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U S President Donald Trump’s claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged him to mediate with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue rocked Indian Parliament on Tuesday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterat- ed in both the Houses that all issues with Pakistan can only be discussed bilaterally, but the Opposition demanded a reply from Modi. The Rajya Sabha saw repeated adjournments, while the Lok Sabha witnessed vociferous attack and walkout by the Opposition. While hosting visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Trump claimed that Modi had asked him to play a role of mediator on the Kashmir issue. Refuting the US President’s statement, Jaishankar said in both the Houses that the Prime Minister made no such request about mediating. “I would like to categorically state that no such request has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President,” he said. Making the country’s posi- tion clear, he said it has been the consistent position of India that all outstanding issues with Pakistan can be discussed only bilaterally. Any engagement with Pakistan will require end to cross-border terrorism, he said, adding Shimla and Lahore accords provide the basis for res- olution of all issues bilaterally. Jaishankar first gave this categorical denial in the Rajya Sabha soon after it met for the day after Congress leader Anand Sharma raised the issue. He said Trump stated Modi had, at the recent G20 meeting in Osaka in Japan, sought his mediation on Kashmir. Sharma said India’s position has been consistent and clear on Pakistan and Pakistan- Occupied Kashmir (POK) and has always maintained that it will not accept third party medi- ation in a purely bilateral issue. Since Parliament is in ses- sion and considering that the comments were made by the President of the world’s most powerful nation to the Prime Minister of another country, Modi should come to the House and clarify on the issue, Sharma demanded. CPI leader D Raja wanted to know if there was any change in India’s position on third party mediation on the Kashmir issue, adding the denial issued by the External Affairs Minister on late Monday night was not enough. Opposition parties were not satisfied by Jaishankar’s statement and insisted the Prime Minister should come to the House and clarify. This led to heated exchanges between Opposition benches and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who adjourned proceedings for nearly an hour. He said the issue was of national importance and con- cerned security when the Opposition members including Congress, AAP, TMC, SP and Left parties raised a din. Naidu quipped that the members were ready to believe a foreign leader instead of the Indian Minister and then adjourned the House till 12 pm at 11.15 am. Similar scenes were wit- nessed in the Rajya Sabha when the House reassembled with the Opposition members coming into the Well and rais- ing slogans demanding Modi’s clarification. Deputy Chairman Harivansh tried to pacify mem- bers but to no avail. Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the demand for the Prime Minister’s pres- ence was not justified as the statement by the External Affairs Ministry is the collec- tive responsibility of the Cabinet. However, the Opposition continued to raise an uproar forcing the Chair to adjourn the proceedings till after lunch. Continued on Page 7 T he 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) Government in Karnataka finally fell on Monday ending more than a fortnight of polit- ical drama which saw 15 rebel MLAs camping in Mumbai and repeated intervention by the Supreme Court. The confidence motion moved by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was defeated in the Assembly, with 99 mem- bers voting for the motion and 105 against it. After the Congress leaders failed in their efforts to estab- lish contact with the rebels enjoying a cozy retreat in a plush hotel in Mumbai, Kumaraswamy had no option but to end this drama in view of his mounting criticism for delaying the vote on the motion and extending the debate for well over three days. “The motion moved by the Chief Minister has fallen through,” Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar announced. Kumaraswamy watched the proceedings sitting in a pensive mood after a spirited reply to the debate. The writing on the wall was clear ever since the Supreme Court ruled that rebel law- makers could not be com- pelled to attend the proceed- ings of the House tipping the scales in favour of the BJP. The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is sworn in as Chief Minister of the southern State, sources said. A BJP leader said the rebels, who have been staying at a luxury hotel since early this month are “very happy” after the JD(S)-Congress coalition Government lost the trust vote. The rebels had earlier denied any BJP role in their res- ignations and withdrawal of support to the Government. Twenty one MLAs — Congress-JDS (17), BSP (1), Independents (2) — skipped the proceedings, reducing the effective strength of the House to 204. The magic figure required was 103. In his reply, Kumaraswamy said discussions were on why he had not resigned and was sticking to the chair. Sounding philosophical, he said when the 2018 Assembly polls results were out, he had plans to quit politics. “My political entry itself was all of a sudden and unexpected,” he said. Kumaraswamy lashed out at the BJP for repeatedly trying to topple his Government and told the saffron party that its Government would not last long and in the event of col- lapse, it is better to go for elec- tions. “First bomb will explode in Ministry formation,” he said. Asserting that his Government was not shame- less, he asked, “What wrong have we committed. We tried to create history. We have worked honestly to provide people friendly Government.” Accusing the BJP of being in a hurry, he said, “I am not going to run away after speech. Let the people of the State know why I was removed. I am not going to run away fearing numbers. Let the votes be counted. Chief Minister’s seat is not a permanent to anyone.” Continued on Page 7 C racking its whip on errant builders for breaching the trust reposed by homebuyers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cancelled the registration of Amrapali Group under the real estate law RERA, and ousted it from its prime properties in the NCR by nixing the land leases. “The registration of Amrapali Group of Companies under RERA shall stand can- celled... The homebuyers can- not be made to suffer when we are governed by law and have protective machinery. Question is of will power to extend the clutches of law to do the need- ful. We hope and trust that hope and expectation of home- buyers are not going to be belied,” the SC said in its 270- page judgment. The apex court also lashed at bankers for conniving with the Amrapali Group in siphon- ing money from projects, leav- ing thousands of homebuyers without flats despite paying for apartments. It pulled up Bank of Baroda, Syndicate Bank, Bank of India, and Corporation Bank for not monitoring the utilisation of funds advanced by them to the real estate compa- ny. “The Authorities and bankers have violated the doc- trine of public trust and their officials, unfortunately, acted in collusion with builders,” the top court said. The verdict, which is first of its kind, may have far-reach- ing consequences and impact across the country on other realtors like Unitech and Jaypee, which are facing simi- lar litigation in the top court from hassled homebuyers for not handing over possession of flats on time despite being paid the hard earned money of the homebuyers. The apex court, which directed a probe by the Enforcement Directorate into alleged money laundering by realtors, provided relief to over 42,000 homebuyers of Amrapali group with the ver- dict. It directed the state-run National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to complete the stalled projects of the realtor, whose directors Anil Kumar Sharma, Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar are behind bars on the top court’s order. “As it (NBCC) is a Government undertaking, NBCC has to ensure that DPR (detailed project report) is pre- pared reasonably and the work to be completed as expedi- tiously as possible,” the apex court said. Emphasising on the “pub- lic trust doctrine”, a Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and UU Lalit said the public authorities are duty-bound to observe that the leased property is not “frit- tered away” along with the homebuyers’ money. “Concerned ministry of Central Government, as well as the State Government and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, are directed to ensure that appropriate action is taken against leaseholders con- cerning such similar projects at Noida and Greater Noida and other places in various States, where projects have not been completed,” the SC said. Noting that homebuyers cannot be left in the lurch, the Bench directed the Centre and States to ensure that projects are completed in a time-bound manner as contemplated in RERA and homebuyers are not defrauded, and ordered the Noida and Greater Noida authorities to give completion certificate to the homebuyers of Amrapali Group who are already residing in various projects. Continued on Page 7 B oris Johnson on Tuesday comfortably won the Conservative Party’s leadership race to become the UK’s next Prime Minister and vowed to “get Brexit done” by the October 31 deadline, amid the polit- ical uncertainty over the country’s divorce deal with the European Union that cost his predecessor her job. Johnson, the 55-year-old former Foreign Secretary and London Mayor, was widely expected to beat foreign secre- tary Jeremy Hunt in the battle for 10 Downing Street, which was triggered last month when a Brexit-battered Theresa May resigned as party chief and Prime Minister amid a mount- ing rebellion from within the Conservative Party. “We are going to energise the country. We are going to get Brexit done on 31 October and take advantage of all the oppor- tunities it will bring with a new spirit of can do,” Johnson said in the his first speech as the new Conservative Party leader. “We are once again going to believe in ourselves, and like some slumbering giant we are going to rise and ping off the guy ropes of self doubt and negativity,” he said, in his char- acteristic ebullient style. The west London MP from Uxbridge and Ruislip sought to strike a unifying note by thank- ing his predecessor, May, and his challenger Hunt as a for- midable opponent whose good ideas he plans to “steal”. Johnson said, “No one per- son or party has the monopoly of wisdom. Time and again it is to us (Conservative Party) that people have turned. I will work flat out to repay your con- fidence. The work begins now.” Also see Page 12 D elhi, adjoining States and other northern States will witness heavy rainfall activities due to reduction in rainfall over Kerala and Coastal Karnataka from July 25 to 27. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall activities will be increased over northern plains and Central India during this period. Dr Rajendra Jenamani, Met scientist, said, “Rainfall activity is very likely to increase over central India, adjoining northern parts of peninsular India and also along the north- ern plains during 24-27th July with peak intensity on 25th and 26th July, 2019.” Jenamani added, “Hence fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls are likely over Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Goa during same period.” Continued on Page 7 W ith the onset of Shravan (Saawan), many snake charmers are displaying snakes outside temples, flouting the wildlife the law. In a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department, 16 snakes were seized from the illegal custody of snake charmers outside three different temples in Mathura and Vrindavan. It is believed that due to Lord Shiva’s frequent depiction with a serpent coiled around his neck, snake charmers often display their snakes at gather- ings during Saawan. According to initial reports, the rescued snakes were in bad condition, especially the cobras as they were defanged and their venom glands extracted. “During an anti-poaching raid by the forest department on Monday, we rescued 16 snakes, including 11 cobras, 3 red sand boas, one rat snake and a juvenile snake, from the illegal possession of snake charmers outside Galteshwar and Rangeshwar temples in Mathura and Gopeshwar Mahadev temple in Vrindavan. They have been transferred to the rescue facility,” a Wildlife SoS official said. The member of rescue team said the most horrifying sight was that of the rat snake. “One of the snake charmers had forcibly pierced a handful of mongoose hair through its head to make it look attractive,” the official said. Divisional Forest Officer, Mathura, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, said, “Using snakes for public demonstration is a punishable offence and is banned under to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the Government of India’s notification in 2014. This is a cruel and inhumane practice which exploits the lives of innocent wildlife species that are protected under Indian laws.” Co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS Kartick Satyanarayan said, “No animal deserves such barbaric treat- ment. The truth about snake charming is nothing short of horrifying. Venomous snakes like cobras have their fangs extracted and their venom glands are painfully gouged out or punctured, thus disabling the snake’s only means of defence, feeding and digestion. “Non-venomous snakes are not spared either. Their mouths are stitched making it impos- sible for them to eat.” Director Conservation Projects, Wildlife SOS, Baiju Raj MV, said, “The snakes are starving for months, without food or water, and will drink milk or water in a desperate attempt to alleviate dehydra- tion, leading to the common myth that snakes at festivals will drink milk presented to them as offerings from devo- tees. We saw maximum num- ber of such cases during Saawan, every year.” Wildlife Conservation vet- erinarians are treating reptiles to determine whether releasing them back into natural habitat will be feasible. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by a month to August 31 while rejecting the pleas seeking per- mission for 20 per cent sample re-verification. The Centre and the Assam Government had sought per- mission for sample re-verifica- tion to find out wrongful inclu- sions, especially in districts bordering Bangladesh, and exclusions of persons in the NRC which was to be pub- lished by July 31. While dismissing the pleas of the Centre and the State, the apex court took note of the report of Assam NRC coordi- nator Prateek Hajela that in the course of consideration and adjudication of the claims, of those who have been left out in the draft NRC, re-verification of 27 per cent persons has already been done. The top court, which had been reiterating that it will not extend the deadline for publication of the final NRC, took note of the report and the reasons for seeking extension put forth by the Assam NRC coordinator and allowed him to finish the task by August 31. Continued on Page 7

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US President DonaldTrump’s claim that Prime

Minister Narendra Modi hadurged him to mediate withPakistan on the Kashmir issuerocked Indian Parliament onTuesday. External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar reiterat-ed in both the Houses that allissues with Pakistan can only bediscussed bilaterally, but theOpposition demanded a replyfrom Modi. The Rajya Sabhasaw repeated adjournments,while the Lok Sabha witnessedvociferous attack and walkoutby the Opposition.

While hosting visitingPakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan, Trump claimed thatModi had asked him to play arole of mediator on theKashmir issue.

Refuting the US President’sstatement, Jaishankar said inboth the Houses that the PrimeMinister made no such requestabout mediating. “I would liketo categorically state that nosuch request has been made bythe Prime Minister to the USPresident,” he said.

Making the country’s posi-tion clear, he said it has been theconsistent position of India thatall outstanding issues withPakistan can be discussed onlybilaterally. Any engagementwith Pakistan will require endto cross-border terrorism, hesaid, adding Shimla and Lahore

accords provide the basis for res-olution of all issues bilaterally.

Jaishankar first gave thiscategorical denial in the RajyaSabha soon after it met for theday after Congress leaderAnand Sharma raised the issue.He said Trump stated Modihad, at the recent G20 meetingin Osaka in Japan, sought hismediation on Kashmir.

Sharma said India’s positionhas been consistent and clear onPakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) andhas always maintained that itwill not accept third party medi-

ation in a purely bilateral issue.Since Parliament is in ses-

sion and considering that thecomments were made by thePresident of the world’s mostpowerful nation to the PrimeMinister of another country,Modi should come to theHouse and clarify on the issue,Sharma demanded.

CPI leader D Raja wantedto know if there was any changein India’s position on thirdparty mediation on theKashmir issue, adding thedenial issued by the ExternalAffairs Minister on late

Monday night was not enough.Opposition parties were

not satisfied by Jaishankar’sstatement and insisted thePrime Minister should come tothe House and clarify. This ledto heated exchanges betweenOpposition benches andChairman M Venkaiah Naidu,who adjourned proceedingsfor nearly an hour.

He said the issue was ofnational importance and con-cerned security when theOpposition members includingCongress, AAP, TMC, SP andLeft parties raised a din. Naiduquipped that the members wereready to believe a foreign leaderinstead of the Indian Ministerand then adjourned the Housetill 12 pm at 11.15 am.

Similar scenes were wit-nessed in the Rajya Sabhawhen the House reassembledwith the Opposition memberscoming into the Well and rais-ing slogans demanding Modi’sclarification. Deputy ChairmanHarivansh tried to pacify mem-bers but to no avail. Minister ofMinority Affairs MukhtarAbbas Naqvi said the demandfor the Prime Minister’s pres-ence was not justified as thestatement by the ExternalAffairs Ministry is the collec-tive responsibility of theCabinet. However, theOpposition continued to raisean uproar forcing the Chair toadjourn the proceedings tillafter lunch.

Continued on Page 7

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The 14-month-oldC o n g r e s s - J D ( S )

Government in Karnatakafinally fell on Monday endingmore than a fortnight of polit-ical drama which saw 15 rebelMLAs camping in Mumbaiand repeated intervention bythe Supreme Court.

The confidence motionmoved by Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy was defeatedin the Assembly, with 99 mem-bers voting for the motion and105 against it.

After the Congress leadersfailed in their efforts to estab-lish contact with the rebelsenjoying a cozy retreat in aplush hotel in Mumbai,Kumaraswamy had no optionbut to end this drama in viewof his mounting criticism fordelaying the vote on the motionand extending the debate forwell over three days.

“The motion moved bythe Chief Minister has fallenthrough,” Speaker KR RameshKumar announced.

Kumaraswamy watchedthe proceedings sitting in apensive mood after a spiritedreply to the debate.

The writing on the wall wasclear ever since the SupremeCourt ruled that rebel law-makers could not be com-pelled to attend the proceed-ings of the House tipping thescales in favour of the BJP.

The rebel Congress-JD(S)MLAs camping in Mumbaiwill leave for Bengaluru afterBJP leader BS Yeddyurappa issworn in as Chief Minister ofthe southern State, sourcessaid. A BJP leader said therebels, who have been staying

at a luxury hotel since early thismonth are “very happy” afterthe JD(S)-Congress coalitionGovernment lost the trust vote.

The rebels had earlierdenied any BJP role in their res-ignations and withdrawal ofsupport to the Government.

Twenty one MLAs —Congress-JDS (17), BSP (1),

Independents (2) — skippedthe proceedings, reducing theeffective strength of the Houseto 204. The magic figurerequired was 103.

In his reply, Kumaraswamysaid discussions were on whyhe had not resigned and wassticking to the chair. Soundingphilosophical, he said when the

2018 Assembly polls resultswere out, he had plans to quitpolitics. “My political entryitself was all of a sudden andunexpected,” he said.

Kumaraswamy lashed outat the BJP for repeatedly tryingto topple his Government andtold the saffron party that itsGovernment would not lastlong and in the event of col-lapse, it is better to go for elec-tions. “First bomb will explodein Ministry formation,” he said.

Asserting that hisGovernment was not shame-less, he asked, “What wronghave we committed. We triedto create history. We haveworked honestly to providepeople friendly Government.”

Accusing the BJP of beingin a hurry, he said, “I am notgoing to run away after speech.Let the people of the Stateknow why I was removed. I amnot going to run away fearingnumbers. Let the votes becounted. Chief Minister’s seatis not a permanent to anyone.”

Continued on Page 7

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Cracking its whip on errantbuilders for breaching the

trust reposed by homebuyers,the Supreme Court on Tuesdaycancelled the registration ofAmrapali Group under the realestate law RERA, and ousted itfrom its prime properties in theNCR by nixing the land leases.

“The registration ofAmrapali Group of Companiesunder RERA shall stand can-celled... The homebuyers can-not be made to suffer when weare governed by law and haveprotective machinery. Questionis of will power to extend theclutches of law to do the need-ful. We hope and trust thathope and expectation of home-buyers are not going to bebelied,” the SC said in its 270-page judgment.

The apex court also lashedat bankers for conniving withthe Amrapali Group in siphon-ing money from projects, leav-ing thousands of homebuyerswithout flats despite paying forapartments. It pulled up Bankof Baroda, Syndicate Bank,Bank of India, and CorporationBank for not monitoring theutilisation of funds advanced bythem to the real estate compa-

ny. “The Authorities andbankers have violated the doc-trine of public trust and theirofficials, unfortunately, acted incollusion with builders,” the topcourt said.

The verdict, which is firstof its kind, may have far-reach-ing consequences and impactacross the country on otherrealtors like Unitech andJaypee, which are facing simi-lar litigation in the top court

from hassled homebuyers fornot handing over possession offlats on time despite beingpaid the hard earned money ofthe homebuyers.

The apex court, whichdirected a probe by theEnforcement Directorate intoalleged money laundering byrealtors, provided relief to over42,000 homebuyers ofAmrapali group with the ver-dict. It directed the state-run

National BuildingsConstruction Corporation(NBCC) to complete the stalledprojects of the realtor, whosedirectors Anil Kumar Sharma, Shiv Priya and AjayKumar are behind bars on thetop court’s order.

“As it (NBCC) is aGovernment undertaking,NBCC has to ensure that DPR(detailed project report) is pre-pared reasonably and the work

to be completed as expedi-tiously as possible,” the apexcourt said.

Emphasising on the “pub-lic trust doctrine”, a Bench ofJustices Arun Mishra and UULalit said the public authoritiesare duty-bound to observe thatthe leased property is not “frit-tered away” along with thehomebuyers’ money.“Concerned ministry of CentralGovernment, as well as theState Government and theSecretary of Housing and UrbanDevelopment, are directed toensure that appropriate action istaken against leaseholders con-cerning such similar projects atNoida and Greater Noida andother places in various States,where projects have not beencompleted,” the SC said.

Noting that homebuyerscannot be left in the lurch, theBench directed the Centre andStates to ensure that projects arecompleted in a time-boundmanner as contemplated inRERA and homebuyers are notdefrauded, and ordered theNoida and Greater Noidaauthorities to give completioncertificate to the homebuyers ofAmrapali Group who are alreadyresiding in various projects.

Continued on Page 7

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Boris Johnson onTuesday comfortably

won the ConservativeParty’s leadership race tobecome the UK’s nextPrime Minister andvowed to “get Brexitdone” by the October 31deadline, amid the polit-ical uncertainty over thecountry’s divorce dealwith the European Union thatcost his predecessor her job.

Johnson, the 55-year-oldformer Foreign Secretary andLondon Mayor, was widelyexpected to beat foreign secre-tary Jeremy Hunt in the battlefor 10 Downing Street, whichwas triggered last month whena Brexit-battered Theresa Mayresigned as party chief andPrime Minister amid a mount-ing rebellion from within theConservative Party.

“We are going to energisethe country. We are going to getBrexit done on 31 October andtake advantage of all the oppor-tunities it will bring with a newspirit of can do,” Johnson saidin the his first speech as thenew Conservative Party leader.

“We are once again goingto believe in ourselves, and likesome slumbering giant we aregoing to rise and ping off theguy ropes of self doubt andnegativity,” he said, in his char-acteristic ebullient style.

The west London MP fromUxbridge and Ruislip sought tostrike a unifying note by thank-ing his predecessor, May, andhis challenger Hunt as a for-midable opponent whose goodideas he plans to “steal”.

Johnson said, “No one per-son or party has the monopolyof wisdom. Time and again itis to us (Conservative Party)that people have turned. I willwork flat out to repay your con-fidence. The work begins now.”

Also see Page 12

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Delhi, adjoining States andother northern States will

witness heavy rainfall activitiesdue to reduction in rainfall overKerala and Coastal Karnatakafrom July 25 to 27. Accordingto India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD), rainfallactivities will be increased overnorthern plains and CentralIndia during this period.

Dr Rajendra Jenamani,Met scientist, said, “Rainfallactivity is very likely to increaseover central India, adjoiningnorthern parts of peninsularIndia and also along the north-ern plains during 24-27th Julywith peak intensity on 25th and26th July, 2019.”

Jenamani added, “Hencefairly widespread to widespread

rainfall with isolated heavy fallsare likely over Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,Odisha, Uttar Pradesh,Haryana, Chandigarh andDelhi, Punjab, Rajasthan,Maharashtra and Goa duringsame period.”

Continued on Page 7

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With the onset of Shravan(Saawan), many snake

charmers are displaying snakesoutside temples, flouting thewildlife the law. In a jointoperation by Uttar PradeshWildlife SOS and the ForestDepartment, 16 snakes wereseized from the illegal custodyof snake charmers outside threedifferent temples in Mathuraand Vrindavan.

It is believed that due toLord Shiva’s frequent depictionwith a serpent coiled aroundhis neck, snake charmers oftendisplay their snakes at gather-ings during Saawan. Accordingto initial reports, the rescuedsnakes were in bad condition,especially the cobras as theywere defanged and their venomglands extracted.

“During an anti-poaching

raid by the forest departmenton Monday, we rescued 16snakes, including 11 cobras, 3red sand boas, one rat snakeand a juvenile snake, from theillegal possession of snakecharmers outside Galteshwarand Rangeshwar temples inMathura and GopeshwarMahadev temple in Vrindavan.They have been transferred tothe rescue facility,” a WildlifeSoS official said.

The member of rescueteam said the most horrifyingsight was that of the rat snake.“One of the snake charmershad forcibly pierced a handfulof mongoose hair through itshead to make it look attractive,”the official said. DivisionalForest Officer, Mathura,

Mukesh Kumar Sharma, said,“Using snakes for publicdemonstration is a punishableoffence and is banned under tothe Wildlife Protection Act,1972 and the Government ofIndia’s notification in 2014.This is a cruel and inhumanepractice which exploits thelives of innocent wildlifespecies that are protected underIndian laws.”

Co-founder and CEO ofWildlife SOS KartickSatyanarayan said, “No animaldeserves such barbaric treat-ment. The truth about snakecharming is nothing short ofhorrifying. Venomous snakeslike cobras have their fangsextracted and their venomglands are painfully gouged

out or punctured, thus disablingthe snake’s only means ofdefence, feeding and digestion.

“Non-venomous snakes arenot spared either. Their mouthsare stitched making it impos-sible for them to eat.”

Director ConservationProjects, Wildlife SOS, BaijuRaj MV, said, “The snakes arestarving for months, withoutfood or water, and will drinkmilk or water in a desperateattempt to alleviate dehydra-tion, leading to the commonmyth that snakes at festivalswill drink milk presented tothem as offerings from devo-tees. We saw maximum num-ber of such cases duringSaawan, every year.”

Wildlife Conservation vet-erinarians are treating reptilesto determine whether releasingthem back into natural habitatwill be feasible.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday extended thedeadline for publication of thefinal National Register ofCitizens (NRC) in Assam by amonth to August 31 whilerejecting the pleas seeking per-mission for 20 per cent samplere-verification.

The Centre and the AssamGovernment had sought per-mission for sample re-verifica-tion to find out wrongful inclu-sions, especially in districtsbordering Bangladesh, andexclusions of persons in theNRC which was to be pub-lished by July 31.

While dismissing the pleasof the Centre and the State, theapex court took note of thereport of Assam NRC coordi-nator Prateek Hajela that in thecourse of consideration andadjudication of the claims, ofthose who have been left out inthe draft NRC, re-verification of27 per cent persons has alreadybeen done. The top court, whichhad been reiterating that it willnot extend the deadline forpublication of the final NRC,took note of the report and thereasons for seeking extensionput forth by the Assam NRCcoordinator and allowed him tofinish the task by August 31.

Continued on Page 7

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Aiming to promote khadi, theUP government has made it

mandatory for the governmentand state-run public sector organ-isations to purchase khadi from UPState Handloom Corporation Ltdand UPICA. However, the UPPolice department has been keptout of this. Besides, Lucknow willget two rail overbridges near ShardaCanal on Faizabad Road. The deci-sions regarding were taken at theCabinet meeting held in Lucknowon Tuesday.

Sources said that the govern-ment had issued orders askingofficials of all government depart-ments and state-run public sectorundertakings to purchase khadifrom UP State HandloomCorporation, UPICA, UP Khadiand Gramodyog Board and KhadiAshram.

“The decision will help the cot-tage industry & weavers, and gen-erate employment. However, thepolice department has been keptout of this purview,” said thesources.

All purchases have to be madethrough the GeM portal after ver-ifying the rate and quality of prod-ucts. “If some department wants topurchase clothes from any othersource, it should send the propos-al to MSME and after departmentapproves, the CM’s approval isrequired,” a government source

said. In another decision, the gov-ernment has approved the propos-al to construct two rail overbridgesover Lucknow-Barabanki rail line

near Sharda Canal. The four-laneRoB will be constructed on the leftand right sides of the canal. Thetotal cost of the project will be Rs235.13 crore plus GST, and the stategovernment will bear the totalcost.

The government has also

approved projects for maintenanceand disposal of sewerage inShahajahanpur, Bareilly andMoradabad under Amrut scheme.For Shahajahanpur, a STP will beconstructed at Rs 377.51 crorewhile for Bareilly, the governmenthas approved Rs 212.20 crore. TheCabinet has given its assent to sew-erage maintenance in Moradabadat the cost of Rs 220.78. All the pro-jects will be completed by March,2020.

In another decision, theCabinet approved retrofitting workin Anpara-A (3x210MW) andAnpara-B (2x500MW) thermalprojects at the cost of Rs 237.01crore. It was decided that 70 percent of the total expenditure wouldbe generated from financial insti-tutions and the rest would beborne by the state government.The government has also decidedto construct a 765 KV sub-stationin Meerut and lay 400 KV and 200KV lines. The total expenditure isexpected to be Rs 239 crore.

The government also amend-ed clauses in Food ProcessingPolicy under which rebate of MandiTax has been increased from theexisting 5 to 10 years. The tax plusGST will be reimbursed by FoodProcessing department throughits budget.

The Cabinet also gave its nodto bringing bills on water conser-vation and UP Revenue Act duringthe ongoing Monsoon session.

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After Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi took the lead

amongst opposition parties in raising thevoice against Sonbhadra massacre, theBSP also sent a delegation in a bid to woothe victims by announcing a compensa-tion of Rs 50 lakh each and 10 bigha landto the affected families and 5 bigha landeach to the injured. However, the BSP del-egation refused to confirm the same tomediapersons.

Earlier, Priyanka had assured the kinof the deceased a compensation of Rs 10lakh each. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,who earlier announced a compensationof Rs 5 lakh each to the victims’ families,later raised it to Rs 18.5 lakh during hisvisit to Sonbhadra on Sunday.

Sources said that leader of BSP inAssembly Lalji Verma along with stateparty chief RS Kushwaha, met the fami-ly members of the deceased and expressedshock at the government’s apathy. Theyalleged that the government was respon-

sible for the massacre. Verma also conveyed party’s full sup-

port to the bereaved families and assuredthem compensation. He also demandedthat an Intermediate college be opened inUmbha village, where the massacre tookplace, as also a police outpost so that vil-lagers could feel secure.

