tics, digital tech and gas.

Referring to the ambitious,

multipurpose and multimodalplatform, PRAGATI (ProactiveGovernance and TimelyImplementation), Modi said,“In Pragati meetings, I havepersonally reviewed nearly 175projects worth more than �8lakh and resolved bottlenecks.

Minister Venkaiah Naidu,who released the Kochi Onesmart card that could be usedfor travel on the Metro and sev-eral other purposes, congratu-lated the people of Kerala bypointing out that the Metro hadbeen completed in record time.

Speaking at the inauguralfunction, Chief MinisterPinarayi said the fast and effi-cient execution of the KochiMetro was Kerala’s message toinvestors that projects could becompleted in the State in time.“We never had any doubt overwho should inaugurate theMetro as it is part-funded bythe Centre,” he said, hopingthat the Centre would contin-ue to extend its cooperation.

The star of the day, how-ever, was Metro ManSreedharan, principal advisorto the DMRC which had exe-cuted the construction of theMetro who had weathered sev-eral harsh difficulties to ensurethe materialisation of the State’sdream project. Sreedharanshared the dais with the PrimeMinister and accompanied himon his first Metro ride despitethe initial confusion over hisalleged exclusion from the pre-liminary list of invitees.

When Elias George, man-aging director of Kochi MetroRail Ltd, welcomed Sreedharanto the function saying, “OurMetro wouldn’t have achievedcompletion without his dedi-cation and commitment,” theapplause from the audiencelasted several minutes. “It wasSreedharan’s extraordinaryleadership quality that had ledto the success of the project,”said Pinarayi.

Normal services of KochiMetro, a Centre-State jointventure, will start on Monday.Initially, 290 services will becarried out a day using world-class, state-of-the-art three-cartrains between 6.00am and10.00 pm between Aluva andPalarivattom covering 13.26KMs and 11 stations. The five-kilometre second reach isexpected to be operationalwithin a short time.

The concept of KochiMetro was formulated as backas in 2004 and the foundationstone for the project was laid bythen Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh on September 13,2012 and work started onDecember on June 7, 2013. Oncompletion of Phase 1, theKochi Metro will cover 25kilometres touching 22 sta-tions from Aluva to Pettah inThrippunithura.

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Normal life came to a grind-ing halt in Kashmir Valley

on Saturday following sepa-ratist groups’ call for shut-down against civilian killingsand traders’ opposition toimplementation of GST.

Shops, business establish-ments and educational institu-tions remained shut and pub-lic transport was off the roads.The authorities napped mobileinternet, halted train serviceand postponed KashmirUniversity exams while heavydeployments of police andparamilitary forces were madein sensitive areas.

The situation remainedtense in south Kashmir regionwhere 11 people, including 6policemen, three terrorists andtwo civilians were killed in twoseparate violent incidents inAnantnag district on Friday.

Bodies of three LeT ter-rorists were retrieved from thedebris of three residential hous-es, which were destroyed dur-ing a prolonged gunfight atArwani village. During thegunfight, a top-ranking com-mander of LeT, Junaid Mattoo,along with his two associatesNasir Wani of Heff village andAdil Mushtaq Mir of Pamporewere killed. Thousands of peo-ple took part in the funeral ofslain terrorists as police hand-ed over the bodies to their rel-atives . At least ten terroristsappeared at the funeral of Waniand Mattoo to offer gun salute.

Meanwhile, police heldseparate wreath laying cere-monies to pay tributes to sixpolicemen.

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Declining to reveal thenames of candidates being

considered by the NDA for theforthcoming Presidential polls,BJP national president AmitShah said on Saturday said thathis party wasopen to con-sider thenames fromall quarters and would reveal itschoice when his party leaderswould meet Opposition partyleaders for the second round oftalks.

Talking to media personshere, Shah said that there wasno merit in the Opposition’sargument that while on onehand the Government wastalking about a consensus onthe choice of Presidential pollnominee, while on the other itwas not disclosing its choice ofcandidates.

“It is all about the kind ofglasses that the Opposition islooking at the situation from.If we had gone to them (theOpposition) with our name,the Opposition would havesaid that the Government has

come to us after deciding itsnominee,” the BJP chief said.

Queried if the BJP wouldbroach the name of its candi-date when its leaders meet theOpposition leaders next time tobuild consensus on the choiceof Presidential poll nominee,

Shah said“We will defi-nitely go tot h e

Opposition parties with ourname(s) and hold discussionswith them. Had they given ussome names earlier, we wouldhave considered them by now”

When his attention wasdrawn to the two names — RSSchief Mohan Bhagwat andAgriculture Scientist MSSwaminathan — that the ShivSena has proposed for thePresidential polls, Shah came upwith a counter poser to the jour-nalist. “We are open to all sug-gestions. If you have somename, please do let us know. Wewill consider that as well... Afterall the Sena is our ally. We willdeliberate on all suggestions,consult all our allies and decideon the nomination for thePresidential polls,” he said.

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After Assam and Mizoram,flash floods and landslide

hit Meghalaya on Saturdaykilling three people and injur-ing nine others besides demol-ishing several houses. Two oth-ers in the locality are missing.

The incident took place atan industrial area near Umiamin Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi dis-trict bordering Assam, Ri BhoiDeputy Commissioner CPGotmare said while addingthat rescue works have been ondespite inclement weather.

“A landslide was reportedfrom Tharia area near UmiamIndustrial area and so far wehave confirmed informationabout the death of three per-sons,including Laba Mahanta,Babi Mahanta and ShantiLama. Two others , including awoman and daughter —Kristina and Rina Lama — arestill missing,” the DC said.

Nine other residents of thearea were injured during theincident and the landslide have also caved in many hous-es in the area wrecking havocon the people.

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Samajwadi Party leader AzamKhan said that he was ready

for a probe by the CentralBureau of Investigation intoalleged financial irregularitiesin Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards.

