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I n a horrific incident, remi- niscent of the brutal Bulandshahr gangrape last year, a gang of six highway rob- bers allegedly dragged and raped four women in a sugar- cane field by taking turns in a Jewar village along the Jewar- Bulandshahr Highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar in the wee hours of Thursday. The attackers shot dead a male relative when he object- ed to criminals assaulting the women of the family. According to sources, six members of a family — all res- idents of Jewar — were travel- ling by Eeco car, along with a driver, to Bulandshahr from Greater Noida’s Jewar to visit a relative in a hospital. At about 1:30am the vehicle was inter- cepted by the criminals, who had sprayed the road with nails which forced the driver to pull over because the tyres got punctured. When some members of the family came out to enquire, six men armed with country- made pistols suddenly appeared from the nearby bushes and surrounded the car. They dragged the women aged between 35 and 52 and gangraped them before looting the family. A 45-year-old man identified as Shakeel Quraishi — who had tried to save the women — was shot twice at point blank range on his chest after which he fell down and died. “The criminals threw something on the tyre and it got punctured. However, the driver didn’t stop and drove for quite a distance and stopped near a hut. But it appears that the criminals were waiting for this opportunity and pounced at them,” Jewar MLA Thakur Dhirendra Singh said. One of the relatives of the family said the robbers looted around Rs 47,500 cash and took away jewellery worth Rs two lakh from the women. The suspects after looting cash from the men, tied the men with dupattas and took, the women to a field nearby, said Ram Kumar, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Meerut Range, quoting the victims. Police said the robbers appear to be part of the axle gang that employs such modus operandi to stop vehicles at the deserted stretch on highways. “After crossing Sabota vil- lage we were five kilometres away when the incident took place. After stopping the car, the driver called the owner of the car. By that time the crim- inals landed and snatched the mobile. The call got discon- nected. Following which, the car owner got suspicious. It was then that he called police. Had police reached the spot imme- diately, the culprits would have been nabbed. Police came to the spot one and a half hour after the incident, by which time the criminals had made their way,” said the deceased Shakeel’s brother-in- law who witnessed the horror. Lav Kumlar, the Senior Superintendent of Police of Gautam Budh Nagar, said an FIR under section 396, 376 D has been registered at the Jewar Police Station. Also, several police teams, including sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF), have been put on the job to investigate the crime and bring the culprits to justice, he said. The women were taken for medical examination at the Noida district hospital and the men were admitted to the nearby Kailash hospital and now discharged. The post- mortem is being done, said a police officer involved in the investigation. It may be recalled that last July, a mother and her 13-year- old daughter were waylaid and raped by a group of highway robbers also in Bulandshahr. The National Crime Records Bureau’s data for 2014 shows the State also accounts for the highest number of high- way crimes — 80 per cent of the 84,000 cases of dacoity and thefts on highways across the country were recorded in Uttar Pradesh. M ountains of foodgrains are rotting in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns across the country. Data shows that over 61,824 metric tonnes (MT) of food- grains were found damaged or non-issuable in FCI godowns since 2011 till March 1, 2017. Over 86,79,000 kg food- grains were damaged in FCI godowns in 2016-17 while foodgrain production is esti- mated at 3,099.84 million tonnes during the same period. The damaged stock stood at 95,075 MT in 2005-06 and fell to 8,679 MT in 2016-17. Sources said reasons for the damage including pests, leak- ages in godowns, procurement of poor quality stocks, exposure to rains, floods and negligence by FCI staff. Pilferage is another malaise and there have been numerous cases of employees stealing and later showing the stock as damaged. Fed up, the Centre has issued guidelines for the disposal of damaged stock. Manpower shortage is another reason for pilferage and poor maintenance. FCI administrative manpower stands at 23,848, about 65 per cent of the sanctioned strength. The FCI also employs 52,000 technical and managerial staff, which is 12 per cent less than the approved strength. The FCI also deploys one lakh workers engaged through contractors. According to data, the damaged stock was 3,338 MT in 2011-12, 3,148 MT in 2012- 13, 24,695 MT in 2013-14, 18,847 MT in 2014-15 and 31,115.68 MT in 2015-16 . Maharashtra topped the list of damaged stock in 2016- 17, followed by Assam and Rajasthan. The damaged stock stood at 79,63,000 kg in Maharashtra and 2,05,000 kg in Assam and 1,24,000 kg in Rajasthan. Last year, Andhra Pradesh topped the list and its damaged stock stood at 22,02,000 kg. In 2014-15, damaged stock stood at 71,08,000 kg in Odisha, fol- lowed by 22,62,000 kg in Kerala. FCI and State agencies have a storage capacity of 71.5 million tonnes and godowns in MP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal, J&K, Uttarakhand, Arunachal and Manipur did not report any damages. A midst heightened tension between India and Pakistan, the two countries remain on the same page on humanitarian issues, as Islamabad allowed Indian woman Uzma to return home on Thursday, following a court’s order for her repatriation. While Uzma thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Indian High Commission for her safe return, Swaraj expressed grat- itude to the Pakistani Government for facilitating Uzma’s journey back home. Uzma narrated to the media her ordeal in Buner area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which she termed as a “back- ward, tribal” area where she was kept captive by one Pakistani national Tahir Ali, whom she had befriended in Malaysia. Uzma claimed she was invit- ed by Tahir and she went to Pakistan on a visitor’s visa and was forced to marry him upon reaching Buner. “It is easy to go to Pakistan but difficult to return. It is a well of death (maut ka kuan),” Uzma said, adding she feared for her life during her stay. “They could have sold me or used me in a risky operation,” she said about Tahir and his family. Uzma added she was not the only woman duped into marrying a man from Buner. “There may be lots of girls there from different countries. People from Buner are mostly in Malaysia and they get girls from Malaysia, Philippines etc. Every man has at least two wives there. It is a dangerous area. You hear gunshots daily,” she said. Uzma said she saw women from different coun- tries who had arranged mar- riages with Pakistani men lead- ing unhappy lives. She thanked the Indian Government, particularly Sushma Swaraj for making her return possible. “I am proud to be an Indian citizen. Sushma madam would call me daily to say we are fighting for you. You are India’s daughter,” she said, recounting the days she spent at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. On returning to India, Uzma said, “I could breathe the air of freedom. There is no place in the world like India.” Sushma underlined the fact that the Pakistani Foreign Office, Interior Ministry and its Judiciary stood up for a hapless Indian woman. “I am grateful to the Pakistan Foreign Office and Interior Ministry which with- out keeping in mind the pre- sent tension between India and Pakistan treated Uzma’s case as a humanitarian issue and helped her. I am thankful to Pakistani lawyer Barrister Shah Nawaz Noon, who treat- ed her like a daughter while fighting her case. “I am also grateful to Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, who rejected the arguments by Tahir that the case was the issue of Pakistan’s prestige. I am glad Justice Kayani underlined that this is not an issue of Pakistan’s prestige but a humanitarian aspect,” Sushma said. The Minister also lauded the efforts by India’s Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh efforts to help Uzma. “It was a difficult decision to let her inside the High Commission because in Pakistan we live in difficult circumstances and all sorts of actors come into play there. However, the fear and pain on her face made us believe there was no way we could have left her alone, in a vulnerable sit- uation,” Singh said. O n a day Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday for talks on devel- opmental issues, her police scripted a different kind of development by descending on the BJP workers and doing to them what they did on May 22 to the Left Front cadres — packing them off to hospitals with grievous injuries. Used to getting battered and often wasted at the hands of Trinamool Congress goons, the Kolkata Police vented its pent-up anger elsewhere, on a BJP rally, raining lathis, firing tear gas shells and leaving over hundred rallyists, including some of their State leaders, injured. “The police lathicharged our men without any provoca- tion. Many workers, including our women leaders like Locket Chatterjee, were injured. She was arrested from the hospital where she was getting treat- ment with oxygen mask on,” said State BJP leader Samik Bhattacharya, adding party State president Dilip Ghosh and general secretary Rahul Sinha too sustained injuries. However, Mamata dis- missed the clash as fight between the BJP and the Left for second position in Bengal. Joint CP Supratim Sarkar said 141 BJP workers, includ- ing senior BJP leaders Kailash Vijaybargiya, Ghosh, Sinha, JP Majumdar, Rupa Ganguli, were arrested. “About 20 cops were injured, a police vehicle torched and several others damaged. A patrol bomb was hurled at Brabourne Road,” he said. Seeking a judicial probe, Rahul Sinha said the BJP will decide course of action to protest against police excesses. A group of 35 students of the Delhi School of Social Work of Delhi University, along with four faculty members, has received a rare opportuni- ty to have a first-hand experi- ence of spending four days and three nights inside Asia’s largest Tihar Central Jail premises and interacting with inmates. Starting on May 22, they stayed at jail administration’s building and went inside to interact and understand the plight of the prisoners from the perspective of a common man. “Initially, inmates were hes- itant to talk to us. Over the next two days, our group can estab- lish good rapport with the inmates and gradually, these inmates confided in us their problems, their challenges,” said MA final year student Prashant. “Through focused group discussions and visual presen- tations, we interacted with the inmates. There is a dearth of Continued on Page 4 T he Centre on Thursday rushed 400 Rapid Action Force personnel to violence- torn Saharanpur to help the State restore peace in the region hit by caste clashes. “Four companies (around 400 personnel) of the Rapid Action Force have been sent to Saharanpur to help the State Government maintain law and order following a request of the Uttar Pradesh Government,” said Home Ministry spokesper- son Ashok Prasad. Prasad said one person was shot and two people were injured in the clashes between two communities on May 23, following which three FIRs were registered and 24 people arrested. Violence first broke out in Saharanpur about 40 days ago following a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti. The State Intelligence report indicated the role of BSP leaders in supporting Bhim Army responsible for creating tensions in the area. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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Page 1: RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP … Noida district hospital and the men were admitted to the ... “There may be lots of girls ... Seeking a judicial probe,

