JALNA, MAHARASHTRAA 17-year-old rape sur-

vivor was again allegedlyraped by the same offend-ers when the police, to seta trap, asked her to meetthe culprits, inMaharashtra's Jalna town.

The teen was raped sec-ond time last evening fol-lowing which the authori-ties today suspendedAssistant Police InspectorVinod Ejjapwar for thebotched up operation.

The two alleged rapistshave been arrested.

According to police, twomen - in their 20s - accost-ed the teen and her

boyfriend at an isolatedspot along Nava Road hereon the evening of July 7and raped her at knife-point after dragging her toa forest.

They also took hermobile phone and shot avideo of the act.

After the teen reachedhome, she narrated theincident to her mother,who lodged a police com-plaint.

The two culprits startedcalling the teen on hermother's number, demand-ing Rs. 2,000 for returningher phone with the video

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SRINAGARAmarnath Yatra today

resumed from the base campsafter a day-long suspension dueto inclement weather in SouthKashmir Himalayas.

Over 16,500 pilgrims left thetwin base camps of Nunwanand Baltal this morning to pay

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Amarnath Yatra ResumesAfter a Day-Long Halt

VADODRAGujarat Police and State

Women and ChildDevelopment department(WCD) have jointly launched amonth-long campaign'Operation Muskan' to trackmissing children and reunite

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Gujarat Police TracesMissing Children Through'Operation Muskan'

JAMMUThe Border Security Force

(BSF) troops on Saturdayfoiled an exfiltration bid andarrested five BangladeshiNationals near Indo-Pak borderin Jammu district.

During patrolling, BSFtroops noticed suspicious

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BSF foils exfiltrationbid, arrests fiveBangladeshis in Jammu

NEW DELHIPresident Pranab Mukherjee on

Saturday greeted the governmentand people of Sao Tome andPrincipe on the eve of the country'sNational Day.

Expressing confidence ofstrengthened relations in the yearsto come. In his message to Manuel Pinto da Costa,President of Sao Tome and Principe, President

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President Pranab Mukherjee Greets SaoTome and Principe on Their National Day

NEW DELHIPrime Minister Narendra Modi

is scheduled to meet chief minis-ters next week to discuss a con-troversial land bill in the latestattempt to break the deadlockover the policy, government offi-cials said.

As part of its pro-industryagenda, Modi`s government hasbeen determined to push through a land bill that seeks

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PM Modi to meet chief ministersto discuss land bill

NEW DELHIIndirect tax revenues grew

37.5 per cent in the first quarterof current fiscal, which reflects ahealthy growth in the economy,Chief Economic Advisor ArvindSubramanian said today.

"In April-June over the compa-rable period last year, indirect tax revenue grew arobust 37.5 per cent," he said, without giving out theactual collection numbers.

Dr Subramanian said this indirect tax collectionsreflect in part the effect of the additional measures

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Growth in Indirect Tax Revenue ReflectsHealthy Economy: Arvind Subramanian

CHANDIGARHIn a move aimed at triggering

competition among states, theCentre is set to come out with amechanism under which theywill be ranked in terms of easeof doing business under the'Make in India' initiative, agovernment official said. "Our

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Centre to Rank States onEase of Doing BusinessTerms: Official

JAMMUThe Jammu-Srinagar

National Highway, whichremained closed due to land-slides triggered by heavy rains,has reopened for traffic and allthe stranded vehicles have beencleared.

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Jammu-Srinagar NationalHighway Reopens,Stranded Vehicles Cleared

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KATHMANDUNepal's main opposi-

tion Unified CPN-Maoistparty leader Prachandahas objected to a Sino-Indian deal to use as atrade route a disputedterritory located in far-western Nepal near thetri-country border.

Mr Prachanda hasraised the matter inprotest letters to PrimeMinisters Narendra Modiand Sushil Koirala ofNepal, and ChinesePresident Xi Jinping.

The letter urged Indiaand China to "rectify" theMay 25 bilateral pactbetween New Delhi andBeijing on Lipulekh, a

disputed land situated inthe far-west Nepal,according to partysources.

In the letter MrPrachanda said theagreement between Indiaand China to useLipulekh as a bilateral

trade route goes againstthe provisions of the his-toric Sugauali Treatysigned by Nepal andIndia during the Britishrule in 1816.

Mr Prachanda saidLipulekh was closely

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Nepal's Leader Prachanda RaisesObjection to Sino-Indian Trade Pact

Teen Allegedly RapedTwice, as Police Sets

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CHENNAIThe Madras High Court has

recalled a controversial orderdirecting mediation between arapist and his victim days afterthe Supreme Court attacked theattitude, describing it as "aspectacular error" which is"against the dignity of women."

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Madras High Court RecallsControversial Order on MediationBetween Rapist and Victim

NEW DELHIA mystery woman has

now emerged as a key pro-tagonist in the "killer"Vyapam scam in MadhyaPradesh that has generatedmuch political heat after aspate of mysterious deathsof those accused in thecase or listed as witnesses.

The First InformationReport or FIR prepared bythe state police's SpecialTask Force (STF) andaccessed by NDTV makes

a coded reference in Hindito a 'Mantrani'. The refer-ence is based on datarecovered from Pankaj

Trivedi, a prime accused inthe case. Excel sheets onthe hard disks confiscated

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NEWS IN BRIEF

JODHPURPakistani troops have been

using every opportunity to spyon the Indian side using UAVsor cameras along the border, aBSF officer said on Saturday.

BSF DIG (RajasthanFrontier) Ravi Gandhi said thatPakistan was making the bestuse of technology to keep aneye on the Indian side but hadstopped the practice afterobjection was raised. However,there were still some concernsin other areas.

Reportedly BSF troops hadspotted a moving light as highas 150?400 metres close to theborder in Pakistani territory inApril.

"We do not know what exact-ly it was. But assuming them tobe some drone or a UAV kindof thing, we took up the matterwith Pakistani Rangers througha protest note after which thepractice was dropped," Gandhisaid.

"But then they startedinstalling cameras close to theborder at a number of places inBarmer, Jaislamer, Bikaner andGanganagar," Gandhi said,adding that all the cameraswere removed from the borderof Rajasthan Frontier after "weobjected this move but someare still there on the boarder inother frontiers".

"We took a serious objection

on these overtures of Pakistanafter which the Rangersremoved these cameras,"claimed Gandhi.

"These might be attempt ofPakistani Rangers to explorethe possibilities of getting theirmoles, may be some smugglerswith drug or arms slip into theIndian territory in the thick onnight," said a police official cit-ing their links in the villagesalong the border in Indian terri-tory.

Meanwhile, BSF is also grap-pling with the issue of illegalmining of gypsum in Bikanerregion.

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WASHINGTONThe US has welcomed the

bilateral meeting betweenPrime Minister Narendra Modiand his Pakistani counterpartNawaz Sharif in Russia wherebig breakthroughs wereannounced including a meetingbetween their NationalSecurity Advisors to tackle ter-rorism, and a push for morefrequent and face-to-face con-tact between senior army offi-cers.

"I welcome the meeting thattook place earlier todaybetween Prime Ministers Modiand Sharif and their announce-ment of future engagementbetween India and Pakistan,"State Department DeputySpokesperson Mark Toner told

reporters on Friday.The US hailed, among other

things, the decision of the twocountries to revive the stalleddialogue and to speeding upefforts to bring those behind

the 2008 Mumbai attacks tojustice.

"We also welcome theannouncement that India andPakistan will discuss a range of

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'Will Support All Steps to Strengthen Dialogue':US on PM Narendra Modi-Nawaz Sharif Meet

The Mystery 'Mantrani': NewTwist in the Vyapam ScamUNITED NATIONS

Asserting that thereare no good and bad ter-rorists, a senior Indianleader has expressedgrave concern over theroots of terrorism thatare spread in India'sextended neighbour-hood, including theMiddle-East, and calledfor a uniform approachin the fight against themenace.

Deputy Leader ofOpposition in the Rajya

Sabha Anand Sharmasaid that India continuesto suffer from thescourge of terrorismand expressed graveconcern on its roots thatare spread "into theextended neighborhoodof India, including theMiddle-East," accord-ing to a statementissued by the IndianMission to the UN here.

Citing the violent andbarbaric acts committed

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ASHGABATPrime Minister

Narendra Modi onSaturday said that con-nectivity is a key aspectof the relationshipbetween India and theCentral Asian republic ofTurkmenistan.

"Connectivity is an areaof priority for both coun-tries," Modi said afterholding talks withTurkmenistan PresidentG u r b a n g u l yBerdimuhamedov.

"If we use the Iran routeAshgabat is the first capi-tal we would reach inCentral Asia," he said.

The prime ministerexpressed gratitude toTurkmenistan for its sup-port to India joining theAshgabat agreement ontrade and transit and pro-posed that the CentralAsian nation become amember of theInternational North SouthTransport Corridor.

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Connectivity key aspect of India-Turkmenistan ties: PM Modi

China Wants Maritime CooperationWith India in Indian Ocean

BEIJINGChina has said it wants

to step up maritime coop-eration and dialogue withIndia and other SouthAsian countries to allaytheir concerns overincreased Chinese navalactivity in the IndianOcean including dockingof its submarines in differ-ent ports in the region.

"China is willing to workwith India and relevantcounties to step up mar-itime cooperation and dia-logue and to contributeconstructively to peace andstability in the IndianOcean region," ChineseForeign Ministryspokesperson HuaChunying told a mediabriefing.

Asked about India's con-cerns due to increasedChinese military presencein the Indian Ocean withits naval vessels docking indifferent ports, she saidChina has deepened coop-eration with various SouthAsian countries in recent

years."It is natural that we

have military interactionswhich will be conducive topeace and security," shesaid.

The docking of Chinesesubmarines last year atColombo Port and recentlyat Pakistan's Karachi porthas raised concerns inIndia while Chinese offi-cials said earlier these wereroutine visits which is acommon practice theworld over.

"So I cannot say how it islinked to China's strategyin the Indian Ocean. China

is committed to havehealthy and sound relation-ship with South Asiancountries," she said addingthat India-China relationshave been strengthened inrecent years.

She said, President XiJinping had a very con-structive and amicablemeeting with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi atthe Russian city of Ufa oonThursday on the sidelinesof the BRICS and SCOsummits.

"Mutual trust betweenthe two countries has been

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ASHGABATPrime Minister

Narendra Modi Saturdaytermed terrorism and cli-mate change as thebiggest problems facedby the world saying thesolutions to these can befound in MahatmaGandhi's life and ideals.

"The world has twobiggest problems today.One is terrorism and thesecond is climate change.The solution to boththese problems can befound in MahatamaGandhi's life and hisideals," Modi said inTurkmenistan's capital.

He was speaking afterinaugurating a traditionalmedicine and yoga centrehere where he alsounveiled a bust of thefather of the nation.

Modi also expressedhope that people ofTurkmenistan will learn

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Terror, climate change biggest problemsfor world: PM ?Modi in Turkmenistan

There are 'no good terrorists andbad terrorists': Anand Sharma

Separatists dismiss Russia dialogue; sayIndia, Pak PMs should focus on Kashmir

AAP legislator Manoj Kumar's policecustody extendedNEW DELHI

A court here on Saturday extended, by two days, thepolice custody of Aam Aadmi Party legislator ManojKumar, accused in a land-grabbing case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Babita Puniya allowed DelhiPolice to quiz Kumar till July 13.

The Delhi Police had sought a five-day extension,saying the accused is required to be taken to his villagein Uttar Pradesh for recovering some documents andother materials.

They also said that Kumar is required to be confront-ed with other co-accused Lakhpat to unearth the con-spiracy. Lakhpat was also remanded to police custodytill Sunday. Manoj Kumar, who represents Kondli con-stituency in east Delhi, was taken into custody in casesof alleged land grabbing and cheating.

He faces seven cases in all and an FIR in the land grabcase was filed about a year back and in the assault casein May this year.

FIR filed against AAP MLA's husbandNEW DELHI

An FIR has been lodged against Sajjan Kumar, hus-band of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator BandanaKumari, for pressurising the Sarvodaya Vidyalaya prin-cipal for an admission, police said on Saturday.

In a written complaint, filed at Shalimar Bagh policestation on Saturday, Sarvodaya Vidyalaya principalRanjeet Singh alleged that Sajjan Kumar "harassed andmisbehaved" with him, police said.

"He has also submitted a video recording of the fightalong with his complaint to the Directorate of Educationon Wednesday (July 8)," police added.

Charges under section 146 (rioting), 353 (assault orcriminal force to deter public servant from discharge ofhis duty), and 506/34 (punishment for criminal intimi-dation) are levelled against Sajjan Kumar, a police offi-cial told IANS.

On July 8, in a letter to the Delhi education depart-ment, Ranjeet Singh said that Sajjan Kumar threatenedhim with "dire consequences".

"Kumar called me without introducing himself. Hesaid that his referred admission had not been done. I toldhim to come and meet me... audio of the same is avail-able with me. He then came to the school and startedtalking loudly.. He did not listen to my point of viewand told me to either take VRS or threatened to get meterminated," Singh wrote in the letter.

CBI to probe killing of businessmanby Delhi PoliceNEW DELHI

The Home Ministry has handed over to CBI the probeinto the gunning down of a businessman by police at arestaurant in the city nearly two months ago.

The family of Manoj Vashisht, who was shot dead bya team of special cell of the Delhi Police at a SagarRatna restaurant in Rajendra Nagar on May 16, hadalleged that it was a fake encounter.

The case has been handed over to CBI, officialsources said.

Vashisht's family had met Home Minister RajnathSingh recently and urged him to transfer the probe fromDelhi Police to CBI.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had alsoassured the family of Vashisht, hailing from Baghpat,that he would write to the Home Minister for a CBIprobe.

Vashisht, who was wanted in several cases of fraudand other crimes, was hit by a bullet in the gun-fightwith an eight-member team of special cell. He wastaken to a nearby hospital where he was declaredbrought dead.