When asked, Kushwaha said that aftervisiting the scene, they would submit areport to Mayawati after which announce-ments could be made. On whetherMayawati would also visit the village,Kushwaha remained non-committal.Earlier, the BSP delegation was stoppedby the administration and later, only 20members were allowed to proceed to thevillage to meet the affected families.

������3��� �������� �������������Buoyed by the political mileage dur-

ing her recent visit to Sonbhadra,Congress general secretary PriyankaGandhi is set to re-visit the district to keepthe momentum going.

The Congress leader will be in

Sonbhadra again later this week to meetthe victims’ families and personally handthem cheques of Rs 10 lakh as compen-sation as announced by her earlier.

Congress sources maintained thatsome senior leaders, particularly CongressLegislative Party leader Ajay Kumar‘Lalu’, advised Priyanka that to keep themomentum going, saying she should visitthe district once again and personallyhand over compensation to them.

It was felt that timely relief would notonly help the victims’ families but alsoreflect Priyanka’s concern towards tribalsand farmers.

Last weeked, Priyanka’s visit toMirzapur and Sonbhadra had brought theYogi Adityanath government on its heels.After being detained and taken toNarayanpur (Varanasi-Mirzapur border),Priyanka remained adamant on meetingthe families of the victims. She was latertaken to Chunar Fort guest house but sherefused to leave the place till she wasallowed to the meet the aggrieved fami-lies.

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The UP government informed the Assembly onTuesday that the government was committed

to providing piped drinking water facility in ruralareas of the state by 2022.

Rural Development Minister Dr MahendraSingh said in the Assembly during Question Hourthat a Rs 9,000-crore project had been taken upin Bundelkhand region and work on it would com-mence in September next to have piped drinkingfacility in every village. Singh said that in orderto control excess pumping of underground water,the government had become strict and directedall new buildings in the state to have groundwa-ter recharging facilities.

Replying to a question by Congress memberAditi Singh, the minister shifted the blame onthe previous government saying it did nothing inthis sector when the situation was becoming crit-ical.

Besides, Singh said that 113 blocks in the statewere in the dark zone in regrads to undergroundwater in which 59 blocks were in critical stage and45 semi-critical.

“There are 1,444 villages in 20 districts wherewater is contaminated with Arsenic and in 2386villages in 53 districts, water is affected by fluo-ride,” the minister said claiming that the govern-ment was taking all preventive measures to pro-vide clean drinking water to people.

Aditi Singh said that the government hadmade a tall claim earlier but still Niti Ayog hadgiven a critical report on groundwater saying that50 per cent of the population would not getgroundwater by 2040.

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The UP government hassaid it stands with the

oppressed whose land wasforcibly occupied bySamajwadi Party MP fromRampur Azam Khan andincluded in his private prop-erty at Jauhar University.

The government said thatlaw would take its own courseand there was no element ofpolitical vendetta in the actiontaken by the Rampur districtadministration to list Khan asa ‘land mafia’ on the UP gov-ernment’s anti-land mafia por-tal. “Azam Khan, as Cabinetminister during the previousAkhilesh Yadav-led SP gov-ernment, usurped the land ofpoor Muslim farmers andDalits and included it in theJauhar University campusspread across 1,100 acres.What is the governmentexpected to do? Side with theoppressed or with those whotortured the poor farmers andbooked them in fake cases andsnatched their land in a fraud-ulent manner?’’ParliamentaryAffairs Minister SureshKhanna asked while replyingto an adjournment noticetabled by the SP in UPAssembly on Tuesday.

The SP, in its adjournment

notice, alleged that the govern-ment action against Khan wasinspired by political vendettaand he was being persecutedfor narrow political objectiveof the BJP government forcommunal polarisation in thestate.

Leader of OppositionRam Govind Chaudharyalleged that the governmentwas preparing grounds tosend Khan to jail and elimi-nate opposition from the state.

Rebutting the charges ofpolitical vendetta, Khannasaid: “FIRs were lodgedagainst Khan and others afterdue investigation and he hasbeen listed as land mafia onthe UP government portal.Khan has been enlisted as landmafia as per a governmentorder issued on May 1, 2017.

Quoting from the reportsubmitted to the state govern-ment by the DM of Rampur,Khanna said: “Over 30 acre oflands of Dalit families wereallegedly purchased by JauharUniversity without the permis-sion of competent authority(DM). Title ownership of theland belonging to ScheduleCaste community cannot bechanged without permissionof the competent authority.”

The minister said that theRampur District Magistrate

had also annexed certificateissued by the sub-registrar ofRampur certifying that theland of over 50 Muslim farm-ers and some Dalit familieswas forcibly occupied by Khanand his musclemen AaleAhmed and no registration ofthe land in question was exe-cuted at the office of the sub-registrar for purchase.’’ BesidesKhan, FIRs have also beenlodged against former DeputySP of Rampur Aale Hasan andcurrent chief security officer ofJauhar University.

Khanna said that Muslimand Dalit farmers in theiraffidavits had said they wereterrorised, tortured andbooked in false cases likeNDPS, and many were sent tojail, forcing them to part withtheir land. The minister saidthat then circle officer (City)of Rampur Aale Hasan super-vised the “terror campaign” toforce the poor farmers to giveup their land to the privateuniversity and promoted byKhan.

After hearing both sides,Assembly Speaker HridayNarain Dikshit rejected thenotice. Unhappy with the gov-ernment reply, the SP mem-bers reached the Well of theHouse. The House was lateradjourned for the day.

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In a heart-rending incident, awoman killed her 3-month-

old child, who was down withliver ailment, by throwing himoff the fourth floor of KGMUTrauma Centre early Tuesdaymorning. To act innocent, shecried foul saying her son hadgone missing.

However, intensive scan-ning of the CCTV footagesnailed her lie and she was laterarrested. Confessing to hercrime, she said she was sad see-ing her son lying like a corpseon the hospital bed, and threwhim off the building to rid himof his sufferings.

Saranti Devi of KushiNagar gave birth to male childat BRD Hospital in Gorakhpuron April 23 last. Her husbandRajan Singh told the police thattheir son was suffering fromjaundice and was later diag-nosed with another liver dis-ease. “On the advice of doctorsat the BRD Hospital we admit-ted him to the KGMU TraumaCentre on May 26. My broth-er Amarnath, my wife and Ihad been staying with the childsince then. However, his con-dition did not improve despitethe treatment,” Rajan told thepolice. He said he andAmarnath were sleeping out-side the NICU ward whenSaranti reached there and start-ed crying saying the child hadgone missing. “We startedsearching for him, but in vain.Later, we informed the doctorsin the ward about the incident.A team of doctors scannedsome CCTV footages in whichSaranti was seen going towardsthe window in a room of theward on fourth floor around 4am,” he said. SHO, Chowk,Pankaj Singh said Saranti wasseen going towards the windowwith her child in her arms.“When she was returning, she

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The Yogi government tabledits first supplementary bud-

get to the tune of Rs 13,594.87crore for the 2019-20 fiscal inthe Assembly on Tuesday. TheFinance Bill for supplementarygrants was tabled by FinanceMinister Rajesh Agrawal inthe presence of the ChiefMinister.

On February 6 earlier thisyear, the UP government hadtabled an annual budget of Rs4.79 lakh crore for 2019-20.This is the first supplementarybudget for the current fiscalsought by the state governmentand the budget size in this fis-cal has now increased to overRs 4. 92 lakh crore.

The focus of the supple-mentary budget is on infra-structure as a major share of thegrants has been sought forurban development,Purvanchal Expressway,Bundelkhand Expressway andprojects of Power, Irrigationand Public Works departments.The other heads of demand areUP Police and Tourism depart-ments. For infrastructure devel-opment, the government hassought Rs 850 crore forPurvanchal Expressway, Rs1,150 crore for BundelkhandExpressway and Rs 15 crore forGanga Expressway. The ChiefMinister had announced theconstruction of GangaExpressway linking Meerutwith Prayagraj during theKumbh Mela in January ear-lier this year. The governmentalso sought Rs 905.36 crore forpower sector which includespower distribution companiesand power generation projects.For Irrigation department, thegovernment has sought Rs 800crore for payment of powerdues of lift canals and tubewellswhile Rs 24.84 crore has beensought for construction ofghats at Rapti river in

Gorakhpur. For the remodel-ling of ‘Ram Ki Pairi’ inAyodhya, the government hassought Rs 10 crore.

For PWD, a grant of Rs 605has been proposed, whichincludes Rs 405 crore forbridges and Rs 200 crore forroads. In the supplementarybudget, Rs 250 crore have beensought for UP Police. Of this,Rs 200 crore will be for landpurchase for construction ofpolice lines in districts createdduring the previous Mayawati-led BSP government.

The grants proposed forTourism department are to thetune of Rs 163 crore andinclude Rs 105 crore for devel-opment of places of tourism, Rs

10 crore for development ofVindhyavasini Dham atMirzapur, Rs 10 crore for pil-grim centre at Namisharanayain Sitapur, Rs 20 crore forMughal museum at Agra andRs 6 crore for Deepotsav atAyodhya during Diwali.

The government has alsosought Rs 2,175 crore forUrban Development depart-ment. Of this, Rs 175 crore arefor the Smart City project, Rs100 crore for sewage anddrainage project and Rs 60crore for construction of parksin each district headquarterwith facilities like drinkingwater, yoga, pathways andbenches.

The government has also

sought Rs 349 crore for clear-ing the liabilities of KumbhMela held earlier this year atPrayagraj. The other majorhead of grant in supplementarybudget is Medical Education.

A sum of Rs 7.5 crore hasbeen sought for Trauma Centreat SGPGI, Rs 35 crore forsatellite centres of KGMC inBalrampur and Rs 10 crore for500-bed Paediatric hospital atGorakhpur Medical College.

A token fund of Rs 14 lakhhas also been sought for 14 dis-trict hospitals being upgradedas medical colleges. The debateon supplementary grants in theAssembly will be held onWednesday and the Bill is like-ly to be passed the same day.

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Uproarious scenes were wit-nessed in UP Assembly on

Tuesday, leading to adjourn-ment of the House for about anhour over exchange of wordslike ‘haisiyat’, ‘chunauti’ and‘aukat’ between the Leader ofOpposition and a minister in theYogi government. The opposi-tion members created a ruckusdemanding an unconditionalapology from the minister andtrooped into the Well of theHouse when the minister wasreplying to a question overpiped drinking water project in UP.

Rural DevelopmentMinister Dr Mahendra Singh,while replying to a question,remarked that during BJP rule,there was no allegation of cor-ruption like in previousSamajwadi Party governmentthat resulted in a probe by theCBI. At this, Leader ofOpposition Ram GovindChaudhary said that most of the

works of digging of ponds andwells were done during the SPregime and that the ministerwould be sent to jail after BJPlost power in 2022.

The remark irked the min-ister, who challenged the Leaderof the Opposition respondedwith words like ‘haisiyat’, ‘aukat’and ‘chunauti’.

The Speaker later termedthe words unparliamentary andexpunged them. The Housewitnessed noisy scenes there-after as the Treasury benchesand Opposition members trad-ed charges. The oppositionreached the Well of the Housedespite Speaker Hriday NarainDikshit’s efforts to pacify them.Later, the House was adjourned.

After Question Hour, theHouse reassembled and theminister said that he had fullrespect for the Opposition andits leader and that he withdrewhis words. The opposition want-ed the minister to apologise buthe refused.

On the intervention of Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath andParliamentary Affairs ministerSuresh Kumar Khanna, the mat-ter was resolved. The Speakeralso announced to remove theobjectionable words fromrecords.

Meanwhile, throughadjournment notice, Leader ofOpposition in the CouncilAhmad Hassan raised the issueof Jauhar University and allegedthat fake cases were registeredagainst its Vice-Chancellor overland-grabbing and othercharges. Later, Leader of theHouse Dinesh Sharma deniedthe charges and said that thematter was still being probedand no one was being harassed.

Agitated with the govern-ment’s reply, the SP membersraised slogans and staged awalkout. Leader of Congress inthe Council Deepak Singhraised the issue of hike in powertariff in rural and urban areas bythe Power Corporation, whichwas denied by Power MinisterShreekant Sharma.

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Both the houses of the statelegislature on Tuesday con-

gratulated Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO)for the successful launch of itssecond lunar mission‘Chandrayaan-2’ fromSriharikota on Monday. ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath tabledthe resolution which was sup-ported by leaders of all politicalparties. “It is an extremely proudmoment for the entire nation,”said Yogi. On Monday, Indiasuccessfully launched its secondlunar mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’,propelled by powerful rocketGSLV- MkIII-M1 from a space-port at Sriharikota in AndhraPradesh to explore uncharteredsouth pole of the celestial bodyby landing a rover.

“It’s a historic moment forthe nation after ISRO success-fully launched the lunar missionfrom Satish Dhawan Centre atSriharikota. It’s a moment ofpride for the citizens and thescientists of ISRO deserve con-gratulations as they left nostone unturned for the successof the mission. The success hasestablished India as a power in

space research and it has joineda club of select nations havingthis capability,’’ he said.

Underlining the role of sci-entists from Uttar Pradesh inthe mission, Yogi said: “Thesuccess of the mission has vin-dicated Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's programme‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ as awoman scientist Ritu KaridhalSrivastava of Lucknow promi-nently figured in the missionteam,” he added. The ChiefMinister also lauded the role ofscientists and engineers of IIT-Kanpur in designing the pathgeneration technology for therover which will land on thesouth pole of the Moon.

The mission’s successbrought in huge relief for ISROscientists after the July 15launch was called off followinga glitch in the rocket. The Rs978-crore mission, that willmark a giant leap in India’sspace research and make itonly the fourth country to havelanded a rover on Moon, wasrescheduled to Monday afterscientists corrected the glitch in

the three-stage rocket. After the passage of resolu-

tion, Leader of Opposition RamGovind Chaudhary said that thegovernment had not followedthe rules of business for conductof proceedings of UP Assemblyas opposition parties were nottaken into confidence beforetabling of resolution. He saidthat as per rules, all resolutionshould be tabled with the con-sent of all political parties rep-resented in the House.

Meanwhile, with SamajwadiParty leaders walking out of theHouse alleging harassment ofMP Azam Khan duringadjournment motion, mem-bers of Legislative Council laud-ed the efforts of ISRO scientistsfor the successful launch ofChandrayaan-2 and highlight-ed the strong Uttar Pradeshconnect in the ambitious mis-sion. The Council congratulat-ed the ISRO team for the suc-cessful launch. Leaders praisedthe efforts of scientists in ensur-ing that India made a mark inspace science. A motion ofthanks for the ISRO scientistswas moved in the Councilamidst applause by all the members.

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was empty-handed. A womansub-inspector was asked tointerrogate Saranti, who laterconfessed to her crime. On thecomplaint of her husband, weregistered a case and arrested

her,” the SHO said. He said thebody had been sent for autop-sy and further investigationswere underway. “We also reg-istered a case under section 201of IPC (for destroying/giving

false information) against thewoman,” he added. Rajan toldmediapersons that his wife wasvery sad over the child notkeeping well. “He had liver-related ailment since birth.Though the doctors had said itwas incurable, we had highhopes that our son would beokay. But, I had never expect-ed that she would kill ourson,” he said. He added that thedeath of his son and jail to hiswife were two major setback forhim. The family is poor andthey had to sell their land tomeet the expenses for treat-ment of the child.

Meanwhile, a 55-year-oldwoman was crushed to deathby a roadways bus inHasanganj police station areaon Tuesday afternoon.Heerawati of Joshi Tola met themishap at Daliganj bridge.Commuters chased the busdriver and nabbed him. He washanded over to police. He wasidentified as Mohammed Laiqof Balrampur.

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King George’s MedicalUniversity closed its ICU

at the Trauma Centre becauseof the presence of a rare fun-gus ‘Candida auris’. KGMUmedia incharge Dr SandeepTewari said that after 48hours, they would carry outa culture test and if it cameout to be negative, the unitwould be re-opened. Twopatients tested positive forthis fungus and one died onTuesday.

This fungus impacts peo-ple with low immunity andthe major problem is that it is

multidrug-resistant. “Thisinfection can come from any-where in the atmosphere.The hospital cannot beblamed for this. It can occurin immune-compromisedpatients despite the fact thatall precautions are taken.These patients include thosewho cannot respire them-selves and are on ventilatorsor those whose liver and thekidney are not properly work-ing and those who are diabet-ics,” he said.

He said one patient whohas tested positive was dis-charged four days back.“Precautions are being taken

for the other three patientsand they have been kept in aroom. The unit has beenfumigated and there are nonew entries being allowed atthe moment,” he asserted. DrTewari said the infection wasnoticed for the first time inJapan in 2009 while in India,it was seen in 2011, 2015 and16. This fungus was alsofound in SGPGI.

“This is a rare type offungus and it does not direct-ly cause the death of patients,hence its treatment is a littlecomplicated,” he added.According to experts,‘Candida auris’ is an emerg-

ing issue. “Hospitals in sever-al countries have been affect-ed by this fungus and it hitshospitalised patients. It oftendoes not respond to the com-mon drugs and hence createsproblems. It can also spreadamong patients. Amongstthose who have the highestrisk include those who havebeen staying at the hospitalfor a long times,” expertssaid. They also said that atten-tion should be paid to infec-tion prevention and control.He added that washing ofhands was important whilepeople visiting the areashould be wearing gloves.

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Car-borne unidentified mis-creants abducted a 19-

year-old girl on way to a fieldin Maal police station area onTuesday morning, giving policeanxious moments. Victim’smother, who is a cookemployed at a government-run school, alleged the role ofa relative. However, the accuseddenied his involvement sayinghe was staying in New Delhi.

As per reports, the com-plainant, identified as Sheela ofThawar village in the area,informed the police that herdaughter Subhashini had goneto the fields where saplings ofpaddy were being planted.

“I left for school around 9am while Subhashini left for thefields around 10.30 am. But she

did not return by the afternoon.I went to the field to see whatwas wrong but did not find her.The farmers told me thatSubhashini did not come to thefield. This made me apprehen-sive about her safety and Iinquired from some villagerswho told me that four car-borne youths abductedSubhashini when she was goingto the field,” Sheela told thepolice.

She said the face of one ofthe kidnappers resembled thatof a relative, who she identifiedas Ravipal of Gosainganj.

“Ravipal had an evil designfor Subhashini and he hadbeen harassing her for a longtime. I did not lodge a com-plaint because my relativesrequested me not to, saying itwould bring infamy to both the

families. However, Ravipal didnot mend his ways and contin-ued with his interference. Hefinally abducted my daughter,”she alleged.

The police registered a caseagainst Ravipal and three of hisaides. The cops also talked toRavipal after the complainantprovided his mobile number tothem. “Ravipal claimed that hehad been staying in New Delhifor the last several months. Healso claimed that he was inNew Delhi at the time of theincident,” Sheela said.

Meanwhile, thievessneaked into the house of SheelKumar Jaiswal in Madiaon onMonday night and decampedwith cash, jewellery and mobilephone. Reports said the fami-ly was asleep when the thievesstruck.

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Lucknow (PNS): The Food Safety andDrug Administration (FSDA) conducted aninspection of Vidhan Bhawan canteen onTuesday. According to food safety officerSuresh Mishra, two samples ‘daal’ and ‘paneercurry’ have been collected for tests.

He said the inspection was carried outafter a complaint was made on the portal ofthe Chief Minister regarding the food avail-able in the canteen. Asked about the state ofthe canteen, he said it was better than mostof the canteens outside Vidhan Bhawan. Hesaid the samples would be sent for lab testsand results would be out within 15 days.

Meanwhile, Additional Chief SecretaryAnita Bhatnagar Jain has asked the govern-ment for an additional amount of Rs 15.56crore to strengthen the food and drug test-ing labs across the state. She said it wouldincrease the number of samples being testedfrom 6,000 to 12,000.

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Day on Tuesday. Principal Qudsia Parveen welcomed the guestswhile director Syed Shuaib Ahmad encouraged the students to workhard. The chief guest on the occasion was former IPS officer MumtazAhmad, who felicitated the students. The Governor’s Running Trophywas presented to Mirza Husn Bano for obtaining the highest marksin Medieval and Modern History in BA (III) while Shikha Yadav,Neelam Bharti and Jyoti Verma of BA (II) and Pooja Yadav, ArchanaRawat and Samreen Fatima of BA (I) were awarded Dr NasreenAhmad Memorial Scholarship. The Umme Habiba Memorial UrduGold Medal and Prof Shamim Nikhat Memorial Urdu Gold Medaland Scholarship was awarded to Aisha Ghazala for securing high-est marks in Urdu in BA. Samreen Bano and Shawana Khaleel wereawarded Prof Shamim Nikhat Memorial Scholarship and BegumNuzhat Kidwai Memorial Scholarship. Salma Bano, Mansi Rawatand Mahima Rawat were given away Sports Award.

� ������� ���� $�The CMO office has issued notices to three schools over pres-

ence mosquito larvae in their premises. The schools includedMontford Boys School & Mount Carmel Convent in Mahanagar,and Rani Laxmi Bai School in Indira Nagar. He said the larvaewere also found in the police station at Khurramnagar crossing.Additional CMO KP Tripathi said if the larvae were found thereduring second inspection, action would be taken against the offi-cials concerned.

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Corporation (UPSRTC) Raj Shekhar carried out a surprise inspec-tion at Alambagh bus station on Tuesday. In a bid to solve theproblems and issues at the bus station, he set up a coordinationcommittee. The first meeting will be held to resolve the issuesnext week. He inspected some buses and checked essential sys-tems like speed control device (SCD), vehicle tracking systemand medical kits. He also interacted with the drivers and con-ductors and sought their feedback about health check-ups, dresscode and medical kits.

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With the admissions closingat Lucknow University,

there are 300 seats left vacantbecause of students takingadmission to other universi-ties. Admission coordinator AnilMishra pointed out that thesemany seats were left vacant inthe past years.

He said admissions couldnot be carried out on thesevacant seats as per universityrules. A total number of 7,500seats have been filled. Mishrasaid that one of the highlights ofthe admission was the success-ful off-campus online coun-selling. Meanwhile, a one-dayregional-level workshop forteachers was organised byCentre of EnvironmentEducation in partnership withInstitute of Wildlife Sciences,ONGC Centre for Studies.Around 70 teachers from ninedistricts of UP and Bihar partic-ipated in the workshop. A set ofresource materiel developed forthe programme was shared withthe participants and ideas werediscussed to promote activity-based learning. Winners of 2018Earthian Paryavaran Mitra pro-gramme were given awaymedallions and certificates.

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Lucknow (PNS): A jointteam of cyber cell andHusainganj police busted agang that had fleeced morethan 200 job-seekers on thepretext of providing thememployment in private compa-nies in the last three months.

Those arrested were iden-tified as Paras Mishra of Unnaoand Saumitra Verma ofJankipuram. Paras is a Sciencegraduate while Verma is a Lawgraduate. The cops recovered10 mobile phones from themiscreants’ possession.

Hazratganj circle officerAK Mishra said both theaccused used to make calls torandom youths and the girlworking as their assistantwould trap them. The victimswould be asked deposit ademand draft of Rs 1,000 ini-tially and later asked to pay Rs1,000 for opening a bankaccount and Rs 1,000 as secu-rity money,” he said.

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Lucknow DevelopmentAuthority (LDA) on

Tuesday decided to join handswith the Indian Railways todevelop a township worth Rs800 crore on the land spread in4 hectares in Aishbagh. Theconstruction work will begin inOctober this year. It wasfinalised in a joint meeting in

the presence of DistrictMagistrate Kaushal RajSharma.

It was also decided to seekthe opinion of the generalpublic on what facilities theywant to have at their shelters tobe built in the township.

This initiative was taken toknow the requirements of thebuyers. A survey in this regardwill be conducted next month.

Indian Railways is diversi-fying its activities by enteringreal estate business. It hasalready made its presence feltin catering which is evokinggood response from people.

Presently, the proposedsite is being use as the junkyard of the Northern Railwaysadjacent to Mawaiyya. Thearea has been encroached uponby rag-pickers and is also being

used by nearby vendors.The LDA administration

will help the railways in design-ing of the project, approval ofthe blueprints, land use, basicinfrastructure and removal ofencroachment.

The project includes a 13-storeyed luxury apartmentwith parking facility in thebasement. The estimated costof the project is said to be Rs

60 crore. There will be a gen-eral hospital-cum-trauma cen-tre being constructed at an esti-mated cost of Rs 200 crore.There will also be a college andshopping mall.

It will be develop with theheld of partner partners. TheLDA administration will startan exercise to clear the land toso that civil work may start byOctober.

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Looking for a cricket ballwhich had gone into the

house of an industrialist ofGorakhpur almost cost a class12 student his life, when thesecurity staff opened fire, leav-ing him critically injured onMonday evening.

The victim was rushed toRaghav Das Medical Collegeand later referred to SanjayGandhi Post-GraduateInstitute of Medical Sciences inLucknow. Surprisingly, despiteregistering a case, the policemade no arrest till late Tuesdayafternoon.

As per reports, some stu-dents in Gorakhnath area wereplaying cricket on Monday

evening and the ball wentinto the house of businessmanChandra Prakash Agarwal.While one of the players,Arvind Kumar, scaled theboundary wall to look for theball, a security guard deployedthere opened fire, causinggrievous injuries to Kumar.

His friends later raised analarm after which the localsshifted him to a hospital fromwhere he was later referred toSGPGI. Senior off icersreached the spot and said thatinvestigations were underway.

Meanwhile in Badaun,three members of a family,including a minor, were killedwhile another injured when aunidentified vehicle rammedtheir motorcycle on Mondaynight. Mukesh (30) was goingalong with his wife Sukhi (24),son Arpit (4) and his daugh-ter on Badaun-Meerut high-way on his bike when thetragedy struck at Dahgavacrossing of Sahaswan policestation limits.

While Mukesh, Sukhi andArpit died, his daughter wasinjured. The bodies were sentfor autopsy and the policestarted investigations.

Lucknow (PNS):Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)president Mayawati onTuesday expelled party’s loneMLA in Karnataka after heviolated the directive of thehigh command to vote infavour of the HDKumaraswamy governmentduring the vote of confidencein Vidhan Soudha onTuesday.

In a tweet, Mayawati saidthat the BSP MLA inKarnataka, Mahesh, had vio-lated the party’s directionand it was gross indiscipline.“Mahesh has been expelledfrom the party,” she said.

The lone BSP member inthe Karnataka assembly didnot attend the confidencevote and played truant, invit-ing the BSP supremo’s annoy-ance. Two days back,Mayawati had asked the BSPMLA to support the JD(S)-Congress government.

Lucknow: The UttarPradesh government onTuesday tabled in the assemblya Bill seeking an undertakingfrom private universities thatthey will not allow their cam-puses to be used for “anti-national activities”.

The Uttar Pradesh PrivateUniversities Bill, 2019 lists sev-eral conditions for setting upsuch institutions, including fol-lowing a transparent admissionprocess and a common acade-mic calendar prescribed by thestate government. If the Billbecomes law, private universi-ties will award honorarydegrees to people in public lifeonly with the state govern-ment’s approval. The Billdemands an undertaking fromthe sponsors of private univer-sities that their institution willnot be involved in or permitanyone to “cause or promoteanti-national activities”.

If any such activity takesplace on the campus, it shall beconsidered a major violation ofthe conditions for setting upthe university, the draft legis-lation warns. The governmentmay then take action accordingto the provisions under the Actor any other law in force, it says.The Bill is meant to enactumbrella legislation to govern

all private universities, it adds.A statement on the objec-

tives of the Bill said 27 privateuniversities have been estab-lished and incorporated underdifferent state Acts in UttarPradesh. This means there is nouniform law to monitor suchprivate universities, it added. Ithas become difficult to collectinformation and ensure quali-ty standards in higher educa-tion, the government said.

The draft Bill was approvedby the state cabinet recently. Anofficial had then said the uni-versities will have to ensure thatpatriotism, national integra-tion, communal amity, socialharmony, secularism, ethicsand international goodwill areincluded in the curriculum.

