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HALTON - Halton Police detectives from the One District CriminalInvestigations Bureau have made the first arrest in the violent assaultthat occur red at the Halton and Peel border on June 20th. Shor tly aftermidnight on June 20th, Halton police were called to the area ofWinston Churchill Boulevard and Steeles Avenue in response to agang assault involving weapons. Police learnt that three men weresurrounded by several vehicles and attacked by numerous menwielding bats and sticks. One of the injured men remains in hos-pital in critical condition. Two other men are recovering at homefrom their injuries. After numerous search warrants, KinderbirSingh, 20, of Brampton was arrested and charged with two countsof aggravated assault and one count of assault with a weapon forhis role in the attack of three men. An arrest warrant has beenissued for Rankirat Singh for two counts of aggravated assault andone count of assault with a weapon who is at large.

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WORLD CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK ON SIKHS, HINDUS INAFGHANISTAN THAT LEFT 19 DEAD, 21 INJURED

CHANDIGARH, (PTI) At least 19 people were killed and 21wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd ofAfghan Sikhs and Hindus waiting to meet President AshrafGhani in the eastern city of Jalalabad recently.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the terror strike inAfghanistan as an attack on the nation's multicultural fabric."We strongly condemn the terror attacks in Afghanistan yester-day. They are an attack on Afghanistan's multicultural fabric,"he wrote on Twitter. He said India stands ready to assist theAfghanistan government. "My thoughts are with the bereavedfamilies. I pray that the injured recover soon. India standsready to assist the Afghanistan government in this sad hour,"Modi said.Reacting on the news Pakistan Foreign Office in a statementalso said: "We are distressed and grieved at the loss of pre-cious human lives. We express our deepest sympathies andhear tfelt condolences to the families and friends of those whohave lost their lives and pray for early recovery of the injured."Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has strongly condemnedthe terror attack in Afghanistan which left at least 19 people

dead. "Strongly condemn deadly attack on delegation of Sikhs &others on way to meet Afghan president," Amarinder said in atweet. "Let global community rise in one voice against barbaricforces of terror & vow to wipe out the menace from the world.My govt extends all help to the victims & their families,"Amarinder fur ther said in a tweet.Akali Dal chief and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir SinghBadal also deplored the deadly attack in Afghanistan. "I amdeeply anguished to learn about the tragic death of 19 persons,mostly Sikhs, including the only Sikh candidate Avtar SinghKhalsa, in Afghanistan. " AAP MLA and the Leader of Oppositionin Punjab Assembly Sukhpal Singh Khaira also condemned theterror attack."I unequivocally condemn the dastardly killings of unarmedSikhs n Hindus in Afghanistan, minority communities totallyunsafe i urge @SushmaSwaraj to ensure their safety," Khairatweeted. Community in Canada also condemned it as a heinousand cowardly terrorist attack and has urged the Canadiangovernment to welcome some Hindu and Sikh migrants fromAfghanistan and settle them here.

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RISHI KAPOOR ONCE TOLD SANJAY DUTT: DON'T SPOIL MY SON (RANBIR). I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE LIKE YOU.

'KARWAAN' TRAILER SHOWS IRRFANLAUGHING IN THE FACE OF DEATH

MUMBAI, (IANS) Death is no laughing matter. On the other hand, whenyou are so close to it that you can actually smell mor tality, then maybeit is wise to develop a sense of humour about it. I haven't seen Ir rfan ina comic role for a very long time. The trailer shows him having a ballas he is hired by a staid whitecollar type (Malayalam superstar DulquerSalman) to transpor t his father's dead body across the verdant roadways of Kerala.Try this: "You must never trust a woman who is crying, or the milkman." Comeagain? "Karwaan" looks like a whole lot of scrambled fun thanks to Irrfan's sparkling

Oh no! When Big B got calledSalman Khan in Glasgow

GLASGOW, (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who ishere to shoot his upcoming film "Badla", was called SalmanKhan by a passerby. "I walk the street of Glasgow by my-self… Until a car drives by and occupant yells out… 'HeySalman Khan, how you doing," Amitabh tweeted. "Badla" isbeing directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It also features Amitabh's"Pink" co-actor Taapsee Pannu.

'Zero' is all heart: Anushka SharmaMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Anushka Sharma, who has wrappedup shooting for her upcoming film "Zero", has thanked the castand crew for being a suppor t system in making the projectwholehear tedly. Anushka recently tweeted: "'Zero' is all hear t.'Zero' is these two wonder ful people and everything theyhave endeavoured to create." 'Zero' is me going on thisjourney with them. What a pleasure it has been." Sheposted the message along with a photograph featuringShah Rukh and director Aanand L. Rai on either side. Themovie also features Katrina Kaif. Anushka added: "Big

hug Aanand L. Rai andShah Rukh Khan for

your bel ief andto Katrina Kaiffor being theamaze onethat she is!' Z e r o 'w r a p . ""Zero" is as to ry tha tce lebrates

life. Its firstlook featured

Shah RukhKhan as a ver-

tically chal-lenged man.The movie isslated to re-lease on De-cember 21.

comic timing and, if I may say, his zest for life, a quality that seems specially aptand ironical at a time when he is fighting for his life far away from the simulatedreality of the movie business. It is spor ting of Dulquer to take on the role of thequieter, less aggressive and therefore far less conspicuous character in his Hindidebut. Both Ir rfan and Dulquer are fearless actors, and it would be interestingsee how they play against one another in this road film while tryingnot too laugh too hard at the luggage that they have to carry around.This is a corpse and robbers' saga with a twist.

ANUSHKA SHARMA TOOK TO HER TWITTER PAGE AND ANNOUNCED THATSHE HAS WRAPPED THE SHOOT OF MOVIE ZERO. THE ACTOR TWEETED APHOTO POSING WITH SHAH RUKH KHAN AND AANAND L RAI.

SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT AND SANJANA SANGHI'S CHEMISTRYLOOKS MAGICAL IN FAULT IN OUR STARS REMAKE.


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Grand Launch of Milton Khazana by Celebrity Chef Sanjeev KapoorMILTON - When Chef Sanjeev Kapoor was asked during the press confer-ence in the weekend long Grand Launch celebrations at Milton Khazana,"how and how often do you create a new recipe", the internationallyrenowned celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor said, "cooking is like breathingto me, just like we do not count number of breaths we take in a day, I donot keep count the number of recipes I create. Anything can inspire me tocreate, and the process is ongoing, it comes naturally." He added, "theday I stop breathing, will be the day I stop creating".Many of you may know that Rashmi and Shailesh Gangwani who broughtChef Sanjeev Kapoor's Khazana to North America, had opened MiltonKhazana in the summer of 2017 and in October last year we witnessedthe Media Launch and VIP Reception. This weekend, June 22-23, PadmaShree, Master Chef was in town for the Grand Launch of Milton Khazana.To mark the Grand Launch celebrations and to welcome the Masterchefthe owners, Rashmi and Shailesh Gangwani hosted the Press Confer-ence on Friday June 22 which was followed by an exclusive oppor tunityfor Chef Sanjeev Kapoors Fans to dine with him on Friday and Saturday.During the Q & A session Chef Kapoor addressed questions from both themedia and the invited guests. He commented on the success rate vs thefailure rate of the restaurants along with the solutions on sustainability;this includes R&D and due diligence before opening any new outlets.Amongst the members of the mIlton community that were present at theoccasion were the longest serving Mayor of Milton Gordon Krantz, Coun-cillor Rober t Duvell along with Brian Penman, Board Chair, Milton Dis-trict Hospital Foundation and Judi George, Board Member, MDHF.On this occasion the owners Shailesh and Rashmi Gangwani spokeabout their association with Chef Kapoor, that star ted in 2009 when theyfirst thought about opening Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Khazana in Nor thAmerica. They talked about how Milton has welcomed Khazana. IndianCuisine and authentic taste of recipes by Chef Sanjeev Kapoor are wellaccepted within the milton community and beyond. The Grand Launchceremony star ted with the customary ribbon cutting and traditional lamplighting.Highlight of the Formal launch was the cooking demo when Chef SanjeevKapoor cooked live in the presence of all media and the guests. ChefKapoor remarked that the right mix of ingredients and the correct style ofcooking is the key to great taste. However, luck pays a par t too. He said," Cooking is all about various permutation and combinations, you have toadd all the required ingredients, mix all of these well and then pray that itturns out nicely."Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine today.Chef Extraordinaire, TV show host, author of best selling cookbooks,restaurant consultant, architect of a unique range of food products andwinner of numerous culinary awards. Chef Kapoor envisions a world inwhich Indian cuisine is seen as a top choice for both healthy eating andflavourful cuisine, as he spreads the idea 'Eat Well Live Well', throughoutIndia and the rest of the world. He has won several national and interna-tional awards, and continues to reach out to millions of food lovers acrossthe globe!Masterchef Sanjeev Kapoor received Padma Shri Award (India's highestcivilian award) in January 2017 for his culinary contributions to the coun-try and for putting India on the world's culinary map. At this occasion ofGrand Launch, the Gangwani family contributed as pledged, $10,000 tothe Milton District Hospital Foundation for Milton's expanded hospitalfacility to furnish and equip the expansion including major pieces of clini-cal equipment.Upon asking the couple why did they choose Milton, Shailesh said " wechose to open the restaurant in the town of Milton mainly because ofthree reasons, first, it's the fastest growing city in Canada; second, Miltonis known for residents with excellent life choices and lifestyle which

means that they love to venture out as foodies; third, Milton is centrallylocated and is well connected to all major highways and hence is acces-sible to populations from across Oakville, Burlington, Mississauga,Georgetown, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph; "our guests come from allof these major towns, it's hear tening to know that people travel from allover Southern Ontario and the US to especially dine-in at Chef SanjeevKapoor's KHAZANA - MILTON"."The town of Milton is per fect for Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Khazana as thedemography offers a niche market per fectly suited to the Indian cuisine,par ticularly for the exclusive five star dine-in Indian experience; hence the re-sponse to MILTON- KHAZANA is exceptional. We are overwhelmed by the recep-tiveness and the response. We love Milton and the Miltonians, who truly appreciatethe real flavours of Indian cuisine", says Rashmi Gangwani.Milton-Khazana can host 200 guests in this beautifully designed restau-rant that has been tastefully designed by Shreyas Gangwani. The designof the restaurant is contemporary with traditional elements fused wellwith the modern finishes, making it welcoming and ambient. "We atMilton - Khazana, believe in the guest journey; hence ensure that the

guests' experience is supreme vis-a vis the food, service and ambience.The element of training is critical and so is the team's objective. Thefocused approach on all the elements of hospitality, help us to be able toservice our guests in the most optimal way', says Shailesh who is pas-sionate about F&B industry.Milton - Khazana's pride is an exquisite range of dishes touching thepinnacle of culinary excellence. At Milton - Khazana, intense focus is ontaste, pleasing the palate with strong emphasis on flavours, quality ofingredients and textures. The menu has a sparking fresh identity withcontemporary rendition of traditional Indian food. It includes outstandingvegetarian and meat dishes, desser ts and signature creations packagedin a contemporary way. When at Milton Khazana, the must try are the"lamb shank Biryani' for its sheer succulence and flavour or the 'PatialaFlower" for a cauliflower dish like never before. The '24K Dal' simmeredto per fection for over 24 hours, will definitely leave a mark on palate.There's a lot more, but revealing it all would mean taking away from theexcitement of finding out for yourself. Located at 1185 Maple Avenue,MILTON - KHAZANA by Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is yours to explore!



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WHO'S THE BOSS IN DELHISC SAYS ELECTED GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL

PARTIES WELCOME VERDICT

NEW DELHI, (PTI) Various par tiestoday hailed as a "big victory" fordemocracy the verdict of the Su-preme Court laying broad param-eters for governance in Delhi, andhoped the bitter power tussle be-tween the Centre and the stategovernment would end and bet-ter governance del ivered topeople who have suffered till now.While Delhi Chief Minister andAam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) nationalconvenor Arvind Kejriwal wel-comed the verdict terming it a "bigvictory" for people and democ-racy, he blamed the NarendraModi government for creating a"chaos" in the national capital inthe past three-and-a-half years."IfModi govt had not withdrawn thepowers of elected govt throughi l legal orders, precious threeyears would have been saved.People of Delhi are grateful to ju-diciary. Todays order reinforcespeoples fai th in judiciar y,"Kejriwal tweeted. Welcoming theverdict, the Congress hoped thatbetter sense would prevail onboth sides and governance anddelivery of services to people ofDelhi would begin in the right ear-nest.The Congress also hoped that theverdict will put an end to the egoclash between the prime minis-ter and the Delhi chief minister. It

said the AAP should stop makingexcuses for not doing governanceand the BJP should stop creatingunnecessary hurdles in govern-ing Delhi. The BJP asserted thatwith the verdict, it has been es-tablished that the Constitution isthe "boss" and there is no roomfor "anarchism" of the ruling par tyin the national capital.The lef t par ties also welcomedthe judgement. The central gov-e rnment, however, sought todownplay the verdict, saying thecour t only underlined the specialstatus of Delhi as not being a'state' in the conventional sense.A senior government functionarysaid the judgment has made itclear that Delhi cannot framelaws which are in contraventionof laws being implemented by theCentre."Delhi is a special area and the LtGovernor is not like other gover-nors. Therefore, the main pleasof the AAP government have beenrejected by the Supreme Cour t,"he said. Senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram said the SCjudgement contains impor tantlessons for Puducherry as well."Thumping victory for represen-tative democracy. I welcome SCjudgement in the Delhi Govern-ment versus LG case....The SCjudgement contains impor tant

lessons for Puducherry as well,"he said on Twitter.Congress chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala said, "Noelected government in garb of aconflict with the Centre shouldresort to non-governance as hasbeen happening in Delhi.We wel-come the decision of the SupremeCour t and sincerely hope that bet-ter sense will prevail on bothsides and even though belatedthe task of governance and deliv-ery of services to people of Delhiwill begin in right earnest," hesaid.Surjewala said the Congress dis-played how public welfare wasabove personal welfare when itwas in power in Delhi and provedhow opposition par ties will notprove a deterrent to the growthstory and how different par tiescarried forward one 'agenda ofgovernance'. "While we laud andwelcome the Supreme Cour t ver-dict, the truth is that unnecessar-i ly creating hurdles in gover-nance, be it any party's govern-ment, is wrong," he said."We hope that at least after theSupreme Cour t verdict, now thatthings have been made clear,then a par ty will stop making ex-cuses for not doing governanceand another par ty will stop creat-ing hurdles," he said. Taking a digat Kejriwal, BJP spokespersonSambit Patra said he is celebrat-ing his "loss" as the SupremeCour t has rejected the demandfor absolute powers for his gov-ernment.He said the apex cour t has up-held the Constitution in its orderon the fight between Kejriwal andthe LG over their powers andDelhi 's status while speakingagainst anarchy.


