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A fter being tipped-off by America’s Central Intelligence agency (CIA) last week that ISIS operative Shahjahan Velluva Kandy would be returning to India after staying in Syria and Turkey, the Delhi Police Special Cell arrested him at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), police said on Tuesday. A resident of Kannur in Kerala, 32-year-old Shahjahan - deported by the Turkey Police over carrying fake passports - is being interrogated by the sleuths about his terror activi- ties in the two countries, said an official privy to the probe. Shahjahan told police about his links with some of the ISIS terrorists who were arrest- ed in Kerala in October last year. Also, police came to know that how Shahjahan was in touch with several ISIS sym- pathisers in India and Syria through the Telegram Application as hundreds of Telegram IDs of ISIS sympa- thisers were found on his mobile. Voluminous data recov- ered from the mobile, memo- ry and Sim cards of the accused are being analysed. The Anti- Terror Unit is in search of peo- ple who helped Shahjahan get fake passport and a team is in Tamil Nadu in search of the agent. A senior police official told The Pioneer, that on sustained interrogation, Shahjahan dis- closed that this was the second time he tried going to Syria to participate in terror activities and that he had visited New Delhi in February 2017. “The accused revealed that he went to Turkey from Chennai in February on a fake passport and was deported back after which he made another fake passport in the name of Mohammed Ismail Mohideen from Chennai with the help of an agent and attempted to go to Syria last week but he was caught by the Turkish Police and deported back to India,” said the police official. Shahjahan was already on the CIA radar and informed India about his arrival at the IGI airport gate number 6 around 4:30 am a week ago. “His travel documents were checked and he was found carrying an emergency certifi- cate in the name of Mohammed Ismail Mohideen issued by Assistant Consular Consulate General of India in Turkey. During enquiry his actual identity was revealed as Shahjahan Velluva Kandy and a case was registered under sec- tions of cheating, forgery, impersonation and Passport Act,” said the police official. New Delhi: Army chief General Bipin Rawat rushed to Srinagar on Tuesday to take stock of the security situation in the State in the wake of the attack on Amarnath yatris on Monday. The Army Commanders briefed him about the measures taken by the Army to ensure security after the attack. The Army has already deployed three addi- tional battalions on the sensi- tive National Highway-44, the route of the pilgrimage and any decision to further enhance troop strength will be taken after Rawat returns to New Delhi. T here would have been more casualties if Saleem Sheikh Gafoor, the driver of the ill- fated bus owned by Om Travels had not shown presence of mind and kept on driving after the bus came under attack from terrorists on Monday night. Despite repeated requests by the terrified passengers to stop the bus Saleem kept on driving in the dark at the speed of 70 to 80 kmph for more than two km on hilly terrain and only stopped the bus near a military camp, this saving many lives. “Everybody was so happy after the darshan of Baba Amarnath and the visit to Srinagar. They were planning to visit Vaishno Devi the next day. But sadly, tragedy struck and seven of us died,” recalled Saleem soon after getting off at Surat Airport. Saleem had taken 60 pil- grims from Gujarat and Maharashtra for the pilgrimage and this was his fifth trip to Amarnath. According to him, the return journey began at around 4 pm on Monday but on the way one of the bus tyres got punctured which forced a delay of two hours. The pilgrims were hoping to stop at a camp for yatris near the military camp, but due to the two- hour delay the bus got left behind and the other buses went ahead, he said, adding that as it was dark he couldn’t see the number of attackers fir- ing at the bus. “Somehow God gave me strength at the hour of crisis and I began driving at the speed of 70-80 kmph on the mountainous roads to get away from the terrorists. Continued on Page 4 S ecurity agencies have iden- tified Lashkar-e-Tayyeba terrorist Abu Ismail from Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir as the mastermind behind the attack on the bus ferrying Amarnath Yatra pilgrims on Monday night. Four other ter- rorists are also believed to be part of the terror gang led by Ismail. They reportedly belong to POK and are believed to have received support from the local terror outfits, said a senior official after a high-level security and Intelligence brief- ing chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday morning. The Home Minister took stock of the prevailing situation in Kashmir Valley, particular- ly the two routes to the shrine, located in the Himalayas at an altitude of 12,756 feet during the hour-long meeting, official sources said. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, top officials of the Home Ministry, Intelligence agencies and Central paramilitary forces attended the meeting. Issues like security of Amarnath pilgrims and how to prevent such possible attacks in the future were discussed threadbare. Sources said the Home Minister directed the officials to ensure enhanced security for the pilgrims. The pilgrimage started on June 29 and will conclude on August 7. Immediately after the meeting, the NSA briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the deliberations as well as the steps taken for the secu- rity of the Amarnath pilgrims, sources said. A high-level cen- tral team led by Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir is also visiting Jammu & Kashmir to assess the security of the pilgrimage. Director General of the CRPF, RR Bhatnagar, has already reached Srinagar to review the deployment of Central forces on the pilgrim- age routes. Later, talking to the media, Rajnath Singh said he saluted the people of J&K who had condemned the attack on Amarnath pilgrims and kept the spirit of Kashmiriyat alive. Continued on Page 4 M ajor Tahir, a former Kashmiri counter-insur- gent who became an Army offi- cer was busy taking pictures of the deserted lane opening on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Tuesday. He cap- tured images of the glass splin- ters that had fallen from the ill- fated bus that came under a ter- ror attack on Monday night resulting in the death of seven Amarnath pilgrims, six of them women. Pointing towards the lane Tahir, an officer with the Rashtriya Rifles, and an expert in counter-insurgency in south Kashmir, said two attackers had emerged from the lane and retreated from the same area after carrying out the attack. The residents have no idea as to what happened on the fateful evening. “Everything was normal. We heard sounds of gunfire. A police mobile bunker sped away and returned after some min- utes firing indiscriminately. The shopkeepers saw the glass window of a tourist bus come crashing down. The bus didn’t stop,” Gulam Muhammad Pinchoo, a resident said. Half a kilometer from Botengoo Village, the bullet- riddled bus has been halted in the backyard of the district police lines at Khanabal. The police have concealed the per- forated and smashed windows of the bus with a tarpaulin. Meanwhile, amid heavy deployment of security forces along the highway, the Amarnath pilgrims and tourists continued to travel in buses and light vehicles as the attack did not deter the pilgrims from arriving in the Valley. “We are not scared of the attacks. We have set out to pay obeisance at the cave shrine and we will do it,” Shilesh Brahmbhat, a pilgrim from Gujarat told The Pioneer. “We were told by the police in Jammu about the attack but we decided to go ahead with the journey,” Brahmbhat, a police- man who was accompanied by his wife, said. He said they were confident that the Army that was deployed in Kashmir for their safety would protect them. Abdul Hamid Khan, a res- ident expressed the same sen- timents. “We are saddened by the attack on the yatris but we are satisfied that the Yatra did not stop despite the incident,” Abdul Hamid Khan said. Meanwhile, people of all walks of life condemned the dastardly act. The social net- working sites were abuzz with condemnations while a group of civil society members including trade leaders, intel- lectuals and writers held a sit- in at Press Enclave in Srinagar. At Mirbazar, 7 kilometers from the attack site, the author- ities have set up a base camp for yatris. A contingent of police and paramilitaries is doing its best to verify every vehicle carrying the pilgrims. “We have been directed to disallow any vehicle after 4 pm but many pilgrims do not pay heed to our directions. They offer one excuse of the other to move ahead,” a paramilitary officer said. The doctors at Mirza Afzal Beigh Memorial Hospital where the victims were taken for treatment said the State Government was geared up to meet the challenge. Continued on Page 4 Gandhinagar: Cancelling all prior appointments Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani rushed to Surat Airport on Tuesday to receive the bodies of the seven Amarnath pilgrims killed by terrorists and declared compensation to victims’ family mem- bers as well as the injured pilgrims. Accompanied by Deputy CM Nitin Patel and Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghani, Rupani said that the Gujarat Government would give 10 lakh to the kin of the Amarnath tragedy victims and 2 lakh to those who got injured in the terror attack. The CM said he would recommend the name of the heroic driver for bravery award to the Centre. A Government servant post- ed in a single place for two years and more can now only be transferred in Chhattisgarh. The transfers of officers and employees of all categories at the State level can be done by the General Administration Department only after endorse- ment by the concerned Minister. The ban on transfers would be effective from August 1, 2017. A decision to this effect was taken at the Cabinet meet- ing chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya here. Transfers of State Govern- ment employees will take place from July 11 to 31, 2017. Transfers of Class-I and Class-II category staff will be subject to a maximum of 15 per cent of the total staff, max- imum of 10 per cent for Class- III category and 05 per cent of Class-IV category staff. The Mandi Tax is waived on raw materials purchased by the Agriculture and Food Processing Industry from the date of purchase till five years. It is equal to the 75 per cent investment of the food pro- cessing industry. The State Cabinet approved the propos- al to waive Mandi Tax in total on food processing industry purchased directly from the farmers/units/raw materials bought from outside State the date of purchase of raw till next five years. Chhattisgarh Civil Services Rules 1965 rule 22 sub-rule (4) states that every State Government employee will strictly follow Union Government and State Government family welfare rules/guidelines two children for a family. The rule was abrogated on Tuesday and amended if one of the children is born on January 26, 2001 or thereafter. The Union Government had implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) all over the country. The Cabinet expressed its gratitude and thanked the Central Government for imple- menting the GST on June 22, 2017. Chief Minister Raman Singh mentioned that GST is the biggest economic reforms ever implemented since Indepe- ndence. It is an example of national unity and economic liberty. GST is the result of close co-ordination of Centre, States and various political parties. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Cabinet meeting on June 22, 2017 thanked all the State Governments, Chief Ministers, State Finance Ministers, all State-level political parties, MPs and MLAs, industry leaders and all sections of the society. T he Chhattisgarh Government on Tuesday assigned new postings to four Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and one Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer. As per the order, Renu G Pillay, Principal Secretary, Revenue & Technical Education is transferred as OSD and Member, Board of Revenue. NK Khakha Member, Board of Revenue has been transferred as Secretary, Rev- enue. Ritu Sen, Member, Hast- shilp Board has been trans- ferred as Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC). Shahla Nigar had been given Additional Charge of Secretary, Technical Education. Vivek Acharya, IFS had been made Director, Technical Education and Uma Devi will be relieved of her charge as Director, Technical Education. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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Page 1: RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP … State for Home Hansraj Ahir is also visiting Jammu & Kashmir to assess the security of the pilgrimage. ... would recommend

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After being tipped-off byAmerica’s Central

Intelligence agency (CIA) lastweek that ISIS operativeShahjahan Velluva Kandywould be returning to Indiaafter staying in Syria andTurkey, the Delhi Police SpecialCell arrested him at the IndiraGandhi International Airport(IGIA), police said on Tuesday.

A resident of Kannur inKerala, 32-year-old Shahjahan- deported by the Turkey Policeover carrying fake passports -is being interrogated by thesleuths about his terror activi-ties in the two countries, saidan official privy to the probe.

Shahjahan told policeabout his links with some of theISIS terrorists who were arrest-ed in Kerala in October lastyear. Also, police came to knowthat how Shahjahan was intouch with several ISIS sym-pathisers in India and Syriathrough the TelegramApplication as hundreds ofTelegram IDs of ISIS sympa-

thisers were found on his mobile.

Voluminous data recov-ered from the mobile, memo-ry and Sim cards of the accusedare being analysed. The Anti-Terror Unit is in search of peo-ple who helped Shahjahan get fake passport and a team isin Tamil Nadu in search of the agent.

A senior police official toldThe Pioneer, that on sustainedinterrogation, Shahjahan dis-closed that this was the secondtime he tried going to Syria toparticipate in terror activitiesand that he had visited NewDelhi in February 2017.

“The accused revealed thathe went to Turkey fromChennai in February on a fakepassport and was deportedback after which he madeanother fake passport in thename of Mohammed Ismail

Mohideen from Chennai withthe help of an agent andattempted to go to Syria lastweek but he was caught by theTurkish Police and deportedback to India,” said the policeofficial.

Shahjahan was already onthe CIA radar and informedIndia about his arrival at theIGI airport gate number 6around 4:30 am a week ago.

“His travel documentswere checked and he was foundcarrying an emergency certifi-cate in the name ofMohammed Ismail Mohideenissued by Assistant ConsularConsulate General of India inTurkey. During enquiry hisactual identity was revealed asShahjahan Velluva Kandy anda case was registered under sec-tions of cheating, forgery,impersonation and PassportAct,” said the police official.

New Delhi: Army chiefGeneral Bipin Rawat rushed toSrinagar on Tuesday to takestock of the security situationin the State in the wake of theattack on Amarnath yatris onMonday. The ArmyCommanders briefed himabout the measures taken bythe Army to ensure securityafter the attack. The Army hasalready deployed three addi-tional battalions on the sensi-tive National Highway-44, theroute of the pilgrimage andany decision to furtherenhance troop strength will betaken after Rawat returns toNew Delhi.

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There would have been morecasualties if Saleem Sheikh

Gafoor, the driver of the ill-fated bus owned by Om Travelshad not shown presence ofmind and kept on driving afterthe bus came under attackfrom terrorists on Mondaynight.

Despite repeated requestsby the terrified passengers tostop the bus Saleem kept ondriving in the dark at the speedof 70 to 80 kmph for more thantwo km on hilly terrain andonly stopped the bus near amilitary camp, this savingmany lives.

“Everybody was so happyafter the darshan of BabaAmarnath and the visit toSrinagar. They were planning

to visit Vaishno Devi the nextday. But sadly, tragedy struckand seven of us died,” recalledSaleem soon after getting off atSurat Airport.

Saleem had taken 60 pil-grims from Gujarat andMaharashtra for the pilgrimage

and this was his fifth trip toAmarnath.

According to him, thereturn journey began at around4 pm on Monday but on theway one of the bus tyres gotpunctured which forced a delayof two hours. The pilgrimswere hoping to stop at a campfor yatris near the militarycamp, but due to the two-hour delay the bus got leftbehind and the other buseswent ahead, he said, addingthat as it was dark he couldn’tsee the number of attackers fir-ing at the bus.

“Somehow God gave mestrength at the hour of crisisand I began driving at thespeed of 70-80 kmph on themountainous roads to get awayfrom the terrorists.

Continued on Page 4

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Security agencies have iden-tified Lashkar-e-Tayyeba

terrorist Abu Ismail fromPakistan-Occupied-Kashmir asthe mastermind behind theattack on the bus ferryingAmarnath Yatra pilgrims onMonday night. Four other ter-rorists are also believed to bepart of the terror gang led byIsmail. They reportedly belongto POK and are believed tohave received support fromthe local terror outfits, said asenior official after a high-levelsecurity and Intelligence brief-ing chaired by Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh onTuesday morning.

The Home Minister tookstock of the prevailing situationin Kashmir Valley, particular-ly the two routes to the shrine,located in the Himalayas at analtitude of 12,756 feet duringthe hour-long meeting, officialsources said.

National Security Adviser

Ajit Doval, top officials of theHome Ministry, Intelligenceagencies and Central paramilitary forces attendedthe meeting.

Issues like security ofAmarnath pilgrims and how toprevent such possible attacks inthe future were discussedthreadbare. Sources said theHome Minister directed theofficials to ensure enhancedsecurity for the pilgrims. Thepilgrimage started on June 29and will conclude on August 7.

Immediately after themeeting, the NSA briefedPrime Minister Narendra Modiabout the deliberations as wellas the steps taken for the secu-rity of the Amarnath pilgrims,sources said. A high-level cen-tral team led by Minister ofState for Home Hansraj Ahir isalso visiting Jammu & Kashmir to assess the securityof the pilgrimage.

Director General of theCRPF, RR Bhatnagar, hasalready reached Srinagar toreview the deployment ofCentral forces on the pilgrim-age routes.

Later, talking to the media,Rajnath Singh said he salutedthe people of J&K who hadcondemned the attack onAmarnath pilgrims and keptthe spirit of Kashmiriyat alive.

Continued on Page 4

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Major Tahir, a formerKashmiri counter-insur-

gent who became an Army offi-cer was busy taking pictures ofthe deserted lane opening onthe Srinagar-Jammu NationalHighway on Tuesday. He cap-tured images of the glass splin-ters that had fallen from the ill-fated bus that came under a ter-ror attack on Monday nightresulting in the death of sevenAmarnath pilgrims, six of themwomen. Pointing towards thelane Tahir, an officer with theRashtriya Rifles, and an expertin counter-insurgency in southKashmir, said two attackershad emerged from the lane andretreated from the same areaafter carrying out the attack.

The residents have no ideaas to what happened on thefateful evening.

“Everything was normal.We heard sounds of gunfire. Apolice mobile bunker sped awayand returned after some min-utes firing indiscriminately.The shopkeepers saw the glasswindow of a tourist bus comecrashing down. The bus didn’tstop,” Gulam MuhammadPinchoo, a resident said.

Half a kilometer fromBotengoo Village, the bullet-riddled bus has been halted inthe backyard of the districtpolice lines at Khanabal. Thepolice have concealed the per-forated and smashed windowsof the bus with a tarpaulin.

Meanwhile, amid heavydeployment of security forcesalong the highway, the

Amarnath pilgrims and touristscontinued to travel in buses andlight vehicles as the attack didnot deter the pilgrims fromarriving in the Valley.

“We are not scared of theattacks. We have set out to payobeisance at the cave shrineand we will do it,” ShileshBrahmbhat, a pilgrim fromGujarat told The Pioneer. “Wewere told by the police inJammu about the attack but wedecided to go ahead with thejourney,” Brahmbhat, a police-man who was accompanied byhis wife, said. He said they wereconfident that the Army thatwas deployed in Kashmir fortheir safety would protect them.

Abdul Hamid Khan, a res-ident expressed the same sen-timents. “We are saddened bythe attack on the yatris but weare satisfied that the Yatra didnot stop despite the incident,”Abdul Hamid Khan said.

Meanwhile, people of allwalks of life condemned thedastardly act. The social net-working sites were abuzz withcondemnations while a groupof civil society membersincluding trade leaders, intel-lectuals and writers held a sit-in at Press Enclave inSrinagar.

At Mirbazar, 7 kilometersfrom the attack site, the author-ities have set up a base camp foryatris. A contingent of policeand paramilitaries is doing itsbest to verify every vehiclecarrying the pilgrims. “Wehave been directed to disallowany vehicle after 4 pm butmany pilgrims do not pay heedto our directions. They offer

one excuse of the other to moveahead,” a paramilitary officersaid. The doctors at MirzaAfzal Beigh Memorial Hospitalwhere the victims were takenfor treatment said the StateGovernment was geared up tomeet the challenge.