The Bill proposes that atleast 75 per cent of teachers ineach department will have to bethe university’s regular employ-ees. The proposed legislationdemands that the private uni-versities will also conform tothe standards specified by cen-tral regulatory bodies like theUniversity GrantsCommission. The private uni-versities will comply with thenorms set up by the state gov-ernment on a common acade-mic calendar, anti-copyingmeasures, examinations andthe award of degrees and cer-tificates. The universities will berequired to place in publicdomain their fee structure andadmission procedure beforeadmissions open. The govern-ment didn’t explain the reasonfor including the “anti-nation-al” clause in the Bill. However,last year, a Kashmiri studentreportedly joined the militan-cy after going missing from aprivate university in GreaterNoida. He later appeared onsocial media. After the Balakotairstrikes by India, threeKashmiri girls studying at theVeterinary Research Institute inBareilly were booked forallegedly making and forward-ing anti-Army comments onsocial media. PTI

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competition organised by CityMontessori School, junior and seniorfinals concluded on Tuesday. In boys’finals, students of CMS, Kanpur Road,bagged the championship with 16points. In junior category singles,Yatharth Srivastava of Kanpur Roaddefeated Amog Shakti of Gomti NagarCampus-I 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 5-11 and11-9 whereas in doubles, YatharthSrivastava and Adarsh Mishra ofKanpur Road beat Rudransh Singh

and Pranav Singh of Aliganj Campus-I 11-8, 11-0 and 11-3. In senior cate-gory of singles, Kritin Goyal of GomtiNagar Campus-I beat Prashpreet Singhof Kanpur Road 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 and 11-7 whereas in doubles, PrabalSingh and Kartikey Jalota of GomtiNagar Campus-I defeated PrashpreetSingh and Yashwardhan of KanpurRoad 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 and 11-7.

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ware engineer, identified as Sharad Nigam, in Thakur police areawhen he was returning home late on Tuesday night. Heavy policeforce was rushed to scene and the cops launched a manhunt forthe attackers. Police said when Sharad was near his house, theassailants waylaid him and opened a burst fire. He was rushedto Trauma Centre where he was declared brought dead. PNS

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As companies and coun-tries look to extract min-

erals such as cobalt, copper,manganese and lithium con-centrated on the ocean floor todevelop faster technologies,the first animal under the seathat would be first affected dueto deep-sea mining has beenidentified: It’s the slow moving‘Scaly foot snail’ (Chrysomallons q u a m i f e r u m ) . T h eInternational Union forConservation of Nature(IUCN) added it to its Red Listof endangered species on July18.

The Scaly foot snail isfound 2,400-2,900 metresdown in the Indian ocean, anarea where the InternationalSeabed Authority, has issued 29exploration leases to companiesfor mining besides in vast areasof the Pacific and AtlanticOceans, covering an area of 1.3million km2 - five times the

surface area of the UK. The ISA is currently devel-

oping regulations to managedeep sea mining beyondnational boundaries. However,there are rising concerns aboutthe potential for widespreadand lasting impacts of deepseabed mining including theloss of species such as theScaly-foot Snail, said a state-ment from the IUCN.

The scaly-foot snail isknown from three locations

restricted to hydrothermalvents on deep-ocean ridges inthe Indian Ocean, at depths ofup to 2,900 metres.

The researchers say anassessment under the Red Listof species found on such deepsea vents would help protectthem from the surging interestin seafloor mining in theoceans.

Dr Julia Sigwart, seniorlecturer in marine biology andassociate director at Queen’s

University Belfast’s MarineLaboratory, said: “The deep seais home to thousands of speciesand new species are being dis-covered all the time.

“These deep sea marineanimals like the scaly-foot snailare out of sight, out of mind,but they are still threatened byhuman activities.”

The companies are keen toextract large supplies of nick-el, cobalt and rare earth metals,important for products such aselectric car batteries, smart-phones and other technology.

UP in arms against thedeep sea mining, Greenpeacehas called for an immediatemoratorium on all deep-seamining for fear of severe andirreversible harm it may do tothe oceans. In its report, InDeep Water, the nongovern-mental environmental organi-sation calls for the reprieve andtighter environmental safe-guards against the risks ofdeep sea mining.

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The CBI has registered a caseagainst unknown persons

for offences under IT Act andIPC section relating to cheat-ing a Gujarat resident whowas duped of Rs 18,999 fromhis bank account by a personclaiming to be from the PMOInsurance Cell. The agencyregistered the case following areference from the PrimeMinister’s Office (PMO).

The PMO reference to CBIwas sent following an onlinecomplaint from UmeshchandraTank who alleged that oneMathew allegedly claimed to befrom PMO Insurance Cell andcheated him by fraudulentlytransferring the money fromhis bank account.

“Prima facie, this is a caseof impersonation wherein thename of PMO has been mis-used for committing financialfraud,” Assistant Director inPMO PK Issar said in his let-ter to the CBI.

In his online complaint onPMO public grievance portal,Tank alleged that Mathewasked him to furnish his debitcard number and One TimePassword for processing hiscomplaint against the insurancecompany.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh has approved an

increase in the number ofawards given to cadets ofNational Cadet Corps (NCC)from existing 143 to 243 and abig hike in cash incentives invarious categories, the ministrysaid on Tuesday. The totalexpenditure incurred willincrease from �1.44 lakh to�3.44 lakh.

Giving this informationhere on Tuesday, officials saidat present NCC cadets are nowentitled to receive two RakshaMantri Padaks carrying cashincentive of �30,000 as againstone Padak of value �20,000 ear-lier, four Raksha MantriCommendations of �20,000each in place threeCommendations of value�15,000 each earlier.

Singh has also approved asubstantial increase in DG’scommendations from the exist-ing 102 to 200. Approval has alsobeen given for nine new BestCadet Awards for NCC cadets invarious categories taking thetotal number of such awards to27 and the cash incentive foreach award has also been hikedsubstantially. These awards aregranted during Republic DayCamp in New Delhi.

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The BJP on Tuesday dis-missed as “inappropriate”

and “irresponsible” theOpposition parties’ demandthat Prime Minister NarendraModi make a statement on USPresident Donald Trump’sKashmir claim and accusedthem of putting “politics abovenational interest”.

Senior party leader andunion minister PrakashJavadekar told reporters thatthe row over Trump’s com-ments that Modi wanted him tomediate with Pakistan on theKashmir issue should haveended with External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar’s state-ment in Parliament in which he“stoutly denied” the US presi-dent’s claim.

“The way Congress andsome opposition parties haveprotested in Rajya Sabha andcreated a disorder just todemand the prime minister’sstatement is condemnable...They are putting politics abovenational interest,” he said.

This attitude is inappro-priate and irresponsible, hesaid.

Javadekar claimed thatthe opposition’s stand showsthat it has been unable to rec-oncile with the Modi govern-ment’s big win in the recent LokSabha polls. These parties arestill depressed, he said.

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In what could lead to anoth-er face off between the

Centre and the DelhiGovernment, the Ministry ofHousing and Urban Affairs(HUA) on Tuesday said theKejriwal dispensation cannotappoint non-government rep-resentatives to the Delhi MetroBoard of Directors. TheMinistry has, in the meantime,circulated a Cabinet note toregularise 1797 unauthorisedcolonies except posh coloniesahead of the Delhi Assemblyelection early next year. TheCentre is likely to issue an orderto regularise unauthorisedcolonies in Delhi within amonth.

Making it clear that theCentre will not accept repre-sentation of AAP leadersRaghav Chadha, AtishiMarlena Jasmine Shah and theparty’s Rajya Sabha MP NDGupta’s son Naveen Gupta tothe Delhi Metro Board ofDirectors, Union MinisterHardeep Singh Puri said onTuesday there is no scope fornon-government official peo-ple in the Board.

He cited the case of BJPleader Madan Lal Khurana,who had resigned from theDelhi Metro chairmanship,after the then chief ministerSheila Dikshit objected to hisappointment in 2003. Chadha

and Atishi had contested theLok Sabha polls from South andEast Delhi seats respectivelyearlier this year but they lost.

Taking a dig at Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal, Purisaid, “We have now differentsituation where Kejriwal is notsuggesting the name of an MPand he is suggesting names oftwo people who lost electionsfor MP. The Delhi govern-ment should adhere to theconventions and norms andnominate government officerson the Board of Delhi Metro ashas been done earlier.”

“I have a situation wherethe DMRC board is handledwith great competence by theserving secretary in the min-istry. There is no scope for non-official people in that board,”Puri added.

On July 17, the HUAMinistry had objected to thenomination of Chadha andAtishi and two others to theDMRC board of directors andasked the AAP government towithdraw its non-bureaucratnominees citing official guide-lines. According to the guide-lines issued by the Departmentof Public Enterprises, officialshandling the issue concernedshould be appointed as gov-ernment nominee directors.

In a letter to Delhi ChiefSecretary Vijay Kumar Devdated July 17, AdditionalSecretary (HUA) K Sanjay

Murthy had said the govern-ment nominee director bringnot only domain knowledge andexpertise but are also account-able to various tasks of the com-pany for ensuring time boundimplementation of the project

On the regularization ofunauthorized colonies, theHUA minister termed as“incorrect” Kejriwal’s claimthat the Centre has approvedthe Delhi government’s pro-posal on the issue sent inNovember, 2015. Puri said theCentre has circulated among itsstakeholders, including theDelhi government, a Cabinetnote based on the report of apanel headed by the lieutenantgovernor for the regularisationof these colonies and not on theAAP dispensation’s proposal.

In the next seven to 10days, the ministry will getcomments as sought fromstakeholders and then it will getapproval from the Union cab-inet, he said.

As per the proposal, thecolonies would be categoriseddepending on the land theyhave come up on - governmentland, agricultural or gram sabhaland. The regularisation feewould vary as per ownership.

This is not the first time aneffort has been initiated toempower residents of unau-thorised colonies on Delhi. In1993, 567 of 607 such colonieswere regularised.

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The Government on Tuesdayinitiated debate on the

Unlawful Activities (Prevention)Amendment Bill, 2019 envis-aging strengthening of NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) andempowering of its chief to seizethe properties related to theprobe on terrorism. Movingthe Bill, MoS Home KishanReddy said, “This Governmentwas working against terrorismwith zero tolerance.”

The Bill seeks to allow anindividual suspected to haveterror links to be designated asa ‘terrorist’. In order to put acheck on terrorism, he said, “wehave given a free hand to thesecurity forces” and added thatin the north eastern states in thelast five years there has been adecline in the insurgency relat-ed incidents. Due to the sus-tained effort of the government,the minister said, the situationhas improved in the left-wingextremism affected states. The

Bill amends the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

He also said the number ofterrorist incidents in hinterlandduring last decade as comparedto the previous decade has

reduced by 70% from 71 to 21and the number of terroristincidents in Jammu & Kashmirhas reduced by 86% i.e. 23,290to 3187.

Under the Act, an investi-

gating officer is required toobtain the prior approval of theDirector General of Police toseize properties that may beconnected with terrorism. TheBill adds that if the investiga-tion is conducted by an officerof the National InvestigationAgency (NIA), the approval ofthe Director General of NIAwould be required for seizureof such property.

Under the Act, investiga-tion of cases may be conduct-ed by officers of the rank of

Deputy Superintendent orAssistant Commissioner ofPolice or above. The Bill addi-tionally empowers the officersof the NIA, of the rank ofInspector or above, to investi-gate cases.

Opposing the proposedamendments, Manish Tewari(Congress) said in this countryfalse propaganda is beingspread that the law was solutionto all the problems. The solu-tion to the problems, he said,was through political initiatives

and not strict laws. Meenakshi Lekhi (BJP)

spoke in favour saying theamendment bill is dedicated tothe people who have sacrificedtheir lives defending the sov-ereignity and integrity of thenation. Moreover, she added,most of the provisions in theamendment bill were of thetechnical nature and aimed atremoving technical glitches.Union Home Minister AmitShah is expected to reply onWednesday.

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Former Chief Ministers ofBihar and Uttar Pradesh

Lalu Prasad and AkhileshYadav respectively are nolonger in the Central List ofVIP protectees after the UnionHome Ministry reviewed a listof 130 protectees and decidedto withdraw or scale down thesecurity cover of many politi-cians, media personalities andbureaucrats.

Akhilesh was secured bythe elite National SecurityGuards, while Lalu was a Z cat-

egory protectee. Among otherprominent personalitiesremoved from the Central Listinclude Z+ protectee and BSPRajya Sabha MP SatishChandra Mishra and Z cate-gory protectees like formerminister in the ModiGovernment Rajiv PratapRudy, former CRPF DG andadvisor to Jammu and KashmirGovernment K Vijay Kumarbesides UP GovernmentMinister Suresh Rana. Theseprotectees were being securedby the CRPF.

Others removed from theCentral List include ViceChancellor of ManipurUniversity Adya PrasadPandey, former Congress MPand MLA Avtar SinghBhadana, Deputy CM of UttarPradesh Dinesh Sharma,Jitendra Swami (son of formerMP, Bihar, Umashankar Singh,Punjab MLA Rana GurmeetSingh Sodhi , former MP fromBihar Sabir Ali, Editor-in-Chief

of Samachar Plus UmeshKumar, Publisher of AnandaBazar Patrika, Kolkata AveekSarkar, former MP from BiharUday Singh and MP fromBihar Veena Devi who weregetting security cover from theCRPF.

Security cover of PunjabKesari Editor AK Minha hasbeen downgraded from Z+ toZ and CRPF cover has beenwithdrawn. Earlier, he wasavailing all-India security coverfrom CRPF except in Delhi.Former Jharkhand CM BabulalMarandi will now get Z cate-

gory protection Jharkhand onlyinstead of the earlier Z+ cate-gory cover from CRPF.

BJP MLA from UttarPradesh Sangeet Som’s coverhas also been downgradedfrom Z category to Y and lim-ited only to Uttar Pradeshinstead of the earlier protectionin the States of Uttarakhand,Delhi, Haryana and Punjabbesides UP.

LJP MP Chirag Paswan’scover has been downgradedfrom Z category to Y type andhis CRPF cover has also beenremoved. IG Nalin Prabhat

will get ‘Z’ cover in AndhraPradesh, Chandigarh andPunjab only. Likewise, protec-tion of former MP RajeshRanjan alias Pappu Yadav andLok Sabha MP SachidanadhariSakshi has been downgradedfrom Z to Y and their CRPFcover has also been removed.Former CRPF DG PrakashMishra’s CRPF security coverhas been removed but hasbeen retained in the ‘X’ cate-gory Central list.

Sources said the ‘Z’ coverof former BJP members KirtiAzad and Shatrughan Sinha,

newly- appointed HimachalPradesh Governor KalrajMishra, former Lok SabhaSpeaker Meira Kumar, twogranddaughters and a grand-son of former President PranabMukherjee, daughter andgrandson of former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh hasbeen taken off from the centrallist or has been removed. TheseVIPs were being secured by thearmed commandos of para-military forces like the CISFand the Delhi Police.

Others whose security hasbeen withdrawn include Uttar

Pradesh minister BrajeshPathak, BJP politician AnupamHazra, ISRO Chairman KSivan, former scientific advis-er R Chidambaram andCongress leader DeependraHooda.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP O PMathur, Acharya PramodKrishnam, who unsuccessful-ly contested from the LucknowParliamentary constituency ona Congress ticket, RSS leaderIndresh Kumar, former BJPMP Udit Raj; and sitting BJPMP from Etawah Ram ShankarKatheria have also been takenoff from the protection list ofcentral security forces.

The cover of Congress MPfrom Punjab, Pratap SinghBajwa, space scientist T K Alexand few others have also beentaken off the Central list.

The protection category ofAbhijeet Mukherjee, MP son offormer President PranabMukherjee, Congress leadersAnand Sharma, Raj Babbar,

Digvijay Singh, A K Antony,Manish Tewari, LoktantrikJanata Dal Party leader SharadYadav, CPI (M) leader SitaramYechury, former PrimeMinister Atal Behari Vajpayee’sfoster daughter Namita KaulBhattacharya and former BJPleader Yashwant Sinha has alsobeen downgraded.

Former Congress MPRavneet Singh Bittu, formerPunjab minister Bikram SinghMajithia, NIA InspectorGeneral G P Singh, MadhyaPradesh CM Kamal Nath andAdditional Sessions Judge inDelhi O P Saini are among oth-ers whose security cover hasbeen downgraded.

Some of those who havebeen removed from the Centrallist will be provided security bythe police units of various Stategovernments, officials said.

The Home Ministry hassought compliance of securitycategory by the Central para-military forces by Thursday.

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The Congress onTuesday sought

explanation fromPrime MinisterNarendra Modi overUS PresidentDonald Trump’sclaim that the Indian leaderasked him to mediate on thematter.

While Congress presidentRahul Gandhi asserted that a“weak” foreign ministry denialwouldn’t do and PM Modimust tell the nation what tran-spired in the meeting betweenhim and the US president,UPA Chairperson SoniaGandhi said her party woulddemand an immediate expla-nation from Prime Minister.“You will see it in theParliament. We will raise theissue and Congress is doingnow also,” Sonia said in her firstreaction outside the Parliamentbefore the House started itsproceedings.

“President Trump says PMModi asked him to mediatebetween India and Pakistan onKashmir! If true, PM Modi hasbetrayed India’s interests &1972 Shimla Agreement,” saidRahul Gandhi in a tweet mes-sage.

Though the Congress wel-comed the government’s reit-eration of India’s “no third

party involvement”stand on theKashmir issue butasked why Modiwas “mum” overTrump’s claim.Ministry of ExternalAffairs has rejectedTrump’s remarks,

made during his meeting withPakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan, that Modi had asked himto mediate in resolving theKashmir issue with Pakistan.

Reacting to the MEA’sassertion, Congress’ chiefspokesperson RandeepSurjewala said reiteration ofthe time tested line on “nomediation on Kashmir” is wel-come. The US president’sremarks “relate to a meetingbetween him and PM Modi,wherein our PM had askedhim to mediate”, he said in atweet.

“Why is PM ‘mum’ onwhat transpired between thetwo heads of states, more sowhen it affects our sovereign-ty?” Surjewala asked.

Congress along with otheropposition parties on Mondaynight demanded a clarificationfrom Modi on whether therehas been a shift in India’s posi-tion of no third party involve-ment in the Kashmir issueafter Trump offered to mediatebetween India and Pakistan onthe matter.

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Rajouri: Thirteen months afterthe abduction and killing ofrifleman Aurangzeb by terror-ists in South Kashmir'sShopian district, his two broth-ers have joined the Army toserve the nation and "avengehis death".

Mohmmad Tariq andMohmmad Shabir joined the156 Infantry Battalion ofTerritorial Army at a passingout parade at headquarters ofthe counter insurgency force'Romeo' in Jammu &Kashmir's Rajouri district onMonday, a defence spokesmansaid.

The duo aspires to join'operation all out' against ter-rorists in Kashmir and fightagainst the enemies of thenation.

Their father MohammadHanif, who also served inIndian Army, is proud of hissons joining the Army "toserve the nation to stamp outterrorism" in Kashmir and"avenge the killing of theirbrother".

"I have sent my sons toserve Indian Army and ensurestamping out of terrorism in abid to avenge the killing oftheir brother Aurangzeb by ter-rorists in Kashmir," Hanif said.

"Their fight against ter-rorism will be tribute andhomage to his martyr son", he

said.Aurangzeb was abducted

in Pulwama and later killed byarmed terrorists on June 14,2018, when he was on his wayback home in Poonch to cele-brate Eid with his family. Hewas a rifleman in the army's 44Rashtriya Rifles.

After his killing, we weredetermined to join the army,the duo said.

"We have joined the Army.Our mission is to avenge thekilling of our brother. This isour father's resolve and direc-tive to us. We will abide by it,"Shabir said.

The duo, who were select-ed among 101 new recruitsfrom over 11,000 participantsin a recruitment rally inSurankote belt of Poonch dis-trict on March 7, will gettraining in the Punjab regi-ment, the defence spokesmansaid.

The Army conducted theenrolment parade in Rajouridistrict on Monday, thespokesman said.

Haling from Salani ham-let of Surankote in Poonchborder district, their elderbrother Mohmmad Qasimalso has joined Army 12 yearsago and younger brothersAasim and Sohial are studying.They also aspire to followtheir brothers. PTI

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Trinamool Congress workerwas beaten to death in WestBengal’s Hooghly district, fol-lowing which six people werearrested, police said onTuesday.

The ruling party's districtpresident Dilip Yadav accusedBJP activists of killing LalchandBag for attending ChiefMinister and TMC supremoMamata Banerjee's Martyrs'Day rally in Kolkata on July 21,a charge refuted by the saffronparty.

Bag (40), a resident ofNakunda village in Goghat 1

block, was beaten up onMonday night when he wasreturning home from a market,a police officer said.

He was taken to theArambagh sub-divisional hos-pital, where doctors declaredhim brought-dead, police said.

Superintendent of PoliceTathagata Basu said, "On thecomplaint of Bag's fatheragainst 27 people, six havebeen arrested so far and inves-tigation is underway."

Meanwhile, BJP'sArambagh organisational dis-trict president Biman Ghoshsaid the death of Bag was aresult of infighting within theruling party of the state.

The Trinamool Congressorganises Martyrs' Day rally onJuly 21 every year in memoryof 13 Youth Congress workers,who were killed in police firingon July 21, 1993. PTI

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Jaipur: The Rajasthan HighCourt has acquitted six liferswhile upholding the deathsentence to one and the lifeterm to another in the 23-year-old case of bomb blast in a busat Samleti in Dausa district, inwhich 14 people were killed.

The six lifers who werefreed on Monday by a Jaipurbench of the high courtinclude f ive Jammu andKashmir natives Javed Khan,Latif Ahmed, Mohammad AliBhatt, Mirja Nissa Hussainand Abdul Ghani.

The sixth one, Rais Beg,who was acquitted, is fromAgra in Uttar Pradesh.

A trial court at Bandikui inDausa had awarded deathpenalty to one person, AbdulHamid, and life terms to sevenothers in the 1996 bomb blastcase.

The division bench of jus-tices Sabina and GoverdhanBardhar, however, upheld thedeath penalty awarded toAbdul Hamid, saying he wasthe key person behind plant-ing of the bomb in the busgoing to Bikaner from Agra onMay 22, 1996.

The bench also upheldthe life term awarded to Pappualias Salim, holding him to beresponsible for supplying theexplosives.

The court acquitted the sixlifers ruling that the prosecu-tion has failed to prove theirlinks with the conspiracy ofthe blast, said defence counselShahid Hasan.

All eight were convictedby the Bandikui sessions courtfor various offences underIndian Penal Code, theExplosive Act and the

Prevention of Damage toPublic Property (PDPP).

The high court bench alsoupheld the acquittal of a ninthperson, Farukh Ahmed Khan,by the Bandikui court in thecase earlier in 2014.

The state government hadchallenged the acquitted ofKhan, but the high courtbench dismissed the appealagainst him.

The blast had taken placein a state roadways bus, goingto Bikaner from Agra on May22, 1996. Fourteen personswere killed and 37 injured inthe blast.

Hamid whose deathpenalty was upheld in theSamleti bomb blast case is alsoa key accused in the caserelated to planting of bombs inthe SMS Stadium of Jaipur onJanuary 26, 1996. PTI

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Pune: A day after the Lok Sabhapassed amendments to the Rightto Information (RTI) Act, socialactivist Anna Hazare on Tuesdayaccused the Union Governmentof betraying Indian citizensthrough the move.

On Monday, the Lok Sabhaamended the RTI Act thatallowed the Centre to prescribethe term of office, salaries,allowances and other terms andconditions.

It also changes the status ofthe Information Commissioners,who were on a par with ElectionCommissioners as per the orig-inal RTI Act.

"It is expected that whiledrafting a legislation, the gov-ernment take the opinion of cit-izens. If the draft and the Act areboth made only by the govern-ment, then it is not a democra-

cy but a dictatorship," Hazaresaid.

"India got the RTI Act in2005 but with this amendmentin the RTI Act, the governmentis betraying the people of the thiscountry," he said.

Hazare, 82, said his health isnot in a good condition but ifpeople of the country take to thestreets to safeguard the sanctityof the RTI Act, he would beready to join them.

Hazare, whose movement

prompted the then Maharashtragovernment to enact a revisedMaharashtra Right toInformation Act which wasconsidered as the base docu-ment for the Right toInformation Act 2005, wasspeaking to reporters at his vil-lage Ralegan Siddhi inAhmednagar district.

Hazare said he does notknow whether the governmentwill listen to him or not but hewill still write a letter to thePrime Minister Narendra Modiasking him to rescind thechanges in the RTI Act.

After 13 years, the govern-ment is trying to amend the Act,he said. Such Acts are made withpeople's consultation and sochanges, if any, should also bemade in consultation with peo-ple of the country, he said. PTI

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Visakhapatnam: Seven Maoists, includ-ing three women, surrendered onTuesday, police sources said.

Of the three women, two— PangiTalso (28) and Vantala Mangamma(34)—are area committee members ofGalikonda, Korukonda and GurteduDalam and were carrying a reward of Rs4 lakh each announced by the govern-ment.

They were allegedly involved insome shootouts, attacks on police campsand murders, sources said.

They surrendered beforeVisakhapatnam Range DIG Kalidas

Venkata Ranga Rao and superintendentof police Bapujee Attada.

They two had abandoned theirsquad about 20 days ago and surren-dered here officially on Tuesday, policesaid. "We came out without informingthe party. We are afraid of continuouscombing operations and also vexed withthe party line," Pangi Talso toldreporters.

The other Maoists who surrenderedwere squad member Killo Relli aliasDurga, Vantala Babu Rao, Korra Siva,Korra Subbali andButari Nuka Raju,police said. PTI

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In a major development initiativetaken ahead of the Maharashtra

Assembly polls, the BJP-led saffronalliance Government on Tuesdayapproved three Metro corridorsinvolving 50 km-long route and a costof �24,000 crore.

At a meeting chaired by ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis, theState Cabinet gave a go ahead to thethree metro corridors — one ofwhich caters to the people living insouth central and south Mumbai andthe two others serve the extendedsuburbs in the MumbaiMetropolitan Region (MMR).

While one route will serve partsof eastern and south Mumbai, theother two routes shall serve theextended suburbs in Thane, ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis saidafter the cabinet meeting.

Two of the approved metroscater to the extended northern sub-

urbs of Thane, Kalyan and Taloja —all located in the MMR, while thethird okayed metro is for a routebetween Wadala in south centralMumbai and General Post Office(GPO) in south Mumbai, both pointslocated in the Island city.

Estimated to be built at a cost Rs.8,000 crore, the Wadala-GPO Metro11 corridor will be a 14 km-longroute. It will be partly elevated andpartly underground with 14 stationsen route. The stations are: WadalaRTO, Ganesh Nagar, BPT Hospital(elevated) and Sewri Metro, HayBunder, Coal Bunder, Darukhana,Wadi Bunder, Clock Tower, CarnacBunder and CSMT Metro (all under-ground).

Slated to be developed at an esti-mated cost of Rs. 5000-crore, theGaimukh-Shivaji Chowk Metro 10corridor will be 11 km long and itwill have five stations en route. Thefive stations are: Gaimukh, GaimukhRetibunder, Versova Chaarphata,

Kashi-Mira and Shivaji Chowk inadjoining Thane district.

The Kalyan-Taloja Metro 12corridor is both longest and costli-est among the three metro corridors.Set to cost an estimated cost of Rs11,000 crore, the 25 km Kalyan-Taloja Metro 12 has 18 stations enroute. This metro caters to mostimportant industrial centres in theMMR.

The 18 railway stations in thiscorridor are: APMC Kalyan, GaneshNagar, Pisawali Gaon, Golwali,Dombivli MIDC, Sagaon,Sonarpada, Manpada, Hadutane,Kolegaon, Niljegaon, Wadavali, Bale,Vaklan, Turbhe, Pisawe Depot,Pisawe and Taloja.

According to a governmentspokesperson, the three new metrocorridors are expected to reduce thejourney timings by 50 to 75 per centcompared to the road and con-tribute to shifting of road users tometro by 30 to 35 per cent.

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As top brass of the Indian Armyis busy participating in series of

events marking 20 years of'Operation Vijay', Pakistan Army isbent upon provoking strong Indianretaliation to further escalate ten-sions along the Line of Control.

Pakistan Army on Tuesdayresorted to 'unprovoked' ceasefireviolations for the second day in suc-cession in Poonch sector. A riflemanof the Indian Army had sacrificed hislife in Sunderbani area of Rajouri onMonday.

According to ground reports,"several forward villages, falling inthe direct line of fire, were targetedby the Pakistan army using mortars".

Official sources said, over one

dozen posts were directly targeted bythe Pakistan army in Poonch,Krishna Ghati, Mendhar andMankote areas of Poonch.

Defence PRO in Jammu, Lt ColDevender Anand said, "Pakistanarmy initiated unprovoked ceasefireviolation along the line of controlusing small arms firing in Poonchsector around 12.20 p.m". He said thesecond ceasefire violation wasreported along the line of control in

Krishna Ghati, Mankote andMendhar sectors. In all these placePakistan army shelled civilian areasusing mortars. In response, Indianarmy retaliated strongly and effec-tively, Defence PRO added.