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In a horrific incident, remi-niscent of the brutal

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

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

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

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

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

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

them,” Jewar MLA ThakurDhirendra Singh said.

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

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

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

“After crossing Sabota vil-

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

Lav Kumlar, the SeniorSuperintendent of Police of

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

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

police officer involved in theinvestigation.

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

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

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Mountains of foodgrainsare rotting in Food

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maharashtra topped thelist of damaged stock in 2016-

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

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

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Amidst heightened tensionbetween India and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sushma underlined the fact

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

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

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

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

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On a day Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Agroup of 35 students of theDelhi School of Social

Work of Delhi University, alongwith four faculty members,has received a rare opportuni-ty to have a first-hand experi-ence of spending four days andthree nights inside Asia’s largestTihar Central Jail premisesand interacting with inmates.

Starting on May 22, theystayed at jail administration’sbuilding and went inside tointeract and understand theplight of the prisoners from theperspective of a common man.

“Initially, inmates were hes-itant to talk to us. Over the nexttwo days, our group can estab-lish good rapport with theinmates and gradually, theseinmates confided in us theirproblems, their challenges,” saidMA final year student Prashant.

“Through focused groupdiscussions and visual presen-tations, we interacted with theinmates. There is a dearth of

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The Centre on Thursdayrushed 400 Rapid Action

Force personnel to violence-torn Saharanpur to help theState restore peace in the regionhit by caste clashes.

“Four companies (around400 personnel) of the RapidAction Force have been sent toSaharanpur to help the StateGovernment maintain law andorder following a request of theUttar Pradesh Government,”said Home Ministry spokesper-

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was shot and two people wereinjured in the clashes betweentwo communities on May 23,following which three FIRswere registered and 24 peoplearrested. Violence first brokeout in Saharanpur about 40days ago following a processionto mark Ambedkar Jayanti.