Khan accused the BJPGovernment of recommendinga CBI probe with ulteriormotive of humiliating Muslimsand communal polarisation.

“Let them do whateverthey want against me. I am notconcerned. The Governmentcould do anything against me.The Minister has no role inaffairs of the Waqf boards asthey are autonomous bodiesand competent to manage theiraffairs. The BJP Government’ssole objective is to create com-munal hatred,” alleged Khan ina statement issued at Rampuron Saturday.

The SP leader continued, “Ias Minority Affairs Minister inthe previous Government hadrecommended a CBI probeinto irregularities in WaqfBoards. Chairman of Shia Waqf

board Wasim Rizvi had alsowritten to the UP Governmentrecommending a CBI probe,”said Khan.

Condemning the YogiGovernment for dissolution of the Waqf Boards, Khan said, “I condemn the StateGovernment’s move. Waqfboards in the State are consti-tuted as per the Central WaqfAct and there is no provisionfor dissolution of boards in the law.”

Claiming that no financialirregularities took place in theWaqf Boards during his tenureas Minister of Waqfs andMinority Affairs, Khan said,“There is a long list of devel-opment works in MinorityAffairs Department which areheld up for various reasons.Whatever money was spent noaccount is available with theState Government.”

Meanwhile, the UttarPradesh Government sackedsix of the ten members of Shiawaqf board, who were nomi-nated by the previous Akhileshyadav Government.

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President PranabMukherjee on Saturday

dedicated the last section ofthe f irst phase of theBengaluru Metro Rail Project,popularly known as ‘NammaMetro’ to the city residents.

The public transport sys-tem, implemented jointly bythe Union and the KarnatakaGovernments, is aimed at pro-viding efficient and environ-ment-friendly transport optionto the residents of Bengaluru,a city of estimated 10 millionpeople.

The metro project wasconceptualised as a viable solu-tion at a time when the pres-sure on roadways communi-cation is worryingly increasing.The project — totalling 42.3kilometre in length — wasstarted in 2008, and 31 km havebeen opened in different phas-es in the past. The last section,measuring 11.3 kilometre wasopened on Saturday. It hasbeen built at a cost of �13,845crore.

Mukherjee, the chief guestat the inauguration, said organ-ising transportation for largecities with population of 3-5million is a “serious challenge”for the Government.

“Urban transportation isposing a serious challenge toIndia’s development,” thePresident said after inaugurat-ing the service remotely fromthe Vidhan Soudha.

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expressed confidence thatthe security agencies wouldsoon gain control over thesituation in the strife-tornState of Jammu&Kashmir.

On the worsening situ-ation in Kashmir, Shah said:“You cannot evaluate thesituation in J&K on thebasis of incidents that tookplace during the last five toseven months. There havebeen many such phasesfrom 1989 to 2017. Thesephases have lasted three tofive months during whichwe have witnessed violenceover the years.”

Referring to the recentincidents in J&K, he said“Whenever the securityagencies gained upper handover the situation, thesekind of incidents have takenplace, but I can tell you con-fidently that in shortestpossible time, the securityagencies will gain controlover the situation in J&K.”

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The task force on employmentdata headed by NITI Aayog

Vice-Chairman ArvindPanagariya is likely to finalise rec-ommendations next week, anofficial said on Saturday. ThePrime Minister’s Office last monthconstituted the task force to sug-gest solutions for having timely andreliable employment data for pol-icy making. The Prime Ministerhad directed to complete the taskexpeditiously so that policies onemployment can be formulated onthe basis on credible data.

“The task force will be com-pleting the recommendations inthe next week,” Labour SecretaryM Sathiyavathy told reportershere. Labour Minister BandaruDattatreya said the employmentgeneration data is not capturedproperly for which steps need totaken by the Government.

The unemployment rate in thecountry is decreasing and employ-ment generation has gone up dueto various schemes like MundraYojana and Digital India, he said.Asked whether the group willcome out with any new employ-ment numbers, the labour secre-

tary said, “The task force will onlygive recommendations on how weshould go about the survey or anyother methodology to reflect theactual employment generation inthe country.” “The quarterly reportthat is coming out of LabourBureau ... The sample size is verysmall. It covers only eight sectors.It is an enterprise-based survey cov-ering about 10,600 enterprises. Thebiggest challenge is that this surveycovers those enterprises that havemore than 10 people.” She claimedthat 98.5 per cent of enterprises inIndia have less than 10 employeeswhich are not covered under thesurvey and there is need to expandthe survey so that the data reflectsactual reality.

“The idea of the task force isto focus on these issues and ensurethat we come up with somemethodology wherein we comeout with survey or any other wayof data analytics, (where) the realsituation on ground gets reflected.”After the global financial crisis in2008, the Labour Bureau hadstarted a quarterly survey ofemployment in eight sectorsincluding leather, textiles and infor-mation technology to gauge theimpact of slowdown on jobs.

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Tata Sons will acquire TataSteel's around 2.85 per cent

stake in the group’s auto ventureTata Motors (TMs) on or afterJune 23. Tata Sons will buyabout 8.36 crore shares of TataMotors held by Tata Steel at oraround the prevailing price ofthe stock on the date of theplanned acquisition, the Tatagroup holding company said ina BSE filing.

Tata Steel held 8.36 crore(8,36,37,697) ordinary shares,representing 2.85 per cent stake,in Tata Motors, as on March 31.Tata Sons has 28.21 per centstake in Tata Motors.

Meanwhile, Tata Steel in aseparate filing said, “The com-pany proposes to sell 8,36,37,697equity shares of face value of �2each of Tata Motors Ltd to TataSons Ltd.

The transaction is expectedto be executed on or after June23, 2017 at or around the pre-vailing price on the date of pro-posed sale, subject to no mate-rial market movements in pricesince the date of this disclosure.”Tata Motors shares closed at455.5 at BSE on Friday.