Meanwhile, a coffee table bookshowcasing the history and achieve-ments of the 'Fire and Fury' corpswas released by GoC-in-C, NorthernCommand Headquarters, Lt-GenRanbir Singh at Leh on Tuesday, inthe presence of Lt-Gen YK Joshi,GoC 'Fire and Fury' Corps.

Speaking on the occasion, Lt-Gen Ranbir Singh said that majes-tic Ladakh has seen some of thefiercest battles in its hostile terrainand is also witness to the epitome ofvalour and sacrifices of the IndianArmy.

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Lok Sabha on Tuesday gave itsnod to a bill which seeks to

weed out corruption, improveroad safety and usher in use oftechnology to regulate traffic, asthe Government assured theHouse that rights of the states

will not be taken away.The Motor Vehicles

(Amendment) Bill, 2019 waspassed by a voice vote.

Several amendmentsmoved by opposition memberswere also rejected by voice vote.

Transport and HighwaysMinister Nitin Gadkari said he

is here “not to show anydream” but to fulfil promis-es made on better, smootherroads and latest transporttechnology.

While several memberscutting across party linessupported safety and trafficviolation aspects of the Bill,they at the same time accusedthe Centre of trying to takeaway state’s powers with cer-tain provisions of the draftlaw.

Gadkari said that theGovernment has no intentionto intervene with the powerof states.

The bill proposes aNational TransportationPolicy for ushering guidelineson the transportation ofgoods and passengers.

The Minister said it willbe framed only after hold-ing consultation with thestates.

“We will not take awayany power of the states...Ifsome states would not like toadopt that, they would be freeto do that. It is not a manda-tory policy,” he said.

The Minister alsoannounced that the Ministrywould end the system ofroad monitoring beingundertaken by independentengineers and it would becarried out by an experts’company.

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231219 Notice Inviting e-bidTender No. T-04/SE(HQ)/OTPS/TD/2019-20 Online e-Bids are invited for the work forrepairing & maintenance of 04No.- fire tenders, 01 No.-3THydra Crane, 01 No.-16T Hydra,01 No.-Tractor and 01 No.-Petrol jeep (parade jeep) ofOTPS, Obra, Sonebhadra (UP).e-tender has been uploadeduploaded on 13-07-2019 at18:00 pm on UP Govt. e-tenderPortal http://etender.up. nic.in.Last date of e-bid submission on05.08.2019 1t 18:00 hrs. & ten-der fees & earnest money will bedeposited in the office ofSE(HQ), Obra on the dtd.06.08.2019 at 17:00 hrs.Technical Bid (Part-I) will beopened on 08-07-2019 at 16:00Hrs or later. Estimated Cost ofwork will be approximately Rs.2.49 Lac (Two lac Forty NineThousand) only. The E.M.D andTender cost for e-bid submissionis Rs. 5,000/- and Rs. 590.00respectively (with GST). TotalQuantity of work, tender spec-ification and other terms & con-dition is as per tender documentavailable on the e-tender portal.It may please be noted that thisis online bid and shall be accept-ed online only on websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. infor-mation related to extension indue dates and corrigendum, ifany, shall be uploaded only onthe above website. Bidders areadvised to visit the website onregular basis in order to keepthemselves updated.(Superintending Engineer)Head QuarterE-TENDER NOTICE NAME OFWORK : Work for Replacementof old and underground CI pipeline to 250 mm dia new over-head MS pipe from Tower. No.1 to end point of conveyer No.07. TENDER NO : T-05/SE-HQ/OTPS/FF&SD/2019-20ESTIMATED COST OF WORK: Rs. 5,02,043.00 ( Rs. Five LacTwo Thousand Forty, ThreeOnly) Last Date and Time ForSubmission of E-Bids(Technical & Financial) at e-procurement website :http://etender.up.nic.in :09/08/2019 up to 18.00 Hrs.Last Date and Time forSubmission of hard copyTender Fee, EMD & Annex. :10/08/2019 up to 17.00 Hrs.Date and Time of Opening ofe-Bids : 12/08/2019 to 18.00Hrs. Place of Opening of e-Bids : Office of SuperintendingEngineer-HQ, 'O' TPS, Obra-Sonebhadra. Address forCommunication :Superintending Engineer-HQ,'O' TPS, Obra-Sonebhadra, U.P.-231219 E-mail Address :[email protected] BidDocument Cost : Rs. 590.00(With GST) Earnest Money :Rs. 10,000.00 (Rs. TenThousand only) NOTE : -Tender specification is availableon e-tender website http://etender.up.nic.in. tender willbe accepted online only.(Superintending Engineer)Head QuarterE-TENDER INVITING NOTICEE-TENDER NO. :22/SE(CIVIL)/OCMD/BTPS/2019-20 Onlinee-Bids are invited for the "workof Re-sheeting of TMD-II storein unit no. 9 and fixing of allu-minium glazing in the opening ofcable gallery at- 4 meter fromunit no. 9 to 11 at Obra TPS,Sonebhadra (UP). E-tender hasbeen uploaded on the e-tenderPortal http://etender.up.nic.in.Last date of submission of ten-der will be up to 29.07.2019 at18:00 hrs and technical bid(Part-I) will be opened on 31-07-2019 at 16:00 Hrs or later.Estimated Cost of work is Rs.3,36,703.70 only. Period of com-pletion of work is 1 year. TheE.M.D and Tender cost for e-bidsubmission is Rs. 7,000/- andRs. 590.00 respectively. Last

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Bengaluru: A day after launchingthe country's second moon mis-sion, the Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) on Tuesdaysaid the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraftis in "good health" and moving inthe "right direction".

India had on Mondaylaunched Chandrayaan-2 on-board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport ofSriharikota in Andhra Pradeshwith the aim of landing a roverin the unexplored lunar southpole.

The 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2,a three-module spacecraft com-prising orbiter, lander and rover,has been injected into the earth'sorbit. It will be subjected to a seriesof orbit manoeuvres in the com-ing weeks to take it to the vicini-ty of moon, with the rover softlanding planned on September 7.

"The Chandrayaan-2 is ingood health. There is no doubtabout it. It is moving in the right

direction," an official of theBengaluru-headquartered ISROtold PTI here.

He said at present, no updateson the mission have been madebecause there is no need for it at

this juncture."However, there is a little

milestone which we will not reveal

now, but will update when theright time comes," the officialsaid.

In a giant leap for the coun-try's ambitious low-cost spaceprogramme, ISRO has undertak-en the most complex and its pres-tigious mission ever aiming to landthe rover on the moon.

If successful, it will makeIndia the fourth country afterRussia, the US and China to pulloff a soft landing on the moon.

The ISRO is aiming for a softlanding of the lander (spacecraft)in the South Pole region of themoon where no country has goneso far.

Immediately afterChandrayaan-2's separation fromthe rocket, the solar array of thespacecraft automatically gotdeployed and the ISRO Telemetry,Tracking and Command Networkat Bengaluru successfully tookcontrol of the spacecraft, the ISROhas said. PTI

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Jaipur: A Rajasthan Minister hasinvoked RSS ideologue Veer Savarkar'sscepticism over cow worship, trigger-ing protests by the Opposition BJP.

Speaking in the Assembly onMonday night, Parliamentary AffairsMinister Shanti Dhariwal said Savarkarhad described the cow as a highly use-ful animal but added that there was nosense in worshipping.

"A superhuman is worshipped andthere is no sense in worshipping an ani-mal," he said, in an apparent referenceto Savarkar's views.

The minister's statements invitedsharp reaction on Tuesday from BJPMLA Vasudev Devnani, who allegedthat it was an attack on Indian valuesin which cows are worshipped sincelong.

"Our sentiments are hurt. Thecontext of Savarkar's views on cows inthat time was different to what the min-ister has said in the house yesterday,"Devnani told reporters.

In the Assembly, Dhariwal claimedthe current views of the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh (RSS) about thedefinition of a Hindu are contradicto-ry to what had been described inSavarkar's book, 'Hindutva'.

The minister criticised Savarkar'sideology and said the Sangh ideologue'shad described Hindus as those whoseancestors were born in India and theirholy places are in this country.

Dhariwal said when it is said onehas to be a Hindu for living in'Hindustan', it creates disturbance inthe society. PTI

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Gandhinagar: IndependentMLA Jignesh Mevani onTuesday challenged GujaratChief Minister Vijay Rupani todeclare any one village "untouch-ability-free" before the upcom-ing Independence Day andmaintained the social evil wasstill prevalent in the state.

Speaking in the legislativeAssembly, he came down heav-ily on the BJP government inGujarat over the issue of atroc-ities against Dalits.

Referring to the successfullaunch of Chandrayaan-2 mis-sion on Monday, Mevani said

while it shows expertise in space,there exists no technology toprevent death of sanitationworkers engaged in cleaningsewers or septic tanks.

"It is the need of the hour forthe government to visit villageswhere Dalits are subjected tountouchability and discrimina-tion such as not allowing themto fetch water from commonwell. "The government shouldbook the guilty under theProtection of Civil Rights Act.But, the sad part is that nooffence is registered," the Dalitleader said. The MLA from

Vadgam in Banaskantha districtwas speaking on his 'cut-motion'moved against the budgetarydemands of the Social Justiceand Empowerment department.

"Whenever an incident ofatrocity takes place, media per-sons ask me `when will I visitthat place'. Now, it is my hum-ble appeal to Vijay Rupani,known to be a sarva-mitra'(friend of all), to be a 'Dalit-mitra' and visit such places.

"I want him to declare anyone village of Gujarat untouch-ability-free before August 15,"he said. PTI

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The Government on Tuesday extend-ed the due date for filing income tax

returns by individuals for financialyear 2018-19 by a month till August 31.

Individuals, including salaried tax-payers, and entities — who do not needto get their accounts audited — wererequired to file their income tax returnsfor fiscal 2018-19 (Assessment Year2019-20) by July 31, 2019.

“The Central Board of DirectTaxes (CBDT) extends the ‘due date’

for filing of Income Tax Returnsfrom July 31, 2019 to August 31, 2019in respect of the said categories of tax-payers,” the Finance Ministry said ina statement. There have been demandsfor an extension in filing ITR date sinceissuance of tax deducted at source(TDS) statement for 2018-19 fiscalwas delayed. Income Tax departmenthad last month extended the deadlinefor employers to issue Form 16 TDS cer-tificate for financial year 2018-19 to itsemployees by 25 days till July 10.

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the debate except for interventionsand remained silent despite alle-gations thrown at it by theCongress and JD(S) members.

In his speech, Congress leaderSiddaramaiah on Tuesday accusedthe BJP of trying come to powerthrough backdoor using briberyand “wholesale” trade of MLAs.He said the 15 MLAs resigningwas nothing but “wholesale trade.”Siddaramaiah alleged that “Rs20,25 and 30 crore” were offeredto lure the MLAs and asked“Where did this money comefrom?”

Flashing the victory sign afterthe voting, Yeddyurappa describedthe outcome as a “victory fordemocracy” as people were fed upwith the KumaraswamyGovernment. He assured the peo-ple of Karnataka that “an era ofdevelopment” would start withBJP in power. On the next step,Yeddyurappa said an appropriatedecision would be taken “as earlyas possible.” The Government haddefied two deadlines set byGovernor Vajubhai Lala, who hadasked Kumaraswamy to prove hismajority on Friday itself, saying hehad “prima facie satisfaction” thatit has lost its majority confidenceof the House.

The turmoil reached the cli-max after dramatic twists andturns that saw the MLAs of rivalcamps being corralled in resortsand hotels, allegations of bribery,rebel lawmakers knock the doorsof the Supreme Court to decide onthe issues of whip, floor test andGovernor’s intervention.

Kumaraswamy and theCongress had moved the SupremeCourt accusing the Governor ofinterfering with the Assemblyproceedings when the debate onthe trust vote was underway andsought clarification on its July 17order causing hindrance in issu-ing whip to the legislators.

The court had held that theMLAs cannot be compelled to par-ticipate in the Assembly proceed-ings. The ruling coalition madefrenetic efforts to win back therebels with chief minister makinga desperate appeal to them onSunday to attend the session tosave his ministry but they refusedto budge, sealing the fate of hisGovernment. The trial of strengthtook place a day after the SupremeCourt ruled on July 17 that the 15rebel Congress-JDS MLAs “oughtnot” to be compelled to participatein the proceedings of the ongoingsession of the state Assembly.

The Karnataka drama unfold-ed with Anand Singh quitting onJuly 1 as an Assembly member, set-ting off a wave of resignations thatswamped the ruling coalition,putting the government in jeop-ardy.

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resumed at 2 pm and FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanmoved the Appropriation Bill,2019 and the Finance Bill, 2019,Anand Sharma requested theDeputy Chairman to considernotices given by him and other

members of the Opposition seek-ing a reply of the Prime Ministerin the House.

However, Harivansh did notaccede to his plea and askedAshok Bajpai (BJP) to initiate adiscussion on Bills related to theBudget. Congress, CPI(M) andAAP members trooped into thewell and started raising slogansdemanding that the PrimeMinister come to the House toreply on the issue.

Harivansh then adjourned theHouse till 3 pm.

Congress-led Opposition laterstaged a walkout when the Housemet again. Earlier, BhupenderYadav (BJP) said the ExternalAffairs Minister has already stat-ed the Government’s view on thematter and the Lok Sabha wasfunctioning.

Reacting to this, Leader ofOpposition Ghulam Nabi Azadsaid the Government should nottry to run Parliament as some“department” of a Ministry. Hesaid it is the responsibility of theUpper House to discuss each andevery aspect of a Bill in a thoroughmanner. He also alleged the PrimeMinister never responds and noMinister in the Government hasthe guts to tell him that it is hisduty to respond to queries ofmembers in both the Houses.

In the Lok Sabha as soon as itmet for the day, members from theCongress and some otherOpposition parties were on theirfeet shouting slogans over theissue. Later, when the Zero Hourbegan, Manish Tewari (Cong)said since Trump’s statement isserious, the Prime Minister him-self should clarify.

Saugata Roy (TMC) said it wasin contravention to the positionheld by India. He also rejected anyclarification by Jaishankar on theissue. When Jaishankar rose tomake a statement, it was drownedin protest by the entire Opposition.The Opposition then walked outof proceedings. Home MinisterAmit Shah requested the Speakerto allow Jaishankar to repeat thestatement as it was essential thatpeople hear him clearly. Amid theruckus, Speaker Om Birla said itwas a serious issue and thereshould not be any politics over thematter.

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Noida authorities in dock for act-ing in collusion with the buildersand overlooking their interest aswell as that of the homebuyers, theBench said, “We hold that Noidaand Greater Noida Authoritiesshall have no right to sell the flatsof the homebuyers or the landleased out for the realisation oftheir dues.”

It said the dues payable by thegroup to Noida and Greater Noidaauthorities, amounting to over Rs5,500 crore, shall have to be recov-ered from the sale of other prop-erties which have been attached.

The top court also termed thesequence of events in AmrapaliGroup a “shocking and surprisingstate of affairs” where such large-scale cheating has taken place andmiddle and poor class homebuy-

ers were duped and deprived oftheir hard-earned money.

The Bench also directed theInstitute of Chartered Accountantsof India (ICAI) to initiate disci-plinary action against CharteredAccountant Anil Mittal, who wasoverseeing the accounts ofAmrapali Group.

It said the high-profile realtordiverted the homebuyers’ moneyin other projects, played fraud onthem by not adhering to the timeframe to complete projects andalso failed to comply with theorders of the apex court. Oustingthe real estate major from itsprime properties situated in Noidaand Greater Noida areas of theNational Capital Region (NCR),the top court cancelled the leasedeeds granted by the authoritiesand vested all the rights in a court-appointed receiver --- senior advo-cate R Venkataramani.

The SC said the banks whohad advanced huge loans to therealtor by passing the norms willrecover the money after sale ofAmrapali properties which havebeen attached by the court.Providing relief to thousands ofhomebuyers, the top court said,“We have appointed the NBCC tocomplete the various projects andhand over the possession to thebuyers.” It, however, reduced thepercentage of commission ofNBCC from ten to eight per centfor the work done in completingthe project.

To enable the NBCC to getrequisite funds for completingthe stalled projects, the top courtdirected the home buyers todeposit the outstanding amountunder the agreement entered withthe promoters of the AmrapaliGroup within three months fromJuly 23. It said the amount deposit-ed by them shall be invested in thefixed deposit to be disbursedunder the court order on phase-wise completion of the pro-jects/work by the NBCC.

The apex court accepted theforensic audit reports of two audi-tors --- Ravi Bhatia and PawanKumar Aggarwal --- and saidtheir findings indicate prima facieviolation of Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA) andanti-money laundering laws.

“In view of the findingsrecorded by the forensic auditorsand fraud unearthed, indicatingprima facie violation of the FEMAand other fraudulent activities, wedirect Enforcement Directorateand concerned authorities toinvestigate and fix liability onpersons responsible for such vio-lation, and submit the progressreport in the court and let thepolice also submit the report of theinvestigation made by them so far,”the bench said. Giving last oppor-tunity to the directors of AmrapaliGroup to deposit the homebuyersmoney they have in their posses-sion, the Bench said if its directionis not adhered to, appropriateaction will be initiated againstthem. It said the court receivershall execute through authorisedperson on his behalf, the tripartite

agreement and do all other acts asmay be necessary and also toensure that title is passed on tohomebuyers and possession ishanded over to them. The SC alsodirected the authorities to executethe tripartite agreement withinone month concerning the pro-jects where homebuyers are resid-ing and issue completion certifi-cate, notwithstanding the dues.

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status, the MeT scientist said thata low pressure area is likely to formover coastal areas of West Bengalaround July 26. “The ongoingheavy to very heavy along withextremely heavy rainfall activityover Assam and Meghalaya andSub-Himalayan West Bengal andSikkim is very likely to reduce after24 hours.” “Widespread rainfallwith isolated heavy to very heavyand extremely heavy rainfall lessthan 20 mm is very likely overKonkan and Goa and over CoastalKarnataka during next 24 hoursand decrease thereafter,” MeTofficial said. Meanwhile in Delhi,overnight showers in some areasof the national Capital contributedto high humidity levels on Tuesdaymorning even as the minimumtemperature settled at a notchabove the normal. “The minimumtemperature was recorded at 28.2degrees Celsius at 8.30 am, anotch above normal while thehumidity level was 83 per cent,” aMeT department official said.The Safdarjung observatoryreceived 3.6 mm rainfall, while norainfall was received by Palamobservatory. The Lodhi Road,Ridge area and Aya Nagar obser-vatories recorded 4.5 mm, 25.2mm and 1.1 mm rainfall respec-tively, Relative Humidity (RH) wasalso recorded high.

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regard to the grounds on whichthe coordinator in his report ofJuly 10 has sought for extension oftime up to August 31 for publish-ing the final NRC, extensionprayed for should be allowed. Weaccordingly grant the aforesaidextension of time,” a bench ofChief Justice Ranjan Gogoi andJustice RF Nariman said.

Attorney General KKVenugopal and Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, representing Centreand the State respectively, vehe-mently contended that re-verifi-cation of 20 per cent people wasneeded as the infiltration hadbeen the key issue with locals andit was one of the aspects in theAssam-Centre pact.

The court however went bythe report of state coordinator andsaid, “We have taken note of ourprevious order..., whereby we hadkept the issue alive. We have alsoread and considered the responseof Hajela, the coordinator on thisaspect of the matter and specifi-cally, the stand taken by him...,which is to the effect that in thecourse of consideration/adjudica-tion of the claims, re-verification

to the extent of 27 per cent hasalready been done.”

In fact, in the report of thecoordinator has mentioned districtwise figures of such re-verificationwhich has become an integral partof the process of consideration ofthe claims and objections onaccount of the procedure adopted,it said. “In that view of the mat-ter, we do not consider it necessaryto accede to the prayers for a fur-ther sample verification as prayedfor on behalf of the Union of Indiaand the State of Assam,” the Benchsaid in its order.

Both the Governments had onJuly 19 told the top court that“India cannot be the refugee cap-ital of the world” and soughtextension of its deadline of July 31to complete the Assam NRC.

They had sought directions toconduct sample reverification toquell a growing perception thatmany illegal immigrants may haveinfiltrated the NRC especially indistricts bordering Bangladesh.

Both the Governments toldthe apex court that several lakhpeople have been wrongfullyincluded in the NRC, specially indistricts bordering Bangladeshdue to the involvement of localofficers in the massive exercise.

They moved the apex court onJuly 17 seeking a direction for 20per cent sample re-verification ofnames included in the final NRCdraft in the districts of Assam bor-dering Bangladesh and 10 percentsample re-verification of namesincluded in the final draft in theremaining districts.

The Centre’s plea also soughta direction that such re-verifica-tion exercise be conducted byClass I officers of the StateGovernment from other districtswho have knowledge and experi-ence of handling the process ofenquiry/investigation.

The pleas of both theGovernments also sought a direc-tion to fix the venue of the sam-ple re-verification at a place whichwas not in the vicinity of the ini-tial NRC verification to rule outpossibility of local influences, biasand threat.

They claimed that names ofIndian citizens were excluded andillegal Bangladeshi migrants wereincluded in the draft. They alsoreferred to the apex court’s 2018order by which it had said it couldconsider a re-verification of 10percent of the people who wereincluded in the draft NRC. Thetop court had termed the issue as“human problem with great mag-nitude” and asked the state NRCcoordinator to submit a report ina sealed cover on the ramificationof allowing the claimants to filenew sets of legacy documents.

The first draft of the NRC forAssam was published on the inter-vening night of December 31,2017 and January 1, 2018 in accor-dance with the top court’s direc-tion. Names of 1.9 crore people outof the 3.29 crore applicants wereincorporated then.

Assam, which had faced influxof people from Bangladesh sincethe early 20th century, is the onlystate having an NRC which wasfirst prepared in 1951. PTI

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With debates on triple talaq anongoing process, the ShahBano case resurfaces timeand again not only inParliament but even in the

media. Recently, during an interview with anews portal, a former Union Ministerdescribed the Shah Bano case as being relat-ed to triple talaq. Although the latter did sur-face during the parliamentary debate on theShah Bano case, it was not an issue and thejudgement did not say a word on triple talaq.The core issue in the said case was related tothe provision of “maintenance” by a Muslimhusband after he divorced his wife. Being awitness to this debate in the Lok Sabha, I wasprompted to write on this subject.

Mohammad Ahmad, a resident of Indore,Madhya Pradesh, divorced his 62-year-oldwife, Shah Bano, in 1978. The case was final-ly heard by the Supreme Court in April 1985.The court ruled that under Section 125 of theCode of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), adivorced Muslim woman was entitled toreceive maintenance from her husband. Thecourt also observed that Section 125 overridesthe personal law. The court, while referringto interpretation of Verses (Aiyats) 241 and242 of the Quran, contended that “there is anobligation on Muslim husbands to provide fortheir divorced wives.” The court observed that:“It is also a matter of regret that Article 44 ofour Constitution has remained a dead letter.”It provides that: “The State shall endeavourto secure for the citizens a uniform civil codethroughout the territory of India....” (MohdAhmad Khan vs Shah Bano Begum, 1985). OnMay 10, 1985, GM Banatwala, the thenMember of Parliament from the MuslimLeague, moved the Code of CriminalProcedure Bill for amendment of Section 125and 127. Speaking on the Bill, Banatwalaargued that “under Islamic law, a husband isbound to maintain a divorced wife only dur-ing the period of Iddat, which is nearly threemonths and not thereafter.”

Arif Mohammad Khan of the Congressand the then Union Minister supported theSupreme Court judgement. A few weeks laterthere was a wave of protest in States such asKolkata, Patna, Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur andHyderabad among others. “One must admit”,conceded Asghar Ali Engineer, a socialactivist and the then director of the Instituteof Islamic Studies, that this “agitation is thebiggest ever launched by Muslims in post-independent India” and that “another paral-lel is impossible to find.”

A 19-member delegation of the AllIndia Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB),led by former president Maulana Abul HasanAli Hasani Nadwi, met the then PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi and handed over amemorandum stating: “The Muslim commu-nity regards this judgment of the SupremeCourt as a clear interference with the Shariat(Muslim personal law) and their freedom ofreligion and conscience contained in theArticles 25, 26 and 29 of theConstitution…The Supreme Court in its

judgement has misinterpretedtwo isolated verses of the Quran,quoted by it out of context, andhas ignored other verses …”

Ziaur Rahman Ansari, thethen Union Minister of State forEnvironment, during his three-hour speech (delivered in twoparts) in the Lok Sabha, lambast-ed the court’s judgment anddescribed it as prejudice, discrim-inatory and full of contradictions.He wondered how there is goingto be a complete national integra-tion by merely changing theMuslim personal law.

After Rahman’s interven-tion, no one from the Congressopposed his views in Parliamentdespite the persistent Oppositionfrom its MPs, who were in sup-port of the judgement. TahirMahmood, then a teaching fac-ulty at the Delhi Universityobserved: “The provision ofmodern Hindu law that a Hinduwife, who ‘ceases to be Hindu’ (byconversion to Islam orChristianity) cannot claim main-tenance from her Hindu husband(Hindu Adoption andMaintenance Act 1956, Section18 read with Section 24) is tooprogressive to earn any criticism.But the rule of Muslim law thata wife, who has been subjected byher husband to the indignity ofdivorce, need not look to him formaintenance beyond a certainlimit must earn strictures in foullanguage.” Is this, indeed logical?

On the contrary, ShailendraNath Ghosh, in an article (April5, 1986) claimed: “While Egypt,Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Libya, Qatar,Indonesia, Sudan, Tunisia,Jordan, Syria, Yemen and evenPakistan have made new mar-riage, divorce and compensationlaws, Indian Muslims persist in

defending practices…” He won-dered if the prevailing practicesare just the opposite of the teach-ings of the Quran and Hadith.

Prof Mahmood, an author-ity on Islamic law, who was alsoquoted in the Shah Bano casejudgement, asserts: “If anybodyhas said that a Muslim woman inany of the Islamic countries canseek maintenance from her for-mer husband after the expiry ofthe period of iddat with or with-out the help of the court, it isabsolutely baseless.” (SundayObserver, March 9, 1986).

Ahmad Hasan, quoting anexpert opinion from theMinistry of Justice of the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE), contendsthat, “...living allowance given toa woman after divorce extendsup to three months. This hasbeen an accepted fact allthrough the Islamic history. Allwell-known schools of Islamiclaw are unanimous on this”(March 9, 1986). Anotherresearcher, Nadia Barakat fromthe Ministry of Justice, UAE,known for her contribution to“family laws”,maintains:...[A]ccording tojurists, the Quranic injunction‘Tasreeh bin Ahsan’ did providefor a compensation amount.(However) it was left to theMuslim judge....to rule howmuch compensation should bepayable to a woman who, in theopinion of the judge, does nothave any means to support her-self. This, of course, did notapply to a divorced womanwho had relatives capable ofsupporting her (March 9, 1986).

After a great deal of consul-tation with the Muslim intellec-tuals, academia, the MuslimPersonal Law Board (MPLB)

members, particularly MaulanaAbul Hasan Ali Nadwi, thenpresident of MPLB as alsoMuslim MPs, Rajiv Gandhidecided to introduce theMuslim Women (Protection ofRights on Divorce) Bill. Itintended to exclude the formerhusband of a divorced Muslimwoman from the liability ofmaintaining her beyond thethree months of iddat andinstead said that it should bemaintained by her father orbrother. It excluded the Muslimwomen from Section 125 and127 of the CrPC to ensure thatthe apex court judgment onShah Bano case did not apply tothem. Amid strong resentmentfrom a section of membersfrom the then ruling Congressas well as Opposition parties, theMuslim Women (Protection ofRights on Marriage) Bill wasintroduced in the Lok Sabha onMay 5, 1986.

While Arif MohammadKhan resigned from the Councilof Ministers in protest against theintroduction of the Bill, severalheads rolled to check the dissi-dence in the Congress. Justice VRKrishna Iyer, retired judge of theSupreme Court, in a letter datedFebruary 29, 1986, to RajivGandhi wrote: “The Bill is a sinagainst the Quran. Many Islamicscholars hold that the Quraniccommand to husbands to payupkeep expenses to a divorceebeyond iddat is clear.”

The outpouring sympathyshown by non-Muslims forMuslim women was seen withscepticism and suspicion ratherthan appreciation. There wereclaims by many that the SupremeCourt judgement in the ShahBano case will enhance secular-

ism and national integration inthe country. Asghar Ali Engineerargued that the Shah Bano casehad adversely affected the Hindu-Muslim relations besides causingharm to secularism. Justice VRKrishna Iyer, in a letter datedFebruary 28, 1986, to PrimeMinister wrote, “The best gift fornational integration and incendi-ary communalism is the anti-sec-ular, anti-Shah BanoAmendment Bill now underway. Please desist.”