CCTV footage of the encounter which was releasedby the police shows two policemen getting into a scuf-fle with Vashishth before he slumps after being shot.

Police had claimed that seeing him firing shots fromhis licenced revolver, a constable had fired on him in abid to incapacitate him which led to his death.

However, Vashishth's wife Priyanka and other familymember had alleged that he was killed in a fakeencounter. Immediately after the incident, a specialinvestigative team was formed by the Delhi Police tofind out the circumstances leading to the gun-fight. Aseparate vigilance inquiry was also being conducted bythe Delhi Police.

Land grabbing case: Delhi courtextends police custody of AAP MLANEW DELHI

A Delhi court on Saturday extended by two more daysthe police custody of AAP MLA Manoj Kumar who wasarrested in connection with a case of alleged cheatingand land-grabbing.

Metropolitan Magistrate Babita Puniya sent Kumar,MLA from Kondli in East Delhi, to police custody tillJuly 14 after the investigating agency said he was notcooperating in the probe and some recoveries were yetto be made from him.

The police sought extension of Kumar's custody byfive days, saying a sustained inetrrogation was neededin the case and he also needs to be taken to his villagein Bulanshahar, Uttar Pradesh, to make recoveries ofitems like stamps, documents etc.

"Various cases are registered against him. He is tryingto circumvent the investigation process," SpecialProsecutor Anupam Sharma, appearing for the police,said. The police plea was opposed by Kumar's counselsaying that the whole case is fabricated and is onlyintended to malign him. The defence counsel alsoalleged that manipulation was being done at the behestof a few people and there is a hidden motive behind allthis. "Special PPs are being appointed in every case reg-istered against the AAP leaders. Is this a case of murderthat an MLA, who is a public representative, is beingmanhandled like this and tortured? What is the reasonbehind all this?" Kumar's counsel said.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIThe AAP Saturday

launched an attack onDelhi Police over the rapeof a 23-year-old by anAssistant Sub-Inspector,prompting a demand forthe resignation ofCommissioner BS Bassi.

Slamming the police,party leader Ashish Khetansaid the incident reflectedthe priorities of the DelhiPolice, which was"indulging" in arrestingAAP leaders.

"This is a serious issueand the law and order iscrumbling in Delhi. Crimegraph has increased by 100per cent and incidents ofrape are increasing. If apoliceman is himselfinvolved in rape then itreflects the priority of thepolice.

"On one hand, they areindulging in arresting AAPmen and on the other handtheir men are involved inheinous crimes. I thinkBassi sahab shouldresign," said AAP leaderAshish Khetan.

Incidentally, two AAPlegislators were arrestedby the Delhi Police lastone month in two different

forgery cases. Former Lawminister Jitendra SinghTomar has been arrested in

a fake degree case whileKondli MLA ManojKumar is in police custody

in another cheating case.Following this, the AAPhas stepped up its attack onthe police. Demands onbringing the Delhi Policeunder the state governmentby AAP sympathisers havestarted in social media.

The tussle between theAAP and the Delhi Policeis not new. In his first termas Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal sat on adharna, demanding actionagainst officers of theDelhi Police in three dif-ferent cases, including theKhirki extension case. Thetwo also crossed swordsafter the death of farmerGajender Singh Chouhan.

ASI held for rape: AAP demandsresignation of Delhi Police chief

NEW DELHIReminding the BJP that it con-

sistently opposed talks withPakistan during the UPA regime,Congress leader Shashi Tharoor onSaturday said he hoped the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi-led NDAGovernment has done its home-work with regard to the issue.

"It surprised many of us becausethe government of Mr Modi andthe BJP party have consistentlyopposed talks with Pakistan andattacked the UPA whenever wetried to initiate them. Having saidthat, I hope they have done theirhomework and they have gonewithout any illusions and withtheir eyes open," said Tharoor.

"Let`s face it, our experience hasnot been a good experience. Let`shope that every time there is abreakthrough, there shouldn`t be

another tragedy for the Indian peo-ple to follow through," he added.

India and Pakistan yesterdaydecided to revive the stalled dia-logue process and find ways to

expedite trial of the Mumbai attackcase as Prime Minister Modi andhis Pakistani counterpart NawazSharif agreed to cooperate to elim-inate terrorism from South Asia.

The two leaders, who met on thesidelines of the ShanghaiCooperation Organisation (SCO)Summit in Ufa, Russia, discussedthe entire gamut of issues betweenboth the sides.

Foreign Secretaries S Jaishankarand Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, whoheld a joint press meet after themeeting, said both countries havecondemned terrorism in all formsand decided to take steps to dealwith the menace.

They said that the meetingbetween the two Prime Ministerswas cordial, adding that both sideshave agreed to hold collectiveresponsibility to ensure peace anddevelopment and to do so they areprepared to discuss all outstandingissues.The two Asian neighboursalso decided to release the fisher-men in each other`s custody within15 days.

India-Pak talks: Hope BJP has done its homework, says Shashi Tharoor

NEW DELHIA police officer has been

arrested for allegedly rapinga domestic help in Delhi.Assistant Sub-Inspector(ASI), Jagveer Singh whowas posted in West Delhi'sPunjabi Bagh police stationallegedly raped his friend'sdomestic help under theinfluence ofalcohol.

A First Information Report(FIR) has been registeredagainst the accused, afterwhich he was arrested andproduced before the Courtyesterday. He has beenremanded to 14 days judicialcustody.

Delhi PoliceCommissioner BS Bassisaid, "We will not wait for adepartmental enquiry. He

will be dismissed. Any vio-lence against a woman willnot be tolerated."

The ASI has been accusedof going to his friend's placein Rani Bagh area, where heallegedly raped the domestic

help on Thursday night.Yesterday, the 23 year old

woman approached thepolice and was sent for med-ical examination which con-firmed the rape, according topolice officials.

Delhi Cop Arrested for AllegedlyRaping Friend's Domestic Help

NEW DELHIDelhi government

Saturday asked its DistrictMagistrates and Sub-Divisional Magistrates tocarry out field inspectionand resolve the issue ofwaterlogging.

The move comes in thewake of three days of con-tinuous rains in the city,which has flooded severalstreets and arterial roadsand triggered traffic snarls,leaving commuters strand-ed for hours.

The PWD is using 256mobile pumps to clear thewater stagnated at variouslocations.

Delhi government hasreceived various com-plaints of waterloggingfrom low-inclined areas. Ithas deployed senior offi-cers to inspect the situationwho will be availableround the clock.

"All the DMs and SDMshave been asked to inspectand coordinate waterlog-ging problems in city.They will be on the roadround the clock," DeputyChief Minister ManishSisodia said.

Vehicular movementwas affected across the

city including at majorintersections, whichremained choked through-out the day. Various casesof vehicle breakdown wasalso reported.

In some low inclinedareas, rainwater floodedthe basements offlats.

Expressing helplessnessin permanently resolvingthe issue, Delhi govern-ment yesterday launched ahelpline number(1800118595) by settingup a 24X7 centralised con-trol room to register com-plaints about water-log-ging in the city.

Helpline has received atotal of 225 complaintssince Friday midnight till 4PM on Saturday. A maxi-mum of 98 complaints wasreceived regarding PWDroad followed by 68 waterlogging complaints onmunicipal corporationroad.

Of these, 120 complaintswere logged between mid-night and noon and 105between noon and 4 pm.Complaints have beenreferred to concernednodal agencies for quickand effective action.

NEW DELHIDelhi Deputy Chief

Minister Manish Sisodiaon Saturday ordered aprobe into two cases offorged Leave TravelConcession (LTC) bills bya principal and a formerprincipal of two govern-ment schools. Accordingto a senior governmentofficial, one Lal Singh,who was a principal ofGovernment Co-EducationSenior Secondary Schoolin Chawala area in 2012,allegedly made "forgedLTC bills" which run intoRs 1,64,883.

"It was found that

instead of booking air tick-ets through authorisedtravel agent, Lal did thesame through private trav-el agent. Lal has confessedto preparing forged LTCbills. "We have imposed afine on him which will bededucted from his pen-sion," a government offi-cial said in a statement.

It also stated that in sec-ond case, a principal ofgovernment school, situat-ed in Badarpur, has alsobeen accused of allegedlytaking a bribe of Rs 3,000from a tour operator forclearing LTC bills of hisschool teachers.

Manish Sisodia orders probe intotwo cases of forged LTC bills

Heavy Rain Lashes North India, Parts of Delhi WaterloggedNEW DELHI

Heavy rain lashed largeparts of North India, caus-ing landslides at a numberof places in Uttarakhandthat claimed four lives.Water levels of most riversin the region continue torise. Delhi received rainovernight, causing water-logging in a number ofareas. Traffic jams havealso been reported fromacross the city.

Delhi received patches ofheavy rainfall since Fridayevening, totalling over 90mm. The MeteorologicalDepartment has forecastmore rain for Saturday.

Commuters were stuck

for a long time in the morn-ing rush hour traffic acrossthe NCR and some of themtook to social media to postpictures of water-loggedand clogged roads. Trafficmoved at snail's pace in

Najafgarh, Dhansa,Chhawla, Nangloi, DelhiGate, ITO junction, DhaulaKuan and Naraina.

Uttarakhand seemed toface the brunt of the heavyrainfall. Chamole,

Nainital, Pauri, Uttarkashi,Rudraprayag andPitoragarh have receivedcontinuous rain for twoconsecutive days.Landslides in Madkot,Pauri, Dharchula andKappkot killed four peo-ple. The Ganga rose pastthe red-mark, or dangerline, in Haridwar, and analert has been issued toUttar Pradesh. Other rivers- Ramganga, Nandhur,Kailash, Kali-Sharda, Kosiand Gaula - are seeing ris-ing water levels.

Other parts of the coun-try too have received rain-fall, but it has not beenheavy at most places.

NEW DELHI73 students of the Indian Institute of

Technology (IIT) Roorkee have beenexpelled for underperformance by themanagement on Wednesday. These stu-dents were in their first year of theB.Tech course in the institute.

The director of the institute, PradiptaBannerjee said, "73 students whoscored lower than five cumulative gradepoint average (CGPA) in the secondsemester were expelled from the insti-tute as per a decision of the Senate con-sisting of over 100 professors."

In order to ensure quality education, arule that mandates expulsion of studentsscoring less than five CGPA for twoconsecutive semesters was framed lastyear.

Earlier, the students were issuedexpulsion notices, after which parentsand students approached officials ask-ing them to reconsider. According toreports, the management considered all

aspects before taking the final decision.Officials at the institute say that stu-

dents had been warned about their dip-ping grades in May this year. Parentshad been made to sign a declaration thatpoor performance of students couldlead to expulsion at the time of admis-sion.

The Human Resource Developmentministry has maintained silence overthe incident. Sources in the ministry saythat expulsions from IITs have hap-pened in the past also, though the num-ber has never been as large.

IIT Roorkee Expels 73 Studentsfor Underperformance

SAF jawan com-mits suicide inChattarpurCHATTARPUR

A Special Armed Force(SAF) jawan allegedlycommitted suicide inChhatarpur early Saturdaymorning. "He belonged toSAF 29 battalion. He wason duty at SP office from 3to 6. At around 4-4.30 oclock a gunshot was heard.He was found dead on thespot. I was informedimmediately," saidC h h a t a r p u rSuperintendent of PoliceLalit Shakyawar.

"Till now there has noproof of why he commit-ted suicide. His familymembers have beeninformed”, said.

Delhi govt directs DMs, SDMsto carry out inspectionsfollowing waterlogging

NEW DELHIDelhi Police

Commissioner BS Bassi onSaturday said achargesheet has been filedin the alleged rape case ofa 23-year-old woman by anAssistant Sub-Inspector(ASI) in the Rani Bagharea of the national capital.

"Any such act by any

police officer will not becondoned, strictest actionwill be taken. He has beenarrested; a chargesheet willbe filed as soon as possi-ble. He will be dismissed,"said Bassi.

"Chargesheet has beenfiled against him in at leasttwo cases which I know,rest the DCP can brief

you," he added.The accused ASI, who

reportedly raped thewoman at gunpoint onThursday, has been sent to14-days` custody.

Reports say the incidentwas captured in CCTVcameras and a case hasbeen registered against theaccused.

Bassi assures action over allegedrape of 23-year-old by ASI

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ISLAMABADWhen Pakistan Prime

Minister Nawaz Sharif wasmeeting his Indian counterpartfor ice-breaking talks inRussia, back home his confi-dante and Finance MinisterIshaq Dar warned India of a"befitting response" in case ofany aggression.

Dar was responding to amotion by Senator SassuiPalijo of Pakistan People'sParty in the Senate yesterday.

Palijo had sought govern-ment attention towards thedestruction of infrastructurealong the border due to heavymortar shelling by Indiantroops. The Express Tribunequoted Dar as saying that NewDelhi should not cast an evileye on Pakistan's economic

prosperity."Pakistan's next-door neigh-

bour India could not digestPak-China Economic Corridorproject deal," Dar said.

"We would give a befittingresponse to any Indian aggres-sion (both on economic andwar fronts)," he told lawmak-ers. Dar also said China hasrejected India's concerns overthe corridor when he recentlyraised the issue with Chineseleaders. "But China has shown(Modi) the red flag," he said,adding that Pakistan has beentaking up the issue of cross-border violation at internation-al forums as well as with India.

"We have not closed oureyes. We don't have a soft cor-ner for India. We are not beg-gars," he said.

IMPHAL, MANIPURCurfew has been extended for the fourth con-

secutive day in Imphal today, following violentclashes between students and the police inwhich a Class 9 student was killed onWednesday.

Manipur's capital city was witness to protestsover the implementation of the Inner LinePermit system which regulates the entry of out-siders - both Indians and Foreigners - into thestate.

Though officials relaxed the curfew for fivehours this morning, but the situation in andaround Greater Imphal area remains volatile inthe north eastern state.

