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T he divestment plan of national carrier Air India is likely to be a tricky affair. The first signals which came on Tuesday were not encouraging. No bidders came forward to participate in the auction for its properties at prime location in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Trivandrum. “No bidders turned up for the proposed sale of properties in the form of land parcels and built-up flats in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Trivandrum through e-auction. The poor market is seen as the reason for this,” said an Air India official. The airliner wanted to raise around 80 crore through sale of its seven properties under asset monetisation plan. As per the turnaround plan/financial restructuring plan approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in 2012, the national carrier is required to monetise its assets and gener- ate 5,000 crore by way of sale, leasing or developing an asset as a joint venture. Under the plan, the carrier is to get financial assistance to the tune of 30,000 crore over a 10- year period. Air India has been in pos- session of some properties which are lying vacant and unused for long. These include parcels of land as well as resi- dential and commercial estate in India and abroad. The national carrier is also in the process of leasing out around 25,500 square feet space at its Kolkata office complex. While Finance Ministry and NITI Aayog have favoured privatisation of Air India, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) is in favour of reviv- ing the airline burdened with a debt of more than 52,000 crore. Sources said that since three of the five AI subsidiaries — Air India Transport Services, Air India Express, and Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) — are already making good profits for the last two fiscal, the MOCA is not keen on majority stake sale. The AI has five subsidiaries — Air India Express, Alliance Air, AITS and Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL), and AISATS. The Cabinet will take a call on the fate of the AI after var- ious issues including the con- cerns raised by the Civil Aviation Ministry are resolved. While the matter relating to Air India is now with the PMO level, a senior MOCA official hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is credit- ed to be as “turnaround man for State PSUs (Gujarat)”will not allow the “sell AI lobby” to implement its agenda. Earlier in the day, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said inter-minis- terial consultations on the future course of action for Air India have been completed, and the Cabinet would decide on how best to move forward. “The Government needs to understand that Air India is an international airliner, which plays important role in situation where evacuation of our citizens is required as was done in case of Syria and Yemen. But once the AI is privatised, the man- aging logistics in such exigency would not be easy,” explained a MOCA official. The Government’s regional connectivity plan could also be affected in case of privatisation of the AI since the Alliance Air and Air India Express are major players in the Udaan scheme. Led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) K Shyam Sunder, Air India Express, the low cost arm of Air India, earned a net profit of 415 crore last fiscal and the airline’s operating revenue increased by 18 per cent. The airline has achieved operating revenue of 1,897 crore against 1,609 crore earned in the first half of finan- cial year 15-16. With a total of fleet size of 23 it recently start- ed new operations like New Delhi-Dubai, New Delhi-Abu Dhabi, Mumbai-Dubai, Mumbai-Sharjah, Chandigarh- Sharjah, Tiruchirappalli- Sharjah, and Kochi-Dammam. Another profitable sub- sidiary with the largest number of Air India’s manpower, AITS, also known as Air India Transport Services Limited (AIATSL) was conceptualised in 2013 where the Centre promised a budgetary support out of which the organisation is yet to receive half of the 300 crore amount approved. Continued on Page 4 C lose on the heels of brutal gangrape of a married woman in Gurugram, a 35- year-old woman was abducted from IMT Manesar and thrown out of a car in Greater Noida in the wee hours of Tuesday after being allegedly raped for hours by three men as they drove through the National Capital Region, police said. The woman was found out- side ‘Chacha Ka Restaurant’ at Greater Noida’s Golf Links, away from where she had been abducted at about 4 am. A pass- er-by informed the Noida police about the incident after he saw the woman in a dishevelled state. A police team reached the spot and took her to Yatharth Hospital in Greater Noida. She then referred to the Government hospital as it was case of gan- grape, said a police official. Police said that that the woman was abducted from Sohna area in Gurugram around 8.45 pm on Monday and flung out of a moving Swift car several hours later. “Some beer bottles were also found from the spot which indi- cates that the accused per- sons were inebri- ated at the time,” a senior Greater Noida police officer said. “We are in the process of recording her state- ment,” the officer said. The woman, who belonged to Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, told the police that she had been walking near her residence in Sohna on Monday night when she was pulled into a car by the unidentified men. She said they molested her and took turns to rape her in the moving car for at least four to five hours. After driving through Delhi, they reached Greater Noida where they threw her out in a dark spot before escaping. They also allegedly threat- ened her with dire conse- quences if she approached the police. The woman had come to Gurugram some 10 to 15 days back and was staying with her family in Sohna area. “We have taken the details from SSP Gautambudh Nagar Luv Kumar. A team of the Gautambudh Nagar police is arriv- ing in Gurugram to examine the sequence of the crime. We are exam- ining whether they lodged a zero FIR in this regard. We are assisting Noida police and are investigating the matter,” said Gurgugram Police Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar. The Gurugram police said they received the information about the incident at 4 am. Police Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner of police (east) Deepak Saharan and DCP (crime) Sumit Kuhar, were also present at the Sector 29 police station when the woman recorded her statement in the presence of a woman lawyer. Police teams are examining the CCTV footage of major roads in the NCR region to get some clues, he added. No arrests have been made as yet. Sources said the role of an auto driver has also been revealed in the incident. His role came out after questioning the victim. Continued on Page 4 T he Income-Tax Department has charged six family members of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, including wife, son and daughters, under the new and stringent anti-benami assets Act in connection with its probe into land deals worth 1,000 crore. The department served notices of attachment of assets to Lalu’s MP daughter Misa Bharti, son-in-law Shailesh Kumar, his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, son and Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and daugh- ters Chanda and Ragini Yadav. The provisional attach- ment order, accessed by PTI, has been issued under Section 24(3) (where the taxman thinks the person in possession of the property held benami may alienate the property) of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 2016 and Lalu’s kin have been identified as the “beneficiaries” of the alleged benami assets. Violators under the Act, enacted in 1988 but imple- mented from November 1 last year, attract a rigorous impris- onment (RI) of up to 7 years and fine up to 25 per cent of the fair market value of the property. The department has attached about a dozen plots and buildings in Delhi and Bihar including a farm house and land in the Palam Vihar area, a residential building in the upmarket New Friends Colony area of south Delhi, nine plots on a 256.75 decimal land area in Phulwari Sharif area in Patna, where a shopping mall was being constructed, among few others in the same area in Bihar’s capital. The department has said these alleged benami assets bear a “deed” value of about 9.32 crore but the taxman has estimated their current market value at 170-180 crore. Detailed report Page 5 R eminiscent of India’s tryst with destiny at the mid- night of August 15, 1947, Parliament’s historic Central Hall will witness an hour-long function on the intervening night of June 30-July 1 to mark the rollout of Goods and Services Tax (GST) where President Pranab Mukherjee, who had piloted the first Constitutional Amendment Bill to bring in GST in 2011 when he was the Finance Minister during the previous UPA regime, will share the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion. “Late on June 30, a pro- gramme will be organised in Central Hall of Parliament. The launch will take place exactly at the midnight,” said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Also on dais will be former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda, apart from Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. All Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Members have been invited as also Chief Ministers and State Finance Ministers, said Jaitley, adding that all the members — past and present — chairmen of the GST Council and the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers have been invited. Jaitley said that businesses cannot give any excuse for not being ready as enough time was given to them for preparation. However, implementation of the GST, which will unify more than a dozen separate levies to create a single market, may result in “some disruption” and “technological glitches” initially as traders and the smallest of businesses will have to file returns online, he added. Detailed report on P10 T he City of Nawabs is all set to create a record of sorts, when over 55,000 participants will do Yoga, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, on the occa- sion of the International Yoga Day at the Ram Bai Ambedkar ground on Wednesday. This would be the third International Yoga Day func- tion after being organised in Delhi and Chandigarh. The inaugural event at Rajpath in Delhi in 2015 established two Guinness world records, award- ed to the Ministry of Ayush, which had organised the event. The two records were for the largest yoga class, featuring 35,985 people and for the largest number of participating nationalities of 84 countries. On the second International Yoga Day at Chandigarh, around 30,000 participants had attended the event, along with the Prime Minister. Lucknow is ready to break all previous records as this time over 55,000 volunteers are likely to take part in the International Yoga Day. Besides this, 11 parks in the State cap- ital would also be holding Yoga programmes simultaneously. With possibility of rain in the next 24 hours in this capi- tal city and its nearby areas, the district authorities and the Union AYUSH Ministry are ready with plan-B, in case of downpours during the programme. “We are taking no chances and prepared for any eventu- ality, even if there is rain dur- ing the programme,” said Lucknow District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma. The DM said, during the full dress rehearsal, the officials had observed some lapses like traffic management, which will be taken care during the main event. Except for making a water- proof pandal for the VVIPs, the authorities were helpless in making the same arrangements for the 55,000 people, who are slated to do Yoga along with the PM, UP Governor Ram Naik, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. During the last International Yoga Day func- tion in the State capital on June 21, 2016, which was attended by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the KD Singh Babu Stadium, the Yoga pro- gramme was disrupted due to heavy rain. Meanwhile, the officials said the largest contingent for participants in the International Yoga day function at Rama Bai Ambedkar ground would be of 14,500 activists of Patanjali, followed by 10,600 of NCC-NSS volunteers, 8,000 schools and college students, 5,200 of Gayatri parivar, 4,000 of Art of Living, 800 of Brahma Kumaris, 2,500 of Defence and Central forces, 200 differently- abled and 80 foreign delegates. There would be dress code of white T-shirt with logo of ‘Yoga for Harmony and Peace’, besides the area would have 50 big LED screens, 25 toilets, 19 water dispensing units and 3 medical booths. New Delhi: India cricket coach Anil Kumble on Tuesday stepped down from his posi- tion after a widely-speculated feud with captain Virat Kohli, marking a bitter end to a high- ly successful tenure. “The BCCI confirms that Anil Kumble has withdrawn his services as the post of the Head Coach for the Senior India Men’s team,” the board said in a statement. His one year contract expired at the end of the Champions Trophy but he was given the option to travel with the team to the West Indies series beginning on Friday. While Kumble stayed back in London, the Indian team boarded the flight to Barbados. Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid feels time has come for India to take decisions with focus on the 2019 World Cup and that includes a call on the role of MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh in the current team. “It is a call that is got to be taken by the selectors and the manage- ment,” Dravid said when asked about future of Yuvraj and Dhoni, who were the team’s number four and five in the Champions Trophy. Detailed report on P15 C abinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has decided to give subsidy of 8,700 crore to con- sumers on electricity tariff implemented for the fiscal year 2017-18 by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission. Payment of sub- sidy amount will be paid by the State Government to the con- cerned power companies. Benefit of 8,400 crore will be availed by maximum agricul- ture consumers by this decision. As a result of this decision, subsidy of 1.10 per unit will be given to domestic consumers up to one hundred watt using 30 units monthly electricity and 20 paisa per unit to domestic consumers consuming elec- tricity up to 50 units. An elec- tricity bill of 1400 per horse power per annum will have to be paid by the flat rate agri- culture consumers of perma- nent connections. The balance payment will be fulfilled by the State Government from the subsidy. Similarly, electricity will be provided free to agriculture consumers up to 5 horse power belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes holding one hectare land. Besides, subsidy of 1.75per unit will be given to agriculture consumers having permanent connections. Complete burden of fixed monthly charges and FCA will be borne by the State Government and subsidy will be continued for agriculture consumers of permanent and temporary connections. Cabinet has decided to give subsidy at the rate of 95 per kilo watt per month on fixed charges of low tension street lights schemes of nagar palika and nagar panchayats. High tension lift and group irrigation consumers will be exempted from annual minimum charges. Also, subsidy of 1.90 per unit will be given in power charges. No electricity charges will be taken from scheduled caste and tribe single 1.25 paise per unit will be given to power loom consumers up to 25 hp. Furthermore, the Cabinet has decided to expand fixed due date of short-term agri- culture loan of Kharif season being given to farmers without interest through cooperative banks for 2016-17 from February 28 to March 28, 2017. T wo more farmers committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours allegedly due to distress over debts, taking the number of such deaths in the State to 17 since June 8. The latest suicides were reported in Narsinghpur and Hoshangabad districts. In Hoshangabad, 40-year- old Babulal Verma, who had set himself on fire on Friday, suc- cumbed to his injuries this morning, said police, adding the incident had taken place at Randhal village in Hoshangabad district. Verma was admitted to Bhopal's Hamidia Hospital, where he succumbed to burn injures on Modnay night, said Dehat (rural) police station officials. Verma’s family alleged that he took the extreme step as the private moneylenders were harassing him for the repay- ment of dues. In Dhamna village of Narsinghpur district, 65-year- old farmer Laxmi Gumasta allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poiso- nous substance at his home this morning, the police said. According to Gumasta's family members, he took the extreme step as he was unable to repay the loan worth 4 lakh. Besides, he had lost his crop, which was destroyed in a fire Continued on Page 4 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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The divestment plan ofnational carrier Air India

is likely to be a tricky affair.The first signals whichcame on Tuesday werenot encouraging. No bidderscame forward to participate inthe auction for its properties atprime location in Mumbai,Bengaluru and Trivandrum.

“No bidders turned up forthe proposed sale of propertiesin the form of land parcels andbuilt-up flats in Mumbai,Bengaluru and Trivandrumthrough e-auction. The poormarket is seen as the reason forthis,” said an Air India official.The airliner wanted to raisearound �80 crore through saleof its seven properties underasset monetisation plan.

As per the turnaroundplan/financial restructuringplan approved by the CabinetCommittee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) in 2012, thenational carrier is required tomonetise its assets and gener-ate �5,000 crore by way of sale,leasing or developing an assetas a joint venture. Under theplan, the carrier is to get financial assistance to the tune of �30,000 crore over a 10-year period.

Air India has been in pos-session of some propertieswhich are lying vacant and

unused for long. These includeparcels of land as well as resi-dential and commercial estatein India and abroad. Thenational carrier is also in theprocess of leasing out around25,500 square feet space at itsKolkata office complex.

While Finance Ministryand NITI Aayog have favouredprivatisation of Air India, theMinistry of Civil Aviation(MOCA) is in favour of reviv-ing the airline burdened with adebt of more than �52,000crore. Sources said that sincethree of the five AI subsidiaries— Air India Transport Services,Air India Express, and AirIndia Engineering Services

Limited (AIESL) — are alreadymaking good profits for the lasttwo fiscal, the MOCA is notkeen on majority stake sale.The AI has five subsidiaries —Air India Express, AllianceAir, AITS and Air IndiaEngineering Services Limited(AIESL), and AISATS.

The Cabinet will take a callon the fate of the AI after var-ious issues including the con-cerns raised by the CivilAviation Ministry are resolved.While the matter relating to AirIndia is now with the PMOlevel, a senior MOCA officialhoped that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi who is credit-ed to be as “turnaround man

for State PSUs (Gujarat)”willnot allow the “sell AI lobby” toimplement its agenda.

Earlier in the day, Ministerof State for Civil AviationJayant Sinha said inter-minis-terial consultations on thefuture course of action for AirIndia have been completed, andthe Cabinet would decide onhow best to move forward.

“The Government needs tounderstand that Air India is aninternational airliner, whichplays important role in situationwhere evacuation of our citizensis required as was done in caseof Syria and Yemen. But oncethe AI is privatised, the man-aging logistics in such exigency

would not be easy,”explained a MOCA official.

The Government’sregional connectivity plancould also be affected in case of

privatisation of the AIsince the Alliance Air andAir India Express are

major players in the Udaanscheme. Led by Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) K ShyamSunder, Air India Express, thelow cost arm of Air India,earned a net profit of �415crore last fiscal and the airline’soperating revenue increasedby 18 per cent.

The airline has achievedoperating revenue of �1,897crore against �1,609 croreearned in the first half of finan-cial year 15-16. With a total offleet size of 23 it recently start-ed new operations like NewDelhi-Dubai, New Delhi-AbuDhabi, Mumbai-Dubai,Mumbai-Sharjah, Chandigarh-Sharjah, Tiruchirappalli-Sharjah, and Kochi-Dammam.

Another profitable sub-sidiary with the largest numberof Air India’s manpower, AITS,also known as Air IndiaTransport Services Limited(AIATSL) was conceptualisedin 2013 where the Centrepromised a budgetary supportout of which the organisationis yet to receive half of the �300crore amount approved.

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Close on the heels of brutalgangrape of a married

woman in Gurugram, a 35-year-old woman was abductedfrom IMT Manesar and thrownout of a car in Greater Noida inthe wee hours of Tuesday afterbeing allegedly raped for hoursby three men as they drovethrough the National CapitalRegion, police said.

The woman was found out-side ‘Chacha Ka Restaurant’ atGreater Noida’s Golf Links, awayfrom where she had beenabducted at about 4 am. A pass-er-by informed the Noida policeabout the incident after he sawthe woman in a dishevelledstate. A police team reached thespot and took her to YatharthHospital in Greater Noida. Shethen referred to the Governmenthospital as it was case of gan-grape, said a police official.

Police said that that thewoman was abducted fromSohna area in Gurugramaround 8.45 pm on Mondayand flung out of a moving Swift

car severalhours later.“Some beerbottles werealso foundfrom the spotwhich indi-cates that theaccused per-sons were inebri-ated at the time,” asenior Greater Noida policeofficer said. “We are in theprocess of recording her state-ment,” the officer said.

The woman, who belongedto Bharatpur district inRajasthan, told the police thatshe had been walking near herresidence in Sohna on Mondaynight when she was pulled intoa car by the unidentified men.

She said they molested herand took turns to rape her inthe moving car for at least fourto five hours. After drivingthrough Delhi, they reachedGreater Noida where theythrew her out in a dark spotbefore escaping.

They also allegedly threat-ened her with dire conse-quences if she approached thepolice. The woman had cometo Gurugram some 10 to 15days back and was stayingwith her family in Sohna area.

“We have taken the details

from SSPGautambudh NagarLuv Kumar. A teamof the GautambudhNagar police is arriv-ing in Gurugram toexamine thesequence of the

crime. We are exam-ining whether they

lodged a zero FIR in thisregard. We are assisting Noidapolice and are investigatingthe matter,” said GurgugramPolice Commissioner SandeepKhirwar.

The Gurugram police saidthey received the informationabout the incident at 4 am.Police Commissioner, DeputyCommissioner of police (east)Deepak Saharan and DCP(crime) Sumit Kuhar, were alsopresent at the Sector 29 policestation when the womanrecorded her statement in thepresence of a woman lawyer.

Police teams are examiningthe CCTV footage of majorroads in the NCR region to getsome clues, he added.No arrests have been made asyet. Sources said the role of anauto driver has also beenrevealed in the incident. Hisrole came out after questioningthe victim.

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The Income-Tax Departmenthas charged six family

members of RJD chief LaluPrasad, including wife, son anddaughters, under the new andstringent anti-benami assetsAct in connection with itsprobe into land deals worth�1,000 crore.

The department servednotices of attachment of assetsto Lalu’s MP daughter MisaBharti, son-in-law ShaileshKumar, his wife and formerBihar Chief Minister RabriDevi, son and Bihar DeputyCM Tejashwi Yadav and daugh-ters Chanda and Ragini Yadav.

The provisional attach-ment order, accessed by PTI,has been issued under Section24(3) (where the taxman thinksthe person in possession of theproperty held benami mayalienate the property) of theBenami Transactions(Prohibition) Act, 2016 andLalu’s kin have been identifiedas the “beneficiaries” of thealleged benami assets.

Violators under the Act,enacted in 1988 but imple-mented from November 1 lastyear, attract a rigorous impris-onment (RI) of up to 7 years andfine up to 25 per cent of the fairmarket value of the property.

The department hasattached about a dozen plotsand buildings in Delhi andBihar including a farm houseand land in the Palam Vihararea, a residential building inthe upmarket New FriendsColony area of south Delhi,nine plots on a 256.75 decimalland area in Phulwari Sharifarea in Patna, where a shoppingmall was being constructed,among few others in the samearea in Bihar’s capital.

The department has saidthese alleged benami assetsbear a “deed” value of about�9.32 crore but the taxman hasestimated their current marketvalue at �170-180 crore.

Detailed report Page 5

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Reminiscent of India’s trystwith destiny at the mid-

night of August 15, 1947,Parliament’s historic CentralHall will witness an hour-longfunction on the interveningnight of June 30-July 1 to markthe rollout of Goods andServices Tax (GST) wherePresident Pranab Mukherjee,who had piloted the firstConstitutional AmendmentBill to bring in GST in 2011when he was the FinanceMinister during the previousUPA regime, will share the daiswith Prime Minister NarendraModi on the occasion.

“Late on June 30, a pro-gramme will be organised inCentral Hall of Parliament.The launch will take placeexactly at the midnight,” saidFinance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Also on dais will be formerPrime Ministers ManmohanSingh and HD Deve Gowda,apart from Vice-PresidentHamid Ansari and Lok SabhaSpeaker Sumitra Mahajan.

All Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha Members have been

invited as also Chief Ministersand State Finance Ministers,said Jaitley, adding that all themembers — past and present— chairmen of the GSTCouncil and the EmpoweredCommittee of State FinanceMinisters have been invited.

Jaitley said that businessescannot give any excuse for notbeing ready as enough time wasgiven to them for preparation.However, implementation ofthe GST, which will unify morethan a dozen separate levies tocreate a single market, mayresult in “some disruption”and “technological glitches”initially as traders and thesmallest of businesses will haveto file returns online, he added.

Detailed report on P10

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The City of Nawabs is all setto create a record of sorts,

when over 55,000 participantswill do Yoga, along with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andother dignitaries, on the occa-sion of the International YogaDay at the Ram Bai Ambedkarground on Wednesday.

This would be the thirdInternational Yoga Day func-tion after being organised inDelhi and Chandigarh. Theinaugural event at Rajpath inDelhi in 2015 established twoGuinness world records, award-ed to the Ministry of Ayush,which had organised the event.The two records were for thelargest yoga class, featuring35,985 people and for the

largest number of participatingnationalities of 84 countries.

On the second InternationalYoga Day at Chandigarh,around 30,000 participants hadattended the event, along withthe Prime Minister.

Lucknow is ready to breakall previous records as thistime over 55,000 volunteers arelikely to take part in theInternational Yoga Day. Besidesthis, 11 parks in the State cap-ital would also be holding Yogaprogrammes simultaneously.

With possibility of rain inthe next 24 hours in this capi-tal city and its nearby areas, thedistrict authorities and theUnion AYUSH Ministry are ready with plan-B, in case of downpours during theprogramme.

“We are taking no chancesand prepared for any eventu-ality, even if there is rain dur-ing the programme,” saidLucknow District MagistrateKaushal Raj Sharma.

The DM said, during thefull dress rehearsal, the officials

had observed some lapses like traffic management, whichwill be taken care during themain event.

Except for making a water-proof pandal for the VVIPs, theauthorities were helpless inmaking the same arrangementsfor the 55,000 people, who areslated to do Yoga along with thePM, UP Governor Ram Naik,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

and Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev.During the last

International Yoga Day func-tion in the State capital on June21, 2016, which was attendedby Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh at the KD SinghBabu Stadium, the Yoga pro-gramme was disrupted due toheavy rain.

Meanwhile, the officialssaid the largest contingent for participants in theInternational Yoga day functionat Rama Bai Ambedkar groundwould be of 14,500 activists ofPatanjali, followed by 10,600 ofNCC-NSS volunteers, 8,000schools and college students,5,200 of Gayatri parivar, 4,000of Art of Living, 800 of BrahmaKumaris, 2,500 of Defence andCentral forces, 200 differently-abled and 80 foreign delegates.

There would be dress codeof white T-shirt with logo of‘Yoga for Harmony and Peace’,besides the area would have 50big LED screens, 25 toilets, 19water dispensing units and 3medical booths.