Mahmood argued: “Thereare maintenance provisions alsoin the Hindu law enactments(1955-56), Hindu Adoption andMaintenance Act (1956). TheCrPC has not repealed them.Nobody has ever regarded themaintenance law under theHindu law statues as un-Constitutional. How can, then, acodified Muslim law on mainte-nance be called un-Constitutional? Similarly, if spe-cial laws applicable to Hindus donot make them ‘separatists’, howcan a special law enacted for theMuslims make the Muslims ‘sep-aratists?’”

Pondering on the issue ofnational integration and citingexamples of some of the pastActs, Rajshekar, an eminent jour-nalist, questioned the rationale foradhering to religious identity.When the Hindu Marriage Actwas passed in 1955 and theHindu Succession Act in 1956;there was already an IndianSuccession Act. If the intentionthen was for Common CivilCode, they could have straightaway called the Hindu MarriageAct as the “Indian” Marriage Actand the “Indian” Succession Actwith suitable amendments ifnecessary. This would have takencare of all Indians. Still, theypassed the Hindu Marriage Actand the Hindu Succession Actexclusively for themselves. Wherewas their sense of “national inte-gration” at that time?

Describing the merits andshortfalls of the Muslim WomenAct, Prof Mahmood wrote: “TheMuslim Women Act … does notleave divorced Muslim women ina ‘total state of vagrancy’ or to ‘begfrom door to door’, as is claimedby some of its critics. … Underthe 1986 Act, a Muslim divorcedwoman can be awarded by thecriminal courts �50,000 (or fivelakh or more, there being nostatutory ceiling) — as a lumpsum or payable in installments —never to be re-opened in a civilcourt.” Yet, it is believed, said andpropagated that the Act has“taken away” from Muslimwomen all that the CrPC had“given” them along with otherwomen and has left them to“beg” from “door to door.”

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Sir — This refers to the report,“Sheila Dikshit: A requiem” (July21) by Chandan Mitra. In thepassing away of Sheila Dikshit,we have lost a person with rareacumen and ability, who trans-formed the capital into a vibrantand modern city. Her contribu-tion to the development ofDelhi was immense and shecan rightly be called the archi-tect of modern Delhi.

Further, she also transformedthe public transport system. Themany expressways, flyovers, roadsand elegant roundabouts thatwere built during the time whenshe served as three-time ChiefMinister of Delhi have led to has-sle-free access to public transport.

Although, the staging of theCommonwealth Games in Delhiduring her tenure was marked by

some controversies, she will beremembered as one of the bestperforming Chief Ministers thatthe country had.

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1991 and even today has multi-ple power centres, but she wasable to manage Delhi much bet-ter than many others who heldpower before she took over thereins in 1998.

Gujarat used to be touted asthe best governed State underNarendra Modi, but unlike Delhi,the State did not face the problemof people migrating in large num-bers. Unlike other homogenousStates, Delhi has became the res-idence of people from all acrossthe country and she did struggleto handle the law and order as theDelhi Police continued to beunder the Central Government.

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they clocked more than 100 per cent growth withfunding doubling from $2 billion to $4.2 billion,from 2017 to 2018, according to NASSCOM.The country is on its way to becoming a start-up hub with more than 1,200 new businessescoming into existence in 2018, including eightunicorns, thus taking the total number to 7,200start-ups last year. When compared to the firstsix months, investments this year across 292deals saw a 44.4 per cent jump from the $2.7 bil-lion received by domestic start-ups in the firsthalf of 2018, according to Venture Intelligence.

Private funding through private markets likeequity, venture capital and angel investing, is thereason for this phenomenal growth of start-upsin India. In the past, private firms often wentpublic when their need for capital exceeded whatinvestors could provide. However, in the lastdecade, firms have found a good alternative inprivate markets. This because of two reasons.First, drawn by the potential of high returns,more investors have entered the space, thus cre-ating an influx of available capital. This has inturn altered the trajectory of private companiesbecause they are no longer forced to raise cap-ital on public markets. Second, as more investorspour money into private markets, it has nowbecome easier for new private companies to getfunding needed for growth. As a result, there hasbeen a sharp influx in the number of Venturecapital (VC)-backed startups and PE-backedcompanies in recent years. In other words, asmore money flows into this space and as morefirms stay within, private markets will contin-ue to grow in value and opportunity.

Even though the private funding market isbooming, it is not easy for start-ups to raisefunds. They require several things — capital,strategic assistance and introduction to poten-tial customers, partners and employees amongother things. Entrepreneurs will be better pre-pared to obtain funding if among other things,they understand the basic difference betweendistinctive type of private funding available. VCis the finance that investors provide to start-upcompanies and small businesses. These arebelieved to have long-term growth potential andcan be provided at different stages of the com-panies evolution. VC generally comes from well-off investors, investment banks and any otherfinancial institutions. However, it does notalways take a monetary form; it can also be pro-vided in the form of technical or managerialexpertise. It is basically a subset of Private Equity(PE), which focusses on emerging firms seek-ing substantial funds for the first time. PE tendsto fund larger and more established firms thatseek an equity infusion or a chance for compa-ny founders to transfer some of their ownershipstakes. Apart from the stage of investment, PEfirms make investments in a few companies onlyand provide funds to matured firms that havea good record while VC firms make their invest-ments in a large number of small companies,who may not necessarily have the desired trackrecord.

Third, PE investment can be made in anyindustry as opposed to VC in which investmentis made in high growth potential industries likeenergy conservation, biomedical, quality upgra-dation, information technology and so on.

Fourth, the risk profile in VC is comparativelyhigher than PE. Lastly, the use of funds is dif-ferent in both cases. In PE, funds are utilised infinancial or operational restructuring of thevendee company. On the other hand, VC fundsare utilised in streamlining business operationsby way of developing and launching new prod-ucts or services.

While the roots of PE can be traced back tothe 19th century, the birth place of VC was inthe US. It developed as an industry only afterthe Second World War. Georges Doriot, HarvardBusiness School professor, is generally consid-ered to be the “Father of VC”, who raised $3.5million fund to invest in firms that commer-cialised technologies developed during WWII.ARDC’s first investment was in a company thathad ambitions to use X-ray technology for can-cer treatment. The $200,000 that Doriot invest-ed turned into $1.8 million when the firm wentpublic in 1955. In a VC deal, large ownershipchunks of a firm are created and sold to a fewinvestors through independent partnerships thatare established by VC firms. Sometimes thesepartnerships consist of a pool of several simi-lar enterprises.

Another important way of raising funds,particularly for small business and companiesin emerging industries, is through angelinvestors, which is typically a diverse group ofindividuals, who have amassed their wealththrough a variety of sources. However, they tendto be entrepreneurs themselves or executivesrecently retired from the business empires builtby them. Self-made investors providing VC typ-ically share several key characteristics. Themajority look to invest in companies that arewell-managed, have a fully-developed businessplan and are poised for substantial growth. Theseinvestors are also likely to offer to fund venturesthat are involved in the same or similar indus-tries or business sectors with which they are

familiar. If they haven’t actually worked in thatfield, they might have had academic training init. Another common occurrence among angelinvestors is co-investing where one angelinvestor funds a venture alongside a trustedfriend or associate, often another angel investor.

Although angel investors and venture cap-italists have a number of similarities like cater-ing to innovative start-up businesses, there arealso a number of differences between them. First,an angel investor works alone. Venture capital-ists are part of a company. Angels are rich, ofteninfluential individuals, who choose to invest inhigh-potential companies in exchange for anequity stake. Given that they are investing theirown money and there is always an inherent risk,it’s highly unlikely that an angel will invest in abusiness owner who isn’t willing to give away apart of their company. Venture capital firms, onthe other hand, comprise a group of profession-al investors. Their capital comes from individ-uals, corporations, pension funds and founda-tions. These investors are known as limited part-ners. General partners, on the other hand, arethose, who work closely with founders orentrepreneurs; they are responsible for manag-ing the fund and ensuring that the company isdeveloping in a healthy way.

Second, they invest different amounts.While angel investing is relatively limited in itsfinancial capacity, this mode of investing can’talways finance the full capital requirements ofa business. Venture capitalists, on the other hand,can raise large amounts of fund.

Third, they have different responsibilitiesand motivations. Angel investors are primari-ly there to offer financial support. While theymight provide advice if asked for or introduceto important contacts, they are not obliged todo so. Their level of involvement depends on thewishes of the company and the angel’s own incli-nations. A venture capitalist looks for a strong

product or service that holds strong competi-tive advantage, a talented management team anda wide potential market. Once venture capital-ists are convinced and have invested, it is thentheir role to help build successful companies,which is where they add real value. Among otherareas, a venture capitalist will help establish astrategy and recruit senior management. He/shewill be on hand to advise and act as a sound-ing board for CEOs. This is all with the aim ofhelping a company make more money andbecome more successful.

Fourth, angel investors only park funds inearly-stage companies. They specialise in early-stage businesses, funding the late-stage techni-cal development and early market entry. Thefunds an angel investor provides can make allthe difference when it comes to getting a com-pany up and running. Venture capitalists, on theother hand, invest in early-stage companies andmore developed firms, depending on the focusof the venture capital firm. If a start-up showscompelling promise and a lot of growth poten-tial, a venture capitalist will be keen to invest.

A venture capitalist will also be eager toinvest in a business with a proven track recordthat can demonstrate it has what it takes to suc-ceed. The venture capitalist then offers fundingto allow for rapid development and growth.Lastly, they differ in due diligence. Venture cap-italists focus more on due diligence. These aresome of the differences between PE, venture cap-ital and angel investors and the decision of whichto approach is personal. To improve the oddsof securing investment and appealing to aninvestor, a start-up company should take thetime and consideration to create a detailed, com-pelling pitch. With sufficient luck, it can end upwith the financial and entrepreneurial supportto skyrocket its business.

(The writer is Assistant Professor at AmityUniversity)

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Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra took thelead last week by visiting Uttar

Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, whereallegedly 10 tribals were gunned downby the village headman over a land dis-pute. While other Opposition partieslike the Samajwadi Party (SP) and theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) werecaught napping, Priyanka went aheadwith her gamble even as the policestopped her. She responded by sayingthat she was visiting the village only tocommiserate with the affected families.Thereafter, she spent a night at theMirzapur State guesthouse, refusing tofurnish a bail bond.

Senior Congress leader DigvijayaSingh compared her visit to Indira

Gandhi’s Belchi visit and tweeted,“Aap ka ye kadam Indiraji ki Belchiyatra ki yaad dilatha hai. Priyankaji aapsankarsh kare ham sab aap ke saath hai.”He was referring to Indira Gandhi’s bigpolitical moment after her defeat in1977 when she visited Belchi village inBihar where there was a Dalit massacre.She even rode an elephant to reach thevillage. Priyanka made similar effortsby refusing to return without meetingthe affected families and remained inthe front-page news for at least twodays.

Priyanka’s visit has created somecheer in the local Congress as her cam-paign earlier had lost sheen when shecould not even get her brother RahulGandhi elected from the family pock-et borough Amethi. The ‘Brahmastra’,as the party touted her, had misfired.She was lying low until now. ButPriyanka has now snatched the firstpolitical opportunity with her ownBelchi moment. Blaming Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanath, sheheld that the shooting was the latest signof deteriorating law and order in theState.

Priyanka’s visit was part of her

Uttar Pradesh strategy. Her goal is the2022 Assembly polls. Now that she hasbeen made the general secretary incharge of the entire State, she isaddressing the important issue of howto build up the party. The Congress’impact on past elections for decades —barring 2009 — has been largely mar-ginal. Her tweets and her statementstargetted against Chief MinisterAdityanath are meant to achieve thisgoal.

At another level, after futile effortsto make Rahul Gandhi withdraw hisresignation, the Congress is readyingitself for a post-Gandhi phase. With no

takers outside the family, will theparty choose Priyanka to take the placeof her brother? For this, she needs thesupport of the old guard but seniors areupset at the way Priyanka reacted to the2019 electoral defeat in the CongressWorking Committee (CWC) meetingon May 25, where she blamed those inthat room for the defeat. According toinsiders, Priyanka said, Congress “kehathyare” are sitting in this room.

This is why there has been a mutedresponse from the old guard. Also,Congress leaders have not pushed hername openly as Rahul Gandhi had saidthat the party should find someone out-

side the Nehru-Gandhi family for theposition. But now, a lobby for Priyankaled by Congress leaders SriprakashJaiswal and Bhakta Charan Das hasdemanded that she be made the nextparty president.

While the party is dilly-dallyingabout Rahul’s successor, insiders saythat the problem appears to be thatthere’s no consensus within the Gandhifamily itself. Priyanka is not averse totaking over the party though SoniaGandhi would like to persuade her sonto withdraw his resignation. Moreover,it is not clear what the family willdecide.

If chosen as party president, willPriyanka be able to deliver at a timewhen there is large-scale erosion? Thisis a difficult time as the party is total-ly demoralised after the humiliatingdefeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.There is no organisation or second-rung leaders. There is no strategy. Shehas to spell out what the Congressstands for today. She has to find a newteam and also placate the old guard,who are weary of her.

Elections to States likeMaharashtra, Jharkhand and

Haryana are due in a few months andthe party is still ridden with faction-alism, groupism and indiscipline.There are too many issues to beresolved. Moreover, though she is acrowd puller and charismatic, whatexperience does she have to steer theparty during difficult times likethese? She has not been tested on herorganisational skills nor has sheworked at the grassroot level. Shebecame a full-time politician only inthe last six months. So she will onlybe wearing a crown of thorns.

Clamour for Priyanka has gatheredsteam in recent days after Jaiswal andDas had started it. She may well go onto prove herself at some point in thefuture, but so far, she has shown noneof Indira Gandhi’s political skills. TheUttar Pradesh results have proved thatthere is no Priyanka magic but her sup-porters dismiss this by pointing out thatshe came into the scene too late.Ultimately the party cannot live with-out the family and the family cannotgive up its hold over the party. So theyare stuck with each other.

(The writer is a senior political com-mentator and syndicated columnist)

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The arts, a subject-group that isoften side-lined in favour of themore serious Sciences, followed

by Commerce. Perhaps we as a soci-ety have not fully appreciated thevalue and role the arts can play, evenwhen it comes to the learning andunderstanding of traditional subjects.Especially in our schooling system, ifonly we integrate the arts into the aca-demic curriculum in a manner wherethey become a regular teachingmethod, we will see immense benefitsin the degree of receptiveness in learn-ers.

�Making learning funMost students love to partake of

some form of the arts. It may be paint-ing, singing, drama, a performing art- there will rarely be a student who isnegatively predisposed to every kind ofart form. We humans have a naturalaffinity and lure for the arts. The artspresent an immersive experience to theviewer/listener, and a wonderfully cre-ative expression to the performer. If wetake what is typically perceived as amundane subject, something theoret-ical such as History or Geography, andcommunicate it through the mediumof art, learners will automaticallyimbibe lessons more willingly, andrather than mugging-up entire texts,will remember the lessons much morevividly, because their very dispensationwould have been in a fun, entertain-ing manner. A classic case in point isto dramatise a History lesson, say thatof the British Rule in India. If we makea pay out of that lesson, involve the stu-dents by assigning roles and havingthem enact scenes (chapters), not onlywill the participants enjoy performingit, even the other students who areviewing it will become positively pre-disposed to the lesson. It will simply notfeel like studying any more. And isn’tthe point of education to be fun?

�Critical and analytical thinkingskills

By employing the arts in main-stream education, through classessuch as art appreciation, film appre-ciation, we will develop the vital skillsof critical and analytical thinking inour learners. Today, ask any student toshare his or her opinion on a currentissue, what you are likely to get inreturn is a factual report, not a well-thought out unique opinion. It can beargued that this is due to our learnersnot being exposed to opportunities ofdeveloping their opinion-formation in

the first place. By integrating lessonssuch as art appreciation, learners willget a chance to acquaint themselveswith interpretive thinking, which willform the foundation of them honingtheir critical and analytical thinking,which, eventually, is an ethos that willpermeate their general way of being,and will get applied to subjects acrossthe board. The arts, can do this veryeffectively.

�Lateral thinkingAnother facet of a young learner

that the arts can springboard is later-al thinking. With international boardsslowly coming into Indian schools, thefocus is shifting from rote-learning toa more exploratory, free-thinkingbased education philosophy. However,the vast majority of our schools stilldo not espouse this learning method.Integrating the arts into a school's cur-

riculum can prove to be that criticalstep towards developing a student’s lat-eral thinking abilities. The arts tendto be abstract. They have room formultiple points of view. There is noone right or wrong answer. If a studentwatches a film he or she might feelcompletely differently about it than hispeer; and neither would be wrong.Further, a painting, a sculpture, insti-gates interpretation on the part of thelearner, and compels the onlooker toview the creation from several stand-points, which directly influences theability to think laterally, a skill sorelylacking, and desperately needed in theme-too world that we currently exist.

�Communication SkillsInculcating a robust arts-based

curriculum will also aid in learnersdeveloping strong communicationskills. A good piece of art always tellsthe artist’s story. This may be politi-cal, societal, personal; that is besidesthe point. But rather than trying to getour learners to only write and deliv-er speeches and debates; if we can getkids to express themselves through artfrom an early age, they will likelydevelop an entirely new and creativeway of expressing themselves, one thatis fun, personal, imaginative.

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fast-diminishing patience, practicingsome form of art as part of a school'sregular, ongoing curriculum canimbue students with a lifelong ethosof patience and hard-work. Any cre-ation of art calls on the creator to workarduously on it. If this kind of dedi-cation and discipline can be inculcatedin learners from formative stages, wewould have permanently resolvedthe attention-deficit problem of mod-ern generations!

The positive in today’s situation isthat if not schools, many externalorganisations are working hard to con-duct programmes at schools, using thearts as a means of propagating acad-emic curriculum, bundled thereforewith all the fringe benefits that theaforementioned points outline.However, a lot more can be done, andought to be done. If together, parents,educators, schools, make a concertedeffort in this direction, it will be plainto see just how dramatic an effect anarts-integrated pedagogy can have onacademic learning.

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The IIGP 2.0 OpenInnovation Challenge 2019received more than 1,600 appli-cations from across India. BeAbleHealth was selected as one of thewinners and awarded seed grantof �25 lakh to support its mar-ket penetration and scale-upoperations.

The IIGP 2.0 is a tripartiteinitiative of Department ofScience and Technology (DST),Government of India, Americanglobal defense manufacturerLockheed Martin and TataTrusts. Supporting theGovernment’s missions of Start-

up India and Make in India, IIGP2.0 works to enhance innovationecosystem by enabling innova-tors and entrepreneurs throughthe stages of ideation, innovationand acceleration to develop tech-nology-based solutions for thefuture.

ArmAble is BeAble Health’sfirst product and is aimed at solv-ing the pressing need for anintensive, engaging and regularrehabilitation therapy for UpperLimb. It is aimed at conditionssuch as cerebral palsy, multiplesclerosis, traumatic brain injury,fracture and frozen shoulder.

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A unique academic estab-lishment, Sunstone

Eduversity, continues to makeheadlines for offering India’sonly Pay after Placement man-agement programme, which isin great demand among themanagement aspirants. Theprogramme focuses on devel-oping skilled yet job-readymanagerial professionals whocan bridge the skill set gap exist-ing between the academia andindustry. To meet the growingdemand of the programme,Sunstone recently partnered

with Harlal Institute ofManagement and Technology(HIMT), approved by the AllIndia Council for TechnicalEducation, Ministry of HRD,Bar Council of India and affil-iated to Dr APJ Abdul KalamTechnical University, Lucknowand Chaudhary Charan SinghUniversity, Meerut.

Piyush Nangru, COO &Co-Founder, SunstoneEduversity said: “Operating onthe tech-led asset-light model,we partner with the top collegesto utilise their infrastructure forour management programmeswith a focus on employability.”

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Institute invites applicationsfor admissions to its diplomaprogramme in OperationTheater Technician.

The programme aims toprovide efficient and balancedtraining in OTT. This courseoffers core clinical skills anda sound knowledge of spe-cialist equipment and drugsprovides the students withthe ability to reassure and sup-port patients emotionallythrough the stressful experi-ence of surgery.

Duration: One yearEligibility : Minimum

qualification for securingadmission to diploma pro-gramme is Class XII passfrom any recognised board.

How to apply: Log on towww.cmi-hm.com.

Last date to apply: July24, 2019.

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Banking & Finance invitesapplications for admissionsto its advanced diploma pro-gramme in Banking &Finance.

This programme aims atproviding students, a strongacademic foundation inaccounting together withadvanced qualifications andindustry relevant skills to kickstart their career in bankingand finance industry. Aftercompleting AdvancedDiploma in Banking andFinance a student can findemployment in Banks, finan-cial companies or in corporatefinance across the industry.

Duration: Three yearsEligibility : Minimum

qualification for securingadmission to degree pro-gramme is Class XII pass incommerce stream with mini-mum 55 per cent marks froma recognised board.

How to apply: Log on towww.tkwsibf.edu.in

Last date to apply: July29, 2019.

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Design invites application for

admissions to its bachelors,masters & diploma pro-grammes in Fashion Design.

Eligibility: Class X passfor diploma, Class XII forbachelors & diploma andgraduates for masters degreeor diploma (any stream).

How to apply:

Log on tohttp://www.insd.edu.in/apply-online.html.

Last date to apply: July31, 2019.

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School, Gurgaon invites appli-cations for admissions to itsmasters programmes.

The courses include postgraduate diploma in LuxuryManagement, executive mas-ters: executive diploma inLuxury Management, LuxuryBrand Management (Online),Luxury Retail Services Skills(Online).

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International Institute ofResearch and Studiesinvitesapplications for admission toits BA/BSc (Hons) — AppliedPsychology programme.

Duration: Three yearsEligibility: Pass in Class

XII examination/equivalentexamination with at least 50per cent marks in aggregate infive subjects including Englishas compulsory subject alongwith four subjects with thehighest score out of theremaining subjects.

How to apply: Log on toapply.manavrachna.edu.in.

Last date to apply: April17, 2019.

With the advent ofemerging technologies

such as artificial intelligence(AI), machine learning (ML),natural language processing(NLP) and big data, the jobsof today are going throughmajor transformations, wheremachines are gaining greaterprominence in daily businessfunctions. This has also givenrise to a large number of newcareer opportunities, both interms of product innovationand optimising operationsfor a more effective output. Asa result, the skills required byemployees are changing, too,giving rise to the need forreskilling and up skilling theworkforce in order to meetthe new demands.

Given that emergingtechnologies are bringingabout widespread changeswithin the job landscape,there has been some specu-lation about the extent towhich automated tools willeliminate human jobs. Thefact remains that the growingnumber of careers in AI andrelated fields will actually bea boon in terms of catering tothe needs of an increasingly

digitised business ecosphere. The new roles are also

bringing about the demandfor new or realigned skill setsamongst the workforce, andthere is a considerable short-age of talent in the techindustry with the necessaryskills. However, due to thegrowing demand, severalamongst the IT industry tal-ent pool have begun consid-ering it as a lucrative careerchoice. There are severalexisting options, and others tobe created in the near future,for those looking to join theindustry in an AI or ML role.

Before considering a jobin AI, it is a good idea foraspirants to build a strongfoundation in skills such ascoding in various common-ly-used languages, statistics,cognitive science theory, engi-neering, robotics andBayesian networking. Here’sa list of some of the most in-demand jobs in the industryat present:�Machine Learning Eng

In order to effectivelycarry out the role of amachine learning engineer, itis important to be well-versed

with AI programming andhave a deep understanding ofmultiple coding languages.ML professionals should alsobe privy to the practical appli-cation of predictive modelsand natural language pro-cessing. �Data Scientists

In a world that is fuelledby all-things-data, these pro-fessionals are the ones whomake sense of it all to putforth useful insights andinformation for a business.For this, data scientists musthave a thorough under-standing of statistical com-puting and programming

languages, as well as goodcommunication skills inorder to effectively presentinsights to various stake-holders. Using tools such asmachine learning and pre-dictive analysis, the role of adata scientist is to collect,analyse, and interpret com-plex and large pools of data.�Research Scientists

The role of research sci-entists are vital to gatheringand interpreting data that isrelevant to a particular busi-ness. They must also be high-ly experienced in AI disci-plines across the board suchas ML, applied mathematics

and computational statistics.Their expertise should lie inthe key areas of graphicalmodels, reinforcement learn-ing, NLP and computer per-ception.�Robotic Scientist

Building a robot requiresa professional with specificknowledge and skillsets. Inorder to become a robotic sci-entist, one will need a bach-elor’s degree in computer sci-ence, engineering or similarfields. A robotic scientist cre-ates mechanical devices thatcan carry out a number ofprocesses and functions asper the requirement.

AI is optimising opera-tions, thus helping business-es do better while cuttingcosts, and helping employeesfocus on tasks that createmore value and aid to theirgrowth. By focusing onrevamping their skillsets forthe future of jobs, aspirantscan secure their dream jobswhile effectively contributingto their personal growth andthat of their organisation aswell.

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agement remains one of the mostpreferred options for Indian students.Generally graduates from engineer-ing, commerce & arts and econom-ics stream aspire to pursue their post-graduation in the management dis-cipline.

This is evident by the number ofapplications that the competitiveexams like CAT (Common AptitudeTest), SNAP (Symbiosis NationalAptitude Test) and XAT (XavierAptitude Test) receive year afteryear. Students often face dilemma tochoose amongst the two most pop-ular options, namely MBA (Masterin Business Administration) andPGDM (Post Graduate Diploma inManagement). Some aspirants are notsure about the difference betweenthese programmes. In order to makethe right decision, it is important toknow how MBA and PGDM are dif-ferent. According to the presentIndian legal framework and rules,only a University can offer an MBAdegree. Also, educational institu-tions which is affiliated to a univer-sity can also offer an MBA pro-gramme of the university. The legalframework allows a Post GraduateDiploma in Management (PGDM),which is a diploma course to beoffered by the institutes that arerecognised by the All India Councilfor Technical Education (AICTE).

These autonomous institutions arenot affiliated to any university.However, accreditation by theAssociation of Indian Universities(AIU) makes an institute’s PGDMcourse equivalent to an MBA.

This is the reason for institutionslike SIBM Pune, FMS Delhi andNMIMS Mumbai to offer an MBAdegree whereas institutes like XLRI,NITIE and MDI among many oth-ers offer the PGDM program. In2017, Lok Sabha approved the IIMBill 2017 that promises to grantautonomy to the elite B-schools andallow them to award full-fledgeddegrees to their graduates instead ofpost-graduate diplomas in manage-ment. IIMs will be able to grant MBAand doctoral degrees once the law isenacted. As on date, even the IIMs(Indian Institutes of Management)

offer only PGDM and not an MBAprogram.

While both MBA and PGDMprogrammes essentially train you formanagerial and leadership positions,the corporates largely give impor-tance to the institution from whichyou graduate.

Autonomous institutes whichoffer PGDM programme and privateand deemed universities which offerMBA programme design the cur-riculum by taking the requirementsfrom the corporate. The curriculumis also revamped very frequently.Hence from a corporate perspectiveand from the perspective of startingpackage that is offered to students, theinstitution’s brand is what that mat-ters .(�������������%���"���1����������)�����������

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Equity benchmarks Sensex and Niftyclocked losses for a fourth straight ses-sion on Tuesday due to intense last-hour

selling mainly in financial and auto stocks.After swinging 319 points, the 30-share

index ended 48.39 points or 0.13 per centlower at 37,982.74. It hit an intra-day low of37,898.90 and a high of 38,217.81.

The broader NSE Nifty slipped 15.15points or 0.13 per cent to close at 11,331.05.During the day, the index hit a low of11,302.80 and a high of 11,398.15.

Top losers in the Sensex pack includedSBI, HDFC twins, Bajaj Auto, ONGC andTata Steel, falling up to 2.49 per cent.

On the other hand, PowerGrid, KotakBank, Hero MotoCorp, ITC and Asian Paintsrose up to 2.94 per cent.

Market has been witnessing a sell-offbroadly brought about by foreign investoroutflow, disappointing budget and a gener-ally dismal earnings season, Sanctum WealthManagement Chief Investment Officer SunilSharma.

“Markets could likely continue to beunder pressure in the near term as we movethrough a challenging earnings season,” hesaid.

Elsewhere in Asia, Shanghai CompositeIndex, Hang Seng, Kospi and Nikkei endedhigher. Similarly, bourses in Europe were alsotrading in the green in their respective earlysessions.