The State Intelligencereport indicated the role of BSPleaders in supporting BhimArmy responsible for creatingtensions in the area.

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

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

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

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

Minister said.Dr Ishwara

N Acharya,Director ofCentral Councilfor Research inYoga and

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

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The Congress on Thursdaydemanded Prime Minister

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

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

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

Criticising the internalsecurity situation in the coun-

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

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

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

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The Ministry of Railways onThursday listed its three

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

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

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

Minister Suresh Prabhu. Prabhu, however, did not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They suspected that theanimals were being transport-

ed illegally for slaughteringand called up other members.

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

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

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Amountaineer from SikkimKelsang Dorjee Bhutia (36)

has successfully summitedMount Everest without oxygenon May 21.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Amid growing violentextremism across the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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We will have to wait formosquitoes to give us

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

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

Dissatisfied over stepstaken by the agencies and the

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

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

NVBDCP is the centralnodal agency for prevention

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 30.The court said already 90

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The progress of the newurban missions launched

during the last three years inChhattisgarh will be reviewedat a high-level meeting to beheld here on Friday.

Union Minister of UrbanDevelopment and Housing &Urban Poverty Alleviation MVenkaiah Naidu, ChattisgarhChief Minister Raman Singh,concerned State Ministers,senior officials from Centraland State Governments, includ-ing national and State level mis-sion directors, will participatein the discussions on imple-mentation issues and progressof different missions, an officialpress release issued by theMinistry informed.

Five Urban Missions viz.,Atal Mission for Rejuvenationand Urban Transformation(AMRUT), Smart City Mission,Swachh Bharat Mission,Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) and Deen DayalAntyodaya Yojana-NULM inChhattisgarh will be reviewedin detail.

In a new initiative to ensuretimely implementation of pro-jects under new urban mis-sions, Naidu has undertakensuch joint reviews with ChiefMinisters in respective capitalcities in 19 States that account-ed for an investment of aboutRs.3.00 lakh crore approvedunder different missions out ofthe total investment of overRs.4.00 lakh cr so far approved.Chhattisgarh will be the twen-

tieth State to be reviewed onFriday.

The States that were so farreviewed during the last threemonths are ; Assam, ArunachalPradesh, Gujarat, Goa,Haryana, Jharkhand,Karnataka, Kerala, MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra,Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Tripura and UttarPradesh.

Progress of metro projectsand heritage infrastructuredevelopment projects is alsoreviewed wherever they are.

Progress of metro projectsand heritage infrastructuredevelopment projects is alsoreviewed wherever they arebeing implemented.

These reviews are aimed atensuring timely execution andcompletion of projects withinthe mission period i.e by 2019-20 except in case ofPMAY(Urban) under whichall the eligible beneficiariesare to be enabled to own ahouse by 2022. Each review

meeting lasts over four hours.Ahead of Chhattisgarh

review on Friday, Naidu saidthat he was delighted over theuseful reviews in 19 States asthey proved to be beneficial forboth the central and state gov-ernments in the implementa-tion.

The State RevenueDepartment will allot land atthe rate of Rs one per squarefeet to the UrbanAdministration andDevelopment Department toconstruct low-cost residentialquarters for economicallyweaker sections and poorersections of the society in urbanpockets of the State. The pro-ject is to come up under‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Housing for All’ scheme, offi-cials informed.

The Government land willbe made available to the urbanbodies.

Notably, nearly six lakhpoor families in rural areas ofChhattisgarh will be providedhousing facility under PradhanMantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)during the next three years, theState Government hadinformed in January this year.

These houses will be con-structed at the total estimatedcost of Rs 7219 crore.

This information was pro-vided in the meeting chaired byChief Minister Raman Singh atthe Mantralaya to reviewPMAY (Rural) here .

In the meeting, the ChiefMinister said that these hous-es will be allotted to landless,homeless, disabled and familieswith women as head of the

family with priority. On the occasion, the offi-

cials gave presentation on mod-els of houses to be built in vil-lages under PMAY.

It was informed in themeeting that in three years,nearly six lakh families in ruralareas of the State will be ben-efitted under PMAY.Government has set the targetof constructing nearly 5.76lakh houses at the cost of 7219crore.

This includes constructionof 1.74 lakh houses at the costof nearly Rs 2200 crore in fis-cal year 2016-17.

A total of 36 cities ofChhattisgarh have been select-ed for Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana (PMAY) ‘Housing forAll’ (HFA) Mission 2022, offi-cials informed.

The cities have been divid-ed in to 8 clusters.

As per the directions ofUnion Ministry of Housing andUrban Poverty Alleviation,cities will be covered with theirplanning area for preparationof Housing for All Plan ofAction (HFAPoA). TheHFAPoA will include AnnualImplementation Plan (AIP).

The consultants who willbe selected by State UrbanDevelopment Agency (SUDA)will carry out a multi-stageexercise to formulate theHFAPoA under PMAY in closecollaboration with each UrbanLocal Body and SUDA.

Notably, the UnionMinistry of Housing and UrbanPoverty Alleviation(MoHUPA) has launched“Housing for All” Missionthrough PMAY for Urban Areato be implemented during2015-22 as a CentrallySponsored Scheme. The cred-it linked subsidy under theMission, will be implementedas a Central Sector Scheme.

Notably, the Central gov-ernment has also approvedconstruction of a total of 7357houses under ‘AffordableHousing in Partnership’scheme with Chhattisgarh gov-ernment in the State during thecurrent financial year, officialsinformed.

The total investment to bemade in the project is Rs 372crores out of which Centre’scontribution would be Rs 110crore.

Nationally, the CentralGovernment has approved an

additional investment of Rs16,641 crore for affordablehousing for construction of2,44,267 houses for urban poorunder PMAY (Urban) duringthe first four months of the cur-rent financial year.