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Aday before the GST Councilmeet, traders’ body CAIT

on Saturday demanded re-vis-iting the items put in 28 per centslab and confine the top taxbracket to only luxury anddemerit goods.

The all powerful GSTCouncil, headed by UnionFinance Minister Arun Jaitleyand comprising state financeministers, will meet on Sunday tofinalise the tax rates on lottery aswell as rules relating to e-way billand anti-profiteering measures.

In a statement, theConfederation of All IndiaTraders (CAIT) questioned theclassification of goods placedunder 28 per cent tax slab underthe GST. It urged the Unionfinance minister to re-visit thisslab and confine it to only luxu-rious and demerit goods forwhich originally it was evolved.

“This slab has become aroot cause of unrest among asection of the traders who areagitating for the past two daysdemanding reversal to a lowerslab of their respective itemsplaced under this category,”said CAIT Secretary GeneralPraveen Khandelwa.

Such ‘anomalies, disparitiesand contradictions’ in slabs and‘ignorance’ about basics of thisindirect tax regime are distortingthe spirit of a good taxation sys-tem that the GST is, he added.The CAIT also urged the GST

Council to suspend implemen-tation of E-Way Bill for at least sixmonths since most of the smallbusinesses are quite unaware ofthese procedures which were apart of Excise Act.

“They need breathing timeto understand the system tomake themselves compatible tocomply,” said confederation'sNational President B C Bhartia.The CAIT has also urged thatsince cloth traders were neverpart of taxation system, anexemption of one year may begranted to them to under-stand the taxation system andmake themselves compatible tocomply with the law.

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NEW DELHI: Industry cham-ber Assocham on Saturdaydemanded postponing GSTimplementation, saying thattaxpayers will find it difficult tocomply with the provisions ofthe new indirect tax regime asthe IT network is not yet ready.

In a letter to FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley, Assochamsaid existing assessees have notyet migrated to the GSTN por-tal due to reasons like non-famil-iarity with IT tools as well as reg-istration process. It said that dur-ing the current phase of GSTmigration for existing assessees,the server was constantly undermaintenance. “This raises hugequestion as to whether the IT

infrastructure has been appro-priately tested. It also raisesquestions as to whether thissystem can survive in the GSTera when it had undergonemaintenance during the secondphase of migration when the traf-fic was restricted only to migra-tion,” Assocham SecretaryGeneral DS Rawat said. Thereare at present about 80 lakhexcise, service tax and VATassessees, of which 64.35 lakhhave already migrated to theportal of GST Network -- thecompany readying the ITbackbone for GST regime.Migration window, whichclosed on June 15, will againopen on June 25. PTI

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NEW DELHI: The textileindustry on Saturday asked theGST Council to consider reduc-ing the tax rate on man-madefibres, filaments and yarns to 12per cent from 18 per cent. TheSouthern India Mills’Association (SIMA) alsodemanded inclusion of gar-ments in the 5 per cent brack-et under the Goods andServices Tax (GST) regime.

High GST on man-madefibres, filaments and yarns

“would significantly increasethe fabric cost and seriouslyaffect the independent spin-ning and weaving units includ-ing powerloom sector,” it said ina statement. The ExportPromotion Council forHandicrafts also asked the Councilto address issues related to the sec-tor. It said handicraft is currentlyexempted from Central Excise andVAT in various states. The GSTCouncil is holding its 16th meet-ing here on Sunday. PTI

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu andKashmir Government onSaturday termed GST as a ‘goodtax reform’ but said it will notpush for its implementation tillthe time there is complete con-sensus on the issue. “Governmentis willing to introduce GST in thestate with ample safeguards as thistax reform will be beneficial forthe state economy and traders.”

“With proper safeguards,GST will not endanger the specialstatus of Jammu and Kashmirgranted to it by the Constitutionof India under Article 370,” pub-lic works minister Naeem Akhtarsaid in a statement. He said inputsare welcome from all stakehold-ers so that the Government canwork towards resolving thoseconcerns besides strengtheningthe reform so that it becomes apeople friendly tax reform andthere is a consensus in the stateregarding the same. PTI

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KAKINADA: Andhra Pradeshfinance minister YanamalaRamakrishnudu on Saturdaysaid the forthcoming uniformtax regime GST will not lead toany additional burden on thecommon man but will in thelong run help the Centre and thestates to increase revenue.“Adequate measures have beentaken to ensure that the new tax-ation regime will not put anyadditional burden on the com-mon man and also not to losepublic revenue,” Ramakrishnudutold reporters here. PTI

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NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bankhas initiated Prompt CorrectiveAction (PCA) against Pune-basedBank of Maharashtra (BoM) inview of high level of bad loans andnegative return on assets. BoM hasbecome the sixth state-ownedlender to be put under the PCA.This is to inform that the ReserveBank of India letter dated June 15,2017 has initiated PCA for thebank in view of high net NPA,BoM said in a regulatory filing onstock exchanges on Saturday.

“This action will not have anymaterial impact on performanceof the bank and will contribute toimprove the internal controls of thebank and improvement of itsasset quality, profitability and effi-ciency,” it said. For the year endedMarch 2017, the net non-per-forming assets (NPAs) of the bankrose to 11.76 per cent, whilereturn on assets declinedto (-) 1.09

per cent. At the same time, thebank reported a loss of �455.4 crorefor the fourth quarter, while forentire fiscal 2016-17 booked lossof �1,372 crore. It is to be noted thatIDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank,UCO Bank, Dena Bank andCentral Bank of India have alreadycome under the PCA initiated bythe RBI, which is a noose- tight-ening on fresh loan disbursal aswell as dividend distribution.