On the currency front, the Indian rupeedepreciated marginally to to 68.94 against theUS dollar (intra-day).

Meanwhile, the global oil benchmarkBrent crude futures were trading 0.16 per centlower at USD 63.16 per barrel.

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Silver declined marginally by Rs 10 to Rs41,950 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial unitsand coin makers.

Trading sentiment turned bearish after golddeclined in overseas markets as a strengthening USdollar reduced the demand for the precious metalas an alternative investment, traders said.

Besides, lacklustre demand from jewellers alsoweighed on gold prices, they added.

Globally, spot gold was trading lower at USD1,418.20 an ounce in New York, while silver wasup at USD 16.47 an ounce.

“Gold prices witnessed decline after dollarindex gained strength ahead of ECB meeting andUS Debt ceiling deal,” HDFC Securities SeniorAnalyst (Commodities) Tapan Patel said.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per centand 99.5 per cent purity fell by Rs 250 each to Rs35,720 and Rs 35,550 per 10 gram, respectively.

Sovereign gold also declined by Rs 100 to Rs27,400 per eight gram.

On Monday, gold prices touched an all-timehigh of Rs 35,970 per 10 gram.

Silver ready dropped Rs 10 to Rs 41,950 perkg, while weekly-based delivery fell Rs 38 to Rs41,035 per kg.

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The funds parked in KVPwith effect from July 1, 2019, willdouble in “9 years and 5months” or 113 months asagainst “9 years and 4 months”or 112 months earlier, thefinance ministry said whileamending the Kisan Vikas PatraRules, 2014.

The interest rate on KVPhas been lowered to 7.6 per centfor the September quarter, com-pared with 7.7 per cent in theApril-June period. The interestrates on the government’s smallsaving instruments are revisedevery quarter. Individuals caninvest their money in savinginstrument KVP in multiples ofRs 1,000 and there is no upperceiling for investments. KVPs areissued in denominations of Rs1,000, Rs 5,000, Rs 10,000 andRs 50,000. KVPs are sold at postoffices and the certificate can beencashed after two-and-a-halfyears from the date of issue.

In case of premature with-drawal after two-and-a-halfyears, a person will get Rs 1,173for every Rs 1,000 invested.After 3 years, the amount will goup to Rs 1,211 and after three-and-a-half years, the amountwould be Rs 1,251.

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The IT Ministry is likely topropose that personal

information which neitherqualifies as ‘critical’ nor ‘sensi-tive’ should be allowed to bestored and processed anywhere,while data classified as ‘critical’should be kept only in Indiaunder the draft Personal DataProtection Bill.

The proposal is significantas it marks a departure fromthe original draft of thePersonal Data Protection Bill,which had recommended thatcopy of all personal data shouldbe stored in the country. The

tweaking of this provision, ifaccepted, will spell a relief forcompanies.

The draft Data ProtectionBill submitted by Justice BNSrikrishna committee last yearhad also suggested that per-sonal data that is of ‘critical’nature should mandatorily bestored only in India, a stancethat will be backed by the ITMinistry. According to a gov-ernment official, the ITMinistry is, however, of theview that not all personal dataneeds to be stored in India, andonly critical and sensitive datashould be kept here.

While ‘critical’ personal

data should be mandatorilystored only in India, ‘sensitive’personal information should bestored and processed in Indiabut permitted to be transferredoutside the country, the officialpointed out.

The IT ministry feels thatthere are adequate safeguardsin the proposed Bill and evenif a copy of all personal data isnot stored in India, such infor-mation will anyway be gov-erned by the stringent provi-sions of the data protection law,including penalty in event of abreach.

After the Justice Srikrishnapanel submitted its draft ver-

sion of the Bill, the IT Ministryhad sought public feedbackon the provisions, and fine-tune the proposed document.The draft legislation will nowbe placed before the Cabinet,after which it will be intro-duced in Parliament.

The official said the changein the clause pertaining to allkinds of personal data wasprimarily driven by industryfeedback — both Indian andglobal companies whichargued that maintaining onecopy of all information maybecome cumbersome, expen-sive and increase complianceburden on firms.

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The West Bengal govern-ment has stopped imple-

menting the central scheme oncrop insurance PMFBY fromKharif 2019 and instead rolledout its own scheme, Parliamentwas informed on Tuesday.

From Kharif 2016, the cen-tre had introduced yield-basedPradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY) and weather-index based RestructuredWeather Based Crop InsuranceScheme (RWBCIS) to providefinancial support to farmers

suffering crop loss/damagearising out of natural calami-ties, adverse weather incidence,to stabilise the income of farm-ers.

PMFBY is voluntary forstates. West Bengal govern-ment had implemented boththe schemes during 2016-17,2017-18 and 2018-19. “Butstate government has with-drawn from the scheme fromKharif 2019 and is imple-menting its own scheme‘Bangla Fasal Bima Yojana,”Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar said

in Lok Sabha in a writtenreply.

Under the PMFBY, allfood and oilseed crops andcommercial/horticulturalcrops can be notified subjectto availability of past yielddata based on requisite num-ber of crop cutting experi-ments (CCEs) and capacity ofthe states to conduct the req-uisite CCEs for each crop andinsurance unit area.

However, for coverage ofcrops under RWB CISrequired weather data is theprerequisite. As per the pro-

visions of the scheme, specificcrops and areas under theschemes are notified by theconcerned state government.

Actuarial/bidded premi-um rate is charged by theinsurance companies. Butfarmers have to pay maxi-mum of 2 per cent of suminsured for Kharif and 1.5 percent for Rabi food and oilseedcrops and 5 per cent for com-mercial/horticultural crops.Remaining part of actuarialpremium is shared equallythe central and state govern-ment.

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Script Open High Low LTPYESBANK 89.40 93.85 87.15 90.70SPICEJET 143.00 147.90 141.60 145.05DHFL 52.10 61.80 50.55 60.05HDFCLIFE 491.90 511.50 482.30 508.60RELIANCE 1285.70 1294.00 1261.30 1272.85KOTAKBANK 1459.90 1511.75 1455.75 1493.70SBIN 352.80 353.10 341.05 342.05INFY* 785.45 804.25 785.45 789.90RELCAPITAL 51.10 56.65 51.10 52.95RELINFRA 43.40 46.80 43.40 44.40BAJFINANCE 3251.40 3297.85 3209.20 3275.45HDFCBANK 2297.05 2297.10 2242.05 2263.95IDEA 10.94 10.95 10.45 10.48

LT 1411.20 1414.70 1386.50 1410.00IBULHSGFIN 652.50 658.80 634.80 640.45RBLBANK 480.00 485.85 461.40 467.05PCJEWELLER 33.60 38.50 33.55 37.90MARUTI 5918.00 5969.15 5823.60 5875.35ASIANPAINT 1410.00 1443.75 1402.00 1428.35JUSTDIAL 750.00 750.00 720.30 727.85INDIGO 1517.90 1536.45 1502.05 1523.05TVSMOTOR 380.15 387.70 361.25 370.10HEG 950.00 978.80 915.10 926.15ASHOKLEY 78.00 78.00 74.70 75.00BANKBARODA 119.55 119.55 112.10 112.60ICICIBANK 413.45 416.00 409.80 412.25PNB 72.60 72.80 68.00 68.40HDFC 2184.00 2185.00 2126.00 2137.65ITC 266.00 271.80 264.90 270.70SRTRANSFIN 1040.05 1045.00 976.00 980.20AXISBANK 734.90 739.30 715.85 726.40SUNPHARMA 431.50 435.20 427.30 430.15RPOWER 3.70 3.79 3.64 3.69HDFCAMC 2203.00 2203.00 2131.05 2145.30FEDERALBNK 96.00 96.20 93.65 94.20TATASTEEL 466.75 467.80 457.00 460.15GRAPHITE 263.25 273.50 263.25 270.70TATAMOTORS 157.05 159.00 154.80 156.20ZEEL 363.50 367.15 354.75 360.95INDUSINDBK 1427.65 1432.55 1405.00 1416.20ADANIPOWER 63.60 64.35 62.15 63.10TCS 2127.80 2128.95 2102.95 2111.80JUBLFOOD 1213.00 1232.35 1196.55 1228.70HEROMOTOCO 2430.00 2480.00 2403.95 2469.30TITAN 1087.50 1109.70 1087.30 1099.05BANDHANBNK 501.15 507.95 465.25 469.90HINDUNILVR 1680.00 1701.70 1667.95 1693.20JINDALSTEL 145.70 148.55 142.30 146.75CHOLAFIN 255.00 255.50 244.45 249.00SPARC 159.95 164.40 158.00 159.70M&MFIN 359.80 360.15 335.25 340.15CANBK 264.75 266.45 255.20 256.25BANKINDIA 80.20 81.40 78.10 78.65L&TFH 108.50 109.05 106.75 107.50TATAELXSI 682.00 687.00 669.50 672.30M&M 566.00 568.25 556.00 561.45GRUH 274.00 277.40 255.15 259.45SBILIFE 762.00 780.20 762.00 776.10SUZLON 4.20 4.24 4.10 4.14MINDTREE 680.50 706.25 680.50 692.60EDELWEISS 143.10 152.50 141.20 150.35NBCC 51.35 52.40 50.20 50.45BAJAJFINSV 7150.00 7255.05 7115.85 7167.30IBREALEST 104.00 104.00 99.10 100.85VEDL 167.20 168.45 164.90 168.05PARAGMILK 255.00 261.10 255.00 260.45CANFINHOME 388.00 420.00 380.75 406.80APOLLOTYRE 174.65 174.65 166.00 167.55ADANIENT 132.00 135.90 130.75 133.95KAJARIACER 516.95 522.05 500.00 510.95UPL 636.20 654.65 636.20 645.50MCX 878.00 895.40 845.65 854.65BEL 101.00 102.35 98.35 98.85ONGC 146.55 147.80 144.20 144.55BAJAJ-AUTO 2572.90 2572.90 2517.35 2524.95DLF 181.00 182.90 179.40 180.25WABAG 292.00 317.00 292.00 310.25ACC 1580.15 1598.65 1568.45 1584.45ICICIGI 1057.55 1080.05 1042.80 1075.85MUTHOOTFIN 615.80 620.05 607.75 609.80RCOM 1.79 1.80 1.72 1.73ULTRACEMCO 4582.00 4621.70 4523.00 4540.80DISHTV 33.50 33.85 32.50 32.80IDFCFIRSTB 40.25 40.50 38.95 39.05WIPRO 264.80 270.10 264.00 264.60BIOCON 247.00 247.00 238.15 241.60ESCORTS 494.00 505.30 491.55 501.70IOC 148.00 148.55 145.20 147.25VENKYS 1345.00 1433.50 1339.05 1398.15

STRTECH 163.65 164.00 157.00 158.35BHARTIARTL 345.20 348.25 337.25 343.70DCBBANK 194.20 196.50 192.20 195.25JSWSTEEL 266.75 266.75 259.85 263.30ABB 1429.70 1444.00 1362.00 1374.45GODREJPROP 946.70 977.05 940.15 957.45BATAINDIA 1280.00 1289.80 1251.60 1283.75IBVENTURES 279.80 282.00 271.00 273.35LTTS 1480.70 1492.35 1435.90 1454.30ICICIPRULI 377.00 386.00 375.00 383.55DABUR 422.65 427.50 418.25 424.20KEI 469.00 472.95 458.00 466.95DMART 1414.00 1418.50 1394.20 1402.60VIPIND 390.00 393.00 377.85 383.25COROMANDEL 361.00 395.90 361.00 382.05AVANTI 337.00 345.00 326.00 328.40POWERGRID 204.20 211.00 204.15 210.40NTPC 131.00 133.50 130.60 133.10PEL 1915.00 1915.60 1854.05 1870.05BOMDYEING 91.60 92.80 87.60 88.10NIITTECH 1340.00 1358.10 1338.90 1353.65AUROPHARMA 571.00 574.85 558.45 561.75TECHM 672.00 675.80 666.30 671.15HAVELLS 722.70 724.55 708.60 714.20GAIL 138.00 140.95 137.30 138.65BPCL 353.95 360.00 352.00 359.15RAIN 88.20 92.40 88.15 90.20JPASSOCIAT 2.54 2.66 2.50 2.60CYIENT 462.85 493.40 460.00 476.55IGL 316.35 325.35 316.35 324.65RECLTD 149.50 151.30 146.05 147.45QUESS 450.30 467.00 447.50 455.70LICHSGFIN 515.00 523.40 508.65 520.45VOLTAS 587.40 592.35 581.25 589.20CIPLA 534.95 534.95 521.20 528.80RADICO 298.25 306.40 297.00 304.00NCC 80.60 80.70 78.45 78.90CASTROLIND 129.80 129.80 125.75 127.00UNIONBANK 76.00 76.00 71.80 72.45NMDC 113.90 114.95 111.80 114.10WELSPUNIND 54.30 54.85 53.35 53.90HINDPETRO 293.45 293.50 289.30 290.40MOTHERSUMI 112.65 113.75 110.45 112.95COALINDIA 220.05 222.85 217.20 218.00ADANIPORTS 407.30 408.75 398.15 399.60STAR 352.70 353.75 339.80 342.10BEML 892.00 909.60 874.00 889.55BHEL 64.50 64.50 63.55 63.90EICHERMOT 17200.00 17380.00 17055.00 17097.50GNFC 206.05 209.35 205.00 206.40BHARATFORG 439.30 439.75 430.10 433.25FRETAIL 434.50 434.75 405.00 412.10WOCKPHARMA 337.15 339.90 330.50 332.55OBEROIRLTY 554.90 573.90 552.05 566.45DRREDDY 2632.00 2640.55 2581.30 2597.70SUNTECK 432.00 432.00 418.55 425.50SAIL 46.30 46.40 45.50 46.00TORNTPHARM 1495.10 1498.05 1453.00 1468.60PFC 121.40 121.80 116.40 116.90JYOTHYLAB 158.00 164.80 154.00 161.35RAYMOND 668.00 681.75 661.30 669.55ORIENTBANK 81.10 81.45 77.95 78.40FSL 51.00 51.75 50.40 50.55AMBUJACEM 215.65 219.05 215.40 217.25ADANITRANS 214.25 215.20 207.50 213.70SHANKARA 320.00 346.75 315.00 320.85GRASIM 891.95 898.00 878.00 883.50GSPL 206.10 211.00 203.00 209.05INDIACEM 94.80 96.00 94.00 95.20TRIDENT 53.15 57.45 52.80 55.90PVR 1763.00 1803.85 1754.15 1782.40HINDALCO 202.00 204.00 200.50 203.00UJJIVAN 276.05 282.00 274.50 279.15KTKBANK 96.40 97.25 95.95 96.45INDIANB 219.85 225.00 218.05 223.10GLENMARK 427.00 431.75 418.60 421.00SUNTV 473.00 473.00 456.00 471.10ABCAPITAL 88.20 88.20 86.20 86.45HCLTECH 1023.05 1026.10 1008.00 1011.65INTELLECT 257.70 261.90 254.35 255.30DCMSHRIRAM 495.30 504.00 473.25 482.20LUPIN 762.15 765.60 751.60 756.50BRITANNIA 2735.25 2748.35 2703.95 2730.60PIDILITIND 1195.10 1211.95 1188.30 1205.30DBL 420.00 429.05 417.90 422.55EXIDEIND 193.00 193.50 187.90 189.25MEGH 54.85 56.70 54.65 55.35JUBILANT 441.55 448.00 439.80 441.60ITI 82.00 83.55 80.55 81.20ADANIGREEN 46.80 49.30 46.80 48.75ADANIGAS 165.85 167.00 162.20 163.35TATAPOWER 67.25 67.95 66.05 66.25GODREJCP 635.00 635.00 615.00 618.70NOCIL 92.75 93.75 91.40 92.70CGPOWER 21.80 22.00 20.90 21.15HEXAWARE 356.00 362.80 351.15 353.20TATAMTRDVR 75.50 75.95 74.00 75.10SOUTHBANK 12.78 12.78 12.45 12.53RAJESHEXPO 689.90 696.45 685.50 690.30ALBK 41.05 41.40 40.20 40.65SRF 2696.15 2726.00 2673.05 2687.05ENGINERSIN 107.50 107.70 105.45 106.25PHILIPCARB 109.00 112.45 108.00 110.65FORCEMOT 1209.80 1225.00 1199.95 1206.25MFSL 414.00 415.70 402.75 407.85WELCORP 124.95 130.95 122.00 127.85MANAPPURAM 122.60 122.65 120.15 121.55JAICORPLTD 90.00 91.40 88.80 90.00SIEMENS 1188.00 1218.80 1179.15 1203.90

LTI 1510.00 1510.00 1464.60 1470.15DELTACORP 155.65 156.20 151.30 152.70MINDAIND 273.40 297.50 270.30 292.30OMAXE 200.40 200.50 199.25 199.40INDHOTEL 145.50 146.00 140.00 143.55IDBI 33.35 33.55 32.40 32.75MGL 760.00 779.40 760.00 773.75DIVISLAB 1633.75 1644.00 1610.00 1620.70NATIONALUM 46.35 46.50 45.75 46.05JSLHISAR 69.60 72.35 69.10 70.65CENTURYTEX 922.95 925.65 910.10 913.95WHIRLPOOL 1539.95 1558.70 1476.00 1503.30NESTLEIND 11317.00 11680.00 11317.00 11467.55CEATLTD 859.10 875.00 844.60 869.25VINATIORGA 2020.00 2029.55 1911.95 1938.35EQUITAS 116.30 117.20 114.80 116.35JETAIRWAYS 47.60 47.60 43.15 44.55PETRONET 240.95 242.70 238.20 240.60COLPAL 1168.05 1175.00 1158.00 1164.45SOBHA 550.05 577.75 549.80 573.10IPCALAB 910.00 941.15 908.10 933.60ISEC 221.00 227.40 217.00 226.35PIIND 1081.05 1120.00 1065.85 1110.00CROMPTON 226.50 231.30 226.00 228.50UBL 1395.00 1410.00 1366.75 1385.45TORNTPOWER 308.70 311.30 306.45 308.40UFLEX 213.85 219.45 213.85 216.70SUVEN 239.80 243.45 237.15 238.95ABFRL 207.00 207.00 201.40 201.70GREAVESCOT 144.45 144.45 137.30 139.05BALKRISIND 736.30 740.00 722.85 735.85SUNDRMFAST 456.50 468.00 440.00 457.90CENTRUM 25.95 26.00 24.10 25.25OIL 160.35 160.55 157.10 157.50HSCL 83.65 86.05 82.35 83.25BAJAJELEC 449.45 451.15 416.70 425.35KRBL 208.85 219.00 207.15 215.45JISLJALEQS 23.05 23.75 22.65 23.15SYNGENE 326.50 327.85 317.00 321.80PGHL 4435.00 4680.00 4435.00 4619.45TV18BRDCST 21.95 23.10 21.85 22.05ENDURANCE 922.25 969.70 905.80 958.05GODREJIND 476.60 482.20 472.00 480.55TATAGLOBAL 253.20 253.20 249.15 250.40BERGEPAINT 308.00 316.50 306.50 314.55KEC 316.00 317.70 310.25 316.30ORIENTCEM 102.25 103.65 101.25 101.55THOMASCOOK 188.20 196.50 183.10 190.30PNBHOUSING 722.70 728.95 700.00 707.80REPCOHOME 339.85 341.25 321.25 327.40PAGEIND 19410.00 19821.30 19310.00 19387.95CADILAHC 236.00 237.60 233.35 235.70APLLTD 517.95 536.15 515.00 529.85BIRLACORPN 581.95 613.10 581.95 608.60PRESTIGE 266.60 270.50 260.40 263.65NHPC 23.05 23.30 23.05 23.10DEEPAKFERT 86.80 89.80 86.80 89.30LAKSHVILAS 63.00 63.75 60.80 61.15GICRE 222.85 222.85 218.35 219.40

IDFC 34.70 35.10 34.20 34.35APOLLOHOSP 1366.75 1378.40 1356.00 1365.95RAMCOCEM 761.70 766.00 753.50 761.55RALLIS 156.95 159.45 154.70 156.50MOTILALOFS 584.10 586.55 541.15 548.95MAHINDCIE 194.55 196.70 189.25 195.05TRENT 425.40 425.40 415.00 416.50GODREJAGRO 483.00 484.15 470.00 473.70INFRATEL 261.00 263.25 258.15 261.80SADBHAV 174.90 174.90 167.00 168.15IRB 91.85 93.35 90.95 91.95AEGISLOG 202.00 202.95 197.85 201.65AUBANK 664.60 666.75 654.05 657.40PHOENIXLTD 645.00 671.65 644.60 670.00HFCL 20.20 20.25 19.45 19.55DEEPAKNI 294.00 294.00 282.00 285.75GICHSGFIN 242.50 246.70 242.05 244.65GRANULES 86.00 87.95 84.25 86.05MHRIL 225.00 235.00 217.00 225.65JAMNAAUTO 43.80 46.00 43.45 45.15NAVINFLUOR 597.80 600.00 583.55 585.30JSWENERGY 70.50 71.50 69.80 70.60NAUKRI 2194.85 2200.35 2156.10 2163.65EIDPARRY 160.00 165.65 158.80 162.80HINDZINC 225.00 225.65 222.10 222.85

MARICO 361.95 363.40 358.50 361.55IOB 11.68 12.30 11.48 11.80CHAMBLFERT 152.50 158.65 152.50 156.70RCF 53.70 54.15 53.05 53.70JKTYRE 75.00 75.00 73.25 73.55AAVAS 1438.50 1498.70 1417.00 1491.00CREDITACC 501.65 520.50 501.65 514.50SCI 28.85 29.45 28.50 28.55MRPL 56.90 57.25 56.15 56.50MPHASIS 917.00 929.00 912.45 916.85GSFC 85.95 85.95 84.65 85.00NIACL 127.75 129.80 126.00 128.55IBULISL 133.60 140.00 133.15 134.90LAXMIMACH 4515.00 4560.00 4380.70 4527.35TEJASNET 131.00 131.10 128.50 129.35SUPREMEIND 1067.95 1087.95 1053.75 1077.25CONCOR 539.75 541.20 533.05 538.45FLFL 465.00 499.00 453.00 459.00BBTC 880.00 895.00 870.45 886.85SCHNEIDER 86.25 86.95 82.65 83.90JSL 29.35 30.50 29.25 30.00HUDCO 35.30 36.00 35.00 35.40GLAXO 1200.00 1210.00 1189.55 1205.45PERSISTENT 589.00 589.00 573.00 577.15VBL 908.55 958.55 902.35 938.30HEIDELBERG 193.20 203.70 192.95 202.05FDC 155.00 162.70 155.00 160.25FORTIS 129.15 129.70 127.80 128.05AMARAJABAT 628.00 632.00 616.05 627.85FCONSUMER 34.75 35.45 34.00 34.45SWANENERGY 104.50 104.70 103.30 103.70CHENNPETRO 192.45 195.50 184.00 194.25HIMATSEIDE 144.55 149.30 144.00 145.40WESTLIFE 311.95 311.95 301.50 302.20GRINDWELL 560.95 562.95 545.05 554.45GMRINFRA 14.60 14.96 14.60 14.79HATHWAY 21.25 23.60 21.05 22.30CENTURYPLY 135.00 140.70 135.00 137.10LINDEINDIA 492.55 510.00 487.00 499.30JMFINANCIL 70.00 71.85 69.80 71.15GALAXYSURF 1188.00 1235.00 1181.25 1220.40EMAMILTD 319.95 321.30 316.25 319.90JINDALSAW 74.25 75.75 74.00 75.05TATACOFFEE 75.00 75.40 74.20 74.40JKLAKSHMI 335.30 350.90 330.00 346.15TATACOMM 478.30 488.00 473.00 480.15BLUESTARCO 745.00 751.50 726.70 748.20TAKE 110.50 110.90 107.55 109.75INOXLEISUR 311.00 319.90 308.50 317.35BAJAJCON 292.85 305.05 285.00 303.30EIHOTEL 163.00 166.15 162.00 164.50THERMAX 1124.60 1131.00 1093.15 1101.15ASTERDM 122.30 126.30 121.25 124.95OFSS 3338.30 3376.90 3337.10 3351.00KPRMILL 591.00 591.00 566.00 572.50INFIBEAM 41.25 41.35 40.65 41.00NBVENTURES* 92.90 98.05 92.90 97.00ASHOKA 120.45 122.30 117.50 118.85SYNDIBANK 36.45 37.50 36.45 36.90CENTRALBK 18.50 18.65 18.35 18.40TATACHEM 598.25 601.80 593.05 595.65IRCON 372.85 376.30 367.00 368.25MOIL 141.15 146.65 141.05 145.05KANSAINER 416.40 416.40 408.00 410.65ECLERX 606.90 627.00 604.95 607.30HINDCOPPER 35.30 35.40 35.05 35.15VGUARD 225.75 228.10 223.50 226.45TEAMLEASE 2850.00 2920.00 2815.00 2869.60GHCL 208.00 217.30 205.70 215.10BDL 303.00 303.00 300.10 301.30MAHLOG 439.70 440.15 435.75 436.55BAJAJHLDNG 3430.00 3430.00 3361.25 3366.05SANOFI 5960.00 6075.00 5960.00 6062.75MAHABANK 14.95 14.95 14.40 14.50COFFEEDAY 195.05 208.90 195.05 199.90FINCABLES 386.00 387.00 376.45 380.25ERIS 417.90 417.90 403.95 407.50VARROC 431.00 447.75 427.80 430.60PTC 60.55 61.05 60.25 60.50RITES 290.10 292.90 289.50 289.95AJANTPHARM 920.00 925.00 895.00 904.00TIINDIA 383.50 387.95 382.00 384.45KALPATPOWR 500.00 506.75 492.50 497.40ATUL 3604.60 3705.00 3567.10 3694.20CRISIL 1480.00 1480.00 1360.00 1371.20ALKEM 1809.00 1811.00 1752.30 1760.10BALMLAWRIE 175.70 176.95 174.50 175.20J&KBANK 38.40 38.45 37.40 37.60SYMPHONY 1208.75 1260.15 1208.75 1248.10INOXWIND 59.10 61.05 59.00 60.90CARBORUNIV 345.00 345.00 336.00 342.70GEPIL 795.00 845.55 795.00 832.90PNCINFRA 189.60 192.25 188.00 191.30NESCO 537.75 548.05 537.75 539.85DCAL 213.60 215.35 209.10 214.60SKFINDIA 1887.60 1913.80 1860.00 1868.45MINDACORP 98.00 99.90 97.00 99.15TIMKEN 694.70 708.50 694.70 700.80ZENSARTECH 224.55 225.70 218.10 224.05ANDHRABANK 21.80 22.00 21.40 21.45RELAXO 416.00 419.30 409.00 409.90JKCEMENT 957.50 968.45 950.85 967.00SHREECEM 21150.00 21150.00 20621.55 20785.70REDINGTON 100.15 107.90 99.25 105.25CARERATING 836.05 836.05 815.65 820.15PFIZER 3153.65 3225.70 3149.60 3217.90NATCOPHARM 505.00 509.00 504.00 506.25CUMMINSIND 731.00 731.40 722.00 725.30HAL 668.05 677.00 667.80 674.50