The Union Ministry ofHousing and Urban PovertyAlleviation approved theseproposals for the benefit ofurban poor in 11 States.

Central assistance of Rs.3,634 crore has been approvedfor construction of these hous-es under three components ofthe urban housing missionviz,, Affordable Housing InPartnership (1,24,642 houses),Beneficiary Led Construction(1,15,989) and In-Situ SlumRedevelopment (3,636 houses).

With these approvals, atotal investment of Rs 51,568crore has so far been approvedfor construction of 9,27,991houses for EconomicallyWeaker Sections (EWS) inurban areas in 20 States under

PMAY (Urban) which waslaunched in June 2015

Central assistance ofRs.12,604 crore will be provid-ed for construction of thesehouses.

During the last financialyear (2015-16), 6,83,724 hous-es were approved for the urbanpoor in 18 States with a totalinvestment of Rs 34,927 crores.

The inter-MinisterialCentral Sanctioning &Monitoring Committee(CSMC) of the Union Ministryof Housing and Urban PovertyAlleviation has sanctioned Rs190 crores for construction of12,670 houses in Chhattisgarhas on November 2015, officialsinformed.

The Committee, national-ly has approved funding forconstruction of 6,83,724 hous-es in 18 States sinceNovember,2015 with a totalinvestment of Rs.43,922 croreincluding Central Assistance ofRs 10,050 crore.

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The Steel Authority of IndiaLtd. (SAIL)’s value-added

production as a percentage ofsaleable steel will cross 50 percent after the completion of itsmega modernization projectincluding the one being takenup at its flagship Bhilai SteelPlant(BSP).

Notably, SAIL is also thelargest and main supplier ofsteel for constructing country’slongest bridge 'Dhola-Sadiya’which is built on river Lohit inAssam, a company press releaseinformed.

SAIL has supplied around90% or around 30,000 tonnesof steel, including TMT,Structurals and Plates, for thisbridge which will connect thestates of Assam and ArunachalPradesh.

The product mix offered bySAIL was one of the major cri-teria for selection of the com-pany for this prestigious pro-ject.

The construction of this9.15-km-long bridge began in2011 under public private part-nership. This bridge is 3.55kilometers longer thanMumbai’s Bandra-Worli SeaLink, making it the longestbridge in India.

SAIL is supplying steel forseveral vital projects in coun-try’s north-eastern region.

Apart from the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, SAIL steel hasalso been used for constructingthe Bogibeel Rail-cum-Roadbridge, several power plantsincluding 750 MW power plantof NTPC & 600 MW KamengHydro-electric project, TransArunachal highway etc. whichall are very important projectsfor the region.

SAIL has identified specif-ic focus areas in the North-east-

ern region for increasing itspresence and market share andhas adopted a structuredapproach to widen its foot-prints. Supplying steel toremote areas of NE, tapping thehigh potential rural sector ofthe region, exploring the gov-ernment’s thrust to improve thenation’s connectivity withNorth-east - all prominentlyfigure on the company’s prior-ity list. Recently SAIL has

ap p oi nt e d a G e n e r a lManager to look after steelmarketing in this area.

Becoming part of pro-j e c t s o f s u c h n at i on a limportance and value isalso a testimony to nation’strust on SAIL steel.

SAIL is now in a positionto offer better and more value-added steel for such projectsas it is almost completing itsbalance modernization.

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There are several challengesto smartening up ‘Raipur’

as per the standards of ‘SmartCities Mission’, observedRaipur City Mayor PramodDubey on the second day of thethree-day 'National Smart CitySummit' being held here.

He said that multi-levelparking venue, e-library, cycletrack and other developmentworks have been carried out tosmarten up the city.

The speakers at the summitsaid facilities can be used in itsbest way through technology toprovide better facilities to thecity residents.

The session on Thursdaybegan with Mayors’ Conferencewhere in Raipur City MayorPramod Dubey, Ludhiana CityMayor Harcharan Singh,Jalandhar City Mayor Sunil

Jyoti, Durg City MayorChandrika Chandrakar andseveral other Mayors across thenation participating in the dis-cussions. Smart city Missionwas launched by the CentralGovernment on June 25, 2015.Subsequently, Raipur wasselected among 100 cities to bedeveloped as Smart City inIndia due to various achieve-ments, initiatives and all-inclu-sive approach, they informed.

Raipur city had submitted“Smart City Proposal” (SCP) toUnion Ministry of UrbanDevelopment with requiredconsent of Government ofChhattisgarh and statutoryauthority of Raipur MunicipalCorporation (RMC). The cityof Raipur has been selected tobe developed into a smart cityunder the fast track mode offirst phase of the Smart CitiesMission.

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Police Station’ in the country,officials informed.

The award was presentedby Lok Sabha MP MeenakshiLekhi and former Union HomeSecretary Gopal Krishna Pillaiat a function held in NewDelhi late on Wednesday night.

The Federation of IndianChamber & CommerceIndustries (FICCI) had invitednomination under ‘FICCISmart Policing 2017’ fromdistrict police units wherein 136 districts participat-ed from across the country.

The award was receivedby Inspector General ofPolice (IGP) (Durg Range)D e e p a n s h u K a b r a a n dD u r g D i s t r i c tSuperintendent of Police(SP) Amresh Mishra.

It needs to be men-tioned that Durg Policehas decorated all policestations besides receptioncounter where in male andfe m a l e c onst ab l e s h e argrievances of citizens.

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The Chhattisgarh MineralDevelopment Corporation

(CMDC) intends to sell ironore produced from the pro-posed Aridongri mine inKanker district of Bastar to steel/ sponge iron units at Bhilai,Raipur and Raigarh on priori-ty basis, officials informed.