The PCA is a frameworkdevised by the RBI that monitorskey areas like capital, asset quali-ty and profitability of banks. Aspart of the PCA framework, thereare few threshold levels withregard to a bank’s common equi-ty tier-I (CET 1) capital, and uponbreach of a certain level, a bankmay become a likely candidate forresolution via different methodslike amalgamation, reconstruc-tion and winding up. PTI

NEW DELHI: Mobile data consumption per subscriber in Indiahas risen by 142 per cent in the last three years, NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said.“Significant progress in digital access: During 2014-17, India has seen a 142 per cent year-on-year increasein mobile data consumption per subscriber,” Kant saidin a tweet. He further said, “during 2014-17, India has

seen a 17X increase in online banking transactions per internetuser & a 200X increase in digital wallet transaction.” PTI

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BENGALURU: Tata Motors onSaturday said it has delivered 30new buses to the BengaluruMetropolitan TransportCorporation (BMTC). The newdelivery is a part of a larger orderof 1385 buses bagged by TataMotors comprising the Ultra 6/9BS IV Midi and LPO 1512/55 BSIV buses, the company said. “This

next generation fleet of connectedTata Motors buses introducedtoday, reiterates our commitmenttowards the use of innovativetechnologies and concepts in MassPublic Transportation, to meet thecurrent and future needs of SmartCities like Bangalore,” Tata MotorsVice President, Sales & MarketingRT Wasan said. PTI

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government on Saturdaywanted the Centre to withdraw its notification relating to the displayand sale of ornamental fish as it would affect the job prospects of lakhsof people in the state. This was one of the main demands in the mem-orandum submitted to PM Narendra Modi by the state CM PinarayiVijayan and his cabinet colleagues during his visit to Kochi. PTI

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JAMSHEDPUR: Out of the �3lakh crore investment propos-als that came during theMomentum Jharkhandinvestors meet in February,�700 crore have alreadybeen implemented onthe ground, state ChiefMinister Raghubar Dassaid here on Saturday.

“MoUs worth �3lakh crore was signedduring the MomentumJharkhand’ meet. Outof which, proposals worth �700crore have already implement-ed on the ground,” Das said.Jharkhand has abundance ofmineral resources and theGovernment was striving toelevate the state to a new heightwith proper utilisation of theresources, he said expressingconfidence that the state would

be in the line of developedstates of the country in next 3/4years. While inaugurating apark at Baridih here, the chiefminister said that the objective

of his Government wasto ensure livelihood forpeople of both ruraland urban areas andand make people-ori-ented development plana success.

“We have madeprovisions of �700 crore

for skill development foryouths and established VillagePanchayat Secretariat in allthe panchayats of the state,” hesaid. Das said that 100 youths-both men and women- fromeach panchayats have beenidentified and were beingtrained to expunge the scar ofmigration. PTI

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Chipping away at BarackObama’s legacy, US

President Donald Trump can-celled his predecessor’s “one-sided” Cuba deal and put thetwo Cold War-era rivals on col-lision course again by vowing tonot allow dollars to prop up RaulCastro’s “military monopoly”.

Obama had announced inDecember 2014 that he andCastro were restoring ties andless than a year later, the USEmbassy in Havana was re-opened with the then USPresident making a historicvisit to the Communist coun-try in 2016.

Reversing the policy ofpursuing a historic detente,Trump said, “Effective imme-diately, I am cancelling the lastadministration’s completelyone-sided deal with Cuba. I amannouncing today a new poli-cy just as I promised during thecampaign.”

“Our policy will seek amuch better deal for the Cubanpeople and for the UnitedStates of America. We do notwant US dollars to prop up amilitary monopoly that exploitsand abuses the citizens of Cuba.Our new policy begins with

strictly enforcing US law,” hetold a cheering crowd inMiami’s Little Havana, the spir-itual home of the Cuban-American community.

In Havana, Cuba’s govern-ment criticised the new restric-tions on ties with the US thatwere announced by Trump, butreiterated its willingness tohold a “respectful dialogue”with Washington.

Trump’s speech, whichcame as the president signed adirective outlining his posturetoward Cuba, is the latestattempt by the Trump admin-istration to chip away atObama’s legacy, of which theCuba policy of starting a his-toric detente was a major part.

This is the third majorObama-era accomplishmentthat has been reversed byTrump, who first repealed hispredecessor’s signature health-care law ‘Obamacare’ and thenwent on to announce US’ with-drawal from the landmarkParis climate deal.

Obama had pushed forexpanding commerce and trav-el between the two countries.

However, Trump, in acomplete reversal, assertedthat he will not lift sanctionson Cuba unless it releases all

political prisoners and respectsfreedoms.

“We will not lift sanctionson the Cuban regime until allpolitical prisoners are freed,freedoms of assembly andexpression are respected, allpolitical parties are legalisedand free and internationallysupervised elections are sched-

uled elections,” Trump said.“We will very strongly

restrict American dollars flow-ing to the military, security, andintelligence services that are thecore of the Castro regime.They will be restricted. We willenforce the ban on tourism. Wewill enforce the embargo,” theUS president said.

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Havana: Cuba’s Governmenthas criticised Donald Trump’s“hostile rhetoric” in announc-ing new restrictions on US tiesto the island nation, but reit-erated Havana’s willingness tohold “respectful dialogue” withWashington.

“The Government of Cubadenounces the new measurestoughening the embargo”imposed since 1962, accordingto a statement read on statetelevision on Friday.

However, Havana “reiter-ates its willingness to contin-ue the respectful dialogue andcooperation” that have takenplace with Washington since2015 when the drive for

restored ties began under thenpresident Barack Obama.

Earlier yesterday, Trumpvowed to overhaul Obama’spolicies. Although the policychanges announced were lim-ited, Trump tightened rules forAmericans traveling to Cuba,banned ties with a military-run tourism firm and reaf-firmed the existing US tradeembargo.

Havana decried the “hos-tile rhetoric that recalls thetime of open confrontation,”and “return to the coercivemethods of the past.” Cubaregretted “a reversal in rela-tions between the two coun-tries,” the statement said.AFP

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Doha: Qatar-based broad-caster Al-Jazeera said theTwitter account for its mainArabic-language channel hadbeen suspended on Saturday,in the latest “conspiracy” to hitthe station.