Continued on Page 4

G a n d h i n a g a r :Cancelling all priorappointments GujaratChief Minister VijayRupani rushed to SuratAirport on Tuesday toreceive the bodies of theseven Amarnath pilgrimskilled by terrorists anddeclared compensationto victims’ family mem-bers as well as the injuredpilgrims. Accompaniedby Deputy CM Nitin Patel and Gujarat BJP president JituVaghani, Rupani said that the Gujarat Government would give�10 lakh to the kin of the Amarnath tragedy victims and �2 lakhto those who got injured in the terror attack. The CM said hewould recommend the name of the heroic driver for braveryaward to the Centre.

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years and more can now onlybe transferred in Chhattisgarh.

The transfers of officersand employees of all categoriesat the State level can be done bythe General AdministrationDepartment only after endorse-ment by the concerned Minister.The ban on transfers would beeffective from August 1, 2017.

A decision to this effectwas taken at the Cabinet meet-ing chaired by Chief MinisterRaman Singh at theMantralaya here.

Transfers of State Govern-ment employees will takeplace from July 11 to 31,2017. Transfers of Class-I andClass-II category staff will besubject to a maximum of 15per cent of the total staff, max-imum of 10 per cent for Class-III category and 05 per cent ofClass-IV category staff.

The Mandi Tax is waivedon raw materials purchased bythe Agriculture and FoodProcessing Industry from thedate of purchase till five years.It is equal to the 75 per centinvestment of the food pro-cessing industry. The StateCabinet approved the propos-al to waive Mandi Tax in totalon food processing industrypurchased directly from thefarmers/units/raw materialsbought from outside State thedate of purchase of raw till nextfive years. Chhattisgarh CivilServices Rules 1965 rule 22

sub-rule (4) states that everyState Government employeewill strictly follow UnionGovernment and StateGovernment family welfarerules/guidelines two childrenfor a family. The rule was

abrogated on Tuesday andamended if one of the childrenis born on January 26, 2001 orthereafter.

The Union Governmenthad implemented Goods andServices Tax (GST) all over the

country. The Cabinet expressedits gratitude and thanked theCentral Government for imple-menting the GST on June 22,2017. Chief Minister RamanSingh mentioned that GST isthe biggest economic reformsever implemented since Indepe-ndence. It is an example ofnational unity and economicliberty. GST is the result of closeco-ordination of Centre, Statesand various political parties.

He added that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi inthe Cabinet meeting on June 22,2017 thanked all the State

Governments, Chief Ministers,State Finance Ministers, allState-level political parties, MPsand MLAs, industry leaders andall sections of the society.

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The ChhattisgarhGovernment on Tuesday

assigned new postings to fourIndian Administrative Service(IAS) officers and one IndianForest Service (IFS) officer.

As per the order, Renu GPillay, Principal Secretary,Revenue & Technical Educationis transferred as OSD andMember, Board of Revenue.

NK Khakha Member,Board of Revenue has beentransferred as Secretary, Rev-enue. Ritu Sen, Member, Hast-shilp Board has been trans-ferred as Managing Director,Chhattisgarh State IndustrialDevelopment Corporation(CSIDC). Shahla Nigar hadbeen given Additional Chargeof Secretary, TechnicalEducation.

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The international commu-nity on Tuesday con-

demned the terror attack onAmarnath yatris that left sevenpilgrims dead and severalinjured. In their message toPrime Minister NarendraModi, the world leaderspledged support to India in thewar against terrorism. India'sfriends from near, Afghanistan,Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,Maldives and far, Mauritius,Russia, Germany, United Statesof America, France, Canada,United Kingdom, all resolvedto tackle terrorism as a com-mon challenge to the globalcommunity.

Expressing deep shock overthe attack, Bangladesh PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina in acondolence message to Modisaid: "We also reaffirm ourstand beside the people ofIndia at this difficult hour," shesaid in the message. Hasinareiterated Bangladesh's "zerotolerance" policy against ter-rorism and vowed to continueto work together with India toeradicate the menace.

"Bangladesh maintains'zero tolerance' policy againstterrorism and violent extrem-ism in all forms and manifes-tations, and condemns suchheinous acts. As a close friend

and neighbour we would con-tinue to work together in ourcommon endeavour to eradi-cate this menace from thisregion and beyond," Hasinasaid.

"Being enemies of civi-lization and humanity, terror-ists don't respect any religionand law but in order to dis-seminate terror and hate, theytarget sacred locations andcivilians including women andchildren," AfghanistanPresident Ashraf Ghani said ina message.

"Afghanistan, which is atthe front-line in the fightagainst terrorism, has alwaysevinced its honesty and valor incounter-terrorism efforts, onceagain stressing on putting up acollective and earnest fightagainst terrorism through aunified strategy," he added.

"I condemn the brutal ter-rorist attack on innocent pil-grims in Amarnath. Sri Lankastands in solidarity with Indiain his hour of grief," LankanPresident Maithripala Srisena.Bhutan's Foreign MinisterLyonpo Damcho Dorji said:"Bhutan strongly condemnsthe terrorist attacks onAmarnath Yatris."

Conveying the condolencemessage on behalf of his gov-ernment, Spokesperson ofFrance handling Ministry of

Europe and Foreign Affairssaid in a statement from Paris:"France assures the people andauthorities of India of its soli-darity in face of terrorism.During their meeting in Parison 3rdJune this year, thePresident of the FrenchRepublic and the PrimeMinister of India, ShriNarendra Modi, had declaredcounter-terrorism to be a pri-ority of our strategic partner-ship."

Condemning the attack,German ambassador to IndiaDr Martin Ney said Germanyresolutely stands by India in thefight against terrorism andextremism.

"As the G20 leaders justreaffirmed in Hamburg, weare resolved to tackle terrorismas a common challenge to theglobal community," he added.

The American embassy inIndia also deplored the attackon Amarnath pilgrims whilecondemning all acts of terror-ism. Pavel Dorokhin, Memberof State Duma and DeputyChairman of India- RussiaI n t e r - P a r l i a m e n t a r yCommission, said: "Russiastands united against terrorism,and terrorism cannot be justi-fied. Our joint efforts andunity in developing our coop-eration will be the basis forensuring security in Eurasia."

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Army Chief General BipinRawat rushed to Srinagar

on Tuesday to take stock ofsecurity situation in the State inthe wake of attack on Amarnathyatris. The local commandersbriefed him about the measurestaken by the Army to ensuresecurity after the attack. TheArmy has already deployedthree additional battalions onthe sensitive National Highway-44, the route of the pilgrimageand any decision to furtherenhance troop strength will betaken after Rawat returns toNew Delhi either Tuesday nightor Wednesday morning.

Apart from three battal-ions(one battalion has 1,000troops), the Army has alsopositioned two more battalionsalong the two routes to the holyAmarnath cave. Moreover,troops are also stationed on allthe hill tops overlooking theshrine to prevent militantsfrom targeting it, officials saidhere on Tuesday.

The coming days will seethe Army in conjunction withthe para-military forces andlocal police fanning out in thehinterland along the highwayto deny freedom of movementto militants and seek them out,

they said. Moreover, thecounter-insurgency drill maybe tweaked in the aftermath ofthe attack to thwart any designsby the terrorists to carry outmore such acts on the yatra orvital installations and securityforces, they said.

Elaborating upon the moveto intensify operations in thehinterland including lesserused roads, officials said majorpart of the yatra passes throughrestive South Kashmir and theobjective is to deter sympa-thizers from providing safehouses to militants on the run.

Similarly, the two addi-tional battalions deployed alongthe southern route to the shrinestarting from Chandanwadiand northern route from Baltalare instructed to be more vigi-lant after the attack, they said.These battalions provide "pro-phylactic" cover to the routes byensuring security in the ruralareas while the para-militaryforces and local police guard themain routes. In fact, the samedrill is followed by the Armybattalions deployed along theNH-44, they added.

The yatra route fromJawhar tunnel to the shrine ismore than 200 km and theentire stretch is "very sensitive,"officials said.

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Making a serious allegationagainst the Mamata

Benerjee Government in WestBengal, BJP General SecretaryKailash Vijayvargiya onTuesday said that "criminal andanti-social elements are work-ing as politicians" in the Stateand the bureaucracy " is influ-enced by them."

Vijayvargiya, who is thestate-in-charge of the BJP , toldThe Pioneer that communalviolence was a result of "Mamata's minority appease-ment" policies and breaking oflaw and order in NorthernBengal was also due to " theegoistic Chief Minister".

The BJP leader said hewould be visiting 'the dis-turbed State' from July 22 toJuly 23 to review the organi-zational work of the party.Party President Amit Shah isscheduled to tour the state inSeptember.

Rocked by communal

flare-up in North 24 Parganasdistrict in Southern Bengal inthe last fortnight, the West

Bengal has witnessed anincreasing war of wordsbetween the ruling TrinamoolCongress Party (TMC) andthe opposition BJP with theformer also attacking stategovernor Keshari NathTripathi.

The violence also affect-ed Northern hi l ls ofDarjeeling and areas ofDooars and Siliguri terai con-tiguous to Darjeeling whereGorkhas want a state of'Gorkhaland' to be carvedout for them. BJP which isattacking TMC Governmentfor "mishandling" ofGorkhland issue, however,itself does not support cre-ation of a separate state forGorkhas. The BJP leader saidviolence on the Gorkhalandissue and that in North 24Parganas and Basirat ( 50 milesnorth of Kolkata) are two sep-arate issues.

" The unrest in theGorkhaland issue continuedbecause of the ego of ChiefMinister who does not want to

talk to Gorkha leaders", saidVijayvergiya . "StateGovernment is not talkingand if it is done the issue canbe resolved."

Asked where does he think`the communally charged'State was heading to andwhether law and order mayfurther deteriorate, the BJPleader said alleged, "Anti-socialelements in the state are work-ing as politicians".Vijayvargiyaalso alleged, "Criminal anti-social elements have overrid-den and have influence overbureaucracy" .He said theissues bedeviling West Bengalwould be raised in Parliamentduring the monsoon session,beginning July 17.

A BJP team, led by BJP'sVice-President and RajyaSabha member O P Mathurand Lok Sabha MPsMeenakshi Lekhi and SatyapalSingh, had sought to the com-munal violence affected spotsin West Bengal last week butwas stopped by the stateadministration on their track.

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Asserting that the PDP-BJPalliance Government in

Jammu & Kashmir is in ashambles, senior Congressleader and Rajya Sabha MPKaran Singh on Tuesdaydemanded imposition of theGovernor's Rule in the State .A day after seven Amarnathpilgrims lost their lives in a ter-ror attack in Jammu andKashmir, 18 opposition partiesalso slammed the NarendraModi Government at theCentre as well the MehboobaMufti-led State Governmentfor failing to provide security.

Singh strongly condemnedthe terrorist attack onAmarnath pilgrims saying it isantithesis of 'Kashmiriyat' andof the "great religion the attack-ers claim to be espousing"."Immediate action needs to betaken to identify the attackersand deal with them suitably,"said the Rajya Sabha MP said.

"Mufti Sahib's well inten-tioned attempt in the light of thesplit electoral verdict to bringtogether what he called the

North Pole and the South Poleon the basis of the agenda foralliance is in shambles," he said.

Considering the situationthat has developed in the lastfew months, "my personalview is that the next step hasto be the immediate imposi-tion of the Governor's rule sothat the entire security, polit-ical and regional situation canbe revisited", he said in a

statement. "The Government needs to

introspect as to why, despiteadvanced intelligence inputs,was there a failure to preventthis attack?" the Oppositionresolution said."We the leadersof the Opposition partiesstrongly condemn the coward-ly and ghastly terrorist attack onthe Amarnath yatris," the reso-lution said.

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Thousands of real estate pro-jects across the country

could be stuck for want of reg-istration with the RegulatoryAuthority mandated to be setup under the Real Estate Act byJuly 31. With less than 20 daysleft for the deadline to expire,only two BJP-ruled States ofMadhya Pradesh andMaharashtra have set up theRegulatory Authority forcingUnion Urban DevelopmentMinister Venkaiah Naidu toshoot off a letter to all ChiefMinisters asking them to ensureits establishment. Though afew States have set up an inter-im authority, none has set upthe Appellate Tribunal. All the

States and Union Territorieshave to approve the regulation,notify the rules, appoint regu-lators and operate regulatoryauthorities also by July 30.

"If the Rules are not noti-fied under the Act immediate-ly and the Regulatory Authorityestablished by July 2017, witha functional website for projectand agent registration, therewould be a serious disorder inthe sector. If the promoters ofreal estate projects are not ableto register their projects forwant of Rules and RogulatoryAuthority in the State / UT, theresponsibility for violation ofthe Act would fe squarely onthe State / UT Government,"Naidu said in the letter.

"This is in continuation of

his letter dated June 21 on theReal Estate (Regulation andDevelopment) Act 2016 request-ing immediate notification ofrules and establishment ofRegulatory Authority andAppellate Tribunal in States/UTs.As per section 3 of the Act, amaximum time period of threemonth has been given under theAct for ongoing projects to reg-ister with the RegulatoryAuthority of the respective statesand UTs," the letter said.Interestingly BJP ruled statesGoa and Haryana have yet toappoint Regulatory Authority.

According to Ministry'sofficials, once a regulator is inplace, and agents get registered,it would become difficult forthe agents to mislead the home-

buyers. The Act also providesfor penalties and imprison-ment for agents who violate anyof its rules and regulation. Forinstance, real estate agents willhave to pay a fine of �10,000 forviolating any provisions of theAct, for each day the violationcontinues; or face imprison-ment of up to one year.

Sometimes, in order toconvince homebuyers to buy aproperty, agents may manipu-late information. For instance,they may say that very fewunits of a project are left forsale, or that the developerwould raise the price in a fewdays; to pressurise the buyerinto making a decision in ahurry. Pushed into rushing,some buyers could forego basic

due diligence on their part.However, once the regulator isin place, homebuyers will beable to cross-check most of thisinformation on the regulator'swebsite.

According to Housing andUrban Affairs Ministry, 21States have notified the RealEstate Regulatory Authority(RERA) rules, include UttarPradesh, Gujarat, Odisha,Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan,Uttarakhand, Assam,Jharkhand, Punjab, TamilNadu, Karnataka, NCT ofDelhi (by Mo/UD); Andaman& Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh,Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman& Diu and Lakshadweep.

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The decision of the All IndiaRadio (AIR) to conduct re-

screening tests and re-auditionof its casual announcers andpresenters on July 15 for thecontinuation of their serviceshas not gone down well withthe fraternity which has termedthe move "illegal."

The All India CasualAnnouncers and ComperesUnion (AICACU) in Delhisaid that the matter is pendingin the Supreme Court whileHigh Courts and CAT in var-ious States have alreadyexempted their members work-ing in AIR stations like inKerala, Rajasthan and citiesincluding Patna, Chandigarh,Jalandhar and Allahabad fromparticipating in any suchexams.

"The Courts and CAT have

barred the government to con-duct such a test till the casereaches to its logical conclusionin the Apex Court. Holding thetests is an illegal step on the partof AIR ," said the Union in itsletter written to the DirectorGeneral of AkashvaniDirectorate.

In the letter, the Unionpresident Hari Krishan saidthat there was more than whatmeets the eye and in the nameof conducting re-screeningtests, which are being held inhaste, many of their members

will be disqualified and shownthe door from the organisation,

The members remindedthe authority that they hadbeen diligently doing their jobsfor the last 20-25 years and wereselected only after clearing thescreening tests. During theirappointment, there was nosuch condition of holding re-screening or re-auditioning,pointed out Krishan.Instead ofregularizing us we are beingmade to force out from theorganization, he added.

The Union has alsoexpressed shock at the way theofficials had intimated theirmembers about the re-screen-ing tests. "We have beeninformed about the teststhrough the WhatsApp with noauthorized signature. Alsodocuments of validity are beingsought on WhatsApp andemail," Krishan said.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday told States and

Union Territories that all liquorvends situated within city lim-its along highway roads will notviolate the Court's order ban-ning liquor vends situated 500metre from any State orNational Highway.

Taking up a plea filed by aChandigarh-based NGO ArriveSafe Society against the decisionof Chadigarh administration tochange the name of State high-ways to major district roads, theBench headed by Chief JusticeJS Khehar said that the order ofthe apex court will not be vio-lated so long as the vends beinggiven license to operate fallwithin city limits.

It gave nod to theChandigarh administration's

notification de-notifying somehighways after observing that notall the 99 affected liquor vendson this road had been revived.Only 84 vends which fell with-in city limits received protectionunder the notification. Thebench, also comprising JusticesDY Chandrachud and LN Rao,observed that such a classifica-tion by the state was "reasonable"and will not be considered as vio-lating the Court's order.

However, a detailed order

will be passed by the Court onWednesday after hearing thegrievance of all states and UTs.The bench rejected a bunch ofapplications for modificationfiled by private liquor vends,clubs, hotels and bars as "non-maintainable" restricting thescope of relief only tostates/UTs. Moreover, theCourt observed that once adecision is taken on allowingvends within city limits, theissue at hand will be addressedto a great extent.

On March 31, the apexcourt had said that liquor vendswithin 500 metres of nationaland State highways will have toshut down from April 1. It hadexempted the hill States ofSikkim, Meghalaya andHimachal Pradesh and areashaving a population of up to20,000.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday said it was open to

altering or modifying its deci-sion directing PunjabGovernment to honour itscommitment to construct SYLCanal. Faced with a reluctantPunjab, which is yet to begincanal construction even asHaryana has completed itsportion of work, the apex courtreminded both States that itsorder must be honoured.

The Court directed Centreto get both sides to amicablysettle their differences andcome to an agreement beforeSeptember 7, the next date ofhearing.

Attorney General KKVenugopal who appeared for

the Centre informed the Courtthat the Ministry of WaterResources was actively engagedin getting the two states to talkbut no breakthrough had yield-ed so far.

The bench comprisingJustices Dipak Misra, AmitavaRoy and AM Khanwilkar askedPunjab why it was hesitant tocomply with repeated direc-tions of the Court. Counsels forPunjab said there were legal

implications in carrying out theconstruction as farmers whoown the land must be takeninto confidence. Haryanapointed out that land wasacquired on both sides longago. The State clarified that itwas open to negotiation but inthat name, the decree passed bythe Court should not be defeat-ed.

The bench said,"Authorities of both the Statesmust remember that the decreepassed by this court has to berespected and be execut-ed….You cannot defeat thedecree passed by this court."The Court even warned bothsides not to indulge in agitationand maintain peace when thematter is sub-judice before theCourt.

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granted bail to four formerMaruti Suzuki India Ltd(MSIL) workers serving five-year jail term in connectionwith the 2012 Maruti factoryrioting and violence case, saida defence lawyer.

After hearing argumentsfrom both defence and prose-cution, a bench comprisingJustice S.S. Saron and JusticeH.S. Madan issued the bailorder.Senior Advocate VrindaGrover argued for the workersas defence lawyer, whileAdvocate Vikas Pahwa object-ed the move.The court ofGurugram's Additional Districtand Sessions Judge R.P. Goelhad on March 18 awarded lifeimprisonment to 13 formerworkers of the MSIL.