LALPATHLAB 1084.40 1104.65 1072.00 1098.90SHRIRAMCIT 1457.00 1480.00 1409.30 1445.00FINOLEXIND 517.75 524.00 516.40 520.10ESSELPRO 133.00 133.30 132.15 132.55BASF 1085.00 1107.05 1075.15 1086.15UCOBANK 17.90 17.95 17.55 17.60MMTC 20.80 21.10 20.70 20.80GPPL 80.00 80.55 79.10 80.15GODFRYPHLP 755.00 755.80 737.60 739.80COCHINSHIP 359.80 365.95 357.70 359.05BOSCHLTD 15152.00 15241.75 15000.00 15018.30INDOSTAR 334.75 337.25 330.00 330.80GSKCONS 7313.00 7335.00 7188.35 7312.75LEMONTREE 64.00 64.25 63.40 63.90MAHSCOOTER 4085.05 4085.05 3868.10 4020.15IFCI 8.05 8.16 7.93 7.98ORIENTELEC 150.25 153.00 148.70 150.80CUB 198.00 201.60 196.65 200.40SUDARSCHEM 320.10 329.00 320.00 322.85CAPPL 402.40 407.50 397.45 399.30ASTRAL 1230.00 1237.25 1214.60 1229.90BLISSGVS 157.00 157.40 154.15 155.50VTL 928.00 928.00 901.00 909.65SHOPERSTOP 450.35 451.35 423.30 428.80WABCOINDIA 6157.30 6166.30 6106.10 6127.35LUXIND 1085.00 1172.20 1085.00 1154.15PRSMJOHNSN 92.10 94.00 91.40 91.65ITDC 193.35 202.85 192.20 198.00TTKPRESTIG 5996.00 6065.70 5980.00 5997.30NETWORK18 22.15 23.30 22.00 22.95MAHLIFE 400.00 403.25 392.40 396.25MRF 54110.00 54400.00 53724.95 53963.50GUJALKALI 454.25 458.40 451.25 452.35EVEREADY 70.00 73.50 69.55 70.30SJVN 24.60 24.85 24.50 24.70NILKAMAL 1060.90 1060.90 1050.00 1050.15GDL 114.30 114.90 113.05 113.65ITDCEM 92.40 93.50 89.45 90.40SONATSOFTW 340.00 340.00 331.85 337.45VMART 1847.50 1980.00 1847.50 1905.55KNRCON 261.75 278.55 261.00 278.05JBCHEPHARM 366.10 370.00 366.10 367.60NLCINDIA 61.00 62.20 60.85 61.05STARCEMENT 107.00 115.00 104.10 110.75TIMETECHNO 79.60 80.65 78.15 79.90TNPL 170.60 170.60 169.00 169.80GET&D 213.05 215.00 211.10 212.75MASFIN 582.00 586.90 569.20 570.85TATAINVEST 844.45 846.00 835.00 841.95HSIL 219.60 223.40 219.45 220.05GESHIP* 249.60 252.45 247.00 247.60ADVENZYMES 157.50 159.75 157.45 158.05TATAMETALI 558.55 561.05 553.90 558.70THYROCARE 435.65 437.40 431.70 432.75AKZOINDIA 1730.90 1732.20 1700.00 1708.75MAXINDIA 61.55 62.40 60.00 60.65GULFOILLUB 800.00 800.00 775.50 785.55DBCORP 165.15 174.65 165.15 170.10ASTRAZEN 1847.55 1880.20 1847.55 1853.95CERA 2558.40 2558.40 2524.95 2550.35CORPBANK 25.00 25.00 24.55 24.65SHILPAMED 334.90 354.25 334.90 354.10BAYERCROP 3224.00 3285.00 3200.60 3271.55GUJGAS 162.95 163.85 160.50 160.70HATSUN 705.40 713.05 694.95 700.05APLAPOLLO 1489.95 1498.05 1478.00 1480.20JAGRAN 95.00 95.45 93.00 94.35SREINFRA 16.25 16.25 16.00 16.10RNAM 227.70 227.70 227.25 227.40ZYDUSWELL 1351.20 1373.00 1351.20 1363.85PGHH 10569.95 10569.95 10428.00 10510.95MAGMA 82.95 85.20 81.70 83.20CCL 245.85 248.15 245.85 247.60TCNSBRANDS 763.70 765.55 750.05 756.30SHK 126.70 129.50 124.50 126.45GMDCLTD 70.75 71.40 70.10 70.50IEX 144.05 144.05 141.35 142.35FINEORG 1425.00 1442.75 1400.65 1422.00ALLCARGO 97.25 98.40 97.25 98.00AIAENG 1755.00 1755.00 1750.00 1752.05ABBOTINDIA 8638.50 8674.95 8604.55 8627.05APARINDS 527.65 528.85 520.00 522.50GUJFLUORO 899.00 907.60 892.95 901.35GILLETTE 6980.00 7024.00 6970.00 7021.95SCHAEFFLER 4171.45 4205.00 4171.45 4200.00MONSANTO 2091.00 2102.90 2050.00 2059.75TRITURBINE 98.00 98.00 96.10 96.25CHOLAHLDNG 489.90 490.00 485.25 487.65TVSSRICHAK 1772.80 1791.85 1771.00 1775.60HERITGFOOD 355.95 360.45 354.00 359.20BLUEDART 2400.00 2421.15 2375.00 2402.55LAURUSLABS 350.20 350.20 340.05 341.65LAOPALA 188.10 189.00 183.55 185.65TVTODAY 272.15 272.70 267.00 269.25SOLARINDS 1177.10 1190.00 1169.45 1182.75SIS 831.90 840.30 819.20 827.15UNITEDBNK 9.77 9.90 9.65 9.66DHANUKA 387.00 387.40 377.90 377.95GAYAPROJ 138.10 138.60 136.60 138.55JCHAC 1590.00 1600.00 1550.00 1557.903MINDIA 21820.55 21870.00 21680.00 21855.00SOMANYCERA 420.10 420.15 418.35 418.35MAHSEAMLES 410.40 412.70 409.30 411.15IFBIND 717.45 723.95 714.15 714.45NH 219.95 223.05 218.10 220.50SUPRAJIT 193.00 195.10 192.10 193.35HONAUT 22250.00 22350.00 22202.00 22267.80ELGIEQUIP 264.50 264.50 258.00 259.15ASAHIINDIA 201.60 205.70 201.60 205.70

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Prime Minister ImranKhan has of fered to

release jailed Pakistani sur-geon Shakeel Afridi, whohelped the CIA track downal-Qaeda chief Osama binLaden, in exchange of neu-roscientist Aafia Siddiquiserving an 86-year US prisonsentence after her 2010 con-viction in shooting at FBIagents and American sol-diers in Afghanistan.

Khan, who is visitingWashington on his maidenofficial trip, in an interview toFox News appeared reluc-tant to give any commitmenton the release of Pakistanidoctor Afridi. He said thatthe release of Afridi is an“emotive issue” for the coun-try as in Pakistan he is con-sidered a spy for the US.

He, however, said hewould be willing to considerreleasing Afridi in exchange

for Pakistani neuroscientistAafia.

“So, we could negotiatesome sort of swap,” Khansaid, adding that this was nottalked about during his meet-ing with President DonaldTrump in the White House.

The negotiations for swapof Afridi and Siddiqui couldtake place in the future, hesaid. “We can negotiate. Imean, no negotiations havestar ted,” Khan told USPresident Donald Trump’sfavourite news channel.

Afridi, a 57-year-old for-mer surgeon of KhyberAgency, had run a false vac-cination campaign in thePakistani garrison city ofAbbottabad to help the CIAtrack down Osama, who wasthen killed in a covert US raidon May 2, 2011. Afridi wasarrested from Peshawar laterthat year.

Initially, he was accusedof organising a fake immu-

nisation campaign for theCIA to confirm presence ofOsama but later awarded 33years sentence on multiplecharges of anti-state activities,including extending supportto militant outfits. His sen-tence was later reduced to 23years. The US has beendemanding Pakistan torelease Afridi.

The issue of Afridi’srelease is reportedly one ofthe major obstacles to theimprovement of ties betweenthe US and Pakistan. The USState Department has previ-ously said that Afridi hasbeen unjustly imprisoned inPakistan and Washington hasclearly communicated itsposition to Islamabad in hiscase, both in public and inprivate.

Pakistani neuroscientistAafia, who was convicted in2010 on charges of attempt-ed murder and assault of USpersonnel, is serving an 86-

year sentence at the FederalMedical Centre, Carswell inFort Worth, Texas.

A court in New York sen-tenced Aafia, an MIT gradu-ate, on September 23, 2010.

The sympathisers of the47-year-old claim that shewas arrested in Pakistan andhanded over to intelligenceagencies who then trans-ferred her into US custody.Both US and Pakistani offi-cials, however, say that shewas arrested in Afghanistan.

Aaf ia a l legedly wentmissing for five years beforeshe was discovered inAfghanistan. It is said that shesnatched a gun during inter-rogation in Ghazni and triedto shoot a US soldier. She hasalso been accused of workingfor Al Qaeda. During his elec-tion campaign, Khan had saidif elected he would make effortsto repatriate Aafia and otherPakistani prisoners serving jailterm in foreign countries. ����������%������(�� �� ��2�������#��������#��������2������������ ��������)����&�����������4����4���"���������;�����$�������� ���������;�����#��� �

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Pakistan on Tuesday saidUS President Donald

Trump has accepted PrimeMinister Imran Khan’s invita-tion to visit the country.

The visit, if made, willmake Trump the sixth USpresident after George WBush to visit the South Asiannation after a gap of over adecade.

Bush visited Islamabadon March 2006 when Pakistanwas under the military rule ofthe then president PervezMusharraf.

Addressing a press con-ference in Washington,Pakistan’s Foreign Minister FM Qureshi said the matterspertaining to the Trump’s visitwill be agreed upon soon,Pakistani news channel Geo

News reported.The US president has

accepted the offer to visitPakistan upon the invitationextended by Prime MinisterKhan, the report said.

Earlier on Monday, the USpresident, while responding toa question posed by a jour-nalist on whether he wouldlike to visit Pakistan, jibed thatKhan had not extended himany invitation but, if given, hewould definitely accept it.

“Well, I can’t say that yetbecause, so far, he has notextended me an invitation,”Trump said amidst laughter.

“And after today’s meet-ing, maybe he won’t. But Ihave a feeling he might. Yes,I’d love to go Pakistan at theright time,” he said.

Dwight David “Ike”Eisenhower was the first of the

five American presidents tovisit Pakistan in 1959, fol-lowed by Lyndon Johnson in1967, Richard Nixon in 1969,Bill Clinton in 2000 and Bushin 2006.

The Pakistani premier iscurrently on a three-day visitto Washington. He metTrump at the White House onMonday, a meeting whichIslamabad hopes would resetthe strained bilateral tiesbetween the two nations.

Ties between the US andPakistan strained after Trump,while announcing hisAfghanistan and South Asiapolicy in August 2017, hit outat Pakistan for providing safehavens to “agents of chaos”that kil l Americans inAfghanistan and warnedIslamabad that it has “much tolose” by harbouring terrorists.

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Donald Trump’s controver-sial remarks that Prime

Minister Narendra Modisought his mediation on resolv-ing the Kashmir issue betweenIndia and Pakistan will “dam-age” bilateral ties, according toformer diplomats and experts,with one of them saying the USpresident did not do his home-work.

India has already firmlyrejected Trump’s claim, whichhe made on Monday during ameeting with Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan at theWhite House, saying that NewDelhi’s consistent position hasbeen that all outstanding issueswith Pakistan are discussedonly bilaterally.

“I would like to categori-cally state that no such requesthas been made by the PrimeMinister to the US President,”External Affairs Minister S

Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabhaon Tuesday.

Reacting to Trump’s state-ment, former US Ambassadorto India Richard Verma toldPTI that “The President did alot of damage today. His com-ments on Kashmir andAfghanistan were way off themark.” According to HusainHaqqani, a former PakistanAmbassador to the US, thePresident would soon learnthe complexity of South Asianissues.

“President Trump wantsPakistan’s help with a deal onAfghanistan and has dangledthe prospect of help with whathe thinks Pakistan wants,” hesaid. “He praised Imran Khanlike he praised North Korea’sKim Jong-un. This is his stan-dard procedure in trying to geta deal,” he noted.

“Just as he has not got adeal on the Korean peninsula,he will soon learn that South

Asia’s historical issues are alsomore complex than fashioninga real estate deal,” Haqqani said.

Former State Departmentdiplomat Alyssa Ayres, who isnow with the Council forForeign Relations think tank,said Trump did not come pre-pared for the meeting.

“I am worried about thePresident’s lack of preparationfor his meetings, and hisimpromptu statements. Hisstatement on Kashmir today(that PM Modi sought media-tion from Trump) was cate-gorically denied by the Indiangovernment within hours,”Ayres told PTI.

“Diplomacy requires care-ful attention to detail, to lan-guage, and to the facts of his-tory. We did not see that today,”she said in response to a ques-tion.

Nicholas Burns, whoserved as under Secretary ofState for Political Affairs under

the Bush Administration andplayed a key role in the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, said theIndian government has beenconsistent for many years inrejecting the US as a mediatorin the Kashmir dispute.

The former diplomats andexperts were responding toquestions on President Trump’sremarks that he is ready tomediate between India andPakistan on the contentiousKashmir issue.

“We have seen PresidentTrump’s remarks to the pressthat he is ready to mediate, ifrequested by India andPakistan, on the Kashmir issue.No such request has been madeby Prime Minister to the USPresident,” Ministry of ExternalAffairs spokesperson RaveeshKumar said in New Delhi onMonday.

“It has been India’s consis-tent position that all outstand-ing issues with Pakistan are dis-

cussed only bilaterally. Anyengagement with Pakistanwould require an end to crossborder terrorism. The SimlaAgreement and the LahoreDeclaration provide the basis toresolve all issues between Indiaand Pakistan bilaterally,”Kumar said.

President Trump, who isknown to make inaccuratestatements, claimed that PrimeMinister Modi asked him tomediate on the Kashmir issuewhen they had a bilateral meet-ing on June 28 on the sidelinesof the G20 Summit in Osaka,Japan. “I was with PrimeMinister Modi two weeks agoand we talked about this sub-ject (Kashmir). And he actual-ly said, ‘would you like to be amediator or arbitrator?’ I said,‘where?’ (Modi said) ‘Kashmir’,”Trump said on Monday duringhis talks with Khan, their firstsince the latter came to powerin August, 2018.

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Lisbon (AP): Emergency services in Portugal say they havebrought under control 90 per cent of a huge wildfire which hasraged for four days and injured 39 people.

But officials are warning Tuesday that forecasts for after-noon temperatures close to 40 degree Celsius and gusting windscould drive the flames further through dense pine and euca-lyptus forests on hilly terrain.

The Civil Protection Agency says just over 1,000 firefighters

and 328 vehicles are continuing at the blaze. Local commander Luis Belo Costa tells a news conference

that 17 water-dropping aircraft are also on standby. Cooler night time and morning temperatures are helping

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Boris Johnson on Tuesdaywon the Conservative

Party’s leadership race tobecome the next PrimeMinister of Britain, amid thepolitical uncertainty over thecountry’s divorce deal with theEuropean Union.

Johnson, the former for-eign secretary and LondonMayor, was widely expected tobeat foreign secretary JeremyHunt in the battle for 10Downing Street, which wastriggered last month when aBrexit-battered May resignedamid a mounting rebellionfrom within the ConservativeParty.

Addressing the Tory partymembers at the QueenElizabeth II Centre in London,near the Houses of Parliament,soon after the results weredeclared, Johnson, 55, said:“No one person or party hasthe monopoly of wisdom. Timeand again it is to us[Conservative Party] that peo-ple have turned.

“At this pivotal point in his-tory... I know that we will do it.The mantra is deliver Brexit,unite the country and defeat(Labour leader) JeremyCorbyn.

“I will work flat out torepay your confidence. Thework begins now.”

The co-chair of the Toryparty’s 1922 Committee CherylGillan MP opened the envelopeto declare that Johnson won

92,153 votes compared to46,656 polled for Hunt by a vot-ing base of 159,320 Tory mem-bership, with 509 rejected bal-lots. The poll turnout waspegged at 87.4 per cent, withBoris Johnson racing aheadwith a vote of nearly two to one.

Johnson has been the fron-trunner in the race ever sincea group of Tory MPs put theirhat in the ring for the firstphase of the leadership electionwithin the Conservative par-liamentary party.

The flambouyant politi-cian, however, is not set to takeformal charge until Wednesday,once May has been driven upto Buckingham Palace to ten-der her resignation to QueenElizabeth II.

The new Prime Minister isexpected to spend some timefinalising his key Cabinet andministerial posts soon afterthe results. A number ofBrexiteers, including Indian-origin MPs Priti Patel andRishi Sunak – both supportersof Johnson, are expected to bepart of his new team.

“With Boris Johnson lead-ing the Conservative Party andas Prime Minister, the UK, willhave a leader who believes inBritain, will implement a newvision for the future of thecountry and a roadmap tomove forward and thrive as aself-governing nation that re-establishes our ties with ourfriends and allies around theworld such as India,” said Patel,in reference to the leadership

contest results.Both Johnson and Hunt

had made special interven-tions to reach out to the party’sIndian diaspora base, withHunt pledging to engage withIndia to “negotiate a free tradeagreement” post-Brexit andJohnson promising a “new andimproved” trading relation-ship with India if he is elected.

The former Mayor ofLondon, who has in the pastdescribed himself as a “son-in-law of India” by virtue of hisnow estranged wife MarinaWheeler’s Indian mother, alsoplayed up a strong “personalrelationship with PrimeMinister (Narendra) Modi”.

The vote to choosebetween the two final candi-dates with the most backingwent head-to-head before thewider Conservative Partymembership up and down thecountry. The Tory membershipbase, estimated to be around160,000, had until Mondaynight to get their postal ballotsin to the party’s influential1922 Committee – in charge of

the poll process.Hunt, 52, had pegged him-

self as the underdog in the racewho, as an entrepreneur him-self, had the negotiating skillsrequired to lead the Toriesthrough the tough phase aheadof meeting the October 31deadline for Britain’s exit fromthe European Union (EU).

The two contendersclashed in a number of hustingsaround the UK, with Johnson’srefusal to take the prospect ofa chaotic no-deal Brexit off thetable exposing the divisionswithin the Tory party even fur-ther. Many Cabinet ministers,including Chancellor PhilipHammond and justice secre-tary David Gauke, have alreadysaid they would step downrather than serve underJohnson as PM with his “do ordie” pledge over the Brexitdeadline.

Foreign Office ministerAlan Duncan became one ofthe first to step down in oppo-sition of Johnson’s Brexit strat-egy even before the resultswere declared. Another minis-ter, Anne Milton in the educa-tion department, also sent inher resignation to May aheadof the result over similar con-cerns. Johnson’s colourful per-sonal life has also been undersome scrutiny during themonth-long leadership con-test, with speculation rife in theUK media on whether his girl-friend Carrie Symonds is like-ly to join him as partner at 10Downing Street.

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Climate change is shrinking thebody size of animals, according

to the evidence collected byresearchers over a 23-year-periodbetween 1976 and 1999.

Researchers from the Universityof Cape Town (UCT) studiedchanges in the weight of mountainwagtails, a type of bird, along thePalmiet River in Westville, SouthAfrica.

Climate change is having pro-found effects on Earth and itsecosystems, and during the past 100years, global temperatures haveincreased by close to one degree

Celsius. From the fossil record, it isknown that during past periods ofglobal warming, both marine andland-based animals have becomesmaller.

Scientists have proposed thatcontemporary warming could leadto smaller animals, but so far, evi-dence supporting this has beenscarce.

“All else being equal, larger ani-mals can tolerate cold conditions bet-ter than smaller animals, so onecould expect that a warming climateis relatively more advantageous forsmaller animals,” said Professor ResAltwegg from UCT.

“A lot of other factors also affect

body size, though, so we weren’texpecting to find clear temperatureeffects over a quarter of a century.“Yet, the results clearly supported theidea that climate change was the rea-son why these birds became small-er over time,” he added.

Body size is an important indi-cator of an animal’s fertility, lifespanand ability to survive times of stress,such as food shortages or drought,researchers said.

Body size also affects how muchfood an animal needs, how vulner-able it is to predators and what typeof food it can eat, they said.

Mountain wagtails are slenderblack, gray and white birds so named

because of the up-and-down pump-ing motion they do with their tails.They live near small fast-flowingrivers across sub-Saharan Africa.

Based on data from a localweather station near the PalmietRiver, the researchers knew that tem-peratures in the area had increasedby 0.18 degrees Celsius.

However, they didn’t know howthis had affected the birds’ size.

Their results, published in thejournal Oecologia, showed that astemperature increased along thePalmiet River, the mountain wagtailsliving there had become lighter.

Specifically, they found lighterindividuals were replacing heavier

ones in the population and that theysurvived better under high temper-atures. This indicated that an evo-lutionary pressure was acting on thebirds to become lighter.

“Other studies have shown thatanimals are shrinking in variousplaces around the world,” Altweggsaid.

“But, they generally didn’t havethe detailed data to show that tem-perature actually affected the animalsdirectly by changing their ability tosurvive,” he said.

The results support the idea thatshrinking body size is a response toclimate change, researchers said.

Scientists have already shown

that climate change is affectingwhere animals live, how they inter-act and their seasonal behaviour,such as the timing of their breeding.

The study provides clear evi-dence in support of another impact:on the size of animals.

However, even if many animalsare becoming smaller in response towarming, their responses will vary:some might respond more extreme-ly, others may not alter their bodysize at all and some may evenincrease their body size, theresearchers said.

This effect of climate changecould result in changes acrossecosystems, they said.

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Boris Johnson, the newBritish Prime Minister, is

expected to rely on his declaredpersonal connect with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi todeliver a “truly special” UK-India relationship and strike a“new and improved” tradingrelationship. The 55-year-oldsenior Tory MP, who is seen asthe face of Brexit for the rulingConservative Party, had madea special effort to reach out tothe Indian diaspora base of theparty during the month-longleadership race and pledged notonly closer trade ties but alsoeasier access for Indian pro-fessionals and students.

Johnson, the former for-eign secretary and LondonMayor, on Tuesday beat foreignsecretary Jeremy Hunt in therace to be crowned the newConservative Party leader,amid the political uncertaintyover the country’s divorce dealwith the European Union.

“Boris is committed tosecuring a new and improvedtrading relationship with ourfriends in India and ensuringthat the values we share – therule of law, democracy anddynamic entrepreneurial spir-it should be at the heart of oneof our most important partnerson the global stage,” said PritiPatel, one of the senior-mostIndian-origin Tory MPs who isexpected to be a part of the newpremier’s ministerial team as akey member of the “BackBoris” campaign.

In a letter earlier thismonth, Johnson had played uphis “personal relationship withPrime Minister Modi” as hepromised to deliver a “trulyspecial UK-India relationship”.

“When I was with PrimeMinister Modi, I stressed thatthe UK and India are twomodern democracies whoshould work closely together topromote trade and prosperity,improve global security andtackle the challenges our coun-tries face,” Johnson wrote in anopen letter addressed to theIndian diaspora Tory mem-bership base. “If I am electedConservative Party Leader and

Prime Minister, I will workclosely with our friends in theIndian Government, businessand society to deliver a trulyspecial UK-India relationship,”he said. In keeping with hisfirm pro-Brexit stance anddetermination to leave theEuropean Union (EU) by theOctober 31 deadline, the seniorTory MP branded it a “traves-ty” that the 28-member eco-nomic bloc had failed to treatfree trade agreement (FTA)talks with India as a priority forover a decade. He said: “One ofthe most important reasonswhy we need to leave theEuropean Union on October31, 2019 is so that we can takeback control over our trade pol-icy. India is an economic pow-erhouse and set to become thethird largest economy by themiddle of the century, withannual economic growth faroutpacing the EU.”

“The sooner we leave theEU and take back control ofour trade policy, the sooner wecan strike a new trade deal withIndia that will deliver newjobs, growth and prosperity forboth our countries. Securingthis new and improved trading

relationship with our friends inIndia will be a priority for me.”

The former Mayor ofLondon, who has in the pastdescribed himself as a “son-in-law of India” by virtue of hisnow estranged wife MarinaWheeler’s Indian mother –Dip Kaur, stressed that theUK’s relationship with Indiamust run deeper than justtrade. “We share so many val-ues with India – the rule of law,democracy, and dynamic entre-preneurial spirit – and I believethat is why India should be oneof our most important partnerson the global stage,” he said.

He also plugged his pro-posals for a so-called“Australian-style points-basedsystem” of immigration, whichwould ensure “friends, familymembers and business contactsin India do not face undue dis-crimination or barriers whenseeking to work, travel or studyin the UK”. During the courseof the leadership electoral hus-tings, Johnson expressed hisdisappointment at UK retailerslike Sainsbury’s and Waitrosenot being able to set up base inIndia and said he would “liketo see India opening up to

more of our great brands”.He has in the past also

made several interventionsover the high duties imposedby India on Scotch whisky.These are likely to feature onhis agenda in terms of any newtrade talks with India.

“India is a massive staticmarket for the UK, but I wouldalso like to see India openingup to more of our great brands.‘In India Sainsbury’s can’t setup, they have no Waitrose inIndia. Just imagine that,” he hadsaid, in his characteristic styleof mock incredulity.

“Trade with China hasgone up about 45 per cent inthe last ten years. ‘Trade withIndia has not increased, actu-ally I think volumes haveremained almost static. Weneed to do far more,” he noted.

Johnson is set to take for-mal charge at Downing Streeton Wednesday after TheresaMay hands in her resignationto Queen Elizabeth II atBuckingham Palace. May, whostepped down over her failedBrexit strategy, has been func-tioning as a caretaker PrimeMinister during the course ofthe leadership election.

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Afghan President AshrafGhani said on Tuesday the

US should clarify remarksPresident Donald Trumpmade about Afghanistan,including a claim he could eas-ily win the war but didn’t“want to kill 10 million peo-ple”. Trump had made severalcontroversial statements a dayearlier alongside PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan atthe White House, includingthat he had plans that wouldensure a speedy end to theAfghan conflict, but whichwould wipe the country “offthe face of the Earth”.

His comments sparkedoutrage in Afghanistan, wherethe war-weary and trauma-tised population is alreadyworried about a precipitouspull-out of US forces andwhether that means a quickreturn to Taliban rule andcivil war. Afghanistan “wouldbe gone. It would be over in lit-erally, in 10 days”, Trump said,adding, “I don’t want to go thatroute”, and that he didn’t wantto kill millions. Trump’s state-ments came as his peace envoyfor Afghanistan, ZalmayKhalilzad, travelled to Kabulahead of a new round of peacetalks with the Taliban. Theinsurgents — who now controlor influence about half ofAfghanistan’s territory — havebeen talking to Washingtonabout a possible deal thatwould see foreign militaryforces quit in return for vari-ous security guarantees.

“The government of theIslamic Republic ofAfghanistan calls for clarifi-cation on the US president’sstatements expressed at ameeting with the PakistanPrime Minister, via diplomat-ic means and channels,”

Ghani’s office said in a state-ment. Trump also saidPakistan would help the US“extricate” itself fromAfghanistan, adding there was“tremendous potential” in therelationship betweenWashington and Islamabad.

Afghanistan has longblamed Pakistan for fuellingthe Afghan conflict and forsupporting the Taliban —which Islamabad denies —and Ghani is furious aboutbeing continually sidelined bythe US in ongoing peace talkswith the Taliban. Pakistan’sinfluence over the Taliban,who have waged an insurgencysince they were ousted by US-led forces in 2001, is seen askey in facilitating a politicalsettlement with Ghani’s gov-ernment.

“While the Afghan gov-ernment supports the USefforts for ensuring peace inAfghanistan, the governmentunderscores that foreign headsof state cannot determineAfghanistan’s fate in absence ofthe Afghan leadership,” Ghani’soffice said. Everyday Afghanstook to social media to ventafter Trump’s comments. “I feelshocked, threatened andhumiliated. We trustedAmericans to help us in the

war against terror, and nowPresident Trump is threateningus with genocide,” Facebookuser Mohd Farhad wrote. “Icannot believe he said it. Iknow it is him but I’m still inshock,” Nadene Ghouri, anoth-er Facebook user, wrote.

Trump’s envoy Khalilzadmeanwhile arrived in Kabul onTuesday ahead of a trip toQatari capital Doha for whatwill be the eighth round ofdirect talks he’s held with theTaliban. Those discussions areexpected to begin in the com-ing days, with Ghani and hisadministration once againlocked out. US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo has set anambitious goal of securing adeal by September 1. In atweet, Khalilzad said he wouldbe “focused on achieving anenduring peace that ends thewar, ensures terrorists do notuse Afghanistan to threaten theUS, honours the sacrifices thatUS, our allies & Afghans made,and cements an enduring rela-tionship with Afghanistan”.

Even as the US pushes fora deal, violence in Afghanistanhas in recent weeks intensifiedwith both Afghan forces andthe Taliban claiming to haveinflicted heavy casualties oneach other.

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Iran said on Tuesday it willattend an urgent meeting

with countries still party to thetroubled nuclear deal, as itdeclared itself the “guardian ofsecurity” in the Gulf amid atanker crisis. The planned July28 meeting is aimed at sal-vaging the hard-won deal, onlife-support since the UnitedStates withdrew from it lastyear and reimposed bitingsanctions against Iran.

Amid rising hostilities withthe United States, Iran’sRevolutionary Guards seized atanker sailing under the flag ofUS ally Britain on Friday. Statetelevision aired new footage ofthe crew aboard the StenaImpero tanker which Iran hasimpounded at the port ofBandar Abbas for allegedlybreaking “international mar-itime rules”.