Efforts are being made toincrease the production sothatsufficient quantity of iron oreis available for export aftermeeting the requirements ofthe expanding home market.Export of iron ore is necessaryfor earning the much neededforeign exchange, theyinformed.

The mining at Aridongriwill be carried out by opencastmechanized method. The min-ing equipment required will bedozer, shovel/hydraulic exca-vator, dumpers, wagon drill.The project area is locatednear Kachhe village on Dalli-Rajhara-Bhanupratappur road.

It is also accessible byDhamtari-Bhanupratappurroad. The nearest railway sta-tion is Dalli-Rajhara situatedabout 30 km north from thearea. Aridongri area is well con-nected with DistrictHeadquarter Kanker (UttarBaster) by metalled road. Thenearest airport is at Raipur.

Notably, CMDC is seekingenvironmental clearance forAridongri iron ore project in

245 hectares of land fallingunder Bhaupratappur forestdivision of Kanker district inBastar.

Notably, CMDC hadcompleted exploration andpreparation of geological reportfor Aridongri and Kabirdhamiron ore projects, officials herestated.

Significantly, in the monthof May 2015, Chief MinisterRaman Singh had stated thatminerals extracted inChhattisgarh should be usedfor units located in the State ona priority basis. This will boostrevenue collections and alsoincrease job opportunitieswhile addressing the 9th meet-ing of Chhattisgarh MineralDevelopment Fund AdvisoryCommittee.

The meeting was organisedby State Mineral ResourcesDepartment in which the ChiefMinister was informed aboutvarious projects underway toexplore minerals in the State.

The Chief Minister hademphasized the decision toundertake mineral prospectingwork by Chhattisgarh MineralDevelopment Corporation(CMDC) in the meeting.

Officials informed that inthe 2015-16 fiscal, Bauxiteexploration works were beingundertaken in Pandariya Tahsilof Kabirdham and Murtunda ofSurguja district.

Likewise, Bauxite prospect-ing is going on in Bamhtara vil-

lage of Bodla Tehsil ofKabirdham district.

The Bauxite explorationwork will be undertaken inBhursipakri and Mukam ofthe same Tehsil. Both the pro-jects were sanctioned duringthe meeting.

It was also informed thatfor effective management ofminerals a web-based e-gov-ernance application‘Chhattisgarh IntegratedMines and MineralManagement System’ is beingdeveloped. This applicationwill be used to receive requestsfor various relaxations on min-erals and timely disposal ofapplications.

The application will be

helpful in providing e-permit,e-transit pass monitoring uni-fied check post and weighingbridges along with checking ofillegal mining.

It was also informed thatdistrict mineral foundationshave been made in those dis-tricts where certain mineralsare found. These foundationswill carry on road construction,health and environment devel-opment and the developmentrequired at the local level.

The Directorate ofGeology & Mining inChhattisgarh had been theprocess of carrying out iron oreexploration in the notifiedareas of Kanker andNarayanpur districts of Bastar

division.The exploration target is

for the 12th plan period (2012-17) and is being carried out inRowghat and 10 other locali-ties, officials stated.

The ChhattisgarhGovernment had targetted tocarry out survey and mappingfor 1,000 square kms of State’sarea during 2015-16 for geo-logical exploration during the12th five year plan ( 2012-17).

The minerals to beexplored as Bauxite, Limestone,Iron ore, Coal, Dolomite,Manganese and Granite, offi-cials stated.

Notably, the ChhattisgarhDirectorate of Geology &Mining had been engaged in

exploration of mineralresources as well as mineralsdevelopment and regulationwork in the State.

The Directorate has thefacility of remote sensing, car-tography,survey, drilling andpetrological techniques for geo-logical investigations support-ed by the chemical laboratory(conventional and instrumen-tal techniques of analyses) toassess the mineral resources.The mineral exploration worksare being carried out throughthree Regional Offices, Raipur,Bilaspur and Jagdalpur, theystated.

The grant of mineral con-cession, collection of revenueand regulation of mineral con-cessions are underway throughDistrict Offices under the con-trol of Collector, district con-cerned.

The Directorate also pro-vides technical and legaladvice, related with grant andregulation of mineral conces-sion to the State Government.

Explorations had beenpromised for Bauxite inDandkesra and Murdadandarea of Surguja and Daraiand Bhuski-Pakri/Pandripaniarea of Kabirdham districts(two areas) , Iron ore in noti-fied areas of Kanker andNarayanpur districts andPavaras and Kachhora area ofBastar district.

Moreover, explorations arebeing proposed for Limestone

in Raipur,Rajnandgaon,Janjgir-Champaand Dantewada districts,Manganese in Raipur district,Dolomite in Janjgir-Champadistrict, Granite in Kanker,Bastar and Narayanpur dis-tricts, Coal in Saidu area andWest of Mainpat Plateau ofSurguja district.

Chhattisgarh is set to earnestimated revenue of Rs 51,596crore from its five mines auc-tioned among 29 in the coun-try under the provisions ofCoal Mines (SpecialProvisions) Act, 2015 duringthe mining lease period, offi-cials stated.

Chhattisgarh — a mineralrich State had 7.48 per centshare in total value of mineralproduction in the country dur-ing 2014-15, according to the2014-15 annual report of theUnion Ministry of Mines.

As per the report,Rajasthan had share of 11.49per cent, Gujarat (8.85 percent), Andhra Pradesh (8.25per cent), Chhattisgarh (7.48per cent) followed byJharkhand (7.37 per cent),Odisha (6.38 per cent),Maharashtra ( 5.35 per cent),Madhya Pradesh (4.70 percent), West Bengal (4.32 percent), Assam (4.04 per cent),Karnataka (2.96 per cent) andUttar Pradesh (2.72 per cent).

The remaining States andUnion Territories having indi-vidual share of less than 2.5 per

cent all together accounted forremaining of total value ofmineral production during theyear under review, the reportstated.