Despite the curfew, protests have been out onthe streets in the last few days, some clashesbetween protestors and police has been report-ed at some places. The Manipur Police say theyare doing their best to prevent another majorflare up, but there will be no complete relax-ation of curfew till the situation goes back tonormal.

The organisation leading the protests, JointCommittee of the Inner Line Permit (JCILP)draws its main support from school going stu-dents. They claim that the current laws remainlax, and have led to outsiders taking away most

employment opportunities in the state.Earlier in March, the government had passed

a bill making it mandatory for all outsiders toregister themselves with authorities upon enter-ing the state.

The protestors allege that the migrant popula-

tion is becoming the same strength in numbersas the Manipuris and they want nothing lessthan the permit system to be imposed.

Currently the permit system is in place in theother north-eastern states of Nagaland andArunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.

Curfew Extended to 4th Day, ImphalRemains Tense After Students-Police Clash

Pak would give befitting responseto any Indian aggression: Dar

CUDDALOREThe parents of every girl

born at government facili-ties in Tamil Nadu'sCuddalore District are gift-ed a jackfruit sapling and acertificate signed by theCollector, S Suresh Kumar.Officials then follow up onthe health of the sapling,and use it as a pretext toalso check on the little girl.Measures such as these,combined with his crackdown on child marriagesand illegal sex determina-tion centers has madeSuresh Kumar a knight inshining armour for the'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'campaign in the region.

"The idea is, sentimen-

tally, they would look afterthe jackfruit sapling likethe daughter. The treewould also give additionalincome. In the guise ofchecking the tree, groundstaff can also monitor thegirl child periodically,"says Suresh Kumar.

Attempts are also beingmade to create a sense ofpride in the minds of par-ents over their newborngirls. The parents are givena certificate of appreciationsigned by the Collector,days after their girl isborn.

And the plan seems to bemeeting with some suc-cess. "My husband wanteda girl child, and we have

two now," says Amudha,receiving the certificatefrom Mr Kumar with herhusband Chandrasekhar."We will stop with this. Weare excited about the pridegirl babies bring," sheadded.

Under Mr Kumar, the

district administration hasalso cracked down onfoetal sex determinationcentres, which are illegal,and on child marriage.Since he took charge of thedistrict a year ago, authori-ties have stopped 30 childmarriages.

Jackfruit Sapling is This Man's Solution for'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' Campaign

NEW DELHIStressing on the impor-

tance of development part-ners and NGOs in assistinggovernment to achievepopulation stabilisationgoals, Health Minister JPNadda today called fordevelopment of a 'protocol'or standardisation of vul-nerable population duringemergencies.

"Development partnersand NGOs have a veryimportant role to play. Wecannot achieve the goalalone no matter how goodour mechanisms are. Theirexperiences and interven-tions are required to makeit reach the masses," theMinister said while inau-gurating a national work-shop on 'VulnerablePopulation inEmergencies' on NationalPopulation Day.

The Minister said thatout of 36 states and Unionterritories, 24 states havereached population stabili-sation.

"We have to improvetotal fertility rate andstrategise on left out states.We will try to take it as amission mode to identifywhich are the states wherestabilisation has not taken

place and special effortneeds to be done," he said.

The Minister said thatthe population growth hasshown a decline in the pastdecade.

"We experienced leastpopulation growth in2001-11. We started ourpopulation programme in1952 and the positiveresults have started show-ing up. It will become evenbetter in the comingyears," he said.

He said that though Indiais the second largest popu-lated nation of the world, ithas its own strengths andweaknesses.

"We are a large force of1.21 billion people in ademocratic setup. We can-not compare ourselves tojust any nation as the free-

dom of people here isimmense. We have variouspositive aspects andyounger population is themost important," hesaid.

The one-day workshopwill focus on topics includ-ing reproduction rights,needs of women, past andfuture perceptions of fami-ly planning, role of socialmedia in advocacy pro-grammes and the ways tostabilise population.

Minister of State ShripadYesso Naik said that a pre-emergency planning withthe help of NGOs and part-ners will come as a solu-tion as India is vulnerableto natural calamities andemergencies which havesignificant impact on pub-lic health.

NGOs Key in Achieving PopulationStabilisation Goals: Health Minister JP NaddaHome Minister Rajnath Singh Holds

Meeting to Review Security in North-EastGUWAHATI, ASSAM

Union Home Minister RajnathSingh is in favour of reducing thedeployment of central securityforces in the north-eastern region,in view of the improved securitysituation. He is in Guwahati to dis-cuss a host of issues relating tosecurity and overall developmentof the region in a meeting with theChief Ministers of all the North-eastern states.

Mr Singh said, "In the wake ofimprovement in security scenario,there is a need to review deploy-ment of security forces in theregion. At present the deploymentis more than it was when the insur-gency was at its peak."

The 64-year-old congratulatedthe chief ministers for focusing ondevelopment that has helped inbringing down insurgency to an"all-time low" level in theregion.

The minister said, "Mizoram,Tripura, large parts of Assam andMeghalaya, and ArunachalPradesh, except its three easterndistricts, are almost free of insur-gency. There is a strong populardesire for peace in Nagaland andManipur too."

Ongoing infrastructure projectsof roads, bridges, railways will

also come up for review in themeeting which is expected tostress on time-bound completionof all development works.

Reaching out to the people of theregion, Mr Singh said, "The peopleof the region have suffered thetrauma of insurgency for long.Now they must reap the dividendof peace. Insurgency has adverselyimpacted the criminal justice sys-

tem."Mr Singh has expressed hope

that the committee constituted toreview the security situation willsubmit its report soon.

The committee, headed by secu-rity expert RN Ravi, has visitedmany areas in the region over thepast few months.

The government's efforts for sus-tained peace in the region hit a

roadblock last month when Nagamilitants had ambushed a militaryconvoy in Manipur's Chandel dis-trict. 18 army personnel werekilled while 11 others were injuredin the worst such attack in twodecades.

Later, the Indian Army had con-ducted surgical strikes on militantcamps inside the territory ofMyanmar.

SITAPURAhmadpur village in Sitapur

district, Uttar Pradesh, has noelectricity and no piped drinkingwater. A majority of the 300 fam-ilies here belong to theScheduled Castes and earn theirlivelihood as labour.

Most of the residents havenever been to school.

It is a tough challenge on theground for the frontline healthworkers like Accredited SocialHealth Activist (ASHA) SantoshKumari Shukla, and the angan-wadi worker, Pushpa Devi.

Along with the ANM orAuxiliary Nurse and Midwife,

the health workers play a crucialrole in family planning services,in addressing issues of maternaland child deaths and ill health.

The maternal mortality rate andthe fertility rate in the state arehigher than the national average.

Now a newly set up technicalsupport unit by the UPGovernment and the Bill andMelinda Gates Foundation isseeking to be the wind beneaththeir wings. Frontline healthworkers and nurses who havebeen neglected, now have men-tors and community resourcepersons to handhold them andguide them with technical sup-

port. The technical support unitworks within the governmentsystem and is running in 100worst performing blocks in thestate.

And change is visible inAhmadpur village. Teenagemother Sawani has opted for anintrauterine device after herdelivery to space childbirth andhas the support of her mother-in-law, Sursati.

Sursati said, "The child willbenefit, my daughter-in-law willbenefit. If children are born oneafter the other, my daughter inlaw will get weak. How will wetake care of their health?"

At a monthly meeting atBiswan block, groups of ASHAsare trained to communicate withthe community and to enhancetheir capacity. For the first time,health workers too have anopportunity to discuss their chal-lenges within the system, includ-ing that of corruption.

Puspha, an ASHA worker inBiswan block, said,"If we arepaid Rs. 600 for a delivery, wehave to give Rs. 100 as commis-sion. Hansraj and Pradeepcharge us money when wedeposit our vouchers. If we don'tgive them money, they won'tsend the vouchers."

Payments to ASHAs are goingto be streamlined soon by anonline system.

At the Biswan communityhealth centre or CHC, we meetone of the new cadre of nursementors in the state who areimparting skills and knowledgeto staff nurses andANMs.

Priyanka Singh, who is nursementor at the Biswan CHC, said,"When I came here initially, Ifound there were a lot of thingsthat were not being utilised prop-erly. Copper T was available butthe nurses didn't know how toinsert it."

SHAHJAHANPURA key witness in the rape

case against self-styledgodman Asaram Bapu wasshot at in Uttar Pradesh'sShahjahanpur on Friday,making it the ninth attackagainst witnesses so far.

35-year-old Kripal Singhwas on his way home on amotorcycle when two menallegedly came on a bikefrom behind and the personriding pillion opened fire athim. Mr Singh receivedbullet injuries in the back.The duo also allegedlywarned him against depos-ing against Asaram Bapuand fled from the scene.

"He was coming backfrom the market when twomen shot him from theback... He is a witness inthe Asaram case... Theywarned him that if hedeposed against him, theywouldn't leave him," saidthe father of a 16-year-oldschoolgirl who has accused

the 74-year-old guru ofsexually assaulting her athis ashram near Jodhpur inRajasthan in 2013.

The father of the girl saidthat Mr Singh's statementin the case against AsaramBapu had been recordedthree months ago. He alsosaid that Mr Singh had toldhim that he had beenreceiving threats for sometime.

When asked about anattack on a key witnessagainst him in May,Asaram Bapu had, whilebeing taking to a court in

Jodhpur, sarcasticallyremarked, "Duniyaan meinsabhi hamle main hi kar-wata hoon (I am responsi-ble for all the attacks inthis world)". It was thesixth attack on a witness inthe case.

The 74-year-old guru hasbeen in a jail in Jodhpursince September 2013 overallegations of raping theteenage girl. Two monthslater he, along with his sonNarayan Sai, were bookedfor the alleged rape of twosisters at their ashram inGujarat's Surat.

Asaram Bapu Rape Case: AnotherWitness Attacked, the Ninth So Far

Birth Control a Tough Challenge for Health Workers in Uttar PradeshCHENNAI

The onward journey of aGoAir aircraft, which suf-fered damage during dock-ing with an aerobridge,remained cancelled onSaturday even as foreignand local engineers werescheduled to attend to thedamage. Airport officialssaid engineers fromGermany and Mumbaiwere scheduled to attend tothe damage. The servicesof the flight to Port Blairremained cancelled today,

they said.The GoAir Aircraft No.G

8 305 (Mumbai to PortBlair via Chennai) with168 passengers on boardwas slightly damagedwhile docking with an aer-obridge yesterday.

According to DirectorGeneral of Civil Aviation(DGCA) the aerobridgeoperator was apparentlytalking over phone duringthe docking procedure andin the process lost controlof the jet way.

Onward journey of damagedGoAir aircraft remains cancelled

MUMBAIRailways have decid-

ed to run 12 super-fastspecial trains betweenNasik Road andHowrah on account ofKumbh Mela to be cel-ebrated in Nasik.

A release issued byCentral Railway onFriday said, train No02859 super-fast spe-cial will leave NasikRoad at 4:30 pm onJuly 14, August 19 andAugust 29, September13, 18 and 25 and willarrive at Howrah at6:15 pm the next day.

While train number02860 super-fast spe-cial will leave Howrahat 6 pm on July 12,August 17, 27,

September 11, 16 and23 and will arrive atNasik Road at 7:25 pmthe next day. Thesetrains will halt atBhusaval, Nagpur,Raipur, Bilaspur,Rourkela and Tatanagarstations and have oneAC-2 tier, four AC-3tier, 10 sleeper class, 4second class composi-tion, it said. Train no02859 will run as fullyreserved super-fast spe-cial train on specialcharges. Bookings fortrain no 02859 leavingon July 14, August 19and 29 will open onJuly 11 at all PassengerReservation System(PRS) locations andthrough Internet.

Kumbh Mela: Railways to Run12 Super-Fast Special Trains

BY ARINDAM CHAKRABARTI

Ayoung girl in Jharkhandcommitted suicidebecause her father

refused to build a toilet for her.When will the Indian male’sinsensitivity to women’s basicneeds change?

Indian men urgently needbasic ethical education. Sincethe 19th century, women’s edu-cation has been a progressiveobsession with enlightenedIndian social reformers.Although much remains to bedone to get anywhere close toequal access to education forthe genders, there is no dearthof social and political discourseabout the need to educate ourdaughters.

For the Indian male, however,in the 21st century, the need forbasic education in morals andmanners has reached crisis pro-portions. We badly need men’semotional education. The emo-tional illiteracy of the averageIndian male is no longer just thetarget of jokes. For his wives,sisters, female classmates andcolleagues, it is dangerous andsometimes lethal.

Insensitivity

One of the things that theaverage Indian man, urban andrural, seems never to have learntis how not to urinate or spit inpublic spaces. Much worse thanthe lack of awareness of basichygiene, however, is the Indianmale’s complete insensitivity towomen’s need for privacy whileanswering nature’s call.

In India we worship womenas goddesses. A goddess, thetraditional Indian male thinks,does not have to answer the callof nature. She is ParamaaPrakriti, she is nature or createsnature.

In Dumka, Jharkhand, 17-year-old Khushboo had beenimploring her father to build a

toilet in their otherwise puccahome with a courtyard. Thefather pleaded paucity of funds.

A boundary wall was moresocially necessary than a latrineat home. A wife’s honour maybe at risk if people can see herunveiled face, but it is perfectlyhonourable for passers-by inearly dawn to see her exposed.

Khushboo’s mother tried toadvocate for the daughter’surgent need of a covered toilet,but she was shut up by the claimthat it was more important tosave money for the daughter’smarriage.

The teenaged daughter ran toher grandparents’ house in sear-ing summer heat to relieve her-self, but the father would notlisten. If he can relieve himselfin the open, why can’t thedaughter?

Then, of course, there is tradi-tion: Raghu kul reeti sadaa chaliaayee: a girl’s body is made forprestige-preservingly expensivemarriage in a good home (withor without a toilet), for chastity,and promotion of family valueswhich do not include privacyduring defecation. Khusboocould not take it anymore. Lastweek, she hanged herself fromthe ceiling of the same housewhich did not provide for herbasic needs.