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FORD SWORN-IN AS ONTARIO PREMIER, ANNOUNCES CABINET

TORONTO - Doug Ford joined thousands of people on the front stepsof Ontario's legislature as he was sworn-in as Ontario premier. "I will neverforget why I'm here: to work for the people of Ontario," said Ford. "I promised thepeople that I would help make our great province the best place in North Americawhen it comes to business, creating jobs and raising a family. And Iam going to keep my promise."The Premier-Designate has met with Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieuten-ant Governor of Ontario to present his recommendations for appoint-ments to Ontario's Executive Council. The new Government for thePeople will be sworn-in and affirmed in a public ceremony on thefront steps of the Legislative Building at Queen's Park. The new min-isters are as follows:" Peter Bethlenfalvy - President of the Treasury Board" Raymond Cho - Minister for Seniors and Accessibility" Steve Clark - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing" Christine Elliott - Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and

Deputy Premier" Victor Fedeli - Minister of Finance and Chair of Cabinet" Doug Ford - Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Af-fairs" Mer rilee Fuller ton - Minister of Training, Colleges and Uni-versities" Ernie Hardeman - Minister of Agriculture, Food and RuralAffairs" Sylvia Jones - Minister of Tourism, Culture and Spor t" Lisa MacLeod - Minister of Children, Community and SocialServices and Minister Responsible for Women's Issues" Monte McNaughton - Minister of Infrastructure" Caroline Mulroney - Attorney General and Minister Respon-sible for Francophone Affairs" Rod Phillips - Minister of the Environment, Conservationand Parks

" Greg Rickford - Minister of Energy, Northern Developmentand Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs" Laurie Scott - Minister of Labour" Todd Smith - Minister of Government and Consumer Ser-vices, and Government House Leader" Lisa Thompson - Minister of Education" Michael Tibollo - Minister of Community Safety and Correc-tional Services" Jim Wilson - Minister of Economic Development, Job Cre-ation and Trade" John Yakabuski - Minister of Transpor tation" Jeff Yurek - Minister of Natural Resources and ForestryFord said: "We have an all-star team that's ready right now to give thepeople of Ontario the kind of leadership and direction they deserve.For too long, the people of Ontario have worked more and paid more,but gotten less. Those days are over. Help is here."

Premier Doug Ford Announces End of Cap-and-Trade Carbon Tax Era in OntarioTORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford today confirmed that, as the first order of business ofOntario's Government for the People, his cabinet revoked the regulation that punishes Ontarioresidents at the gas pump through a wasteful cap-and-trade carbon tax regime; this measure comesinto effect July 3, 2018. In order to fulfill this election commitment, the Government of Ontario willimmediately begin an orderly wind-down of all programs funded out of cap-and-trade carbon taxrevenues."Every cent spent from the cap-and-trade slush fund is money that has been taken out of the pocketsof Ontario families and businesses," said Ford. "We believe that this money belongs back in thepockets of people. Cancelling the cap-and-trade carbon tax will result in lower prices at the gaspump, on your home heating bills and on vir tually every other product that you buy." According to theAuditor General, who conducted an audit of the program, the cap-and-trade system could cost Ontarioconsumers and businesses $8 billion, with a negligible impact on the province's carbon emissions.

"Cap-and-trade and carbon tax schemes are no more than government cash grabs that do nothing forthe environment, while hitting people in the wallet in order to fund big government programs," saidFord. "I promised that the par ty with taxpayers' dollars was over and that this would include scrappingthe cap-and-trade carbon tax slush fund. Today we are keeping that promise." To ensure an orderlywind-down of programs funded through the cap-and-trade carbon tax, Ford committed that his govern-ment will honour arrangements where contracts have already been signed and orders have alreadybeen made, such as energy efficient insulation and window retrofits.Decisions to continue any specific initiatives currently suppor ted by the fund will need to be paid forout of the tax base and will be made on a case-by-case basis in alignment with the Ford government'sPlan For the People and the upcoming value-for-money audit. "We are getting Ontario out of the carbontax business," concluded Ford. "Our focus will be to give people lower gas prices, lower energy billsand a real break in their wallets in order to get our economy going and create jobs. Help is here."



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Welcome to Canada! Inaugural Brampton NewcomerDay offered programming, fun for family

GURU NANAK MULTIVERSITY HAS ALWAYS WORKED TO HELP THE NEEDY SECTION OF PUNJAB BY PROVIDING FINANCIALAID TO THEM FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND MEET THEIR MARRIAGE EXPENSES. RECENTLY, THE ORGANISATION HELPED TWOFINANCIALLY WEAK GURSIKH COUPLE TO GET MARRIED. MANDEEP SINGH, FROM JANDWALA HANUMANGARH GOT MAR-RIED TO MANPREET KAUR FROM KHERA CHAK. THE SECOND COUPLE HELPED WAS DALJEET SINGH FROM CHAK MARHANIYANWHO WAS MARRIED TO HARPREET KAUR FROM MANDI AHEMADGARH.

BRAMPTON - As we approachCanada Day and on CanadianMult icul tural ism Day, theBrampton Multicultural Centre inpar tnership with RBC, celebratedNewcomers to Canada with a fes-tive afternoon of programming forall ages. Brampton NewcomerDay, a first for the city, broughttogether more than 20 local ex-hibitors who offered their ser-vices in order to help Newcom-ers feel more settled in their newcommunity.Those in attendance were offeredworkshops on everything frombuilding a LinkedIn profile to learn-ing about how to buy a house inCanada. Employment events,speed mentoring and resume cri-tiquing rounded out the practicalworkshops, while families withchildren were treated to face-paint ing and vis i ts with RBCOlympian Brittany McLean andLeo the Lion."On top of the challenges of leav-ing family behind, there are manybarriers that newcomers facearound gaining employment, find-ing housing, accessing services

and getting financial assistance,as they build new lives in a newcountry," said Zanita DiSal le,Brampton Regional Vice Presi-dent, RBC. "At the new RBC New-comer Meeting Place, we're help-ing newcomers overcome someof those common issues alongwith our par tners at the BramptonMulticultural Centre. The inaugu-ral Brampton Newcomer Day is

one way to let people know thatthis community is here to help andsuppor t them."Brampton Newcomer Day offereda variety of programming, fromaccessing Canadian health careto getting advice on resume-build-ing and job-hunting, to speakingto someone about banking inCanada to fun activities for kids.Some of the par ticipating Com-

munity Par tners include:" Peel Police" Brampton Fire and Emer-gency Services" Brampton CommunityHealth Centre" The Centre for Education& Training" William Osler Hospital" Early Years Ontario" RBC Royal Bank

MP SONIA SIDHU PROVIDESUPDATE ON NEW VISAAPPLICATION CENTRES ANDBIOMETRICS EXPANSIONBRAMPTON - Sonia Sidhu, Member of Parliament for BramptonSouth, provided an update announcing that Canada willexpand its biometrics program in 2018. Expanding bio-metrics will strengthen Canada's immigration programsthrough effective screening and will also facilitate appli-cation processing and travel - while maintaining publicconfidence in our immigration system.Canada currently collects biometrics from in-Canada refu-gee claimants and overseas refugee resettlement appli-cants, individuals ordered removed from the country andindividuals from 30 foreign nationalities applying for a tem-porary resident visa, work permit, or study permit. OnJuly 31, 2018, nationals from countries in Europe, Africaand the Middle East will be required to provide biometrics(fingerprints and a photo) if they are applying for a visitorvisa, a work or study permit, or permanent residence.To accommodate increased demand this summer and fallin Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the Government ofCanada is pleased to announce that additional Visa Appli-cation Centres (VACs) will open in:" Kigali, Rwanda; Stockholm, Sweden; and Tel Aviv,Israel by mid-September 2018" Athens, Greece; Berlin, Germany; Lyon, France;and Vienna, Austria in early November 2018 and" Antananarivo, Madagascar and Cape Town, SouthAfrica in early December 2018Additional VACs will also open in 2019. These will be an-nounced at a later date.In advance of these VACs opening,some Canadian embassies in Europe wil l offer interimbiometrics collection service points for applicants whohave applied online or by mail and have received a Bio-metrics Instruction Letter. Applicants can also provide theirbiometrics at any nearby VAC:" F rom Ju ly 31 to m id -Sep tember 2018 : I nStockholm, at the Embassy of Canada to Sweden, for ap-plicants from Sweden and neighbouring countries." From July 31 to early November 2018: Canadianembass ies in Athens, Greece; Ber l in , Germany; andVienna, Austr ia for appl icants from Greece, Germany,Austria and neighbouring countries." From July 31 to early November 2018: In a leasedcommercial space in Lyon, France for applicants fromFrance and neighbouring countries.All of the above temporary service points will only collectbiometrics. Applications will not be accepted at these lo-cations. Applicants must first apply on Immigration, Refu-gee and Citizenship Canada's website or by mail, and musthave received a Biometrics Instruction Letter, before pro-viding their biometrics in suppor t of an application.

Canada India Foundation's Higher Education ForumONTARIO - Canada India Foundation(CIF) will be organizing a Higher Edu-cation Forum on July 5 and 6 at thePearson Convention Centre,Brampton. Announcing this at a me-dia conference held in TorontoWednesday June 27, AjitSomeshwar, Chair, CIF, said, "The CIFis organizing a forum on Higher Edu-cation because the education sectorhas emerged as priority sector forboth Canada and India."Someshwar said the sector is worth$20 billion annually in Canada. Per ti-nently, in 2018, more than 120,000international students from India willchoose Canada for their higher edu-cation needs, making Canada thefour th most popular destination forIndian students seeking higher edu-cation. Delineating the objectives ofthe Forum, Someshwar observedthat the Forum's vision is to reshapehigher education with emphasis oninnovation and to create opportuni-ties for development and growth be-tween Canada and India.Anil Shah, National Convener, CIF,informed media representativesabout the CIF's upcoming Annual Glo-bal Indian Award Gala that is alsobeing held on July 6 evening at thePearson Convention Centre. He said,annually, the CIF recognises andhonours a prominent achiever whohas championed the transformationof developing economies, includingthose who have enhanced India'spresence and prestige on the worldstage. The annual award recognisesexcellence and includes $50,000.00,given to a charity of the awardrecipient's choice."This year CIF is honouring SparshShah, a 14-year-old prodigy who hasby his sheer dint of determination andobvious singing talent, and despite

his debilitating physical conditions,created a fan following of millions,"Shah said. While giving details of theForum's program, Mayur Dave, theChair of the Higher Education Forum,and a member of the Board of Gover-nors of CIF, said, "The Forum seeksto facilitate a dialogue between Ca-nadian and Indian sector specialists."Dave stated that the Forum wouldencompass three spheres: initiatinga dialog between governments inCanada and India instrumental inpolicy formulations; forge linkagesbetween Canadian and Indian edu-cational institutions; and explore Ca-nadian private sector's effor ts toemploy Indian students into careersupon the completion of their educa-tional process. Girish Kekre, Co-Chair of the Forum and a member ofthe Board of Governors of CIF, said,

"The Forum would be a gathering of'Thoughtful Doers' from Canada andIndia who share a common interestin higher education opportunities anddevelopment between Canada andIndia. We will focus exclusively onthe most important educational de-velopment and challenges of ourtimes."The Forum will comprise followingfive panel discussions" Higher Education Opportu-nities in Canada: Par ticipants includeCanadian federal government min-isters, academics of establishedCanadian universities" The Business of Education:Par ticipants include industry stal-war ts and academic administratorsfrom Canada, India and the UnitedStates" Unlocking Corporate En-

gagement in Education: Par ticipantsinclude representatives of leadingcorporate entities in Canada and so-cial entrepreneurs" Integration of Technology toEducation: Participants include IT en-trepreneurs, educators, and innovators" Challenges and Experi-ences of Students: International stu-dents will narrate their experiencesThe one-and-a-half day event willhave keynote addresses by influen-tial political decision makers, highlyplaced officials in the diplomaticcorps, and technocrats who haveplayed a key role in transformingsocieties. The event will concludewith a networking reception that willprovide par ticipants the oppor tunityto meet and mingle with impor tantindividuals in the sector and enablefuture relations.


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For a political par ty that was taking a serious shot at coming topower in Punjab less than two years ago, the Aam Aadmi Par ty(AAP) appears to have gone wayward. Despite the electorate inPunjab reposing trust in the par ty by making it the principalopposition in the first ever assembly polls that it contested inFebruary last year, the par ty leadership in Punjab and in Delhi havebrought it to a new political low with a series of flip-flops and self-goals. The AAP, which has 20 seats in the 117-member stateassembly, relegated the formidable political alliance of theShiromani Akali Dal and BJP to a humiliating third slot but is fastlosing its votebank in the state.In recent by-elections, be it for Lok Sabha or assembly seats, theAAP candidates have not only fared badly but had to face humilia-tion by even losing their security deposits. In the Shahkot assem-bly seat bypoll last month, the AAP candidate got a mere 1,900votes. Each one of the top leaders in the AAP Punjab unit is on itsown journey while the Delhi leadership of the par ty, including AAPnational convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal andPunjab in-charge Manish Sisodia, show wariness, indifference andeven suspicion about the Punjab leaders.Senior AAP leader and Leader of Opposition in the state assemblySukhpal Singh Khaira is known to shoot off his mouth on everymatter. His recent comments justifying the 'Referendum 2020'propped up by foreign-based radical elements who are demandinga separate Sikh homeland, or Khalistan, has sparked a newcontroversy for him and the AAP. Khaira, a former Congressman,has lef t the par ty embar rassed on earlier occasions as well. Justabout two years back, the AAP was riding high on popularity inPunjab and many believed it was all set to form its first full-fledgedstate government.