State-wise analysis revealedthat during 2014-15, the valueof mineral production haveshown a mixed trend as com-pared to the previous year.

The States which have indi-cated an increase in the valueof mineral production are --Tripura (14.3 per cent),Karnataka (1.6 per cent), Bihar(6.6 per cent), HimachalPradesh (16.5 per cent),Mehgalaya ( 61.6 per cent),Uttar Pradesh (0.8 per cent)and Chhattisgarh (0.7 per cent).

During 2014-15, min-eral production was report-ed from 33 States and unionterritories which is actualreport ing f rom MineralC ons e r v at i on andD e ve l opme nt Ru l e s(MCDR) and fuel mineralsfrom 23 States and estima-tion of minor minerals forall the 32 states and unionterritories of which the bulkof value of mineral produc-tion of about 94.18 per centwas confined to 13 states(including off shore areas)only, it stated.

Offshore areas are in lead-ing position in terms of valueof mineral production in thecountry and had the share of20.27 per cent in the nationaloutput, the report stated.

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Individual counseling is theneed of the hour in the jails,” headded.

It was an enriching expe-rience for the students and fac-ulty members.

They got the opportunityto gain an insight into thecriminal justice system in Indiaand compare it with interna-tional standards, said SoniaSingla. Exploring correctionalsocial work and broadenunderstanding of socialdefence, she added.

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

Rebecca, one of the stu-dents, shared, “We made apower point presentationbefore the Tihar authorities andshared our findings. We also

gave suggestions along the lineslike interventions to institu-tionalise services of coun-selling, gender sensitisation,anger management and crosscultural perspective training forboth inmates and jail staff.”

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

“It was sensed that effectivemanagerial practices can bringdesired results of reformationand reintegration. Regularhuman rights awareness camps,health camps and legal aid campswill certainly add to the qualityof service”, Shubham added.

Recognising the efforts ofthe students, Yadav said, “We

appreciate the collective effortsof students for their collabora-tion in the ongoing project ofrehabilitation, reformation andreintegration.”

“The idea to host the stu-dents in the residential campwas to fulfil two objectives. Thefirst part is the interventionwhich students along withresource persons in the jailpremises will provide. Theseinclude, imparting soft skillstraining to the jail staff, espe-cially jail warders so that theycan conduct themselves betterwith inmates as well as out-siders”, said Yadav.

“It was aimed at conduct-ing a need based assessment ofinmates and identify their indi-vidual, social, psychologicaland collective needs in theprison. An also to identify thevulnerable and excludedgroups in the jail and offerthem with ideas for their refor-mation and inclusion withother inmates,” he added.

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Agroup of local youth has joined handsto organize Roza Iftar during the

whole month of Ramadan at the historicIqbal Maidan of the city. A committeetitled 'Iqbal maidan roza Iftar commit-tee' has been constituted by these youthfor the purpose. Banners informing thepeople about the month-long Iftar havebeen put up around Iqbal Maidan ask-ing people to join the Iftar open for all.

The youth have also derived a slo-gan for the purpose, 'Is Ramadan har

din, sath-sath roza Iftar' (this Ramadanevery day, roza Iftar together).

The youth while talking to ThePioneer insisted not to publish theirnames as they do not want publicity forthe pious work they are going to dobesides they do not want to take the

credit of the work that according to themis a team work and publishing name ofone or two would certainly disheartenedother members who are equally involvedin the charity work.

Excited with the overwhelmingresponse they are getting for coopera-tion from finance to voluntary labourduring the month-long programme, oneof the members of the committee saidthat initially we thought to organise Iftarfor the fruit sellers and other handcartpullers who stand around Iqbal Maidanbut the discussions going on among

friends ended up with the decision oforganising Iftar daily for everyone whowant to join.

People are coming forward to con-tribute on listening about the programmeand are very much impressed by the ideathat names of no one would be made pub-lic. Initially we are planning to makearrangements for about 125-150 personsas most of the people prefer to do Iftar athome in the beginning of Ramadan. Laterwe would make arrangements as per thepresence of the people, said the commit-tee member.

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Clearly indicating to a shiftin its stated policy for

development of the State so far,Chief Minister Raghubar Dashas called for alternatives tomines and mineral-basedindustries in Jharkhand. Heunderlined that all the prereq-uisites in the form of policy,marketing platform, facilitationcentres etc were there for devel-oping art, artisans and handi-craft in the State which can bea road ahead.

"Jharkhand cannot developonly through its mines andminerals. Had it been the case,it should have become a devel-oped State in the last 70 years.The time has come when weshould look to forest-basedindustries in abundance thathave potential to employ lakhsof poor villagers in the form oftasar silk and lac artists," saidthe CM after opening

'Jharkhand Fashion Festival'on Thursday.

The five-day fest dedicatedto tasar silk fabric producershas been organised by Jharcraftin collaboration with globalonline shopping giant'Amazon'.

Referring to the potentialof the State in this field, the CMsaid that investments of over Rs700 crore in the field of textilehave come since the GlobalInvestors' Summit took place.

"This progress has beenmade in just three months. Weare for 'farm-fabric-fashionand foreign' formula that canpush the villagers ahead on theroad of development. 'KaushalJharkhand-Kushal Jharkhand'is the mantra and theGovernment has all the desiredpolicies, intention and infra-structure in place for that,"added he.

The CM in the presence ofHead of Amazon India GlobalSelling Abhijit Kamra, howev-er, emphasised on keepingquality of the products intactalong with uniqueness.

"Jharkhand is the largestproducer of Tasar silk which is

organically certified and knownas 'Ahimsa silk'. These featureshave to be displayed properlybecause 'jo dikhta hai wahibikta hai'. Our products wouldhave to be presentable beforenational and global marketplaces," said the CM and addedthat making Jharcraft a brandwas very necessary so thatindigenous products are notmarketed under the label of anyother State.