Basic right

Our Prime Minister knowsthat the right to private latrine isas basic as the right to food,unless we deem street-dwellingor homelessness as the defaultlifestyle. The first public budgetallocation and consciousness-raising that Narendra Modi didafter coming to power, laudablywith much fanfare, was formany more toilets in the villageschools. His reasoning wasmore about eliminating filth andsqualor in public space whichhas been puzzlingly tolerated by

the modern Hindu and Muslimmen who are otherwise reli-giously obsessed with purityand pollution (see SudiptaKaviraj’s essay “Filth and thePublic Space” in Public Culture,1997). But the question here isof a girl’s modesty, privacy,health and safety.

Women’s safety

It is important to stress that itis not just a matter of modesty,privacy, health and hygiene;more urgently, it is a matter ofwomen’s safety. A youngwoman is most vulnerable whenshe goes out to relieve herself.While darkness is friendly toher “modesty”, it puts her safe-ty at risk.

To quote a story carried byThe Guardian on August 28,2014: “In the evening gloom oftheir dirt courtyard, Raj Betiand her six daughters are grow-ing desperate. They lastanswered nature’s call 13 hoursago, but it’s not yet dark enoughto venture into the fields. Forgenerations, most of the 750families in Katra, Uttar Pradesh,northern India, have lived with-out toilets. They have grownused to holding their bladdersand bowels, being stalked bywild boars and hyenas and, dur-ing the rainy season, watchingout for snakes. But since May27, when two girls, 14 and 15,were found gang raped andhanged after they went torelieve themselves in the dark,Katra’s residents have beengripped by a new fear”.

The briefest Hindu definitionof Dharma (ahimsa, satya,asteya, shaucha, indriya-nigra-ha) includes cleanliness(shaucha) explicitly defined interms of proper cleaning afterperforming daily natural bodilyfunctions. But the same villagepriest or dharma-pedagoguewho is meticulous about thepurity of his own body and hisdaily ablutions in the holy river

never thinks twice about hiswife and daughter (and the trib-al women) having to defecate inpublic and polluting, perhaps,the same holy Ganga, Yamunaor Narmada. Even in the uplift-ed Indian villages which arewell-connected by mobilephones and satellite television, agirl has the right to food andeducation but no birthright touse a covered toilet.

Of course it is not “decent” tothink or write about womens’latrine just as it is beneath thedignity of a father to enquireafter how his wife and daughterare managing to answer nature’scalls. It is not fair just to blameBrahminical patriarchy or thebackwardness of the backwardclasses on this count. Practice ofshaucha or bodily cleanliness,according to Patanjali, shouldmake the yoga-practitioner“disgusted at his own body”.

Lack of awareness

The ritually pure Hindu maleis typically repulsed by theintrinsic uncleanness not of hisown body but of female bodies,but shows no awareness of theneed to provide for a privatespace at home for women tocleanse themselves. Our greatBritish preceptors of publiccleanliness used to indulge inmisogynist humour aboutwomen’s bowel movements.Jonathan Swift wrote a famouspoem called “The Lady’sDressing Room” which givesgraphic and repulsive descrip-tions of a lover boy Strephonpeeping into his beloved Celia’stoilet and getting shattered bydisappointment that even such aheavenly beauty had to defe-cate. Somehow, the misogynistlines of Swift’s poem remindme of the vulgar Bengali malejokes about village womendefecating at dawn by the river-side. They sound as tastelessand cruel after the tragic, sym-bolic, but predictable, suicideby the class 12 student in

Jharkhand.

The morning after I readabout the suicide in the newspa-pers, I spoke to a peon whoworks at a famous social sci-ence research centre in Delhi. Afanatic practitioner of yoga andAyurveda, this pious, lovingfather of three was proudlyreporting how his 16-year-olddaughter in the village hadtopped her class in mathematicsthis year. Because the toilet sui-cide was on my mind, I askedhim if in his village home thereis a toilet. “No, Babu, building atoilet would cost at leastRs.25,000. We don’t have thatkind of money. Besides, ourwomen are quite used to goingout in the fields for those pri-vate jobs.” Can I question hispaternal caring and concern justbecause he is utterly insensitiveto his daughter’s daily suffer-ing? I cannot.

But I can question the human-ity of those Members ofParliament living in govern-ment residences in Delhi withmultiple toilets, when theydemand more than 50 times theincome of the toilet-less vil-lagers that they representbecause yelling “Beti Bachao”inside and outside the LokSabha is 50 times harder thanthe work the landless day-labourers or peasants do. Whenour national yoga patriarchstelevise the world record ofthousands of schoolgirls per-forming perfectly choreo-graphed asanas, they shouldalso make sure that the ‘world’sfirst teenage girl suicide inprotest against lack of an indoortoilet’ be the last such suicide.

(Arindam Chakrabarti isRajni Kothari Visiting

Professor of Democracy,Centre for Study of Developing

Societies, New Delhi , andProfessor of Philosophy,

University of Hawaii at Manoa,Honolulu, U.S.)

Sunday | July 12, 2015

BY SUHASINI HAIDAR

The meeting on Friday betweenPrime Minister Narendra Modiand his Pakistan counterpart

Nawaz Sharif — who met for nearlyan hour in Ufa in Russia on the side-lines of the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation Summit to discuss anentire gamut of issues between thetwo countries — has kicked off a newseason of engagement between Indiaand Pakistan. There is now a clearroad map of events in the next fewmonths to take the dialogue processforward.

Foreign Secretaries of India andPakistan, S. Jaishankar and AizazAhmad Chaudhry, held a joint pressmeet where they read out a jointstatement on the outcome of themeeting and listed out five points.These are: a meeting in New Delhibetween the two National SecurityAdviser (NSA) to discuss all issueslinked to terrorism; early meetings ofthe Directors General of the BorderSecurity Force and the PakistanRangers followed by that of theDirectors General MilitaryOperations (DGMO); the decision torelease fishermen in each other’s cus-tody, along with their boats, within aperiod of 15 days; a mechanism forfacilitating religious tourism, andboth sides agreeing to discuss waysand means to expedite the Mumbaicase trial, including additional infor-mation like providing voice samples.

Bonhomie after acrimony

The sixth point is that all actionswould lead up to Mr. Modi’s visit toPakistan, to attend the South AsianAssociation for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) summit inIslamabad in 2016. As a result, theprocess would most closely mirrorPrime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee’s reach-out to Pakistan onApril 18, 2003, when the NationalDemocratic Alliance governmentannounced a “hand of friendship” toPakistan after years of bitterness overthe Kargil war, the Parliament attackand the Agra summit.

The announcement was followedby several rounds of official meet-ings, and then by the unilateralRamzaan ceasefire announced byPakistan President Pervez Musharrafin November 2003, so that by thetime Mr. Vajpayee travelled toPakistan in January 2004, he andPakistan Prime Minister Mir

Zafarullah Khan Jamali were able toannounce a number of major agree-ments and the Islamabad declarationthat restarted the composite bilateraldialogue.

The key takeaway from the Ufadeclaration is the bonhomie betweenthe Prime Ministers after a period ofextreme acrimony between their gov-ernments, particularly over Mr.Modi’s comments in Dhaka in June2015, where he called Pakistan a“nuisance” that “promotes terror-ism”, and the Sharif government’sresponses to it. Despite all that, Mr.Sharif, with his determined commit-ment to bettering ties with India, andMr. Modi, with his strong mandate,and firm grip of his party and cabinet,are still the best poised to deliver anyagreement between the two countriesthat has seen so many others try andfail in the process.

Promises, the schallenge

However, history has proven that itisn’t delivering an agreement or adeclaration between the two coun-

tries that is the biggest challenge, butdelivering on its promises after that,given that the process can be fire-bombed by violence at the Line ofControl (LoC), a terror attack , oreven an outbreak of words. In thatsense, it is important to look closer ateach of the promises made in thejoint statement at Ufa to see how

firmly they will hold in the face ofthose risks.

To begin with, the NSAs’ meeting“to discuss all issues connected withterrorism” is important, given thatboth Mr. Ajit Doval of India and Mr.Sartaj Aziz have the full confidenceof their respective Prime Ministers,which is crucial to hammer out anypeace deal, away from the limitationsof bureaucracies, militaries and theconstant glare of the media. Second,even within their establishments,both men are seen as “hawks”.Therefore, if they do come to anagreement, it will take into accountthe most extreme views on eitherside.

This is not the first time that suchan engagement has been proposed,however. In 2006, the Joint TerrorMechanism announced in Havana byPrime Minister Manmohan Singh andGen. Musharraf also envisaged a dia-logue away from the ForeignMinistries with NSAs and intelli-gence chiefs meetings. But that camea cropper over inherent distrust

between both sides. Interestingly,part of the Havana declaration wasDr. Singh’s acceptance of an invita-tion to Pakistan, which never materi-alised. Mr. Doval is himself a figureviewed with deep suspicion inPakistan, not the least because of paststatements he has made onBalochistan and covert operations,which are aired on Pakistani TVchannels quite regularly. However,given his years posted in Islamabad,and decades in the intelligencebureau, he will bring in a unique per-spective to the talks.

The meetings between militarycommanders at the LoC are already apart of an ongoing process, and evenbefore the Prime Ministers met inUfa, one such meeting had beenscheduled for September 2015between the DGs of the BSF and thePakistani Rangers. There is an annu-al mechanism for high-level talksbetween the Pakistani Rangers andBSF chiefs that last took place inMarch 2015 at the Wagah-Attari bor-der. DGMO (Army-to-Army) meet-ings have also taken place in the past,albeit more rarely as when theDGMOs met in December 2013 as anoutcome of the Singh-Sharif meetingin New York — it was after a periodof 14 years. It remains to be seenwhat structure the newly announcedDGMO talks will take.

Release of fishermen

Similarly, the reference to therelease of fishermen is also a regularoccurrence. Another batch wasreleased after Mr. Modi spoke to Mr.Sharif last month. The tragedy is thatthe navies of both countries detainthese fishermen who stray over thesea boundaries quicker than they canbe released, and at any given point,each country holds 300-400 fisher-men. The mechanism for “religioustourism” will be welcomed in allparts, as each year, Indian andPakistani officials wrangle over thevisas issued to Indians for Gurpurabcelebrations at Nankana Sahib and tothe Hinglaj Mata temple, and toPakistani pilgrims for the Ajmer

Sharif and Nizamuddin Auliya inDelhi.

Expediting Mumbai trial

Finally, there is the very significantreference to the provision of “voicesamples” and to expedite the Mumbaitrial. Despite the Bharatiya JanataParty’s claims that these have beengiven for the “first” time, both assur-ances were given by Pakistan in May2010 after the Thimphu SAARCsummit meeting between PrimeMinister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Dr.Singh. A month later, when HomeMinister P. Chidambaram travelled toIslamabad armed with the Indian“dossiers”, Pakistan Interior MinisterRehman Mallik had declared thatPakistan would provide India all sup-port in probing the 26/11 attacks.This was to include expediting thetrial with “day-to-day” hearings in aspecial court; giving India the voice-samples of terror element Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, alleged to be theoperational mastermind in the 2008Mumbai attacks, and the otheraccused in Adiala jail, and of huntingdown the “masterminds” of the attackincluding reinvestigating the case ofMumbai attack mastermind HafizSaeed. The promise of voice sampleswas critical as they could be matchedwith telephone recordings that Indiaalready has produced, of Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders in the so-called“Karachi control room” coldblooded-ly guiding gunman Ajmal Kasab andhis colleagues to kill innocents at theTaj hotel and Chabad House inMumbai. If any of those samplesmatched with the men accused, thenthat would clinch the 26/11 trial.However, in June 2011, Mr. Mallikannounced that he couldn’t hand overthe voice samples without the per-mission of the accused, who hadappealed to the courts on the issue.“If I give the samples by any othermeans by recording their voice andsend it to India, that will be chal-lenged in [a] Pakistani court andthere will be contempt of court on theinvestigators and prosecutors,” Mr.Mallik had said in an interview at thetime.

It would be interesting to find outhow the Pakistan Muslim Leaguegovernment has now given India asimilar assurance, and whether it hasa new law up its sleeve or has secureda court order in favour of handingover the voice samples. An addedhurdle will be that Lakhvi is out onbail, and was recently exempted fromcourt appearances in the 26/11 trial,which will make it extremely diffi-cult to track him down for theprocess. Another question that arisesis where India will take its quest atthe UN to make Pakistan accountablefor the Mumbai attacks. For the pastfew months, India has stepped upefforts to have Pakistan named orcriticised by the UN, the 1267Taliban sanctions committee and theFinancial Action Task Force. Nowthat the Indian and Pakistani govern-ments are discussing the matter, willIndia cease these efforts, or at leastsuspend them?

Eventually the Ufa engagementproves the strength of the fundamen-tals of the India-Pakistan relation-ship, that despite all that happens toderail the relationship, the two havealways returned to the table, and thatevery Prime Minister and President,across political parties in India andPakistan, has tried to make a contri-bution to that process. Another fun-damental, the need for one-upman-ship, to decide who came away thevictor from the talks is always thecause for the unravelling of theprocess. In that respect it is a mistakefor some in the government to claimsuccess at the non-inclusion of a ref-erence to Jammu and Kashmir at Ufa;the 2009 Sharm el-Sheikh documentalso made no reference to theKashmir dispute.

Given the past history of summitsbetween India and Pakistan, and theconstant and creative search for newsolutions by their leaders to a nearly70-year-old dispute that has cost bothcountries dear, it would be a mistaketo claim that any new venture in therelationship is in fact “a first” that hasnever been done before. What it ishowever, is a new reason for hope.