New Delhi: India cricket coachAnil Kumble on Tuesdaystepped down from his posi-tion after a widely-speculatedfeud with captain Virat Kohli,marking a bitter end to a high-ly successful tenure. “TheBCCI confirms that AnilKumble has withdrawn hisservices as the post of theHead Coach for the SeniorIndia Men’s team,” the boardsaid in a statement.

His one year contractexpired at the end of theChampions Trophy but he wasgiven the option to travel withthe team to the West Indiesseries beginning on Friday.While Kumble stayed back inLondon, the Indian teamboarded the flight to Barbados.

Meanwhile, Rahul Dravidfeels time has come for Indiato take decisions with focus onthe 2019 World Cup and thatincludes a call on the role ofMS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh inthe current team. “It is a callthat is got to be taken by theselectors and the manage-ment,” Dravid said when askedabout future of Yuvraj andDhoni, who were the team’snumber four and five in theChampions Trophy.

Detailed report on P15

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Cabinet meeting held underthe chairmanship of Chief

Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has decided to givesubsidy of �8,700 crore to con-sumers on electricity tariffimplemented for the fiscal year2017-18 by the MadhyaPradesh Electricity RegulatoryCommission. Payment of sub-sidy amount will be paid by theState Government to the con-cerned power companies.Benefit of �8,400 crore will beavailed by maximum agricul-ture consumers by this decision.

As a result of this decision,subsidy of �1.10 per unit will begiven to domestic consumersup to one hundred watt using30 units monthly electricity and20 paisa per unit to domesticconsumers consuming elec-tricity up to 50 units. An elec-tricity bill of �1400 per horsepower per annum will have tobe paid by the flat rate agri-culture consumers of perma-nent connections.

The balance payment willbe fulfilled by the StateGovernment from the subsidy.Similarly, electricity will beprovided free to agricultureconsumers up to 5 horse power

belonging to Scheduled Castesand Tribes holding one hectareland. Besides, subsidy of�1.75per unit will be given toagriculture consumers havingpermanent connections.Complete burden of fixedmonthly charges and FCA willbe borne by the StateGovernment and subsidy willbe continued for agricultureconsumers of permanent andtemporary connections.

Cabinet has decided to givesubsidy at the rate of �95 perkilo watt per month on fixedcharges of low tension streetlights schemes of nagar palikaand nagar panchayats. Hightension lift and group irrigationconsumers will be exemptedfrom annual minimum charges.Also, subsidy of �1.90 per unitwill be given in power charges.No electricity charges will betaken from scheduled casteand tribe single 1.25 paise perunit will be given to powerloom consumers up to 25 hp.

Furthermore, the Cabinethas decided to expand fixeddue date of short-term agri-culture loan of Kharif seasonbeing given to farmers withoutinterest through cooperativebanks for 2016-17 fromFebruary 28 to March 28, 2017.

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Two more farmers committedsuicide in Madhya Pradesh

in the last 24 hours allegedly dueto distress over debts, taking thenumber of such deaths in theState to 17 since June 8.

The latest suicides werereported in Narsinghpur andHoshangabad districts.

In Hoshangabad, 40-year-old Babulal Verma, who had sethimself on fire on Friday, suc-cumbed to his injuries thismorning, said police, addingthe incident had taken place atRandhal village inHoshangabad district. Vermawas admitted to Bhopal'sHamidia Hospital, where hesuccumbed to burn injures onModnay night, said Dehat(rural) police station officials.

Verma’s family alleged thathe took the extreme step as theprivate moneylenders wereharassing him for the repay-ment of dues.

In Dhamna village ofNarsinghpur district, 65-year-old farmer Laxmi Gumastaallegedly committed suicideby consuming some poiso-nous substance at his home thismorning, the police said.

According to Gumasta'sfamily members, he took theextreme step as he was unableto repay the loan worth �4 lakh.Besides, he had lost his crop,which was destroyed in a fire

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The GRP Itarsi busted afive-member interstate

gang of thieves and recoveredjewelry worth �11 lakh fromtheir possession.

In the wake of increasingnumber of thefts in trains GRPItarsi started sudden checkingof trains and on June 13, fivemiscreants were nabbed fromtrain number 15017 KashiExpress and when the miscre-ants were quizzed they con-fessed five thefts in MadhyaPradesh.

The accused committedcrimes in Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra,Uttarakhand and other states.

The five nabbed accusedwere identified as SatyawaanSingh (42), Valindar aliasVirendra Sansi (33), AshokKumar (46), Sanjeev Kumaralias Ranveer Sansi (41) andRajesh Sansi (33) all are resi-dents of Haryana.

During the investigationthe gang members confessedthat they used to target pas-sengers who were scheduled toattend marriages as they wouldcarry higher amount of cashand valuables. The miscreantsused to move in group andwould gather near the targetand later after acquaintingwith the victim they wouldsteal valuables from the luggageof the victim in the name ofhelping the victim. They wouldassure the victim they are help-ing in adjusting the luggageduring which they wouldremove the valuables from theluggage or purse carrying valu-ables and would escape.

The miscreants committedcrimes in Madhya Pradesh inthe last three months. Theywould move across states toevade arrest and would targetanother victim in other stateand would continue with thesame pattern. They were want-ed in several thefts said police.

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The senior theatre artists ofthe city are all set to woo

the theatre buffs, will be seenpresenting a mythologicaldrama on stage. The rehearsalsof the play Bhugol Raja Ka,Khagol Raja Ka are being car-ried out at Gandhi Bhavanauditorium.

The play will feature almostall the senior artists of the citytogether on stage. Notably, it isa mythological play wherein astory of Hirnay Kashyap andPrahlad will be presented.

Prem Gupta, founder ofChildren’s Theatre Academyand playwright of the cityinformed that after a success-ful show with children, theacademy is preparing a newdrama. “This drama is all aboutthe story of Prahlad. To preparethis play we have organized aworkshop wherein the seniorartists are preparing thisdrama.” The play is written byDevendra Deepak.

Gupta informed that the

interesting part of the play isthat it will be presented in thecontemporary style. Duringthe workshop, the artists arepracticing to strengthen theirconcentration through senso-ry exercises.

As it will be a contempo-rary drama, the artists are alsopracticing how to use the propsand properties, speech therapy,improvisation of stories, bodymovements, facial expressionwith dialogue, footwork onmusic along with other exper-imental exercises along withPrem Gupta.

The dress rehearsals of theplay are being carried out thesedays. The heavy dialogues andthe accurate backdrop are themajor highlights of the play.

As the play will showcasethe differences of values andthinking between Prahlad andHarnya Kashyap, their differ-ences, their personalities, thedialogues are written accord-ingly. The costumes and thebackdrop of the play are alsodesigned in the similar manner.

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In an attempt to honour thelast generation of the potters

producing terracotta offeringsof puddukottai district, IndiraGandhi Rashtriya ManavSangrahalaya (IGRMS)installed the largest Aiyanarcomplex inside its premises. Atpresent, seven potters fromPuddukottai district campingto maintain the Aiyyanar com-plex. They will also create anextended complex of terracot-ta idols for the PotteryTradition of India.

Ayyanar is a Hindu villagegod of Tamil Nadu also wor-shipped by Sri Lankan Tamils.Itis also believed that wheneverexternal factors worked indestroying people, the God inhim helped them. He is pri-marily worshiped as a guardiandeity who protects villagesfrom external threats. Thetemples of Aiyanar are usuallyflanked by gigantic and color-ful statues of him and his com-panions riding horses or ele-phants.

An Aiyanar temple, variousclay figure and idols reflect thesocial hierarchy which exists inthe villages of Tamil Nadu. Thegods are ranked according tothe social and economical hier-archy in the village, and as insocial life, the highest ranking

gods are vegetarian, whereasthe lower ranking ones arenon-vegetarian. A temple isoften not a building, but one ormore figures giving impor-tance to each and every ances-tral local god who are collec-tions of people belonging tovarious community groups.

The IGRMS is organisingspecial programme on theInternational Day of Yoga. OnTuesday June 21, 2017 at 9.30am Yoga Gurus from MadhyaPradesh government YogaTraining Centre, Bhopal willimpart training of Yoga Asanasand will deliver a brief lectureon merits of Yoga. After that allemployees of the museum willpractice Yoga at Library ofManav Sangrahalaya.

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International Yoga Day will becelebrated on June 21 in

Madhya Pradesh. Mass Yogaprogramme will be organized inthe whole state on Yoga Day.State-level Mass Yoga pro-gramme will begin from 6.30am at Lal Parade Ground,Bhopal in the presence of ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan.

Participants will be presentat Lal Parade Ground till 6.30am in the state-level pro-gramme. The Madhya Pradeshsong will be sung in the pres-ence of guests at 6.40 am. At6.45 am, Chief MinisterChouhan’s message to the peo-ple of the state will be read out

followed by general Yoga exer-cises from 7 am. The pro-gramme will conclude at 8 am.

The district-level Yoga pro-gramme will be held in thepresence of the Council ofministers at the district head-quarters.

For this ministers havebeen allotted districts. The pur-pose behind this is that theyconcentrate on their allottedassignment with hundred per-cent focus. The mass yoga pro-gramme is being organized bythe School EducationDepartment.

A rehearsal of the mainprogramme was held here onTuesday at the Lal ParadeGround. Government, non-government, students, Central

Reserve Police Force, NCCcadets, Patanjali Yoga Sansthaand other Yoga Sanstha mem-bers took part in the rehearsal.The rehearsal was inspected byCommissioner PublicInstructions, Neeraj Dubey andBhopal District CollectorNishant Warwade.

The rehearsal programmeat the Lal Parade Groundincluded neck movements,shoulder movements, kati cha-lan, knee movements etc. Otherasanas practiced were Tadasana,V r i k s h a s a n a ,Padahastasana,Trikonasana,Bhadrasana, Vajrasana,Shashankasana, Vakrasana,Makarasana, Bhujangasana andother asanas. Pranayam wasalso practiced.

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Cyber Crime sleuths havenabbed Rahul Sharma for

his involvement in a fraudnexus operated by mastermindVinay Singh alias Bittu. In thefraud, several victims werecheated in the name of pro-viding jobs and placementsusing a fake job website.

The nabbed accused RahulSharma used to provide dulysigned bank cheque books andATM cards of fake bankaccounts in return of 10 percent of the total deal. Duringthe investigation when Vinaywas quizzed, he provideddetails of involvement of Rahuland based on the information,cyber cell personnel searchedfor Rahul in Delhi and on June19, the police officials suc-cessfully nabbed him.

Police said when Rahul

was quizzed he accepted hisassociation with Bittu.

He further said that he hadprovided cheque books andATM cards of fake bankaccount to Kishanpal aliasPrashant Gupta who used towithdraw the amount himselfand with the help of hisacquaintances and afterdeducting 20 per cent as com-mission he would provide themoney to Avinash Singh andAnkit Soniwal. Avinash Singhand Ankit Soniwal are still atlarge.

Notably, Vinay Singh aliasBittu who was involved in theorganised crime in which agang was targeting potentialjob seekers, asking people todeposit their money in thebank accounts to get jobs.

The matter came to foreafter victim GhanshyamMaheswari of Kolar lodged a

complaint that the placementservice company shine.comhad duped Rs 8 lakh in thename of facilitating a job.

Based on the complaintin the investigation, it wasfound that Vinay Singh, aliasBittu, of Gautam BudhaNagar Uttar Pradesh wasbehind the fraud.

Vinay Singh confessedthat he used to work forAvinash Kumar Singh andAnkit Sonewal of Jharkhand.He used to call the applicantsin the name of Shine.comCompany and would persuadethem to deposit money in sev-eral bank accounts for facili-tating jobs.

The bank accounts weremanaged by another accom-plice Kishanpal alias Fauji aliasPrashant Gupta. The accusedhad cheated a lot of people atmany places.

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With an aim to make pro-fessionally Forensic

Science Laboratory (FSL)more proficient and capable,ADG Police TechnicalServices PHQ DC Sagar paida visit to Forensic ScienceLaboratory (FSL) Bhopal onTuesday.

During his visit, Sagarinstructed to ensure safety ofspecial report send to theSuperintendent Office andRespective police stations inthe districts and it shouldtaken care that the specialreport should be incorporat-ed with the challan and shouldbe produced before the court.

He instructed that the FSLreports which are quite help-ful in conviction should bereferred from website of highcourt and these examplesshould be carefully studiedand used in the investigation.

Pointing the delay causeddue to reports he instructedthat the pending cases should

be disposed with dutifulnessat the earliest so that the spe-cial report could be producedalong with the challan in thecourt. A diary should bemaintained to details of thecase. He discussed resourcesat RFSL and assured to pro-vide the necessary resources.

Experts, officials and

employees who deliveredexcellence in their work wereawarded during the visit.

The under constructionbuilding of Regional ForensicScience Laboratory (RFSL)was also inspected during thevisit and experts in Ballistic,DNA, Cyber Forensic wouldwork at the laboratory.

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The young fashion designer ofBhopal left the Mumbaikars

totally enchanted with herdesigns. A fashion show wasorganized in Mumbai byNational Institute of FashionTechnology (NIFT), Mumbaiwherein designer AnubhutiBeohar presented a great show.

Showcasing the specialty ofMP, she presented her dressesadorned with hand block printand handcrafted designs whichwere loved by all. The classy andlight colour scheme of the dress-es added much elegance in thedesigns as they were presentedbrilliantly by models on ramp.

Notably, Anubhuti is analumnus of NIFT Mumbai andbelongs to Bhopal. Whicle shar-ing her experience, she said, “Igraduated from NIFT Mumbaiin the year 2008 and was over-whelmed to associate with themas a Designer. They asked me tocreate a collection using theirsponsors Asahi Kasei Textiles, arenowned Japanese company.”

Elaborating further, she said,“The brief given was to create acollection for Indian market as

the Japanese company is look-ing forward to launch them inIndia. Keeping in mind all theseattributes this collection is madefor modern day Indian womenwho love to explore their ethe-real side in a classy way.”

Keeping in mind that min-imalism is the new luxury andethical fashion is the mantra forthese times, collection isdesigned by using handblockprints and hand embroiderieslike kantha and bead work. Thiscollection communicates youth-fulness, elegance and a delicateflow of soft colours, she added.

This entire collection wasprepared in Bhopal byAnubhuti. The collection wasmuch appreciated by the seniordesigners as well as it was lovedby the young NIFT designers.

Top Models such as AleciaRaut, Shucheta Sharma walkedthe ramp. Besides, the celebritieslike Dolly Thakur, Anu Menon,Designer Deepa Meta were alsopresent during the show.

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Archdiocese of Bhopal stageda demonstration peaceful-

ly on Tuesday in the Ambedkarpark, Tulsi Nagar, with thedemands and problems with theChristian community. In thisdharna, the representatives ofvarious churches have expressedtheir views and suggestions ontopics related to Christian issues.The dharna began with a prayerin which grace was sought fromalmighty God.

In the beginning, Fr. MariaStephen, the PRO ofArchdiocese said that “we havenot come here to do evil to anyindividual, Government ororganization, but have come tomeditate and be aware of therights granted to individuals bythe constitution.” "Religiousfreedom - Fundamental Rightfor everyone and everywhereand Build 'bridges' with love andnot 'walls' with hatred" he said.

Indira Iyengar, Fr. Godwin,Fr. Florence, Pastor VijayNathaniel, Pastor CP Singh, FrJonedius and many other rep-resentatives talked about tobuild positive attitude towardsthe missionaries in the society.

Arch Bishop Leo Corneliosaid, “In all missionary institu-tions, people of all castes, reli-

gions are employed, in whichlarge number is of other reli-gions. Missionary organisationswork on secular thinking, andrespect all religions. But somefundamentalists always try todefame these institutions andattempts to give communal col-ors to any event occurring inthese institutions. Missionariesare working in the rural andurban, regardless of their facil-ities, and they are working as avoice of the voiceless. Justrecently, on June 13, the samesituation was witnessed in SatnaRailway station when a Nun and

four women were forced tomade alight at the station on thecomplaint of a fundamentalistorganization.

The representatives of thechurch said in their demands -Minorities do not get the ben-efit of various schemes, itspaperwork is so long that theminority community cannottake full advantage. Therefore,it demands from the authoritiesthat these schemes be simplifiedso that the minority can be ableto get the benefit of the schemesand move forward. AllChristians, have full faith in thelaws of India and theConstitution, request theadministration not to come infalse misrepresentation of thefundamentalists, regardless oftheir religion, they should not bedisturbed or threatened withterror.

Fr Shaji proposed his voteof thanks with gratitude to allthe people in this dharna fortheir valuable thoughts andsuggestions.It is worth men-tioning that the Missionarieshave been working in ruralareas of the state for the lastmany years and it has alsodrawn the attention of someorganisations.This has also cre-ated a sense of fear amongchristians

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On the last day of the theatreauditions of Madhya

Pradesh School of Drama(MPSD), the students gaveoutstanding performances.

The aspiring candidatesgave auditions for admission inbatch 2017-18, wonderfullypresented their confidenceskills on stage at ShaheedBhawan. Notably, MadhyaPradesh School of Dramaorganised a four-day selectionworkshop that began here onJune 17.

Here on Tuesday, the aspi-rants presented an introductionabout themselves before theselection committee and it

become a difficult task for thecommittee to choose the bestcandidate.

More than 300 theatre aspi-rants participated in the audi-tions from across the country.Out of these only 25 studentswere selected by the commit-tee based on their confidenceand performance.

The finalists of the batchwere given certificates by actorGovind Namdev andRaghuveer Yadav. The batchwill start from July 15.

During the first two days ofthe auditions the aspirants per-formed individually and show-cased their talent before theMPSD faculty members. Onthe third day performance they

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The police has arrested 15persons here allegedly for

shouting pro-Pakistan slogansafter its cricket team won theICC Champions Trophy finalby defeating India and bookedthem for sedition. Pakistanhad hammered India by 180runs to lift the ChampionsTrophy in London on Sunday.

Tension gripped Mohadtown here on Sunday night aftersome persons shouted slogansin favour of Pakistan and cele-brated its cricket team's win bybursting firecrackers at publicplaces. Security was stepped upimmediately in the town toavoid any law and order prob-lem.

The police later registered acase on a complaint by oneSubhash Laxman Koli andarrested 15 persons yesterday,Shahpur police station in-chargeSanjay Pathak said. "There wasa complaint that these accusedcelebrated Pakistan's victory bybursting crackers and raisingpro- Pakistan and anti-Indiaslogans," Pathak said.

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In a major breakthrough, thepolice on Tuesday arrested

main accused of a kidnappingcase from nearby Ujjain town.City police had announced anaward of Rs 10,000 for thearrest of accused who hadbeen evading arrest in con-nection with his involvement inthe kidnapping of a city basedbusinessman Rajendra Shinde.

The victim was kidnappedfrom Maheshwar some daysago. According to police, thevictim's female friend Saarahad got Shinde kidnapped bythe main accused and hisaccomplices. After being kid-napped from Maheshwar, thevictim had been drugged andkept hostage in Chandan Nagarlocality of the city.

Police said that Saara whilekeeping her male friendhostage had demanded a ran-som of Rs 50 lakh from victim's

wife to purchase a house inIndore. The police after beinginformed about the kidnap-ping, immediately swung intoaction and managed to releaseShinde from the clutches ofkidnappers and arrested Sara,her female friend Ujma andtwo others.

However, the main accusedin the kidnapping identified asSarfaraz had reportedly beenabsconding. Later, the policeannounced a reward of Rs10,000 on his arrest andaccordingly, Indore police onTuesday acting on a tipoffarrested Sarfaraz from Ujjain.Police also recovered a goldchain and a bracelet watch ofthe victim Shinde from thepossession of the accused. Laterin the day, he was handed overto Lasudia police for furtheraction. Police said that Sara,the kingpin of kidnapping hadbeen living in Dubai alongwith her Pakistani husband.

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were asked to form groupsand present group plays.

The students also present-ed musical performances show-casing the importance of musicin theatre. The participantsconfidently presented theirperformance. Through theserounds the final selection of theappropriate candidate wasdone. They will be marked onmusic, dance, and acting skills.Moreover the aspirants weremarked on their body lan-guage voice modulation andexpressions.

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The Ministry of UrbanDevelopment (UDM) has

decided to develop a 240-acre ofland with smart city features atGhitorni on Mehrauli-Gurgaonroad in the national Capital withan estimated cost of over�15,000 crore. It’s location onthe outskirts of Delhi wouldhelp decongesting the Capital.

The project is proposed tobe jointly developed by CentralPublic Works Department(CPWD) and NationalBuildings ConstructionCorporation (NBCC) on self-financing basis. The project willhave around 6,500 homesunder the general pool resi-dential accommodation(GPRA). Secretary (UrbanDevelopment) Rajiv Gauba onTuesday held discussions withsenior officials of CPWD andNBCC on the project.

Officials say that the pro-ject will have around 6,500homes under the GPRA. WhileCPWD would build GPRAhouses and office space forpublic sector agencies, NBCCwould build about 500 homesand office and commercialspace to be sold to others. Theproject is expected to be com-pleted in five years. TheGovernment has already com-pleted a similar GPRA projectin New Motibagh.

The project will come up onGovernment land that has beena dumping ground for almost 20years. According to officials, theproject is designed on the lineof Master Plan for Delhi-2021with all modern facilities andamenities for better living.

The sprawling residential-cum-commercial complex willbe no less than a mini-town. Itwill host Government offices,

residential complexes, a con-venient shopping mall, aschool, student and womenhostels, a community centrealong with banquet halls andrecreational clubs.

Once completed, around20 per cent of this land will beused for commercial purposes,while 70 per cent will be resi-dential along with catering tobasic and recreational necessi-ties. Of the residential portion,20 per cent may be open to saleto Government and privateparties. The rest will be used fordeveloping other facilities. Thebuilt-up area of the project willbe 50 to 60 lakh sq ft, and over100 residential towers will beconstructed in the area. The complex would includeflats ranging from one to fivebedrooms.

There will be multipleparking areas, both for resi-dents and visitors. The complexwill tap solar energy as well asbe a site for rainwater harvest-ing and waste water recycling.Type IV level official homes areset to be of 154.63 sq m whileType VIII officials will get 615

sq m houses. Type V, VI andVII will get homes of the sizeof 209.66 sq m, 279.05 sq mand 423.15 sq m respectively.

The Urban DevelopmentMinistry in October last yearsigned a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) withNBCC and CPWD for rede-velopment of other sevenGPRA colonies in the nationalCapital. While NBCC will rede-velop Sarojini Nagar, NetajiNagar, Nauroji Nagar whileCPWD will redevelop KasturbaNagar, Thyagraj Nagar,Srinivaspuri andMohammadpur. The project,with an estimated cost of�32,835 crore including main-tenance and operation costs for30 years, will be implementedon self-financing basis by saleof commercial built up area of8.07 lakh square metre con-structed in Nauroji Nagar andparts of Sarojini Nagar byNBCC as a part of the project.The Government is developinga similar �5,298-crore GPRAproject in East Kidwai Nagar,with the project scheduled to becompleted by December 2018.

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From Page 1It may be recalled that on

May 29, a woman was alleged-ly abducted and gangraped inGurugram’s Manesar area andher nine-month-old baby wassmothered and thrown out ofthe moving auto. She, too, wasleft on the roadside after aboutfour hours.

The incidents underscoresthat women continue to be vul-nerable in the region, morethan four years after the Dec16, 2012 gangrape and murderof physiotherapy intern. Theincident also highlights thatpolice patrolling continues tobe poor, particularly during thenight in places like Gurugramand Gautambudh Nagar.

From Page 1But for the last two finan-

cial years, AIATSL, servingground works for Air India andcustomers at 69 airports, havebeen making profits of over�100 crore.

With a manpower of over12,000 staff led by CEOAshwini Kumar Sharma, theAITS is now keen on extend-ing its services even to foreignairports. Sharma is credited tohave developed the separateHaj Terminal at IGI airportduring the tenure of SharadYadav at the MOCA.