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NMDC Ltd is expectingalteast or more than

�14,000 crore from proposeddisinvestment in its upcoming3 MTPA Nagarnar Steel plantin Bastar region ofChhattisgarh, official sourcesinformed.

NMDC in April this yearhad also decided to get an assetvaluation of its upcoming 3MTPA Steel Plant at Nagarnarin Bastar region ofChhattisgarh soon, officialsinformed.

The Cabinet Committeeon Economic Affairs (CCEA)has also accorded ‘in-principle’permission to NMDC Ltd forconsidering ‘strategic disin-vestment’ of its 3 MTPA Steelplant coming up at Nagarnar inBastar region of Chhattisgarh,the company informed BSE inDecember last year. It may berecalled that NMDC has pro-posed to use its mine lease areaat Deposit number 4 located atBailadila range of hills at Bhansinear Bacheli in South Bastar’sDantewada district inChhattisgarh for meeting theraw material requirement‘exclusively’ for its upcoming 3MTPA Integrated Steel Plant atNagarnar, officials informed.

The remaining iron orequantity after meeting therequirement of an integratedsteel plant at Nagarnar fromDeposit 4 will be sold todomestic customers inChhattisgarh, they informed.

The Deposit — 4 iron oremine will be developed as a‘standalone project’ with anestimated investment of�1899.74 crore. NMDC pro-poses for mining the Depositnumber 4 iron ore mine witha production capacity of 7.0MTPA in the mine lease area of646.596 hectares. NMDC’s ironore requirement for the steel

plant would be 5 MTPA.The exploration work was

done at Bailadila Deposit no 4by NMDC in the year back in1972-74. The ore reserves wereproved by detailed explorationactivities.

The Deposit — 4 has aproduction capacity of 7.0MTPA and spread in a mininglease area of 646.596 hectares.

In addition to the mininglease area, 95.13 hectares for-est land is identified for devel-opment of infrastructure suchas downhill conveyor, screen-ing plant, loading plant andapproach road etc.

Further, 50 hectares ofnon-forest land is also requiredfor installation of railway stockyard, administrative building,loading plant (part), tailingdam, STP and township etc.

The existing iron ore pro-duction from other Bailadilamines is catering to require-ments of large steel plants andalso to local sponge iron/pellet

plants in Chhattisgarh.The company has made a

capital expenditure of �4.76crore as on September 2016 fordevelopment of its Bailadilairon ore mines in Bastar regionof Chhattisgarh during thecurrent financial year, officialsinformed.

The company is now goingfor construction of the 5thiron ore screening line at itsexisting screening plant num-ber 2 at Bailadila Iron Ore Mineat Kirandul complex inDantewada district of B0astarregion.

It has also commenced theprocess for setting up the 2MTPA ‘iron ore processingplant’ at Bacheli in Bastarregion of Chhattisgarh, officialsinformed.

The tender for site levellingwork had already been floatedfor setting up the project, theyinformed.

Mining plan along withprogressive mine closure plan

has been approved by IndianBureau of Mines (IBM), forproduction capacity of 7.0MTPA vide their letter no: No3 1 4 ( 3 ) / 2 0 1 2 - M C C M(CZ)/MP-19 dated July 26,2013, officials informed.

NMDC is operating ironore mines at Bailadila Complexin South Bastar DantewadaDistrict, Chhattisgarh and ishaving long terms commit-ment for supply of iron ore tomajor steel plants across thecountry.

Hence, JV Companybetween NMDC andChhattisgarh MineralDevelopment Corporation(CMDC) ie NMDC-CMDC(NCL) was formed for devel-opment of a new deposit in thealready prospected areas ieBailadila Deposit-4 with a pro-duction capacity of 7 MTPA formeeting the iron ore require-ment of Steel plant of NMDCat Nagarnar, near Jagdalpur.

It may be also be recalled

that NMDC Ltd is going for acomplete Energy Audit forBailadila Iron Ore Mine atDeposit 14 and 11C at Kirandulcomplex and Deposit 5, 10 and11A at Bacheli Complex inBastar region of Chhattisgarh.

The company is also plan-ning to construct a ‘rapid ironore loading system’ with acapacity of 14 million tonnesper annum (MTPA) at itsKirandul complex in Bastar ,officials informed. Adding yetanother feather to its cap,NMDC’s Bailadila Iron oreMine at Bacheli Complex inBastar region of Chhattisgarhhas bagged the prestigious‘FIMI Golden Jubilee Award forExcellence’.

On the basis of best prac-tices adopted, improvementover the last 10 years, excel-lence in environment man-agement, social awareness,health and safety, overall mineperformance and exemplaryReclamation & Rehabilitation

(R&R) efforts by Bailadila IronOre Mine at Bacheli Complex,the Federation of IndianMineral Industry (FIMI) hasawarded NMDC’s flagshipmine for this One Time SpecialAward, a company press releaseinformed.

The award was presentedby Union Minister of State(Independent charge) forMines, Power, Coal, New &Renewable energy, PiyushGoyal and received byExecutive Director & ProjectHead of BIOM-BacheliComplex, NMDC LimitedArun Kumar Shukla, onOctober 3 during the 50thAnnual General Body meetingof FIMI at New Delhi.

It is pertinent to mentionthat having stiff competition forthis one time special award,FIMI had shortlisted BIOMBacheli Complex of NMDCLimited, Noamundi Iron OreMine of Tata Steel andUltratech Limestone Mine of

Aditya Birla Group and basedon the mine site assessment bythe committee and presenta-tion on environment, CSR,social awareness, health andsafety, overall mine perfor-mance and exemplaryReclamation & Rehabilitation(R&R) efforts, the JuryCommittee adjudged BIOMBacheli Complex for “FIMIGolden Jubilee Award forExcellence 2015-16”, it stated.

The Bailadila Iron OreMine, Bacheli Complex, a unitof NMDC Limited, aNavaratna Public SectorEnterprise under Ministry ofSteel is located in the remotedistrict of Dantewada (SouthBastar) of Chhattisgarh State, isa highly mechanised open castiron ore mine having annualproduction capacity of 14MTPA with daily loadingcapacity of 60000 tonnes.

The mine is accredited withISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004,OHSAS 18001:2008 and SA

8000:2008 certifications.NMDC has been continuouslyworking towards sustainabledevelopment and installedsewage treatment plant withSBR Technology at Bacheli.

The Company has under-taken Green House Gas (GHG)Assessment and disclosure ofcarbon emissions and has madesignificant contribution to thetribal belt of Bastar by makingits presence since 1964 byopening of iron ore mine atBailadila region. NMDC isrunning ITI at Bhansi,Polytechnic College at Geedam(Dantewada district), itinformed.

It has also set up and isoperating one of the world-class education hub at Jawangain Dantewada district and hasbeen in the forefront in extend-ing support to the local peopleespecially in the areas of edu-cation, Medicare and infra-structure development, itinformed.

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The Chhattisgarh State PowerGeneration Company Ltd

(CSPGCL) will be installing acarbon monoxide (CO) gasleak analyser at its 2X500 MWThermal Power Station (TPS) atMarwa in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, officialsinformed.

Chhattisgarh is expected toadd 14,140 MW of additionalpower generation capacity in itsthermal plants betweenNovember 2015 to March 2022,according to the CentralElectricity Authority (CEA) inits perspective transmissionplan report prepared for 20years (2014-34).

The objective of the plan isto present broad outlines of therequirement of additional trans-mission system in the Indian gridduring the next two decades.

The National ElectricityPlan is under preparation u/S3(4) of the Electricity Act 2003.This Plan would inter-alia givegeneration capacity additionfor period up to 2021-22 basedon integrated resource planningrequirements for the country.

In the absence of the gen-eration addition programmefor 13th Plan period, an esti-mate was made considering theongoing and likely capacity

addition for the conventionalgeneration projects.

Major high capacity trans-mission corridors have alreadybeen planned and which areunder implementation would besufficient to meet import/exportof power among various regionsin the year 2021-22. This isbased on the assumptions ofload growth and generationcapacity addition. Initially, theHigh Capacity Corridors fromChhattisgarh and Odisha wereplanned with reduced reliabil-ity due to uncertainties in gen-eration addition by IPPs. Thegenerations which were asso-ciated with these high capaci-ty corridors are coming up in

phased manner and till now nomajor constraint is being faced.

However, with the comingup of more generations, addi-tional transmission strengthen-ing may be required to meet thereliability criteria. This would betaken up with firm status of newgeneration projects. The Statecurrently also has total renew-able energy potential of 4,500MW which includes solar (gridconnected and roof top), windbiomass and small hydro.

It has also planned to installsolar powered pump sets foragriculture consumers whichwill benefit 16,000 consumers.

It may be recalled thatthere are significantly more

number of villages which are tobe electrified in Chhattisgarhusing the off-grid (solar) modethan the grid-based (conven-tional power supply.

The State has also launcheda ‘Solar Community IrrigationProject’ for drawing waterextracted using solar pumps forsupplying to the agriculturalland of farmers across the State.

The Central Governmenthas released �12 lakh each forRaipur and Bilaspur for theSolar City project, officialsinformed. The total sanc-tioned funds for the two citiesis �43 lakh each.

A total amount of �67.01crore has been sanctioned for

preparation of master plans,solar city cells, promotionalactivities and installation ofrenewable energy projects andan amount of �24.16 crore hasbeen released, so far, underSolar City Programme.

Out of 7 identified solarcities in Maharashtra, anamount of �7.74 crore hasbeen sanctioned and anamount of �3.04 crore hasbeen released for 6 solar cities.

Chhattisgarh will procureadditional power from renew-able energy sources to the tuneof approximately 700 MW byFY 2018, officials informed.

With this the averagepower purchase cost forChhattisgarh State PowerDistribution Company Ltd(CSPDCL) based on the abovepower availability will increasefrom 2.58 Rs/kWh in FY 2015-16 to 3.12 Rs/kWh in FY 2018,they informed.

The rates have been derivedbased on cost of power at exist-ing rates and considering noescalation in power purchasecost since it is passing throughfor the distribution company.

Chhattisgarh has two‘waste-to-energ y’ powerplants proposed with a totalinstalled capacity of 10 MW,officials informed.

Notably, five Municipal

Solid Wastes (MSW) to ener-gy plants with a cumulativeinstalled capacity of 66.5 MWare currently operational/undertrial run in the country. TheChhattisgarh Government hasdecided to set up a ‘Waste toEnergy’ power generation plantin Durg district.

The Government intendsto sign a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with theBhilai Steel Plant (BSP) admin-istration for jointly taking upthe project, officials informed.

The project is proposed tobe undertaken under ‘SwachhBharat Abhiyan’ under theGovernment’s solid waste man-agement project. The proposed‘Waste to Energy’ plant wouldutilise waste generated frommunicipal corporations ofBhilai, Durg, Bhilai-Charoda,two municipal councils main-ly Jamul and Kumhari andthree Nagar Panchayats main-ly Utai, Patan and Gunderdehi.

Notably, the State-ownedChhattisgarh State PowerDistribution Company Ltd(CSPDCL) in January last yearhad also announced that itwill be purchasing 50 MW ofelectricity from bio-masspower producers in the State.The company would sign a 20-year agreement with the powerproducers, officials stated.

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The State Government hasaccorded approval for con-

struction of a total of six highschool buildings in Raigarh dis-trict. The buildings will be con-structed at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar,Pendari, Porath, Ratanpur, ChoteGumda and Bhlumar.

The ChhattisgarhGovernment has also sanctionedone high school and three high-er secondary school buildings inDurg district in the current fis-cal 2017-18, officials informed.The buildings will be construct-ed at Enoida, Kumharia,Thanoud and Chandkhuri.

A total of �55.35 lakh eachhad been sanctioned for the threeschools and �73. 73 lakh for highschool. On the other hand, Witha view to improving quality ofeducation delivery in insur-gency-infested Bastar region,the Chhattisgarh Governmenthas decided to introduce hi-techtools for imparting education inScience, Mathematics and Eng-lish in Government primaryschools. The Government wouldbe using audio-visual equip-ment in the schools while alsointroducing a number of ‘selflearning modules’, officialsinformed.

It may be recalled that theChhattisgarh Government hadalso earlier conveyed to UnionHuman Resources MinisterPrakash Jawadekar that propos-als for the opening of schools ininsurgency-infested Basterregion had been pending for along time with the UnionGovernment.

The message was conveyedby State Forest Minister MaheshGagda who met Union HumanResources Minister PrakashJawadekar in New Delhi .

He had requested the UnionMinister to sanction ‘JawaharNavodaya Vidyalaya’ and‘Kendriya Vidyalaya’ at remoteBijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The district adjoins Tela-ngana and Maharsahtra States.The district is insurgency affect-ed and lags in developmentalactivities. It may be recalled thatthe State Government also ispreparing a master plan to con-struct 500-seater hostels in all the85 tribal development blocksduring the next three years.

The sanctions are meantfor 250-seater hostels for tribalboys and 250-seater hostels for

girls. Twenty-eight Developmentblocks had already been select-ed for the purpose. The hostelswill provide accommodation toabout 42,000 tribal students.

School Education MinisterKedar Kashyap had stated earli-er that on the directives of ChiefMinister Raman Singh a masterplan is on the anvil to make edu-cation accessible to the depressedcastes and classes. Fifteen devel-opment blocks in 13 districts hadbeen identified for constructingthe hostels. The blocks selectedare in districts of Gariabandh ,Rajnandgaon, Koriya, Raigarh,Balrampur-Ramanujganj,Surajpur, Bastar, Kondagaon ,Narayanpur, South Bastar(Dantewada), Sukma , Bijapurand North Bastar (Kanker).

The State Government ispreparing a master plan to con-struct 500-seater hostels in all the85 tribal development blocksduring the next three years.

The sanctions are meantfor 250-seater hostels for tribalboys and 250-seater hostels forgirls. Twenty-eight developmentblocks had already been select-ed for the purpose. The hostelswill provide accommodation toabout 42,000 tribal students.

School Education MinisterKedar Kashyap said that on thedirectives of Chief Minister amaster plan is on the anvil tomake education accessible to thedepressed castes and classes.Fifteen development blocks in 13districts had been identified inthe current fiscal 2015-16.

The blocks selected are indistricts of Gariabandh,Rajnandgaon, Koriya, Raigarh,Balrampur-Ramanujganj,Surajpur, Bastar, Kondagaon,Narayanpur, South Bastar(Dantewada), Sukma, Bijapurand North Bastar (Kanker). TheChief Minister had stated thatthe educational expenses of therehabilitated families of the min-ing-affected regions will be borneby the State Government. Thetuition fee expenses of even thehigher education streams likeMedical, Engineering, Law andManagement in the StateGovernment colleges will beborne by the Government, hesaid. The District Mine Fund willbe used for the purpose, Singhsaid.

He also directed the officialsto utilise the funds allocated for‘Bastar Net’ Project and thethree Rail Corridor Projects.

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The ChhattisgarhGovernment has signed four

Memorandum ofUnderstandings (MoUs) involv-ing a total investment of �386crore across electronics and foodprocessing sectors.

This investment would cre-ate over 2,800 employmentopportunities in the State andwould give new employmentavenues to the local youth, offi-cials informed.

‘Make in India’ has been keycatalyst for attracting newinvestments in the State.Government of Chhattisgarhhas taken focused approachwhich includes ease of doingbusiness, development of worldclass industrial infrastructureand enacting business friendlypolicies to facilitate businessand investment in the State.

Chhattisgarh has alwaysbeen one of the preferred States

in the country for business andinvestment but so far most of theinvestments have been made incore sectors like mining, steel,aluminium, cement etc.Chhattisgarh has a huge poten-tial for non-core sectors like elec-tronics, food processing, engi-neering, solar equipment etcwhich are to being promoted asstrategic sectors in the State. Newsectors like electronics have gotnew boost with approval ofElectronics ManufacturingCluster (EMC) in Naya Raipur.Government of Chhattisgarh

also had recently launchedSanchar KrantiYojana (SKY) inwhich 45 lakhs smart phones willbe distributed to youth andwomen in the State. Under SKY1700 mobile towers will also beset up for providing mobile con-nectivity to all parts in the State.

The MoUs with SmartronIndia Pvt. Ltd., Forstar TechnoSolutions Pvt. Ltd., WattsonElectronics have been inked bythe Government of Chhattisgarhfor investment in electronicssector. These companies willestablish manufacturing units in

EMC, Naya Raipur and willbring cumulative investments ofaround 286 Crores in the State.These projects will employ high-ly qualified professionals andhighly skilled manpower in theState. The project is a ferventendeavour to bring the enablingelectronics manufacturingecosystem in Chhattisgarh.

Smartron India Pvt Ltd. willmanufacture smart phones,other smart devices based ontronX and AI powered IOTplatform. The agreement willbring smart technology and

product ecosystem to help trans-form the technological infra-structure of the State. ForstarTechno Solutions Pvt Ltd willestablish assembly plant for tabletPC, Desktop PC, Smart phone,Biometric devices, netbooks andnotebooks whereas WattsonElectronics shall manufactureconsumer and Industrial elec-tronics products manufactur-ing unit in Naya Raipur.

Demonstrating StateGovernment’s commitment todevelop food processing sectorin the State, an MoU has beensigned with Arkas Biocon IndiaPvt Ltd (BEC Foods) to establishliquid glucose and derivativemanufacturing unitinChhattisgarh and will bringinvestments of 100 crore.

Chief Minister Raman Singhhighlighted that ChhattisgarhSKY scheme has given a bigboost and created huge oppor-tunity in electronic manufac-turing in the State. He congrat-

ulated entrepreneurs for becom-ing a partner in the developmentof electronics, food processingmanufacturingin the State andexpected these units to begintheir production at the earliest.

Mahesh Lingareddy,Founder and Chairman,Smartron said, “Smartron isbuilding India’s first global tech-nology OEM brand with focuson innovation led productecosystem around tronX, an AIpowered IOT platform deliver-ing intelligent experiencesthrough range of smart devicesto various verticals. Smartron isfounded with a vision to buildApple or Samsung of India. Weare glad to be associated withthe Government ofChhattisgarh’s vision to be at theforefront of digital India. Westrongly believe that this asso-ciation will bring in number ofsmart technologies, jobs andmanufacturing and productecosystems to the State.”

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Union Ministry of New andRenewable Energy

(MNRE) has given a target forsetting up of 2,000 family sizedbiogas plants under NBMMPto Chhattisgarh during thecurrent financial year.

The biogas plants are to beset up by ChhattisgarhRenewable Energy DevelopmentAgency (CREDA), officialsinformed.

Chhattisgarh produced527.63 lakh cubic metres of bio-gas from family type bio-gasplants and large biogas plants inthe entire State during the 11thFive Year Plan period.