That was not to be. Kejriwal and his core group of leaders seem tohave lost interest in Punjab affairs for now. Kejriwal's apology tosenior Akali Dal leader and former cabinet minister Bikram SinghMajithia earlier this year, which happened without even consultingthe Punjab leadership of the par ty, led to resignations within thepar ty with the cadres on the ground feeling disappointed. AAPPunjab unit president and MP Bhagwant Mann, who has had hisown string of controversies earlier, and co-president Aman Arora,resigned from their posts after Kejriwal's sudden apology.Kejriwal and other AAP leaders, in the run-up to the 2017 assembly polls, hadopenly accused Majithia of patronising the drugs mafia in Punjab. Theyeven called him a "drug lord". When Majithia went to cour t in adefamation case against the AAP leadership, the Delhi leaderschickened out and Kejriwal wrote an apology letter to Majithia.Offering apologies and doing voluntary service (kar seva) to atonefor political sins is nothing new for AAP leaders.

The 'Youth Manifesto' of AAP, released before the assembly polls,carried a photograph of 'Harmandir Sahib', the holiest and mostrevered Sikh shrine of Sikh religion, with an image of a broom, theAAP's par ty symbol. This led to a religious uproar in Sikh domi-nated Punjab. Kejriwal and other leaders washed utensils at theGolden Temple complex to "atone" for the political and religiousfaus pax. AAP leader Ashish Khetan compared the same manifesto toreligious scriptures like Granth Sahib, the Bible and the Gita. The AAP had toagain seek forgiveness for this. The AAP's stand on sharing of river watersvaries in Delhi and Punjab, leaving the par ty embarrassed at times. Theelectorate in Punjab, which gave four seats to AAP (out of 13 Lok Sabhaseats), has been left disaapointed. Two of the AAP MPs continue to besuspended from the par ty for the last three years. If AAP is to revive its positionin Punjab, its leadership - in Punjab and in Delhi - would have to take drasticsteps to stop the erosion of its base. Otherwise, the par ty wouldend up being a one-time wonder.

Touted as the biggest economic reform since Independence, theGoods and Services Tax (GST) was supposed to replace thecomplex indirect tax system prevalent in the country with a moresimplified, uniform regime. As its roll-out completes one year onJune 30, it can be argued that while India has come a long wayfrom a complicated taxation system, with over a dozen differenttaxes and many more cesses, GST is still far away from an idealtaxation regime.Also, the one year journey of the GST has not been a smooth oneeither with glitches and teething problems experienced from dayone. While many of those glitches were addressed by a proactivegovernment, some still remain to be resolved including simplifica-tion of return filing and fur ther rationalisation of tax rates. Accordingto NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar: "GST has put theeconomy on a completely different paradigm now because moreand more pressure will be on people to register under GST andbring their economic activity into the formal sector."It is not enough only to analyse the one year journey, but it isimpor tant to understand the future roadmap. While many economistwould argue that an ideal GST structure should have a universalcoverage and a single tax rate, most would also agree that it wasnot practical for a country like India with vast economic disparities.This is a stand the government has also maintained often giving theexample that "a BMW car and a Hawai 'chappal' (flip-flops) can't betaxed at the same rate".However, having six different rates -- 5, 12, 18 and 28 per centapart from some items being taxed at zero per cent and gold at 3per cent -- makes India's GST one of the most complex in the world,something acknowledged by the World Bank in its biannual IndiaDevelopment Update repor t. "To make things worse, petroleumproducts, power and real estate have been kept outside the GSTambit," the repor t noted. It added that not only India has one of thelargest number of tax slabs, but at 28 per cent, it has the higheststandard GST rate in Asia and the second highest in the world afterChile. Soon after the new indirect tax system was rolled out, NITIAayog Member Bibek Debroy -- who is now also the chairman ofthe Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council -- had told IANSthat "India is a long way off from the ideal GST structure and it maynot get there anytime in the near future." Favouring a maximum ofthree GST rates with all items covered, Debroy had said thatstar ting with seven rates, "depending on how you count it", has putIndia in a situation where it may not get to the ideal GST.Fast forward to present. The economy is still grappling with therather high multiplicity of tax rates while also debating bringingpetroleum products, electricity and other items into the GST netwith little clarity in the picture. While there has been expression ofintent by the government to merge some of the tax slabs, there hasbeen little progress on that front so far. Right from the first day ofthe roll-out on July 1 last year, there were technical glitchesappearing on the GST Network por tal causing a lot of hardship totaxpayers in registering on the network.There were of ten instances of the por tal not being able to take the

load of last-minute rush to file returns, forcing the government topostpone the filing deadlines several times. The glitches also led toexpor t refunds piling up, resulting in a grave situation of cashcrunch for expor ters, whose working capital was getting blocked.However, to address this, the government initiated two specialfor tnight-long drives (extended by a few days later) to processpending refunds -- one in March and another in June -- clearing amajor por tion of the backlog while some still remains.To address the GST network issues, the GST Council has set up afive-member ministerial panel headed by Bihar Deputy ChiefMinister Sushil Modi to oversee its functioning and smoothen theprocess. "GST is a very huge and complex exercise and one has tobe honest that it could be implemented better and the details couldhave been (better) thought through," the NITI Aayog's Kumar toldIANS. While there was consensus that no reform could be under-taken without some glitches and teething problems, which could beaddressed as we go along, one major concern was that GST mightlead to some loss of revenue, especially for the states.This fear almost came true when GST collections fell for twoconsecutive months from over Rs 92,000 crore (later revised to Rs95,132 crore) in September to Rs 83,346 crore (later revised to Rs85,931 crore) in October, and Rs 80,808 crore (later revised to Rs83,716 crore) in November. This prompted the GST Council in itsDecember meeting to prematurely roll out the e-way bill mecha-nism for inter-state movement of goods from February 1 to pluggaps and check tax evasion. The e-way bill por tal crashed on DayOne prompting the government to extend the trial period andeventually postponing the roll-out to April 1.According to the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, in a country like India,which is proud of its IT sector, there is hardly any excuse for the ITsystems not to work.However, when the system was rolled out thesecond time on April 1, the technical issues were sor ted out andinfrastructure boosted enough for a smooth implementation. Therevenue collections also picked up subsequently crossing the Rs 1lakh crore mark in March (collected in April) -- which was,however, attributed to the financial year-end effect -- and then againshowing credible buoyancy in April when it crossed the Rs 94,000crore.Kumar said now that the GST has stabilised, it would give amassive fillip to economic activity. Finance Secretary HasmukhAdhia said earlier this week that GST had now entered a "smoothphase" with good tax compliance. He added the priority of thegovernment would now be simplification of tax return forms.Deloitte India Par tner Prashant Deshpande said while GST hasresolved the issues of multiple taxable events and double taxation,there are some concerns which still need to be addressed."On the legislation side, GST can be improved by extending it topetroleum products, electricity, land and building which arecurrently taxed under old laws... The number of tiers in tax ratestructure are required to be reduced to resolve classificationissues," Deshpande told IANS. On the execution side, he added,prime concern is the GST compliance infrastructure "which iscomplex and cumbersome" which needs to be replaced with "asimple and robust compliance system". It would a while beforesuch a system comes into effect.



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Prime Minister Trudeau to attend NATO Summit

HELPING 40,000 YOUNGPEOPLE IN CANADA GAINSKILLS AND FIND JOBSTORONTO - In Canada, more than 840,000 young peopleare unemployed, or not receiving the education and train-ing they need to build a future for themselves. By workingclosely with Canadian businesses, the Government ofCanada is making sure that more young Canadians - of allbackgrounds and abilities - have the skills and work expe-rience they need to find and maintain good jobs.The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today met with youngpeople at the first hiring event organized by Oppor tunityFor All Youth, a coalition of major Canadian businesses.The coalition is suppor ted by MaRS Discovery Districtand empowers young people to find good jobs and trainingoppor tunities. The Government of Canada is suppor tingOppor tunity For All Youth's project, which aims to pro-vide meaningful employment for 40,000 vulnerable NEET(Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young Ca-nadians.The coalition of Canadian businesses will work closelytogether, along with governments, community organi-zations, and employment services agencies, to developyouth-focused hiring and retention strategies, and con-nect more young people with good jobs, and educationand training oppor tunities. "Too many young Canadiansare ready to work but have a hard time getting their foot inthe door. We are working with major Canadian businessesand key par tners to break down the barriers facing manyyoung people, so they can jumpstar t their careers, andfind jobs that make the best use of their skills and talents."- Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.

Prime Minister on CanadianMulticulturalism DayOttawa - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issuedthe fol lowing statement to highl ight CanadianMulticulturalism Day: "As the first country in the world toadopt a policy of multiculturalism, Canada has shown timeand time again that diversity and inclusion are sources ofstrength, and at the hear t of our success."One-fifth of Canadians were born elsewhere and chose toimmigrate to Canada. Vibrant, progressive, and diverse,our towns and cities have become windows to the worldbecause of the people who have made them home. Whilewe have much to celebrate, we need to recognize that theCanadian reality has not been - and is not today - welcom-ing, fair, and equal for everybody. As Canadians, we mustwork even harder to create a level playing field that ex-pands oppor tunity and gives a voice to all. Canada is suc-cessful and prosperous because generation after genera-tion of Canadians have embraced this task, and challengedthemselves, and each other, to broaden our understandingof what it means to be an open, compassionate, and ac-cepting country."As we mark the 30th anniversary of the CanadianMulticulturalism Act, I call on all Canadians to put ourvalues into practice, and embrace the differences thatmake us strong. We are all custodians of Canada's char-acter. May we never forget, or take for granted, that Canadais an accepting, compassionate, and respectful country -and an example to the world - because we are accepting,compassionate, and respectful to each other. On behalf ofthe Government of Canada, I invite all Canadians to takepar t in the many activities being held across the country,and to take a moment to recognize and appreciate thevaluable contributions that people of all backgrounds havemade, and continue to make, to Canadian society."

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that he willtravel to Brussels, Belgium, to attend the NATO Summit on July 11and 12, 2018. Canada, along with 11 other countries, founded NATO in1949 on the fundamental values of democracy, individual liber ty, hu-man rights, and the rule of law. For more than six decades, NATO hasproven itself to be a major contributor to international peace, security,and stability - essential for economic growth and prosperity.At the Summit, P rime Minister Tr udeau will discuss trans-Atlanticsecurity issues and challenges with other NATO leaders, includinghow to work together to strengthen the international rules-based or-der and protect our citizens. Together, NATO leaders will explore howbest to reinforce our collective security, including by responding toemerging and evolving threats as well as conducting training and

capacity-building with par tner nations and organizations. Leaders willalso address Russia's aggressive and illegal actions, and Prime Min-ister Tr udeau will reaffirm Canada's suppor t for Ukraine.In all discussions and working sessions, Prime Minister Trudeau willreiterate Canada's commitment to playing an active role in the Alli-ance, and a strong and constructive role in the world. "NATO is acornerstone of Canada's international security policy, and an impor-tant alliance as we look for more stability in a world going throughrapid change. I look forward to meeting with leaders from NATO mem-ber states in Belgium to deepen our already strong relationships, andto discuss what more we can and must do to advance peace andsecurity for our citizens and people around the world." - Justin Tr udeau,Prime Minister of Canada.

Canada stands up for steel, aluminum workers and industryOTTAWA - Canada's steel and aluminum industries have made Nor thAmerican steel and aluminum more competitive around the world. It isinconceivable and completely unacceptable to view any trade with Canadaas a national security threat to the United States.The US has a US $2 billion annual trade surplus on iron and steel productswith Canada. Canada buys more American steel than any other country inthe world, accounting for 50 per cent of U.S. exports. Canadian steel isused in American tanks, and Canadian aluminum in American planes.Indeed, Canada is recognized in US law as par t of the US National Tech-nology and Industrial Base related to National Defence. Today the Gov-ernment of Canada announced that in direct, measured and propor tionalresponse to US tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, reciprocal sur-taxes on $16.6 billion of impor ts of steel, aluminum and other productsfrom the United States will come into effect July 1.Canada continues to work towards full and permanent removal of theseunjustified and illegal US tariffs. In addition, the Government of Canadawill make available up to $2 billion to defend and protect the interests ofCanadian workers and businesses in the steel, aluminum and manufac-turing industries. This includes a comprehensive set of measures:" Extending the duration of work-sharing agreements by 38 addi-tional weeks under the Employment Insurance program to help employ-ers retain their skilled workforce and avoid layoffs during challengingtimes." Increasing funding to the provinces and territories to increasethe capacity of the job and training programs available to workers af-fected by the U.S. measures.

" Providing liquidity support to affected businesses." Offering up to $250 million in new suppor t through the StrategicInnovation Fund to help bolster the competitiveness of Canadian manu-facturers and better integrate the Canadian supply chain of steel andaluminum." The Government of Canada will invest $50 million over fiveyears to help Canadian companies diversify their expor ts to take advan-tage of new trade agreements, such as CETA and CPTPP. Working inpar tnership with business associations, this will include new "expor treadiness" grants."Canada has always been a safe, secure and reliable source of steel andaluminum for the U.S. market. The tariffs introduced by the United Stateson Canadian steel and aluminum are protectionist and illegal under WTOand NAFTA rules - the very rules that the United States helped to write. Itis with regret that we take these countermeasures, but the U.S. tariffsleave Canada no choice but to defend our industries, our workers and ourcommunities, and we will remain firm in doing so. The real solution tothis unfor tunate and unprecedented dispute is for the United States torescind its tariffs on our steel and aluminum." - Chrystia Freeland, P.C.,M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs"The Government of Canada suppor ts our country's steel and aluminumworkers and their families. We're taking strong responsive measures todefend them. That includes new extended work-sharing, to help employers avoidlayoffs, and increased capacity for job and skills training programs for any workerswho need them." - Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Developmentand Labour.

Canada welcomes OPCW actions to counter impunityfor use of chemical weapons, offers $7.5mOTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:"Any use of chemical weapons is an abhorrent breach of international law and Canada stronglysuppor ts efforts to ensure that perpetrators of such crimes are held to account."Canada welcomes today's decision by the special Conference of States Par ties of the ChemicalWeapons Convention to task the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Technical Secretariat with identifying those who use chemical weapons in Syria. These findingswill be repor ted to the United Nations Secretary General and will ensure that the perpetrators ofattacks using chemical weapons in Syria will not be able to hide behind anonymity. The decisionalso authorizes the OPCW Director-General to help attribute responsibility for chemical attackson the territory of member states."The Conference of States Par ties recognized the results of the OPCW-UN Joint InvestigativeMechanism's last repor t, which attributed the use of the sarin nerve agent in Khan Shaykhun toSyrian government forces. This is an impor tant step towards holding the Assad regime account-able for its horrific attacks against the people of Syria. This follows the disappointing actions byRussia to block the renewal of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism and to shield themurderous Assad regime from accountability for its actions."Canada will continue to suppor t the international rules-based order in the face of these actions.Canada has consistently demonstrated its suppor t for the OPCW, not only with words but withconcrete actions. I am pleased to announce today a contribution of $7.5 million over three yearsto help build the OPCW's new Centre for Chemistry and Technology."