Needed, a new strategy

T-24, the tiger in the news

The Ufa takeaways and reason

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When Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist) general secretary, shared aplatform with Somnath Chatterjee at an event

this week in Kolkata marking Jyoti Basu’s birth anniver-sary, the symbolism was hardly lost on anyone. Mr.Yechury asked Mr. Chatterjee to work jointly with theLeft, avoiding any reference to his rejoining the party,making the intent behind the sharing of the stage clear.Mr. Yechury’s seeming proclivity to engage with suchestranged friends suggests his party recognises that itsroad to recovery can only be through West Bengal, whereit right now suffers from terminal decline. The new gen-eral secretary is evidently trying to move away from thelegacy of his predecessor — who was instrumental in theexpulsion of the veteran from the CPI(M) in July 2008 —by showing a certain willingness to accommodate leftistvoices that are more amenable to building broad coali-tions with parties such as the Congress. Recent state-ments by several CPI(M) leaders in West Bengal suggestthe party is looking toward a workable alliance withgroups including the Congress to mount a challenge to aformidable Trinamool Congress. The problem for theCPI(M), however, remains to be that it has still not man-aged to offer itself as an agent of change in the State, andis perceived warily by an electorate that had seen threeand a half decades of Left rule. Despite a change in itsState leadership, the CPI(M) still has little to offer as anoppositional force. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress,by virtue of its posturing toward the more populist sideof the Left, has earned the trust of the rural poor to a sub-stantial degree. While a new alliance strategy, includingan engagement with the Congress, could help the Leftarithmetically, the inability to resuscitate its fortunesthrough internal reorganisation, and the absence of anymovement towards pan-Left unity must be cause forgreater worry for the CPI(M). The Left’s state of crisis isnot limited to West Bengal. In Kerala, recent byelectionresults indicate that the Congress-led United DemocraticFront is not facing any imminent threat on account ofanti-incumbency factors, while the CPI(M) faces issuesof factionalism. In Tripura it is holding on its own,although challenges are evident. The CPI(M) and otherLeft groups have been harping on the slogan of “Leftunity” and a joint struggle, but this has remained more ofa goal on paper than one that could be translated intoanything meaningful on the ground. The CPI and theCPI(M), for example, seem to have little difference interms of essential ideology anymore, but even in theirmost weakened and dire straits, such as now, they havenot really pushed the envelope on a unification initiative.The future, thus, admittedly remains foggy.

To begin with, the NSAs’ meeting “todiscuss all issues connected with terror-ism” is important, given that both Mr.

Ajit Doval of India and Mr. SartajAziz have the full confidence of theirrespective Prime Ministers, which is

crucial to hammer out any peace deal,away from the limitations of bureau-cracies, militaries and the constant

glare of the media.

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Connectivity key ..."Together with Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-

Iran rail link, and India`s proposed invest-ment in Chahbahar Port (in Iran), these initia-tives will strengthen connectivity betweenour two countries," he said.

Modi said India and Turkmenistan have a"common purpose" in combating terrorism,and also emphasised on enhancing economicties.

The visiting Indian prime minister referredto the "deep rooted civilisation ties" with thecentral Asian nation.

"Our long standing and deep rooted civili-sation ties are well known. As India deepensits relations with Central Asia, Turkmenistanwill play an essential part," Modi said.

"We have common purpose in combatingterrorism and extremism in our regions," hesaid.

Talking about enhancing economic ties,Modi said: "We had a good discussion onIndia`s investment in downstream indus-tries... I also proposed that Turkmenistanbecomes a member of the International NorthSouth Transport Corridor."

Modi added that he was looking forward toPresident Berdimuhamedow`s visit to India.

Terror, climate...about the ideals and life of Mahatma

Gandhi.Noting that yoga helps humans to live in

sync with nature, Modi said that it was not aphysical exercise but a synchronisation ofbody, mind, soul and intellect.

"Yoga also helps humans to live withnature. Yoga is not a physical programme.How much the body bends or legs bend, thisis not the objective of yoga.

"Body, mind, soul and intellect, the art toconnect each of this in one direction can belearnt from yoga. Do not concern yourselfwith how much the body bends, you shouldfocus on how to synchronise mind and intel-lect," Modi said.

He said that both the newly-inauguratedyoga centre and the bust of Mahatma Gandhiwill convey an apt message not only inTurkmenistan but the entire Central Asia.

Referring to his conversation with TurkmenPresident Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov,Modi said the president referred to the yogacentre being inaugurated today as "a productof our deliberations.

"He (president) said that he will make aworld class yoga centre and make this coun-try an experimentation site in showing theworld as to how yoga can help bring changein our lives," Modi said.

He hoped that the bust of Mahatma Gandhiwould prompt people of Turkmenistan tomake efforts in knowing and understandingGandhi.

Modi arrived here last evening after histhree-day visit to Ufa in Russia where heattended the BRICS and SCO summitsbesides holding bilateral talks with leaders ofPakistan, Russia and China.

The prime minister has already visitedUzbekistan and Kazakhstan and will alsovisit Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as part of hiseight-day visit to Central Asia.

Modi also said, "I heard children convers-ing in Hindi when the bust of Gandhi wasbeing unveiled. They were singing 'bhajans'.And for the display of yoga, I give you 100out of 100. You tried to strike perfect pose ofthe 'asanas' which would not have been possi-ble without practice".

China Wants...strengthened. We maintain good communi-

cation and coordination on major internation-al issues. We also believe that in the glob-alised era, the security of Indian Ocean is inthe common interest of all countries," shesaid.

'Will Support ..bilateral issues, including security, people-

to-people ties and expediting the Mumbaitrial," Mr Toner said. "We support all stepsbetween the Governments of India andPakistan to strengthen their dialogue andcooperation," he added.

PM Modi, who met PM Sharif on the side-lines of the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation in the Russian city of Ufa, alsoaccepted an invitation to attend the regionalSAARC summit in Islamabad next year.

The announcements were made after ameeting between the Prime Ministers thatbegan with a warm handshake and ran longerthan planned. Then, in a surprise move, theirForeign Secretaries appeared together - a rareoccurrence - to read out a joint statement.

The statement made no reference toKashmir, nor was it brought up by Mr Sharifduring the talks, said sources, which hasresulted in sharp criticism for him inPakistan.

Friday's was the first meeting between thetwo leaders in over seven months, when theyshared a handshake and a few words at aSouth Asia summit in Nepal in November.

Their last formal talks were in May 2014,after Mr Sharif attended Mr Modi's swearing-in ceremony as prime minister in New Delhi,

a first for a Pakistani leader.

Separatists dismiss...seized a number of trucks and caught a

number of persons mining close to the border."We have caught a number of gypsum min-

ing activities close to the border in Bikanerregion and have handed over the trucks andpersons to the Bajju police post in April andMay," Gandhi said.

He however cautioned that although suchactivities are being carried out by local min-ing mafia, unwarranted elements can takeadvantage of the situation, making it detri-mental to national interest.

Nepal's Leader ...linked with Nepal's sovereignty and territo-

rial integrity, and urged both India and Chinato honour it.

As per the letter, the Sugauali Treaty clear-ly states that the territories east of Kali riverbelong to Nepal.

"We believe that paragraph 28 of the jointstatement between India and China incorpo-rating Lipulekh as a bilateral trade routebetween the two countries runs against theprovisions of the Treaty Sugauli, 1816,between Nepal and India," writes MrPrachanda.

The letters have been sent to both the gov-ernments of India and China through theirembassies in Kathmandu.

A copy of the statement was also handedover to Prime Minister Koirala.

Receiving the letter from a Maoist delega-tion, Koirala said that he will "take up thematter with the respective governmentsthrough diplomatic channels".

He urged India and China to take necessarydiplomatic initiative to address "this genuineconcern of the Nepalese people by makingappropriate correction in the agreement".

Teen Allegedly...clip. Last evening, the accused asked her to

come to a fly-over and collect her phone.Police then asked her to go there so that the

accused could be trapped. However, as theteen rode her two-wheeler towards the spot,the accused duo intercepted her along theway, took her into the bushes and againallegedly raped her.

The teen then went back to the police, whocombed the area and caught the duo. Hermobile phone was recovered, but policefound no objectionable video in it.

Considering the seriousness of the matter,inspector general of police Vishwas NangrePatil today reached here and ordered suspen-sion of assistant inspector Ejjapwar.

Mr Patil said that he had asked the sub-divi-sional police officer Dikshitkumar Gedam toconduct an investigation into the matter.

Police did not disclose the names of theaccused but said they could have committedsimilar crimes in the past.

There are 'no...by the ISIS, Sharma said terrorist forces do

not represent any religion since no religiongives sanction to commit heinous crimes andto take away the right to life and liberty.

Speaking at the Council Meeting of theSocialist International United Nations on July6, he warned of the continued presence ofISIS in the Middle East and added that thereare "no good terrorist and bad terrorists."

He urged for a uniform approach in thefight against terrorism and added that otherissues of global concern including eradicationof poverty, education for all, universal health,sustainable development, world peace can beaddressed only when the scourge of terrorismis rooted out as stability and peace are anessential prerequisite to development.

In his keynote address to the conference,Sharma urged the Socialist International andthe UN to join hands to fight and defeat theforces of terrorism, which threatened theright?to?life, liberty and peaceful existence.

He urged that the ComprehensiveConvention on International Terrorism treatybe adopted soon. He also recognised theimportance of youth and its role in nationbuilding, pointing out the potential of theIndian youth to contribute in the growth anddevelopment of the country.

At the end of the two-day conference, fourdeclarations were adopted on on security andfight against terror, the Palestinian question,climate change and sustainable developmentgoals.

The Mystery...by the STF from Mr Trivedi's computer

detail a list of those involved in the buyingand selling of seats in government medicalcolleges in the state. In one such column isthe entry 'Mantrani'. When interrogated bythe STF, Mr Trivedi seemed to have beendeliberately ambiguous in his response.According to the FIR, he told investigatorsthat 'Mantrani' was either a "female ministeror a minister's wife."

The mystery 'Mantrani' reference has givenfresh ammunition to the opposition Congressin the state. It says the STF should explainwhy it never pursued this lead to its logicalconclusion and why the identity of the'Mantrani" was never made public in an FIRthat lists scores of other accused by name,including the state's Governor Ram Naresh

Yadav.In the past, Congress leader Digivijaya

Singh had even tried to drag Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan's wife into the contro-versy by saying that she had links with a keyaccused in the scam, mining baron SudhirSharma. Speaking to NDTV, Mr Chouhancalled this "cheap, low level politics of a non-serious person like Digvijaya Singh". TheChief Minister also pointed out that Mr Singhhad been accused by the Special Task Forceof submitting forged documents in the case.

But in data recognised as genuine anduntampered with by the same Special TaskForce, the mystery 'Mantrani' reference cropsup, begging the question - will we ever knowwho she is?

President Pranab...Mukherjee said: "On behalf of the govern-

ment, the people of India and on my ownbehalf, it gives me great pleasure to convey toyou, to the government and the people of theDemocratic Republic of Sao Tome andPrincipe warm greetings and felicitations onthe occasion of your National Day."

Adding that the two countries enjoyedwarm and friendly relations, PresidentMukherjee said: "I am confident that ourbilateral relations will be further strengthenedin the years ahead to the mutual benefit of thepeoples of our countries."

"Please accept, Excellency, my good wish-es for your personal health and well-being, aswell as for the progress and prosperity of thefriendly people the Democratic Republic ofSao Tome and Principe," the president added.

Considered as Africa's smallest state, theisland nation achieved independence fromPortugal on July 12, 1975.

Growth in Indirect ...taken by the central government, including

an excise duty increase on diesel and petroland gold, besides a hike in service tax ratefrom June 1.

He said that excluding these new measures,the indirect tax collections - which includeexcise, Customs and service taxes - grew 14.5per cent in the first quarter from a year ago.

"Given that GDP growth is the tax base,what it suggests is that the underlying nomi-nal GDP growth is growing at a healthypace," he said.

However, the index of industrial production(IIP) data released yesterday showed that thegrowth in factory output in the first twomonths of the fiscal was three per cent asagainst 4.6 per cent in April-May of 2014-15.

PM Modi to...to exempt land purchases for certain indus-

trial, housing and infrastructure projects fromrequiring the consent of 80 percent oflandowners.

Opposition parties have staunchly resistedthe bill, calling it `anti-farmer`. Lawmakersin Rajya Sabha, led by the oppositionCongress party, have repeatedly blocked thelegislation.

To build consensus, the government hasintroduced several amendments to the billand formed a parliamentary committee toexamine compensation clauses and resettle-ment of farmers.

Modi has asked the panel to submit itsreport at the beginning of the upcoming ses-sion, but the committee has appealed formore time.

Modi has called the second meeting of thegoverning council of the National Institutionfor Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, a gov-ernment think tank, for July 15, about a weekbefore the monsoon session of parliament isset to begin.

The meeting will have "many items on theagenda," economist and NITI Aayog memberBibek Debroy told Reuters. But the focus ofthe meeting will be the land bill, according totwo senior sources with knowledge of thearrangements.

The monsoon session is expected to be atumultuous one, with contentious land, labourand GST bills on the table, and simmering

political scandals threatening to disrupt pro-ceedings.

Amarnath Yatra ...obeisance at the 3,880 metre high cave

shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas, markingthe resumption of the yatra, officials said.

While 8,981 pilgrims were allowed tomove towards the cave shrine from Nunwanbase camp along the 45-km traditionalPahalgam cave route in Anantnag district, asmany as 7,862 pilgrims proceeded from theBaltal base camp along the shorter 16-kmroute in Ganderbal district, they said.

The 59-day yatra, which commenced onJuly 2, was suspended from both the routesyesterday as a precautionary measure afterheavy rains rendered the tracks unsafe.

However, with improvement in the weatheras the day progressed, the pilgrims wereallowed to move from the halting stationsenroute but none was allowed from the basecamps.

While 10,378 yatris paid obeisance at theholy cave despite disruption due to rains yes-terday, so far 9,182 pilgrims visited the caveshrine and offered their prayers till 1300hours today, the officials said, adding theyatra was going on smoothly from both thesides.