Besides servicing Air India,the profit-making AIATSL alsoprovides ground services toother carriers includingEmirates, Singapore Airlines,Thai Airways, China Eastern atIndian Airports.

The other subsidiary — AirIndia Engineering ServicesLimited (AIESL) led by CEO

HR Jaganathan have been suc-cessful in bringing several air-liners including the Indian AirForce (IAF) under its MRO’s(Maintenance, RepairOverhaul) stations to servicetheir flights. In a major feat,both for the Air India as wellAIESL, last month it startedMRO operations at Sharjah.

“Two different views haveemerged within theGovernment with respect tostake sale in the airline. Oneview is that the Governmentshould offload majority stake inthe airline and retain theminority stake as well as the AirIndia logo which could bedone after taking over a portionof its debt. Another idea beingfloated is for minority stake saleby the Government and thenwork on ways to address thedebt woes, including by way ofselling the airline’s assets,” saida MOCA official.

From Page 1about two months back and

he failed to get any relief as com-pensation. Narsinghpur Sub-Divisional Officer Police(SDOP) Naresh Sharma said acase has been registered and fur-ther investigation was underway.

Gumasta's family mem-bers, along with local Congressleaders, today sat on a sit-inprotest, laying the deceased'sbody on the road in Dhamna,demanding compensation.However, they ended the stirafter district collector RRBhonsle gave them assuranceregarding the compensation.

Madhya Pradesh recentlywitnessed farmers' stir overloan waiver, farm produceprices and other demands. Thedeath of five persons in policefiring in Mandsaur district onJune 6 during the unrest trig-gered a series of protests in var-ious parts of the state.

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The Agriculture Cabinet con-cluded here at the

Mantralaya decided that APLration cardholders will be alsoable to purchase onions at Rs 2per kg along with the BPLcardholders from fair priceshops under the PublicDistribution System. Maximum50 kg onions will be availablefor purchase on one rationcard.

The storage of onions willbe near support price purchasecentre. On finding irregularitiesand misappropriation in thepurchase of onions for the wel-fare of farmers, a criminal casewill be registered against theguilty persons and stern action

will be taken against them.Chouhan said that state

government has taken severalhistoric decisions in the inter-est of farmers. He issued clearinstructions that there shouldbe no inconvenience to farmersin purchase of onions and puls-es on support price. He said thatonions are being purchased forRs 8 per kg, so that farmers getappropriate price for their pro-duce.

Similarly, purchase ofmoong on support price ishelping farmers get nearly Rs1500 per quintal more thanmarket price. He said thatonions should be stored atlocal level. Wheat for threemonths should be stocked at atime under Public Distribution

System. He also stressed on theneed to make farmers aware ofthe haphazard ‘bohni’ ofonions. Chief MinisterChouhan gave instructions toprepare strategy for advisingfarmers on the basis of marketpossibilities.

Chouhan further said thatthe work of onion purchase isin progress in state on war foot-ing. So far 2.75 lakh metrictonne onions have been pur-chased by farmers which willcontinue till June 30. Similarly,31,700 quintal arhar from 49centres, 48,747 quintals ofmoong from 62 centres, 13,669quintals of urad from 38 cen-tres and 915 quintals of Masoorfrom 20 centres has been pur-chased on support price.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan said that efforts

are being made that talent ofthe State should not go waste.The government is providingcooperation and its full supportto entrepreneurship and inno-vations. He further mentiondthat efforts are being made toencourage talents and innova-tions in education, trade, indus-try and all other fields.Medhavi Chhhatra Yojana,Mukhyamantrui YuvaUdhyami Yojana and VentureFund like several schemes havebeen implemented. There isvast opportunity for innova-tions in agriculture sector. Hesaid further that the state hashuge potential and it needs tobe tapped at any cost. For this,the government has beenlaunching schemes from timeto time.

Chouhan was addressingthe National Convention atAcademy for Administrationand Management on Tuesday.The convention was orga-nized by the VidhyarthiKalyan Nyas, BhopalDevelopment Corporation.Minister for HigherEducation Jaibhan SinghPawaiya was present in the

convention.Chouhan said that efforts

are being made by the govern-ment and society to innova-tions and new thoughts. Moreefforts are needed for newthoughts to solve existing prob-lems. He informed that agri-culture growth rate is above 20percent since last 4 years con-stantly in the state. This is nothappened anywhere else in theworld. Bumper crop is a resultof miraculous progress. Givingan example of onion crop, hesaid that price of onion hascrashed owing to 32 lakh met-ric tonne of production.

The government is pur-chasing onion at the rate of Rs8 per kg to help farmers.Measures to make paste fromonion should be considered infuture.

He urged that brain-storming should take place inagriculture colleges andresearch centers on efforts forfixing prices of agricultureproduces. He further saidthat proper direction is theneed of hour. Youths shouldbe encouraged in this direc-tion. Full cooperation, sup-port will be provided by thegovernment for innovationsand new efforts, he added.

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Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterRaman Singh on Tuesday

said that the flames of educa-tion will extinguish Left-WingExtremism soon. He said thatthe State Government is givinga fitting reply to Naxalitesviolence by providing educa-tion and health facilities inremote parts of the State.

Bastar cannot be madehostage to Left -WingExtremist violence anymore.Nobody has any right todestroy schools or hospitals.There is an increase in aware-ness with the spread of edu-cation in these parts of State,the Chief Minister stated.

Singh was speaking at afelicitation ceremony of 54Prayas Schools children whowere selected in various pres-tigious I.I.Ts and N.I.Ts at his

official residence last night.He said that about seven

thousand students from theNaxalites' affected districts arestudying in Education City inDantewada and Sukma dis-tricts. Prayas Boarding Schoolsare functioning in far-flungareas of all the five Divisionalheadquarters under theMukyamantri Baal BhavishyaSuraksha Yojana. The resultsare very encouraging. Theselection of 54 students ofPrayas Schools in prestigiousEngineering colleges of Indiais a proud moment for theentire State, Singh said.

He congratulated theteachers, parents and the offi-cials for producing such asterling result. Students haveimmense confidence in theirabilities which resulted in theirselection.

Singh revealed that the

seats in the Capital-basedPrayas Boarding School will bedoubled soon. The seats avail-able will be 500 in Raipur.Chief Minister said that thestudents selected in theEngineering Colleges will begiven financial assistance of Rs40 thousand each year for thefees and mess charges by theState Government.

He also sanctioned PrayasSchool at Korba district head-quarter.

Singh said that coachingfacilities are provided for var-ious competitive examinationsincluding J.E.E. at Jashpur dis-trict. The authorities will pro-vide all assistance for startinginstitutes at these remoteplaces.

The aim of the StateGovernment is the Stateshould have Super- 36 insti-tutes similarly to the Super 30

institute based at Patna. ChiefMinister further said thatPrayas Boarding Schools hadbeen launched in the year2010 in Raipur. The schoolsare functioning in all the fiveDivisional headquarter, theChief Minister said.

He expressed his deep sat-isfaction over the results of theschools. Innumerable num-ber of students had beenselected in several topEngineering colleges all overthe country.

The Chief Ministerrevealed that he had struggleda lot in his childhood. Theresults reveal the self-confi-dence of students and theblessings of parents and teach-ers. He cautioned them towork hard in coming days also.Entire world opens its doorsfor the successful candidates ofI.I.T. and N.I.T.

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Higher Education MinisterJaibhan Singh Pawaiya

said that the youth are country’sasset. If they are not taught theart of living, their education isincomplete. He said that theeducation should be such thatit should help in the completepersonality development of theyouth. Pawaiya was addressingthe national convention of“Making Policies for PromotingInnovations, Entrepreneurshipand Startup at Administrationand Management Academy.

Pawaiya said that govern-ment has made arrangementsfor free education of childrenof people with less than Rs 6lakh annual income who secure75 per cent marks at graduationlevel. Pawaiya said that voca-tional courses are being run incolleges of Jabalpur andChitrakoot.

This year the course isbeing introduced in tradition-al colleges also. He said thatyouth of our state and countryare very talented and there isneed to prune them. Pawaiyasaid that there has never beenany dearth of creativity inIndia, we had created a plane17.5 lakh years ago. We gave theworld the best architecture andmedical science.

Padmabhushan Scientistand NITI Aayog member VKSaraswat told about Creativityand Innovation. He also threwlight on today’s challenges andidea generation.

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The player of MadhyaPradesh State Boxing

Academy put up an impressiveshow at the InternationalPresident Cup BoxingChampionship, bagging silvermedal.

Gaurav Chauhan of theAcademy presenting an out-standing show at the champi-onship won a silver medal. Thechampionship was held atKazakhstan wherein the boxersfrom across the globe partici-pated.

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The Latino week began atAlliance Francaise de

Bhopal with a lot of fervour. Asthe week offers different funactivities for the Bhopalites, itbegan with Spanish class.

The weeklong Spanishworkshop began from Mondayat Alliance Francaise de Bhopaland will continue till Friday.During the Spanish classes,the participants learnt thebasics of the language.

As many as 40 partici-pants learned basic Spanishlanguage. They learned thealphabets, salutations, subjectpronouns and introduction toPablo Nerudas. Expert CheniaMailis Satler interacted with theparticipants and taught themthe basics of Spanish. Chenia isfrom Columbia and she won-derfully held the class. Sheengaged each and every personin the class and the participantsthoroughly enjoyed the class.

During the classes, evenChenia tried to learn Hindi asshe interacted with the partic-ipants. She shares, “It is fun to

be in Bhopal and interact withthe Bhopalites. Spanish is a dif-ficult language, but it can belearned when practiced thor-oughly.” She further shared,“Spanish is a beautiful languageand is fun to speak.”

The Latino week is allabout different and fun lovingevents. After the spanish classFête de la musique or WorldMusic Day originated in Franceand is being celebrated since1982. Every year, at Alliancefrançaise de Bhopal, it is cele-brated with a lot of fervour andenthusiasm. On June 21 anopen mic will be conducted foranyone who wants to sing andplay with us from 6 pm. A spe-cial culinary workshop on June24 at 6 pm will take place forpeople. The participants willlearn to make Spanish desserts.

To add more zest in theLatino week a photo workshopwill be organised. The Latinoweek will end with an exhibi-tion of photographs fromcountries such as Spain,Portugal, Mexico featuring thethe rich diversity of Latinocommunities in the world

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Andha Yug is all about thehatred and jealousy that

traps a person in the desire forthrone. The verse play writtenby Dharamvir Bharati in theyear 1958 that received a hugerecognition in Indian theatreindustry.

The play was performed atAntarang Hall, Bharat Bhavanon Tuesday marking the open-ing of National theatre festival.Directed by Kripesh Jani, theplay was brilliantly staged.

The play narrated the versefrom the Indian classical epic‘Mahabharata’. It also elabo-rates on the consequences,when a society fails to step outof the cycle of revenge andinstead choose a redemptivepath, which is always availableeven in worst of scenarios,leading to wide-scale blood-shed.

Set in the last day of theMahabharata war, the seven-acttragedy does not only show thedestruction of human livesbut, also ethical values. Theplay begins on the 18th and lastday of the Great Mahabharata

War, which devastated thekingdom of Kauravas, cousinsof Pandavas, their capitalHastinapur lay burning inruins, the battlefield ofKurukshetra was scattered withcarcasses and skies filled withvultures and death laments.Sufferers were on both theside as cousins killed eachother.

The survivors were leftgrieving and enraged as theycontinued to blame other forthe destruction even divinewill, yet no one was willing toview it as a consequence oftheir own moral choices.

Just the Ashwatthama, sonof guru Dronacharya, in onelast-ditch act of revenge againstthe Pandavas, releases the ulti-

mate weapon of destruction,the Brahmastra.

Krishna, who mediatedbetween the cousins prior towar, remains the moral centreof the play. Even in his failurehe presents options that areboth ethical and reminds thathigher or sacred way is alwaysaccessible to human beingseven in the worst of times.

Began with the prologuethe play takes an end with theGandhari’s curse.

Kripesh’s great work wasseen through the use of tech-nicalities used, but the flow ofhuman emotions undoubtedlyleft the audiences spell bound-ed. The costumes and make-upof the artists added moreessence in their presentation.

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On Tuesday, appreciatingthe hardwork put in by Gaurav,Minister of Sports and YouthWelfare DepartmentYashodhara Raje Scindia pre-sented him a memento alongwith a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.

Expressing her deep con-tentment, she congratulatedGaurav for the achievementand wished him luck for hisfuture. Addressing the pro-gramme, she said, “I am reallyhappy that the players are pre-senting a wonderful show at theInternational platform. Withsuch brilliant performance theplayers are glorifying the nameof Madhya Pradesh on a glob-al level.”

She also encouraged themto play well and not get dis-tracted from their focus.Scindia also told the players togive their best at the champi-onships.

On the occasion chiefcoach of Madhya Pradesh StateBoxing Academy Roshan Lalwas also given Rs 20,000 fromVoluntary Grant Fund.

Director of MadhyaPradesh Sports and YouthWelfare Department UpendraJain was also present on theoccasion. He also congratulat-ed Gaurav for such a brilliantperformance at theInternational President CupBoxing Championship.

Other than this, Gauravhas presented a great show atvarious other championshipson national level. He has beenlearning boxing at the Stateacademy since 2009 andbagged silver and gold medalsin various competitions.

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New Delhi: The Income TaxDepartment has charged sixfamily members of RJD chiefLalu Prasad, including wife, sonand daughters, under the newand stringent anti-benamiassets Act in connection withits probe into land deals worth�1,000 crore.

The department has alsoserved notices of attachment ofassets to Lalu’s MP daughterMisa Bharti, son-in-law ShaileshKumar, his wife and formerBihar Chief Minister RabriDevi, son and Bihar Deputy CMTejashwi Yadav and daughtersChanda and Ragini Yadav.

The provisional attachmentorder, accessed by PTI, has beenissued under Section 24(3)(where the taxman thinks theperson in possession of theproperty held benami may alien-ate the property) of the BenamiTransactions (Prohibition) Act,2016 and Lalu’s kin have beenidentified as the “beneficiaries”of the alleged benami assets.

Violators under the Act,enacted in 1988 but imple-mented from November 1 lastyear, attract a rigorous impris-onment (RI) of up to 7 years andfine up to 25 per cent of the fairmarket value of the property.

The department hasattached about a dozen plotsand buildings in Delhi and

Bihar including a farm houseand land in the Palam Vihararea, a residential building inthe upmarket New FriendsColony area of south Delhi,nine plots on a 256.75 decimalland area in Phulwari Sharifarea in Patna, where a shoppingmall was being constructed,among few others in the samearea in Bihar’s capital.

The department has saidthese alleged benami assetsbear a “deed” value of about�9.32 crore but the taxman hasestimated their current market

value at �170-180 crore.In Patna, Tejashwi told

reporters that “all theserumours are spread because ofpolitical vendetta and politicalconspiracies” and dismissedthe charges as “unsubstantiat-ed allegations.”

The order has also identi-fied firms like Ms MishailPackers and Printers PrivateLimited, AB Exports Pvt Ltd,Delight Marketing Pvt Ltd andA K Infosystem Pvt Ltd as the‘benamidars’ in this case.

The department has been

investigating the case for quitesometime now and had carriedout country-wide searches lastmonth against those who had arole or were linked with the pur-chase and sale of these assets.

Bharti and her husbandShailesh were also summonedby the department for ques-tioning in this case in the pastbut the couple skipped the dates.

Official sources said theyare expected to be summonedagain before more assets in thiscase are attached similarly.

Benami properties arethose in which the real bene-ficiary is not the one in whosename (benamidar) the prop-erty has been purchased.

The department will nowmove for confiscating theseassets after getting approvalfrom the AdjudicatingAuthority of the Act. The Actallows for prosecution of thebeneficial owner, the benami-dar, the abettor and the induc-er to benami transactions.

As per provisions of theAct, assets held benami afterfinal prosecution are liable forconfiscation by the govern-ment without payment of com-pensation.

The action under this Act isover and above the normal taxevasion probe and prosecutionthat the department will under-

take against the accused underthe Income Tax Act, 1961 forcharges of tax evasion.

As per official data till May23, the I-T Department hadidentified 400 benami transac-tions in the country and provi-sional attachment of assets wasdone in about 240 cases.

“The market value of prop-erties under attachment is morethan �600 crore,” the I-T datahad said.

The RJD chief, earlier, hadput up a brave face after the I-T raids in this case, saying hewas “not scared at all” andwould continue to fight againstthe “fascist forces”.

“BJP mein himmat nahi haiki Lalu ki awaz ko daba sake...Lalu ki awaz dabayenge to deshbhar me karoron Lalu khare hojayenge... Main gidarbhabhki senahi darne wala hoon (BJPdoes not have the courage tostifle my voice...If it tries tosilence me, crore of Lalus willcome forward. I am not scaredof empty threats),” he had saidin a series of tweets after thesearch operation.

The BJP had also accusedPrasad, Bharti, Tejashwi and hisother son Tej Pratap of involve-ment in corrupt land deals worthover �1,000 crore, and had askedthe Central Government toprobe such transactions. PTI

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Air Commodore JSDhamoon, who was the

commander of the strategical-ly important Pathankot Airbasewhen terrorists attacked it onJanuary 2 last year, has report-edly resigned from servicesome days back after the Courtof Inquiry by the IAF indictedhim for lapses in handling thesituation and breakdown ofcommand. Sources saidDhamoon was asked to quit.

Five terrorists and sevenServices personnel including aLt Colonel were killed in theassault which lasted for morethan three days.

The attack on the basecame days after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi visited hisPakistani counterpart NawazSharif in Lahore on December25, in 2015 while returningfrom Afghanistan. Indiablamed Pakistan for the act andsince then relations betweenthe two countries worsened.

Besides holding Dhamoonresponsible for reportedly inepthandling of the situation, theIAF probe also found loopholesin the security mechanism atthe forward base, which hasMIG-21s, MIG-27s and othersophisticated missile systems,

sources said here on Tuesday.The terrorists, however, couldnot reach that area where thesecritical assets were kept andneutralised by teams of Armyand National Security Guard(NSG) commandos. Dhamoonwas later shifted from the air-base pending probe.

While the IAF was yet toofficially comment on the issue,sources said the probe reportnow with the Western AirCommand reportedly said theresponse by the higher com-mand structure of the airbasewas inadequate.

Poor preparedness to dealwith such exigencies also cameunder the scanner of the Courtof Inquiry, which reportedlysaid improper lighting and sta-tioning of the security men toguard the outer perimeter of

the airbase spread over 25square kms were some of thereasons for terrorists to sneakinto the base,

Thick under growth insideand outside the airbase andinadequate manning of nullahsflowing into the airport alsofound mention in the report,sources said. Irregular pruningof the undergrowth providedcover to the terrorists whothen climbed on to a tree togain access into the airbasethereby avoiding the barbedwire installed on the perimeterwall, they said.

Moreover, the capabilities ofGarud commandos of the IAFalso were also questioned by theprobe. Raised five years back toguard all the vital IAF airbases,the Garud commando unit atPathankot was reportedly foundwanting in dealing with a bunchof determined terrorists and theprobe proposed better trainingto prevent such incidents infuture, sources said.

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Abeleaguered Congress isnow making all efforts to

ensure forging an Oppositionunity on the issue of Presidentialelections and one that continuestill the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.Ahead of the June 22 meetingaimed at arriving at a consensuson the Opposition’s answer toNDA’s Presidential nomineeRamnath Kovind, a Dalit, theCongress is making frantic callsto all the Opposition leaders andtrying to explain the real polit-ical situation of the country dur-ing the last three years to drivehome the message thatOpposition unity was the needof the hour with Presidentialpolls giving just that opportuinty.

Kovind’s nomination bythe BJP has already divided theOpposition parties with theJD(U) and the BSP appearingto support him even as OdishaChief Minister Naveen Patnaikand his Telengana and TamilNadu counterparts KChandrasekhar Rao and EPSPalaniswamy have alreadyendorsed the candidature of theNDA nominee making it much

easier for Kovind to occupyRashtrapati Bhawan.

The Congress is likely topick either Sushil Kumar Shindeor Meira Kumar to counter theDalit card played by BJP for theupcoming Presidential elections.

AICC sources said thatShinde and Kumar are twonames likely to be discussed ata meeting of Opposition par-ties on June 22. Former HomeMinister Shinde, a leader fromMaharashtra, was being con-sidered to get the Shiv Sena onboard given its strained rela-tions with the BJP. However,that hope has ended as ShivSena has announced its supportto Kovind.

Former Lok Sabha SpeakerKumar, Congress thinks maycome in handy to rope in theJD(U) in Bihar where ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar thoughkeeping his cards close to chesthas expressed happiness overKovind’s candidature.

“The Presidential election isbeing perceived as the first moveto unite the Opposition parties.The incumbent regime can bebrought down only after unity inall the Opposition parties acrossthe India. This was the first case

study. If this experiment failsthen it will be easy for the BJP toretain power at Centre in 2019too. The Opposition parties andlarger regional ones like JD(U),BSP, SP, have to rethink,” said asenior Congress leader.

While BSP, SP and othersare waiting for Thursday’s meet-ing before announcing theirfull support to the BJP’s choice,the Left parties have asked theOpposition parties to put uptheir candidate against Kovindas the NDA’s candidate for thepost of President is from theranks of RSS. West Bengal CMMamata Banerjee too has reject-ed outright Kovind’s name whileNCP expressed surprise over thechoice of this name. But then,the Opposition YSR Congressparty and Puducherry-basedAINRC have already announcedtheir support to Kovind.

“Congress does not want tocomment on this issue as wewant to take a unanimousdecision with all other opposi-tion parties on the presidentialelections. The final call will betaken in the meeting of allopposition parties on June 22,”Leader of Opposition in RajyaSabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said.

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In a move to provide tempo-rary accommodation to Ram

Nath Kovind, NDA candidatefor the Presidential post, UnionUrban Development Minister MVenkaiah Naidu has asked theMinistry of exploring possibil-ities of providing temporaryaccommodation to Kovind.

Sources in the Ministry saidthat Naidu has asked officials toexplore whether an accommo-dation could be provided toKovind. The Minister has cat-egorically stated that officialsshould keep in mind that thereshould not be any violation ofmodel code of conduct whileproviding accommodation tohim. Naidu has also asked offi-cers to check whether theMinistry/Government has pro-vided accommodation to thePresidential candidate for timebeing.

Officials say theGovernment had provided tem-porary accommodation toPratibha Devi Singh Patil inSouth Avenue during herPresidential polls when she

resigned from the post ofGovernor and came to Delhiafter Congress made herPresidential candidate. Kovindwould have to stay in Delhi dur-ing campaigning.

According to officials, theMinister has made it clear thatthe accommodation would beprovided if the rules permitted.

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New Delhi: NDA Presidentialcandidate Ram Nath Kovindhas been accorded a ‘Z+’ coverof NSG commandos by theUnion Government. Officialssaid the ‘black cat’ comman-dos force will secure Kovind,who resigned as the BiharGovernor. A security andthreat analysis carried out bycentral security agenciesfavoured an armed securitycover for the presidential can-didate, who till now had a sim-ilar cover by virtue of beingthe Bihar Governor.

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India and Russia will reviewtheir time-tested Defence

and strategic ties besidesexploring new avenues for jointventures in weapon manufac-turing during Defence MinisterArun Jaitley’s three-day visit toMoscow starting Wednesday.Accompanied by a high-pow-ered delegation, Jaitley willalso co-chair Inter-govern-mental Commission onMilitary-Technical Co-opera-tion, which looks after variousongoing weapon manufactur-ing projects.

The Commission is head-ed by the Defence Ministers ofthe two countries and the cur-rent meeting is the 17th in thelast 10 years. Given the robustDefence relations betweenIndia and Russia and the Indianarmed forces procuringRussian made systems for thelast four decades, theMinisterial level Commission isan important mechanism toregularly take stock of theongoing projects.