He, on the occasion, alsorevealed decisions like keepingin place skilling coordinatorsup to the village level whowould facilitate in trainingover 4.80 lakh women entre-preneurs and artists of differ-ent kinds for employment gen-eration. The CM said that awhopping budget of Rs 700crore has been kept for skilldevelopment.

The CM, on the occasion,also launched Amazon's USwebsite for the customerswhich would have special dis-play of Jharcraft products, espe-cially tasar-made fabrics. Someof the saris displayed therealso have imprints of famousMaluti temples.

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Nepalese President BidyaDevi Bhandari on Thursday

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

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

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

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

His resignation has

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

Deuba’s appointment islikely to be confirmed in a parliamentary vote within thenext 10 days.

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ABangladeshi court onThursday sentenced the

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

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

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

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

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US President Donald Trumppressed nervous allies on

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

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

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

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

before the meeting.Trump’s focus is however

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

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

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British Prime MinisterTheresa May on Thursday

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

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

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

joint terrorism analysis cen-tre, will remain at critical

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Chinese Governmenthas reclaimed land and built up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another important sector, whichneeds important concentration is nation-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(The writer is a retired Professor in international trade)

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

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

KS JayatheerthaBengaluru

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

What the terror perpetratorsconstrue as an act of bravado is

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

Ganapathi BhatAkola

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

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

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

Ashutosh GargNew Delhi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The jihad in Kashmir should not be mis-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

minority community to quitKashmir” valley.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Zalimo, O Kafiro, Kashmirharmara chod do.”

(O! Merciless, O! Kafirs leaveour Kashmir)

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

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

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

(We want to be ruled under the Shariah)

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

Another writer, Varad Sharma,

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

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

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

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

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

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Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis and

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

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

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

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

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

The mishap took placewhen Fadnavis was returningto Mumbai, after interacting

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

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

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

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With the Centre providing400 anti-riot police per-

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

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

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

Sources said that onrequest of the State

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Amid talk of growing wedgeand bitterness between the

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

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

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

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

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

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

TDP-BJP alliance. Earlier Chandrababu

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

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On the final day of the 52ndannual Meeting of African

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

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

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Aday ahead of PrimeMinister Narendra

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

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

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

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West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

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

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

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

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

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Bengaluru police onWednesday arrested three

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

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

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

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

Preliminary investigations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Modi Governmentplans to start 20 world

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

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

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

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

Javdekar said the Govern-ment planned to have more

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

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

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

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

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Prahalad Patel, a CongressMLA from North Gujarat’s

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

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

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

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

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Siddhanth Ganore, the son ofa police officer who was part

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Maharashtra’s senior BJPMinister Girish Mahajan

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

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

no alternative but to resign asthe Minister forthwith”.

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

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

right to continue in the StateCabinet”.

Mahajan is the WaterResources Minister in theMaharashtra Cabinet.

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

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

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Marxist Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Launching a mass vaccina-tion campaign against

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

“As I belong to eastern UP

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

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

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

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

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The US-based company IonicMSM Inc, which has started

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

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

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

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With maximum optimismin liquidity positions,

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

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

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

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

"The market reboundedfrom previous fall as FOMCminutes shared its concern

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Flagging concerns on exportscenario in the country,

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

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

General Ajay Sahai told reportershere.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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With maximum inventorygains, higher refining

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Things are much better now

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The ICC Champions Trophyholds a special place in the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

His opening part-ner Tom Latham hasquietly made himself a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"It was the victory forpragmatism," Mourinho said,

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

opponents and exploit their weak-nesses."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The BCCI on Thursday invitedapplications for head coach's

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Kumble is bargaining for him-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

French Open to turn his seasonaround.

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

The Wimbledon champion alsobecame the first player to win a GrandSlam, the ATP World Tour Finals, themen's singles at the Olympic Gamesand a Masters 1000 title all in the samecalendar year.

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

"I got to No 1 in the world at theend of last year and there's been sometimes this year where it's been difficultto keep up the motivation and set newgoals," Murray said on Wednesday.

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

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

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

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

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

"I'm ranked No 1 in the world, I'vebeen in worse positions than this,"

Murray said. "I had my back surgerywhich was very difficult for me. Therewere times when I was younger whenI was struggling at lot more than this.

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

Murray will also be facing somestiff challenges from the younger play-ers on the tour.

For the first time, the top five play-ers in the rankings are over 30, butthere are several youngsters whocould win their first Grand Slam inParis. The 20-year-old AlexanderZverev beat Novak Djokovic to win theItalian Open on Sunday, while the 23-year-old Dominic Thiem alsoimpressed in the tournament, defeat-ing Rafael Nadal.

"The way tennis has been going

the last 10, 12 years or so it has lookedlike players are starting to play betteras they get older, which wasn't the casein the past, but I would say it is a bitsurprising," Murray said.

"I'm sure that will start to changesoon and I'm sure the young playerswill break through very shortly," headded. "But hopefully I'll still have afew more years in the top few spots inthe rankings."

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Spin great Erapalli Prasanna feels India'swell-rounded attack make them

favourites to defend the ChampionsTrophy they won four years ago.

"I feel India and Australia are two mostwell balanced teams. They should makethe final. India especially have a very goodattack with six specialist bowlers,"Prasanna said. The former off-spinner fur-ther said that tweakers R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will play amajor role, just like they did in 2013.

"I also wanted to see Kuldeep Yadav in the squad but proba-bly the selectors did not pick him considering the tournament isin England where you would need seamers and all four pacers thatwe have will prove more than a handful. The 20 overs bowled byspinners will also be crucial. It is a 50-over game and their job willbe to stem the flow of runs and take wickets in the middle overs."

"We have a lot of experience in this current squad. The coreremains the same which is the biggest advantage. With nine outof 15 from the current squad being part of the victorious 2013 squad,there will be a certain sense of familiarity with the conditions andthat will help our team," the veteran said.