The estimated Statewiseproduction of bio-gas fromfamily type biogas plants andlarge biogas plants installed inthe country under differentprogrammes of the Ministry ofNew and Renewable Energy(MNRE) during the 11th FiveYear Plan period is as follows(in lakh cubic metres)—Andhra Pradesh (9969.60),Assam(1616.33), Bihar(2325.94), Goa (71.83), Gujarat(8731.94), Haryana (1112.13),Himachal Pradesh (842.47),Jammu & Kashmir (47.44),Jharkhand (107.19), Karnataka(8213.62), Kerala (2399.30),Madhya Pradesh (5713.25),Ma harashtra(15297 .74) ,Manipur (38.80), Meghalaya(146.30), Mizoram (72.40),Nagaland (95.83), Odisha(4402.65), Punjab (2966.70),Rajasthan (1235.30), Sikkim

(144.66), Tamil Nadu(5261.66), Tripura (53.25 ),Uttar Pradesh(7765.80),Uttarakhand (531.37), WestBengal (6213.70).

About 6.10 lakh family typebiogas plants were installed dur-ing the 11th five year planagainst a target of 6.47 lakhplants under the National Biogasand Manure ManagementProgramme.

The marginal shortfall inachievement was reported to bedue to increase in cost of con-struction of bio-gas plants.

As many as 3604 bio-gasplants have come up in theinsurgency infested Kanker dis-trict in Bastar during the past14 years, officials informed.

The plants have beenestablished under the nation-al bio gas and manure man-agement programme.

The bio-gas plants notonly work as fuel for cooking,the units also illuminatehomes at night.

Women and children in thevillages now no longer go to theforest in search of fuel wood.The move had also helpedreduce pollution, they stated

Meanwhile, as per 2013-14Annual Report of the UnionUnion Ministry of New andRenewable Energy, Chhattisgarhcommissioned Biomass Powerand Bagasse Co-Generation pro-jects with a cumulative capacityof 264.90 MW .

The Biomass Power andBagasse Co-GenerationProgramme aims at efficient

utilisation of biomass such asagro residue in the form ofstalks, stems and straw; agro-industrial residues such asshells, husks, deoiled cakesand wood from dedicatedenergy plantations for powergeneration, it stated

The potential for powergeneration from agriculturaland agro-industrial residuesin the country is estimated atabout 17,000 MW, it stated.

With progressive highersteam temperature, pressureand efficient project configu-ration in new sugar mills and

modernisation of existing ones,the potential of surplus powergeneration through bagasseco-generation of sugar mills isestimated at 5,000 MW, thereport stated.

The potential for bagasseco-generation lies mainly in thenine sugar producing Stateswith a maximum potential ofabout 1,250 MW each in theStates of Maharashatra andUttar Pradesh. Thus the totalestimated biomass powerpotential in the country is22,000 MW, it stated.

The programme was

launched with the objective ofpromoting, efficient and eco-nomic use of surplus biomassfor power generation besidesmaximising surplus power gen-eration from sugar mills usingimproves technologies.

This apart, the programmehad also been launched for pro-moting technologies of co-generation and biomass com-bustion for supplementing con-ventional power, it stated.

The biomass programmecomprises the components ofpower generation in grid-con-nected mode and co-genera-

tion in sugar mills for export ofsurplus power to grid.

The Central Government,as per the report, has set a tar-get of 1900 MW ( 1400 MWBagasse Co-Generation besides500 MW Biomass Power ) forthe 12th five year plan againstan allocation of �310 crore.

The State-wise cumulativecapacity of commissionedBiomass Power and BagasseCo-generation projects dur-ing 2013-14 as per the reportwas as follows— AndhraPradesh (Before bifurcation)(380.75 MW), Bihar (43.42

MW), Chhattisgarh (264.90MW), Gujarat (43.90 MW),Haryana (45.30 MW),Karnataka (603.28), MadhyaPradesh (26 MW),Maharashtra (940.40), Odisha(20 MW), Punjab (140.50MW), Rajasthan (101.30),Tamil Nadu (571.30),Uttarakhand ( 30 MW), UttarPradesh (776.50 MW) andWest Bengal (26 MW).

The report further statedthat as many as 568 remote vil-lages in Chhattisgarh out of thesanctioned 682 were electrifiedunder Central Government’s‘Remote Village ElectrificationProgramme’ as on March 31,2014, according to the annualreport 2013-14 of the UnionMinistry of New andRenewable Energy. The‘Remote Village ElectrificationProgramme’ is under imple-mentation across the countryfor providing financial supportfor lighting/basic electricityusing renewable energy sourcesin those unelectrified remotecensus villages, unelectrifiedhamlets of electrified censusvillages where grid connectiv-ity is either not feasible or notcost effective and not coveredunder Rajiv Gandhi GraminVidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)for grid electrification.

Although a variety ofrenewable energy technologiesare possible for lighting/basicelectrification of remote villagesincluding small hydro, bio-mass and solar energy, yet, solarPV lighting remains the most

preferred, it stated.The decision to use a par-

ticular technology is taken bythe State implementing agen-cies after examination of thetechnical feasibility andresource availability.

The Union Ministry ofNew and Renewable Energyprovides Central FinancialAssistance upto 90 per cent ofthe cost of the renewableenergy systems subject to prespecified maximum amountfor each technology.

The cumulative sanctionsof the villages and hamletsunder the programme since itsinception had reached 13,059.

The main States wherethe programme has greater rel-evance due to difficulty toaccess areas are MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh,Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir,Jharkhand and North EasternStates, the report stated.

A special priority is pro-vided to villages affected by LeftWing Extremism in line withthe policy of the CentralGovernment, it stated.

The identification of theremote villages/villages hadbeen broadly entrusted to theRural ElectrificationCorporation (REC). The StateGovernments shortlist unelec-trified villages/hamlets in theirStates which are not likely to beelectrified through grid andsend their names to theMinistry for verification by theREC for non coverage underRGGVY for grid electrification.

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The ChhattisgarhGovernment on Tuesday

assigned new posting to 11 IPSofficers of the rank ofSuperintendent of Police (SP).

As per the order, VivekShukla Additional SP, Durghas been transferred as SPKoriya.

Rajnesh Singh from EOWhas been transferred as SPDhamtari while Dr Lal UmedSingh, Additional SP, SIB hasbeen transferred as SPKawardha.

Azad Shatru, AdditionalSP, Crime Branch has beentransferred as SP, Crime.

Anchal Kumar has been

transferred as SP, Balarampurwhile D Ravishankar, SPKabirdham has been trans-ferred a

Manish Sharma, SP,Dhamtari has been transferredas SP, EOW.

Sujit Kumar from SP,Koriya has been transferred asAIG, CID while T Ekka, SPBemetara goes to 16thBattalion, Narayanpur.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on

Tuesday made an appeal to hisPunjab counterpart CaptainAmarinder Singh to takeimmediate steps for the con-struction of the Satluj-Yamuna-Link canal which would bene-fit of farmers of both the States.

Khattar also expressedhope that the Punjab ChiefMinister would honour theSupreme Court’s Tuesdayorders on the issue.

The Chief Minister said, “Ithank the Supreme Court for itsorders on the SYL canal issue. TheApex Court has done justice.”

I have made an appeal toCapt. Amarinder to cooperatein the construction of the canal

in Punjab, he said. After SC directions on

Tuesday, Khattar also took tomicro-blogging website-Twitter, saying, “I appeal toPunjab CM @capt_amarinderji for his cooperation in con-struction of the SYL canal forbenefit of farmers of bothstates.”

The Chief Minister alsoheld an informal routine meet-ing with Cabinet Ministers onTuesday evening to discuss theSYL canal issue. All the CabinetMinisters welcomed the SC’sdirections on SYL canal.

Meanwhile, the former

Chief Minister and Congresssenior leader Bhupinder SinghHooda has made an appeal tothe BJP-led CentralGovernment to implement thecourt directions and beginwork for the completion of SYLcanal.

Hooda added that theCongress would begin an agi-tation if the Centre failed totake immediate steps for theconstruction of SYL canal.

Both Punjab and Haryanahave been locked in a politicaland legal dispute over the shar-ing of the Ravi-Beas waters fordecades. Punjab is opposed tothe construction of SYL canal,saying it does not have surpluswater to share with Haryana.

The Apex court, inNovember last year, hadthwarted Punjab’s attempt towriggle out of the SYL watersharing pact, saying it could not“unilaterally” terminate it orlegislate to “nullify” the verdictof the highest court.

A day before, Haryana’smain opposition INLD hadstaged a protest by blockingroads and disrupting move-ment of vehicles entering thestate from Punjab over theSYL issue.

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Aday after Indian NationalLok Dal’s protest at

Haryana-Punjab border todemand construction of SutlejYamuna Link (SYL) canal,Leader of Opposition inHaryana Assembly and party’ssenior leader Abhay SinghChautala on Tuesday accusedthe BJP and Congress ofbetraying the people ofHaryana on SYL issue.

Referring to the meeting ofHaryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal and former ChiefMinister Bhupinder SinghHooda on Monday evening atCM’s residence here, Chautalasaid the CMO should issue astatement on this meeting andlet people know about theproceedings of this meeting,which Hooda has claimed tobe held on SYL canal issue.

Launching a scathingattack on Hooda, Chautalawhile talking to the media-persons here said that the for-mer Chief Minister had calledus (INLD) “B-Team” of BJP.

However, the entire Haryanaknows that BJP and Congressare together and how theyhatched a conspiracy duringRajya Sabha polls held lastyear, he said.

The BJP is now trying tosave Hooda, who is facinginquiry in various land scams,the INLD leader alleged.

Neither BJP nor Congressis serious about the issue ofSYL canal and farmers’ welfareand have always done politicson serious issues related toHaryana, said he.

On Supreme Court direc-tions on SYL canal on Tuesday,the Leader of opposition saidthat the SC has once againmade it clear that the SYLshould be constructed. TheBJP led Centre should nowintervene and start the con-struction of SYL, which is thelifeline of Haryana, said he.

A day before, thousands ofcommuters had a hard time asINLD members blocked thenational highway near Ambalaand four other highways inHaryana as part of their one-

day protest to press for theirdemand of construction ofSYL canal.

Meanwhile, INLD hasannounced to start JanjagranAbhiyan in the State to raisethe problem of farmers andmount pressure on BJP ledCentral and HaryanaGovernments to redress theirgrievances.

Dushyant to raise the isse inParliament

Hisar MP and INLD’sleader Dushyant Chautala onTuesday said that he will raisethe issue of SYL canal duringthe upcoming monsoon ses-sion of Parliament.

Dushyant said he wouldmeet all Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha MPs from Haryana andurge them to rise above poli-tics on SYL issue and raise itwith Prime Minister NarendraModi. I will urge all MPs tomeet PM Modi seeking hisintervention for the construc-tion of SYL canal at the earli-est, he added.

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Soon after the Supreme Courtdirections in SYL, five-time

Punjab Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal on Tuesday saidthe Riparian Principle was“totally non-negotiable” andthat any solution outside itspurview would never beacceptable to Punjabis or lawabiding believers in theConstitutional framework ofthe country.

In a statement here, Badalsaid the SC must first of alldetermine which State had theright on the waters of anyriver. “The SC must clarify ifnon-riparian States can alsohave a claim on the waters ofrivers that do not even touch itsboundaries. Allotting water tonon-riparian States would leadto a situation of utter constitu-tional anarchy on the issue ofnatural resources”, he added.

Badal said any decision onthe waters of Punjab’s rivers

must flow from this unalterableand sacred constitutional posi-tion. He said in the light of thisfact no negotiations could hap-pen contrary to the RiparianPrincipal which was the basisfor river water distributionbetween different States.

Badal also made it clearthat Punjab could not wel-come any decision that puts aquestion mark on the inalien-able right of the Punjbais ontheir only major naturalresource.

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nator of the tour, who was sit-ting next to me was hit by abullet but he kept egging meon.

However, the people inthe bus were screaming forme to stop the vehicle.

But if I had stopped evenfor a minute, for sure none ofthe people in the bus would have been al ive today," said a visibly shakenSaleem.

Around 9.30 pm onMonday, Saleem called hiscousin Javed Mirza and

informed him about the ter-ror attack.

The driver is of the opin-ion that all the terroristsshould be eliminated.

However, even after sucha terrifying experience Saleemis willing to take pilgrims forAmarnath Yatra next year.

Gujarat Chief Minister,Vijay Rupani was all praise forSaleem.

He said that the Statewould recommend his namefor bravery award to theCentre.

From Page 1"I am pained at the loss of

lives of Amarnath pilgrims.But I salute the people ofKashmir as all sections of soci-ety have condemned the attack.It shows the spirit ofKashmiriyat is very muchalive," he said.

As many as 21,000 para-military personnel in addition

to State police forces have beendeployed for security of the pil-grimage routes. The number ofparamilitary personneldeployed this year is 9,500more than last year.

However, the pilgrims weretravelling in a bus which wasnot part of the convoy of vehi-cles taking the Amarnath pil-grims with adequate security.

The bus was attacked around8.20 pm in Anantnag districtwhen it was on its way toJammu from Srinagar. Thepolice said the bus driver hadviolated rules for the pilgrim-age, which state that no yatravehicle should be on the high-way after 7 pm as the securitycover is withdrawn after that.

Meanwhile, the Centreannounced compensation of Rs7 lakh for the next of kin of theAmarnath pilgrims killed in theAnantnag terror attack and Rs1 lakh for the injured. A HomeMinistry spokesperson saidthe compensation will be givento the victims of terror attackas early as possible.

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The Opposition parties havebeen successful in putting

up a united front for the August5 vice-Presidential elections asthey came together to pick upformer West Bengal GovernorGopalkrishna Gandhi as theirjoint candidate.

Results of the vice-Presidential elections will becounted the same evening.

Eighteen Opposition par-ties, including the Janata Dal U),which had broken ranks withthe Opposition to back NDAcandidate Ram Nath Kovind inthe presidential election,endorsed Gopalkrishna’s name.

Leaders of NCP, RJD, Left,TMC, SP, BSP, DMK and oth-

ers were also present at themeeting.

“The leaders of 18Opposition parties got togeth-er to decide on the vice presi-dential candidate. We spoke tohim, after which he has agreedto be the joint Opposition can-didate for the post of VicePresident of India. He actual-ly expressed his gratitude to allthe leaders who met here todecide on his candidature,”Congress president SoniaGandhi said after the meeting.

The choice of Gopal-krishna’s name is being seen asan attempt by the Congress andother Opposition parties toreach out to Bihar ChiefMinister and JD(U) nationalpresident Nitish Kumar.

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At a time when theGovernment is planning to

introduce changes to its con-troversial law to curb trade ofcattle for slaughter at livestockmarkets, the Supreme Courtstayed the operation of the lawacross the country on Tuesday.

The Madurai Bench ofMadras High Court had stayedthe operation of the Preventionof Cruelty to Animals(Regulation of LivestockMarkets) Rules 2017, whichbanned trade of cattle ofslaughter in markets.

The Gover-nment’s deci-sion not to revoke or challengethe said order made it easy forthe apex court which extend-ed the Madras HC order to theentire country.

With this order, a Bench ofChief Justice JS Khehar andJustice DY Chandrachud dis-posed all petitions challenging

the Rules and gave liberty to thepetitioners - Hyderabad-basedAll India Jamiatul QureshAction Committee, toapproach the court against theamended Rules, expected to benotified by the Centre byAugust-end.

Additional SolicitorGeneral (ASG) PS Narasimhawho appeared for the Centretold the court at the outset that the Centre was reviewingthe Rules in light of objectionsreceived from various stakeholders.

He said this process will beover by August end. Once thenotification introducing theamendments to the Rules isintroduced, sufficient time shallbe granted before its imple-mentation, so as to benefit theaggrieved persons to challengethe same, the court added.

The Bench noted the sub-mission of ASG that the Centredid not intend to revoke thestay imposed by Madras HC.But considering the fact thatsimilar petitions were pendingin various High Courts, senioradvocate Kapil Sibal appearingfor the petitioner Committeesought a blanket stay extendingthroughout the nation.

He voiced the concern ofcattle traders who were con-fused and afraid of selling theircattle at livestock market andclaimed that an assurance mustgo out from the top courtallowing business to go on asusual.

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Mufti personally reached thehospital by 11:30 pm. She wasfolding hands before the injuredpersons seeking pardon. Shestayed put in the town to over-see the relief operation,” a doc-tor at the hospital said.

“It was encouraging to seelocal volunteers thronging thehospital offering blood donationand other help to injured per-sons,” he said.

Meanwhile, there are uncon-firmed reports of the Army hav-ing arrested six members of afamily living close to the attack

site. Abdul Hamid Khan said,“They were inside their homewhen the troops swooped in.They have been beaten up andhanded over to the police. Wehope they will be released soon.They have nothing to do with theattack.” Earlier in the day,Governor NN Vohra, who is alsothe chairman of the ShriAmarnath Shrine Board (SASB)held a security review meeting inthe wake of the attack. He direct-ed the heads of all the securityforces to review and ensurestrict enforcement of securityrules and see that there was nolet-up whatsoever.

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The ISIS group has declaredthat its supreme leader

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi hasdied, the media reported onTuesday. The extremist groupsaid it will soon announce asuccessor to Baghdadi.

“Daesh organisation (ISIS)circulated a brief statementthrough its media in the (ISIS-held) town of Tal Afar in thewest of Mosul, confirming thekilling of its leader al-Baghdadiwithout giving further details,”Xinhua news agency cited Iraqinews agency al-Sumaria Newsas saying.

“Daesh called on the (ISIS)militants to continue theirsteadfastness in the redoubts ofthe caliphate and not beingdragged behind the sedition,”the report said.

The report came a day afterIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally declared Mosul

liberated from the ISIS afternearly nine months of fiercefighting to dislodge the extrem-ist militants from their lastmajor stronghold in Iraq.

Mosul, 400 km north ofIraq’s capital Baghdad, cameunder IS control in June 2014,when government forces aban-doned their weapons and fled,enabling IS militants to takecontrol of parts of Iraq’s north-ern and western regions.

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US Secretary of State RexTillerson arrived in Qatar

on Tuesday for talks on theGulf diplomatic crisis as leaksof secret agreements betweenregional powers triggered freshtensions.

Hopes of a resolution to thefive-week crisis seem increas-ingly remote as Tillerson’s arrivalin Doha was overshadowed bythe publication of confidentialagreements between Qatar andother Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) states in which all sideshad pledged to combat terrorfunding and avoid interferencein other states.

Publication of the accords,dated 2013 and 2014, causedboth sides in the deadlockeddispute to launch a fresh roundof mutual accusations over tiesto Islamist extremist groups.

Tillerson arrived in Kuwaiton Monday and will visit region-al powerhouse, and longtime USally, Saudi Arabia before leavingthe Gulf Thursday.