Yasser Abuhilalah, man-aging director of Al-JazeeraArabic, confirmed the sus-pension on social media.

The suspension comes ata time of diplomatic crisis inthe Gulf after Qatar was cut offby neighbouring countriesincluding Saudi Arabia andthe United Arab Emirates.

“The main Al-JazeeraTwitter account has been sus-pended, and work is ongoingto solve the problem,”Abuhilalah tweeted.

“Other secondaryaccounts remain active.Disruption (by others) will notstop because the truth terrifies

them. We’ll be back.”In another tweet, he said

that no other “channel in theworld... Faces the sameamount of conspiracy”.

Other Twitter accountsbelonging to the channel werestill working and one claimedthat the suspension was due to“what seems to be an organ-ised campaign”.

The television channelhas long been a target for crit-icism by other Middle Eastcountries, with Al-Jazeerabanned on several occasions.

There has been specula-tion that its closure couldhelp end the diplomatic crisiswhich erupted last monthbetween Qatar and its neigh-bours in the Gulf over Doha’salleged support of extremists.

Earlier, this month, Al-Jazeera said it was combattinga large-scale cyber attack. AFP

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The New York Times sued theFBI, seeking a court’s help

in getting the agency to turnover documents created byfired FBI Director JamesComey after his conversationswith President Donald Trump.

The Manhattan federalcourt lawsuit was filed a dayafter CNN sued the JusticeDepartment in Washington,seeking the same information.

Both actions seek docu-ments Comey told the Senatehe created earlier this yearimmediately after meetingsand conversations with thePresident.’

Comey said he typed notesdescribing the conversationsbecause he was worried Trump“might lie” later about them. Hetestified that he leaked infor-mation about the notes througha friend to the Times toincrease pressure for theappointment of a special pros-ecutor after he concludedTrump’s administration“defamed” him and the FBIafter his May 9 firing.

Former FBI head RobertMueller was appointed as spe-

cial counsel a day after a reportstemming from the notes waspublished.

Comey said the notes con-tain his recollections thatTrump asked for his loyaltywhen they met for a Januarydinner and then urged himduring a private meeting in theOval Office two weeks later todrop an investigation into for-mer National Security AdviserMichael Flynn. Trump has dis-puted both claims, saying flat-ly that he never asked Comeyto drop the Flynn probe.

The Times and CNN bothsaid in their lawsuits that theFBI has not turned over docu-ments and has failed to prop-erly respond to their Freedomof Information Act requests.They asked judges to order theFBI to produce the records.

The Associated Press alsofiled a FOIA request for thedocuments but has not receivedany documents and has notsued.

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Yokosuka (Japan): The USand Japan launched a majorsearch operation to find sevenmissing American sailors onSaturday after their navydestroyer collided with a con-tainer ship, crushing the side ofthe military vessel.

Planes, boats and heli-copters scoured the seas offJapan’s Pacific coast in a bid tofind the crew who disappearedin the predawn accident, whichalso left the USS Fitzgerald’sskipper injured.

It was not clear where themissing sailors were when thecollision happened.

Several other crew mem-bers were injured and had to beevacuated by air to hospital,including the guided missiledestroyer’s commanding officerBryce Benson.

Aerial television footageshowed one person lying on astretcher and a rescuer beingpulled up to a helicopter that washovering above the Fitzgerald,part of its right side caved in.

“There are seven sailorsunaccounted for; the ship andthe Japanese Coast Guard con-tinues to search for them,” theNavy said.

The collision between theFitzgerald and Philippine-flagged container ship ACXCrystal happened around 2:30am (17:30 GMT Friday) off thecoast of the Izu peninsula,southwest of Tokyo.

The area is a busy shippingchannel that is a gateway tomajor container ports inYokohama and Tokyo.

“The volume of ships isheavy in this area and therehave been accidents before,”coastguard official Yutaka Saitotold Japan’s public broadcasterNHK.

NHK said the massive 222-metre (730 foot) container shipmade a sharp turn around thetime of the accident, but its cap-tain suggested otherwise.

“(We) were sailing in thesame direction as the USdestroyer was and then collid-ed,” he was quoted as saying byJiji Press news agency.

Japan’s coastguard, which isprobing the incident, said it hassent a half dozen vessels, sev-eral aircraft and a team of spe-cially-trained rescue personnelto the scene. They were laterjoined by the country’s Self-Defence Forces. AFP

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Agroup of Muhajirs haveurged the Trump admin-

istration and US Congress tocut off military sales and aid toPakistan, citing Islamabad’ssupport to terrorism.

“The actions of Pakistanimilitary establishment clearlyshows that they are not a trust-worthy ally of the US in the waragainst terrorism,” the recent-ly formed World Muhajir(refugee) Congress said in amemorandum to the Trumpadministration and USCongress.

“Deceiving the US admin-istration and appeasing militantoutfits like Haqqani network,Taliban Quetta Shura and Al

Qaeda operatives is a policytowed by ISI,” the memoran-dum said.

There is no other optionleft for the US but to take uni-lateral military actions insidePakistani territory to killjihadist operatives, it argued.

“The US-led war on terrorcannot be won without address-ing the key issue of PakistaniArmy being the sponsor ofterrorism in the region,” said thememorandum, copies of whichwere given to members of theHouse Foreign AffairsSubcommittee on Terrorism,Non-proliferation and Tradeduring a Congressional hearingon Foreign Military Sales hereon Thursday.

“World Muhajir Congress

sincerely request TrumpAdministration and USCongress to cut off militarysales/aid to Pakistan,” it said.

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Washington: Two top law-makers have accused Pakistanof supporting terrorism andurged the Trump administra-tion to cut military aid to thecountry, saying the US shouldmake it more difficult forIslamabad to get its hands onAmerican weapons. PTI

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Washington: Secretary of StateRex Tillerson is cancelling hisscheduled trip to anOrganisation of AmericanStates meeting in Mexico nextweek. Instead, he’ll stay in theUS to work on resolving thecrisis between Qatar and itsneighbors.