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AAM AADMI PARTY SUPPORTERS PROTESTING IN CHANDIGARH AGAINST ALLEGED INACTION OF PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ONTHE ISSUE OF DRUGS.

CASH-STRAPPED PUNJAB APPROVESDISINVESTMENT OF THREE AILING PSUS

Punjab would have no waterin 15 years: AmarinderCHANDIGARH, (IANS) Punjab may mean the land of fiverivers but the agrarian state may not be left with anywater in the next 15 years, Chief Minister Amarinder Singhwarned recently. "Punjab would have no water lef t in thenext 15 years unless immediate steps are taken to con-trol the situation. "With the highest rate of decline inground water level, Punjab has the highest percentage ofdark zones in the country," Amarinder Singh said, ex-pressing serious concern over the depleting water lev-els. Mission Director of the Directorate of Ground WaterManagement Arunjit Singh Miglani said: "Punjab, whichhas the highest rate of groundwater exploitation, had dur-ing 2008-2013 on an average withdrawn 28.2 Million AcreFeet (MAF) yearly, with yearly average replenishment ofonly 18.9 MAF, thus causing a severe shor tage." TheChief Minister underlined the need for a Master Plan forconservation of water and suggested including waterconservation in school curriculums to create awarenessamong children about the impor tance of saving groundwater. Looking at the critical situation, Amarinder Singhappealed to farmers to minimize the use of tubewellsand shift to canal-based irrigation.

Punjab approves death penaltyfor raping girls under 12CHANDIGARH, (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet has approvedthe death penalty for males held guilty of the rape of a girlyounger than 12 years. The Cabinet, chaired by ChiefMinister Amarinder Singh, decided to extend to the statetwo major ordinances, relating to cases involving rapesand fugitive economic offenders, recently promulgatedby the Central government."The meeting approved republication of the Criminal Law(Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 (Ordinance No 2 of 2018),promulgated by the Government of India to make the lawon rape more stringent," a state government spokesmansaid here. "The Chief Minister was all in favour of stricterpunishment for rape convicts, with the other members ofthe Cabinet also unanimously supporting him." Punjabhas a Congress government since March 2017.Besides the death penalty for the rape of a girl under 12years of age, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinanceamends the Indian Penal Code to provide for enhance-ment of minimum punishment for rape from the existingseven to 10 years. The minimum punishment for the rapeof a girl younger than 16 years has been fixed at lifeimprisonment, as against the earlier provision of 20 yearsof rigorous imprisonment, extendable to imprisonmentfor the rest of the convict's life.

CHANDIGARH, (IANS) In a move aimed at bridging revenueand fiscal deficits and raising funds for the cash-crunchedstate exchequer, the Punjab cabinet on Wednesday approvedthe disinvestment of three ailing public sector units (PSUs).The process of divestment of the loss-making Punjab Com-munications Ltd, Punjab Financial Corporation and PunjabState Industrial Development Corporation will be carried outby a core group of officers to be set up under the chairman-ship of the Chief Secretary.The decision has been taken based on the recommendationsof Punjab Governance Reforms and Ethics Commission, aspokesman said here after a cabinet meeting. "The committeehas been mandated to make recommendations regarding thedisinvestment of PSUs in Punjab, the repor t of which wouldbe submitted to the Council of Ministers for final decision," headded.

The decision was taken as the cabinet felt the disinvestment ofthe three PSUs would help in raising funds for capital expendi-ture and infrastructure development, funding social welfareschemes and improving the per formance of PSUs by instillingprofessional and corporate business ethics, the spokesmansaid. Punjab earned only Rs 4.90 crore as dividend in 2017-18from its 50-odd PSUs, while the state resources locked up inthese PSUs amount to IRs 7,614 crore.The total amount of outstanding government loans of thesePSUs is around Rs 25,393 crore and the unpaid loan againstthe government guarantee stands at Rs 18,312 crore approxi-mately (as on March 31, 2018).The cabinet noted that thecentral government had collected around Rs 1 lakh crore fromthe strategic and non-strategic disinvestment of Central PublicSector Enterprises in 2017-18, taking advantage of the marketconditions.


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MEMBERS OF THE DELHI FAMILY WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE UNDER A RITUAL THAT THEY BELIEVED WOULD NOT ACTUALLYKILL THEM AS THEY WOULD BE SAVED BY GOD AND ATTAIN SOMETHING GREAT.

PUNJAB CM GIVES COMPENSATION TO 40JODHPUR DETAINEES, ASSURES OTHERS

CHANDIGARH, (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister AmarinderSingh recently handed out cheques for the state's share ofthe compensation money ordered to be paid to 40 Jodhpurdetenues and assured of similar help to the remaining 325detenues. The Chief Minister handed over cheques totallingover Rs 2.16 crore as the state's 50 per cent share in theapproximately IRs4.5 crore compensation announced by anAmritsar district cour t to the 40 detenues who had ap-proached it for relief.Amarinder Singh said those who did not move the cour t werealso entitled to compensation and that his government willmake similar payments to them too. He expressed theconfidence that the Centre would agree to his plea to contrib-ute its share of compensation money to these 325 detenues.A total of 365 persons were arrested and lodged in Jodhpurjail in Rajasthan in the wake of Operation Blue Star in 1984.

Known as the Jodhpur detainees, they were released in 1986.Nearly 100 of them have since died.Of the 40 detenues who approached the cour t, seven passedaway while the case was being heard. Amarinder Singh alsosaid that the state was prepared to release the full compensa-tion amount to the 40 detainees but he was informed of theCentre's decision to release its share. "It is a small compen-sation for the pain they have undergone. We will also look intotheir demand for jobs for their children," the Chief Ministersaid.The detenues who went to cour t were awarded Rs 4 lakh eachalong with 6 per cent interest (from the date of filing of theappeal to payment of compensation) in April last year. Whilethe Punjab government had given an undertaking in the cour t to pay half theamount, the central government had appealed in the Punjab and Haryana HighCourt against the impugned order.

ONE PERSON STAND GUARDWHILE OTHERS HANG: NOTEAT DELHI FAMILY'S HOMENEW DELHI: The handwritten notes found at a nor th Delhi homewhere 11 members of a family died under mysterious circum-stances detailed a set of rituals a person needed to follow to attain"salvation", a police official said on Monday. The notes were foundin two diaries and stated the rituals should be performed either ona Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday."The notes said that on the day of performing the ritual, one won'tcook food at home and the phones will be kept on silent mode forsix hours. The notes also instructed that one person had to standguard to ensure that others have hanged themselves," said theofficial privy to the investigation. They detailed how by followingthe rituals, one would not actually die "but would be saved by Godand attain something great". They had instructions on how anelderly person, who has problems in climbing a stool, can per-form the rituals. The police said the diaries will be sent for forensicanalysis. The 11 people aged between 15 and 77 were found deadin their home in Burari area on Sunday. Except for the 77-year-oldwoman, the other 10 people were found hanging from the iron-mesh in the ceiling. They had their mouth taped and their facescovered with cloth pieces cut from a single bed-sheet. The policeare probing whether the family followed any godman, who mighthave issued the instructions detailed in the notes.The notes had stated that "the human body is temporary and onecan overcome fear by covering their eyes and mouth." Two mem-bers of the family, however, insisted on Monday that even thoughtheir family was religious, they did not believe in babas or tantriksand could not have committed suicide. The police said the diarieswill be sent for forensic analysis to determine which family mem-ber wrote or were they written by different members at different pointsof time. They are scanning through the cell phones of the familymembers to know about the details of their internet search history.

Punjab amends law on 'office ofprofit' to accommodate MLAsCHANDIGARH, (IANS) To dodge the ruling of various courtson the issue of lawmakers holding an office of profit, thePunjab Cabinet on Wednesday paved the way for MLAs tohold several new categories of office of profit by approvingsome amendments to the Punjab State Legislature (Pre-vention of Disqualification) Act 1952. The amendments willprotect the MLAs from disqualification in cer tain additionalcases of office of profit, apart from the ones included in theoriginal Act, an official spokesperson disclosed after a Cabi-net meeting here. The move will allow legislators in Punjabto hold high offices in boards, corporations and other bodiesunder the state government. The Congress party, which hasbeen running the government in Punjab since March 2017,has 78 legislators in the 117-member Assembly.



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PUNJAB DSP ACCUSED OF PUSHINGWOMAN INTO DRUGS SUSPENDED

BJP CHIEF AMIT SHAH DURING HIS VISIT TO THE TARAPITH TEMPLE, IN WEST BENGAL'S BIRBHUM.

CHANDIGARH, (IANS) Punjab Police on Thursday suspended a DeputySuperintendent of Police following accusations that he had pushed aLudhiana woman into drug abuse. Indian Police Service officer AnitaPunj has been directed to conduct a preliminary inquiry and submit arepor t within a week in the case, a police spokesperson said. Follow-

ing allegations against DSP Daljit Singh, Chief Minister AmarinderSingh had assured of a probe. "Taking a serious note, and in view ofthe gravity of the charges, the Chief Minister had asked DGP SureshArora to ensure a proper inquiry and stern action against the DSP, iffound guilty," the spokesperson said.

CHIEF SECRETARY CASE: KEJRIWAL TO FACECONSPIRACY CHARGE, AAP SLAMS CONSPIRACY

NEW DELHI, (IANS) Delhi Police is likely to charge Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia with conspiracy in thealleged assault of Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs,said police sources. The ruling AAP slammed the case as politicallymotivated. According to the police sources, the charge sheet will"most probably" be filed at Tis Hazari Cour t here in the first week ofJuly. Terming it a politically motivated case, the Aam Aadmi Par ty(AAP) said that this is a conspiracy to defame the Delhi Chief Minister

and Deputy Chief Minister. "Delhi Police has been planting all kinds offictitious stories since the last four months. The truth is that a con-spiracy was hatched by the police and Prakash to defame CM ArvindKejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in a bid to destabilise theelected state government," AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwajtold the media.Prakash, who had gone to attend a late night "emergency" meetingcalled by Kejriwal at his residence in Civil Lines on February 19, had

alleged that he was assaulted byAam Aadmi Par ty MLAsAmanutullah Khan and PrakashJarwal. The timing of the CCTVcameras installed at Kejriwal'sresidence was tampered, ac-cording to the police. The twoMLAs were arrested a day afterthe al legat ion was made andwere later released on bail.Kejriwal and Sisodia were inter-rogated separately by police lastmonth for calling the meeting latein the night and for the "tamper-ing" with the cameras. Bhardwajhowever claimed that no inci-dence of violence took place onthe night of February 19 at theDelhi CM's residence and that"CCTV tampering allegation hasproved to be false"."Delhi Polce has been unable toanswer a simple question that ifthe Chief Secretary was as-saulted, then how was it that in theCCTV footage he was seen walkingnormally out of the CM residence.

MODI REGIME REPACKAGEDREDEVELOPMENT PROJECT,CONGRESS THEMASTERMIND: AAPNEW DELHI, (IANS) Delhi's ruling AAP on Thursday saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi has only repackaged thewhole redevelopment project in the city, involving cuttingdown of over 17,000 fully grown trees, while the actualmastermind is the Congress. Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP)chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj told the mediahere that the redevelopment project was introduced underthe UPA government by then Minister of State for UrbanDevelopment Ajay Maken."After a long wait, Congress and BJP have opened upabout the Central government's redevelopment projectsby the NBCC. Shockingly, the whole project ofredevelopment was planned by Congress which is nowbeing repackaged by Modi as smar t city plan," he said,citing an official 2006 document. He slammed Makenfor not informing his par ty President Rahul Gandhi aboutthe project amid the ongoing criticism."Rahul Gandhi, Iam worried that Maken did not brief you that this BJP'sCentral Government's NBCC project was star ted by yourCongress government."Here is environment impact repor t of 2006 when Makenwas Minister of the same depar tment. The original planto murder trees belongs to the Congress," Bhardwajtweeted. The AAP spokesperson also said that acommittee of the Delhi Assembly will gather at 8 a.m.on Friday at the Sarojini Nagar police station, and thenvisit the sites of Central government redevelopmentprojects and inspect the current status of felled trees.He also criticized the Central government for makingchanges to the DDA's master plan and turning it intoa "more commercialized project by including parkinglots and a trade centre in it."The Central government claimed that the work forredevelopment is for residential use only but thebrochures simply prove that the redevelopment isbeing done for commercial purpose. My question toUrban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri iswhen was the land conver ted into commercial andwhich depar tment decided to do that," he asked.Following the claims, Puri has called for an urgentmeeting to replan its NBCC redevelopment project inDelhi. Sharing the information about Puri's meeting,Bhardwaj wrote on Twitter : "Now who representedthe people of Delhi in that decision making. Latereveryone wil l curse (Delhi Chief Minister Arvind)Kejriwal for their anti-environment decision." Askedabout the ongoing criticism of the BJP governmentfor sharing the surgical strike videos, Bhardwaj saidthat AAP would not like to intervene in the matters ofthe armed forces.


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PAKISTAN PLACED ON FATF'S 'GREY LIST'PRINCE WILLIAM VISITED THE WESTERN WALL – THE HOLIEST SITE IN JUDAISM AS IT IS THE LAST REMNANT OF HEROD’S TEMPLE.