Kuwait has emerged as themain mediator in the conflict

between Qatar and a group ofArab states, led by SaudiArabia, over allegations Dohawas too close to both Islamistextremists and Shiite Iran.

Tillerson is due to meetQatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim binHamad Al-Thani in Dohabefore returning to Kuwaitlater today.

Tillerson does not appearhopeful of an imminent solu-tion to the Gulf crisis, theworst to hit the GCC since itsestablishment in 1981.

The US State Departmenthas warned the crisis could lastmonths. “We’ve had one roundof exchanges and dialogue anddidn’t advance the ball,” saidadviser RC Hammond.

“We will work with Kuwaitand see if we can hash out a dif-ferent strategy.”

Kuwait, the United Statesand Britain issued a joint state-ment following yesterday’stalks, appealing to the Gulf foes“to quickly contain the currentcrisis and resolve it at the ear-liest through dialogue,” accord-ing to a statement cited by theKUNA news agency.

Islamabad: Pakistan PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif ’s daugh-ter Maryam Nawaz has beenaccused of submitting tam-pered documents by the jointinvestigation team whichprobed the Panamagate graftcase against her family.

On Monday, the six-mem-ber Joint Investigation Team(JIT) that probed the Shariffamily’s business dealingsfound that his family was liv-ing beyond the known meansof income and recommendedlaunching a corruption case.

In its report submitted tothe apex court, the JIT recom-mended that a corruption caseshould be filed against Sharifand his sons Hassan Nawaz andHussain Nawaz, as well asdaughter Maryam, under theNational Accountability Bureau(NAB) ordinance 1999.

It also accused thatMaryam provided the probeteam “fake/falsified docu-ments”, which is a criminaloffence under Pakistan laws.

It is an additional charge

against her besides having“assets disproportionate andbeyond means of knownsources of income”.

The JIT further said thatMaryam, her brothers Hussainand Hassan and husbandMohammad Safdar signed fal-sified documents to mislead theapex court.

Maryam had rejected thereport, saying, “JIT reportREJECTED. Every contradictionwill not only be contested butdecimated in SC. NOT a pennyof public exchequer involved.”

Maryam, 43, is beinggroomed to succeed her fatherand the charges may seriouslyimpede her ambitions.

However, her fate is close-ly tied with that of her fatherwho along with the two sonsand daughter may face formalcorruption case.

Last year, the PanamaPapers revealed that three ofPrime Minister Sharif ’s childrenowned offshore companies andassets not shown on his family’swealth statement. PTI

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Embattled Pakistan PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif on

Tuesday met his close aides tochalk out a strategy to dealwith the legal and politicalimplications of the damningreport by a probe panel on thePanamagate scandal that rec-ommended filing of a cor-ruption case against him.

The six-member JointInvestigation Team (JIT) thatprobed the Sharif family’sbusiness dealings in its 10-volume report submitted tothe apex court recommendedthat a corruption case should be f i led against Sharif and his sons HassanNawaz and Hussain Nawaz, aswell as daughter Maryam Nawaz, under the National Accountabil ityBureau (NAB) ordinance1999.

The report found Sharifand his children to be “livingbeyond the known means ofincome”.

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Chinese experts have warnedIndia not to further dam-

age ties with China by encour-aging Tibetan separatistsbecause of the border row.

“India should properlymanage ‘Tibet independence’forces on its soil and avoidusing them as a bargaining chipwith China,” the state-runGlobal Times quoted unnamedChinese experts as saying.

The warning came after thehead of the Tibetan“Government in exile”, LobsangSangay, hoisted a “Tibetanflag”, which China sees as asymbol of “Tibet indepen-

dence”, beside Pangong Lake inLadakh.

The Chinese daily said:“India has previously discour-aged such ‘political activities’ byTibetan separatists.”

“Sangay’s behaviour is like-ly to have the IndianGovernment’s permission orblessings,” Qian Feng, an expertat the Chinese Association forSouth Asian Studies, told theGlobal Times.

Hu Zhiyong, a researchfellow at the ShanghaiAcademy of Social Sciences,added that this action byTibetans “might worsen the sit-uation and further damageSino-Indian relations”.

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The stand-off between Indiaand China soldiers in the

Dokalam area could be part ofChina’s “salami-slicing” tacticsof making “inch-by-inch”changes to the status quo toslowly gain a strategic mile, atop American expert has said.

China and India have beenengaged in a standoff in theDokalam area of the Sikkim sec-tor near the Bhutan tri-junctionfor over three weeks after aChinese Army’s constructionparty attempted to build a road.

“I am concerned about thestandoff on the border, as obvi-ously are so many in India,”Alyssa Ayres, said a formerState Department official underthe Obama administration.

Currently a senior fellowfor India, Pakistan, and SouthAsia at the Council on ForeignRelations, Ayres said this formsa part of the larger Chinese tac-tics as seen in the disputedSouth China Sea.

She said this was a newexample of China looking totake “a tactical inch over andover again to slowly gain astrategic mile”.

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China on Tuesday said itshouldn’t be held respon-

sible alone for solving theNorth Korean nuclear standoff,and accused other countries ofshirking their responsibilities inthe effort to reduce tensions.

The complaints, made inunusually strident language,follow a phone conversationbetween President Xi Jinpingand US President DonaldTrump earlier this month inwhich the Chinese leaderwarned of “some negative fac-tors” that were harming China-US relations, indicating rela-tions between the two countrieshad hit a rough patch aftersome initial optimism.

Foreign ministryspokesman Geng Shuang toldreporters Tuesday that Chinawas upholding its obligationsunder United Nations resolu-tions on North Korea, whileother countries were fanning thecrisis while damaging China’sinterests by their actions.

“China is not to be blamedfor the current escalation of ten-

sion, nor does China hold thekey to resolve the issue,” Gengsaid at a daily news briefing.

“If China is striving to putout the fire, while the others arefuelling the flame ... How canChina’s efforts achieve expect-ed outcomes? How can the ten-sion be eased? How can theKorean Peninsula nuclear issuebe resolved?” Geng said.

Saying some unidentifiedparties were circulating the“China responsibility theory,”Geng said they were operatingwith “ulterior motivations” andsought to shrug off their ownresponsibilities.

“Absolving oneself ofresponsibility is not OK.Tearing down bridges aftercrossing the river is not OK.Stabbing in the back is even lessOK,” Geng said.

China is North Korea’sonly major diplomatic ally andeconomic partner, and the USand others have called onBeijing to use whatever lever-age it has to pressure NorthKorea into curbing nucleartests and missile launches thatviolate UN sanctions.

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British Prime MinisterTheresa May said on

Tuesday that she has to win a“battle of ideas” in Parliamentand the country after losing hermajority in last month’s election.

In a speech both concilia-tory and defiant, May urgedher political opponents tocontribute their “views andideas” to help shapeGovernment policy.

May spoke nearly a yearafter taking office, and just overa month after she suffered asetback from voters in a June 8snap election.

She acknowledged that theelection result was “not what Iwanted,” but said she remainedcommitted to building a fairerBritain as the country leaves theEuropean Union.

May was speaking at thelaunch of a report on how toguarantee protections for thegrowing number of workers inthe “gig economy.”

May became prime minis-ter on July 13, 2016 through aConservative Party leadershipcontest after predecessor DavidCameron resigned when votersdecided, against his advice, toquit the EU.

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All 16 troops aboard aMarine Corps air refuelling

and transport aircraft werekilled when the plane crashed ina field in rural Mississippi, offi-cials confirmed on Tuesday.Authorities provided few detailson what went wrong, or thenature of the Marines’ mission.

The KC-130, an air refu-elling aircraft that can alsocarry troops and cargo, took offfrom a Marine Corps air baseat Cherry Point, North Carolinaon Monday and disappearedfrom radar over Mississippi,crashing in the late afternoon.

“A Marine Corps KC-130transport aircraft crashed inLeFlore County, Mississippi, onJuly 10 at approximately 4:00pm CDT (2100 GMT), claim-ing the lives of 16 servicemembers,” the Marine Corpssaid in a statement.

The cause of the crash isunder investigation.

US President DonaldTrump, in a tweet, said the newswas “heartbreaking.” “Melaniaand I send our deepest condo-lences to all!” he added.

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Washington: Donald TrumpJr was told that material onHillary Clinton offered by aRussian lawyer was part ofMoscow’s effort to help hisfather’s election campaign, theNew York Times has said.

Publicist Rob Goldstone,who arranged the June 2016meeting with the lawyer, statedthis in an email, it reported.

But the lawyer, NataliaVeselnitskaya, told NBC onTuesday she never had any sen-sitive information on Clinton. USofficials are investigating allegedRussian meddling in the US elec-tion. Separately on Tuesday,Russian officials said Moscowwas ready to expel 30 US diplo-mats and seize US state proper-ty in retaliation for sanctionsimposed by Barack Obama overRussian hacking of DemocraticParty computers.

The paper reports that threepeople with knowledge of theGoldstone email said it indicat-ed the Russian Government wasthe source of the potentiallydamaging information onClinton. But the paper says there

was no mention in the email ofany wider effort by the RussianGovernment to interfere in theelection, nor was there any indi-cation of a link to the hackingattack on the Democratic Partythat was first reported a weekafter the meeting.

Goldstone has previouslydenied any knowledge ofinvolvement by the RussianGovernment.

Adam Schiff, the topDemocrat on the HouseIntelligence Committee, toldMSNBC that the New YorkTimes report was “a very seriousdevelopment”. “It all warrantsthorough investigation. Everyonewho was in that meeting oughtto come before our committee.”

Trump Jr’s statement on thematter on Sunday did not indi-cate he had been told of anyRussian Government involve-ment. Lawyer Alan Futerfas,hired by Trump Jr to representhim in the Russia-related inves-tigations, described reports of themeeting as “much ado aboutnothing” and said his client haddone nothing wrong. Agencies

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ued today in Mosul, a day afterIraq’s Prime Minister declared“total victory” over the IslamicState group and at least oneairstrike hit the Old City neigh-bourhood that was the scene ofthe fierce battle’s final days. Aplume of smoke rose into the airfrom the strike as ISIS mortarshells landed near Iraqi positionsand heavy gunfire could beheard on the western edge of theOld City. AP

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Clearly, the situation in WestBengal is spiralling out ofcontrol and deteriorating bythe day. The recent spate ofmob violence and the pogrom

unleashed against the Hindus of Basirhat,Baduria and the adjoining areas in theState’s North 24 Parganas is a starkexample of how West Bengal is rapidlychanging under the insensitive andauthoritarian administration run byMamata Banerjee and her rag-tag partycalled the Trinamool Congress.

What makes the Basirhat cycle ofevents even more shocking, though notsurprising, is the involvement and abet-ment in the violence of TrinamoolCongress leaders of the area, who eitherdid nothing to prevent the conflagrationor sided with the blood baying mobs andensured that the Hindus of the area — allbelonging to the Scheduled Caste andScheduled Tribe communities — wereterrorised and forced to flee by abandon-ing their home and hearth.

Most of the usually vocal intellectu-als of Bengal, those who keep promotingletter and signature campaigns againstvarious causes, those who keep engineer-ing grievances so that they can highlightthem not in their name, have beenstrangely silent for this entire past week,when Hindus of that area were batteredby the ruling party’s cadres, anti-socialsand cadres of the Jamaat and other out-fits. Either they have not really followedwhat is happening, which is unlikely inthis age of information of explosion —most of them would not, however, per-haps know what Basirhat looks like — orby habit they keep silent when Hindus areattacked because protesting against thatwould cost them very dear (they dare notjeopardize their well-oiled and well-provided for existence just for a few criesfrom a few villages) especially if thesehappen to be Hindu voices. Also, suchprotests have no international takers anddo not offer scope for foreign jaunts!

While shops were gutted, places ofworship vandalised and women andchildren threatened, all that MamataBanerjee and her Ma-Maati-ManushGovernment did was to twiddle itsthumb, prevent the police from takingany action and make sure that theCentral forces, that were in the first placeasked to be deployed by the StateGovernment itself, were prevented fromreaching the spot. Such deliberate inac-tion, conniving silence and plannedconspiracy to create disturbances in theregion have clearly proved that the rul-ing Trinamool Congress, its cadres andhenchmen are clearly part of this organised violence.

In fact the present Government in

West Bengal, is a Government of lumpens,for lumpens and by lumpens. Its head, theState’s Chief Minister, has all but forgot-ten that she was given the mandate andreturned to power as a representative of allsections of the people. In the last six yearsor so that she has been in power, MamataBanerjee has completely ignored thatdimension of her mandate; she hasunabashedly and shamelessly pandered tominorityism and resorted to appeasementpolitics; has encouraged and given a freereign to political and religious lumpensrepresented by her intemperate partycadres and venom-spewing and rabble-rousing mullahs whose only duty has beento corner the Hindus of the State, gener-ate a fear psychosis among them, threat-en them and subject them to mob violenceand to abuse Prime Minister NarendraModi with the active support and blessingsof the State’s Chief Minister and a num-ber of her Ministers as well. Her party lead-ers threaten with dire consequences any-one who protests or is seen to turnaround and resist.

In Mamata’s Bengal, the BengaliHindu, especially one belonging to themarginaliased sections, has really noplace, it seems. While the Chief Ministergoes to foreign climes to receive someaward and waxes eloquent of her effortsto develop the State, while she jauntsaround the country teaching everyone thevirtues of secularism, of Oppositionunity and other such gaseous theories, the

majority section of her State is given a rawdeal, and in that those who do not toe herpolitical line and are not chained to herparty, face the most acute discriminationand retribution.

This pattern of violence that WestBengal has been increasingly subjectedtoo, especially since the Mamata Banerjeedispensation took over, has an interest-ing commonality. Though one can neverabsolve the communists for the kind ofdevastation that they had wreaked on thestate, if one were to examine these inci-dents from the past, in 2010 for exam-ple, under the Left Front regime, whenthe Deganga pogrom took place and theHindus were prevented from holdingtheir Durga Puja in the area and theirlives disrupted, the clear support and con-nivance of the local Trinamool CongressMP emerged, be it the blasts atKhagragarh, the violence in Kaliachak,the pogrom in Dhulagarh and nowBasirhat. The local Trinamool leadershave always been involved.

In March 2013, a massive publicmeeting was organised in the KolkataMaidan against the War Crime trials inBangladesh and in support of theRazakars, and it was a TrinamoolCongress leader who was at the forefrontof this massive and abusive demonstra-tion. While the local leaders connive andengineer violence and play around withour national security, Mamata Banerjee,despite knowing the situation, looks the

other way; ignores these repeated occur-rences; abuses the Central agencies, theUnion Government and looks upon theexpression of concern and protests as aconspiracy to destabilise her Governmentin the State.

But perhaps the tide is beginning toturn now, and people are gradually see-ing through her betrayal of their aspira-tion. Her anxiousness to protect her holdon that section of the population bywhose votes she thinks she has come topower and will continue to remain inpower, has blinded her to the crying needfor protecting the vast majority in theState, for whom and in whose name theState was created seventy years ago.

Such a taking for granted attitude willof course take its toll, especially when thislarge and silently suffering section realis-es that its future is in peril. Then, noamount of coaxing and false promiseswill lull them once that awakening starts.The fight for survival, the fight for asecured existence does give great strengthand tenacity to a cornered people. Whilethat resistance will gradually build up,Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is clear-ly failing to control and tame the mon-sters that she has unleashed in the Statein the name of a utopian poriborton.Untamed, unleashed and hungry mon-sters can eventually turn around and con-sume anyone, they have no masters…

(The writer is director, Dr SyamaPrasad Mookerjee Research Foundation)�

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Sir — The stand-off between Indiaand China near the Sikkim borderat Dokalam is unfortunate, but thepleasant manner in which PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChinese President Xi Jinping had aninformal talk at the G20 summit atHamburg is an indication that bilat-eral dialogue in a cordial atmospherecan be possible even now.

However, national security andterritorial integrity is closely linkedto foreign policy. Beijing is unwill-ing to admit that it has built roadsand other infrastructure projects ina region which is disputed betweenChina and Bhutan. So, the stand-offbetween India and China, as of now,is unresolved. The IndianGovernment must act prudently soas to deescalate the border con-frontation at Dokalam.

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Unique solutions to emerging chal-lenges” (July 10) by Karan Thakur.The writer has drawn the attentiontowards the care of elderly people.First, the expectancy of life hasincreased by 10 years in the last twodecades. Children born in 2015 canbe expected to live till 71.4 years. Thefigure of Indians over the age of 60years, has hit 18.6 per cent.

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institutional arrangements and pro-fessional management by theGovernment. The lower middleclass especially, which is unable toafford costly treatment, needs addi-tional care.

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Basirhat riot not a freak distur-bance” (July 9) by Swapan Dasgupta.Even if West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee is accepted to besoft towards minorities for vote-bank considerations there is no jus-tification for spreading ‘hate’ crimesaimed at the Hindu population.

It is time our politicianschange themselves to practiceprincipled politics to allow peopleto turn the tide themselvesthrough self-realisation. Moreshocking is intellectuals and tele-vision channels taking sidestowards the objective of certaingains. Wrestling for power has tobe restrained.

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The world is heading from amiserable to a far more mis-erable state due to excess

greed. Cross-border terrorism,trade barriers, talent poaching,wanton destruction of nature, proxywars for selling weapons, control-ling developing nations’ naturalresources through proxy rulers,fraudulent means to erode banking assets and releasing harm-ful virus to increase the sale of vac-cines etc, show the progressivedegeneration of the so-calledcivilised global community.

Former President of the UnitedStates, Barack Obama, after theLehman’s Brothers’ collapse in 2008,said that greed is the reason for thecollapse of the financial sector.

The main reason for deaths, dis-eases, destruction and hunger ispsychological in nature which canbe addressed by yoga.

Indeed, yoga can work as anelixir for an integrated growth ofhuman personality, who are theone’s responsible to put the humancivilisation back on the track. Indiais a country which is known for itsancient civilisational ethos of vasud-haiva kutumbakam. It is a countrywhere a hungry child lovinglyshares his bread with a hungrystreet dog. But today, it has shedmuch of its finer human emotion:Love, fellow feelings, pity and val-our. The country’s inherent prob-lem is not with the lack of resourcesbut with deliverance. And deliver-ance comes when mind and bodyworks in harmony to return to thesociety its due.

To this end, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s strong publicappeal has made International YogaDay a roaring success. His appealhas gone beyond caste, creed andreligion, to bind people in yoga

sutra. Even soldiers at Kargil andNavy personnel in deep sea per-formed yoga on International YogaDay which was celebrated this yearon June 21.

However, despite the nation-wide celebration, the number ofyoga practitioners has not gone up.Majority of schools, offices and col-leges, which had rolled out the matto practice yoga on theInternational Yoga day, have neverdone it again after the event. Thisis the difference between Indiansand people living in Western coun-tries. It is the degree of honesty, dis-cipline and commitment that differ-entiate developing nations fromthe developed nations.

Yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, hasworked relentlessly to inspire mil-lions of people across the world todo yoga and pranayama every day.He has proved that yoga andAyurveda can not only increase pro-ductivity but it can also generaterevenue and employment.

Over the years, the spiritualproduct, yoga, has become the

most sought after commodity in theglobal market. Today, around70,000 teachers in North Americainstruct yoga to an estimated 30million people.

The demand for yoga studiosacross the world is so high that ithas become the hot pursuit ofcommercial real-estate giants. In thecorporate world too, yoga has beenrecognised as an effective stressmanagement tool and an elixir forenhancing productivity.

In the US, corporate yoga prac-tice is growing faster than shoppingmalls. Government organisations,police departments, military bases,therapists, both mental and physi-cal, school teachers and even themedia people are the main targetgroups for yoga.

Yoga instructors are as expen-sive as a management graduate,earning $100 to $150 per class (usu-ally for an hour) per person. Theincome increases manifold in thecorporate environment.

According to a market surveyby a yoga journal, yoga has now

become a $30-billion business in theUS, including accessories, equip-ment, yoga guides and DVDs. Anaverage yoga practitioner in the USspends around $1,500 every year.Americans spend $2.95 billion ayear on yoga classes and products.

According to the study, 7.5 percent of American adults practiceyoga every year. Further, the surveystates that one in seven non-prac-titioners in the US is interested inpracticing yoga within the next twoyears. Also, the number of yogapractitioners increased by 53 percent from 2006 to 2016 in the US.It is estimated to grow at 50 per centper annum in the next five years.

On the other hand, in Asia,yoga has become a booming busi-ness. In at least 20 countries, it hasgrown to $800 million business size.It has become a national craze in Singapore.

According to a survey by theSingapore Sport Council, some55,000 people practised yoga out ofthe island-nation’s four millionpopulation. The number has

crossed thee lakh today. growingpollution levels in urban centres inAsian countries let people take toyoga for healthy life.

European countries take specialinterest in yoga to increase produc-tivity. Today, every small urban cen-ter in Germany has a yoga school.Simultaneously, growing interestfor yoga among the world commu-nity has opened up opportunitiesfor Indian yoga instructors towork in foreign countries.

It is a good sign that peopleworld over are striving to counterthe aggressive robotisation ofhuman life. India can have qualityyoga universities in ancient citieslike Ujjain, Puri, Ayodhya, LehLadakh and Bellur or any other suit-able place to meet the globaldemand for yoga teachers.

When the developed nationshave already internalised yoga in asystematic manner, India has mademuch delay in making yoga a partof Indian way of life.

(The writer is a freelance commentator)

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June 23 marked the 260thanniversary of the Battle ofPlassey which led to the cessa-tion of centuries-old Muslimrule in Bengal. August 15

would mark 70th anniversary of thevivisection of Bengal as part of par-tition of India. By that process twothird of Bengal had reverted to per-manent Muslim hegemony.

There is something sinister aboutthe Basirhat riots erupting betweenthe two anniversaries. It rings alarmbells for West Bengal conceived asthe last refuge and save haven for theBengali Hindus.

Incidentally, the death anniver-sary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee(1901-1953), the conceiver of WestBengal, also falls on June 23. It coin-cides with the anniversary of Plassey,an event of great political signifi-cance. It led to the establishment ofthe British empire and flowering ofBengal Renaissance. Contrastingly, inMookerjee’s death, Bengal lost thelast in the series of notable person-alities who recognised that Hindusof Bengal have an inalienable rightto exist in peace.

An office at 162, BB GangulyStreet, Kolkata is all that left of hisoriginal party viz The AkhilBharatiya Hindu Mahasabha walk onthe long BB Ganguly Street and askeveryone from the oldest opticianshop to Bihari porter to juicewala ifthey know where exactly the HinduMahasabha Bhavan is located. Theywould wonder if that is a school,temple or Marwari guest house thatsymbolically reveals how the Hinducause had lost currency in the Stateof West Bengal.

The best part of Basirhat riot isthat the Hindu plight in West Bengalis now exposed. For years a myth hadbeen sedulously cultivated that WestBengal had no communal prob-lems. This is despite the fact thatMuslims are one-fourth of the State’spopulation. The West Bengal mediabecame a partner in this conspiracyof silence.

This is not in consonance withthe history of the State. The All-IndiaMuslim League was formed inDhaka in 1906. Even prior to thatSyed Ameeer Ali (1849-1928) found-ed the National MohammadanAssociation in Calcutta. The body setthe tone for communalism in poli-tics by refusing to cooperate with theIndian National Association estab-lished in 1876 and formed bySurendranath Banerjee. UndividedBengal had seen some worse com-munal riots including infamous onesduring April, May and October,1926, Direct Action Day on August16, 1946, and Noakhali Riots inOctober 1946. West Bengal also sawcommunal r iots during 1950

and in 1964.The tendency to deny existence

of communal clashes is perhaps alegacy of the long Communist rulein Bengal. The Communists wereaverse to making religion a publicissue. The party of workers and peas-ants were actually ruled by Bengalibhadralok who did not want toappear as Neanderthal beings byspeaking of ‘communal riots’. Theyposed as if the State was living inpost-religious identity era.

Actually, they knew best abouttheir pretensions. But somehow theview that religion did not matterseeped into the Bengali bhadralokintelligentsia. There could not beanything more hypocritical as theirprivate behaviour would not corre-spond to public posturing. Onecould not blame the Communists(and their Progressive fellow travel-ers) alone who officially did notbelieve in a religion.

Ramakrishna Math andRamakrishna Mission, with itsemphasis on jato mat tato path (Asmany thoughts so many ways) alsomade Hindus insensitive to creepingdanger of jihad. It would have beenbetter if the mission had inspiredHindus to actually study the Quran,the Hadith and Islamic history tofind out what was what. The sublimeand absurd ways of denying Islamicthreat collaborated to design a dan-gerous fate for West Bengal.

West Bengal was mostly in thenews for ‘political clashes’. At times,some of them pitted villages againstvillages. My friend Advocate Joydeep

Sen (around 2004) taught me toscratch the surface. Many of thepolitical clashes were actually com-munal conflicts.

In various parts of West Bengal,the two communities were livingunder the umbrella of different par-ties. A clash between the All IndiaForward Bloc and Communist Partyof India (Marxist), CPI(M) both con-stituents in the Left front could actu-ally be because of communal reasons.In May, 2008 the village house ofSubhas Naskar of RevolutionarySocialist Party, a Left front Minister,was bombed by CPI(M) cadres atBasanti, South 24 Parganas. Thewife of the Minister’s nephew vizGouri Naskar succumbed to burnwounds. The reality is that allCPI(M) assailants were actuallyMuslim goons. Could it be consid-ered a secular attack because insteadof green banner of Islam they wereholding the red banner of CPI(M)?

The advent of the All IndiaTrinamool Congress (AITMC) gavea fillip to Islamic consolidation onexpected lines. The loose structureof the party, as against cadre basedas the CPI(M), makes it vulnerableto various kinds of predatory forces.Recently, members of syndicate(construction mafia) trooped intohouse of Sugata Bose, TrinamoolMember of Parliament in the LokSabha to extort their share. The king-pin of that local mafia is one BharatJana, a Group D Railway employee,who reportedly runs his empirefrom the Trinamool Congress(TMC) office in Ward 69. Thus,

AITMC is becoming victim of itsown success.

While other predatory forcesare actuated by personal interests, theIslamists are fired by religious inter-ests. They are the most organised.They are merely using TMC asmedium as they had used CPI(M) inthe past to achieve Islamic hegemo-ny. No wonder many goons likeShahjahan Sheikh, Abdul BarikBiswas etc jumped the ship fromCPI(M) to TMC during poribortan of 2011.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)in West Bengal is in no better shape.To be honest, the party has nounderstanding of history of theprovince. Their aim is to cornerMamata Banerjee politically offeringno solution to the Islamic menace.Like the Congress in pre-indepen-dent era that attributed Muslimproblem to ‘divide and rule’ of theBritish (as though everything washunky dory prior to British inva-sion), the BJP in West Bengal wishto attribute it to TMC and the CPI(M) rules.

In undivided Bengal Muslimshad a 55-45 majority against theHindus. The Hindus were thusminority, though more educatedand prosperous. The partition leftIndia with one-third of Bengal.Appeasement of Muslims as ‘minor-ity’ is ironic. They have alreadydecamped with two-third of Bengal.The rest one-third stands truly seriously challenged.

(The writer is a socio-politicalcommentator)

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Cancelling all his priorappointments, Gujarat

Chief Minister Vijay Rupanirushed Surat airport onTuesday to receive dead bodiesof the seven Amarnath pilgrimswho were killed by terrorists inJammu & Kashmir on Mondaynight and declared compensa-tion to victims’ family membersas well as injured pilgrims.

Accompanied by DeputyCM Nitin Patel and GujaratBJP president Jitu Vaghani,Rupani said that the GujaratGovernment would give �10lakh to kin of the AmarnathYatra pilgrims and �2 lakh tothose who got injured in theterror attack. In the morning aspecial Indian Air Force aircraftlanded from J&K with 51 pil-grims along with dead bodiesof seven pilgrims killed in theattack. Among the pilgrims

arrived 17 were injured.Sources at the Surat airport

informed that in the terrorattack out of the seven deceasedsix were women. Of those killedby terrorists, five were fromGujarat and two from neigh-bouring Maharashtra. UshaSonkar and Nirmala Sonkar

were from Maharashtra andother five including HasubenPatel, Surekha Patel, LaxmibenPatel, Champaben Prajapatiand Ratilal Patel were fromSouth Gujarat and neighbour-ing Union Territory Daman. Ofthe 17 injured eight belong toMaharashtra and others from

Gujarat, though all were trav-elling from the same bus whichwas attacked by radicals.

As the flight from Srinagararrived, the volunteers madearrangements to send the bod-ies to their families as around20 ambulances were alreadydeployed outside Surat airport.Coordinator of the bus attackedby the terrorists, 24-year-oldHarsh Desai too inured. Desaiwas the first person to come outfrom IAF plane. Security in andaround the Surat airportenhanced to prevent any sort ofpanic as large number of peo-ple throng from the placesacross South Gujarat, Damanand Maharashtra from wherethe pilgrims belong.

‘’The injured pilgrims wereshifted to hospitals in Surat.The State Government willtake care of their expenses,’’ saidDeputy CM Patel, adding thatthe Gujarat Government hasactivated helplines for infor-mation on Amarnath Yatrapilgrims. The 40-day longAmarnath pilgrimage startedfrom June 29 and will end onAugust 7. Already 1.40 lakh pil-grims reached the cave shrine.Large chunk of pilgrims arefrom Gujarat.

Meanwhile, protests werestaged at various places acrossthe State to condemn the inci-dent of attack on innocent pil-grims. In Ahmedabad, Muslimsfrom minority dominatedJuhapura locality came out inprotest, demanding strict actionagainst Pakistan for supportingterror. They raised slogansagainst Pakistan and displayedplacards expressing oppositionto attack. The right wing organ-isations as Vishwa HinduParishad and Bajrang Dal tootook out protest marches inRajkot, Jamnagar and Valsad inSouth Gujarat, against theattack, burning symbolic effi-gies of terrorists and raising slo-gans against Pakistan.

An Ahmedabad based touroperator Manish Sharma saidthat despite terrorist attack,Amarnath bound pilgrims fromthe city are willing to travelJammu & Kashmir and therehas been no cancellation foralready booked tours. Grievingfamily members of the deceasedassembled at the Surat airportdemanded strict action againstthe terrorist. In fact some ofthem demanded military rulein the terror prone State to curbany such incidents in future.

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BJP president Amit Shah aswell as NDA’s presidential

candidate Ram Nath Kovindcancelled their visit to Gujaratfollowing the terror attack ofAmarnath pilgrims. Shah was toaddress a huge rally of page-presidents from north Gujarat’snine districts in the State capi-tal Gandhinagar on Tuesday.Apart from the rally, he was toaddress gathering of co-opera-tive leaders. In the case ofKovind, he was to meet BJPMLAs as well as MPs atSwarnim Sankul, which housesGujarat Chief Minister’s Officein presence of Shah in connec-tion with the upcoming presi-dential polls. Sources in GujaratBJP said that the new dates forthe both the leaders visit will bedeclared in near future.

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Exhibiting grief over the bru-tal killings of Amarnath pil-

grims by terrorists, MamataBanerjee on Tuesday camestraight to political businesscondemning the Narendra ModiGovernment for its “failure toprotect the lives of the Yatris.”

The Bengal Chief Minister,who was addressing a publicmeeting near Digha in EastMidnapore, claimed that she“feel bad today” as “evenAmarnath Yatris are beingkilled,” and then launched ascathing attack on the ModiGovernment saying “thisCentral Government can’t giveprotection to its people.” This“Government is a complete

failure.”Pouring loads of venom

that she apparently collectedfrom the widespread criticismof her Government’s allegedfailure to tackle situations inDarjeeling and Basirhat,Banerjee said, “the only thingthis Government can do is todivide the people of the coun-try along communal and castelines. They set Hindus againstMuslims and vise versa, theyinstigate this caste against thatfor political gains,” warning “itis easy to ignite fires but verydifficult to douse the flames.”

Alleging that the BJPGovernment was hatching adeep-rooted conspiracy todivide the country along com-munal lines she said “India is

burning today from Kashmirto Kanyakumari” and added“everyone knows who isbehind the unrest inDarjeeling. They have setDarjeeling on fire but we willnot allow them to succeed inthe Hills.”

Darjeeling had for the pastone month been plagued by aviolent movement led by GorkhaJanmukti Morcha which hadbeen demanding a separate Stateof Gorkhaland. Referring to theGJM’s movement Banerjeewarned “those who are trying tocreate mischief in Darjeeling atthe behest of outsiders shouldkeep in mind that I will neverallow Bengal to be divided onceagain and those creating troublethere will have to face the law.”

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An atmosphere of shock andgrief enveloped Dahanu

town in Maharashtra’s Palghardistrict, as hundreds of peoplebade an emotional adieu to thetwo elderly women killed inMonday’s dastardly terroristattack on a bus carryingAmarnath Yatris in Jammu &Kashmir at a sombre funeralheld on Tuesday night.

The bodies of NirmalaThakur (53) and Usha Sonkar(54) arrived at Surat in neigh-bouring Gujarat from Srinagarby an IAF aircraft earlier in theevening and were subsequent-ly air-lifted by a special heli-copter arranged by theMaharashtra Government totheir hometown of Dahanuwhere thousands of peopleturned out at their homes tohave last glimpse of the twodeparted pilgrims.

Both Nirmala and Usha,residents of Dahanu town andthe nearby Ashagad villagerespectively, were crematedtogether at Dahanu on Tuesdaynight.

Palghar district guardianMinister Vishnu Sawra, localMLAs Manisha Chowdharyand Pascal Dhanare wereamong the mourners who paidtheir last respect to the depart-

ed pilgrims.The Maharashtra

Government had earlier in theday announced an ex-gratia of�10 each to the bereaved fam-ilies. The compensationcheques were handed over tothe members of the bereavedfamilies soon after the funeral.

Both Thakur and Sonkarfamilies are still come to termswith the passing away ofNirmala and Usha. “My wifewas keen on going forAmarnath yatra. I could notaccompany her because I hadsome work to attend to... Wegot a call from authorities in themorning. I can just notbelieve that she is no longerwith us,” Usha’s husbandMohanlal Sonkar said.

“She was our lone sisteramong seven brothers. Shewas a mother to 4 girls, threeof whom are married, and ason. My sister was a Godfearing woman, Usha’s brother Guddu Sonkar said.

Expressing his shockover the death of his moth-er, Nirmala’s 30-year-oldPradip Thakur said, “Mymother used to go for pil-grimages every year and thisyear she decided to go forAmarnath yatra. We expect-ed her to return safely. But,

I did not realise that a man-made tragedy would take heraway from our lives”.

“I am told my mother wassitting in a window seat and shebecame the direct target for theterrorists. My mausiBhagyamani, also a Dahanuresident, was sitting next mymother in the bus. She sus-tained injuries on her legbecause of the broken glasssplinters,” Bharat said.

Nirmala’s husband, BharatThakur (60) closed down thefamily’s milk dairy business afew years ago. He now leads aretired life.

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Less than 24 hours after ter-rorists targeted Amarnath

pilgrims and killed seven ofthem in Anantnag, ‘fearless’Shiv bhakts continue to makea beeline outside the yatriniwas in Jammu to enrollthemselves for the yatra.

Chanting slogans eulogis-ing ‘Lord Shiva’ spirited pil-grims showed no signs of fearwhile waiting for their turn inthe serpentine queue to gainaccess inside the base camp.

The atmosphere inside thecamp was spiritually charged up.Hundreds of pilgrims occupy-ing their corners were engagedin preparations ahead of under-taking the holy trek than wor-rying about their own safety.

“We are followers of ‘LordShiva and have been visitingholy cave shrine for past severalyears. We have no fears what so

ever on our mind. We are onlywaiting for our turn to start ourpilgrimage”, members of thelarge group from Junagarh,Gujarat told The Pioneer.

When asked whether theyare aware of the fact that ter-rorists had targeted Amarnathpilgrims one of the groupmembers said, “we came toknow about the gruesomeattack at one of the communitykitchens enroute Jammu”.

Even the policemendeployed on frisking duties atvarious check points had atough time dealing with enthu-siastic pilgrims as they wereseen jostling for space to gainentry inside the base camp.

At the time of the attack onAmrnath pilgrims more than3,000 pilgrims camping atJammu yatri niwas were gear-ing up for the last minutepreparations.

After the attack took placeinstead of suspending the yatrathe government decided to wentahead with more elaborate secu-rity arrangements to ensure safe-ty of pilgrims. A fresh batch of3289 pilgrims left Jammu at 3 amin the morning for Pahalgamand Baltal Yatra Base Camps.

So far more than 1.55 lakhpilgrims have performed dar-shan inside the holy cave sinceJune 29.

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Dubbing the killing ofAmarnath Yatra pilgrims

by terrorists as an “attack” onthe NDA Government at theCentre, the Shiv Sena onTuesday reminded PrimeMinister Narendra Modi of

the 10-point action plan tocounter terrorism unveiled byhim at the recent G20 summitand advised him to “avenge”Monday’s attack on “innocent”pilgrims.