A day after announcingthat Tillerson would lead theUS delegation to the OASGeneral Assembly in Cancun,the State Department said yes-terday that Tillerson’s deputy,John Sullivan, will go in hisplace.

Spokeswoman HeatherNauert said Tillerson wouldstay to work the phones to tryto convince Qatar, SaudiArabia, Bahrain and the UnitedArab Emirates to settle theirdifferences.

Tillerson “will continuehis efforts to de-escalate ten-sions in the Middle East regionthrough in-person meetingsand phone conversations withGulf and regional leaders,” shesaid in a brief statement.

Simmering tensionsbetween the US partners boiledover this month when Bahrain,Saudi Arabia and the UAE,along with Egypt, severed tieswith Qatar over its allegedsupport for extremism andimposed economic restrictionson it. AP

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Turkish Foreign MinisterMevlut Cavusoglu held

talks in Saudi Arabia withKing Salman, continuingefforts to resolve the Gulf ’sbiggest diplomatic crisis inyears.

Diplomatic sources toldAFP that “the meeting was pos-itive”, but there were nospecifics.

Riyadh, the UAE, Egyptand others severed diplomaticand economic ties with Qataralmost two weeks ago, accusingDoha of supporting groups,including some backed by Iran,“that aim to destabilise theregion”.

Qatar denies any such sup-port for extremists.

Cavusoglu travelled to theholy city of Mecca yesterdaywhere Salman is based for thelast days of Ramadan, aftermeeting his Kuwaiti counter-part on Thursday.

The emir of Kuwait, whichdid not cut ties with Qatar, hasalso been trying to mediate.

Turkey’s chief diplomatwas in Doha on Wednesdaywhere he called for dialogueafter meeting Qatar’s emir andforeign minister ahead of hisSaudi stop.

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Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s KingSalman has issued a royaldecree that restructures thecountry’s system for prosecu-tions, essentially stripping thecrown prince of longstandingpowers overseeing criminalinvestigations.

The king’s decree issuedtoday renames the Bureau ofInvestigation and Prosecutionas the office of PublicProsecution and orders that anewly appointed public prose-cutor report directly to themonarch.

Crown Prince Mohammedbin Nayef, who also serves asInterior Minister, had overseenthe BIP and had been taskedwith nominating its chairman.Rather than being a part of theMinistry of Justice, the bureauhas been attached to the Ministry

of Interior, which oversees policeand other security forces.

Its broad range of dutiesincluded investigating crimes, fil-ing cases, prosecuting individu-als, appealing court judgmentsand supervising the execution ofcriminal sentences. AP

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Cairo: An Egyptian criminalcourt has sentenced to death 31Islamists for their part in theJune 2015 assassination of thecountry’s top prosecutor,Hisham Barakat. Today’s ruling,pronounced by judge HassanFarid, referred the case of the 31to the country’s top theologian

to solicit his non-binding opin-ion on the death sentences, aformality followed by courts inthe case of capital punishment.

The court will reconveneJuly 22 to reaffirm the deathsentences and issue its verdicton the 36 other defendants inthe case. Of the 67 defendants,

15 are at large.Barakat is the most senior

government official killed byIslamic militants since the 2013ouster by the military of theIslamist Mohammed Morsi,Egypt’s first freely elected pres-ident whose one-year ruleproved to be divisive. AP

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Islamabad: Pakistan PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif ’syounger brother and PunjabChief Minister was on Saturdayquestioned by a JointInvestigation Team (JIT) prob-ing the high-profilePanamagate graft case againsthis family.

Shehbaz Sharif, 65, is thefourth member of the Shariffamily to appear before the theJIT.

He was accompanied byhis son, Hamza Shehbaz,Interior Minister ChaudharyNisar and Finance MinisterIshaq Dar to the JIT secretari-at.

Shehbaz told the mediapersons that he provided theJIT all required details aboutthe Panamagate case.

Earlier in the week, PrimeMinister Sharif was also ques-tioned by the JIT.

The JIT was set up by theSupreme Court last month toinvestigate the Sharif familyabout its properties in London.

It had questioned Sharif ’s

sons — Hussain and Hasan —last month over the family’salleged improper business deal-ings.

His eldest son Hussain wasquestioned five times whileHasan, the younger son, wassummoned twice.

The court last year took upthe case and issued a splitdecision over allegations ofmoney laundering when Sharifwas prime minister in 1990s.

The JIT is bound to com-plete the probe in 60 daysunless it is granted additionaltime.

The JIT alleged that thegovernment was using its offi-cial machinery to hamper itsinvestigation.

The Supreme Court hadasked the government torespond to the allegationsagainst the departments.

Meanwhile, the PrimeMinister House accused the JITof tapping phones and moni-toring witnesses, which it saidwas in violation of the law andthe Constitution. PTI

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Asenior police official insouthern Pakistan says a

jail superintendent and 11other officials have been arrest-ed in the wake of a jail break inwhich two terrorists who wereon trial escaped from a high-security prison.

Khawaja Naveed said onSaturday the arrested officialswere being questioned to deter-mine how two members of theoutlawed Lashkar-e-Jhanvigroup escaped Wednesdayfrom the jail in the port city ofKarachi. He alleged the twomen escaped due to negli-gence of the jail staff.

Naveed said efforts wereunder way to trace and capturethe escaped men who werearrested in 2013 over links toacts of terrorism.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi haslinks to the Pakistani Talibanand is accused of killing scoresof minority Shiite Muslims inPakistan.

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in North Korea in a coma hassevere brain damage, but doc-tors don’t know what caused it,a medical team treating him inOhio said on Thursday.

The doctors describedOtto Warmbier as being in astate of “unresponsive wake-fulness” but declined to discusshis outlook for improvement,saying such information wouldbe kept confidential.