BY SAJJAD HUSSAINISLAMABAD, (PTI) Pakistan has been placed on the grey list by theFinancial Action Task Force for failing to curb anti-ter ror financingdespite its diplomatic effor ts to aver t the decision, an official said.The decision was taken late last night at the global financial watchdogFinancial Action Task Force's (FATF) planery session in Paris whereFinance Minister Shamshad Akhtar represented Pakistan, accordingto official sources. The announcement comes a day after Pakistansubmitted a comprehensive 26-point action plan to the FATF to chokethe funding of militants groups, including Mumbai attack mastermind

Hafiz Saeed-led JuD and its affiliates, to avoid being blacklisted by it.The placement on to grey list could hur t Pakistan's economy as wellas its international standing. Earlier in the day, Akhtar had urged theFATF to remove Pakistan from its grey list. As the 37-nation FATFplenary began its proceedings on Pakistan's 26-point action plan span-ning over a period of 15 months, the Pakistani delegation apprised thewatchdog of steps Islamabad had taken to weed out money launder-ing and terror financing to avoid the country being placed on the greylist. Official sources in the Foreign Office said that being placed offi-cially on the grey list was not a surprise for Pakistan.

Malaysia freezes PM Najib's partybank accounts linked to 1MDBKUALA LUMPUR, (IANS) The Malaysian government saidon Friday that it has frozen several bank accounts related to thepolitical party of former Prime Minister Najib Razak in the 1MalaysiaDevelopment Bhd (1MDB) corruption probe. The special task force forthe 1MDB probe said in a statement that these bank accounts wereheld by individuals and several organisations, including the UnitedMalays National Organisation (UMNO) and other political parties. "Theseaccounts are believed to have links with the misappropriated1MDB funds," it said. It was also reported by the local mediathat 1MDB has sacked its president and chief executive officerArul Kanda Kandasam. Arul joined 1MDB in 2015 to turnaroundthe debt-laden state fund. Police said earlier this week thatthey seized cash amounting to $226 million and luxury itemswor th $273 million from Najib's premises in connection withthe 1MDB probe. Cash in 26 currencies was confiscated, be-sides 25 bags of gold, 12,000 items of jewellery, 567 luxuryhandbags, 423 watches and 234 sunglasses in the largestseizure in the probe so far, authorities said.

China defends Pakistan afterit was put on FATF 'grey list'BEIJING, (IANS) China on Friday said that Pakistan mustnot be vilified and pressured on the front of ter ror, af ter aglobal watchdog put the country on "grey list" of countriesthat finance terrorism. China calls Pakistan its "best friend"and resolutely backs the country whenever it is slammedfor funding and sheltering terrorists. The Chinese ForeignMinistry said it won't comment on the Financial Action TaskForce's (FATF) decision to put Pakistan on the "grey list"and counselled the world to see the effor ts made byIslamabad in an "objective" way. "We will not make com-ment on the decision of the task force. Pakistan has madeenormous effor ts for counterter rorism and made great sac-rifice. The international community should view this in anobjective, just way and should give more suppor t and rec-ognition to Pakistan," ministry's spokesperson Lu Kang said.

Pakistan cour tallows ex-PM tocontest fromhome seatISLAMABAD, (IANS) A court in Pa-kistan on Friday allowed formerPrime Minister Shahid KhaqanAbbasi to contest the upcomingelections from his home constitu-ency, over turning an electiontribunal's decision to disqualify him.Abbasi welcomed the decision ofthe Lahore High Cour t, headed byjudge Mazahir Ali Naqwi. "As youknow, that decision was flawed. Ifiled an appeal with the Lahore HighCour t against that decision and to-day the Lahore High Court overturnedit. Now I can run from Murree, which ismy home constituency as well," Efequoted Abbasi as saying. Court spokes-person Arif Dar confirmed that the benchhad overturned the disqualification or-der after the defense argued that thetribunal had exceeded its powers, asit did not have the authority to disqualifya candidate. On Wednesday an appel-late election tribunal had disqualifiedAbbasi from the Murree constituencyfor allegedly hiding facts and not pro-viding the accurate value of hisassets in the nomination papers,deeming it a violation of ar ticle 62of the constitution.

5 killed in USnewspaper shooting,suspect charged withfirst-degree murderWASHINGTON, (IANS) F ivepeople were killed and two othersinjured when a man armed with ashotgun and smoke grenades shotthrough a glass door into thenewsroom of a newspaper in theUS state of Maryland in a targetedshoot ing, pol ice said. JarrodWarren Ramos, the 38-year-oldsuspect was taken into custodyafter the attack at the CapitalGazette newspaper's office inAnnapolis on Thursday and wascharged with five counts of first-degree murder, according to cour trecords.The attack has been deemed asthe deadliest day for journalismin America in several years.Ramos is scheduled to have abail hearing on Friday. He had along history of conflict with thedaily, the US media repor ted.Ramos lost a defamation caseagainst the paper in 2015 over a2011 column he contendeddefamed him.



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US PLAN TO END IRANIAN OIL EXPORTS 'A FANTASY': ROUHANIGENEVA, (AFP) A plan by the United States to cut Iran's oilproduction to zero is a "fantasy," Iranian President HassanRouhani said during his European tour to rally suppor t for the2015 nuclear deal. Washington has said it wants to pressureIran to change its behaviour by taking away all revenueTehran generates from crude sales, par t of the confrontationalapproach adopted by President Donald Trump, who pulled outof the historic nuclear pact in May."These are exaggerated statements that can never be imple-mented," Rouhani told repor ters in Bern, after holding talks

with Swiss authorities on a range of issues, including thenuclear deal. "Such a scenario would mean the US wasimposing its imperialist policy in flagrant violation of interna-tional law," he said. "This is really a baseless fantasy," headded, condemning an "unjust" scenario where all oil produc-ers are allowed to expor t crude except Iran.Washington has said it is confident the world has enoughspare oil capacity to replace Iranian crude, and Tr ump hassaid that he has persuaded Saudi Arabia to balance themarket by boosting its own production. The international

community still overwhelmingly backs the nuclear deal whichopened new oppor tunities to deepen economic relations withIran.But many believe nations will have to sever ties once Washing-ton reimposes sanctions, to avoid losing access to US marketsand financing. Rouhani and Swiss President Alain Berset bothunderscored the impor tance of the nuclear deal, known as theJoint Comprehensive Plan of Action, substantial par ts of whichwere negotiated in Switzerland. The deal was signed in Vienna,where Rouhani will hold fur ther talks tomor row.

Trump demands NATO allies toboost defence spendingWASHINGTON, (IANS) US President Donald Tr ump has written to lead-ers of several NATO countries, including Germany, Belgium, Norway andCanada, demanding that they increase their defence spending and warnedthat Washington "is losing patience with their failure to meet security obliga-tions shared by the alliance."According to a repor t in the New York Times on Monday, the letters were sentin June ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels next week. Trump has repeat-edly questioned the value of the alliance and claimed that its members weretaking advantage of the US. CNN quoted a source as saying that the letterswere "very tough." The President has previously referred to NATO as "obso-lete" although he later reversed that position. The Times repor t said thatmany of the letters to the various leaders included similar language, butTrump's letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel was particularly critical."As we discussed during your visit in April, there is growing frustration inthe US that some allies have not stepped up as promised," the letter toMerkel read, according to the Times, which cited a source who hadseen it and sent excepts. "Continued German underspending on de-fence undermines the security of the alliance and provides validationfor other allies that also do not plan to meet their military spendingcommitments, because others see you as a role model."

Leftist Lopez Obrador wins Mexicanpresidential electionsMEXICO, (IANS) Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorof the National Regeneration Movement has won the presidential elec-tions in Mexico, according to the country's electoral body. LopezObrador called it a "historic day" after the National Electoral Institute(INE) attributed him at least 53 per cent of the votes in a quick countof a sample of 7,700 ballots, Efe news repor ted.His closest rivals admitted defeat and congratulated Lopez Obradoron his victory."I express my respect to those who voted for othercandidates and par ties, and also for the three presidential candidatesrepresenting the different organizations that have recognized our tri-umph and victory today," Lopez Obrador told a crowd of jubilant sup-por ters at an event in Mexico City late Sunday (local time). "I call allMexicans for reconciliation and to put best interests above personalinterests, however legitimate," said Lopez Obrador, who is set toassume office on December 1.

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PATNA, (IANS) Af ter joining active politics, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's elder son and former Bihar Health Minister TejPratap Yadav is set to enter the Hindi film industry. He released a poster of his upcoming movie. Tej Pratap, known for making controversialstatements, unveiled the poster of "Rudra - The Avtar" via his Twitter handle. He features wearing a pair of aviators in the poster, which reads:"Coming soon". This is first time Tej Pratap, 29, is acting in a Hindi film as a hero. Earlier, he had acted in a Bhojpuri film when he was HealthMinister in 2016 and essayed the role of a Chief Minister. Tej Pratap, who got mar ried last month, is said to be of a religious nature and isknown to visit temples. But he is not ar ticulate and media savvy like his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of Opposition in the Biharassembly and a former Deputy Chief Minister. Unlike Tej Pratap, Tejashwi is considered by many as the heir apparent to Lalu Prasad in politicsas he has been projected the Chief Ministerial candidate by the RJD.

WHAT, LALU PRASAD'S SON IN HINDI FILM?

HISTORY REPEATED ITSELF IN THE HOCKEY CHAMPIONS TROPHY AS INDIA SETTLED FOR SILVER MEDAL IN THE TOURNAMENTAFTER LOSING TO AUSTRALIA IN THE FINAL VIA SHOOTOUT. IN THE 2016 EDITION, INDIA HAD LOST TO THE SAME OPPONENTIN A SIMILAR MANNER. AUSTRALIA WON THEIR 15TH GOAL MEDAL AT CHAMPIONS TROPHY. INDIA WON THEIR SECONDSILVER MEDAL AFTER WINNING THEIR FIRST IN 2016.

MUMBAI, (PTI) Actor Ranbir Kapoor says he views competition as ahealthy and beneficial exercise, amid the buzz that the upcoming awardseason will be a face-off between his and Ranveer Singh's perfor -mances. The year began with Ranveer garnering critical acclaim forhis por trayal of Sultan Alauddin Khilji in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's"Padmaavat", that released on January 25.Ranbir, who has been through a dull box office phase in the last coupleof years, bounced back last Friday as his latest "Sanju", a biopic onactor Sanjay Dutt, has registered a strong opening at the ticket win-dow. The Rajkumar Hirani-directed film has fetched immense praisefor Ranbir slipping into the role of Dutt effor tlessly. Asked about thecomparisons between him and Ranveer, Ranbir told PTI, "I've seenRanveer in 'Padmaavat' and I was really bowled over by his per for-mance. I thought he was phenomenal. I've now been pitted againstRanveer as 'competition'. It's amazing to have that.

WHEN IS 'MENTAL HAI KYA' COMING TO THEATRES?MUMBAI, (PTI) Rajkummar Rao and Kangana Ranaut-starrer "Mental Hai Kya" will release on February 22 next year. The film, to bedirected by Prakash Kovelamudi, will see Rao reunite with his "Queen" co-star, Ranaut. "Mental..." is being produced by Balaji MotionPictures and Karma media and enter tainment. "In a day and age where sanity is overrated, the film is a celebration of the crazy withinus all. With Kangana and Rajkummar top-lining this film, we're set to ask audiences -'Mental Hai Kya', in theatres on 22nd February,"producer Ekta Kapoor said in a statement. Karma's Shailesh R Singh added, "'Mental...' is a story about two beautifully chaoticcharacters and I am cer tain no one else could fit in the shoes except Kangana and Rajkumar.

WE TOOK PERFORMANCE TONEXT LEVEL : SREEJESH

BENGALURU, (PTI) Disappointed he may be for not winning the goldat the Champions Trophy but India hockey captain P R Sreejesh in-sisted that the players took the game to the next level in Breda and itwill help them do well at the Asian Games and the World Cup at home.India were beaten 1-3 by Australia in the shootout after score remained 1-1 at theend of regulation time. It was second consecutive silver medal for India in thetournament.Sreejesh, who stood out under the bar throughout the tournament, said the Indianplayers had it in them to prevail over Australia. "I was disappointed for not winningthe gold in the Champions Trophy because we anticipated meeting Australia infinals. We did meet them, but could not do well in shootout. We believed we couldbeat Australia and played with that spirit," Sreejesh told PTI after his arrival fromNetherlands here."We did extremely well, especially after the team lost striker Ramandeep Singh,who sustained an injury. Boys took the performance to next level and definitely thiswill help us to do well in Asian Games and World Cup," Sreejesh added. Lookingahead, Sreejesh said after the five-day break, the team will assemble and chart outstrategies and plans for the Asian Games. Talking about his own per formance inthe tournament, Sreejesh said, it was a challenge to recover from injury andperform. "I worked really very hard to become match fit and worked on certainaspects of the game. All these could not have happened withoutteam support. I am happy to win the award and I think, our defencereally stood out," he said. Replying to a query, Sreejesh saidcoach Harendra Singh has been great for the team because heis good at motivating the players."Harendra knows the boys really well,for all of us have worked with him atjunior level. One of the best par tsof him is, he really motivatesand pumps up players.

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'Satyameva Jayate' is unfiltered, hardcorecommercial film: John Abraham

VARUN DHAWAN AND SHARDDHA KAPOOR DANCE ON THE TUNE OF HIGH RATED GABRU IN THEIR UPCOMING MOVIENAWABZAADE. ACCORDING TO REPORTS GURU RANDHAWA SUGGESTED MOVIE MAKERS TO INCLUDE HIS SONG.

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'Dhadak' is unique in its ownway: Ishaan KhatterMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Ishaan Khatter, who is all set forthe release of his for thcoming film 'Dhadak', has saidthat his film is unique in its own way. Ishaan Khatter wasinteracting with media along with his co-actress JanhviKapoor and director Shashank Khaitan at 'Zingaat' songlaunch from their film at a radio station on Wednesday inMumbai.There has been huge buzz around 'Dhadak' before itsrelease and Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor are beingconsidered as promising stars among the media andaudience. When asked how he feels when people look athim as a future star, Ishaan Khatter said, "I will not saythat I have become a star before the release of the filmbut it feels nice when audience appreciate what they areseeing in the promos of the film. When people supportus, our hope increases as they will go to watch the filmin theatres."I really hope when audience watch the film, they realizethat it is a sincere adaptation and it's a unique film in itsown way. We have been really honest while making thisfilm and we have sacrificed our blood, sweat and tearswhile making it. So, I hope our effor ts will connect withthe audience." Sharing his feeling while launching mostanticipated song 'Zingaat' from his film 'Dhadak', IshaanKhatter said, "I am feeling really happy to launch thissong as it comes at very impor tant juncture of the storyin the film and to get an oppor tunity to dance on this songwas really amazing experience."I am a huge fan of this song especially, the way AmitabhBhattacharya has written the lyrics of this song. I hopeaudience will have same amount of fun while watchingthis song as much as we had while shooting it." Whenasked what he feels when comparison are drawn be-tween 'Sairat' and 'Dhadak', and between the commonfactor of both the film - 'Zingaat' song-, he said, "Com-parisons are bound to happen with 'Sairat' because ourfilm is official adaptation of that film."I think Akash Thosar and Riku Rajguru did amazing jobin 'Sairat'. As far as comparison between both 'Zingat'song is concerned, I think this song has a universal ap-peal… People from any par t of the country enjoy thissong when it plays." 'Dhadak' is a romantic drama filmdirected by Shashank Khaitan, produced by Dharma Pro-ductions and Zee Studios and stars Janhvi Kapoor andIshaan Khatter in lead roles. The film is a remake of the2016 Marathi language film 'Sairat'. It is scheduled to bereleased on July 20, 2018.