Hours after Shiv Sena’sspokesperson Sanjay Rautcharged that the surgical strikesand demonetisation had not atall altered the situation in theState where terrorist activitieswere continuing as before, Senapresident Uddhav Thackerayslammed the Narenda ModiGovernment for its failure tocheck the recurring acts of ter-

rorism in the Valley.Alluding to the over-

whelming appreciation thatthe Prime Minister received atthe G20 summit from worldleaders for his 10-point actionplan to counter terrorism,Uddhav said: “In the past,when the CongressGovernment was at the Centre,the Amarnath Yatras wouldpass off peacefully. But, it is saidthat with HindutvadiGovernment at the Centre, wehave witnessed an attack on theAmarnath Yatra pilgrims”.

Uddhav also dared the

“self-styled” Gau Rakshaks”who were currently creating ahavoc across the country totake on the terrorists operatingin Jammu & Kashmir.

Earlier, the Sena spokesper-son said that the terrorists had,through their attack on a buscarrying Amarnath yatrapiligrams, had targeted Modi. “The surgical strike and thedemonetisation decision havehad no impact on the terrorists.The attack on Amarnath yatrapilgrims is an attack on theModi Government at theCentre. We do not want anydebate. We want theGovernment to avenge theattack. Both the BJP-ledGovernment at the Centre andthe Mehbooba MuftiGovernment in the state shoulddisplay their strength and actagainst terrorists firmly,” Raut said.

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houses washed away due to amassive landslide triggered byincessant rains at a remote vil-lage in Papum Pare district inArunachal Pradesh, officialssaid on Tuesday.

Arunachal Pradesh ChiefMinister Pema Khandu hasexpressed deep shock and griefover the reported submergenceof eight houses under debris

caused by a massive landslideat Laptap village under ToruCircle of Papum Pare districtthis afternoon.

Khandu immediately putthe district administration onalert and ordered urgent rescueoperation to evacuate probablesurvivors trapped inside thedebris and damaged houses. Healso asked the administrationto provide all necessary assis-tance like food, medicine etc. tothe affected victims and shiftthem to safer locations.

A Government spokesmansaid that while a medical teamwith life saving drugs has beendispatched, a police team led bytwo officers of DeputySuperintendent of Police rankhas already left for the village. “Athirty-five member NDRF teamhas already reached the spot andcarrying out rescue operationsalong with volunteers and vil-lagers of the area. Five dead bod-ies have been retrieved so farfrom the debris,” the spokesmansaid adding that search is on torescue other affected persons.

Additional police person-nel from Banderdewa are alsoon the way while SP Papum

Pare too has left for the spot tooversee the rescue operations.

Reiterating his ferventappeal to remain alert and shiftfrom vulnerable places, Khandusaid Arunachal Pradesh hasbeen at the receiving end ofnature’s fury every year. Thebest people can do is avoid vul-nerable places and stop ram-pant earth cutting and defor-estation, he added. The CMdirected the district adminis-tration to ensure that peopleresiding in vulnerable areas areimmediately shifted to saferlocations and provided with allbasic amenities at least till themonsoons recede.

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In a clear sign that BiharChief Minister Nitish Kumar

will give a long rope to hisDeputy Tejashwi Yadav, whohas been named in CBI FIR inthe hotel-for-land scandal, themuch-hyped meeting of seniorJD(U) leaders on Tuesday didnot call for the resignation ofRJD chief Lalu Prasad youngerson. At the same time, themeetings sent a loud messageto the RJD chief that NitishKumar’s stand of zero toleranceon corruption was unchanged.

In the post-meeting newsconference, the JD(U)spokespersons avoided even tak-ing name of the Tejashwi Yadav.After the marathon meeting ofthe JD(U) under Nitish Kumar,the team of party spokesmenfailed to say anything other thanthat the “person facing accusa-tion is expected to produce all thefactual evidence before the peo-ple and the media”.

They said that Nitishrepeatedly told the partymenthat his stand on crime andcorruption charges wasunchanged and he stronglypursued policy of zero toler-ance on these issues.

While senior JD(U) leaderRamai Ram said that Tejashwihas been given four days timeto explain his position, anoth-er spokesperson disownedRam’s claim.

The JD(U) didn’t advise theDeputy CM to resign eventhough Nitish Kumar has takenthe resignation of Jitan RamManjhi, Ramadhar Singh, RNSingh and some otherMinisters when cases surfacedagainst them.

“Let’s wait and see. Suchthings are not discussed inpublic,” said a senior JD(U)leader, adding, “if we startseeking resignation ofMinisters on the basis of FIR,the BJP will ensure that all ofthem are booked in some caseor other.”

The army of JD(U) spokes-men led by Neeraj Kumar quitthe Press conference in a huff

without taking any question.They even did not say whatthey mean by advising Tejashwito explain his position in ‘jana-ta ki adalat’ when no electionis forthcoming.

The RJD has already madeits position clear that Tejashwiwould not resign. Tejashwiwho did not attend office sinceFriday, when the CBI raidedthe residence where he liveswith his parents, remainedunfazed by the controversysourrounding him. He wasseen playing cricket and tellingsome tips to a kid at his resi-dence. He tweeted several pho-tographs, “Just play, have fun.Enjoy the game because sportsdon’t build character, theyreveal it.” In another tweet hesaid, “Just now nephew askedto play & train….”

Tejashwi has big interest incricket and was part of theDelhi Daredevil team in thefirst two seasons of the IPL.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasadwas away to Ranchi onTuesday to appear before theCBI court in connection withfodder scam cases. Before themedia he chuckled, “Bihar kirajniti poori tarah chaka chakhai”. The RJD leaders contin-ued coming to 10, CircularRoad residence to show theirsolidarity. State RJD presi-dent Ramchandra Purbe said,“Tejashwi has establishedhimself as a successfulMinister and no charge wasever leveled against him.There is no question of his res-ignation.” Senior RJD leaderRaghubandh Prasad Singhmade a similar statement.

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As Kerala was stunned onTuesday by the news of the

arrest and jailing of superstarDileep for the alleged conspir-acy behind the attack on aleading actress, several CPI(M)leaders including Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan and manyLeftist and Left-leaning filmpersonalities were seen revers-ing publicly the positions theyhad adopted earlier with respectto the plot behind the assaultand the actor’s alleged role in it.

Pinarayi, who had afterthe arrest on February 23 ofSunil Kumar, alias Pulsar Suni,head of the gang that hadattacked the actress, allegedlystated that there was no con-spiracy behind the incident,said on Tuesday, “What I saidthen was that the probe wouldcontinue. The priority at thatpoint of time was not for goingafter the conspiracy.”

The Opposition hadtermed the earlier statement ofPinarayi, also holding theHome portfolio, as an indirectinstruction to the police not togo after the conspiracy and con-spirators. On Tuesday, he triedto defend himself and the policeunder him by saying, “Thepriority of the probe team hasbeen to catch the culprits.”

State CPI(M) secretary

Kodiyeri Balakrishnan tried toput up strong defence forPinarayi. “The Chief Minister’searlier statement on conspira-cy was indeed appropriate.Otherwise, the culprits couldhave escaped,” he said.

Law Minister AK Balan ofthe CPI(M) also came out withstrong support for Pinarayi’s

Home Department by statingthat the Kerala Police hadbecome a model for all thepolice forces in the country inhandling conspiracy cases.“Nobody can save the accused(Dileep). No wrong-doer canescape law as far as theCPI(M)-led LDF Governmentis here,” he said.

The CPI(M)’s hectic effortsto justify itself and its ChiefMinister over the actress attackcase came amidst Opposition’scriticism that the HomeDepartment was forced to allowthe police to take action againstDileep after the demand for aCBI probe gained strength.

CPI(M) legislator MMukesh and KB GaneshKumar, MLA of LDF’s outsideally Kerala Congress (B), bothleading actors who had just twodays back vociferously defend-ed Dileep also were seen revers-ing their earlier positions andcoming down heavily on thearrested superstar.

Mukesh, Marxist MLAfrom Kollam, said, “I was mis-

led by Dileep’s own claims. Hetold me that he was innocentand I believed him like a broth-er. I am shocked. I have no sus-picions about the police’sprobe.” The actor-politician’sresponse came after Oppositionoutfits took out protest march-es to his office in Kollam.

Ganesh Kumar MLA, whohad defended the superstar theother day by saying that Dileepand the assaulted actress wereboth children of AMMA(Association of MalayalamMovie Artists) made a 360-degree turn on Tuesday to say,“(I) have asked AMMA to takestern action against the personwho has now been charged(with conspiracy) by the police.”

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Malayalam film superstarDileep, arrested on

Monday in connection withthe alleged conspiracy behindthe abduction and assault of aleading South Indian actress inFebruary, was on Tuesday sentto jail after a court remandedhim in judicial custody for 14days. Dileep would be given nospecial facilities at the Sub-Jailin Aluva, his hometown nearKochi, the police said.

The special team probingthe conspiracy behind theattack on the actress hadrecorded the arrest of the pop-ular actor late Monday eveningabout 12 hours after he wastaken into custody. His bailapplication is likely to be con-sidered by the Magistrate Courtin Angamaly on Wednesdaybut the police have applied forgetting him in their custody.

Dramatic scenes were wit-nessed at the residence of theMagistrate of the Angamalycourt where hundreds of peo-ple had assembled and werebooing Dileep and shoutingslogans at him as he wasbrought there. Dileep, also aleading film producer and dis-tributor, reportedly requestednot to send him to jail and

broke down when the magis-trate ordered his remand.

AMMA (Association ofMalayalam Movie Actors),which had till the other daydefended him, on Tuesdayremoved him as its treasurerand cancelled his primarymembership while the KeralaFilm Producers’ Association,Film Employees Federation ofKerala and an exhibitors’ out-fit he himself was leading alsoexpelled him.

“I am being crucified. I wastrapped. I have no fears as I havecommitted no wrong,” he toldnewsmen while he was beingtaken to the Sub-Jail in Aluva.However, the police, whocharged him with criminal con-spiracy in the actress attack case,said that they had collected sev-eral strong and irrefutable evi-dences against him.

The main charge againstDileep was that he had con-spired with Sunil Kumar aliasPulsar Suni, a hoodlum withclose links with him and theKerala film industry, to abductthe young actress and tormenther by physically and mental-ly offering him �1.5 crore forthe ‘quotation’. The conspiracy,according to the police, washatched in two stages and thefirst stage was in 2013.

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Kolkata: The Calcutta HighCourt on Tuesday sought anaffidavit from a responsibleofficer of the Centre detailingthe difficulties in replacing apart of the Central ArmedPolice Force deployed in therestive Darjeeling hills.

A Bench of acting ChiefJustice Nishita Mhatre andJustice T Chakraborty also askedthe West Bengal Government tofile another affidavit regardingdeployment of its own forces inDarjeeling hills to quell thecontinuing unrest over separatestatehood demand.

The Bench sought theiraffidavits by July 13 whileexpressing concern over thesufferings of people in stir-hitDarjeeling hills amid the ongo-ing tussle over replacement offorces, sought by the State for‘operational reasons’.

The division Benchexpressed concern at the con-tinuous closure of most schools

in the hills, including severalboarding schools where pupilsfrom all over the country andabroad study.

An indefinite bandh calledby Gorkha Janmukti Morcha,which is spearheading the vio-lent agitation demanding a sep-arate State for the hills people,

entered the 27th day on Tuesday.The matter will come up

for hearing again on July 14.The State has asked for

replacement of three companiesof SSB and three women com-panies of CRPF with six com-panies of male CRPF personnel,citing operational reasons. PTI

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Darjeeling (WB): The agitatorsdemanding a a separate State ofGorkhaland out of West Bengalon Tuesday decided to launchan indefinite hunger strikefrom July 15, while continuingwith the shutdown inDarjeeling hills.

The decision to start anadditional agitational measurewas taken in an all patty meet-ing here that lasted for over

four hours.Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

secretary Binay Tamang toldreporters after the meeting

that not only they would con-tinue the indefinite shutdown,but leaders of all hill partieswould start an indefinitehunger strike at Chowrasta

from July 15.The all-party meeting,

which witnessed heated argu-ments over the future strategyby the stakeholders, unani-mously agreed in favour of anindefinite hunger strike overthe demand for Gorkhaland.

The meeting also decidedto continue with the indefiniteshutdown which entered its27th day on Tuesday. PTI

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In yet another embarrass-ment for the Trinamool

Congress the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) on Tuesdayissued summons to seniorTMC leader and MPSaugato Roy in con-nection with theNarada pay off case.A CBI team servedthe summon notice at Roy’sresidence sources said.

Like his fellow party menincluding MPs and Ministers,Roy was allegedly shown in asting video footage receiving

hard cash from a journalistwho posed as a businessman inthe Narada pay off case.

Roy was summoned a dayafter a similar notice was servedby Enforcement Directorate inthe same case on Kolkata

Mayor and ChiefMinister MamataBanerjee’s blue-eyedboy SovanChatterjee who has

taken two weeks’ time torespond to the summons.Another TMC MP ShatabdiRoy was also grilled by the CBIon Monday in connection withthe Sharada chit fund case.

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Sensing a gross violation of underwritingadvisory, the Government has directed

all State-owned general insurers to strictlyfocus on the Government’s prudent under-writing in their respective companies, amove aimed at reducing insurers’ stress ontheir financial stability and protecting theinterests of the policy holders as well.

“In order to protect the interests of thepolicy holders, ensure that the public sec-tor general insurers continue to effectiveplayers in the market for provision of insur-ance services on a long term basis, andensure that unhealthy underwriting prac-tices in these companies do not causeunnecessary financial strain on their finan-cial stability. It is desirable that prudentunderwriting practices suggested in theGovernment advisories are followed strict-ly,” said the Department of FinancialServices under the Ministry of Finance.

Underwriting services are provided bysome financial institutions, such as banks,insurance or investment houses, wherebythey guarantee payment in case of damageor financial loss and accept the financial riskfor liability arising from such guarantee.

Underwriting losses not only causefinancial strain to the insurers due to inter-

company competitions but also result inspiking the policyholders’ premium insome way or the other. Raising serious con-cerns over various undue practices onunderwriting by indulging in unhealthyinter-company competition, theDepartment has shot a letter to chiefs of allPublic Sector Unit (PSU) general insurerson June 28, 2017, saying that they need tostrictly follow the Government’s advisoryin this regard.

The Government’s move came after thedepartment found gross misuse of under-writing practices in almost all PSU gener-al insurance firms in the country. In the let-ter, a copy of which has been accessed byThe Pioneer, the Finance Ministry said thata proper underwriting mechanism shouldbe put in place. “In order to contain theunderwriting losses of the PSU insurers onaccount of various practices, including lackof prudent underwriting by indulging inunhealthy inter-company competition so asto snatch each other’s business by offeringuneconomical and unviable discounts, itwas felt necessary that a proper under-writing mechanism be put in place.”

When contacted, a senior official of theconcerned department in the Ministry toldThe Pioneer, “It is true that we have

noticed the gross misuse of underwritingrates in almost all general insurance firmsin India. So, we have decided to takeprompt and corrective action against thosewrongdoings in the interest of cus-tomers/policy holders in this matter. Wehave also asked Chairmen and ManagingDirectors (CMDs) of all PSU generalinsurers to kindly note the concern andstrictly focus on prudence in underwriting.”

However, the Ministry further said inthe letter that it found flouting Governmentadvisories by PSU general insurance firms,leading to huge underwriting losses. “As aresult, these companies are solely depen-dent upon the investment income or prof-it from sale of investment. However, theseare limited investments and are fast deplet-ing as a result of indiscriminate disposal bythe companies to make up for the losses on

underwriting premium. Such an arrange-ment is not sustainable in the long run andhas the capacity to permanently harm thecompetitiveness of the public sector insur-ers,” it added.

In most of the cases, it has beenobserved that insurers, both life and non-life, generally show huge underwriting loss-es following 'fake or unjustified claims bypolicyholders in some way or the other. Ingeneral insurance case, natural death is oftenpassed off as an accident to get personalaccident claims. Further, in areas likehealth insurance and motor insurance, fakebills for hospitalisation or vehicle repair arepresented so that an insurer is forced to paycash to the policyholders. However, indus-try sources said Oriental Insurance amongother PSU general insurers incurred under-writing loss to the tune of around �1,600crore last year.

Citing yet another example, theMinistry said that a case of violation inhealth insurance scheme was brought to itsnotice and disciplinary action against theinsurer was also contemplated. Issuing anote of warning for such insurers, it furthersaid, “An appropriate pricing mechanism forpricing group health insurance shouldtake into account the existing incurred

claims ratio or ICR, management expens-es, medical inflation, commissions, likelyincrease in quantum of claims due to age-ing of covered group, increase in size ofgroup, cost of underwriting of business andother such associated factors.”

Even after 17 years of liberalisation, theinsurance industry continues to registerhuge underwriting losses every year, andit is an investment income which drives thegrowth of the industry. As per industryestimates, the general insurance industrypays around �70,000-75,000 crore inclaims annually, mostly towards motor,health and marine cases. However, expertssaid that numerous false road accidentshave become a curse for general insurersin most parts of the country.

“In an investigation, it was found thatit was flooded with disproportionateroad accident claims from UttarPradesh. In many cases, those whodied of natural causes were filed as roadaccident victims, causing enormouslosses to insurers. After getting a han-dle on a few false claims, it managed tofile 30 complaints with the police afterthe Lucknow High Court ordered spe-cial investigation into the cases,” said atop insurer on condition of anonymity.

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NEW DELHI: Restaurants, hotelsand eateries should cut rates onfood items in their menu to reflectthe benefit of being able to set offtax paid on inputs under GST,Revenue Secretary HasmukhAdhia said on Tuesday. He also saidthat GST will be levied on entiresum of food bill, including servicecharge, in a restaurant, while thevalue of alcohol or alcohol prod-ucts consumed will attract VAT.

Previously, a service tax waslevied on the bill. But the tax thehotel or restaurant operators paidon inputs could not be set offagainst the tax on final bill. Thisfacility, called input tax credit(ITC), is available in the Goods andServices Tax (GST) regime.

“Most of the restaurants shouldrevise downward the rate chargedon food items in their menubecause of ITC which is now avail-able. So ITC should be accountedfor now in form of reduction in thevalue of supplies which they are giv-

ing,” Adhia said in GST MasterClass. Under the GST regime,while non-airconditioned restau-rants attract 12 per cent tax, ACrestaurants and those servingliquor will attract 18 per cent.

Adhia further said that any-thing that is served as part ofrestaurant bill will be subject toGST, barring alcohol on whichValue Added Tax (VAT) will belevied. “On the entire value of foodbill, including service charge, onthat portion also GST will apply,”he said. Adhia further said that thetax department has received rep-resentation for transition provisionof lease service industry.

As per the GST provisions,ITC will not be available for cen-tral excise already paid on carswhich are on lease. “There are a lotof representations on this abouttransition for lease service indus-try. We are looking at the repre-sentation but we are not sure howto handle this,” Adhia said. PTI

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NEW DELHI: The free foodsupplied by religious institutionsdoes not attract any Goods andServices Tax but theinputs required to makeit, including sugar, veg-etable oil and ghee aresubject to GST, theGovernment said onTuesday.