“He has spontaneous eyeopening and blinking,” said Dr.Daniel Kanter, director of neu-rocritical care for theUniversity of CincinnatiHealth system. “However, heshows no signs of under-standing language, respondingto verbal commands or aware-ness of his surroundings. Hehas not spoken.”

Warmbier, 22, is in stablecondition at the UC MedicalCenter, where he was takenafter his arrival in Ohio lateTuesday after more than 17months in North Korean cap-tivity. The reclusive countryaccused the University ofVirginia student of anti-stateactivities.

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Kathmandu: A meeting between Nepal Prime Minister SherBahadur Deuba and a key Madhesi party over the current cri-sis on Saturday failed to yield any results as the minority partyinsisted on amending the Constitution before the local body pollson June 28. Deuba had invited leaders of the Rastriya Janata PartyNepal (RJP-N) to his residence in Budhanilkantha, 10 kms fromKathmandu, for informal consultation on the current crisis,according to sources close to the Prime Minister.

During the talks, the Prime Minister sought cooperation fromthe agitating Madhesi leaders for the smooth conduct of the sec-ond phase of elections.

“The people of the southern plains also want local level elec-tions for the development of the region and it would help imple-ment the constitution,” the Prime Minister said. PTI

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Virat Kohli's dazzling drives will facestiff competition from HarmanpreetSingh's powerful dragflicks on a

rarest of rare occasion when national teamsare pitted against Pakistan in cricket andhockey on the same day in a third country.

Within 10 miles of each other, Indiancricket team will meet their arch rivals at theOval in London while hockey team will lockhorns with Pakistan at the Riverbank Arena.

It's a rarity when national passion andnational sport will be jostling for attentionfrom sporting aficionados within a gap ofthree and half hours.

Virat Kohli was in fact asked if he hasever tried his hands at hockey, the cricketcaptain revealed that he is still in awe of howplayers stand in front of those powerfuldragflicks.

"I have played with synthetic hockeyballs (during) indoor net session, but nevertried hockey. It is very scary I feel, gettinghit on the face from a penalty corner (hemeant dragflick). I don't know how thoseguys do that. You need a lot of guts to dothat. I wish our team the best," he said.

Whether it is seven hours of cricket with

its ebbs and flows or the 60 minute ofadrenaline pumping stickwork, the con-tests will not be devoid of excitement.

The 'desis' as British Indians arereferred in this part of the world will bein attendance along with their Pakistanicounterparts in what can be termed asa sporting carnival on a Super Sunday.

While Bollywood brigade, politicalclass are expected to be in attendance atthe more glamorous event, the HockeyWorld League (HWL) Semi-Finalsencounter is also expected to grab eye-balls.

For those, who won't get the ticketsfor the cricket match, they can travel anhour up north to Milton Keynes to seeManpreet Singh's deft skills, SV Sunil'ssearing runs down wide right. It will alsobe an occasion where the love for hock-ey that many profess during coffee tableconversations will be tested.

Call it Pakistan's decapitated sport-ing structure and India's rapid strides, the

gulf between neighbouring nations havewidened across sporting disciplines.

Harsh but truth is that againstPakistan, the rivalry is an idea borne outof all the acrimony that has festered onfor years now. The sporting rivalryagainst Pakistan is an idea that ignites acertain surge of rage and nationalism inIndian public. Gone are those dayswhen a victory against a Pakistan crick-et side comprising Imran Khan, JavedMiandad, Wasim Akram and SalimMalik used to evoke a tremendous senseof satisfaction.

Similarly, beating a Pakistan hock-ey side that had Shahbaz Ahmed, TahirZaman or later Sohail Abbas or RehanButt would feel special. An averageIndian fan knew the names of those icon-ic Pakistani cricketers or hockey players.But today, if Azhar Ali or Hasan Ali walksdown the street, one can bet his last shirtthat seven out of 10 Indian fans will needa third or fourth glance to recognise.

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India's remarkable consistency will be upagainst Pakistan's legendary volatilitywhen the fierce rivals clash in what is

expected to be an exciting finale to the ICCChampions Trophy, here on Sunday.

The often tense political relationsbetween the neighbouring nations addcolour to the bitter yet intense rivalry, whichhas nowadays been confined only to glob-al events due to the Indian government'srefusal to allow bilateral contests.

Defending champions India had got thebetter of the rivals in the league stage of theongoing tournament. And captain ViratKohli has already declared that nothingextra is needed to get the same result despitethe turnaround by Sarfraz Ahmed's mensince then.

It is nonetheless a battle of attrition,where one needs to hold the nerve till thevery end.

The last ball six hitby Javed Miandad offChetan Sharma haunteda generation of Indianfans till Sachin Tendulkarreturned the favour dur-ing that epic knock at theCenturion.

In between, Ajay Jadeja, VenkateshPrasad, Hrishikesh Kanitkar or JoginderSharma have all played their bit roles in win-ning big matches thereby overcoming theSharjah Syndrome that affected the Indianteams of mid 80's and early 90's.

Whether it's New Delhi or Islamabad,Karachi or Kolkata, this is one match thatfans would hate to see their team lose.

For the 22 players in question, it's justa game of cricket. But for millions follow-ing them, it's way beyond that and is fuelledmore by comments from former stars like

Virender Sehwag or Rashid Latif.There could be unabashed love and

unwarranted criticism in equal measuresdepending on which side one ends up.

Even skipper Virat Kohli would tell oneand all that they are "not here to make state-ments".

On pure cricketing logic, Pakistan areno match for Virat Kohli's men, who havesome of the best exponents of limited overscricket.

But just like in life, at times sportingrealities defy logic which is exactly the rea-

son why Sarfraz Ahmed's team can't beruled out on a big day.

A lopsided opening round contest,which India won by 124 runs made manyfeel that Indo-Pak contests are fast losingtheir sheen due to lack of quality inPakistani ranks.