THE TEASER OF MARATHI FILMCHUMBAK IS GARNERING A LOT OF

PRAISE; HOWEVER, MANYPEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVENOTICED A SPECIAL THINGIN THAT - THIS IS THE FIRSTTIME THAT A FILM'STEASER HAS 'AKSHAYKUMAR PRESENTS' IN ITSCREDITS, WHICH IS A BIGDEPARTURE FROM THEACTOR'S CONVENTIONALMETHOD OF USING HIS

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For the first time, Akshay Kumarlends his name to a film

MY TIME IN JAIL BROKE MYEGO: SANJAY DUTTMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Sanjay Dutt says spending days inprison broke his ego, but made him a better person. "Myconfinement days have been nothing less than a rollercoaster ride. To look at the positive side, it has taught me alot and made me a better individual," Sanjay said in a state-ment to IANS."Staying away from my family and my loved ones was achallenge. During those days, I learnt how to keep my bodyin per fect shape, used trash cans and mud pots in place ofweights and dumbbells. We also used to have a cultural func-tion every six months in jail where I taught convicts servingout life sentences to mouth dialogues, sing, dance and ex-press themselves through skits. "These people became myfamily during the hard times and came to encourage me whenI was giving up," he added.Sanjay, who had made a rocking debut in Bollywood with"Rocky" in 1981, put his personal life in jeopardy throughdrug addiction, and his life took a turn for the worse when hewas arrested for illegal possession of weapons and was con-victed. The actor, 58, was ar rested for illegal possessionof arms in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts,in which over 250 people were killed and several hundredwere injured.Sanjay's fans will get to see a glimpse of his life withRajkumar Hirani's film "Sanju", in which Ranbir Kapoor willbe seen living his life. A par ticular scene in the trailer had infact shown Ranbir in a helpless state due to an over flowingtoilet in jail. The scene has repor tedly been deleted from thefilm. A father of three, Sanjay says the cour t battle definitelytransformed him as a person. "The time I spent in jail mademe realise a lot of things. It broke my ego," Sanjay said.It was in February 2016 that Sanjay walked out of jail com-pleting his prison-term for illegal possession of arms. Re-counting the moment, he said: "The day I was released afterthe final verdict, it was the happiest moment of my life. I wasmissing my father (Sunil Dutt).

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor John Abraham who is all set to show hispatriotic streak again with his for thcoming film 'Satyaameva Jayate'has said his film is unfiltered and hardcore commercial film. JohnAbraham was interacting with media at the trailer launch along withhis co-actors Manoj Bajpayee, Aisha Sharma, Amruta Khanvilkar,director Milap Zaveri, producers Bhushan Kumar and Nikhil Advanion Thursday in Mumbai.In 'Satyamva Jayate', John features as a vigilante taking out the rottenapples of the police depar tment who are corr upt in nature. Talkingabout nature of the film, John said: "This film deals with patriotismand corruption but I think this is a unfiltered, hardcore commercialfilm. "We were very clear while shooting of the film that we want tomake very commercial film. This film has everything in it. It's a fullplate which has action, music and drama therefore; I hope audience

will have good time while watching this movie."John is working with Manoj Bajpayee for the second time after work-ing together in 'Shootout at Wadala' and sharing his experience work-ing with Manoj, John said: "When you are sharing the screen spacewith Manoj Bajpayee that time you learn a lot. "He is an institution inacting and his niceness is his humility. He is one of the greatestactors that we have in Hindi cinema and sharing screen time withhim is very special so, for people like me, it's like watching a filmwhen you are watching Manoj Bajpayee."'Satyameva Jayate' is written and directed by Milap Milan Zaveri andproduced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Nikkhil Advani (EmmayEnter tainment), Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani. The moviefeaturing John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Amruta Khanvilkar andAisha Sharma in lead roles is releasing on 15 August, 2018.

MAIDS ARE MUMBAI'S SUPERHEROES, SAYS SWARAMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Swara Bhasker loves the vibe of Mumbai and says the superheroes of the city are the maids. Actors Swara andSiddhar th Shukla shared their love for Mumbai as part of Bombay Times' #Flir t With Your City campaign, read a statement. "I love the fact thatMumbai has many theme-based cafes and every time I visit, I come across interesting people," Swara said in a statement."For me, the superheroes of Mumbai, who don't wear capes, are the maids. They would work six to eight houses in one single day and arealways on time. Moreover, if they are taking a leave, they always have a replacement." Siddhar th often reminisces about his childhood days."Playing cricket and football. Also unlike other cities, Mumbai is much safer. One can easily walk or take any mode of transpor t at any time.What I admire the most about the city is the brotherhood people have for one another," he said.

BEING FRIENDS FOREVER VITAL FOR COUPLES, SAYS DIA MIRZAMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Dia Mirza, who is married to filmmaker Sahil Sangha, feels friendship is the essence of a strong relationship. Theactress and philanthropist attended the pre-wedding celebrations of erstwhile Kurnool royal Adnan Ul Mulk and Nida Farooqui here onWednesday. She hosted a 'sufiyana' evening here at a hotel. Dia told the media: "I am very happy and excited to be part of the Mulk andFarooqui family unions. It is a grand celebration. It is going to happen over the next couple of days. "I think as an ar tiste and enter tainers, itis always such a privilege to be par t of such special occasions that bring families together in happiness." Happy for the couple, Dia said: "It

is a wish that I wish for everycouple that comes together - befriends forever. Love, respect andcherish each other."On being asked about buying a"Mother India" poster for Rs145,000 for actor Sanjay Dutt andhis family during an auction, Diasaid: "I was par t of very impor-tant and beautiful auction, to re-store and preserve the heritageof cinema. And during that auc-tion, some very priceless memo-rabilia was being auctioned. "Ifound this 'Mother India' posterand I thought it would make avery special present for SanjayDutt and his family. So I bid forit." Dia will soon be seen por tray-ing the role of Manyata Dutt in"Sanju", a film on Sanjay's life."'Sanju' is a special film and Ithink everyone who is part of it isexcited and cannot wait for the audi-ence to watch the film and enjoy it," shesaid. Apart from Dia, Badshah, KanikaKapoor, Urvashi Rautela, RohinPuri, Nirmika, Nora Fatehi, JonitaGandhi, DJ Sumit, DJ Stetson andDJ Udita were a par t of the pre-wedding function.

It's exciting period forme: Guru RandhawaMUMBAI, (IANS) Singer GuruRandhawa, whose song "Highrated Gabru" has been picked fora Bollywood film, says it's an ex-citing period for him. "This is myfour th song that has been pickedfor a Bollywood film after songsin movies 'Hindi Medium' and'Tumhari Sulu'. It 's an excitingperiod for me as I am getting towork with a lot of new people,"Guru said in a statement. It wasactor Varun Dhawan who sug-gested "High rated Gabru" to themakers of the upcomingBol lywood romant ic comedy"Nawabzaade".


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SRK WITH WIFE GAURI AND SON AT A GRAND ENGAGEMENT PARTY HOSTED BY NITA AND MUKESH AMBANI FOR THEIR SONAKASH AND HIS FIANCEE SHLOKA MEHTA IN MUMBAI.

Here's what connects Nawazuddin's film with a TV showMUMBAI, (IANS) Prosthetic make-up ar tist Mark Troy D'Souza, who worked with actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the film "Mom", is theperson behind actor Nirbhay Wadhwa's scary look of a 'tantrik' in the show "Qayamat Ki Raat". His transformation takes about twohours and it is difficult for the actor to speak or eat after the prosthetics are on his face. "Mark Troy is the genius behind my look astantrik in 'Qayamat Ki Raat'. He has given the industry some massive makeovers…. Such elements add to the actor's hard work tomake a show successful," Nirbhay said in a statement. The thriller show is aired on Star Plus.

'Dhadak' will give really strong social message, says JanhviMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Janhvi Kapoor, who is gearing up for her Hindi film debut with the for thcoming film "Dhadak", says that thefilm gives very strong social message. "Our film is based on a social issue. This film will give really strong social message which iswhy I feel everyone should watch this film," said Janhvi, in an interaction with media, after she and her co-star Ishaan Khatter visiteda local radio station on Thursday to promote the film.Sharing her feelings about the audience's response to the film's recently-released song "Zingaat", she said: "I am feeling really happythat we have received positive response for the song. I understand that most people are attached with Marathi 'Zingaat' song but thissong is very impor tant in terms of the storyline and characters of the film. "We had so much fun shooting that song so, I hope peoplewill enjoy it while watching it on big screen."Asked what was her father Boney Kapoor's reaction when he first watched the song, Janhvi said: "He is very happy with the responsefor this song. He actually updates me that the song is trending and it has got large amount of views on various digital and social mediaplatforms." "Dhadak" is a romantic drama directed by Shashank Khaitan, produced by Dharma Productions and Zee Studios. A remakeof the 2016 Marathi film "Sairat", it is scheduled to be released on July 20.

Paritosh Tripathi joins 'Comedy Circus' teamMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Paritosh Tripathi will be seen spreading laughter with his gags in "Comedy Circus Returns". He is elated aboutit. The comedy show will be back af ter five years. "To be a par t of 'Comedy Circus…' is like a dream come true. I have been watchingthis show since I was in college and can't believe that I will be per forming here," Paritosh said in a statement to IANS."When the show was off air for quite some time, I lost all hopes of being on the show and it is said that if you want somethingdesperately, the universe conspires to bring you what you want and now that it's back, I can't be more grateful," he added. Paritoshsays he has always wanted to perform in front of Archana Puran Singh and Sohail Khan as they both are really inspiring. "I auditioned earlier to join 'Comedy Circus' af ter receiving my first payment but for some reason I couldn't perform. This time I havea chance and for me, humour is everything. To bring a smile on someone's face is difficult. Keeping a healthy competition on the show,we believe to make everyone laugh without hur ting anyone's sentiments on the show," he added. Produced by Optimystix, "ComedyCircus Returns" will premiere on Sony Enter tainment Television soon.

Sonakshi joins Unesco to promote safe, secure cyberspace for kidsMUMBAI, (IANS) Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha has joined forces with Unesco to promote a safe and secure cyber environmentfor youngsters to ensure they are not targeted for bullying, abuse, exploitation and more through the internet. A post on the officialTwitter handle of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's New Delhi cluster office read on Thursday: "Sonakshi Sinhajoins Unesco to promote safe and secure online environment for children and help empower our future digital citizens."Sonakshi retweeted it, and shared a video captioned: "I stand for protection of children." In the video, she says: "Internet use in Indiais exploding and mobile access has really changed the game. But what does that mean for a country with the world's largest child'spopulation? Is cyberspace safe for the children who are under 18? All 470 million of them? Do our girls get to lead their internet life withdignity. The truth is that the risks they are facing are shocking."Children are easy targets for cyber bullying, online sexual abuse and exploitation, enticement to illegal behaviour and many moresuch horrific things. It is also true that internet and social media play a huge par t in influencing the truth today. I am truly concerned,and as an active citizen, I would like to make sure that our boys and girls are protected both online and offline." Stressing on theimpor tance of education on the safe use of online spaces, the actress said it will equip boys and girls to be prepared to report any typeof abuse or exploitation. "This is something that has been highlighted by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals which I fully andtruly support. That's why I am joining forces with Unesco to help find cyber threats to children. I would also urge you to par tner withUnesco and other agencies to help promote child safety online and help empower our future digital citizens. "Let's come together tohelp build a safer cyber space for and with our children." Unicef congratulated the "Dabangg" actress for being a champion of childrights.

I'm not agent of any political party: RichaMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha, who doesn't fear sharing her opinion on various issues on social media, says she is not anagent of any political party. During an appearance on Firstpost.com's "Social Media Star", Richa was asked about her thoughts onbeing branded as an anti-nationalist by some people, read a statement.Richa commented: "I think the government is essentially a service provider and they need to be reminded of that. It's not about beinganti-something but it's about being pro-development, pro-unity and to look at the long-term objectives of how the nation should exist."It's not that if one par ticular party is in power, we will be critical of them and the next term if there's another par ty, we'll let them goscot-free. I am not an agent of any political party. I just feel that a political party, a person, a thought process, a religion or an institutioncannot be equated with the country."Richa had also received death and rape threats for expressing her opinion on Hindutva supporters on Twitter. Asked how she reactsto such threats, Richa said: "I don't know how people look at what I say. Maybe they think an ill-informed chick who should just takea picture with lipstick is saying something? "We all know that social media is not the only world. All political par ties are figuring outthat the narrative can be changed viz-a-viz what's trending, so they invest in that. They hire people to say such things and it's a typicalpattern that they follow."Sharing an example, she said: "If I say something on Friday evening, it will be trolled from Monday morning because those arethe office hours. So I don't know how to take it seriously. I tweeted once saying that I would rather be an angry patriot than being a fakenationalist."

I like to play complex characters: NawazuddinBANGKOK, (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is gearing up for the release of the series "Sacred Games" on Netflix, says he likesto play complex and not cliched characters on screen. On his role in the show, Nawazuddin said: "I had great fun. I like to play suchcharacters which are complex and not cliched. I like to play those roles which are a little different and those which we think live nextto us." The much-awaited show, produced by Phantom Films, is based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel of the same nameby author Vikram Chandra. The series, in which Nawazuddin plays a criminal, is co-directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and AnuragKashyap. Asked about the popularity of digital platforms, he said: "It is good that the platform does not have any issues of censorship,so Anurag Kashyap has openly made this series. And we have put all the 'badmaashi' (naughtiness) that was in his brain, in it (theshow)." "Sacred Games" focuses on Sartaj Singh, a seasoned and cynical Mumbai Police officer, summoned by an anonymous tip one morning bya voice which promises him an opportunity to capture the powerful Ganesh Gaitonde, criminal overlord of the G-Company. It has Saif Ali Khan in the lead role.Nawazuddin, who will also be seen as late Urdu writer Saadat Haasan Manto in Nandita Das' "Manto", was at the 19th edition of theInternational Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, where he bagged the Best Supporting Actor honour.