At present, India has near-ly 70 per cent of its weaponsinventory of Russian originand recently inked a deal worthover one billion dollars to

manufacture 200 Kamov lightutility helicopters as part ofMake of India policy.Moreover, the Governmentgave the nod for six S-400Triumf air defence missile sys-tem built by Russia and thisdeal is nearly six billion dollars.

The mega deal indicatesthat India and Russia relations

in Defence sector continue togrow. The two countries arealso engaged in leasing of thesecond Russian nuclear pow-ered submarine for a period often years for the Indian Navy.It already has one Russianmade submarine INS Chakraon a lease.

Giving details of Jaitley’s

visit, officials said here onTuesday the Minister will co-chair the first meeting of theIndia-Russia High LevelCommittee on Science &Technology with the DeputyPrime Minister of RussiaDmitry Rogozin onWednesday.

This is a newly establishedcommittee to discuss cooper-ation in high technologies. Themeeting will be held on thesidelines of the TechnopromExhibition in the city ofNovosibirsk. The IndianDefence Minister will alsoaddress the main plenary ses-sion of the Technoprom, which

is a major annual science, tech-nology and innovation exhibi-tion of Russia.

Jaitley on Friday will co-chair the 17th meeting of theIndia-Russia InterGovernmental Commission onM i l i t a r y - T e c h n i c a lCooperation in Moscow withhis Russian counterpart,General Sergei Shoigu. Themeeting will review the entirerange of military and military-technical cooperation issuesbetween India and Russia with-in the framework of the Specialand Privileged StrategicPartnership between the twocountries.

The two sides are likely todiscuss the progress made in theFifth Generation Fighter Aircraft(FGFA) to be jointly developedand manufactured. Given thehigh cost involved which can goup to 20 billion dollars for 200proposed jets, the Indians arecarrying out the cost-benefitanalysis, sources said.

The Indian delegation withJaitley includes DefenceSecretary Sanjay Mitra,Secretary Defence ProductionAK Gupta, Defence Researchand Development Organisationchief S Christopher and topmilitary officials from the threeServices.

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Apparently impressed withthe ‘alertness and concen-

tration’ that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi displayed atvarious meetings, UnionTourism and Culture MinisterMahesh Sharma on Tuesdayattributed it to yoga and hisdedication towards it.

At an event here he said,“Look at Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, in four-hourmeetings, he does not doze off,sneeze or yawn. He concen-trates throughout the meeting.This is because of yoga and hisdedication towards it.”

While sharing his Ministry’svarious initiatives to promoteyoga, Sharma said a radio spot,a television commercial andposters are some of the manyways through which theMinistry is looking to promoteYoga Day in India and abroad.

While a 60-second television

commercial to popularise Indiaas the land of yoga has beendeveloped, a month-long TVcampaign to create awarenessabout yoga will be launched onDoordarshan network on YogaDay on June 21 on Wednesday.

“In our country, yoga issaid to be the reason behind theintellectual, physical and emo-tional development of a humanbeing,” he said.

The Ministry is also pro-moting the June-21 eventthrough its social media han-dles. International Yoga Day(IDY) posters and standeeshave been put up at IndiaTourism’s domestic and inter-national offices.

A group of 53 internation-al guests comprising tour oper-ators, journalists, photogra-phers, yoga gurus and opinionmakers from across the globehas been invited by ministry ona familiarisation trip to India.

The group will then visitvarious yoga institutions and

wellness centres in the countryto gain first-hand knowledgeand promote India as a desti-nation for yoga in their respec-tive countries, said Sharma.

Brahma KumarisOrganization with the supportof Ministry of Ayush will holda biggest event at Red FortGrounds with participationover fifty thousand yoga aspi-rants on the D-Day.

On the occasion, Dr

Poonam Khetrapal Singh,WHO Regional Director forSouth-East Asia batted for yogain classrooms to tackle NonCommunicable Diseases whichare cause for an estimated 8.5million deaths in the regionevery year. “Many are prema-ture; nearly all are lifestylerelated. An alarming 70 per centof boys and 80 per cent of girlsin the region report insufficientphysical activity,” she added.

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Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute has been select-ed as the first recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for out-

standing contribution to promotion and development of Yoga.The institution of the award was announced by the PM on theoccasion of the Second International Day of Yoga at Chandigarhon 21st June, 2016. The Award was recommended by anEvaluation Committee (Jury) constituted under the Chairmanshipof the Cabinet Secretary and included Additional PrincipalSecretary to Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, Secretary(AYUSH) and Dr. Veerendra Heggade as its members.

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In a major boost to self-reliance in Defence sector,

the first indigenously builtFloating Dock (FDN-2) tobe built by private sectorconglomerate Larsen andToubro (L&T) was launchednear Chennai on Tuesday.Floating Dock is designedwithin the country withstate-of-art machinery capa-ble of docking warships ofup to 8 ,000 tons.

The dock was launchedby Anjali Deshpande, wifeof Vice Admira l DMDeshpande, Controller ofWarship Production andAcquis it ion at L&TShipyard at Kattupal l i ,Chennai. Deshpande com-mended the private sectorcompany for their efforts inthe design and constructionof FDN-2.

He also said launchingof the indigenously builtFloating Dock, bears testi-mony to the capabilitiesavailable in India for realis-ing the ‘Make in India’vision.

The Floating Dock hashigh capacity ballast pumps,along with advanced auto-mated ballast control system.The dock covers providedwith the FDN-2 facilitaterepair & refit activities ininclement weather conditions,Navy officials said here.

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The Uttar PradeshGovernment is working on

a proposal to provide electric-ity connection in the State onthe basis of “Aadhaar card” asit plans to upgrade 10 lakhtransformers to provide powerin seven lakhs homes in twoyears.

The Yogi Adityanath-ledBJP Government which tookreins of Government in UP onMarch 19 has “electrified”23,000 ‘Dabras’ (small villages)in last 50 days. There are a totalof 1,66,000 un-electrified‘Dabras’ in the State, whichwould be electrified by 2018,according to State’s PowerMinister Shrikant Sharma.

Sharma said during last 15years which had Mayawati andAkhilesh Yadav’s regimes in

Uttar Pradesh, the power infra-structure in the State has gonekaput and needed to be rebuiltafresh.

The UP Minister, who isalso ‘Mantri-in-charge’ ofdevelopment for two districtsof Balia and Bijnore, said 10lakh transformers were beingupgraded so as to electrifyseven lakh homes.

Asked about the power sit-uation in the State, Sharma saidtotal requirement of the State was17,000 MW while availabilitywas 18,500 MW- in surplus. Hesaid basics power supply werebeing laid as power infrastruc-ture was in a bad shape with vil-lages not connected with powerlines and transformers not func-tioning to the capacity.

“In two years UP will beturned in an ideal State,”claimed the Minister, saying

that each Minister in State hadbeen allocated two districts,besides his home strict, to lookafter the implementation ofCentral and State schemes.Sharma, who was on his way toBijnore to attend a meeting ofofficials and oversee the imple-mentation of development ofschemes in the district, said hewould attend the ‘InternationalYoga Day’ in the district onWednesday. It is mandatory foreach State Minister to visit thetwo districts of which he is‘Prabhari’ every month, receivefeed back and report to theChief Minister.

Giving an example of “gov-ernance paralysis” in the pre-vious SP Government, Sharmasaid it did not spend a singlerupee from the �10,000 croreallocated to it by the Centre for‘Awas Yojana’.

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Days before last Sunday’sIndia-Pakistan final at Oval,which India lost resounding-ly, the foreplay in televisionstudios resembled the metic-

ulous preparations for the 1971 war.While the Oval encounter is seen as warby other means, the India-Pakistan worldhockey league semi-finals which Indiawon resoundingly, a few miles away fromthe Oval, went untrumpeted. Such is thecombined power of TV and cricket. Atleast three channels did not cover thecricket match. Instead, they werefocussed on Rawalpindi’s war by a thou-sand cuts in Jammu & Kashmir. Thankheavens, we are not fighting the war somein the electronic media want us to.

India and Pakistan are fighting agenerational war — at least for 100 years— according to their guru StephenCohen. Started in 1947, the war has notceased. For Rawalpindi, it’s the low-cost,high-gain proxy war in J&K. That’s thebattle India has failed to deter anddefeat and Pakistan has failed to win,notwithstanding the blood-letting. Thechimera of victory is being unabashed-ly created by the electronic media. Everynight, Pakistan is being wiped off themap, including by surgical strikes, vocif-erously lauded by TV cheerleaders evenas coffins of Indian soldiers draped innational colours have become the realbreaking news.

Chief of Army Staff General BipinRawat, the most visible and most audi-ble Army chief in recent times, salutingthe martyrs at Palam, has become a defin-ing image and the rootcause of the warof words following the Gogoi mega-episode and sundry remarks like ‘dirtywar’ and ‘all is fair in love and war’. Someof our channels have appropriated exclu-sive rights to nationalism and erro-neously placed the Army like the one inPakistan — beyond criticism.

Similar but lower key skirmishes arebeing waged on Pakistani television,though all on Urdu channels. Pakistanhas no English channel. Not long ago, asthe convenor of an uninterrupted annu-al India-Pakistan dialogue since 2003, Iwas ambushed on, probably Dawn newschannel, by the combined verbiage ofnow late Lt Gen Hamid Gul, father of theInter-Services Intelligtence (ISI) and hisLashkar mentor Hafiz Saeed. Times Nowand Geo TV and some other channelsused to co-host confidence-buildingmeasures’ programmes in the pre-beheading days. The official India-Pakistan dialogue remains suspendedsince January 2013 due to the mutilationof an Indian soldier in January 2013 —the longest interruption since the dia-logue started in the 1990s.

Enter the redoubtable anchor saying:“just as well”, and asking: “Whom do wetalk to, any way?” TV gladiators, the usualsuspects, jump in. One of them says: “Letme tell you…”, a beginning of the rantwhich lasts 10 minutes. “Pakistan has notlearnt its lesson from 1971… it deservesto be obliterated and India can do it.” Endof yelling and screaming as the anchorswitches off the audio of the Pakistani AirVice Marshal who has begun brandish-ing Rawalpindi’s latest tactical nuclearweapon, the Nasr. Abusive and combat-ive after the first strike, Rawalpindi’sGang of Four heaps insults and indigni-ties on everything made in India and ontop of it, gets rewarded with $500 each.End of debate Number One at superprime time.

This slanging match repeats itselfroutinely and the cows don’t come home.To qualify to appear on these channels,you have to be a nationalist, preferablya patriot with lung power and a longindex finger to wag across the Line ofControl (LoC) and at the Pakistani pan-ellists. It helps if you can sometimes endup crying to prove your bona fides.Patriotic belligerence is the hallmark.

Clearly, the proxy war has become abinary: Either you are with us or againstus. Remember, after 9/11, George WBush had sent pugilist and ex-MarineUndersecretary of State Richard Armitageto Gen Pervez Musharraf, threatening toreduce Pakistan to the Stone Age, if...

After the Mutually AssuredDestruction of India and Pakistan,

Debate Number Two, though seeming-ly infructuous, is about making peace andtransforming the narrative as managersof conflict resolution would have it, toresuming the India-Pakistan dialogue.Given the growing levels of vigilantism,intolerance and zero appetite for engage-ment, the shrinking peace constituencyin both countries has been virtuallysilenced. Still, peaceniks like ManiShankar Aiyar and Sudheendra Kulkarniare invited and tested for nationalism, bythe Anchor and usual military and socialactivists for whom Pakistan is like a redrag to a bull. The new normal of Indiannationalism has reduced the boycott ofPakistan to five No-es: No coverage ofcricket; no showing of its films and TVserials; no shows by its singers andartists; no exchange of school-children;no barter in California almonds —apparently financing terrorism in J&K.

In Pakistan, despite the expectedmiracle from the China-PakistanEconomic Corridor, cinema owners reg-ularly troop to PEMRA (PakistanElectronic Media Regulatory Authority),urging it to lift the ban on Indian films.They are directed to meet the ISI chief,who, as a Ramzan concession, agrees tolift the ban on Tubelight and otherIndian films. In Nawaz Sharif ’s (or is itQamar Bajwa’s) Pakistan, money speaks,as Saudi and Qatari royalty may tell you.The Pakistani media used to be free inthe Musharraf era. Now it is back in thevice-like grip of the ISI. Bole TV is appar-ently its mouthpiece and ARY, like most

of our anti-Pakistan channels, is virulent-ly anti-India. Geo TV, on the other hand,is seen to be soft on India. But makingpeace with India for Pakistani televisio-nis taboo for the time-being.

In this April and May, during two backto back Track Two India-Pakistan dia-logues in Dubai and Kathmandu, themedia was awarded the spoiler’s badge.Given assured revenue from popularcontent, was there a way to create a com-mon media market which might incen-tivise anchors and their gladiators to lowerthe decibels and de-escalate the rhetoricduring crisis? While three prominent own-ers from media houses from both sidesconsidered this confidence-building mea-sure, two were non-committal while thethird thought the time was not ripe. Hecoined the term, ‘competitive patriotism’,which panellists took to mean TRP.

Wagah and Husainiwala Retreat cer-emonies shown on television, pass of aswar by other means. Many boot-stomp-ing soldiers making hostile gestures,have suffered from self-inflicted injuries,leading to the advisory that nationalismcan be injurious to health. During shrillTV debates about war and peace whereexchange of nukes and abuse is the newnormal, sections of the electronic mediahave in the garb of nationalism, comman-deered military choices and are settingthe agenda. War mongering is not theirremit. Nor is my country-my flag.

(The writer is a former Major Generalof the Indian Army and strategic affairs expert)�

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Cricket as mood-setter” (June 20).The Indian cricket team lost badlyto Pakistan in the final match of the2017 ICC Champions Trophy onJune 18 at the Oval.

Various undertakings underthe Central and State Governmentsrace for awarding huge money andother public-assets to each memberof Indian cricket team. But if oursuper-rich cricketers can be show-ered with enormous amount ofaward-money over and above nor-mal match-fees, along with month-ly and other allowances from pub-lic funds, then they should feel them-selves duty-bound to return the ges-ture by donating adequate moneyfor some public cause on each of thedefeat the team encounters. Themedia should not over-project reli-gious prayers by certain groups forthe victory of the cricket team, sincesubsequent losses tend to shake thefaith of religious people.

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Sir — It is to be deliberated serious-ly whether the US or any Westerncountry can really give us real pro-tection from the humiliating borderskirmishes like air space violationand border intrusions which Chinais indulging in, to remind us thattheirs is a far bigger and strongercountry in Asia. True, India is notlagging behind in the scientific andtechnological sphere. Particularly, inspace technology, India is undoubt-edly superior. But such superioritycannot prevent the nefarious activ-

ities of Pakistan. To confront suchactivities, India’s defence is to bealways on its toes.

With India as an ally, China willno longer need Pakistan as much asit needs it now. Pakistan will also notget as much patronage as it is get-ting now against India. This does notmean India will have to capitulate,India will have to stop opposingChina in matters which do not con-cern us directly.

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Sir — The bank loan waiver of farm-ers at the cost of economic growthis not desirable. The root cause ofproblems of farmers is not being ableto repay the loans. For that, guidanceat all levels to them to produce moreof quality crops and marketing-sell-ing measures for the crops is need-ed. The Government can either fixminimum price for the crop sales orpurchase directly from them at aprice, allowing them a sizeableprofit. The Government can providemeasures to help them get alterna-tive income earnings also. Thesources can be village industries likehandloom or handmadepotteries/craft items etc, in whichtheir family members can be includ-ed in their spare time.

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Page 7: RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L … The first signals which came on Tuesday were ... sequence of the crime. We are exam- ... with destiny at the mid-night of August 15,

President Pranab Mukherjee retireson July 24 and will pave the wayfor a new President to take over.

The BJP is not keen to give him a sec-ond term and the President has alsodeclared that he is not seeking one. TheRashtrapati Bhavan will have a new ten-ant as the BJP has adequate number tochoose a successor.

Several Presidents beforeMukherjee have left behind their foot-prints at the Raisina Hill. India’s firstPresident Rajendra Prasad was thetallest among them. We have had eru-dite Presidents like SarvepalliRadhakrishnan, APJ Abdul Kalamwho were called the ‘people’s President’;Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Gyani ZailSingh who had had a tumultuous rela-tionship with the executive. There

were docile Presidents too likeFakhruddin Ali Ahmed who signed theemergency papers on the dotted lineand copybook Presidents like RVenkataraman and KR Narayanan.Pratibha Patil was one who did notleave behind any legacy.

But what kind of legacy willPranab Mukherjee leave behind afterhis five-year term? He said in a recenttelevision interaction, “I don’t wantto leave legacy because it is democ-racy. Democracy is a mass and I ama part of the mass. I will melt into themass. Melt into thin air. I would liketo be in the midst of the people. Idon’t leave any legacy.”

Mukherjee’s term was by and largea non-controversial one though he didnot to face much challenges. Mukherjeewas a United Progressive Alliancenominee with his long experience as aCongress leader. In his acceptancespeech he said, “I would like to thankthe people of India for electing me tothis high office. The enthusiasm, thewarmth of the people was remarkable.I have received much more from thepeople of this country, from the

Parliament, than I have given. Now Ihave been entrusted with the respon-sibility of protecting and defending theConstitution as President. I will try andjustify the trust of the people.”

The general election of 2014 wouldhave been his first test but the BJP cameto power on its own, although, politi-cal pundits predicted another coalitionGovernment. From the beginning,relationship between the NarendraModi Government and the Presidentwas cordial. His office was hugely sup-portive when Modi decided to invitethe heads of the states of neighbouringcountries for his swearing-in ceremo-ny. As the constitutional head,Mukherjee hosted several Governor’sconferences and often held video con-ferences with them.

Mukherjee’s relationship withParliament also was cordial. Membersof Parliament from all parties oftenused to meet him and so did leadersof the political parties as he kept him-self abreast of political situation in thecountry. Being a long-time parlia-mentarian, last month he said inJaipur, “The huge power vested in the

members of Lok Sabha, members oflegislative assemblies of all 29 Statesby 800 million people... if we do notutilise that privilege and power, we areourselves to blame.”

On the diplomatic side, it is thePresident who receives theAmbassadors when they are posted toIndia. He also hosts banquets when thePresidents and Prime Ministers of othercountries visit India and interact withthem during their visits. Mukherjeeopened up the Rashtrapati Bhavanguest wing and hosted dignitaries,including that of Prime Minister ofBangladesh, Sheikh Hasina; HamidKarzai, President of Afghanistan; JigmeKhesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the kingof Bhutan; and Akihito, the currentemperor of Japan among others. He hasalso interacted with visiting dignitarieswhich includes former US PresidentBarack Obama; Russian PresidentVladimir Putin; Chinese President XiJinping; former President of FranceFrancois Hollande and Shinzo Abe, thePrime Minister of Japan.

During his term, Mukherjee visit-ed several countries, including

Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Namibia,Ghana, New Zealand, Palestine,Belgium, Sweden, Israel, New Zealand,Jordan, and Bhutan. He had hosted theSecond Summit of Forum for the India-Pacific Island Cooperation.

While Mukherjee is credited withraising the right issues; understandingthe public mood; on matters likeimposition of President’s rule, he hadsigned on the dotted lines and it wasthe Supreme Court which reversedthese decisions. His critics feel that hecould have sent those back like his pre-decessor KR Narayanan but insiders saythat he has objected on file.

Mukherjee asserted his powers vis-a-vis the Government, by rejecting itsrecommendations while consideringmercy petitions for death-row convicts.He has rejected 30, (including the twohe rejected last week) in contrast tothree of his predecessors who altogeth-er rejected mercy petitions of sixdeath-row convicts. Mukherjee spokehis mind on several issues. He had clearviews on inclusive politics, corruptionand tolerance. On intolerance, he said,“We are one nation. This mutual co-

existence, mutual understanding isour strength. Managing this diversityis our greatest strength. If it is saidIndians are argumentative, I will agree.But if it is said Indians are intolerant,I refuse to agree. Intolerance has neverbeen allowed.”

He noted that a legislature waseffective “only if it is able to address thedifferences amongst stakeholders andsucceeds in building a consensus for thelaw to be enacted and enforced,” refer-ring to the Centre issuing eightOrdinances in the space of as manymonths because of its lack of majorityin the Rajya Sabha.

The legacy of Mukherjee will beremembered for embedding grass-roots innovations at different levels inhigher education and governance.An empathetic ecosystem in thecountry has emerged through thepatronage at the presidential level. ThePresident leaves Raisina Hill to live aquiet life and reading books butMukherjee will be remembered as oneof the able Presidents.

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The 2017 general election inthe United Kingdom,which, for internationalreaders with more press-ing things to do than keep

up with events in the Shire,Balamory, and Gringotts (which areall fictional places — but I’ll bet youhad to double-check) has recentlyconcluded. The results are veryinteresting, if less clear than usual.

It is unclear who, if anyone, actu-ally “won” the election in the traditional sense and what exactly“winning” means.

First, British Prime MinisterTheresa May’s Conservative Party,while returning to Government, suf-fered heavy losses at the ballot box.The Tories went into the electionwith 331 of Westminster’s 650 seatsand emerged with 318 and as a result,will have to rely on the votes of 10Northern Irish Democratic UnionistParty (DUP) MPs in order to passkey legislation.

Explaining the DUP andNorthern Irish politics in generalwould take several more articles but,essentially, the DUP is probably thebest fit to get along with a ToryGovernment; however, the relation-ship is likely to be fraught at times— especially over Brexit.

The Tories are the largest partyin Parliament, which technicallymeans that they “won” the election,but having lost an overall majorityduring an election that they did notlegally need to call. Combined withdoubts being cast over how longTheresa May will remain inDowning Street, the Tories can hard-ly be said to be the “winners” in anymeaningful sense — especially whenthe Right-wing DUP will presumablybe able to ask for concessions fromtheir new business partners.

The Conservatives might not like to hear that “things can only getbetter” for them but, for the UK’snatural party of Government in aFirst Past the Post system, it’s probably true; especially with theDUP with its hands on some of theTory strings.

If the mood music is anything togo by, while Jeremy Corbyn’s LabourParty may not have won the election,they may have “won” the election.Corbyn began from a position ofseemingly abject hopelessness andthen, bolstered by a combination oflow expectations and brilliant cam-paigning, ended up putting in animpressive showing — his accep-tance speech in his Islington Northconstituency, delivered with confi-dence and poise, provided a usefulcounterpoint to Theresa May’s sham-bling and stuttering lecture.

However, despite the exuberanceand the feeling of wining surround-

ing the Labour Party and its leaderin particular, one simple fact seemsto have been lost — they did not win!

Labour may have gained 23 seatsfrom their 2015 performance butthey were still well short of being ableto form a Government, 64 MPs to beexact. If Labour can interpret rein-forcing the position of their leaderand being able to provide astrong(er) Opposition as the defin-ition of “winning,” then they mayhave won, but it would be a rathergenerous interpretation of the term,at odds with the traditional definition, and involve a considerablelevel of rhetoric and intellectualgymnastics.

Following their stunning successin 2015, it seemed to be impossiblefor the Scottish National Party (SNP)to maintain the level of success thatit had achieved — and it was. TheSNP lost 21 of the 56 seats it heldwith notable casualties includingtheir Westminster Group Leader,Angus Robertson being beaten in hisMoray constituency, TasminaAhmed-Sheikh, ousted from Ochiland South Perthshire, and formerScottish First Minister, AlexSalmond, being thumped andthrown out of Gordon.

There was a significant switchfrom SNP yellow to Tory blue acrossScotland — a doubly painful insultfor a party that has a rabidly anti-Conservative stance. However, per-

haps worst of all for the Nationalists,the resurgence of the Scottish Tories(which were extinct as recently as1997), as well as good nights forScottish Labour and the ScottishLiberal Democrats, have led some to suggest that a second refer-endum on Scottish independence isnow less likely than it has been fora long time.