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England captain Eoin Morgan's fine century laidthe platform for a 72-run win over South

Africa in the day/night first one-day internationalat Headingley on Thursday.

Victory over the Proteas, the world's number-one ranked ODI side, gave England a morale boostjust a week before they host the ChampionsTrophy tournament featuring the world's top eight50-over sides and put them 1-0 up in this three-match series.

South Africa, set 340 to win, made steadyprogress while the experienced Hashim Amla andFaf du Plessis shared a second-wicket stand of 112.

But they both fell in quick succession to leavethe Proteas 149 for three.

South Africa's innings never recovered andthey were dismissed for 267 with five overs tospare.

Earlier, Morgan's 107 - his 10th ODI hundredfor England - was the cornerstone of the hosts'339 for six.

England had slumped to 198 for five butMorgan's sixth-wicket stand of 117 with fellow left-

hander Moeen Ali, who made a dashing 77 notout on his return, turned the tide. Both batsmenstruck five sixes apiece.

Ali, who ended England's innings with a sixoff Chris Morris, was named man-of-the-matchafter also taking two wickets with his off-spin.

"It was a pretty good day at the office for us,"said Morgan.

"The partnerships we built, gave us the bestopportunity to get a par score and beyond."

'Phenomenal' South Africa skipper AB De Villiers accept-

ed his side had been well beaten, telling Sky Sports:"England played phenomenally well with the batin hand. Morgs (Morgan) really dominated withthe hundred.

"We didn't bat well enough; we definitelyshould have come a lot closer. We lost Faf (duPlessis) and Hash (Amla) in close succession andthat probably stopped us a little bit."

De Villiers, however, refused to read too muchinto this result ahead of the Champions Trophy.

"We all have a bit of pressure on us and we'reall contenders to win that trophy," he said.

"They played better tonight and hopefully we'll

win the next one."De Villiers chose to field first on a sunny day

seemingly ideal for batting. His decision wasquickly rewarded when Jason Roy (one run) wascaught behind off left-armer Wayne Parnell in justthe second over.

Both Alex Hales and England Test skipper JoeRoot made runs on an easy-paced pitch beforethey each fell to Andile Phehlukwayo.

The 21-year-old seamer struck with his firstball Wednesday when Hales, on 61, flat-footed-ly chased a wide ball and got a thin edge to wick-et-keeper Quinton de Kock.

Phehlukwayo then undid Root (37) with abouncer the local hero mishooked to Amla. ButMorgan twice lofted Phehlukwayo for six.

Ben Stokes, back from impressing in theIndian Premier League, holed out for 30 and fel-low IPL star Jos Buttler, replacing in-formYorkshireman Jonny Bairstow, glanced to shortfine leg on seven.

But Morgan, who struggled for game time inthis season's IPL, went to his hundred in grandfashion when he hooked fast bowler KagisoRabada over long leg for six.

He holed out off Morris soon afterwards toend a 93-ball innings but Ali kept going as Englandplundered 102 runs in the last 10 overs.

England then had an early breakthroughwhen dangerman de Kock fell for just five afterskying Chris Woakes to opposing keeper Buttler.But Amla made a typically elegant near run-a-ball73. Fast bowler Mark Wood, eventually had AmlaLBW but only after England successfully reviewedAustralian umpire Rod Tucker's not out call.

There was rather less doubt when du Plessiswas caught behind off Yorkshire fast bowler LiamPlunkett. De Villiers looked good while making45 off 38 balls, including seven fours, but he fellin similar fashion to several team-mates when heholed out off Ali. The match ended when Rabadawas caught behind off Woakes, who took four for38.

Before play, teams and officials were joinedby spectators in observing a minute's silence inmemory of the victims of Monday's terror attackin nearby Manchester that killed 22 people andinjured dozens more. The series continues atSouthampton on Saturday and concludes withnext Monday's match at Lord's.

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

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

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

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

He is oftenentrusted with therole of a stoppertoo whenH a r m a n p r e e tSingh or RupinderPal Singh attemptsa dragflick to con-vert penalty cor-ner.

"It's these abil-ities on the field toadapt to any situa-tion and his greatspirit and energywere the qualitiesthat made ourdecision easy toname him as ViceCaptain of theteam," explainedChief CoachRoelant Oltmans.

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

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

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

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

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Luis Enrique is finally sayinggoodbye to Barcelona, with

one last chance at a trophy.The Luis Enrique era in

Barcelona ends after the Copadel Rey final against DeportivoAlaves on Saturday, when thecoach could cap his three-year stint with a ninth trophyout of a possible 13.

"It would be a special title,"Luis Enrique said.

The former Barcelonamidfielder has won nearlyeverything as the coach, sincereplacing Gerard Martino in2014.

He led the team to the tre-ble of La Liga, Copa del Rey,and Champions League in2015. He achieved the league-Copa double in 2016, andbegan this season with theSpanish Super Cup title, theironly trophy so far.

It hasn't been LuisEnrique's best season, whichwas eliminated in the quarter-finals of the CL, and lost theleague to Real Madrid lastweekend.

"I'm happy and more thansatisfied for all the years thatI've enjoyed with this club," the47-year-old Luis Enrique said.

He announced in Marchhe was leaving so he could getsome rest.

His other titles included

the 2015 European Super Cupand the 2015 Club World Cup.

Barcelona has yet to lose aCopa del Rey home-and-awayseries since he took over, a runof 12 straight triumphs.

"We are all thankful forthese three years (with LuisEnrique)," captain AndresIniesta said. "We have to winone last title to finish the bestpossible way."

Barca has been in the Copafinal in seven of the last nineseasons, including the last four.It has won it a record 28 times,including the last two.

Alaves will be playing inthe final of a major tournamentfor only the second time in its96-year history. The other wasthe UEFA Cup 16 years ago,when it lost to Liverpool 5-4 inextra time.

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