Actor Mansoor Ali Khan gets bailCOIMBATORE, (PTI) Tamil actor Mansoor Ali Khan, ar rested on thecharge of making an inflammatory speech over the Salem-Chennaihighway project, was today granted bail by a cour t in Salem. Princi-pal District Judge P Mohanraj allowed the bail petition and directedKhan to appear before the police whenever he was summoned. Theactor was arrested on June 17 in connection with his speech againstthe eight-lane greenfield project. During the speech, he had allegedlysaid he would kill eight people if the government went ahead with it.

Bobby Deol: My main aim in lifeis to work hard. Big deal!MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Bobby Deol, who has made a comeback onthe silver screen after four years with the Salman Khan starrer "Race3", says his main aim in life is to work hard and get good projects."Race 3" crossed Rs 100 crore at the box office in India since releas-ing on June 15. Directed by Remo D'Souza, the film got an openingday collection of IRs29.17 crore.Asked if he feels that the success of "Race 3" will get more films hisway, Bobby told IANS: "That is my main aim in life… To work hardand get good projects. It does not matter if I am playing the main leador not." Bobby, 49, says he wants to be a part of movies with goodsubjects. "I'm just looking forward to getting good characters to playand some great subjects to be a par t of."The "Barsaat" actor is par ticularly keen to star in an action enter-tainer. "I would love to do action. I have been doing a lot of comedyright now, so I want to do some action and I hope I get some scripts,"he said. His next "Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se" is with his fatherand veteran actor Dharmendra and brother Sunny Deol. On workingwith family again, he said: "It is always great to be in movie with mydad and brother. I grew up watching him. He is my inspiration."

Sunny Leone against animal testingfor her cosmetics brandMUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Sunny Leone's cosmetics brand 'Star Struckby Sunny Leone' uses animal rights organisation PETA India's cru-elty-free logo as it is against testing products on animals. The brandwill be featured on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)India's 'Companies That Don't Test on Animals' list, which recognisescompanies that sell only cruelty-free cosmetics, personal care, andhousehold cleaning products, read a statement.Star Struck will use the special cruelty-free bunny logo on its pack-aging, like brands such as Omved, Soulflower, Herbal Strategi ViccoLaboratories and The Body Shop. "Increasingly, consumers todaywant to be confident their purchases do not support harm to animals.PETA India's cruelty-free logo will help Star Struck proudly show thatwe are firmly against caging, poisoning (and) killing animals in anytests," Sunny said in a statement.Sunny's company will be launching an online promotional campaignand contest with the animal rights organisation. PETA India, whosemotto reads, in par t, that "animals are not ours to experiment on",notes that more than 3,000 companies around the world have bannedall animal tests in favour of effective, modern, non-animal methods.Sunny has been an animal advocate.

GoT final season will bebloodier: Sophie TurnerLONDON, (IANS) Actress Sophie Turner has promised"more death and emotional torture" in the final season offantasy series "Game of Thrones". In an interview withan entertainment por tal Gold Derby, she said that thefinal season will be bloodier, repor ts dailymail.co.uk."It's 'Game Of Thrones' so it is going to be bloodier andmore death and more emotionally torturous than all theyears before," Turner said. Turner is seen as Sansa Starkin the show. Based on George R.R. Mar tin's novels, theshow is about the thrilling quest to claim the Iron Throne.It is the intricate and surprising tale that keeps onehooked to the show. The final season will premiere nextyear. It will air in India on Star World. Talking about thelast season, she added: "I can tell you that there's defi-nitely a coming together of people to fight the impendingdoom. There's a lot of tension between these little groups,battling for what they think is right."

Exhibition celebrates MichaelJackson as the cultural inspirerLONDON, (IANS) Global icon Michael Jackson on whoman exhibition, which opened Thursday in Londons Na-tional Por trait Gallery recreates the star singers influ-ence on some of the leading names in contemporaryar t. "Michael Jackson: On The Wall" opened on the dayhis 89-year-old father Joe Jackson, died following a battlewith cancer. Joe, ironically, died two days af ter the death anniver-sary of his son, who died in 2009."Michael Jackson is one of the most influential cultural figures tocome out of the 20th century and his legacy continues into the 21stcentury," the gallery said. "His significance is widely acknowl-edged when it comes to music, music videos, dance, choreogra-phy and fashion, but "his considerable influence on contemporaryart is an untold story." From Andy Warhol and Isa Genzken to DavidHammons and Glenn Ligon, Jackson has been an inspiration foran extraordinary array of leading artists."Michael Jackson: On the Wall" will bring together the worksof over 40 of these ar tists, drawn from public and pri-vate collections around the world, including new worksmade especially for the exhibition. It has been curatedby Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Por traitGallery, and will conclude on August 29, on what wouldhave been Michael Jackson's 60th birthday.



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SISTERS JANHVI, KHUSHI AND ANSHULA KAPOOR SHOWERED LOVE ON ARJUN KAPOOR ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

BANGKOK, (IANS) Actress Shraddha Kapoor, who will share screenspace with Rajkummar Rao for the first time in "Stree", says workingwith him has been a dream come true for her. "It's the first time that Iam doing a horror comedy. It was a lot of fun and Rajukummar Rao issuch a fantastic actor. To work with him was a dream come true. I gotso much to learn from him," Shraddha said on the sidelines of the 19thedition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards here.Asked about her progress in the Saina Nehwal biopic, Shraddha toldIANS: "I have finished shooting for 'Stree'. Now I am almost doneshooting for 'Batti Gul Meter Chalu' and I am shooting for 'Saaho'.Those are the films are on floors right now. The Saina Nehwal biopicwill happen later this year." Set to make her Telugu debut in Prabhas-starrer "Saaho", Shraddha says her co-actor is a "gentleman" withinspirational energy levels."He is such a gentleman, and an amazing human being. I think ittranslates in his energy on set and is so inspiring for everybody," shetold IANS. "Saaho" is being shot simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil andTelugu. It will showcase high-octane action sequences for which themakers are leaving no stone unturned. The film also stars Neil NitinMukesh, Jackie Shroff, Mandira Bedi and Arun Vijay, among others. Itis being produced by Vamsi, Pramod and Vikram of UV Creations.

NO REGRETS ABOUT NOT GETTING MARRIED: TABUNEW DELHI, (IANS) Acclaimed and versatile actress Tabu says she has no regrets about not getting married. The actress, known formovies as different as "Maqbool" and "Chandni Bar" and "Cheeni Kum" and "Haider", engaged in a master talk with Mayank Shekhar,Festival Director of Jagran Film Festival (JFF), on the gala's opening day here on Friday. Asked if she is single, Tabu, 46, said: "I'm assingle as…. Next question." An audience member questioned the actress on the 'single' status fur ther, asking Tabu about the onemoment she felt being single was the best thing she did."Ever y moment," Tabu said without a second thought. Because I don't know the other side, right? So how can I say this isbetter or that is better. Only when I experience that, then I will understand that if this was good or if this is good. I've neverbeen married, so I don't know how good or bad it is," she added. What about the one moment when she regretted not beingmar ried? "Ummmmm….," Tabu said, maintaining a long silence. Never at all? "Not as yet," she said with a smile. Do you seeyourself getting married at some point of time?"These are all questions I have no answer to… That's the problem," Tabu said. In the hour-long conversation about her journeyin the movie industry and some of her career's landmark films which are being showcased as par t of a retrospective at JFF,a movie gala which will travel across 18 cities. While talking about "Cheeni Kum", in which she plays a 34-year-old softwareengineer who falls in love with a 64-year-old chef, Tabu said her role was so close to her real self that it was "Tabu playing Tabu…almost… except that it hasn't happened in real life"."I can so be that person, and I understand her tota lly, I get her, and that's why I think I could do that. I was convinced of their romance. Also, of course,you have to give 200 per cent credit to the man (Amitabh Bachchan) who I was romancing, and that's why it was that much convincing. Soit goes to say that if somebody like that, in that space, with that vibe, with that everything, then I am absolutely okay with it. For her(the character), I think the age is not the barrier, it's what she strikes with that person… So yes, I could be that person."

TWO FILMS RELEASING ONSAME DAY CAN SURVIVE:JOHN ABRAHAMMUMBAI, (IANS) Bollywood actor John Abraham, whoseupcoming film "Satyamev Jayate" is releasing on August15 along with Akshay Kumar's "Gold", says the date clashis not a problem. During the trailer launch of "SatyamevJayate" here on Thursday, John was asked if a release dateclash can create a problem for the business of his film, andto his relations with Akshay.John said: "Akshay is a friend. I wish him best. I think twofilms can release on the same day and survive. There areenough screens for both the films." "Satyamev Jayate" di-rector Milap Zaveri added: "I wish 'Gold' all the best andhow many ever films are coming on that day… May all thefilms do great business at the box office; and be appreci-ated by people." Both the movies exude a patriotic fervour,in sync with the Independence Day mood.Since the last few films of both the actors are in the patri-otic space, asked if there is a competition of sor ts betweenAkshay and him, John said: "I choose films depending onthe kind of scripts I like. When I made 'Parmanu - The Storyof Pokhran', I liked the story, and so I enjoyed the processof making it. "(As an audience) I enjoy watching a commer-cial film which is why I am doing this film." After "SatyamevJayate", he will be seen in "RAW", followed by "Batla House".

Punjabi actress plays girl nextdoor in Remo D'souza's filmMUMBAI, (IANS) Punjabi actress Isha Rikhi, known forher work in movies like "Jatt Boys Putt Jattan De" and "Happy GoLucky", says she will play the girl next door in "Nawabzaade", pro-duced by Remo D'souza. "Nawabzaade" will be her Bollywood de-but. "I have received a lot of appreciation and warmth for my work inPunjabi films and expect to enter tain the viewers equally with my

first Bollywood film and receive the samekind of response," Isha said in a

statement."I play an innocent, girl nextdoor who steals the hear ts of threefriends essayed by Raghav Juyal,

Puneet Pathak and DharmeshYelande. I am happy to have re-ceived such a role because Ialways wanted to play suchcharacters. I did not want tomake my debut in a glamor-ous avatar." Presented by T-Series and produced byD'souza under Remo D'souzaEntertainment and directed byJayesh Pradhan, the film willhit the screens on July 27.

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SAINA LOSES IN MALAYSIAOPEN PRE-QUARTERSKUALA LUMPUR, (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal fell toJapanese second seed Akane Yamaguchi in straightgames in the second round of the Malaysia Open bad-minton championships here. Sa ina, 28, lost 15-21, 13-21 in36 minutes to 21-year-old Yamaguchi, who now moves into thequarter-finals. Yamaguchi has now taken a 6-1 lead in head-to-head records against the two-time World Championshipsmedallist Saina, who on Thursday suffered the sixthstraight loss against the Japanese. In the first game,Yamaguchi had taken a 9-2 lead but Saina closed downthe deficit to one as the Indian reached the 10-point mark.However, Yamaguchi outplayed the Indian to take a 21-15 win. She continued to dominate Saina in the secondgame, taking an 11-3 lead in the mid-game interval.Though Saina improved her game, Yamaguchi ran awaywith a 21-13 easy triumph.

Hockey Champions Trophy2018: India win silver medalafter loss to AustraliaNETHERLANDS - History repeated itself in the HockeyChampions Trophy as India settled for silver medal inthe tournament after losing to Australia in the final viashootout. In the 2016 edition, India had lost to the sameopponents in a similar manner. Australia won their 15thgoal medal at Champions Trophy. India won their secondsilver medal after winning their first in 2016.It was a keenly-contested battle between the two final-ists of last edition but once again Australia came out ontop in the shoot-out to clinch its 15th Champions Trophytitle. India, however, had to contend with a consecutiverunner-up finish after failing to get past the Kookaburrasin what was the 37th and final edition of the tournament.Australia took the lead in the 24th minute through a pen-alty corner conversion by Blake Govers, but India drewparity in the 42nd minute through a field strike by youngVivek Sagar Prasad.A 1-1 scoreline was what the teams could manage in theregulation time and like last year, the final went into theshoot-off. Australia came out on top in the battle of nerves,cour tesy goalkeeper Tyler Lovell, who pulled off threesaves to turn out to be the hero. Host Netherlandsclinched the bronze medal defeating Olympic champi-ons Argentina 2-0 in the third-four th place play-off matchearlier in the day.

Windies set to hostBangladesh with eye onimproving Test rankingNORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA), (IANS) After holding SriLanka 1-1 in the recently-concluded three-match Testr ubber, the West Indies are al l geared up to hostBangladesh in a two-match Test series, star ting here onWednesday. The home side start the series at No.9 inthe ICC Test Team Rankings, just behind their opponents,but a 2-0 series win will take them above Bangladesh toNo.8, and that's on their radar, according to an Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC) release.There were three players in the main that drove theWindies' for tunes against Sri Lanka in the series. ShaneDowrich, the first-choice wicket-keeper, was the battingstar, totalling 288 runs in six innings with a centuryand two half-centuries. His unbeaten 125 in the firstTest was the prime reason for his team's win. JasonHolder, the captain, underscored his all-round poten-tial again with 198 runs, including a best of 74 in thefinal Test and 12 wickets, nine of which came in thesame Test as that half -century.And Shannon Gabriel, the paceman, tore through the SriLankan batting in the second Test for returns of 5/59 and8/62. In all, he picked up 20 wickets in the series.