Till date, around 1.41 lakh pilgrims haveoffered their prayers at the cave shrine hous-ing the naturally formed ice-Shivlingam, theofficials said.

63-year-old Shrikant Mandla, a resident ofWest Bengal, had suffered a massive heartattack while coming out from the cave afterhaving 'darshan' last evening.

Mandla died despite efforts by the doctorsand para-medical staff to revive him, the offi-cials said, adding his death raised the numberof pilgrims who met their fate during theongoing yatra to seven.

Gujarat Police...them with their families.The campaign was started from July 1 and

will stretch for the entire month in all cities ofthe state and directives have been issued toauthorities concerned to carry out the cam-paign, State Director General of Police(DGP) P C Thakur said.

"We have directed through video-confer-encing, police Commissioners of Vadodara,Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and other citiesand IGs of all ranges and WCD officials inthis regard," Mr Thakur told PTI.

Under the campaign, the officials will bevisiting neighbouring states and trace themissing children and reunite them with theirfamilies.

Inspector Anil Pratham, who is part of thecampaign in Vadodara said, "Police officialshave been given training to identify the miss-ing children. We have been supported byWCD and NGOs as well."

Inspector General, Baroda Range, AnoopSingh Gehlot said that in the first 10 days ofthe campaign, nine children, including fourgirls, below the age of 14 years, have beenunited with their families in seven districts ofBaroda range.

"In addition to this, 60 children, 30 boysand as many girls, have been already reunitedwith their families from January 1 to June30," he added.

The campaign is being undertaken in Suratas well and many children have been tracedfrom the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra

BSF foils ...movement of some people near

International Border (IB) near Makwal for-ward belt in Jammu district early today, BSFofficials said.

After the search of the area BSF troopsarrested five people, they said.

They were Bangladeshi nationals and weretrying to cross over to other side of the bor-der, they added.

They are being questioned, officials said.

Centre to Rank...major initiative is ranking of states. We

would like all states to compete among them-selves and (see) which will be the best invest-ment friendly, (having) eco system for indus-tries...we should come out with ranking ofstates where states are ranked in terms of easeof doing business," DIPP Joint SecretaryRavneet Kaur said here today at a workshopon 'Make In India' initiative.

"We have sent the questionnaire to all thestates and the states are giving their respons-es. After that we will double check theirresponses. We will crosscheck by our con-sultants whether their notifications areready," she further said.

The ranking of states is expected to be outby August end, she added.

Talking about ambitious 'Make in India' ini-tiative, she said the country would like to seeitself as global manufacturing hub of theworld.

Among other initiatives under Make inIndia, she said any query put by an entrepre-neur would be responded within 72 hours onthe portal of 'Make in India'.

She said the department had alreadyreceived 12,000 queries with 2 lakh visitorsand 4.56 lakh followers on twitter account.

Among major decisions, the governmenthad already liberalized FDI in several sectors,the official said.

"Now, there is 100 per cent FDI in railways,construction, medical devices, telecom, sin-gle brand retail, 49 per cent in insurance andpension funds, 49 per cent in defence sector,"she said.

"We are the most open economy in theworld today," Ms Kaur said.

She informed that equity inflow in thecountry had gone up by 47.95 per cent duringthe last 8-10 months.

Ms Kaur said a conference on 'Start UpIndia' will be held in August whereby effortswill be made to tap venture capitalists andangle investors to help young entrepreneursfor setting up their projects.

Jammu-Srinagar ...stretch had blocked the highway yesterday

resulting in over 2000 vehicles getting strand-ed at various places en-route the highway.

The men and machinery of the Border RoadOrganisation (BRO) cleared the highway.

"The highway was reopened for traffic afterthe landslides triggered by heavy rains werecleared", a police officer said today.

This is the second time that the highwaywas closed following heavy rains across thestate.

On Thursday, the highway was closed at 3AM following heavy rainfall and theAmarnath pilgrimage was halted. The high-way was thrown open after remaining closedfor several hours.

Madras High Court...The court has also cancelled the rapist's bail

which was granted so that he could meet hisvictim for a possible settlement and hasordered him to surrender before a trial court.

Last month, Justice Devadass said VMohan who raped a teenager in 2008 whenshe was 15 could leave jail for a mediationsession. He said that in another case where hehad made a similar intervention, "a happyconclusion" was reached with the rapist"agreeing" to marry his victim.

In this case, the judge said, the rape sur-vivor, who became pregnant and delivered ababy daughter as a result of her attack, is"nobody's wife... an unwed mother", suggest-ing that her best option would be to reach asettlement with the man who assaulted her.

The woman, who is a mother of a six-year-old, had told reporters that she had no interestin mediation.

The Supreme Court's comments were madein the context of another rape case fromMadhya Pradesh.

The High Court's order was widely con-demned with many activists writing to theChief Justice of the Madras High Court, call-

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ATALIMore than a month after a com-

munal clash engulfed Atali vil-lage in Haryana, all its Muslimsand most Hindu men have fled --either fearing more violence orthe police.

Only a few hundred Hindus arestill left in the village that oncehad a population of over 5,000,located 12 km from Ballabhgarhtown in Faridabad district thatborders Delhi. Elderly men,young boys and women make upfor most of the Hindus still in thevillage, residents told a newsagency's correspondent.

As for some 300 Muslim resi-dents of Atali, all have aban-doned their homes and takenrefuge in nearby villages toescape a communal conflagrationthe village had never seen.

Hindus still here complain of a"brutal police crackdown" fol-lowing a spate of clashesbetween them and Muslims over

the construction of a mosque.Muslims have said that themosque was coming up on landbelonging to a Muslim andHindus should not have objected.Hindus insist the mosque wasillegally located on a Hindu'sland.

Like in most parts of Haryana,Atali is a neatly laid out village,boasting of numerous two-storeybrick-and-mortar houses, eachhouse having electricity connec-tion. Some houses have inverterstoo. The streets are cemented orlaid with bricks -- and clean.

Atali is primarily divided intothree quarters -- one for Dalits,another for Muslims and the larg-er area populated mainly by Jats.

Violence over the mosque firsterupted in May. Tensions wererekindled when members of thetwo communities clashed againlast week, around the same timeas serious communal clasheserupted at Palwal in Haryana.

Amid criticism that Haryana'sBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)government was biased towardsHindus, police and paramilitaryforces launched a crackdown onJuly 4, detaining many. Nine menwere formally arrested.

All of them were Hindus.While the Muslim populationhad already fled, it was now theturn of Hindus to flee from Atali.

Villagers said those who havestayed back are staring at seriousfinancial losses. Labourers refuseto come to Atali and work ontheir fields.

A farmer lamented that his andothers' yields were going wasteas it had become difficult to findvehicles to transport the produceto the nearest towns.

All four private schools andtwo government schools hereremain shut.

Hindus told a news agency thatthe young feared being takenaway.

"The policemen didn't spareeven the old and minors," said avillager who did not want to beidentified by name.

Sanni, a labourer, sounded des-perate when he said that his 16-year-old son had run away. "Idon't know what to do to per-suade him to come back."

Rajwati, a sweeper, said shepleaded with the police not totake her 15-year-old-son awaywhen they broke the door of theirhouse.

Around 200 security personnelremain deployed in the village, agrim reminder of what Atali wit-nessed. The seniors among themdeclined to speak to a newsagency.

"This violence has finished offthe village," moaned MangalSingh, 29, who recently startedgrowing unseasonal vegetablesafter taking a bank loan of Rs 1crore. He puts his losses at Rs 6-7 lakh.

Haryana village almost empties after communal violence

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Chinese smartphonemaker Xiaomi isdeveloping a full-

fledged e-commerce busi-ness model for its phonesand other devices inIndia, a top companyexecutive said on Friday.

Xiaomi Indian HeadManu Kumar Jain said themobile phone maker isactively consideringinvesting in a few startuptechnology companies todevelop the e-commerceecosystem. Major portionof Xiaomi sales comethrough its channel part-ners such as Flipkart orAmazon or Snapdeal,beside its own portal -Mi.com.

"The investment will gointo setting up our own e-commerce business(including setting up)warehouse and logistics.We also enable salesthough Mi.com, which isour own e-commerceplatform. We have notdone any marketing forthat (to promote the site),"Jain told reporters in amedia interaction inHyderabad.

He said the company iscurrently getting a fewthousand orders a day,adding, they would alsobe investing in setting upa research and develop-ment centre in Bengaluru,a manufacturing facilityand expanding exclusivesales and service network.

Jain, however, did notdisclose the budget thatwill go into the expan-sion. When asked aboutthe proposed manufactur-ing facility, he said theyare in talks with variousstate governments for set-ting up the plant. Jain saidthe company does notintend to manufacture thephones directly butthrough a contractualmanufacturer.

To a poser, he saidXiaomi is currently talk-ing to a few startups toinvest in the company."We are actively talkingto few other tech compa-nies. They are startupsand none of them are likethe new ones who arelooking for angel'smoney. They are estab-lished. They have raisedone or two rounds offunding and generatingrevenues," Jain explained.

According to Jain,Xiaomi has sold over amillion smartphones inthe first four months of itsentry into the Indian mar-ket in July 2014, makingit the fifth-largest playerin the domestic marketwith a share of 4 percent.

The five-year-old com-pany, which rolled out itsfirst smartphone inAugust 2011, sold 61.1million units globally lastyear, as against 18.7 mil-lion units in 2013, heclaimed.

1. Neurospora is used as genetic material becauseA. it has short life cycle of 10 daysB. the product of single meiosis can be easilyanalysedC. meiotic products are linearly arranged in the formof ordered tetradsD. is a diploid fungus

2. Phloem is a tissue found inA. reproductive organs of animals B. plantsC. insects D. mammals

3. N2 content is kept constant in the biosphere due toA. N2 fixation B. industrial pollutionC. nitrogen cycle D. absorption of N2

4. out of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates present in acell membrane, what is true?

A. Lipids are maximumB. Carbohydrates are minimumC. Carbohydrates are maximumD. All three are in equal proportion

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(A), 2(B), 3(C), 4(B)

TODAY’S STARARIES Plans to get some long-neglected tasks done around the house or yard

may be interrupted by a phone call from someone dear who lives faraway. You might be so excited by the call that you are no longer in theright frame of mind to finish your work once the conversation ends. Don'tworry. You can always get the tasks done later.

TAURUS Plans to get together with a close friend or romantic partner might goawry due to circumstances beyond your control, Taurus. Sudden eventscould necessitate being out of touch. You might have to face delayswhen you're trying to make arrangements. Don't give up - you will reachyour goal but just a little later than you'd hoped. Accept things as theyare and change your schedule. These things happen.

GEMINI A member of your household has perhaps been withholdingsome negative emotions for a long time. He or she may finally letloose with everything today. This could prove disconcerting,Gemini, as you probably had no idea this was going on. Somehonest talk is definitely in order. Try to show that you understand.All should be fine in the end.

CANCER An unexpected and perhaps unwelcome call or email from a co-worker might mean you have to work some extra hours, Cancer.This could be frustrating. You may feel that someone is takingunfair advantage of you. If you aren't up to doing it, say no. Thiswon't affect your long-term standing with this person. Otherwise,grit your teeth, dig in, and think of it as a favor.

LEO You may have been saving up for something you really wanted, Leo,when an unexpected expense compels you to spend some of your sav-ings. This could cause some gloom. Make sure you've exhausted all ofyour other options before digging into your nest egg. Appearances couldbe deceiving. There could be other resources at your disposal that youdidn't immediately think of.

VIRGO Some hidden problems in your house could suddenly appear,Virgo. This could involve plumbing, electricity, or the walls. Repairsare definitely indicated. It's best if you see to them right away ratherthan wait. The problem will only escalate if neglected. It's probablybetter to call in professionals than to try to do it yourself. Things likethis are a drag, but they happen.

LIBRA Some strange communications could come your way today, Libra.Hang-ups or blank emails could have you wondering who the personis and what they want from you. This is probably due more to prob-lems with phone lines or Internet connections than to anything else,so don't waste time worrying. If you think you know who's trying toreach you, wait until tomorrow and contact him or her.

SCORPIO A group you're affiliated with could find some discrepancies in theirfinancial records and ask you to check into it, Scorpio. This is prob-ably due more to mistaken entries or lost pages than to any majordisaster, but solving it will set everyone's mind at ease. Don't besurprised if you have to dig through little scraps of paper buried inthe bottom of files. It will be worth it, though.

SAGITTARIUS Secrets that someone close has been trying to keep hidden could comeout today, Sagittarius. This may or may not be something Earthshaking,but either way, some quick damage control might prevent them frombecoming common knowledge. The people around you are more under-standing than you know, so express how you feel. By tomorrow it shouldbe old news. Take care of business and all will be well.

CAPRICORN Some strange news concerning friends who live far away couldcome to you secondhand today, Capricorn. Attempts to reachthe people in question may prove fruitless, at least now. Withholdjudgment about what you hear until you talk to your friends, asmuch of what is passed on to you is likely to be misinformation.Tomorrow you should have better luck reaching them.

AQUARIUS Some rather unsettling insights into a friend's thoughts and feel-ings could come to you today. Your intuition is keener than usual,Aquarius, so trust your instincts about everyone, even strangers.Disconcerting though it may be, the experience will increase yourunderstanding of others and enable you to deal with them in theright way. This could strengthen your relationships.

PISCES A disagreement with a friend or family member could cause confu-sion and hurt feelings if it isn't nipped in the bud. Communication isthe key, Pisces. Avert misunderstanding by explaining in detailexactly what it is you need or what you're prepared to give. Don'tassume everyone knows this already. Do this in person if you can.Phone or email might not be as effective.

Anew Android mal-ware has been dis-covered that dis-

guises itself as NintendoEntertainment System(NES) emulator games.Reported by researchers atPalo Alto Networks, themalware family named"Gunpoder" was observedin 49 unique samplesacross three different vari-ants.