“There are mediareports suggesting thatGST applies on free food sup-plied in 'anna kshetras' run byreligious institutions. This iscompletely untrue. No GST isapplicable on such food suppliedfree,” the Finance Ministry saidhere in a statement. “Further,prasadam supplied by religiousplaces like temples, mosques,

churches, gurudwaras and dar-gahs attracts nil Central GSTand State GST or Integrated

GST, as the case maybe,” it said.

However, some ofthe inputs and inputservices required formaking 'prasadam'would be subject toGST, it noted, sayingthese include sugar,

vegetable edible oils, ghee, but-ter and service for transporta-tion of these goods. “Most ofthese inputs or input serviceshave multiple uses. Under GSTregime, it is difficult to prescribea separate rate of tax for sugarwhen supplied for a particularpurpose,” it said. IANS

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Reliance Jio, the newest tele-com operator in India, on

Tuesday announced new tariffplans to replace its current dirt-cheap rates, offering lesser valid-ity and data on a revamped �309plan and dishing out a bumper84GB for �399.

The new plans wereannounced as Jio’s Dhan DhanaDhan offer - launched on April11 reached the maximumallowed 90-day period on July9. The previous offer of 1 GBdata per day for �309 (valid for84 days on first recharge) hasnow been replaced by an offerof 1GB data daily for only 56days for the same amount ofmoney.

Jio had over 112 millionusers at the end of April 2017.A company official explainedthat after the expiry of firstrecharge offer period, customerswould have got a validity of 28days on the �309 plan. Now,with the revamped plan, theywill get two months validity for�309, he added.

Similarly, 2 GB per day willnow be offered for 56 days for�509, instead of 84 days underthe earlier offer. The new planswill be available from today andwill be applicable for all new aswell as existing subscribers, Jiosaid in a press statement.

“Over and above the Primeexclusive plans, Jio is introduc-ing new ‘Every Day More Value’plans. These plans provide 20per cent more value than com-petitors’ best plans,” Jio statementadded. Apart from data benefits,customers will continue to getunlimited free local, STD andnational roaming voice calls as

well as unlimited national SMS.The Mukesh Ambani-ownedfirm has also unveiled newplans - the most lucrative onebeing 84GB offer for 84 days for�399. A �349 plan offers 20 GBof data with no daily cap and avalidity of 56 days. For �999, 90GB of data is being offeredwith 90 days of validity and nodaily cap.

For post-paid customers,Jio launched a �399 plan thatoffers about three months valid-ity with 90 GB data. Earlier inMarch, Jio had introducedPrime membership programmethat had helped the operatoronboard millions of new users.

Bank of America MerillLynch, in its latest report, termedJio's new tariff plans as ‘direc-tionally positive’ for the telecomsector as the operator ‘is reduc-ing its discounts and raisingimplied tariffs’.

“The move is largely onexpected lines... It provides somebreather (not relief) to theindustry that has been reelingunder the Jio promotiononslaught,” said Kotak Securitiesin a separate report. It added thatthe move should ‘provide theindustry an opportunity to stemthe free fall in ARPU (AverageRevenue per user) levels seen inthe past three quarters’.

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MUMBAI: Midsize privatesector lender Indusind Bankon Tuesday reported a 26 percent increase in the June quar-ter net at �836.55 crore, helpedby a healthy rise in the coreinterest income. The bank hadreported a post tax profit of�661.38 crore for the April-June period last year.

Its core net interest incomejumped 31 per cent to � 1,774.06crore for the reporting period,while the non- interest incomegrew 20 per cent to �1,167.26 crorehelped by a 25 per cent rise in feeincome at � 974.04 crore. PTI

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Tata Steel on Tuesday said ithas signed definitive agree-

ment with Liberty House Groupto sell its Submerged Arc Weld(SAW) mills at Hartlepool in theUK for an undisclosed sum. Thesale agreement covers the 42-inch and 84-inch pipe mills, alsoknown as the SAW mills, whereabout 140 employees manufac-ture pipeline for gas and oil pro-jects around the world, thecompany said in a statement.

Tata Steel, however, said itwould retain its 20-inch tubemill at the same Hartlepool site,where a further 270 peoplework. “With this sale, TataSteel UK will complete its port-folio restructuring to focus onthe strip products supply chainlinked to Port Talbot,” Tata SteelUK CEO Bimlendra Jha said.

The sale is also an impor-tant step towards developing amore sustainable future for therest of our UK business, headded. The two parties will

work to complete consultationswith employees and tradeunions, as well as transfer of sup-plier and customer contracts.The transaction is expected to becompleted within the next fewmonths, the statement said.

Earlier in February, TataSteel had announced signing adefinitive agreement to sellSpeciality Steel business in theUK to Liberty House Group for100 million pounds (about �840crore). Tata Steel said the twoSAW mills to be sold to Liberty

Group are fed with steel platesourced from outside Tata Steeland hence are independent ofthe company's strip productssupply chain. With a view tostrengthen its 20-inch mill, TataSteel said it will invest one mil-lion pound to increase capabil-ity to make high-strength steeltubes. The 20-inch mill is sup-plied with steel coils from TataSteel’s European steelworks andis part of its strip products sup-ply chain.

Tata Steel said it wouldcontinue to be the largeststeelmaker in Britain evenafter the sale of the mills andwill employ almost 8,500 peo-ple in the UK, manufacturingadvanced products for sectorslike automotive and construc-tion. The company has invest-ed more than £1.6 billion in itsUK business since acquiringCorus in 2007, including 100million pounds over the lastyear to enable advanced steelmanufacturing in a number ofUK sites, it added.

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The department said thatthe project is being undertakenin coordination with theMinistry of Power, NITI Aayog,Rural ElectrificationCorporation (REC) and telecomindustry for electrification ofnon-electrified telecom towers

under Deendayal UpadhyayaGram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY).

“Around 10,486 non-elec-trified mobile towers spreadacross the country are beingtaken up under this schemeand significant progress isachieved in electrification ofnon- electrified towers ofBSNL and other telecom ser-vice providers,” DoT said. Itadded that out of total num-ber of towers planned, 5,334have been electrified. PTI

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Rafael Nadal kept getting pushed tothe brink of defeat. He kept resist-ing.

He dropped the first two sets, then wonthe next two. He erased two match pointsin the riveting fifth set's 10th game, thenanother two in its 20th game. Only whenhis fourth-round match against 16th-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourgstretched past 4½ hours, the sunlight fad-ing, did Nadal blink.

After repeatedly digging himself out ofdifficult situations, Nadal finally suc-cumbed, broken in the last game of a 6-3,6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 loss to Muller onMonday. "I played with the right deter-mination, right passion, right attitude,"Nadal said. "To win the match."

But he could not pull through, extend-ing his drought without a quarterfinalberth at the All England Club to six years.

"Just tried to hang in there," Mullersaid. "Still kept believing. Yeah, somehowin the end, I made it."

Nadal won two of his 15 Grand Slamchampionships at Wimbledon, and playedin the final three other times, most recent-ly in 2011. But since then, Nadal's exits atthe All England Club have come in the firstround (2013), second round (2012, 2015)or fourth round (2014, 2017).

All of those losses, except Monday's,came against men ranked 100th or worse.The 34-year-old Muller is not exactly agiant-killer: He had lost 22 consecutivematches against players in the top five. Andhe'd only reached a Grand Slam quarter-final once before, at the 2008 US Open.

Now Muller, who also beat Nadal atWimbledon in 2005, will get a much-need-

ed chance to recover before facing 2014 USOpen champion Marin Cilic inWednesday's quarterfinals.

Other men's quarterfinals: defendingchampion Andy Murray against SamQuerrey of the US, Roger Federer againstMilos Raonic, Tomas Berdych againstNovak Djokovic or Adrian Mannarino.The Djokovic-Mannarino fourth-rounderwas postponed until Tuesday; it had beenscheduled for No 1 Court after Nadal-Muller concluded.

After all, until Monday, Nadal hadn'tlost a Grand Slam set since the fifth of theAustralian Open final in January againstFederer. From the outset of the FrenchOpen — where he won a record 10thchampionship last month — and throughhis first three matches at Wimbledon,Nadal won 28 consecutive completed setsat the majors. Healthy and playing terrif-ically, Nadal seemed poised to again be afactor at the All England Club.

After losing two sets in the opening 75minutes against Muller, Nadal adjusted. Hestepped a little farther behind the baselineto give himself more time to react. He alsofared better on his own serve, finishingwith 23 aces, an unusually high total forNadal and only seven fewer than Muller.

So they headed to a fifth set, which wasmasterful, filled with brilliance from both.

Still, things were not looking good forNadal when he served while down 5-4 anddouble-faulted to trail 15-40. But Nadaldeflected those initial two match points forMuller with an ace and a service winner.Muller's next two match points came at 10-9: Nadal deleted the first with a volley win-ner, and the second disappeared whenMuller shanked a return.

"It was not easy," Muller said, "to keep

believing."The fifth set alone lasted 2 hours, 15

minutes, until Nadal pushed a forehandlong, meaning he would not manage tocomplete what would have been his fourthcareer comeback from two sets down.Instead, it was Muller who wasable to enjoy a win that seemedto be slipping away.

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reached the semifinals atWimbledon for the 10thtime. The five-time cham-pion at the All EnglandClub advanced to thelast four for the secondyear in a row by beatingJelena Ostapenko 6-3, 7-5 under a closed roof onCentre Court.

Williams, who is 37years old, made herWimbledon debut a fewmonths beforeOstapenko was born.She last won the title in2008, but reached thesemifinals last yearand the AustralianOpen final this year.

G a r b i n eMuguruza alsoentered the last-4.

The runner-upat the All EnglandClub in 2015 beatS v e t l a n aKuznetsova 6-3,6-4 on No 1Court.

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Cricket Advisory Committeemember Sourav Ganguly

today asserted that Indian cap-tain Virat Kohli will be con-sulted while selecting the newnational coach, playing downreports that the high-profileposition will be filled by thisWednesday.

Kohli is not expected to beback in the country beforeJuly 17 as he is currently enjoy-ing a break after the limited-overs series against the WestIndies. The CAC, which alsoincludes Sachin Tendulkar andVVS Laxman, conducted inter-views for the coach's positionon Tuesday but did notannounce the final decision.Ganguly had stated that theCAC needed some more timeto work it out.

"We respect his (Virat's)decision. At the end of the dayit is his team, he is going to leadthe team. He (Virat) will beconsulted and no, he will not bethe main person and he does-n't want to be the main person,"

Ganguly told reporters on thesidelines of a promotionalevent for Mumbai-based enter-tainment company Flickstree.

"When you speak to ViratKohli, he is aware. He doesn'twant to be the main person,"the Cricket Association ofBengal president said.

Ganguly had also createdquite a flutter by stating thatKohli will have to understandhow coaches work, seen as a

terse message for the Indiancaptain who had a fallout withprevious chief coach AnilKumble.

Asked whether it was amessage from the CAC toKohli, Ganguly said: "There isno message. It's just to bringhim in confidence. I respecthim immensely. He is a terrif-ic player for India and he is thecaptain of India. You have torespect the captain of India and

I respect him."Ganguly's comments came

in the wake of news reportsthat the Supreme Court-appointed Committee ofAdministrators, headed byVinod Rai, has asked the BCCIto announce the name of thecoach by this evening.

Asked about the reports,Ganguly said: "We will speak tohim (Rai), I will speak to him.He is a very respected man."

"This afternoon I was sup-posed to go to Delhi, but thathas been cancelled. We willspeak to him (Vinod Rai)because all that was announcedyesterday was with everyone'spermission and everybody wason board. He (Rai) has got theright (to ask us). The reason wewanted to (hold back) wasbecause Virat is on a holiday toAmerica, and you don't want todisturb him in the break. If heis available on the phone, wewill talk to him."

Pressed further about thedate of appointment of the newcoach, the ex-India skippersaid, "very soon".

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Their four-match unbeaten streakbrought to a halt, India will be

keen to bounce back and take a steptowards securing a semifinal spotwhen they take on the mightyAustralia in the ICC Women's WorldCup, here on Wednesday.

India were on a rampaging runbeating England, West Indies,Pakistan and Sri Lanka before SouthAfrica disturbed their momentumwith a massive 115-run win.

Similarly Australia's four-matchunbeaten run was stopped byEngland in the previous game andthey would also look to get back towinning ways.

Neither of the teams have yetqualified for the semi-finals butAustralia are in a better position byvirtue of a strong net run-rate. TheAussies lost to England by just threeruns, while India were defeated by ahuge margin.

In the previous game againstSouth Africa, India had a greatchance of sealing a semifinal berthbut now they have their task cut outin the remaining round robin games

against two strong teams in Australiaand New Zealand.

The last match witnessed anabject batting surrender by India asthey got out for a meagre 158 whilechasing 274.

The game were pretty muchdone and dusted when India col-lapsed to 56 for six in the 17th overbefore Deepti Sharma saved theteam the blushes of getting bowledout for under 100 by scoring 60 off111 balls in the able company ofnumber nine Jhulan Goswami, whoremained unbeaten on 43.

India's record against Australiais not great with eight wins in 41completed matches, but skipperMithali Raj's 89 set up a five-wicketwin the last time the teams met.

They would expect the likes of

in-form Smriti Mandhana, PunamRaut and Harmanpreet Kaur, besidesDeepti and Mithali to fire in unisonagainst the Australians.

Shikha Pandey, who came backinto the side against South Africa andtook three wickets for 40 runs, saidher team was aware of the precari-ous position they were in.

"We need to pull ourselves backfrom the defeat. The best cricket thatwe can play is there, so hopefully itwill come against Australia," saidPandey.

"We need to play more attackingcricket and need to plan better.Even before the World Cup started,we said that we were going to do ourbest and not have to depend on otherteams," she added.

For Australia, Wednesday's gameis a return to Bristol where Englandsneaked a three-run win and skipperMeg Lanning said they would haveto bounce back quickly and put ona strong performance.

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India captain Virat Kohli contin-ues to top the ICC ODI batting

chart while his predecessorMahendra Singh Dhoni has gainedthree positions to be placed 12th inthe latest rankings issued onTuesday.

In the MRF Tyres ICC ODIPlayer Rankings, there are a num-ber of movements but the top fivebatsmen, bowlers and all-roundershave remained unchanged.

Kohli is on top of the table, fol-lowed by Australia's David Warner,South Africa's AB de Villiers, JoeRoot of England and Babar Azamof Pakistan.

Dhoni, meanwhile, has movedup three places to 12th after scor-ing 154 runs in the series againstWest Indies, while Ajinkya Rahanehas been rewarded for finishing asthe leading run-getter in the serieswith 336 runs with a jump of 13

places that has put him just out-side the top 20 on a career- high23rd position. West Indies' ShaiHope has vaulted 20 places to 61stin the latest rankings.

However, no Indian features inthe top 10 bowlers and all-rounders lists which is being head-ed by Australia's Josh Hazlewoodand Shakib Al Hasan of

Bangladesh. In the bowlers' list,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JasonHolder and Ravichandran Ashwinhave returned to the top 20.

Kumar has moved up sixplaces to 13th, Holder is now 18thafter improving five places fol-lowing his eight wickets in theseries, while Ashwin is 20th afterleaping 10 places.

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The BCCI on Tuesday denied reportsthat Ravi Shastri has been appointed

coach of the Indian cricket team butdropped hints the announcement can bemade as early as tonight after CricketAdvisory Committee (CAC)'s delibera-tions on the matter are over.

Amid media frenzy that Shastri hasbeen named coach till the 2019 WorldCup, BCCI Secretary Amitabh Chaudharyurged media to observe restrain.

"No decision has been made onappointment of new coach. The CAC isstill deliberating over it. Irrespective ofwhat various channels are running that'snot the truth. The three CAC membersare still deliberating. We are as eager toknow as you are. Let's not put out thingsthat are not true and not reached the stageof finality," Chaudhary said.

The acting joint secretary though saidan announcement on the chosen candi-date is likely late in the evening.

"I can't determine the exact timewhen it will be announced but IndianStandard time today. I can't speculate asthree are speaking to each other. It's a verydifficult job and I give full marks to them."

Chaudhary said that they can't decidewhether the CAC will speak to Virat Kohlior not.

"We are sensitive on this subject thatwe will completely stay independentfrom subject till a recommendationcomes. Please understand it's a recom-mendation," he said.

"COA rightly advised us to announceit as quickly as possible. The three mem-bers of CAC would like to confer further.That liberty you have to give them. Noproblem at all. Conversation should becomprehensive and time sensitive."

Asked about Anil Kumble's acrimo-

nious exit following rift with captain ViratKohli, Chaudhary said:"I would call itregrettable."

Chaudhary dodged the issue of howmuch say players should have in decisionmaking.

"Depends on individual to individualand system to system as no two systemsare similar."

Questioned on Virat Kohli's influenceon CAC, Chaudhary said, "The three aresuch big figures they know how to han-dle these situations. We are talking aboutthree of the biggest batsmen in worldcricket," the acting Secretary said.

After interviewing five candidates forthe job, which fell vacant after AnilKumble's acrimonious exit, the CricketAdvisory Committee (CAC) had decid-ed to keep the decision on hold onMonday.

Shastri, who had a successful stint asTeam Director between 2014-2016,remains a front-runner for the job.

If he is chosen, Shastri's first assign-ment will be a Test series against SriLanka, beginning July 26.

The CAC had interviewed Shastri,Sehwag, Moody, Richard Pybus andLalchand Rajput on July 9 but delayed theannouncement on the chosen candidate,saying that the matter needs to be dis-cussed with captain Virat Kohli.

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Novak Djokovic played the firstmatch of this year's Wimbledon

tournament under a closed roof onCentre Court, and he won it in straightsets.

The three-time champion at the AllEngland Club beat Adrian Mannarino6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 Tuesday in a fourth-round match that was postponed fromMonday.

During the third set, with Djokovic

already up a break, the second-seededSerb asked for a medical timeout and atrainer examined and stretched hisright shoulder. Djokovic appeared to gri-mace in pain a couple of times as hisshoulder was being checked.

"It's been something that I've beendragging back and forth for a whilenow," Djokovic said. "But I'm still man-aging to play, which is the most impor-tant thing."

Djokovic will face 2010 Wimbledonfinalist Tomas Berdych, a man he has

beaten 25 times in 27 matches, onWednesday in the quarterfinals.

The men traditionally have Tuesdayoff at Wimbledon, but Rafael Nadal's five-set loss to Gilles Muller on Mondayforced Djokovic's match to be pushedback a day. The rain started at about 11:30a.m. The opening match on Centre Courtwas due to start at noon, so the roof wasclosed for the first time this year. The raincame and went into the afternoon, forc-ing the delay of the first women's quar-terfinal match on No 1 Court.

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