As for the Liberal Democrats, theformer kingmakers turned Torycoalition partners, performed rela-tively well throughout the campaignand were rewarded with four addi-tional seats, three of which were inScotland, as well as a return to thegreen benches for their veteranVince Cable.

However, it was a Lib Dem lossthat provided one of the most icon-ic images of the evening as a beatenand dejected Nick Clegg was forcedout of his former seat of SheffieldHallam. The scene was genuinelyuncomfortable to watch, but showedthat the Lib Dems were not exactlyriding high. So, while the Lib Demsdid improve their lot at Westminster,they are still a long way away fromtheir 2010 zenith, with some com-mentators suggesting that 2017 wasmore of a “missed opportunity” forthe Lib Dems than anything else.

Therefore, the question stillstands: Who won the 2017 UK gen-eral election?

Arguably, the previously men-

tioned DUP come out of the electionin the best position, especially whencompared to when they went in. Notonly did Arlene Foster’s party gainthe Belfast South and South Antrimseats, plus an additional 10 per centof the vote, but they now find the-selves in the position of being ableto make demands of theGovernment.

For a small party that is activeonly in one nation of the UnitedKingdom, this has to be considereda win. However, given that the DUPhold position on issues such asLGBT rights, abortion, and climatechange which do not exactly chimewith most opinion on the mainland,they may be forced to either awk-wardly defend or, perhaps, changethese stances when confronted withthe unforgiving gaze of a broader andmore socially liberal electorate.

Also, with a contingent of 13Scottish Tory MPs to deal with, manyof whom at on the progressive liberal wing of their party, it mightnot be all sunshine and roses for theDUP after all.

While the votes have been count-ed, what they mean and who willbenefit the most remains to be seen,maybe the Brexit negotiations willprovide some insight or, maybe,we’ll be back doing the democracydance in September — as psephol-ogists everywhere are very fond ofsaying, “it’s simply too early to tell.”

(Courtesy: Sputnik International)

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BJP's Presidential candidateRam Nath Kovind will get

majority of votes in the twoTelugu States of Telangana andAndhra Pradesh as the rulingparties in both the States havepledged their support to him.In addition the OppositionYSR Congress has alsoannounced its support to theDalit candidate making himthe unanimous choice of elect-ed representatives in AndhraPradesh.

With this 90 per cent of thetotal votes of the two States arecommitted in support ofKovind.

Telangana Chief MinisterK Chandrasekhar Rao declaredhis support to Kovind after thePrime Minister Narendra Modispoke to him over phone onMonday evening. According toan official Press release fromthe Chief Minister's office thePrime Minister gave KCR tocredit of BJP and NDA choos-ing a Dalit as its nominee forthe highest constitutional postin the country.

"As per your suggestion wehave decided upon a Dalitcandidate for the Presidentialpost", the Press release quotedthe Prime Minister as tellingKCR while requesting for hissupport.

The Chief Minister ini-tially sought some time fromthe Prime Minister and after

consulting senior party leadershe confirmed TRS' support toKovind.

"A prominent Dalit asPresident is a good decisionand we support his candida-ture", KCR said.

TRS's support will give abig boost to the NDA in theelectoral college which electspresident as the TRS with 90MLAs and 17 MPs has a valueof 23,200 votes or 1.5 per centof the vote pool of 10.98 lakhvotes.

The President is elected bythe members of the StateAssemblies and both theHouses of Parliament.

Questions had arose aboutthe TRS support to the BJPcandidate recently as the crit-icism by the BJP national pres-ident Amit Shah's scathingattack in the KCR Governmenthad created a lot of bad bloodbetween the two parties.

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Dalit candidate by the BJPseems to have made it a faitaccomply for the TRS to gowith the BJP.

KCR was under pressurefrom his critics over his failurein keeping the old promise ofmaking a Dalit the first ChiefMinister of separate TelanganaState. Now he will have some-thing in his hand to reclaim thecard of Dalit messiah by takingcredit for pushing for a Dalit asPresident.

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Assam’s regional politicalparties, Asom Gana

Parishad (AGP) and BodolandPeoples’ Front (BPF) havedecided to extend their sup-port to National DemocraticAlliance (NDA)'s Presidentialcandidate, Ram Nath Kovind.

The two regional politicalparties, which are the partnersof the BJP led Government inAssam, said this on Tuesdayand appealed to the other polit-ical parties in the State to sup-port Kovind considering hisdistinguished political career.

“BJP's national president,Amit Shah has before theannouncement of Presidentialcandidate discussed with AGPand BPF,” said Assam Healthand Education MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma whileaddressing the newsmen onTuesday. The Press conferencewas also addressed by theAGP leader and State WaterResource Minister KeshavMahanta and senior BPFleader Biswajit Daimary.

“Shah has talked to eventhe smallest party in northeastIndia and sought their supportfor NDA’s nominee. This alsoshows the democratic spirit ofthe party,” Sarma, who is alsothe convener of the BJP ledNorth East DemocraticAlliance (NEDA) said while

adding that the ruling alliancein Assam also appeals to all the126 legislators in Assam to casttheir votes for the NDA candidate

“Assam Chief Minister,Parliamentary Affairs Ministerwill request all the 126 MLAsto support Kovind, who alsorepresents the backward com-munity,” Sarma said addingthat the Assam Chief Ministerwill be present during thenomination filling of Kovind.

It may be mentioned herethat although the AGP andBPF were partners in theDispur, the AGP and BJP hadcontested the recently conclud-ed election to sixth schedulearea, Karbi AnglongAutonomous Council (KAAC)leading to speculation that thereis a rift among the parties.

Meanwhile in neighbouringAndhra Pradesh it will be

a rare political unity betweenthe ruling Telugu Desam andOpposition YSRCP to supportthe BJP candidate.

The Prime MinisterNarendra Modi spoke to ChiefMinister N Chandra BabuNaidu and BJP president AmitShah spoke to YSRCP presi-dent YS Jaganmohan Reddyand sought their support.

Additionally Modi alsogave responsibility toChandrababu to speak toWest Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee and seekher support.

In Andhra Pradesh theruling TDP has 105 MLAsand 22 MPs while OppositionYSRCP has 66 MLAs and 60MPs. All these votes will be inNDA's kitty.

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There was no solution insight to the vexed

Darjeeling problem with theruling Trinamool Congress onTuesday boycotting the all-party meeting called by theGorkha Janmukti Morcha(GJM) and the latter decidingagainst joining a similar meetcalled by the State Governmenton June 22.

Despite pressure from theother Hill outfits like GorkhaNational Liberation Front,CPRM, Jana Andolan Partyand others to call off the indef-inite strike, the Morcha decid-ed against doing so and said itwould continue its struggle fora separate Gorkhaland State.

The GJM also remainednon-committal on the sugges-tion made by the other Hilloutfits to come out of theGorkhaland TerritorialAuthority. “There were sug-

gestions resign from the postsin GTA and State Assembly butit is not being discussed for thetime being,” said a Morchaleader.

JAP leader Harka BahadurChhetri and GNLF wanted theMorcha to immediately comeout of the GTA and StateAssembly, insiders said.

The Tuesday’s meetingstook place close on the heels ofthe State Government submit-ting a report to the Centre onDarjeeling crisis where itblamed the GJM for creatingtrouble in the Hills by incitingviolence leading to damage ofGovernment properties and adeath.

The GJM however refusedto accept the charges and waslikely to meet Union MinisterKiron Rijiju was currently atSikkim capital Gangtok to placeits side of story. The Morchawhich wanted the Centre tointervene was likely to inform

New Delhi about what it called“Government-sponsored ter-ror on common people” thatsnuffed out three lives in apolice firing a few days ago.

Meanwhile, even as thestrike reached its tenth day onTuesday with eyebrows fur-rowing for fast diminishingstocks of fuel and food, spiral-ing prices and black-marketingreports of stray violence camefrom various parts likeKalimpong, Kurseong wheregovernment vehicles wereattacked, sources said.

“There is less food andbanks are closed on regularbasis. It is becoming difficultfor the citizens to run house-holds. Though we wantGorkhaland things should besorted out through dialogues,”said adding all the sides shouldimmediately come togetherand sort things out for the bet-terment of the people.”

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CS Karnan, a former judgeof Calcutta High Court,

who had been sentenced to sixmonths imprisonment by theSupreme Court on May 9 oncharges of contempt of court,was arrested by Bengal Policeat Coimbatore on Tuesday.Later, he was taken to Chennai,where he would be producedbefore a court for legal proce-dures like transit remand. “Wegot a tip off about his presencein a house on the out skirts ofCoimbatore. Our team scout-ed the place and on confirma-tion about his presence wemoved in and arrested himaround 7 pm on Tuesday,”

Rah Kanojia, ADGP, BengalPolice, told reporters.

Karnan, who has the dubi-ous distinction of becomingthe first serving High Courtjudge to be sentenced by theapex court on charges of con-tempt of court had retiredfrom service on June 12.Following his sentence by theSupreme Court on May 9,Karnan was on the run. A teamof police officers fromCalcutta, led by an officer inthe rank of additional directorgeneral of police was scanningTamil Nadu for arresting themaverick Kannan who hadthe reputation of courting con-troversies throughout hiscareer in Chennai andCalcutta.

It was an eight memberConstitution Bench of theSupreme Court presided overby the Chief Justice of Indiawhich sentenced Karnan fol-lowing irresponsible charges ofcorruption flung by the latteron some of his colleagues andseniors. The apex court hadissued contempt chargesagainst Karnan on Febriary 20.Karnan who flew down toChennai on May 9 immedi-ately after the apex court ver-dict vanished immediatelyafter reaching the city.

The Calcutta Police teamwas on a mission to nab thecontroversial judge and hadvisisted all places in TamilNadu and Andhra Pradeshwhere the absconding judgecould have hidden himselffrom public gaze.

Interestingly, Karnan, whohad been asked by the apexcourt to stay away from judi-cial duties following theFebruary 20 chargs, had “sen-tenced” the Chief Justice ofIndia and the seven memberConstitution Bench foir fiveyears rigorous imprisonmentand fine of �1,00,000 eachunder the SC/ST Prevention ofAtrocities Act 1989. All seniormembers of the judiciary hadblamed Karnan for his contu-macious conduct throughouthis career in the Bench.

Before pronouncing itsjudgement sentencing Karnan,the apex court had deputed ateam of medical doctors toexamine the status of mentalhealth of the judge.

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The Nitish Kumar led JD(U)has almost made up its

mind to back BJP’s Presidentialcandidate Ram Nath Kovindeven if the Congress led UPAdecided to field its own can-didate. The indications duringthe last two days by Nitish havesend the message loud andclear that Bihar CM will adopta path different from his allies.

On Tuesday, Nitish attend-ed an iftar party hosted by theBihar Congress at its head-quarters Sadaquat Ashram, hepolitely declined to have a pri-vate talks with senior Congressleader Ghulam Nabi Azad whospecially flown in here toattend the party and discussthe issue with Nitish.

On the otherhand, Nitish had dis-cussion with someselect leaders of hisparty on Tuesday tochart out his strategyand as sources saidon Wednesday toohe would continuehis discussion. It wasalso not clear if he wouldattend the June 22 meeting inDelhi in which all the non-BJPparties are likely to send theirrepresentative and take a callon fielding their common can-didate.

By stating that he was per-sonally happy over the selec-tion of Bihar Governor Kovind

for the top constitutional postNitish gave a clear indicationof his preference even thoughhe had been saying till Mondaythat the ruling alliance shouldtry for a consensus. The BJPdid not consult him beforefinalising its candidate butPrime Minister NarendraModi reportedly called Nitishto tell him about Kovind’sselection.

In view of the attitude ofNitish, it is expected that hewould adopt a different lineand what what he did five yearsback when he had decided tosupport Congress candidatePranab Mukherjee despitebeing a part of NDA. Nitish’sthat stand had also created rip-ples in the NDA circle.

JD(U) national secretaryShyam Rajak saidthat Nitish alwaysput national intereston top while taking acall on major issues.Party sources saidthat after having dis-cussion with partyleaders, Nitish mighttry to convince lead-

ers of other parties for the needto support Kovind instead ofputting up a symbolic fight.The Bihar CM was also intouch with his Bengal coun-terpart Mamata Banerjee andSamajwadi Party leadersMulayam Singh Yadav andAkhilesh Yadav besides BSPchief Mayawati.

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Union Health Minister JPNadda on Tuesday

launched 80 Mobile MedicalUnits (MMUs) for the tea gar-dens of the State and said thatthe MMUs will bring healthcare facilities closure to the teagarden workers.

Nadda launched 80 MMUseach equipped with a doctor, anANM nurse, a laboratory tech-nician, a pharmacist and a tech-nician for eye care that will cover320 gardens of the state, pro-viding healthcare for seven daysto one garden continuously.

The Union Ministertermed this as a historic initia-tive of the Government whichwould be able to make health-care accessible to the tea com-munity of the State. “Assam’sidentity is synonymous with itstea gardens but the large num-ber of people in tea garden areasare yet to get healthcare facili-ties,” he said adding that thehigh Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR) among pregnantwomen in tea garden areas dueto anaemia and other diseasesare still a major cause of worry.

“To address this concern,dedicated MMUs have beenlaunched to provide healthcarein interior tea gardens, Naddasaid adding that 320 tea gardenswhere existing healthcare facil-ities are not adequate and whichneed immediate care, shall becovered by 80 MMU vehicles.

Assam health ministerHimanta Biswa sarma explainedthat one MMU will cover fourtea gardens in total. It will oper-ate for seven days in one tea gar-den and then the MMU wouldmove to the next tea garden.Completing the cycle of nearlya month, the MMU wouldreturn to the first village andbegin its operation, he said.

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July 3 will see the John FKennedy Centre for

Performing Arts in WashingtonDC getting a feeling of IndianMonsoon! A team of singersfrom Chennai, Madras YouthChoir, established in 1971 bylate music maestro MBSrinivasan with the motto“Come, Let’s Sing Together”,will render the song Mazhai(Tamil for rain) on July 3 as atribute to the late President ofthe United States whose birthcentenary is being observed onthat day as Serenade 2017.

The event, a joint ventureby Classical Movements USAand JFK Centre for PerformingArts has been conceived as aChoral Festival which beginson June 27 and concludes onJuly3. Besides singing the songMazhai, the Madras YouthChoir will also present a med-ley of seven songs at theEpiscopal Church inWashington during the first

four days, according toGayathree Krishna, senior per-former in MYC. “This is anexcellent opportunity to spreadour message of love for human-ity, due to richness of our lan-guages and greatness of ourpoets,” she said.

S Ram, a former corporateexecutive, who took to choralsinging after retiring from his24X7 job, said MYC has select-ed the medley of songsembodying the spirit of; ove,freedom, courage, unity, friend-ship, patriotism and peace.

“These are issues which weredear to the former Presidentwho was assassinated in 1963,”said Ram.

The 30-member MYC isundergoing strenuousrehearsals to elevate musiclovers in Washington to divin-ity, a unique feature of Indianmusic. What stands out in theMYC’ s tributes to Kennedy isthat combination of national-ism, Indian spirituality andmodern day Communism intheir songs. While SubramaniaBharati, the great nationalist

and spiritual poet has pennedsome of the numbers, all thesongs have been set to music byM.B Srinivasan, a known rebel,atheist and Communist .

What is unique aboutSerenade 17 is that Kennedy, agreat democrat whose tenuresaw the Cold War touchingnew heights and the CubanMissile Crisis, is getting musi-cal tributes composed by anIndian communist.

The composition of theMYC itself is interesting. Threegenerations of singers are com-ing together in this event.Saradamma, 82-year-old singeris accompanied by her daugh-ter Latha Unnikrishnan andgrand daughter SruthiUnnikrishnan. “There isanother musical family,Ramani Natarajan and granddaughter Saranya who too arejoining the MYC to show theworld that how different voic-es blend into one to render clas-sical and folk songs mixedwith western techniques,” saidRam.

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In a major jolt to the Congressin Karnataka ahead of ensuing

Assembly polls former Memberof Parliament and a powerfulKuruba leader AH Vishwanathhas decided to quit the Congress.Ending speculations Vishwanathwho was responsible for ChiefMinister Siddaramaiah tomigrate from JDs to Congresshas told his supporters inMysuru on Tuesday that hewould quit the congress and sub-mit his resignation soon.However he did not disclose hisnext course of political movewhich might impact the rulingcongress adversely.

After dalit leader V SrinivasPrasad and former ExternalAffairs Minister SM Krishnawho have quit Congress andjoined BJP, Vishwanath is thenext big and influential leaderto quit the century old partyahead of assembly polls. But

politically it will have impact onthe ruling party in old Mysuruarea and some parts of northKarnataka where Kuruba pop-ulation concentration is more.

He said “I am resigningfrom Siddaramaiah’s Congress,”said Vishwanath, also belongs toKuruba community for whichCM Siddaramaiah also belongedto. Vishwanath expressed regretfor allowing Siddaramaiah toenter the Congress party morethan a decade ago.

Vishwanath who wasMinister in SM KrishnaGovernment and a Member ofParliament from Mysuru hasbeen with loggerheads withchief minister Siddaramaiahfor quite sometime. He openlyattacked Siddaramaiah who hasallegedly ill-treated senior con-gress leaders. He openly blamedSiddaramaiah for hijacking thecongress and destroying theparty in Karnataka.

He said “Chief Minister

Siddaramaiah, KPCC presidentG Parameshwara and otherleaders are going to destroy theparty. There is no respect in theparty for seniors who built itfrom grassroots. They are ill-treating seniors by not invitingthem to any meeting convenedby the party or functions. Theyhave corned the seniors, whichdoes not augur well.

He said he has not decidedto join any party but said bothBJP and JDS have been invitinghim. “I have not decided yet.Both BJP and JD(S) leadershave invited me to their parties.Let us see. I will take a call inconsultation with my support-ers and people of my con-stituency” he added.Vishwanath also blamed weakhigh command for the plight ofthe party in Karnataka. However,Vishwanath, said the Congressparty with which he was associ-ated for 40 years, will remain his“mother” till his death.

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In a move expected to eco-nomically empower the shep-

herd communities in the StateTelangana Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao on Tuesdaylaunched an ambitious sub-sidised sheep rearing program.

He handed over the sheep at75 per cent Subsidy to three ben-eficiaries at Kondapaka village inhis own constituency Gajwel onTuesday vowing to make thesheep farmer one of the mostrichest communities in the state.He also distributed the insurancedocuments among them.

Under the program every

shepherd or Yadav family willget 20 sheep and one ram ormale sheep. On the whole 75.17lakh sheep will be distributed to357971 families in the State thisyear at Addressing a publicmeeting on the occasion he saidsuch programs were aimed atensuring that the benefits of thefaster economic developmentreach all the sections of the soci-ety specially the weaker sections.

The scheme will benefitthose sheep farmers who wereenrolled with the local coop-erative societies. While 50 percent sheep farmers in the statewill be covered this year, restwill benefit next year.

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Aday after threatening theState Government of inten-

sifying farmers’ stir if demandsof loan waiver and hike inMinimum Support Price(MSP) were not met, Congressstate chief Raj Babbar held achaupal at Hamirpur inBundelkhand region onTuesday.

“People of Bundelkhandhave always been tolerant andsilently bore the brunt even asthe region underwent years ofdrought and poverty. Yet thepeople stick to farming. It is amatter of concern that nowsince the BJP governments atthe Centre and states haveadopted anti-farmer policy justto please few industrialistsfriends. Left with no option,farmers are committing sui-cide,” said Babbar

“Both Prime MinisterModi and Chief Minister Yogihave ignored issues related tofarmers,” alleged the stateCongress chief highlighting

how the two regimes failed tofulfill promises of giving 50 percent profit to farmers over thecost of produce and waiving offfarm loans. “It was sad to meetfamilies of farmers who endedtheir lives after facing harass-ment for non-repayment ofloans,” said Babbar, who metfamilies of four farmers whorecently ended their lives inHamirpur district.

The Congress leader said:“I just want to ensure farmersthat they should not surrenderor commit suicide under pres-sure of debts or not gettinggood return for their produce.The Congress under RahulGandhi will fight their battle tillthe government concedes tofulfill their promises madeduring campaigning in lastParliament and Assembly elec-tions,” asserted Babbar.

Just on Monday, Babbarduring a press conference inLucknow had confirmed tointensify the struggle for farm-ers and that Rahul Gandhiwould also join them.

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Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N Chandrababu

Naidu has sacked theChairman, Brahmin Welfarecorporation IYR Krishna Rao,offended by some the posts hehad shared on his Facebookpage.

This is second time that thecritical posts in social medialanded somebody in serioustrouble in Andhra Pradesh.Earlier a cartoonist InturiRavikiran was arrested by thepolice on his posts and car-toons targeting the ChiefMinister and his son ITMinister Nara Lokesh.

The orders sacking IYRKrishna Rao, a former ChiefSecretary of the state wereissued on Tuesday after monthsold FB posts shared by himwent viral and they werebrought to the notice of Naidu.

Apparently the trouble forKrishna Rao began when hecriticised a TDP leader fordefending Anantapur MP JCDiwakar Reddy in his spat with

IndiGo airlines. Recently theTDP MP was barred from fly-ing by 7 domestic airlines forunruly behaviour. A TDP func-tionary in his Facebook postdemanded the VIPs should begiven more time by Airline.Krishna Rao, a prolific Facebookuser opposed the idea.

“I opposed him as there isa protocol and VIPs should notbe exempted. I don't knowwhat wrong I said. And thatTDP functionary pulled out theold posts”, Krishna Rao said ata press conference inAmaravati to after his sackingwas announced.

Denying any wrong doinghe said that he came to knowabout his renewal from TV.“There was no need for all this.If they had called me I wouldhave resigned”, he said.

In one of the posts earliershared by him Krishna Rao hadcriticised the arrest of the car-toonist Intluri Ravikiran.

Krishna Rao who has beencommenting on the happen-ings , said, “I felt bad over hisarrest. I started thinking whatkind of system we are living in.Are we fascist? I believe that itwas wrong, so I just sharedthree or four posts in protest.Is that a criminal mistake? Ishared those posts withoutcomment, because I felt that weshould not put criminal caseson satirists.”

In another instance hefound fault with the TDP rais-ing hue and cry over leader ofopposition YS JaganmohanReddy meeting the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

As all these posts wentviral TDP supporters wentafter him on the social mediabaying for his blood.

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BSP chief Mayawati chargedthe Centre of ignoring the

downtrodden and poor sectionsof the society. Mayawaticlaimed that instead of ensur-ing welfare and jobs for theyouth and poor, the ModiGovernment was wasting pub-lic money to organise a grandInternational Yoga Day func-tion in Lucknow and otherplaces.

“Instead of fulfilling itsprime constitutional dutytowards providing jobs to croresof jobless poor, farmers, labour-ers and help them get twosquare meals, the Modi regimewas using government fundsand machinery on well-off peo-ple. A lavish Yoga Day functionwas nothing but misuse offunds, resources and time,” theBSP chief commented.

Joining issues with farmers’outfits who opposed the YogaDay functions, Mayawati saidthat their protest against the

‘anti-poor and anti-farmers’policy was justified. Lashingout at ‘wrong policies andworking’ of the BJP-led gov-ernment, Mayawati chargedthat all these have compound-ed the miseries of the joblessand farmers, forcing them toend their lives. Claiming dwin-dling job opportunities andemployment crunch in IT sec-tor too, Mayawati said that suchfunctions should be handled bythe RSS.

“The RSS should have beenmade responsible for suchfunctions rather than the BJPgovernments. Why must vari-ous government facilities andexemptions that RSS is gettingbe only allowed to sow seeds ofhatred ?” she asked. Mayawaticharged that by doing hugepublicity of International YogaDay, which was a non-issue forthe people, the Modi govern-ment and the BJP were tryingto divert public attention fromfailure of both Union and stategovernments.