The new malware is saidto target Android users inat least 13 different coun-tries including India, Iraq,Thailand, Indonesia, SouthAfrica, Russia, France,Mexico, Brazil, SaudiArabia, Italy, the UnitedStates, and Spain. Theresearchers pointed out oneinteresting observation of"Gunpoder" that this mal-ware only propagatedamong users outside ofChina.

Further, the researchersstressed that the findingshighlighted the fine linebetween adware, which isusually skipped byantivirus software, andmalware, which is hostile

software with malicioustendency.

The report notes that thesamples of "Gunpoder"were uploaded to

VirusTotal in Novemberlast year, and was markedas either benign or adwareby all antivirus engines.

"While researching thesample, we observed thatwhile it contained manycharacteristics of adware,and indeed embeds a popu-lar adware library within it,

a number of overtly mali-cious activities were alsodiscovered, which webelieve characterizes thisfamily as being malware,"notes Palo Alto Networks

report.

According toresearchers, the"Gunpoder" malware fami-ly can collect sensitiveinformation from users;propagate itself throughSMS message; potentiallypush fraudulent advertise-ments, and has ability to

execute additional pay-loads.

Highlighting how themalware packaged itselfinto an emulator, the report

adds, "Gunpoder samplesembed malicious codewithin popular NintendoEntertainment System(NES) emulator games,which are based on an opensource game framework.Palo Alto Networks haswitnessed a trend of mal-ware authors re-packagingopen source Android appli-

cations with maliciouscode. Gunpoder makes useof this technique, whichmakes it difficult to distin-guish malicious code whenperforming static analy-sis."

Detailing how the mal-ware worked, the reportadded that soon afterinstallation, the malwarepresented a declaring state-ment (when opened for thefirst time) explicitly notify-ing users that the app hasad-support and can allowthe advertising library tocollect information fromthe device. Once the app islaunched, it will ask usersto pay for a lifelong licenseof the game via a pop updialog.

"If the user clicks the'Great! Certainly!' button, apayment dialog will popup, including PayPal,Skrill, Xsolla (the transac-tion link is no longeractive) and CYPay. Usersneed to register a newPayPal or Skrill account orlog in in to their existingaccount to pay $0.29 or$0.49. The CYPay sup-

ports offline gift voucherredeeming. Additionally,this payment dialog willpop up when users clickthe "Cheats" option withinthis app. In fact, the mal-ware author added thismalicious payment func-tion into this 'Cheats'option, which is free in theoriginal app," explains thereport.

Even if users skip thepayment dialog, the mal-ware can propagate mes-sages that will be sent out -if users pause the mainactivity of the malware,and second, if payment isdeclined then it will share a"fun game" link which willbe a variant of this mal-ware family.

"Interestingly enough,the Gunpoder sample willdetect the country of theuser. If the user is notlocated in China, this appwill automatically send anSMS message, which con-tains a variant download-ing link, to random select-ed friends in the back-ground," adds report.

New Android Malware Disguising Itselfas Nintendo Emulator Games: Report

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Business in India Riding high on the successful launchof five British satellites Friday,Indian Space Research

Organisation (Isro) said it has planned aslew of launches, including GSLV-Mark IInext month and three more navigationalsatellites before March 2016.

"The next launch going to take place isGSLV-Mark-II. Satellite has alreadyreached Sriharikota and is going throughfinal tests. We plan to make the nextlaunch in August," Isro Chairman KiranKumar said.

The configuration has been finalised and

there has been significant changes in theoriginal plan, he said.

On the proposed navigational satellites,Kumar said four had already beenlaunched and three more are expected tobe launched before March 2016.

"We expect the next navigational satel-lite to be launched by November," he said.

Asked about future launches similar toChandrayaan and Mars Orbiter Mission,he said "right now discussions are goingon for one more mission to Mars or Venusor we should look at asteroids. There is ascience team which is going through this

discussion."On the status of Mangalyaan, he said

there had been no communication betweenthe satellite and ground station for about15 days recently. "Now we are back ontrack. Now operations have resumed.Having crossed this hurdle we expect thelongevity of the satellite to be quite normaland the health of satellite is in goodhealth". On the status of Chandrayaan-II,he said, "Right now it is going through therealisation phase. Work is going on".

Kumar said that with the launch today,Isro has completed 120 mission and 74

satellite launches.Asked if this was the heaviest commer-

cial launch worldwide, he admitted it can-not be anything near to that.

"Our maximum capacity is 1700-1800kg whereas international heaviest launchesare somewhere around six to seventonnes." "Today's launch is the 30th PSLVlaunch..... so far 29 consecutive launches.This is 17th launch in Solar SynchronousOrbit and the fifth dedicated commerciallaunch. The first dedicated commerciallaunch was on May 29, 1999," Kumarsaid.

Isro Plans Slew of Launches, Including 28 Foreign Satellites in Next 3 Years

Security architects,senior security man-agers and decision

makers brainstormed on anumber of issues, includ-ing technology and cyber-security, during the sev-enth edition of DataSecurity Council of India(DSCI) best practices meetBengaluru.

Participants spoke onpolicy matters, proposedindustry steps, marketresponse, globally evolvedpractices, technology inno-vation, industry standards,architectural designs andothers.

"In the current land-scape, the industry is wit-nessing wide-scale adop-tion of new technologysolutions that are leadingto building complex digitalbusiness models aroundtechnological break-throughs," saidNandkumar Saravade,CEO, DSCI on Friday, atthe two day meet held onJuly 9 and 10.

"Cyber criminals takebenefit of the scale andcomplexity brought aboutby the Digital transforma-tion to attack these busi-

ness models. Hence,cyber-security becomescrucial while architectingthe security of these mod-els," added Saravade at themeet themed as'Architecting Security forDigital Transformation'.

"As digital technologieson the one hand createsimmense opportunities, itgives rise to considerablevulnerabilities that canweaken the security pos-ture," said K.K. Natarajan,CEO, Mindtree.

The best practices meetfocused on CyberInsurance, Management ofLegal Risks in IT-enabledbusinesses, TheWearables: Relevance toEnterprise and cyber andnational security.

As many as 300 partici-pants attended the eventfeaturing 50 eminentspeakers from the industry.

National Association ofSoftware and ServicesCompanies (Nasscom)which set up DSCI says itis committed to makingcyberspace safe, secureand trusted by establishingbest practices, standardsand initiatives.

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LONDONSerena Williams won a sixth

Wimbledon title on Saturday as theworld number one became the oldestwoman to win a Grand Slam crownwith a 6-4, 6-4 victory againstGarbine Muguruza in Saturday`sfinal.

At 33 years and 289 days, Serenasurpasses Martina Navratilova as theoldest player to win Wimbledon, andany of the other three Grand Slams, inthe Open era.

Serena`s sixth Wimbledon crownbrought with it a slew of otherremarkable landmarks that underlineher credentials as one of the greatestfemale athletes of all time.

The American`s 21st Grand Slamcrown and 68th tour-level title earnedher a cheque for £1.8 million ($2.7million, 2.5 million euros)

But it is her legacy rather than herbank balance that concerns Williamsthese days and she now holds all fourGrand Slam titles at the same time --the rare `Serena Slam` she lastachieved in 2002-03.

"It feels so good. Garbine played sowell. I didn`t even know it was overbecause she was fighting so hard atthe end. She will be holding this tro-phy very, very soon. I am happy itwas such a great match," saidWilliams.

"I can`t believe I am standing herewith another Serena Slam. It is socool. It has been a pleasure and anhonour to give so many years in thisunbelievable place."

Serena is the first woman to landthe French Open and Wimbledonback-to-back since she last won that

difficult double in 2002.Lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish

for the first time since 2012 alsoleaves Serena needing only to defendthe US Open to become the firstwoman since Steffi Graf in 1988 toclaim a calendar Grand Slam.

She is just one major title behindGraf on the Open era leaderboard andwithin three of all-time record holder

Margaret Court`s tally of 24.She is the first player since Graf in

1988 to win Wimbledon and theAustralian and French Opens in thesame year.

Given Serena`s 39-1 record in 2015and her astonishing streak of 28 con-secutive Grand Slam match victories,few would bet against the Americanmaking more history in New York in

August.Regardless of her defeat,

Muguruza, 21, has emerged as one ofthe brightest young stars on thewomen`s tour after a bravura displayin her first Grand Slam final appear-ance that often left Williams rattled.

"I enjoyed it a lot. I don`t havewords to say how I feel. I`m veryproud and happy to be here," said

Muguruza."A Grand Slam final for me is a

dream come true and I also want tosay congrats to Serena, showing thatshe`s world number one."

Williams` thunderous serve wasstrangely out of sync in a nervousstart to the first set and, after servinga double fault on the first point, shethrew in two more to gift Muguruza a

surprise break.Muguruza had more than enough

power to trade blows from the base-line and she came out on top so oftenin the early stages that the frustratedAmerican screamed "that`s so bad"after losing another point.

Muguruza, born in Venezuela andraised in Barcelona, had insisted fac-ing Serena was a task to be relishedrather than feared. She was provingtrue to her bold claim and, by the timeMuguruza moved into a 4-2 lead, itseemed an epic shock was on thecards. However, Serena had recov-ered from worse predicaments earlierin the tournament. And with the pres-sure ratcheted up, the inevitableSerena break back arrived in theeighth game when Muguruza missedwith a wild forehand.

Williams scented blood andMuguruza crumbled, a double-faulton set point gift-wrapping the lead toSerena in a set that had been theunderdog`s for the taking.

Williams had won 28 of her last 30tour-level finals, including her lastnine at the majors, and, in her eighthWimbledon final, she was finallyback in that muscular groove.

Serena`s fierce grimace andclenched fist after breaking in thefourth game of the second set sug-gested the finish line was in sight

But, serving for the match with 5-1and then 5-3 leads, Williams wasgripped by a bad case of nerves andMuguruza broke twice to prolong thecontest. Finally able to compose her-self, Serena broke in the next game toseal yet another legacy-defining suc-cess.

It's Serena Slam! Williams beatsMuguruza to claim 6th Wimbledon title

LONDONRoger Federer became

the oldest Wimbledonfinalist in 41 years when hedowned Andy Murray 7-5,7-5, 6-4 on Friday to set upa title rematch with defend-ing champion NovakDjokovic.

Federer, 33, will be play-ing in his 10th Wimbledonfinal on Sunday and 26th atall the Grand Slams wherevictory will give him aneighth All England Clubcrown and 18th major.

His demolition of 2013champion Murray was hismost impressive in recentyears and featured 20 aces,56 winners and just 11unforced errors.

He allowed Murray, whohe has now defeated in fiveout of six Grand Slamclashes, just one breakpoint and that was in theopening game of the twohour seven minute match.

Djokovic, who beatFederer in last year`s final,had earlier swept into hisfourth Wimbledon finalwith a ruthlessly efficient7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-4 victoryover Richard Gasquet.

"It`s been tough, Andyhas been playing very wellthis season and there wasso much expectation onthis match," said Federer,who is the oldest finalistsince 39-year-old KenRosewall in 1974.

"I had to try to focus andkeep holding my serve onemore game. You do it somany times you think thebreak will go against youeventually, but I managedto hold on.

"I was unbelievably

happy. I maybe didn`tshow it at the end becausethe crowd went quiet.People maybe expected itto go four sets, me as well.

"My serve was the key.I`ve been serving very wellin this tournament."

Murray said he hadserved well and was happywith his performance.

"Roger served fantastic. Ihad one break point in thefirst set but after that Ididn`t get any opportuni-ties," admitted Murray who

was looking to make theWimbledon final for a thirdtime.

"The pressure built and Iwas broken at the end of allthree sets. But I didn`t playthat badly. I had a goodmatch."ederer fought off abreak point in the openinggame, but then neither manblinked until the Swisscarved out his first oppor-tunities in the 12thgame.

Murray saved the first setpoint with an accurate, low

drive into the corner butwas helpless on the secondwhen Federer drilled areturn to his feet which theScot could only nudge intothe net.

Federer fired 11 aces, 23winners and committedjust three unforced errors.

Murray was fortunate tofight off another breakpoint in the fourth game ofthe second set whenFederer shanked a back-hand wide with an opencourt at his mercy.

Murray then saved fiveset points in an incredible15-minute 10th gamewhich went to sevendeuces. The fifth was savedafter a 21-shot rally.

But the Federer siegecontinued and he got thebreakthrough in the 12thgame, opening the courtbefore swatting away ahigh, loose response fromMurray.

Serve dominated thethird set until the 10thgame when an unreturnedbackhand took Federer tomatch point which he con-verted when Murray wentwide with a forehand.

Wimbledon 2015: Ageless Roger Federer downsAndy Murray, faces Novak Djokovic in final

LONDONStuart Broad led England

to within three wickets ofvictory in the first AshesTest as Australia collapsedeither side of lunch on thefourth day at Cardiff`sSophia Gardens onSaturday.

Australia, well-placed at97 for one, slumped to 106for five as four wickets fellfor just nine runs in 36balls.

At tea, the Ashes-holderswere 162 for seven, withtheir hopes of scoring thefurther 250 runs they needto reach a record-breakingtarget of 412 all but scup-pered.

Fast-medium bowlerBroad had tea figures ofthree for 22 in 10 overs,with Australia`s hopes ofsalvaging a draw currentlyresting with MitchellJohnson (26 not out) andMitchell Starc (four notout) following the dis-missal of all their specialistbatsmen.

No side have made morein the fourth innings to winan Ashes Test thanAustralia`s 404 for three at

Headingley back in 1948when Arthur Morris scored182 and Donald Bradman,widely regarded as crick-et`s greatest batsman, anunbeaten 173.

But Ashes-holdersAustralia were going alongwell at 97 for one follow-ing the early exit of ChrisRogers when they lost hisfellow left-handed openerDavid Warner lbw for awell-made 52 to off-spin-ner Moeen Ali on thestroke of lunch.

Broad had bowledsuperbly in an openingspell of one for 10 in sixovers and probablydeserved more than thewicket of Rogers.