NEW DELHI (IANS) Hockey India on Monday named the mensteam for the Under-23 Six Nations Tournament to be heldbetween July 14 to 21 in in Antwerp, Belgium. The Indian teamis scheduled to play a total of five round-robin matches againstIreland, Britain, Belgium, Malaysia and Netherlands. The toptwo teams at the end of the round-robin matches will face eachother in the final whereas the remaining teams will playclassification matches.The 18-member squad will be captained by defender DipsanTirkey, while midfielder Hardik Singh will shoulder the duties ofvice-captain. Two members of the squad, Dipsan and strikerShilanand Lakra have already played for the senior nationalteam. "The U23 Six Nations Tournament in Belgium will prove tobe a good test for our younger players of the core group. Wewill be playing against some of the best youth teams fromaround the world, which will help in giving our players theexposure they require," HI High Per formance Director David

John said in a statement."This tour will also help in developing our team that will takepar t in the 8th Sultan of Johor Cup 2018 to be held in Octoberlater this year," he added. "It will be a crucial tournament forsome of the athletes as this will be their first major interna-tional exposure, but the majority of the players have repre-sented the junior or senior team which is always a good sign."The Indian team will play their opening match against Irelandon July 14.The squad: Goalkeepers: Pankaj Kumar Rajak, Prashant KumarChauhanDefenders: Dipsan Tirkey, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Pardeep Singh,Mandeep Mor, Somjeet, Mohd. FarazMidfielders: Hardik Singh, Dharminder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal,Vishal Antil, Rabichandra Singh MoirangthemForwards: Shilanand Lakra, Abhishek, Abharan SudevBelimagga, Mohammed Raheel Mouseen, Mohammad Umar.

524-member Indian contingent announced for 2018 Asian GamesNEW DELHI, (IANS) A 524-member Indian contingent will feature in the upcoming Asian Games, slated to be held from August18 in Jakar ta and Palembang, Indonesia, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced on Tuesday. The contingent willcomprise of 277 men and 247 women athletes from a total of 36 spor ts disciplines. Of the various spor ting disciplines,athletics will have the highest number of representation with a total of 52 members par ticipating. Earlier, in the 2014 IncheonAsian Games, the Indian contingent featured a total of 541 athletes spread across 28 disciplines. This time, eight newdisciplines have been added to the contingent where the country has shown promise, namely: Karate, Kurash, Pencak Silat,Roller Skating, Sambo, Sepaktakraw, Triathlon and Sof t Tennis.

Finch's record-breaking knock propels Australia to tri-nation finalHARARE (IANS) Australia T20 International skipper Aaron Finch bettered his highest individual T20I score when he played a scintil-lating 172-run knock to lead his side to a 100-run win over hosts Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club here on Tuesday. Finch took just76 deliveries and smacked 16 boundaries and 10 sixes, to eclipse his own world record.Put into bat, Australia rode on Finch's innings to put a mammoth 229 runs on board against the hosts. Finch and D Arcy Shor twere also involved in a 223 run-stand for the opening wicket, which is now the highest par tnership in T20I cricket. Chasingthe mammoth score, Zimbabwe succumbed before the Australian bowlers as they managed a meagre 129 runs in their 20overs losing nine wickets. Andrew Tye bagged three wickets conceding 12 r uns while Ashton Agar scalped two giving 16runs. With this win, Australia have entered the final of the tri-nation series while the winner between Zimbabwe and Pakistanin Wednesday's game will determine the other finalist.



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QUARTER-FINALSFRIDAY, JULY 6

URUGUAY VS. FRANCE - 10 A.M.BRAZIL VS. BELGIUM - 2 P.M.

SATURDAY, JULY 7SWEDEN VS. ENGLAND - 10 A.M.

RUSSIA VS. CROATIA - 2 P.M.

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TBD vs. TBD - 2 p.m.WEDNESDAY, JULY 11TBD vs. TBD - 2 p.m.

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TBD vs. TBD - 11 a.m.Changes coming to Brampton Soccer Centre

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BRAMPTON - The Brampton Soccer Centre is being transformed into anindoor/outdoor multi-spor t facility. A number of renovations are currentlyunderway, and a new dome and two tur f fields are planned to be built nextyear to extend the use of the outdoor fields. Interested residents areinvited to find out more at a public information session being held at thecentre on July 9 at 6pm to 8pm.INDOOR RENOVATIONSAs the popularity of different spor ts has shifted in recent years, there hasbeen an increased demand for gymnasium space across the city.Fieldhouse D, which is often used as a temporary gymnasium, has re-cently been converted to a semi-permanent gymnasium through the in-stallation of a new floor.The new gym floor will improve the quality of the surface, and expand thekinds of spor ts that can be played at this location, which provides animpor tant additional venue option for tournaments and other events. Thenew flooring can still be removed if necessary for a major spor ting event.OUTDOOR RENOVATIONS

A new, weather-proof dome will be built over one field to allow for year-round use. The dome will cover the field from November to April eachyear. A small outbuilding will be constructed near the dome to providewashroom and changeroom facilities to players. The dome is being in-stalled on the field fur thest from residential houses to minimize impactson neighbouring homes.In addition, two outdoor fields are being conver ted to ar tificial tur f withlights to make the fields suitable for a variety of spor ts, extend theirplaying season and reduce rain closures. When construction is com-plete, the facility will be renamed the "Brampton Sports Centre" to betterreflect the multi-sport uses the centre will offer."Residents and user groups told us during the development of the Parksand Recreation Master Plan that we need to enhance the diversity ofspor t facilities available across the city. The renovations at the BramptonSoccer Centre will provide more spor t options at this location to betterserve the community and suppor t an active, healthy lifestyle." - MayorLinda Jeffrey

India outclass Ireland in second T20I; pocket series 2-0DUBLIN, (IANS) Powered by half centuries from Lokesh Rahul and Suresh Raina and a collective bowling effor t, India registeredtheir biggest T20I win after convincingly thrashing minnows Ireland by 143 runs in the second and final T20 International, to pocketthe two-match series 2-0. India's spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal (3/21) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/16) once again starred with the ball asthe Irish batsmen continued to be at sea, before eventually crumbling to their second lowest T20I total.Chasing a mammoth 214, mainly built around half tons from Rahul (70 off 36 balls) and Raina (69 off 45) and a late order cameofrom Hardik Pandya (32 not out off 9), Ireland could never recover from the early wickets as the Indian bowlers put on a collectiveeffor t to bundle them out for a meagre 70 in just 12.3 overs. Coming back to the T20I side after a six-year gap, pacer Umesh Yadavdrew first blood for the visitors with the wicket of opener Paul Sterling (0) off the second delivery of the Irish innings.He doubled the joy for the Indians with the wicket of William Potter field (14) in his second over before debutant Siddhar th Kauljoined the par ty with his maiden international wicket of the other opener James Shannon (2). With the home side reeling at 22/3,leg spinner Chahal broke through the defences of Andrew Balbirnie (9) before Hardik Pandya packed back new man Kevin O Brienfor a duck. Down to 30/4 at the end of the powerplay, Chahal struck again with the wicket of Simi Singh for another duck beforechinaman Kuldeep Yadav sprung into action with the quick dismissals of skipper Gary Wilson (15) and George Dockrell (4).Chahal then came back to end tailender Stuar t Thompson's brief stay that saw him scoring a 9-ball 13 before Kuldeep Yadavcompleted the proceedings by getting last man Boyd Rankin (10) stumped by Dinesh Kar thik.Earlier, India decided to test their bench, making four changes to the playing XI which also saw a change in the batting order withskipper Virat Kohli opening the innings with Lokesh Rahul. Coming back to the side af ter missing Wednesday's opener, Rahulgrabbed his chance with both hands, smashing a quickfire 36-ball 70, comprising three fours and six sixes to set the tone with a102-run second wicket stand with veteran Raina, who also made the most of his chance with a 45-ball 69, including five fours andthree sixes. Pandya (32 not out off 9 balls; 4×1, 6×4) then applied the finishing touches to the innings, milking 39 runs off the finaltwo overs to push India's total past the 200 run mark for the second consecutive time. Brief Scores: India 213/4 (Lokesh Rahul 70,Suresh Raina 69, Hardik Pandya 32 not out; Kevin O Brien 3/40) beat Ireland 70 (Gary Wilson 15; Kuldeep Yadav 3/16, YuzvendraChahal 3/21, Umesh Yadav 2/19) by 143 runs.

Harmanpreet becomes second Indian pick in Kia Super LeagueLANCASTER, (IANS) India's T20 International skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Friday became the second Indian after her deputySmriti Mandhana to be signed by a Kia Super League club. Harmanpreet will play for Lancashire Thunder in the 2018 season of theleague, the club has announced. Earlier this month, Smriti was snapped up by defending champions Western Storm.Harmanpreet, who became the first Indian player to sign a Big Bash League contract, was slated to play for the Surrey Stars in lastyear's competition but had to miss out because of a shoulder injury sustained at the 2017 World Cup. "I am so pleased to sign forLancashire Thunder ahead of the 2018 Kia Super League," Harmanpreet said. "I have followed the KSL for a while and I can't waitto finally play in the competition, especially at a stadium like Old Trafford. I have fond memories of playing in England followinglast summer's ICC Women's World Cup, during which I scored my highest ever international score," she added.

STOKES NAMED IN ENGLAND SQUAD FOR INDIA ODISLONDON, (IANS) Ben Stokes is set to return to action after the all-rounder was named in England's 14-man squad for the three-matchOne-day International (ODI) series against India, starting July 12. Stokes is stepping up his recovery from a torn left-hamstring witha game for Durham Jets against Yorkshire Vikings in the T20 Blast next Thursday and, should he get through unscathed, will beavailable for selection in England's T20I against India in Bristol on Sunday.The all-rounder last competed in a 50-over international for England in New Zealand, which was his first competitive action after theEngland and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) banned him from international cricket after his involvement in the incident outside a Bristolnightclub in September of last year. With the India ODI series beginning on July 12, Stokes will be able to build-up match practiceahead of the five-match Test series with India, star ting August 1. Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings was dropped fromthe squad following a poor run of form, which saw him scoring just 12 (against Scotland) and 11 (Australia). Pacer Sam Curran alsomissed out af ter having been draf ted into the ODI squad for the Australia series as injury cover for his brother, Tom, and Jake Ball.While he subsequently made his debut in the fifth and final ODI, taking two for 44 and contributing 15 with the bat, the return of bothquicks saw the 20-year-old drop out. England are currently high on confidence after whitewashing an under-strength Australia 5-0 butwill need to be at their best when they face second-ranked India. Squad: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, JakeBall, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Mark Wood.

RANI TO LEAD TEAM INDIA AT WOMEN'S HOCKEY WORLD CUPNEW DELHI, (IANS) Experienced forward Rani will lead the 18-member Indian Hockey Team at the upcoming Hockey Womens WorldCup, slated to begin on July 21 in London, Hockey India (HI) announced recently. Goalkeeper Savita will shoulder the responsibilityof Vice Captain of the side which has been placed in Pool B along with hosts and World No.2 England, World No.7 USA and World No.16 Ireland. Another goalkeeper Rajani Etimarpu makes a comeback to the team af ter having been rested for the Spain tour.India's defence will consist of Sunita Lakra, Deep Grace Ekka, Deepika, drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur and youngster Reena Khokhar, whomakes a comeback into the team. In the midfield, Namita Toppo, Lilima Minz, Monika, Neha Goyal, Navjot Kaur and Nikki P radhanwill hold for t. India's Captain Rani returned to the team during their Spain Tour and will again be leading her team's forward-line.

Rahul, Kuldeep architectIndia's 8-wkt win in first T20IMANCHESTER (IANS) Riding on a flashy unbeaten centuryfrom Lokesh Rahul and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav's maidenT20 International fifer, India outclassed England by eightwickets in the opening match and go 1-0 up in the three-match rubber at the Old Trafford cricket stadium here onTuesday.Rahul struck a breezy 54-ball 101, laced with 10 fours andfive sixes to anchor India's run chase that saw him forge amasterly 123-run second wicket stand with opener RohitSharma (32 off 30). Chasing 160, India quickly overcamethe early loss of opener Shikhar Dhawan (4) as the right-handed duo of Rahul and Rohit helped the visitors race to 50in the first five overs.Rahul continued his glorious run with the bat, dominatingthe par tnership with Rohit, who uncharacteristically playedthe perfect second fiddle to the Karnataka youngster. Rahulstar ted the onslaught right from the word go before metingout some special treatment to off-spinner Moeen Ali, whomhe welcomed with a superb reverse sweep that yielded aboundary and followed up with a massive six over long on.The right-hander then picked the leg-spinner Adil Rashid fora boundary to third man to get to his half century off just 27balls, before launching Liam Plunkett for two sixes and asmany fours to milk 20 runs from the paceman. With Indiacomfor tably placed at 103/1 midway through the innings,Rohit too stepped up the gas by launching Rashid for atowering six over mid wicket before falling to the samebowler.Rohit's depar ture brought in skipper Virat Kohli (20 not outoff 22 balls), who was seven shy of becoming the fourthbatsman to notch 2000 T20I runs. Kohli, not only got to thelandmark but also ensured Rahul get to his deserving sec-ond T20I century with a single before the skipper finishedoff in style with a thunderous six off Ali to guide India home.Earlier, England had themselves to blame for wasting a sound50-run opening star t from Jason Roy (30) and Jos Buttler(69) as Kuldeep (5/24) triggered a collapse that saw AlexHales (8), Eoin Morgan (7), Jonny Bairstow (0) and JoeRoot (0) depar ting in quick succession -- the latter three ina span of four deliveries.Buttler, however continued tormenting the Indians with a46-ball knock laced with eight fours and a couple of sixesbefore becoming Kuldeep's fifth victim, thanks to a brilliantcatch by Kohli after Rahul dropped him one ball earlier. Towards theend, lower order bat David Willey's unbeaten 29 off 15 balls helpedEngland to some sor t of respectability.Brief Scores: England 159/8 (Jos Buttler 69, Jason Roy30; Kuldeep Yadav 5/24) lose to India 163/2 (LokeshRahul 101 not out, Rohit Sharma 32, Virat Kohli 20 not out)by 8 wickets.

Date Match TimeJuly 3 England vs India, 1st T20I 12:30 PM

July 6 England vs India, 2nd T20I 12:30 PMJuly 8 England vs India, 3rd T20I 9:00Am

July 12 England vs India, 1st ODI 7:30 AM

July 14 England vs India, 2nd ODI 6:00 AMJuly 17 England vs India, 3rd ODI 7:30 AM

August 1-5 England vs India, 1st Test 6:00 AM

August 9-13 England vs India, 2nd Test 6:00 AMAugust 18-22 England vs India, 3rd Test 6:00 AM

Aug 30- Sep 3 England vs India, 4th Test 6:00 AMSeptember 7-11 England vs India, 5th Test 6:00 AM

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