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Samajwadi Party president AkhileshYadav targeted Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath for the law and order in thestate. The former CM on Tuesday visit-ed the family of the slain trader inSitapur.

Trader Sunil Jaiswal along with hiswife and son were killed by unidentifiedassailants on June 6. The trader’s daugh-ter is a final year student at UP RuralInstitute of Medical Sciences, Sefai(Etawah). Students of the institute had metthe SP chief at Sefai last week anddemanded his intervention seeking aprobe by the CBI into the ghastly killing.“The murder of Sunil Jaiswal, his son andwife was a very tragic incident. Targetingof traders by criminals with the intent ofloot and dacoity, have become order of theday in UP ever since the BJP came topower in the state,’’ said Akhilesh.Targeting the Yogi regime for the slide inlaw and order, Akhilesh said, “I am at mywits end to understand as to what prevents

the Chief Minister from taking sternaction against lazy and inefficient policeofficers and misfit for the job of enforc-ing the rule of law. Even the DGP hasadmitted that crime will keep happeningand it can not be eliminated.’’

“The voters in the State had voted theBJP to power with the huge expectationthat it would honour its promises madeduring the Assembly poll. Yogi Adityanathseems to have some other priorities andhe is more interested in ordering probesinto projects and schemes implementedduring my regime and renaming schemesinitiated by the previous SP Government,’’said Akhilesh. Meanwhile, the SamajwadiParty announced to distance itself fromthe International Yoga Day function onWednesday. The party has organised aparallel function of cycling by partycadres across the state on Wednesdaymorning. SP spokesman RajendraChaudhary said that for creating aware-ness about environment and health, partyworkers would ride cycles at each districtheadquarter at 6 am on Wednesday. Lateras per convenience, they would performYoga at their residence. “Party cadres havebeen directed to maintain order andrefrain from causing inconvenience to thecommon man,” said Chaudhary.

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Aday after skipping an Iftarparty at the State office of

Samajwadi Party, patriarchMulayam Singh Yadav attend-ed a dinner hosted by ChiefMinisters Yogi Adityanath athis official residence in thehonour of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Tuesdaynight.

The PM is in town toattend International Yoga Dayfunction in Lucknow onWednesday. Yogi Adityanathhas also extended invitation totwo former Chief Ministers–Akhilesh Yadav andMayawati.

Mulayam has alreadyextended the support of hisparty for the NDA’s Presidentialcandidate with the rider thatthe candidate should not be astrong Saffron face and accept-able to all. Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh andUnion Urban Development

Minister Venkaiah Naidu hadspoken to Mulayam in thisregard on June 16.

Mulayam’s stand on thePressidential candidate is seenas a big setback for theCongress-led 17 Oppositionparties and also his son and SPchief Akhilesh Yadav.

Contrary to his father’sstand, SP chief Akhilesh Yadavhas announced to go with thejoint candidate of 17Opposition parties and is like-ly to attend a meeting in thisregard in Delhi on June 212 tobe chaired by Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi.

On Tuesday, Mulayampraised NDA’s Presidential pick.“The BJP has given a good can-didate for the top post. I haveold ties with Kovindji. The BJPhas the required number to getits candidate elected and evenif they are short, they are capa-ble of mobilizing the requirednumbers and get their candi-date elected,’’ said Mulayam.

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With the daughters of slainSitapur graintrader Sunil

Jaiswal seeking time to meetPrime Minister Narendra Modiover the killing of their parentsand brother on June 6, the localpolice claimed to have made abreakthrough and arrested aperson involved in the grue-some crime. Principal Secretary(Home) Arvind Kumar said inLucknow on Tuesday that SPSitapur, Mrigendra Singhinformed him that the sensa-tional triple murder of thetrader’s family registered withKotwali police station has beenworked out.

Kumar said that Sharif ofLaharpur (Sitapur), who has along criminal history and livesat Kashiram colony of Sitapur,has been arrested for the crime

by Sitapur Police on Tuesdaymorning.

“Recovery of cash andbelongings of Sunil Jaiswalalong with ‘bahi’ (cash register)and other things were recov-ered from the accused. Duringquizzing, the accused revealedthe names of his three aides.The Crime Branch and SitapurPolice have started trackingthem. A bike used in this inci-dent was also recovered,” thePrincipal Secretary informed.

Earlier, the two daughtersof the trader had also met Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath andWomen Welfare minister RitaBahuguna Joshi and urged thatthe killers be arrested.

The triple murder had trig-gered public demonstrations inSitapur while markets in thecity were closed for severaldays. Grain trader Sunil Jaiswal(55), his wife Kamini (51) andtheir son Hrithik (25) werekilled in a gun attack at thegates of their house in CivilLines area of Sitapur on June 6.After accosting the trader whowas entering his house on a

bike, the assailants tried tosnatch a bag containing theday’s earning from his shop. AsJaiswal resisted, the criminalsfired at him from close range.Hearing the gunshots, Jaiswal’swife Kamini and son Hrithikrushed out and the assailantsopened indiscriminate fire atthem too. As the gunshotstriggered panic, the gunmenescaped on two bikes after theshooting. Jaiswal and his fam-ily were taken to the districthospital where doctors pro-nounced them dead uponarrival. Neighbors claimedthat they called the Emergencyhelpline but a police teamreached there 25 minutes later.Station House Officer of thgeKotwali police station, which islocated about 200 meters awayfrom the trader’s home, arrived35 minutes after the incident.

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Ending speculation about itsreluctance to go with the

ruling BJP in the presidentialelection, the Shiv Sena onTuesday announced that itwould support the NDA pres-idential poll nominee RamNath Kovind whom itdescribed as a “good candidate”.

Twenty four hours after hehad an indirect dig at the BJPsaying that his party had nointerest in supporting a Dalitcandidate if he had been put upmerely for the sake of corneringvotes in the polls, Shiv SenaPresident Uddhav Thackeraydid a U-turn and announced hisparty’s support to Kovind, whomthe ruling party had announcedhim as the NDA candidate forthe July 17, 2017 presidential poll.

Addressing a news confer-ence after holding a meeting

with his party senior leaders athis “Matoshri” residence,Uddhav said: “Kovind is agood presidential candidate.We are confident that he wouldwork well for the country andtake good decisions. After dis-cussing with my party’s seniorleaders, I have decided toextend the Sena’s support toKovind’s candidature”.

“Initially we had mootedthe name of RSS chief MohanBhagwat as the NDA candidatefor the Presidential polls. Hecontinues to be our optionone. Since he was not in thepresidential race, we proposedthe name of AgricultureScientist M S Swaminathan.Swaminathan’s name came upfor discussion at my meetingwith BJP president Amit Shah.But, Amit Shah told me thatSwaminathan’s candidaturecould not be considered as he

was not keeping well. That’swhy the BJP has announced thethird name and we are sup-porting Kovind’s candidature”.

Justifying the Sena’s sup-port to the NDA’s candidate,Uddhav said: “We do notoppose the decisions taken bythe BJP merely for the sake ofopposition. We support what-ever that is good and opposesuch decisions that we disap-prove. There is no question ofour supporting a candidate tobe proposed by the Congress-led Opposition which is still tomake up its mind on the pres-idential poll nominee”.

That the sheer politicalexpediency that has promptedUddhav to renege on his earli-er remarks can be evidencedfrom the fact that on Mondayhe had thrown all hints that hemight not support the NDAcandidate Kovind.

“How does it make a dif-ference any of us as to whowould become the President?But, if a Dalit is being nomi-nated for the sake of Dalit votesin the polls, then we have nointerest in such a nomination.But, if you decide to nominatea person who, after gettingelected, would work for not justDalits but work in the interestof the whole country, then theSena is with you (BJP),”Uddhav had said on Monday,two days after he met Shah athis Bandra residence.

Apparently taking an excep-tion to the BJP putting up aDalit candidate, Uddhav hadsaid: “If you indulge in merevote bank politics then the Senawill not be part of such politics.The vote bank politics mayhelp a political party win anelection, but it will not be in theinterest of the country”.

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Giving credit to all parties,including Opposition, for

paving the way for successfulimplementation of GST fromJuly 1, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said that it wasthe sign of a mature democra-cy where parties joined handsto pass an Act that would takethe country to the path of eco-nomic development. “India issitting at the cusp of an eco-nomic revolution. Dreams ofpeople will manifest into real-ity from July 1 after the Goodsand Service Tax (GST) willcome into effect. There wouldbe some teething problems butthe Government is there toredress traders’ grievances,”the PM said while inauguratingthe new 34-acre campus ofAbdul Kalam TechnicalUniversity (AKTU) inLucknow on Tuesday.

Modi said that world willwatch this transformation withawe as how political partieswith different ideologies, sup-ported the Government in

implementation of GST. “The credit of this goes to

all state governments and allpolitical parties, who showed tothe world that for them coun-try was bigger than the party.“Dal nahi desh bada hota hai”,“ PM said and added that hehoped that the new journeywhich the country will embarkupon from July 1, would be asuccess. The PM also dedicat-ed a 400 KV DC transmissionline between Lucknow andKanpur. Prior to that, Modiwent to Central Drug ResearchInstutute and inaugurated theirnew campus.

The PM spoke at length onmaking India self-reliant indifferent fields includingDefence and Healthcare. “TheGovernment has done its bit bythrowing open FDI in Defencesectors. We have launched dif-ferent schemes like ‘Start-UpIndia’ and ‘Make in India’ thatwould boost indigenousresearch,” said he. Quoting for-mer President APJ AbdulKalam, Modi said, “Science isuniversal but technology

should be local. Youths shouldtake the help of technology toserve mankind and change thequality of life of the people.”

Exhorting youths to devotethemselves in the field ofDefence and Medical Sciences,the Pm in his 35-minute speechsaid,”Our youth can thinkabout start-ups and innovationin Health sector, particularly inHealthcare equipment. We canthink about making strides inindigenous Defence manufac-turing. But it is important forthe youth of India to be con-nected with the latest technol-ogy.”

“World took notice whenIndia launched 104 satellites.We have such potential andhave to take it forward. Whenwe talk about science, tech-nology and innovation, it isnatural to think about Dr.Kalam and this technical uni-versity is a dedication to thegreat scientist,” the PM said.“We are moving forward withthe dream of how to makeIndia self-dependent in defenceand security,” he said.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleywhile announcing that

Parliament’s historic Central Hallwill winess an hour-long functionon the intervening night of June30-July 1 to mark the rollout ofGST, where President PranabMukherjee, who had piloted thefirst Constitutional AmendmentBill to bring in GST in 2011 whenhe was finance minister with theprevious UPA regime, will sharethe dais with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on the occasion,emphasised that businesses cannotgive any excuse for not being readyas enough time was given tothem for preparation.

However, implementation ofthe Goods and Services Tax (GST),which will unify more than adozen separate levies to create asingle market, may result in “somedisruption” and “technologicalglitches” initially as traders and thesmallest of businesses will have tofile returns online, he added.

GST, which was originallyplanned to be implemented fromApril 1 but was deferred by threemonths, will be launched at agrand function in the historicCentral Hall of Parliament on themidnight of June 30.

The biggest tax reform sinceIndependence, which will gradu-

ally re-shape India’s business land-scape by making the world’sfastest-growing major economy aneasier place to do business in,would bring down barriersbetween 30 states and unifying theUSD 2 trillion economy and 1.3billion people into a single market.

Jaitley said GST over themedium to long term will lead tohigher revenues to Centre andstates while also increasing the sizeof the economy and having a pos-itive impact on the GDP.

“We should be prepared thatwhen the switchover will takeplace. In the short-term, there willbe some challenges,” he said. “Thereform step is for betterment. Allreforms initially are seen as dis-ruptive, and in the long run areseen as result yielding reform.”

Jaitley said the process ofregistration of existing centralexcise, service tax and state VATpayers in the new system was“going on well”.

“It is not a very complicatedprocess,” he said adding GST willcheck tax evasion and in the longrun lead to rise in number of theassessees.

As many as 65 lakh assesseshave already registered and moreare expected to sign up. “65 lakhwho have registered they did notface problem, the five who havefaced problems are on Twitter,” hequipped.

Ruling out deferring the roll-out because of a small number ofpeople who say businesses are notready, he said when reforms areimplemented “the first principle is

you should never blink. If youblink, then you get derailed.”

“We have for the last sixmonths saying that the date is July1. Nobody had any business to benot ready,” he said.

Jaitley said the Governmenthas already relaxed the dates for fil-

ing of initial returns and tradersand businesses now have time tillSeptember 5, instead of previousAugust 10, for filing the returnsand being ready.

“There is still two and a halfmonths to be ready, but if he (busi-ness) is still not ready, I am afraid,

but he doesn’t want to be ready,”he said.

Reminiscent of India’s trystwith destiny at the mid- night ofAugust 14-15, 1947, Parliament’shistoric Central Hall will host anhour-long function on the inter-vening night of June 30-July 1 to

mark the rollout of GSTJaitley said the GST Council hasarrived at tax rates on most of thecommodities on the basis on“equivalence” so that incidence oftax remains at the current level.

“The tax rates that has beenfixed, that will apparently lower our

tax revenues. But we are hopingthat even after reducing rates therevenues won’t come downbecause evasion would be checkedin an efficient system,” he said.

Asked about GST’s impact oninflation, he said when tax ratescome down it also has an impacton inflation, but it would alsodepend on monsoon and oilprices.

“In some cases, because thereare public interest involved, wehave in fact brought down the taxrates. On first principle, Centre andstates have suffered a revenue lossbut we are hoping to make up forthat loss because of more efficientsystem,” he said.

The anti-profiteering clause istransient and should act as adeterrent. “I hope we are not com-pelled to use it,” he said.

He said almost all states havecleared the State GST (SGST)Act,with the exception of Jammuand Kashmir and Kerala.

“I strongly believe that anystate keeps out, both its traders andconsumers will suffer loss. Becausethey will not get the benefit of inputtax, they will have to pay tax twiceand the consumers will get mate-rials which is costlier than rest ofthe country. Also compensationpackage won’t be given to stateswho do not implement GST,”Jaitley said.

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�#������The proposed anti-profiteering authority can can-cel registration of any entity orbusiness if it fails to pass on toconsumers the benefit of lowertaxes under the Goods andServices Tax (GST) regime.

The five-member NationalAnti-Profiteering Authority,headed by a secretary-levelofficer, can order reduction inprice commensurate with thelowering of incidence of tax-ation under the new indirecttax regime.

It also seeks return of theundue profit earned from notpassing on the reduction inincidence of tax to consumersalong with an 18 per centinterest, as also impose penal-ty, according to the anti-prof-iteering rules issued today.

However, the Authority,which has been provisioned to

be in existence for just twoyears unless the GST Councilextends the tenure, will not beable to take any of these stepssuo motu or on its own.

A multi-step approach willhave to be followed beginningwith each state constituting aScreening Committee whichwill examine written com-plaints made about any entityor business earning undueprofit.

Such panels would have tonecessarily dispose of the com-plaints within two months.Once they are satisfied of theprima facie nature of the com-plaint, the same would bereferred to the DirectorGeneral of Safeguards for aproper investigation.

The Director General ofSafeguards will issue notices tothe interested parties. During

its investigation, it can sum-mon any person.

“Every such inquiry shallbe deemed to be a ‘judicialproceedings’,” the rules said.

The Director General ofSafeguards would submit itsreport to the Authority.

“The Authority shall,within a period of threemonths from the date ofreceipt of the report from theDirector General of Safeguardsdetermine whether a regis-tered person has passed on thebenefit of reduction in rate oftax on the supply of goods orservices or the benefit of inputtax credit to the recipient byway of commensurate reduc-tion in prices,” the rules said.

The Authority woulddecide on matters throughmajority. All entities wouldbe bound by orders passed by

the Authority and an failurewould result in action torecover the amount in accor-dance with the GST law, theyadded.

The chairman and mem-bers of the authority would beappointed by the central gov-ernment on recommendationsof a selection committee con-stituted by the GST Council.

The chairman would bepaid a monthly salary of Rs2.25 lakh plus other allowancesand benefits as are admissibleto a Central Government offi-cer holding posts carrying thesame pay.

Technical members shallbe paid a monthly salary of�2,05,400. The chairman andmembers shall hold office fora term of two years or until theage of 65-years, whichever isearlier. ���

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�#������A final decision onthe revival plan for debt-ladenAir India is likely to take somemore time as the civil aviationministry has voiced concernsover the proposal to privatise thenational carrier, says an official.

The plan for revival wouldbe taken up by the Cabinet onlyafter various issues, including theconcerns raised by the parentministry, are resolved, a seniorfinance ministry official said onTuesday.

Surviving on taxpayers’money, Air India has been in thered for long and various pro-posals, including governmentthink tank Niti Aayog’s sugges-tion for complete privatisation,have been made.

The civil aviation ministryhas however voiced concernsover privatising the airline citingissues such as those related todebt burden, proposed volun-tary retirement scheme foremployees and fleet, he said.

While discussions are stillgoing on, at least two differentviews have emerged within thegovernment with respect tostake sale in the airline.

One view is that theGovernment should offloadmajority stake in the airlineand retain the minority stake aswell as the Air India logo, theofficial said.

This could be done after

taking over a portion of itsdebt, he added.

Another idea being floatedis for minority stake sale by theGovernment and then work onways to address the debt woes,including by way of selling theairline’s assets.

The aviation ministry is infavour of reviving the airline,which has debt of more than�52,000 crore, but not keen onmajority stake sale, the officialnoted. It is surviving on a�30,000-crore bailout packageextended by the previous UPA

Government in 2012.As part of efforts to reduce

its debt, the Government mightalso nudge LIC and other pub-lic sector enterprises to buycertain non-core assets of AirIndia.

The larger question beforethe Government is whetherthere is a need for a state-owned carrier and if it is to bethere, whether the current oper-ational structure should berevamped or not, the officialsaid.

Besides, he said, there wouldbe problems in attracting buy-ers for the airline as there are nottoo many deep-pocketeddomestic entities and stake saleto a foreign investors couldtrigger a lot of opposition.

The matter relating to AirIndia is now at the level of PrimeMinister’s Office (PMO) andonce the issues are resolvedbetween the ministries, the finalproposal would be taken to theCabinet, the official said.

It would take a few moreweeks before the plan isfinalised, he added.

Earlier in the day, Ministerof State for Civil Aviation JayantSinha said inter-ministerial con-sultations on the future courseof action for Air India have beencompleted, and the Cabinetwould decide on how best tomove forward. ���

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The debt-laden Air India isstaying afloat on taxpayers’money and the Government islooking at all options for itsrevival, including privatisation.

“We are going through theanalysis process. Those rec-ommendations are with theCabinet right now and theCabinet will take the processforward,” Sinha told reportershere.

The minister of state forcivil aviation was responding toqueries on NITI Aayog’s pro-posal for complete privatisationand suggestions from otherquarters about sale of assets of

Air India.Without disclosing specif-

ic details, he said there havebeen a number of discussionsfor many months now as far asAir India is concerned.

“All appropriate action andin fact concerns have been (dis-cussed) at the inter-ministeri-al level and they are being sum-marised and presented to theCabinet, which will take intoaccount when it goes throughthat discussion process,” Sinhasaid. ���

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�$�������� Telecom ministerManoj Sinha will meet promot-ers of service providers onThursday in New Delhi to takestock of the concerns and chal-lenges of the sector under finan-cial stress, an industry body offi-cial said on Tuesday.

“The minister wants to hearfrom operators individually, whatthey see as particular challengesalthough they have common setof challenges,” Cellular OperatorsAssociation of India (COAI)Director General Rajan SMathews told the news agencyhere.

“...Issues highlighted by indi-vidual operators and then take aconcerted view as to what can bedone at an industry level,” he said.

COAI has Bharti Airtel,Vodafone, Idea Cellular andReliance Jio as its members.

The operators would discussthe concerns over the increasedGST (goods and services tax) rate,debt-burden of the sector, theneed to consider recommenda-tions of TRAI of lowering of spec-trum user charges to one per centand reduction in licence fee tothree per cent, among otherissues, he said.

Mathews said the govern-ment has finally focused onaddressing financial woes of thedebt-ridden sector.

“Obviously, banks have raisedthe issue, industry has raised theissue. Potential (loan) default sit-uation is arising,” Mathews said,noting that the TRAI and Inter-

Ministerial Group (IMG) havealready met with operators.

He said the sector is reelingunder a debt burden of �4.6 lakhcrore.

“The debt held by theGovernment is fairly significant.Clearly, a good set of initiativesfrom the Government will defi-nitely help the industry,” he said.

Mathews said the GST ratefor telecom services at 18 per centwould negatively impact theindustry.

At present, telecom con-sumers are charged 15 per cent inthe form of tax and cess over theirphone bills, according to indus-try officials.

Mathews indicated a scenariowhere companies take a revenuehit by absorbing additional costeither fully or partly, or passing iton to consumers leading toincreasing cost of services, whichalso results in reduced con-sumption.

“Two impacts (of GST at 18per cent) -- one is the industryabsorbing a fair part of that cost;that’s going to negatively impactthe industry given the financialcondition of the industry. Secondoption is to pass it on the con-sumers,” he said.

Mathews said 80 per cent ofthe consumers are “very, very sen-sitive to price,” adding, as muchas 46 per cent of customers go formultiples of �10 mobile rechargeand “GST going up from 15 percent to 18 per cent is material forthem.” ���

�#������Paytm has applied fora licence to set up a money mar-ket mutual fund that will enable thecompany to expand its financialofferings to consumers.

According to sources, Paytmhas applied to the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) to start the fund in the

coming months, a move that willenable the company to increaserevenues from financial services.

When contacted, Paytmdeclined to comment. The pri-mary objective of a money mar-ket fund is to invest in short-termsecurities. ���

�#������Dealers of GeneralMotors in India have decidedto meet later this week todecide on the future course ofaction, including taking thelegal route, against theAmerican automaker overmeasly compensation.

A majority of 96 dealers,which operate around 140showrooms across India, areunhappy with the company’soffer of just around 12 percent of total investments theyhave made as compensation.

“Some of the major deal-er partners of the companywill meet on June 24 in Delhito decide on the future courseof action against the compa-ny. They are totally dissatisfiedwith the way the company isdealing with them,” a sourcetold the news agency on thecondition of anonymity.

Around 20-25 major deal-ers of the company, with manyof them running multipledealerships across the country,

will take part in the meeting.“These dealers are totally

unsatisfied with the terms ofsettlement that the companyhas offered to them. Eachone of these dealers are feel-ing cheated and misled,” thesource said.

As per the conditions setby the company, a dealer whodoes not accept its offer byJuly 15, would only get 50 percent of the compensationamount being offered.

“In case a dealer does notaccept the offer by September15, he won’t get any compen-sation at all. Some of thedealers who have financialchallenges may accept thedeal being offered by the com-pany. But there are many whoare exploring ways to chal-lenge the company,” the sourcesaid.

When contacted over theissue, a General Motors Indiaspokesperson said the com-pany is working with its deal-

ers to provide appropriatesupport through this transi-tion.

“GM India is workingdirectly with our dealers totransition to authorised serviceoutlets and to recognise someof the investments made indealerships. As we considerthese discussions to be confi-dential, it would not be appro-priate to discuss them pub-licly,” the spokesperson added.

A dealer, who did notwish to be identified, said theauto maker totally misledthem in terms of its futureplans in the country.

“In May they (GM India)were telling us that there willnew product launches andmore investment will be donein the country and suddenly inJune they announce the clo-sure of domestic operations.They have completely misledus,” the dealer, who runs twodealerships in central India,said. ���

�#������Bank stocks cameunder selling pressure onTuesday, with lenders such asPunjab National Bank (PNG)and Central Bank falling up to3 per cent, as investor senti-ment took a hit after the Punjabgovernment announced farmloan waiver for small and mar-ginal farmers.