However, Broad --renowned for striking inbursts -- took two for fivein 13 balls shortly afterlunch to capture the prizewickets of Steven Smithand Australia captainMichael Clarke.

Broad was on target inthe first full over afterlunch when he seamed theball away from Smith, theworld`s number oneranked Test batsman, who

could only open the faceand edge a comfortablecatch to Ian Bell at secondslip as, for the second timethis Test, he fell for 33.

Clarke, one of the out-standing batsmen of hisgeneration and looking tolead Australia to their firstAshes series win in Britainin 14 years, having fea-tured in all three subse-quent losing tours, thenwent for just four when,reaching for a drive, heguided Broad to BenStokes at backward point.

And 106 for four became106 for five when AdamVoges (one) edged fastbowler Mark Woodthrough to wicket-keeperJos Buttler.England cap-tain Alastair Cook hasoften been criticised forbeing excessively cautiousin the field.

But that this was a daywhen everything seemed togo right for Cook,England`s skipper whenthey were whitewashed 5-0in Australia in 2013/14,was exemplified by thedeparture of Brad Haddinfor seven.

HARAREPushed to the brink before man-

aging a narrow win in the openingODI, India will have to quicklysort out its middle-order battingwoes when it takes on a spiritedZimbabwe in the second one-dayerhere on Sunday.

The visitors huffed and puffed toa narrow four-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.They will now be keen to clinchthe series by taking an unassailable2-0 lead.

The Zimbabweans showed whyit wouldn't be all that easy forAjinkya Rahane's men to walkaway with wins despite being pre-series favourites on paper.

The Indians have much to worryabout on the batting front giventhat the middle order let the sidedown badly. In fact, had it not beenfor career-best efforts by AmbatiRayudu and Stuart Binny, evenputting up a decent total on theboard would have been quite toughfor the tourists.

Rayudu, whose previous best

score was 121, displayed tremen-dous maturity to steer India to the250-plus score in the able compa-ny of Binny, who also made acareer-best 77 off 79 balls.

The likes of Murali Vijay (1),Manoj Tiwary (2) and skipperAjinkya Rahane himself will haveto come up with improved per-formances to ensure that India donot find themselves in anotherembarrassing position again in theseries.

Zimbabwe, to their credit,showed stomach for a fight andskipper Elton Chigumbura epito-mised that with a gallant umbeaten104-run knock. Given the spiritshown by the hosts, the series hasfound the spark that a battle ofunequals needs to invoke interest.

The home team's sprightly atti-tude was also helped to an extentby India's bowlers, who consistent-ly erred in line and length.

Although left-arm spinner AxarPatel and Stuart Binny shared fourwickets between them but seniorpro Harbhajan Singh will be

expected to make a greater impactin his comeback ODI series.

The Indian batsmen, on the otherhand, will have to ensure thatChamu Chibhabha (2/25) andDonald Tripano (2/48) do not havethe kind of strangling effect thatthey had in the lung-opener.

Rayudu has already stated thatthe conditions are particularlyfavourable for batsmen and histeam would prefer to bat first in theseries.

"It felt like we were batting inEngland rather than inZimbabwe...It is commendablethat even though the odds wereagainst us condition wise, wecould pull off a win. I hope we winthe toss in the coming matches," hesaid after the close match yester-day.

Chigumbura, on the other hand,wants his frontline batsmen tocome up with a more responsibleperformance and ensure that theteam does not have to rely on thelower order in crunch situations.

"I thought the way we kept los-

ing wickets, we didn't get themomentum we needed because wehad to keep rebuilding. We kept ontrying to build a partnership but upto the end when I ended up battingwith the specialist bowlers insteadof a batsman, that's probablywhere we lost the game," he said.

Teams (from):India: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Robin

Uthappa (wk), Murali Vijay, StuartBinny, Manoj Tiwary, HarbhajanSingh, Kedar Jadhav, DhawalKulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Manish Pandey, Axar Patel,Ambati Rayudu, Sandeep Sharmaand Mohit Sharma.

Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbura(c), Regis Chakabva (wk), ChamuChibhabha, Graeme Cremer,Neville Madziva, HamiltonMasakadza, RichmondMutumbami (wk), TinashePanyangara, , Sikandar Raza,Donald Tiripano, Prosper Utseya,Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller andSean Williams.

Match starts at 12:30pm IST.

Indians eye more dominant show against sprightly ZimbabweBANGALORE

The Indian women'scricket team was ham-mered on all fronts as NewZealand romped to a domi-nating eight-wicket tri-umph in their firstTwenty20 Internationalhere on Saturday.

Put in to bat after NewZealand won the toss, theIndian eves were sentpacking for 125 runs in19.5 overs before NewZealand overhauled thetarget in 12.3 overs, losingjust two wickets in theprocess.

For India, skipperMithali Raj top-scoredwith a 23-ball 35 but noneof her teammates managedto come good against a dis-ciplined Kiwi bowlingeffort.

Pacers Morna Neilsenand Kate Broadmoreshared six wickets between

them, while off-spinnerLeigh Kasperek grabbedtwo to demolish the Indianbatting.

In fact, reduced to 85/7in 13 overs, the Indianswould have struggled to gopast the 100-mark had itnot been for small contri-butions from Sneh Rana(16) and Sushma Verma(12) lower down the order.

In response, the Kiwishardly broke a sweat andromped home, scoring at arate of more than 10.

Skipper Sophie Devine

led from the front with ablazing 22-ball 70, whichincluded five fours andeight sixes. AmySatterthwaite added a 35-ball 39 to ensure a smoothchase for New Zealand.

The next match betweenthe two sides will beplayed here on July 13.Brief Scores:

India: 125 in 19.5 overs(Mithali Raj 35, KateBroadmore 3/16)

New Zealand: 126/2 in12.3 overs (Sophie Devine70, Jhulan Goswami 1/19).

Stuart Broad strikes as Englandeye win in Ashes opener

New Zealand thrash Indianeves in opening T20 match

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Diabetes control is gov-erned by following theright diabetic diet. What

to eat and what not to eat isimportant for diabetes controland diabetes cure or diabetesreversal.

These are the top 15 diabetesdiet tips from diabetologistsand nutritionists. Even if youare pre-diabetic or borderlinediabetic, or diabetes is part ofyour family, it is important tofollow a diabetic diet to preventdiabetes.

Diabetologist, Dr. SanjivBhambani with MoolchandMedcity suggests, "A diabetesdiet should be high on fibre,must contain milk withoutcream, buttermilk, fresh sea-sonal fruits, green vegetables,etc." But remember to consumethese components in modera-tion.

Diabetes diet for Indiansshould have the ratio of60:20:20 for carbs, fats andproteins. The doctor explains,"Per day calorie intake shouldbe between 1,500-1,800 calo-ries with a proportion of

60:20:20 between carbohy-drates, fats and proteins,respectively." He adds that adiabetes diet should "have atleast two seasonal fruits andthree vegetables in a diet plan."

Though dry fruits may seemlike a healthy snack, it is not agood option for diabetics, asthe fructose can spike yoursugar level. Go for fresh fruits

rather than dry fruits for dia-betes control (but there aresome restrictions... we'll cometo it). But you can still opt fornuts as a healthy snack.

The doctor shares his recipefor diabetes diet for Indians:

- One teaspoon of methiseeds soaked overnight in 100ml of water is very effective incontrolling diabetes.

- Drink tomato juice with saltand pepper every morning onan empty stomach.

- Intake of 6 almonds (soakedovernight) is also helpful inkeeping a check on diabetes.

Rekha Sharma, President andDirector of Indian DieteticAssociation, shares some majordiabetes diet pointers that oneshould follow at home or at a

restaurant.Whole grains, oats, channa

atta, millets and other highfibre foods should be includedin the meals. If one feels likeconsuming pasta or noodles, itshould always be accompaniedwith vegetable/sprouts.

Milk is the right combinationof carbohydrates and proteinsand helps control blood sugarlevels. Two servings of milk ina daily diet is a good option.

Diabetes Control: DiabeticDiet Tips

High fibre vegetables such aspeas, beans, broccoli andspinach /leafy vegetablesshould be included in one'sdiet. Also, pulses with husk andsprouts are a healthy option andshould be part of the diet.

Pulses are important in thediet as their effect on blood glu-cose is less than that of mostother carbohydrate containingfoods. Vegetables rich in fibrehelp lowering down the bloodsugar levels and thus arehealthy.

Good fats such as Omega-3

and monounsaturated fats(MUFA) should be consumedas they are good for the body.Natural sources for these arecanola oil, flax seed oil, fattyfish and nuts. These are alsolow in cholesterol and are transfat free.

Fruits high in fibre such aspapaya, apple, orange, pear andguava should be consumed.Mangoes, bananas, and grapescontain high sugar; thereforethese fruits should be con-sumed lesser than the others.Small frequent meals:

A large meal gives rise tohigher blood sugar in one'sbody, therefore it is essential totake small frequent meals toprevent both higher and verylow blood sugar values andkeep them constant. Small inbetween snacks can be dhokla,fruit, high fibre cookies, buttermilk, yogurt, upma/poha withvegetables etc.

A person with diabetesshould follow a diet which islow in carbohydrates, high infibre and contains adequateamounts of proteins, vitamins

and minerals; and avoid fattyfoods and sweets. He/sheshould also take frequent smallmeals (5 meals pattern).

What not to do:Artificial sweeteners can be

used in cakes and sweets fordiabetic people (in modera-tion).

Have lots of fluid.Limit intake of alcohol.

Should you have non-veg?In non-vegetarian diet,

seafood and chicken can betaken rather than red meat asred meat contains higheramount of saturated fats. Also,patients with high cholesterolshould avoid egg yolk and redmeat.

The diabetes diet for Indiansincludes carbohydrates, pro-teins and fats. As always, a bal-anced and planned diet canbuild and improve personalhealth.

A controlled diabetes dietmay seem like a drag and bore,but a good cook can add life toa diet. Time to call up mom andexperiment with diabetes diets!

Top 15 diabetic diet tips for Indians

Varun Dhawan andSalman Khan havea lot in common.

Both took Bollywood bystorm the moment theyentered the industry. Bothare equally gifted when itcomes to performing indifferent genres like come-dy, romance, drama oraction. And both are wide-ly popular with the youth!So it comes as no surprisethat Varun and Salman arebros in real life as well!Varun may be doingDilwale with Shah RukhKhan but it is actually hisbonding with Salman thatalways melts our hearts.They were recently spottedat Baba Siddiqui’s Iftaarparty together. At theABCD 2 success partyrecently, Salman was spot-ted with his sister ArpitaKhan and her husbandAayush Sharma. The threewere at Varun party to cel-ebrate his success. Arpitaalso tweeted out this super

adorable pic-ture of herbrother andVarun, She alsotweeted thispicture of theparty folk andlooks likeVarun is wear-ing BajrangiBhaijaan pen-dant in hisneck! We guessSalman wantedVarun to getsome Bajrangicolour on himand that is whyhe gifted himthe pendant!

At the sameparty, PulkitSamrat alsotook a selfiewith Varun,Salman andArpita and wehave to say thatthe picture hascute written allover it!

Salman Khan and Varun Dhawan are setting bro-mance goals that are just too hard to achieve!

Moonlight produc-tion presents yetanother interest-

ing story of a girl namedlilly who hailed from a smalltown and wanna get rich,successful over night.But,will she or won't she?Stay tuned, promos to outsoon. Samira Raza, in mainlead with supporting castReet, Roopa, Sahiba,Akanksha and Gagan DeepSingh. Param of Moonlightproductions is very hopefulthat this small budget enter-tainer will do big in theindustry.

This small budget entertainer willdo big in the industry: Param MLP

Kangana Ranaut andImran Khan‘s KattiBatti is about

Maddy and Payal, a couplethat likes each other andare in a live-in relation-ship. Apart from that noth-ing is clear about the film.Earlier, rumours suggestedthat Kangana’s charactergoes bald at one point inthe film and will get preg-nant. However, Kanganacategorically denied boththese stories. More recent-ly, reports suggested thatKangana’s character suf-fers from cancer or someserious illness. We askeddirector Nikhil Advani ifindeed the character ofPayal suffers from any dis-ease, keeping the suspensealive he said “I don’t wishto comment on it rightnow. You will have to seethe film on 18thSeptember.”

But an odd statement fol-lowing this remark justgave us an hint of the cli-max of the film. He said,“When UTV sent me thescript, they said they wantthe guy who made Kal HoNaa Ho. I asked why andthen read the script andunderstood why.”

Unknowingly Nikhilgave away the suspense

around Katti Batti. Forthose who have notwatched Kal Ho Naa Ho,starring Shah Rukh Khanin lead role, the actor diesin the climax.

Is Nikhil suggesting thatKatti Batti that looks like alight-hearted romcom will

have a tragic ending likeKal Ho Na Ho? Well, ourguess is as good as yours…

As for Nikhil, guess youleaked the climax of yourupcoming movie in thisgeneral remark ofyours!

Kangana Ranaut to diein Katti Batti climax?

After Aamir Khan,Hrithik Roshan to turntelevision host for thefirst time ever!

Come October, HrithikRoshan is coming to a tele-vision screen near you. The

Mohenjo Daro star has so far onlyjudged one reality show and hasn’t

hosted any despite several tempt-ing offers. But now, he will beseen hosting one on DiscoveryChannel. Entitled Real Heroes, theseries will focus on people whohave overcome all odds to becomeheroes. Says a source, “Hrithik hashimself been a real-life hero. Hestammered during his childhoodand growing years which he over-came through intense voice exer-cises and willpower. He immedi-ately connected with the show’s

concept and theme. And agreed tocome on board.” The first episodeto be aired September-end or earlyOctober features wrestler SangramSingh, who virtually dragged him-self out of a wheelchair after acrippling accident to become anOlympic champ. Says the source,“The series is deeply motivational.That’s why Hrithik has agreed tocome on board for Real Heroes. Ofcourse, the zeroes on the paycheck helped.”