An Azhar Ali is no match for RohitSharma in ODIs and Ahmed Shahzad does-n't have the consistency that ShikharDhawan has shown. Babar Azam is a newkid on the block while Virat Kohli, with8000 plus ODI runs, is destined for great-

ness.But Pakistan cricket swings like a pen-

dulum, hovering between brilliant and ordi-nary, making a mockery of any kind ofdefinitive analysis.

And the pace attack of MohammadAmir, tournament's leading wicket-takerHasan Ali, Junaid Khan and Rumman Raeeshave the ability to rewrite history. And thisdespite a dismal 2-13 record against Indiain various ICC tournaments (World Cup,Champions Trophy and World T20), whichmakes the 'Men In Blue' firm favourites.

NEW DELHI: The very thought of anIndia-Pakistan Final brings back vividmemory of the inaugural World TwentyFinal in 2007. That moment, when SSreesanth somehow grabbed onto Misbah-ul-Haq's scoop shot-gone-wrong catch onshort fine-leg, still gives every Indiangoosebumps.

The expectation of witnessing anoth-er such nail-biting Final in Oval, Londonis somewhat low this time as this ViratKohli-led team are runaway favouritesagainst a rejuvenated - but weak-looking- Pakistan.

Defending champions were expectedto reach the Finals from day one and thetop order has played a major role in that.Initially, there were doubts regarding theopeners - Rohit Sharma and ShikharDhawan. Both had an average IPL, andexperts were sceptical about their pre-paredness for the seaming tracks ofEngland. But the duo being experiencedcampaigners of international cricket, bat-ted sensibly at the beginning of theinnings to see out the first hour and accel-erated the scoreboard swiftly after the firstpowerplay. To compliment the duo'sstrong start, effervescent Virat too cameup with neat knocks of his own to keepthings moving flawlessly. As a matter of

fact, the trio - Rohit (333), Shikhar (271),and Virat (253) - have orchestrated 857 ofthe aggregate 1098 runs scored by the Menin Blue, which includes three centuries andsix fifties.

The trio's dominance meant the mid-dle-order hardly had to bat in the series,which has popped up a question from fewquarters: if the trio fails to deliver againstthe revitalised Pak bowling line-up, spear-headed by pacer Mohammad Aamir, canthe remaining batters cope up with thepressure? But the question seems vague

as the team, which consist of renownedveterans like Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni,possess world-class quality, along withyoung guns such as Ravindra Jadeja,Kedar Jadhav, and Hardik Pandya, who arecapable of pacing the innings at their will.

The young trio also serves as the cru-cial fifth bowling option, and Kedar's spellespecially played a crucial role in distort-ing the Bangladesh's momentum in thesemis. But Hardik Pandya being hit forruns in the middle overs by Tamim Iqbal- costing three 4's and one six - raises a con-cern of him being the weak link of Indianbowling. This could be neutralised by thedeath bowling expertise of BhuvneshwarKumar and Jasprit Bumrah.

Fast bowlers hunt in pair, and so doBhuvi and Bumrah. Virat's decision ofreshuffling the bowling line-up and hand-ing the new ball to double B's, after SriLankan thrashing, has worked wonders asthey have made the start and end of theinnings their hunting ground - chockingthe batsmen with their accuracy in line andlength, and the knuckle ball.

Despite all the precision, robustness,and impeccability, Team India will not taketheir arch rival for granted and will lookto maintain the intensity to put anotherflawless show. — Aditya K Halder

NEW DELHI: If there is one thing that hasremained a constant with Pakistan cricket inthe last three decades, it has been their unpre-dictability. A side that looked hopelessly outof its depth in their first match of the tour-nament suddenly turned into a most efficientside in the matches that followed.

It is Pakistan's bowling that has madethem successful in this tournament.Mohammad Amir has been superb in thistournament. He has bowled at good speeds,got good away swing on his deliveries andeven landed his yorkers in the right spot.

Junaid Khan has been able to extractreverse-swing which has helped Pakistan getwickets during the middle part of theinnings. There would be an interesting sub-plot in the match as Junaid had dismissedKohli three times in a row during Pakistan'sthree match one-day series in India in 2012-13.

The surprise package for Pakistan hasbeen Hasan Ali. A skiddy bowler who bowlsat medium fast pace, he is effective when hebowls a 'good' length and gets the ball to moveboth ways. In the game against India, hestruggled because he bowled too short andtoo full instead of sticking to the right length.One expects him to correct his mistake in theFinal.

While Shadab Khan hasn't brought theroof down with his performances, the talent

he possesses has been visible in his spells. There are still questions aplenty about

Pakistan's batting. However, Fakhar Zaman'saggressive batting in the previous two match-es have improved their showing. By takingthe attack to the opposition at the top of theinnings he has allowed Azhar Ali to play athis own pace.

Babar Azam's class began to show in thelast match where he played a nice unbeatenknock. Mohammad Hafeez too showed hisability in the game in taking his team to vic-tory. Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed is an industri-ous player who steered his team to victoryin the crucial group game against Sri Lanka.But other batsmen like Shoaib Malik andImad Wasim haven't contributed enough.

Pakistan's batting is their weaker suit andchasing a big target in the Final may be abridge too far for them. — Akshay Sharma

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trivia involving Sarfraz Ahmed andImad Wasim that will keep thePakistani fans interested in the ICCChampions Trophy final againstIndia here on Sunday. Sarfraz andleft-arm spinner Imad Wasim arethe only members of this Pakistaniside who have won an ICC tourna-ment Final against India. It's the2006 ICC U-19 World Cup inwhich Pakistan colts defeated theirarch rivals by 38 runs in a low-scor-ing final at the Premadasa Stadiumin Colombo. Pakistan were all outfor 109 but then bowled out Indiafor 71 on an under-prepared pitch.Sarfraz was the captain of thePakistan team. Agencies

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