Shares of Central Bank ofIndia dipped 2.99 per cent,City Union Bank sharesslipped 2.50 per cent, PNGfell by 2.37 per cent andAxis Bank (1.56 per cent) onBSE. ���

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It is often said that the process oflearning has no end, since knowl-edge is infinite. Yet, many of us tend

to become complacent about ourknowledge and skills after acquiring ajob. No wonder then that there is somuch investment by successful corpo-rate houses in training and develop-ment of their manpower to constant-ly assist and motivate their staff to con-tinue the life-long process of learning.After all, just like machines, workforceand their prowess too can becomeobsolete and outdated if not keptabreast with the times.

This is where comprehensive e-learning methodologies come in. Theyhelp organisations ensure that theirstaff is on top of the skills they need asper market trends while saving on costsand time. In fact, so rapid has been theevolution of e-learning that corporatesare fast moving away from tools thatmerely reinforce the knowledge gained,basis which, training is assigned to thelearners. Instead, they are quicklyadopting technical and custom madee-learning facilities that act as a rein-forcement of the learning and improvelearning effectiveness, as well offerquick downtime.

E-learning courses on producttraining can serve as good refreshersto the sales experts. They can gain spe-cific knowledge about the product, itsspecifications and uses. E-learningcourses can also act as support systemsto learners. Post completion of class-room training in an institute set-up,online courses can act as job aids that

help them in performing their taskswith more precision. For example,process training and product trainingcourses can be used by employees toimprove their performance on the job.

Here are six specific ways in whiche-learning adds value to employeetraining, upskilling and management.

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customise the modules according tothe need of an individual. The learn-ing process can be paced as well, andevery member can compare her/hisprogress with the ideal time taken tounderstand a concept. Post classroomtraining, learners can still access online

courses and specific job-aid videos toadd more precision to their work.

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effective with sales personnel. Onlinecourses on product training can act asgood refreshers to the personnel andhelp them describe the product betterand in a more cohesive and detailedmanner to the buyers. Updated infor-mation regarding the competitor’sstrategies in a certain domain can bequickly communicated to the sellers,who can then modify their pitchaccordingly.

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ers to compare their knowledge base,share opinions and views, discussproblems and have an overall healthysense of competition. The presence ofonline leaderboards and top perform-ers bring in the jostle of a competitive,academic atmosphere. Combined withthe urgency of being the best at yourjob, this feature brings out the best inany employee.

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Reference Model (SCORM), an e-learning format on which most of thee-learning available in the markettoday is prepared, ensures that thelearner experiences content in a stan-dardised way. It allows content creatorsto build highly engaging experiences,all-the-while capturing rich data aboutevery interaction.

Overall, an e-learning platformthat can create engaging content com-prising videos, animation, graphics etc,which motivates the employees to keeplearning about their trade can workwonders for the development of a busi-ness. It also helps to act as an evalua-tory mechanism for the eventualprocess of promotion or appraisals andfacilitates identification of potentialexecutives, managers and directors inthe organisation. Corporate e-learninghas indeed emerged as a powerful toolfor organisations to identify theprospective leaders who will steer thebusiness towards greater prosperity.

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The All India Council forTechnical Education (an

autonomous body underMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment) Government ofIndia, National Career Service,Ministry of Labour andEmployment, GOI and All IndiaTechnical and ManagementCouncil (AITMC), announcedthe launch an initiative — EarnWhile Learn (EWL). AITMCwill collaborate with industriesand business owners to educateand develop the skillset of over1.5 million youth pan-Indiaacross industries, and providethem assured livelihood.

Announcing the launch, DrAnil D Shasrabudh, chairman,AICTE said: “Earn While Learnsupports the Skill India missionand will be creating 1.5 millionjobs in 550 districts of India

within a year. Our vision is todevelop local markets andaddress the requirements ofrural India by educating youthresiding in these districts andenabling them in developingand distributing products with-in their region. The initiative willuplift the standard of living inrural India by addressing criti-cal challenges and livelihoodissues.”

The programme outlinesthe need to introduce new andinnovative skills amount theyouth increasing our economicgrowth and competitiveness.The plan supports India’s eco-nomic strategy and will help

people into finding sustainablelivelihoods.

Speaking on the announce-ment, Avnish Ranga, GeneralManager, AITMC said: “We willbe training rural youth in macrotechnology to develop productsthat suit their region, thereby cre-ating job opportunities for them.EWL will collaborate with indus-try leaders in creating theseassembly facilities. These prod-ucts will be assembled by youngstudents and sold in the ruralmarket, providing enhancedbusiness opportunity for theindustry, practical learning to thestudents, therefore, addressingchallenges of the rural India such

as fresh drinking water, trans-portation, electricity etc.”

EWL has formed strategicpartnerships with Kent ROSystems Limited, Blue MountWater Purification Systems Ltd,Arise India Limited & Krishnae-Rickshaw so far and will belaunching the initiative in 50 dis-tricts in June 2017 and 75 dis-tricts in July 2017. The first phasewill be launched in collaborationwith universities such as RevaUniversity, Bangalore; PM insti-tution, Sonipat; DeshbhagatUniversity, Punjab; Delhi Collegeof Technology & Management,Palwal and OM group ofInstitutions, Hissar.

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Institute ofManagement (IIM),Calcutta, announced thelaunch of the 20th batchof Executive Programmefor Young Managers(EPYM). Delivered over theHughes Interactive OnsiteLearning platform, this courseoffers young working execu-tives an integrated overview ofcore business functions, keyconcepts, tools, and techniques,and enhances skills required todo well in respective function-al areas.

The EPYM is designed toenhance the participant’s abil-ity to face current and futurechallenges of management andbusiness administration. Theyear-long programme offers acomprehensive course struc-ture and provides participantsan opportunity to learn fromthought leaders and developnew perspectives.

The unique HughesInteractive Onsite LearningPlatform, offered by HGEIL,provides a live, interactive capa-bility where participants inany part of the country can lis-ten and discuss questionsdirectly with IIM Calcutta fac-ulty members, cutting acrossgeographical constraints.

Eligibility: Applicantsshould be working profession-als or self-employed; open forexecutives with working expe-rience of one to five years.Graduates (10+2+3) / post-graduates in any disciplinewith minimum 50 per centmarks (aggregate – consideringresults of all years) from recog-nised by UGC/AICTEUniversity are allowed.

Deadline: The last date ofapplication for the programmeis August 4, 2017.

������������!����!��The University of Sheffield,

UK, is inviting applicationsfor the MSc InternationalManagement course, starting inSeptember 2017. This 12-month programme combinesacademic rigour with practicalskills and unique research togive students world-class inter-national business education.

Students will gain a criticalunderstanding of the chal-lenges and opportunities facingboth multinationals and SMEsin a rapidly evolving anddynamic global economy.

Students will also have theoption to undertake an organ-isational project, giving themreal-world work experience

within a company.Eligibility: An honours

degree of minimum of 60 percent. Overall IELTS grade of 6.5with a minimum of 6.0 in allcomponents.

Fee: £21,250 Internationalstudents

Scholarships: TheUniversity of Sheffield offersscholarships of £2,500 if thetuition fees are £18,001 andupwards to international stu-dents starting a taught mastersprogramme in September 2017.The University also offers 50per cent scholarships for thetop students. For more infor-mation, log on to

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/management.

Last date to apply: June 30,2017

!�� ������ �����$The Delhi Paramedical and

Management Institute (DPMI)invites application form forone year full-time diploma inMedical Lab Technology andsix months certificate coursesin Medical Lab Technology.

It is one of the most well-known paramedical profes-sions which are a vital part ofmedical care. The programmeaims to provide efficient andbalanced training in laborato-ry medicine. This course offerschallenging career in a hospi-tal, minor emergency centers,private laboratory, blood donorcenters, doctor’s office or clin-ics. Medical Laboratory tech-nologists play an important rolein collecting the informationneeded for treating mostpathology cases by sampling,testing, analysing and reportingsuch investigations.

Eligibility : Minimumqualification for securingadmission to diploma pro-gramme is Class XII passed andcertificate programme is ClassX from any recognised Board.

How to apply: The appli-cation forms and brochuremay be obtained from admis-sion office of DelhiParamedical & ManagementInstitute, New Ashok NagarDelhi- 96.

Deadline: June 24, 2017.

3��� ���������� !�Teno App, India’s leading free-to-use mobile app for

schools, organised a panel discussion where reputed edu-cationists from the city deliberated on the role of educators inpromoting emotional well-being amongst school students. Thisevent witnessed participation from over 100 schools, which isone of the largest congregations of school principals for anycity event.

Speaking about this initiative, Anurag Dixit, vice president,Teno App, said: “A child spends most of the active time of theday in school. Hence it is imperative that schools have the rightenvironment and infrastructure to accentuate the overall growthand well-being of the child. With the same intention in mind,we collaborated with the educational Heads of schools to cometogether and raise awareness on the role of schools to securethe child's wellbeing and tackle the issues.”

The event started with a workshop for the principals con-ducted by Dr Kunal Kala, renowned child psychologist, on howteachers or principals can read early signs of stress in studentsand understand peculiar habits or responses from children, togauge their stress levels. Dr Kala addressed the key concernsamong teachers, like lack of personal time for students due totedious schedules, parent expectations and social pressure onchildren. He encouraged principals to ensure holistic trainingmodules for teachers and to implement alternate techniquesfor engaging with students like mindfulness and monitoringthe behavioural pattern of the child.

This was followed by an elaborate panel discussion, led byKishore Pillai, senior consultant to International Schools,Trustee (RIMS group of schools); Husien Dohadwalla, acad-emic director and guidance counsellor at DY Patil InternationalSchool Network; Asha Narayanan, principal, Lodha WorldSchool, Thane; Archana Neginhal, director, academics atJyotirmay International School; Dr Kunal Kala, child psychol-ogist, and Anurag Dixit, vice president, Teno App.

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Compact English to AssameseDictionary offering Assamesespeaking people vital tools forlearning the English language.This dictionary is a notableaddition to OUP’s 23 existingbilingual dictionaries in IndianLanguages available in printand digital formats. The guestsof honour at the event includ-ed Padmashri Dhirendra NathBezbaruah, Founder Editor ofthe Sentinel, Dr DayanandaBorgohain, Chairman, AssamHigher Secondary EducationCouncil; Harekrishna Deka,Former DGP of Assam, andSimanta Kumar Das, Secretary,

Assam Higher SecondaryEducation Council. The launchof the dictionary was followedby an engaging panel discus-sion titled Bilingual LearningMaterials – An EffectiveMedium to Develop EnglishProficiency Skills.

Speaking at the launch,Paras Bansal, Business Head,Higher Education, Trade andProfessional Learning, OUPIndia said: “This launch givesus extended reach into thevital Assamese market whichhas a large young populationdesirous of improving theirproficiency in the English lan-guage, for both personal andprofessional development.”

Dirven by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s vision of

making football the sport ofchoice in India, the Governmentof India, Ministry of YouthAffairs and Sports and All IndiaFootball Federation haslaunched the Mission XI Million(MXIM) programme. It aims toinvolve 11 million children infootball from across each stateand Union Territories in Indiabefore the FIFA U-17 WorldCup.

MXIM is led by a simpleidea to let every child in Indiaplay the beautiful game and toalso involve schools and parentsto educate them on the massivestrides India is taking towardsmaking football a sport of choice

in India. The programme hasalready contacted 3,731,586 mil-lion children and with a little lessthan four months for the kick-off, MXIM looks set to cross itstarget of 11 million studentsbefore October 6, 2017 when thetournament starts.

Schools from across all thestates have shown tremendousinterest in the programme withan average of 155,482 studentsbeing enrolled from every statetill now.

Under the programme, thestudents are introduced to foot-ball with the help of trained pro-fessional coaches from aroundthe world with an intention tohelp them consider football as asustainable career path in the

future. Over the years, footballin India has grown in leaps andbounds, with the Indian SuperLeague launch in 2014, India forthe first time witnessed some ofthe biggest names in global foot-ball such as Robert Pires, DelPiero, Florent Malouda, etc.playing in India along withIndian players.

In other massive develop-ments, the senior Indian nation-al team ranking is now ranked100 in the FIFA Rankings as aresult of strong performances inthe past year and now with a setof 16 young boys on the brink ofmaking history as they willbecome first players to representIndia in a FIFA Tournament evenbefore they are eligible to vote.

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Services Ltd. (IETS), the social infra-structure arm of IL&FS Group, marked itsentry into the online education marketwith the launch of Geneo, a personaliseddigital learning platform targeting the K-12 segment. The platform has been devel-oped in technical collaboration withGoogle for Education.

It was launched by Ravi Parthasarathy,chairman, IL&FS Group, in the presenceof Hari Sankaran, vice chairman, IL&FSGroup; Professor Devang V.Khakhar,director of IIT Bombay; RCM Reddy, MDand CEO, IL&FS Education andTechnology Services Ltd, and AnujaShukla, Start up Lead, Cloud ComputingPlatform, Google.

In the initial phase, Geneo will lever-age IL&FS Education’s base of 10 millionstudents.

Highlighting the features of the plat-form, RCM Reddy said: “Geneo uses anapp-cloud model that provides studentscurated digital content from multiplesources.Offering round-the-clock remotementor support, Geneois convenientlyaccessible across platforms includingmobile phones, laptops, PCs, tablets andchromebooks.”

Geneo curates digital content provid-ed by multiple partners, such as EnglishHelper, Avanti, Simulanis and Educe whilemapping it with the prescribed textbook syl-labus.

Geneo will complement primary andsecondary syllabus of schools to provideseamless quality learning while augment-ing delivery capabilities of the educators.Over the longer term, the Geneo platformwill be used to develop a life-long-learningpathway for students across the Country.

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It is often said that the process oflearning has no end, since knowl-edge is infinite. Yet, many of us tend

to become complacent about ourknowledge and skills after acquiring ajob. No wonder then that there is somuch investment by successful cor-porate houses in training and devel-opment of their manpower to con-stantly assist and motivate their staff tocontinue the life-long process of learn-ing. After all, just like machines, work-force and their prowess too can becomeobsolete and outdated if not keptabreast with the times.

This is where comprehensive e-learning methodologies come in. Theyhelp organisations ensure that theirstaff is on top of the skills they need asper market trends while saving on costsand time. In fact, so rapid has been theevolution of e-learning that corporatesare fast moving away from tools thatmerely reinforce the knowledge gained,basis which, training is assigned to thelearners. Instead, they are quicklyadopting technical and custom madee-learning facilities that act as a rein-forcement of the learning and improvelearning effectiveness, as well offerquick downtime.

E-learning courses on producttraining can serve as good refreshersto the sales experts. They can gain spe-cific knowledge about the product, itsspecifications and uses. E-learningcourses can also act as support systemsto learners. Post completion of class-room training in an institute set-up,online courses can act as job aids that

help them in performing their taskswith more precision. For example,process training and product trainingcourses can be used by employees toimprove their performance on the job.

Here are six specific ways in whiche-learning adds value to employeetraining, upskilling and management.

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cloud servers ensures that it can beshared digitally with every member ofthe organisation. Regular updates,comments and feedback can be gath-ered, stored and disseminated on thespot as well. Employees can carry outthe learning process simultaneouslywith the job, thereby not hamperingthe workflow. Cloud based learningplatforms are also useful for employ-ees who are on a leave yet want toremain abreast of the latest develop-ments in the industry.

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customise the modules according tothe need of an individual. The learn-ing process can be paced as well, andevery member can compare her/hisprogress with the ideal time taken tounderstand a concept. Post classroomtraining, learners can still access online

courses and specific job-aid videos toadd more precision to their work.

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effective with sales personnel. Onlinecourses on product training can act asgood refreshers to the personnel andhelp them describe the product betterand in a more cohesive and detailedmanner to the buyers. Updated infor-mation regarding the competitor’sstrategies in a certain domain can bequickly communicated to the sellers,who can then modify their pitchaccordingly.

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created their modules in a mannerthat allows personnel to recall themain pressure points regarding a par-ticular product or process easily. Atjust a click of a button, crisp questionsand engaging quizzes comprehen-sively summarise the module. Suchsummarised learning alleviates thesense of confidence of an employeeregarding the task at hand, and acts asa strong support system.

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platforms are great spots for keen learn-

ers to compare their knowledge base,share opinions and views, discussproblems and have an overall healthysense of competition. The presence ofonline leaderboards and top perform-ers bring in the jostle of a competitive,academic atmosphere. Combined withthe urgency of being the best at yourjob, this feature brings out the best inany employee.

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Reference Model (SCORM), an e-learning format on which most of thee-learning available in the markettoday is prepared, ensures that thelearner experiences content in a stan-dardised way. It allows content creatorsto build highly engaging experiences,all-the-while capturing rich data aboutevery interaction.

Overall, an e-learning platformthat can create engaging content com-prising videos, animation, graphics etc,which motivates the employees to keeplearning about their trade can workwonders for the development of a busi-ness. It also helps to act as an evalua-tory mechanism for the eventualprocess of promotion or appraisals andfacilitates identification of potentialexecutives, managers and directors inthe organisation. Corporate e-learninghas indeed emerged as a powerful toolfor organisations to identify theprospective leaders who will steer thebusiness towards greater prosperity.

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The All India Council forTechnical Education (an

autonomous body underMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment) Government ofIndia, National Career Service,Ministry of Labour andEmployment, GOI and All IndiaTechnical and ManagementCouncil (AITMC), announcedthe launch an initiative — EarnWhile Learn (EWL). AITMCwill collaborate with industriesand business owners to educateand develop the skillset of over1.5 million youth pan-Indiaacross industries, and providethem assured livelihood.

Announcing the launch, DrAnil D Shasrabudh, chairman,AICTE said: “Earn While Learnsupports the Skill India missionand will be creating 1.5 millionjobs in 550 districts of India

within a year. Our vision is todevelop local markets andaddress the requirements ofrural India by educating youthresiding in these districts andenabling them in developingand distributing products with-in their region. The initiative willuplift the standard of living inrural India by addressing criti-cal challenges and livelihoodissues.”

The programme outlinesthe need to introduce new andinnovative skills amount theyouth increasing our economicgrowth and competitiveness.The plan supports India’s eco-nomic strategy and will help

people into finding sustainablelivelihoods.

Speaking on the announce-ment, Avnish Ranga, GeneralManager, AITMC said: “We willbe training rural youth in macrotechnology to develop productsthat suit their region, thereby cre-ating job opportunities for them.EWL will collaborate with indus-try leaders in creating theseassembly facilities. These prod-ucts will be assembled by youngstudents and sold in the ruralmarket, providing enhancedbusiness opportunity for theindustry, practical learning to thestudents, therefore, addressingchallenges of the rural India such

as fresh drinking water, trans-portation, electricity etc.”

EWL has formed strategicpartnerships with Kent ROSystems Limited, Blue MountWater Purification Systems Ltd,Arise India Limited & Krishnae-Rickshaw so far and will belaunching the initiative in 50 dis-tricts in June 2017 and 75 dis-tricts in July 2017. The first phasewill be launched in collaborationwith universities such as RevaUniversity, Bangalore; PM insti-tution, Sonipat; DeshbhagatUniversity, Punjab; Delhi Collegeof Technology & Management,Palwal and OM group ofInstitutions, Hissar.

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The ELS Educational Services hasselected 60 students as winners of

the fourth edition of Many Languages,One World International EssayContest. This year ELS and the UnitedNations Academic Impact (UNAI)also welcome Northeastern Universityas the host of the Many Languages,One World Global Youth Forum andthe sponsor and organiser of theNortheastern University Global YouthSymposium.

The event includes an all-expense-paid trip to Boston and NewYork City and the opportunity to

speak in the General Assembly Hallat the United Nations. Students willpresent action plans related to theUnited Nations 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development.

The Many Languages, One Worldcontest challenged college and uni-versity students around the globe towrite an essay in one of the six offi-cial languages of the United Nations:Arabic, Chinese, English, French,Russian and Spanish. More than6,000 individuals from 170 countriesand over 1,950 universities partici-pated in the initial phase of the con-

test. Participants attend many presti-gious universities including JiangsuUniversity, The University ofCambridge, Columbia University,The University of Edinburgh,Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, McGill University,Clemson University, IndianaUniversity-Purdue University FortWayne, Universiti Putra Malaysia, TheUniversity of British Columbia, NewYork University, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, Tecnológico de Monterrey,SRM University, and Bowling GreenState University.

Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, aglobal chain of pathology

labs and diagnostic centresannounces Medengage, the first ofits kind Medical Talent OutreachProgramme that aims to nurtureupcoming medical talent acrossIndia. The programme will facil-itation and empowerment ofmedical students for laboratorytraining so as to support rapidadvancement of medical researchin India.

Dr Kirti Chaddha, associatevice president, Metropolis

Healthcare Ltd added: “Finding afully equipped laboratory is anintegral part of research and theaccessibility of such advancedapparatus becomes a dauntingtask for medical students. Since wehave an apt environment whichwill be useful for this purpose, ouraim is to help budding profes-sionals be active go-getters andglobally renowned researchers.”

This initiative has begun fromApril and is open to under-grad-uate and/or post-graduate med-ical students across the country.

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Institute ofManagement (IIM),Calcutta, announced thelaunch of the 20th batchof Executive Programmefor Young Managers(EPYM). Delivered over theHughes Interactive OnsiteLearning platform, this courseoffers young working execu-tives an integrated overview ofcore business functions, keyconcepts, tools, and techniques,and enhances skills required todo well in respective function-al areas.

The EPYM is designed toenhance the participant’s abil-ity to face current and futurechallenges of management andbusiness administration. Theyear-long programme offers acomprehensive course struc-ture and provides participantsan opportunity to learn fromthought leaders and developnew perspectives.

The unique HughesInteractive Onsite LearningPlatform, offered by HGEIL,provides a live, interactivecapability where participants inany part of the country can lis-ten and discuss questionsdirectly with IIM Calcutta fac-ulty members, cutting acrossgeographical constraints.

Eligibility: Applicantsshould be working profession-als or self-employed; open forexecutives with working expe-rience of one to five years.Graduates (10+2+3) / post-graduates in any disciplinewith minimum 50 per centmarks (aggregate – consideringresults of all years) from recog-nised by UGC/AICTEUniversity are allowed.

Deadline: The last date ofapplication for the programmeis August 4, 2017.

������������!����!��The University of Sheffield,

UK, is inviting applicationsfor the MSc InternationalManagement course, starting inSeptember 2017. This 12-month programme combinesacademic rigour with practicalskills and unique research togive students world-class inter-national business education.

Students will gain a criticalunderstanding of the chal-lenges and opportunities facingboth multinationals and SMEsin a rapidly evolving anddynamic global economy.

Students will also have theoption to undertake an organ-isational project, giving themreal-world work experience

within a company.Eligibility: An honours

degree of minimum of 60 percent. Overall IELTS grade of 6.5with a minimum of 6.0 in allcomponents.

Fee: £21,250 Internationalstudents

Scholarships: TheUniversity of Sheffield offersscholarships of £2,500 if thetuition fees are £18,001 andupwards to international stu-dents starting a taught mastersprogramme in September 2017.The University also offers 50per cent scholarships for thetop students. For more infor-mation, log on to

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/management.

Last date to apply: June 30,2017

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Management Institute (DPMI)invites application form forone year full-time diploma inMedical Lab Technology andsix months certificate coursesin Medical Lab Technology.

It is one of the most well-known paramedical profes-sions which are a vital part ofmedical care. The programmeaims to provide efficient andbalanced training in laborato-ry medicine. This course offerschallenging career in a hospi-tal, minor emergency centers,private laboratory, blood donorcenters, doctor’s office or clin-ics. Medical Laboratory tech-nologists play an important rolein collecting the informationneeded for treating mostpathology cases by sampling,testing, analysing and reportingsuch investigations.

Eligibility : Minimumqualification for securingadmission to diploma pro-gramme is Class XII passed andcertificate programme is ClassX from any recognised Board.

How to apply: The appli-cation forms and brochuremay be obtained from admis-sion office of DelhiParamedical & ManagementInstitute, New Ashok NagarDelhi- 96.

Deadline: June 24, 2017.

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schools, organised a panel discussion where reputed edu-cationists from the city deliberated on the role of educators inpromoting emotional well-being amongst school students. Thisevent witnessed participation from over 100 schools, which isone of the largest congregations of school principals for anycity event.

Speaking about this initiative, Anurag Dixit, vice president,Teno App, said: “A child spends most of the active time of theday in school. Hence it is imperative that schools have the rightenvironment and infrastructure to accentuate the overall growthand well-being of the child. With the same intention in mind,we collaborated with the educational Heads of schools to cometogether and raise awareness on the role of schools to securethe child's wellbeing and tackle the issues.”

The event started with a workshop for the principals con-ducted by Dr Kunal Kala, renowned child psychologist, on howteachers or principals can read early signs of stress in studentsand understand peculiar habits or responses from children, togauge their stress levels. Dr Kala addressed the key concernsamong teachers, like lack of personal time for students due totedious schedules, parent expectations and social pressure onchildren. He encouraged principals to ensure holistic trainingmodules for teachers and to implement alternate techniquesfor engaging with students like mindfulness and monitoringthe behavioural pattern of the child.

This was followed by an elaborate panel discussion, led byKishore Pillai, senior consultant to International Schools,Trustee (RIMS group of schools); Husien Dohadwalla, acad-emic director and guidance counsellor at DY Patil InternationalSchool Network; Asha Narayanan, principal, Lodha WorldSchool, Thane; Archana Neginhal, director, academics atJyotirmay International School; Dr Kunal Kala, child psy-chologist, and Anurag Dixit, vice president, Teno App.

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Oxford University Press(OUP) has launched

Compact English to AssameseDictionary offering Assamesespeaking people vital tools forlearning the English language.This dictionary is a notableaddition to OUP’s 23 existingbilingual dictionaries in IndianLanguages available in printand digital formats. The guestsof honour at the event includ-ed Padmashri Dhirendra NathBezbaruah, Founder Editor ofthe Sentinel, Dr DayanandaBorgohain, Chairman, AssamHigher Secondary EducationCouncil; Harekrishna Deka,Former DGP of Assam, andSimanta Kumar Das, Secretary,

Assam Higher SecondaryEducation Council. The launchof the dictionary was followedby an engaging panel discus-sion titled Bilingual LearningMaterials – An EffectiveMedium to Develop EnglishProficiency Skills.

Speaking at the launch,Paras Bansal, Business Head,Higher Education, Trade andProfessional Learning, OUPIndia said: “This launch givesus extended reach into thevital Assamese market whichhas a large young populationdesirous of improving theirproficiency in the English lan-guage, for both personal andprofessional development.”

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MXIM is led by a simpleidea to let every child in Indiaplay the beautiful game and toalso involve schools and parentsto educate them on the massivestrides India is taking towardsmaking football a sport of choice

in India. The programme hasalready contacted 3,731,586 mil-lion children and with a little lessthan four months for the kick-off, MXIM looks set to cross itstarget of 11 million studentsbefore October 6, 2017 when thetournament starts.

Schools from across all thestates have shown tremendousinterest in the programme withan average of 155,482 studentsbeing enrolled from every statetill now.

Under the programme, thestudents are introduced to foot-ball with the help of trained pro-fessional coaches from aroundthe world with an intention tohelp them consider football as asustainable career path in the

future. Over the years, footballin India has grown in leaps andbounds, with the Indian SuperLeague launch in 2014, India forthe first time witnessed some ofthe biggest names in global foot-ball such as Robert Pires, DelPiero, Florent Malouda, etc.playing in India along withIndian players.

In other massive develop-ments, the senior Indian nation-al team ranking is now ranked100 in the FIFA Rankings as aresult of strong performances inthe past year and now with a setof 16 young boys on the brink ofmaking history as they willbecome first players to representIndia in a FIFA Tournament evenbefore they are eligible to vote.

,������:!,������ ;�� ������ � ������The IL&FS Education & Technology

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It was launched by Ravi Parthasarathy,chairman, IL&FS Group, in the presenceof Hari Sankaran, vice chairman, IL&FSGroup; Professor Devang V.Khakhar,director of IIT Bombay; RCM Reddy, MDand CEO, IL&FS Education andTechnology Services Ltd, and AnujaShukla, Start up Lead, Cloud ComputingPlatform, Google.

In the initial phase, Geneo will lever-age IL&FS Education’s base of 10 millionstudents.

Highlighting the features of the plat-form, RCM Reddy said: “Geneo uses anapp-cloud model that provides studentscurated digital content from multiplesources.Offering round-the-clock remotementor support, Geneois convenientlyaccessible across platforms includingmobile phones, laptops, PCs, tablets andchromebooks.”

Geneo curates digital content provid-ed by multiple partners, such as EnglishHelper, Avanti, Simulanis and Educe whilemapping it with the prescribed textbook syl-labus.

Geneo will complement primary andsecondary syllabus of schools to provideseamless quality learning while augment-ing delivery capabilities of the educators.Over the longer term, the Geneo platformwill be used to develop a life-long-learningpathway for students across the Country.

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Tehran: Iran exports over 1,000tonnes of food a day from itssouthern ports to Qatar, whichis suffering from a sea, air andland blockade by several of itsneighbours, a media report said.

The head of ports of thesouthern province of Bushehr,Mahdi Benchari, told the officialIRNA news agency that 750tonnes of food was shipped dailyfrom the port of Boljeir, with 350tonnes from Dayer to Qatar.

The ports of this provinceare strategically located sincethey are only 274 km fromQatar, giving them an oppor-

tunity to increase exports, Efenews reported. The shipment offood, especially fruits and veg-etables, to Qatar is also beingcarried out by air from Iran.

On June 11, Iran Air saidthat its planes were loading andtransporting about 100 tonnesof food a day to Qatar.

The increase in exportscomes amid the blockadeimposed on Qatar by Saudi-ledbloc, which along with othercountries broke diplomaticrelations with the emirate ear-lier this month, accusing Dohaof financing terror groups.

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Aday after saying it sharedIndia's concern about ter-

rorism, China on Tuesday saidit still had issues in declaringPakistani militant MasoodAzhar as an international ter-rorist.

This is a clear signal fromBeijing that it will again blockNew Delhi's move to actagainst the Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) chief.

“At present, some membersstill have a disagreement overthe listing matter,” ChineseForeign Ministry spokesper-son Geng Shuang said.

Beijing has in the pastvetoed India's proposal at theUN Security Council to addAzhar to the list of internation-al terrorists, citing lack of solidevidence against the JeM chiefwho is accused of plotting theterror attack on the IAF base atPathankot.

“We have talked about ourposition many times. We believethat the principles of objectivi-ty and professionalism and jus-tice shall be upheld,” Geng said.

“China stands ready toremain in coordination andcommunication with the rele-vant parties on this issue.”

Beijing's reaction comes aday after India and Chinaexpressed growing concerns overterrorism and forged consensuswith BRICS countries to step upthe fight against terrorism.

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US President Donald Trumpdenounced North Korea

as “a brutal regime” after a 22-year-old American universitystudent held prisoner byPyongyang for over a yearbefore being returned incomatose condition died onMonday.

“It is our sad duty to reportthat our son, Otto Warmbier,has completed his journeyhome. Surrounded by his lovingfamily, Otto died today at 2.20p.m.,” Otto’s parents Fred andCindy Warmbier said in a state-ment cited by Efe news.

Warmbier was admitted ina hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio,on June 13 after he had beenturned over in a state of comawith serious brain injuries byNorth Korean authorities.

“Unfortunately, the awful

torturous mistreatment our sonreceived at the hands of theNorth Koreans ensured thatno other outcome was possiblebeyond the sad one we experi-enced today,” the student's dis-traught family said.

The parents said that whentheir son arrived in Ohio, he wasunable to speak or respond tostimuli, but the “anguished”look on his face changed the dayafter his arrival and he seemedto be “at peace”.

Trump sent his “deepestcondolences” to Warmbier'sfamily, saying: “Otto's fate deep-ens my administration's deter-mination to prevent suchtragedies from befalling inno-cent people at the hands ofregimes that do not respect therule of law or basic humandecency.

“The US once again con-demns the brutality of the

North Korean regime as wemourn its latest victim,” he

added. Pyongyang is still hold-ing three Americans hostage,

CNN reported.Secretary of State Rex

Tillerson, who helped push forWarmbier's release, said the USholds North Korea accountablefor an unjust imprisonment.

“Let us state the facts plain-ly: Otto Warmbier, an Americancitizen, was murdered by theKim Jong Un regime,” said USSenator John McCain.

South Korean PresidentMoon Jae-in sent his condo-lences to Warmbier's family.

Warmbier, a one-time highschool football player andhomecoming king, was travel-ling in Beijing in December2015 when he signed up for afive-day tour of North Koreawith a Chinese company.

Warmbier was detained atthe Pyongyang airport inJanuary 2016, charged with a“hostile act” against the coun-try's authoritarian government

and convicted less than twomonths later of trying to steal apropaganda poster.

Upon his arrival in the US,Warmbier was taken immedi-ately to the University ofCincinnati Medical Centre,where doctors said that two MRIscans sent by the North Koreansindicated that he had sustaineda catastrophic brain injury short-ly after his conviction. TheNorth Korean regime claimedthat Warmbier suffered an attackof botulism and was given asleeping pill by his captors buthe fell into a coma, a narrativethat the family has refuted.

In a related development,the South Korean DefenceMinistry said the US will sendtwo strategic B-1 bombers to theKorean Peninsual to take part injoint drills with the SouthKorean Air Force, Efe newsreported.

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Governments and individu-als are widely using social

media platforms like Facebookand Twitter for promoting lies,misinformation and propa-ganda to manipulate publicopinion around the world, analarming nine-countries studyhas said.

According to thenew set of studiesfrom the University ofOxford, countries likeRussia, where around45 per cent of activeTwitter accounts arebots and Taiwan — where acampaign against President TsaiIng-wen involved thousands ofheavily co-ordinated accountssharing Chinese mainland pro-paganda — contribute to thedirty politics on social media.

The reports, part of OxfordInternet Institute's'Computational PropagandaResearch Project', include Brazil,Canada, China, Germany,Poland, Ukraine and the US.

Citing Philip Howard,Professor of Internet Studies atOxford, The Guardian reportedon Tuesday that “the lies, thejunk, the misinformation” oftraditional propaganda is wide-spread online and “supported byFacebook or Twitter's algorithms”.

One of the techniques to

alter people's opinion is tobuild fake accounts to automatethem to like, share and post onthe social networks.

According to the report,these accounts serve to gamealgorithms to push content on tocurated social feeds and drownout real issues by populatingsocial networks with untrue

information. As thenumber of likes andshares is large, userstend to believe thecontent that manipu-lates their opinion.

The researchersfound that in the US,

the propaganda took the formof “manufacturing consensus”-- creating the illusion of pop-ularity so that a political can-didate can have viability wherethey might not have had itbefore.

“The illusion of onlinesupport for a candidate canspur actual support through abandwagon effect. Trumpmade Twitter centre stage inthis election and voters paidattention,” said the US report.

The report also found evi-dence of institutional supportfor the use of bots.

“Bots massively multiplythe ability of one person toattempt to manipulate people.Picture your annoying friendon Facebook, who's alwayspicking political fights. If theyhad an army of 5,000 bots, thatwould be a lot worse, right?”Samuel Woolley, the project'sDirector of Research, was quot-ed as saying in The Guardian.

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London: Londoners bearingflowers and messages of soli-darity gathered at the spot wherea man ploughed a van intoMuslims leaving prayers at amosque, the fourth terror strikein Britain in four months.

Eleven people were injuredin the attack, which took placeearly yesterday near FinsburyPark mosque, north London,raising fears of retaliation against

Muslims after recent assaults byIslamic extremists.

One elderly man, who hadcollapsed just before the incident,was pronounced dead at thescene, but it is not yet knownwhether his death was directlylinked to the van assault.

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Iran has called in the SwissCharge d'affaires, who looks

after US interests, to protestagainst comments by Secretaryof State Rex Tillerson backing“peaceful transition” in theIslamic Republic.

The administration ofPresident Donald Trump hastaken an increasingly hawkishposition towards Iran since tak-ing office in January butTillerson's testimony to aCongressional committee last

week appeared to be the firstexpression of support for achange of government.

“The Swiss charge d'affaireswas summoned to the foreignministry to be a handed a strongprotest from the Islamic Republicof Iran against the comments bythe US Secretary of State....Which were contrary to inter-national law and the UN charter,”ministry spokesman BahramGhassemi told Iranian media.

Alongside yesterday's sum-moning of the Swiss envoy, Iranalso sent a protest letter to UN

chief Antonio Guterres, theISNA news agency reported.

In last Wednesday's testi-mony to the House ForeignAffairs Committee, Tillersonaccused Iran of seeking “hege-mony” in the West Asia at theexpense of US allies like SaudiArabia.

“Our policy towards Iran isto push back on this hegemony...And to work toward support ofthose elements inside of Iran thatwould lead to a peaceful transi-tion of that government,” the UStop diplomat said.

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Time has come for India to takedecisions with focus on the 2019

World Cup and that includes a callon the role of MS Dhoni and YuvrajSingh in the current team, feels for-mer captain Rahul Dravid.

"It is a call that is got to be takenby the selectors and the manage-ment," Dravid told ESPNCricinfowhen asked about future of Yuvrajand Dhoni, who were the team'snumber four and five in theChampions Trophy.

"And what they see as the roadmap for Indian cricket, and wherethey see the role of both these crick-eters going ahead for the next cou-ple of years. Is there a place for bothof them? Is there a place for only oneof them? Do you want to reassess itin a year's time, six months' time? Doyou want to look at the available tal-ent and see what they have to offerbefore going back to these two play-ers," he elaborated further.

India will play the limited oversseries in the West Indies beginningFriday with a full strength squad.However, Dravid hopes the young-sters get a chance in the playingeleven. "They have taken a decisionto go to the West Indies with a full-strength squad. I really hope they are

willing to experiment at least in theplaying XI and give more opportu-nities to people.

"If you don't do that, suddenlyyou don't want to come to a situationand, say, in a year's time, where yousay, 'We haven't given people chancesso these are the only guys we havegot.'

"Better position to be in: 'We havetried everything else, but we still feelthat Yuvi and Dhoni are fit, they areplaying very well, and they are theguys to see us through.' And no onewill complain about that," he said.

Dravid added that time has cometo also decide on the spin combina-tion with finger spinnersRavichandran Ashwin and RavindraJadeja not making much of an impacton flat pitches during the ChampionsTrophy.

"We are playing on really flatwickets. It is tough on them, and ...It is not happening. If you want wick-ets in the middle, wrist-spinnersand mystery spinners are the oneswho look like taking wickets on someof these flat wickets with the fieldingrestrictions.

"It is nice to have Kuldeep Yadavcoming in. He needs to be given a lotmore game time. He has got ability,he has got a bit of mystery abouthim," he added.

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Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singhfeels the blame for India's embarrassing lossto arch- rivals Pakistan in the ChampionsTrophy final lies with the team's bowlers, who"disappointed when it mattered".

Harbhajan said the runs leaked in themiddle overs and the spinners' inability to

take wickets made a huge impact in thematch as Pakistan piled on a big total of 338for 4 after being put into bat.

India were then bowled out for 158 injust 30.3 overs as Pakistan notched up a 180-run win in a lop-sided summit clash.

"Our bowlers disappointed when itmattered the most. We didn't start too wellto begin with. The spinners did not help by

giving away too many runs, plus they did-n't take any wickets. This cost us immense-ly," Harbhajan wrote in his column for theICC. "Our fielding was not up to the markas seen in previous matches. It was such kindof performance where we were hoping fora breakthrough rather than making thingshappen. The runs given in the middle overswere too much. They got their partnerships

spot on. They were up for it right from thefirst ball and one had the feeling that theyhad saved their best for the final against us,"he said.

Harbhajan also felt that the 'no ball' thatJasprit Bumrah bowled to have FakharZaman being caught behind by MahendraSingh Dhoni cost the Indian team dear.Zaman went on to score 114.

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India cricket coach Anil Kumble onTuesday stepped down from hisposition after a widely-speculated

feud with captain Virat Kohli, markinga bitter end to a highly successfultenure.

"The Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) confirms that AnilKumble has withdrawn his services asthe post of the Head Coach for theSenior India Men's team," said theBCCI in a statement.

"While the Cricket AdvisoryCommittee had endorsed an extensionto his tenure as Head Coach, AnilKumble has decided not to continue asthe coach," read the statement further.

Kumble's decision comes in thewake of reports claiming rifts betweenhim and Kohli, and just two days afterIndia's embarrassing loss to Pakistan inthe Champions Trophy Final.

His one year contract expired at theend of the Champions Trophy but hewas given the option to travel with theteam to the West Indies for the limitedovers series beginning on Friday.

However, Kumble decided to stayback in London for the ICC 'AnnualConference' as he is the chairman of theCricket Committee while the Indianteam boarded the flight to Barbados.

Kohli had met the BCCI top brassalong with Kumble in London beforeleaving for the West Indies on Tuesday.The meeting took place after the high-profile Cricket Advisory Committee(CAC) communicated to the BCCIthat it had failed resolve the differencesbetween Kumble and Kohli.

The BCCI had invited fresh appli-cations for the post of head coach daysbefore the start of Champions Trophy.

Kumble was a direct entry into thecoach selection process while the oth-ers who applied for the post wereVirender Sehwag, Tom Moody, RichardPybus and Lalchand Rajput amongothers.

On the sidelines of the ChampionsTrophy in the UK, the CAC comprisingSachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman andSourav Ganguly held meetings withKumble as well as Kohli to sort out thedifferences between the duo.

It was being widely perceived in theBCCI that in the meeting betweenKohli and CAC, the skipper had madeit clear that his relationship with thecoach had reached a dead end.

It was only the CAC which hadpicked Kumble as the coach last year. Ithas been learnt that the committee willsoon have a conference call to decide on

Kumble's successor."The BCCI will continue to seek the

assistance of the Cricket AdvisoryCommittee in its search for a new HeadCoach for the Senior India Men'sCricket Team," said the BCCI statement.

"In the interim, the BCCI has deput-ed MV Sridhar, GM — CricketOperations to supervise the team man-agement for the West Indies tour," it saidfurther, adding that batting coach SanjayBangar and fielding coach R Sridhar willremain with the Indian team in the WestIndies.

Notably, during the entireChampions Trophy tournament, therewas hardly any communication betweenthe two during the practice sessions withAnil Kumble mostly keeping to himselfor giving some practice to the bowlers.

The team did well under Kumble inthe past 12 months, winning Test seriesin the West Indies (2-0) before winningat home against New Zealand (3-0),England (4-0), Bangladesh (1- 0) andAustralia (2-1).

The team won eight ODIs and lostfive during the 46-year-old's tenure.

Former India spinner Bishan Beditweeted: "Gratitude has obviously beenthrown out of the window by whoeverraising 'revolt' against India's giant@anilkumble1074! Loser's IndianCricket of course!"

Former India opener AakashChopra said the situation could havebeen handled better.

"It (the coach selection process)should have been done after the homeseason and not just before theChampions Trophy.

“It could have been handled betterbut that is how the cookie has crum-bled," he said.

Meanwhile, BCCI acting presidentCK Khanna and acting secretaryAmitabh Choudhary thanked Kumblefor his services to the Indian team.

"We wish to place on record our sin-cere appreciation for the immense con-tribution by Anil Kumble to the teamwhich enabled India to attain the No.1Test position.

"Indian cricket needs his continuedcontribution in various capacities andwishes him all the best in his futureendeavour," said Choudhary.

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India fought hard before losing1-3 against higher-ranked

Netherlands to suffer their firstdefeat in the Hockey WorldLeague League Semi-Final here onTuesday.

All the goals came in the firsttwo quarters of the match withNetherlands scoring throughThierry Brinkman (2nd minute),Sander Baart (12th) and MircoPruijser (24th), while AkashdeepSingh sounded the board for Indiawith a brilliant field strike.

The loss, however, did notmake any impact on India'schances in the tournament asthey had already qualified for thequarter-finals before Tuesday'sencounter as they had registeredwins in their first three games.

Netherlands topped Pool Bwith an all-win record from fourmatches, while India finished sec-ond with three wins from fourgames.

India will take on Malaysia onThursday while Netherlands willface fourth-placed team in Pool A— China — in the quarter-finalson the same day.

4th-ranked Netherlands wererated as favourites against thesixth-placed Indians and theDutchmen played the match onthe expected lines, controlling theproceedings for major part of thematch.

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, accusedof evading 14.7 million euro ($16.5m) in tax,

has been summoned to appear before a judgein Spain, judicial sources said on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old Portuguese star is facingfour charges of fraud through offshore compa-nies between 2011 and 2014.

The hearing will take place on July 31 in acourt at Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the suburbs ofMadrid, according to Spanish press reports.

Prosecutors accuse Ronaldo, who is theworld's highest paid athlete according to Forbesmagazine, of evading tax via two companiesbased in the British Virgin Islands and Ireland.

The four-time world player of the year whosaid last week his "conscience is clear" is threat-ening to leave Real Madrid over the affair.

Ronaldo is currently on duty for Portugalat the Confederations Cup in Russia which endson July 2.

E����""��� ����"���������=There has been no interest from any club

in Real Madrid's star player Cristiano Ronaldo,who has threatened to leave Spain after runninginto problems with tax authorities, according toclub president Florentino Perez.

"No one has sent us an offer for eitherCristiano or anyone else," Perez told Onda Ceroradio station.

"Ronaldo is a lot more powerful and moreimportant than all of us who are here," he added.

Perez's first task after being reelected unop-posed as Real Madrid president on Monday willbe to appease Ronaldo amid speculation thefour-time world player of the year wants to leave.

"As no other candidature was put forwardto the board ... it is proclaimed that MrFlorentino Perez Rodriguez is president of RealMadrid," the Spanish and European championssaid in a statement.

The 70-year-old construction magnate'sthird term in charge of Europe's most success-ful club spanning 15 years -- 2000-2006 andsince 2009 -- will be rubber stamped at a cere-mony at the Santiago Bernabeu later Monday.

And among the first issues he will have todeal with is Ronaldo -- who he bought in 2009from Manchester United for a record 94 millioneuros ($105.3 million).

Ronaldo is threatening to leave Spain after

running into problems with tax authorities.The frenzy of speculation began soon after

Ronaldo was accused last week of a 14.7 mil-lion euro tax evasion through offshore compa-nies. The Portuguese international is current-ly in Russia competing for the European cham-pions in the Confederations Cup.

And according to Spanish sports dailyMarca, Ronaldo has told his teammates: "I'mleaving Real. I have made a decision. There isno turning back."

Portuguese sports daily A Bola also claimedthat Perez had already been informed of the 32-year-old's decision. There has been speculationthat Ronaldo is trying to put pressure on Realso that they will bear some of the burden of aneventual fine as Barcelona did for Lionel Messi.

Among the clubs reported to be interestedin Ronaldo is former team Manchester Unitedfor a fee which could hit 200 million euros, witha possible get-out clause of one billion euros.

Since extending his contract in Novemberuntil 2021, Ronaldo is according to Forbes thehighest paid sports star in the world with $93million (83m euro) in 2016-2017.

Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea are alsoreported to be interested but Bayern Munichpresident Karl-Heinz Rummenigge denied theGerman champions would make an offer.

"We are accustomed to intensive specula-tion on possible arrivals and departures duringthe transfer period," wrote Rummenigge in thestatement.

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