In the video, the crew madeup of 18 Indians, threeRussians, a Latvian and aFilipino are seen sitting arounda table on the ship and seem-ingly going about their dailyroutines. The seizure of theSwedish-owned vessel has beenseen as a tit-for-tat move afterBritish authorities detained anIranian oil tanker on July 4 inthe Mediterranean on suspi-cion it was shipping oil toSyria in breach of EU sanctions.

“Throughout history, Iranhas been and will be the main

guardian of security and freenavigation” in the Gulf,President Hassan Rouhani saidlate Monday in a meeting withvisiting Iraqi Prime MinisterAdel Abdel Mahdi. “There isstill no adequate and lastingstability and security in theregion,” he added, emphasisingthat Tehran was not seeking tostoke tensions.

Since the United Statesbegan reimposing sanctionson Iran, tensions have mount-ed with drones shot down andoil tankers mysteriouslyattacked in the sensitive watersof the oil-rich Gulf. USPresident Donald Trump calledoff air strikes against Iran at thelast minute in June after theIslamic republic downed a USdrone. Iran also said Mondayit had arrested 17 suspects andsentenced some to death afterdismantling a CIA spy network,which was dismissed by Trumpas “totally false”.

The standoff has seen theprice of oil spike, with Brent

North Sea crude up 32 cents atUSD 63.58 per barrel onTuesday and West TexasIntermediate 23 cents higher atUSD 56.45. The nuclear dealmeeting was requested by theEuropean parties to discussthe “new situation”, Iran said,referring to its reduced nuclearcommitments under the deal inresponse to the US withdraw-al. “It was agreed to convene anextraordinary meeting of theJCPOA joint commission inVienna on July 28,” Iran’s for-eign ministry said, using theacronym for the deal’s formalname, the Joint ComprehensivePlan of Action. The meetingwould be held at the level ofdeputy ministers and politicaldirectors, it said in an English-language statement. Tehranhas already given up complyingwith some of the deal’s limits onits nuclear programme in retal-iation to the US withdrawal andwhat it sees as failure byremaining parties to help it cir-cumvent sanctions.

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North Korean leader KimJong Un has inspected a

newly built submarine andordered officials to further bol-ster the country’s military capa-bilities, state media reportedTuesday, as the North increas-es pressure on the United Statesahead of the possible resump-tion of nuclear diplomacy.

Last week, North Koreasaid it may lift its 20-monthsuspension of nuclear and mis-sile tests to protest expectedmilitary drills between theUnited States and South Koreathat Pyongyang says are aninvasion rehearsal.

The submarine reportcomes as the US and NorthKorea work to resume talksafter a meeting late last monthon the Korean border betweenKim and US President DonaldTrump. Diplomacy has beenstalled since the second Kim-Trump summit in Vietnam inFebruary fell apart due to dif-ferences over US-led sanctionson North Korea.

The North’s official KoreanCentral News Agency report-ed on Tuesday that Kimexpressed “great satisfaction”with the submarine after learn-ing about its operational andtactical data and weapon sys-tems. Kim “stressed the need tosteadily and reliably increasethe national defense capabilityby directing big efforts to thedevelopment of the navalweapons and equipment suchas submarine,” according toKCNA.

KCNA said the subma-rine’s operational deployment“is near at hand.” But it didn’tsay exactly when or whereKim’s inspection of the sub-marine occurred. The con-struction of a new submarinesuggests North Korea has beenincreasing its military capabil-ity despite nuclear diplomacywith the US that began earlylast year.

North Korea has repeated-ly said it’s willing to abandon its

nuclear programme in returnfor political and economic ben-efits. It wasn’t immediatelyknown exactly what kind of asubmarine North Korea hasbuilt. But its efforts to developsubmarine-launched missilesystems are a serious concernfor rivals and neighboursbecause missiles from sub-merged vessels are harder todetect in advance.

According to a SouthKorean defense report in 2018,North Korea has 70 submarinesand submersibles. Before itentered talks with the UnitedStates, North Korea claimed tohave successfully test-fired bal-listic missiles from submarines,though many outside analystssay the country likely remainsyears away from having anoperational system.

There has been little pub-lic progress despite the mostrecent Trump-Kim meeting,and the North’s release of thesubmarine photos could be away to both increase pressureon the United States ahead ofany renewed talks and remindits rival of its demands.

North Korea wants wide-spread relief from harsh US-ledsanctions in return for pledg-ing to give up parts of itsweapons program, but theUnited States is demandinggreater steps toward disarma-ment before it agrees to relin-quish the leverage provided bythe sanctions.

While a submarine thatNorth Korea used to fire a mis-sile in 2016 and 2017 should beregarded as a test platformwith a single launch tube, thenew submarine is likely to beone with two to three launchtubes that can be operational,said Kim Dong-yub, a NorthKorea expert at Seoul’s Institutefor Far Eastern Studies.

The development of a sub-marine with ballistic missiletubes would be a “sensitive”issue because it could be linkedto an effort to strengthen NorthKorea’s nuclear capability, Kimsaid.

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Spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez’s prospects of

remaining in power were chal-lenged Tuesday as he faced afirst parliamentary confidencevote with his potential allies upin arms against him.

Sanchez is currently a care-taker premier after comingfirst in an April general electionbut without the majority heneeded, forcing him to look forsupport in what could result inSpain’s first coalition govern-ment post-dictatorship.

As debates continued onTuesday ahead of the obligato-ry post-election parliamentaryvotes this week, regional partiesthat could back Sanchezaccused him of not reachingout to possible allies despiteneeding their help. If Sanchezcannot secure the votes heneeds, he has another twomonths to find a solution, fail-ing which the Spanish willface another general election.

“What we are seeing inSpanish politics is effectivelythe natural tensions that occuras a political system transitionsfrom an old way of operating(single-party governments) towhat appears to be the newnormal...(coalition govern-ments),” said Alfonso Velasco,analyst at the EconomistIntelligence Unit.

“Spain might need

another election for politiciansto accept the new reality.”

With just 123 parliamen-tary seats out of 350, Sanchez’ssocialists need support to makeit through this week’s votes. Thefirst one later on Tuesdayrequires an absolute majority,which Sanchez will not get. Thesecond on Thursday onlyrequires a simple majority.

With the support of far-leftPodemos’s 42 lawmakers, anda few others from small region-al parties, he would go through.But given the anger of thesepotential allies, that supportlooks uncertain. Sanchez’sSocialist party has been lockedin months of negotiations withPodemos and only recentlyreluctantly agreed to form acoalition government with theparty that was once its arch-rival. But Podemos leader PabloIglesias angrily lashed out atSanchez in a parliamentarydebate on Monday.

He accused the socialists ofrefusing to give his party posi-tions that carry any kind ofweight and wanting them to be“a mere decor” in the govern-ment. As the clock ticks downto the votes, a deal withPodemos has yet to be sealed.

On Tuesday, as the debatecontinued, Catalan separatistparty ERC accused Sanchez ofbeing “irresponsible” for notappearing to want to negotiatewith anyone.

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The United States peaceenvoy is en route to

Afghanistan and then Qatar toresume negotiations with theTaliban and iron out a deal thatcould end nearly 18 years ofmilitary intervention, the StateDepartment said Monday.

Special RepresentativeZalmay Khalilzad left onMonday for the mission lastingthrough August 1 “as part of anoverall effort to facilitate apeace process that ends theconflict in Afghanistan,” theState Department said in astatement. In the capital Kabul,he will discuss with the Afghangovernment the “next steps inthe peace process, includingidentifying a national negoti-ating team that can participate

in intra-Afghan negotiations,”the statement added.

Forming such a team is afraught issue as the Talibanrefuse to negotiate directlywith the Afghan government.

Khalilzad will then travel toDoha, where “he will resume

talks with the Taliban,” theState Department said.

Washington is hoping for apolitical agreement with theinsurgents ahead of the Afghanpresidential election scheduledfor late September.

A breakthrough could pavethe way for a withdrawal ofinternational troops some 18years after the 9/11 attacks,which led the US to launch amassive offensive to dislodgethe Taliban government fromKabul. The US negotiator hashad several meetings with theTaliban in the past year, themost recent being on July 9 inDoha. Earlier, the Taliban andother senior Afghan officialsheld intra-Afghan talks in theQatari capital, pledging todeliver a “road map for peace”in Afghanistan.

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Dubai (PTI): IndianEmbassy in the UAE hasadvised its nationals in the Gulfkingdom to renew their pass-ports at least six months beforetravelling to ensure a smoothtransit, a media report said onTuesday. The Embassy issued anadvisory for renewal of pass-ports as residents take advantageof the summer holidays to go onvacation, the Gulf News report-ed. M Rajamurugan, Counsellorat Embassy of India in AbuDhabi said, “Check the validityof your passport, the number ofblank leaves left in your traveldocument and last, don’t forgetto check the expiry on yourUAE residence visa.”

According to the officials,instances have occurred whereIndian expats have come to theEmbassy, requesting for renew-al after their passport expires orthe travel document falls shortof blank pages. He said, “Wedirected them to BLSInternational Passport Services– UAE for the passport issuance.This situation can be avoidedand a lot of time and money canbe saved by just making duechecks of your travel docu-ments every now and then.”

Rajamurugan advisedpeople to start the process atleast six months before want-ing to travel, the report said.“Again if you are travelling toIndia and returning to UAE,then even four months valid-ity is fine. But if you areapplying for an internationalvisa – they generally ask forthe passport to have a sixmonths validity,” saidRajamurugan. Rajamuruganadded that the Embassy helpsexpats to get passports early, inemergency cases only, onhumanitarian grounds, evenon public holidays and week-ends. For expired passportand visa, the counsellor sug-gested, the non native resi-dents,”to first renew passportand then visa so that it showson the new passport.”

Neeraj Agarwal, actingconsul-general and consul forthe press, information, culturesaid, “I have been living in theGulf for ten years and it isquite a norm for people to for-get to renew their passports.”

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Sydney (AFP): Australia ispoised to bar its citizens whohave fought for the IslamicState militant group fromreturning home for up to twoyears, under new laws dis-cussed in parliament Tuesday.

The controversial legisla-tion would give hardline HomeAffairs Minister Peter Duttonthe ability to invoke “exclusionorders” to prevent suspectedterrorists from returning tothe country. It is based on sim-

ilar legislation introduced inthe United Kingdom, where ajudge is tasked with decidingwhether to impose an exclusionorder. Dutton told parliamentin early July the bill targets 230Australians who travelled toSyria and Iraq to fight forIslamic State, 80 of whom hesaid were still in active conflictzones. Concerns have beenraised that the Australian pro-posal could be unconstitution-al and places too much power

in the minister’s hands, with theopposition Labor Party callingfor it to be referred back to aparliamentary intelligence andsecurity committee for furtherconsideration. However, shad-ow home affairs ministerKristina Keneally said in astatement the opposition wouldsupport the bill but wanted ascheme that was “constitution-al, keeps Australians safe andthat withstands High Courtchallenges”.

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Jerusalem (AFP): Israelsaid on Tuesday a total of 12Palestinian buildings it consid-ered illegally constructed weredemolished in a controversialoperation the previous day,while a UN preliminary assess-ment showed 24 people dis-placed. The demolitions ofPalestinian homes, most ofwhich were still under con-struction, drew condemnationfrom the European Union andUN officials. Israel says thehomes south of Jerusalem werebuilt too close to its separationbarrier cutting off the occupiedWest Bank, posing a securityrisk, and the demolitions wereapproved by its supreme courtfollowing a lengthy process.

Palestinian leadersexpressed outrage at the demo-litions in the Sur Baher area,which straddles the occupiedWest Bank and Jerusalem. Theynote that most of the buildingswere located in areas meant tobe under Palestinian Authoritycivilian control under the Osloaccords of the 1990s. Beforedawn Monday, hundreds ofIsraeli police and soldiers sealedoff buildings in the area whileresidents and activists weredragged out. UN humanitarianagency OCHA said a prelimi-nary assessment showed 24people, including 14 children,were displaced.

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Virgil van Dijk admits win-ning the Ballon d’Or after an

exceptional season withLiverpool would be a dreamcome true.

No defender has claimed theaward since Fabio Cannavaro in2006, the year he lifted theWorld Cup with Italy, but cen-tre-back Van Dijk is a strongcontender to break the drought.

The 28-year-old shone asLiverpool won theChampions League lastseason and was crownedPFA Players’ Player ofthe Year for his part inhelping the Reds finishsecond in the PremierLeague.

Already arevered figure atAnfield, VanDijk couldbecome theclub’s secondBallon d’Orrecipient afterM i c h a e lOwen in 2001.

“If peopleare talkingabout it — youcan’t say it doesn’t[excite you],” VanDijk told Sky Sports.

“But it’s a subjectwe don’t have anyinfluence on. I can’tchange anythingright now other thanget fit, stay fit andthat’s the situation.

“ W i n n i n gsomething like thatis a dream cometrue for every foot-baller in the world.If you don’t then youjust get on with it and tryto perform better than lastyear.

“It would be fantasticand I would be veryproud.

“But the main thingwill be to focus on whatwe do all together andachieving the bigger goal— that’s getting silverwarewith the club.”

Van Dijk and Liverpoolare in the United States forpre-season ahead of anothergruelling campaign.

The European champi-

ons must contend with the usualdomestic and ChampionsLeague commitments alongwith a trip to Qatar for the ClubWorld Cup in December.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Kloppviews the demands on modernplayers, including regular inter-national matches and tourna-ments, as unsustainable.

“It looks like nobody canimagine a week without footballin the year,” Klopp told reporters.

“When did that happen? Agame again, a game again.

“It is difficult for theboys. Everything will befine this season, but in thelong term we have tochange it. There must be

breaks.“Come on, let them

go. Be brave.Don’t treat

every gamelike it is thelast of adecade.”

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Eden Hazard stressed the impor-tance of winning trophies every

season at Real Madrid as the star sign-ing eyes silverware in 2019-20.

Hazard swapped Chelsea forMadrid in a big-money move duringthe off-season after the LaLiga club’sdifficult 2018-19 campaign.

Madrid finished third behindbitter rivals Barcelona in LaLiga,crashed out of the Champions Leaguein the last 16 and lost in the Copa delRey semi-finals.

Hazard — who led Chelsea toEuropa League glory last term —

understands the importance oftitles at the Santiago Bernabeu.

“When you play for RealMadrid you need to win thingsevery season. You need to win,

win, win,” Hazard told Jay Shettyvia Madrid’s official website.

“If you don’t win theChampions League the fans get downand that’s to be expected. At this club

you always want to win and that’s whyI’m here.

“I want to play games, scoregoals and, come the end of the sea-son, lift trophies.”

Hazard made his debut forMadrid in last week’s 3-1 loss toBayern Munich at the InternationalChampions Cup.

The Belgium international andMadrid are back in action againstArsenal in Maryland on Tuesdaylate night.

“I play with freedom. That’s dif-ficult in football because there aredefenders, midfielders... but that’s thekind of player I am,” Hazard said.

“If I don’t have that freedom Idon’t play well and end up on thebench. I like to get on the ball, moveto the right, to the left, shift aroundand play with my instinct.

“I don’t think: I have to do this,play the ball to the right, to the left.I just play, get on the ball and decidewhat to do.”

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Nabil Fekir has left Lyon and joined Real Betis,potentially paving the way for Giovani Lo

Celso’s departure.France international Fekir, 26, entered the final

12 months of his deal at the start of July and LaLigaclub Betis swooped to complete a transfer thatcould cost them €29.75million, with the deal alsoincluding a potential 20 per cent sell-on bonus forLyon.

His younger brother, Yassin Fekir, has alsomoved to the Benito Villamarin, and Lyon willreceive 50 per cent of any future transfer fee forthe 22-year-old. The versatile attacker, who has hit36 Ligue 1 goals in the last three years, almostmoved to Liverpool in 2018 and was linked toArsenal after declining to discuss new terms withLyon, the club he captained for two seasons.

Fekir progressed through the Ligue 1 side’sacademy and helped France win the World Cupin Russia last year.

His arrival in Seville is expected to free up mid-fielder and fellow left-footer Lo Celso for a switchto Tottenham.

A full Argentina international, the 23-year-oldis reportedly keen to work with compatriotMauricio Pochettino in London.

Lo Celso joined Betis on loan from Paris Saint-Germain at the start of last season, before the movewas made permanent in April.

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Real Madrid boss ZinedineZidane has denied disre-

specting Wales star GarethBale as he discussed theexpected transfer of the 30-year-old forward from the LaLiga giants on Monday.

Speaking to reporters onthe eve of Real Madrid’sfriendly with Arsenal atFedEx Field — home of theNFL’s Washington Redskins— Zidane said it was Balewho chose not to play inMadrid’s 3-1 friendly defeatto Bayern in Houston onSaturday.

“I did not disrespect any-one, least of all Gareth,” a

frustrated-sounding Zidanesaid. “I said that the club isworking to facilitate Bale’sdeparture, nothing more.“The other day, Gareth didnot dress for the game, he didnot want to because the clubwas negotiating his depar-ture,” he added.

Zidane had been brand-ed a “disgrace” by Bale’s agentfor his comments after theSaturday match, when hesaid he hoped Bale’s movefrom the club happened soon“for everyone’s sake.”

Bale has been frozen outin Madrid by Zidane despitehelping his side to a Spanishtitle and four ChampionsLeagues since arriving from

Tottenham Hotspur six yearago.

His brace, including abrilliant bicycle kick, sankLiverpool in the 2018 final,but he was shunted aside byZidane as soon as hereturned to the Real bench inearly March.

After Zidane’s reappoint-ment, Bale played 90 minutesin just three of the remaining11 matches, was left outcompletely four times andfrequently substituted whenhe did play.

“Today, he is a RealMadrid player,” Zidane said,adding that the striker wouldtrain with the team Mondaynight.

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The Wrestling Federationof India (WFI) on

Tuesday shifted the men’strials for the WorldChampionship from Sonepatto Delhi’s IG Stadium, keep-ing in mind “better organisa-tion facilities”.

The parent body alsoinsisted that the decision toshift venue was not taken inanticipation of disruptionfrom unruly fans at theBahalgarh complex.

Recently a few refereeshad requested the WrestlingFederation of India (WFI) tochange the venue for Friday’strials since they feared fortheir safety at the small hallat SAI centre in Sonepat.

There is no place for fansto sit and watch the proceed-ings at the Bahalgarh Centreand it usually becomes diffi-cult to contain supporters incase they do not agree withthe decision of the officiatingreferee and judges.

“We have shifted thevenue to IG stadium in Delhibecause there is huge interestin World Championship tri-als. Fans, thousands in num-ber, are expected to come andwatch. The small wrestlinghall at Bahalgarh cannotaccommodate so many fans,”

WFI Assistant SecretaryVinod Tomar said.

Asked if the referee’srequest has forced them tochange the venue, Tomarreplied in negative.

“No no. It’s not about ref-erees. Wherever the WFIconducts trials, the refereeswill have to report. It’s aboutbetter management. IG stadi-um has good seating capaci-ty and trials can be conduct-ed smoothly there,” he insist-ed.

However, history sug-gests that even IG stadiumwitnessed ugly scenes duringthe 2018 CommonwealthGames trials when support-ers of star grappler SushilKumar and Praveen Ranaexchanged blows.

The men’s trials willbegin at 8am on Friday andit has been decided to holdtrials for only six Olympicweight categories — 57kg, 65kg, 74 kg, 86 kg, 97kg and 125kg.

Two-time Olympicmedallist Sushil Kumar, whocompetes in 74kg, has senthis entry for the trials.

The trials four other cat-egories which are part of theWorld Championship will beconducted later. The trials forwomen are scheduled to beheld on Sunday in Lucknow.

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Sri Lanka will start looking toreplace key wicket-taker andformer skipper Lasith Malinga

when the shaggy-haired fast bowlercalls it quits after the first one-dayinternational against Bangladesh onFriday.

Both teams go into the three-game series nursing a World Cuphangover, with Sri Lanka facing anespecially tough rebuilding task withthe loss of the instantly recognisableMalinga.

The blond-highlighted bowlerwith the distinctive sling actionproved his enduring worth when hetormented England during the WorldCup, taking four for 43 as Sri Lankastunned the eventual champions inthe group stage.

Malinga, 35, is Sri Lanka’s third-highest ODI wicket-taker with 335wickets from 225 matches, behindonly Chaminda Vaas (399) andMuttiah Muralitharan (523). Malinganeeds three wickets to overhaul AnilKumble’s 337 for ninth place on theinternational list.

Sri Lanka captain DimuthKarunaratne said finding a replace-ment for Malinga, who is retiringfrom one-day internationals, is justone of many challenges ahead follow-ing a disappointing World Cup.

“I think if you take the WorldCup, we did fairly good. In patches wedid really well and sometimes we did-n’t do very well,” he said.

“We know we need to find a wick-et-taking bowler because LasithMalinga is not available after thisseries.

“We need to find the bowlers whocan take wickets in the middle partand the early overs. Those are theareas. I need some good youngsters,we need to groom some youngstersfor the next World Cup,” he said.

However, Sri Lanka’s problemsdon’t end there, as coach ChandikaHathurusingha and his assistantswill be shown the door after theBangladesh series because of theirsixth-place finish in England.

Bangladesh, who finished eighthof the 10 teams, are also entering anew era after they sacked coachSteve Rhodes following the WorldCup.

The visitors are also without keyplayers, including skipper MashrafeMortaza and inspirational vice-cap-tain Shakib Al Hasan.

Mashrafe has a hamstring injurywhile Shakib, who scored 606 runsand claimed 11 wickets in the WorldCup, is being rested.

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal,interim captain for the series, saidBangladesh’s younger players will geta chance to impress.

“I thought we had a pretty decentWorld Cup. There were a few gamesthat we should have won. We, thecricketers also felt that we could havedone more,” said Tamim.

“I think that whoever plays thefirst one-day match they need to cashin on the opportunity,” he added.

Bangladesh are the first foreignsports team to visit Sri Lanka sincethe Easter Sunday suicide attacks thisyear, which killed more than 250 peo-ple.

The team were given securityusually reserved for visiting state dig-nitaries, with extra forces at theirhotel and armed guards for their bus.

“I think the security has been fan-tastic. All the facilities they have givento us have been top notch,” saidTamim.

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Nominated for NewZealander of the Year

award, England’s World Cuphero Ben Stokes has gracious-ly turned it down, sayingBlack Caps skipper KaneWilliamson is the “worthyrecipient” of the accolade.

The 28-year-old Stokeswas born in New Zealand’sChristchurch but moved toEngland aged 12, going on toestablish himself in theEngland setup.

The all-rounder wasnamed Man of the Matchafter he broke Kiwi heartswith his gallant show in theepic World Cup final recent-ly.

“I am flattered to benominated for NewZealander of the Year,” heposted on his social mediaaccounts.

“I am proud of my NewZealand and Maori heritagebut it would not sit right withme to be nominated for thisprestigious award. There arepeople who deserve thisrecognition more and havedone a lot more for the coun-try of New Zealand.”

Stokes amassed 465 runsand took seven wickets in the

World Cup as England edgedout New Zealand in a thriller,decided by boundary count,at Lord’s on July 14 to clinchtheir maiden title.

“I have helped Englandlift a World Cup and my lifeis firmly established in theUK — it has been since I was12-years old,” he said.

“I feel the whole countryshould align their support toNew Zealand captain KaneWilliamson. He should berevered as a kiwi legend. Heled his team in this WorldCup with distinction andhonour.

“He was the player of thetournament and an inspira-tional leader of men. Heshows humility and empathyto every situation and is anall-round good bloke. Hetypifies what it is to be a NewZealander. He would be aworthy recipient of this acco-lade. New Zealand, fully sup-port him. He deserves it andgets my vote,” Stokes conclud-ed.

In the final, Stokessmashed 84 runs to helpEngland level the scores at241 and take the match to theSuper Over. Along with JosButtler, Stokes then plun-dered 15 runs in six balls.

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Veteran Sri Lankan pace bowlerLasith Malinga on Tuesday con-

firmed he will retire from one-dayinternational cricket after the firstmatch against Bangladesh but hopesto play T20 cricket.

Malinga invited fans to hisfarewell ODI at the R PremadasaStadium in Colombo on Friday andsaid the cricket board agreed to hisrequest to retire from the 50-over for-mat of the game.

Posting a video message to hisfans on his wife’s Facebook page,Malinga said he felt no ill willtowards officials and players whomay have tried to push him out of theteam.

The 35-year-old said he wassidelined by selectors two years agobut was able to prove his value to the

national team at the recent WorldCup.

“Friday will be the last day youwill see me playing a ODI match,”Malinga said. “If you can, pleasecome for the match.” During practiceon Tuesday ahead of the first ODIagainst Bangladesh, Malinga said hehoped to play T20 cricket and had hissights on the 2020 World Cup inAustralia.

“I hope to be able to take SriLanka to the next T20 World Cup,”he said.

“I hope I will have an opportu-nity to play in that tournament, butif there are better players than me, Idon’t mind being left out.” Malinga’sretirement was first announced byskipper Dimuth Karunaratne, who onMonday told reporters the right-armfast bowler indicated Friday's matchwould be his last ODI appearance.

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Gareth Bale will not beleaving Real Madrid on

loan during the transferwindow despite falling out offavour under ZinedineZidane, his agent said onTuesday.

The Real boss said at theweekend the La Liga giantswere poised to offload the30-year-old Wales star.

But his representative,Jonathan Barnett, told SkySports News any deal wouldhave to be a permanent one.

“There will be no

makeshift deals to get himout of the club,” said Barnett.

“Gareth is one of thebest players on the planet. Ican guarantee you he willnot be going on loan to anyclub.”

“Gareth is a Real Madridplayer and for now he’s stay-ing as a Real Madrid player,”said Barnett.

“If something comesalong that suits us, thenthings could change and hecould be gone in a day or aweek. Or he could still be aReal player in three years,when his contract ends.”

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Abhikarsh Vishwakarma, Manoj Yadav,Aditya Prakash Singh, Ishan Rastogi, HarshRaj, Tushar Rai, Prajal Joshi, Ankit Punia,Shubham Mishra, Praveen Kashyap.(Women’s) Vidushi Sanwal, SamridhiSrivastava, Satakshi Singh, Yavnika Gossain,Avidha PAndit, Anushka Rana, VaishnaviSingh, Arpita Singh, Twinkle Bharti.

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The veteran duo of SunilNarine and KieronPollard were on Tuesday

recalled to a 14-member WestIndies squad for the first twogames of the three-match T20International series againstIndia, beginning August 3 atFlorida in the United States.

Wicketkeeper-batsmanAnthony Bramble is the onlyuncapped player in the squadselected for the first two T20Isto be played on August 3 and4 at the Broward CountyStadium, Lauderhill, Florida.

The selection panel couldmake changes to the squad forthe third T20I on August 6 atthe Guyana National Stadium,the West Indies Cricket Boardsaid.

The squad, to be led bycaptain Carlos Brathwaite, alsoincludes all-rounder AndreRussell subject to passing a fit-ness assessment prior to theseries. Russell had made anearly exit from the World Cupto undergo an operation on histroublesome left knee.

Interim chairman of theselection panel Robert Haynessaid veteran opener ChrisGayle had notified that hewas unavailable for the seriesdue to playing commitments atthe GT20 in Canada. This hasgiven the opportunity for left-handed compatriot JohnCampbell to fill the slot.

Left-handed opener JohnCampbell and left-arm spinnerKhary Pierre have also beenincluded alongside a numberof regulars, as the interimselection panel seeks to exploreoptions with the ICC T20World Cup looming next yearin Australia.

“This squad is an excellentbalance of experience andyouth. It is not just about thepresent — the India Tour of theWest Indies — but we are alsolooking at the T20 World Cupcoming up next year and it isimportant that we find theright combination of players

and the right formula fordefending our title,” saidHaynes.

“We have to make sure thatwe put certain things in placenow, so that when it comes topicking the squad for the T20World Cup, it becomes easier,so we are giving more playersthe opportunity to play and getthe exposure.”

Haynes said he expects

the T20I series to be a keenlycontested one.

“Most of the players thatwe have selected have played inthe IPL and they know all ofthe Indian players well. We willhave the edge for sure becausewe are playing at home. At theend of the day however, it isimportant that the players goout there and play to win, notjust to compete, and I think we

have the right balance todo so.”

Mystery spinnerNarine last playedin a T20I for WestIndies againstEngland almosttwo years ago atC h e s t e r - l e -Street and bat-ting all-r o u n d e r

Pollard appeared lastNovember on the Tour ofIndia.

“We felt that players likeNarine and Pollard, who haveplayed well in T20 leaguesaround the world, once theyare fit and mentally ready toplay, we must give them theopportunity to represent theWest Indies again,” saidHaynes.

The 28-year-old Bramblewill provide wicket keepingback-up to Nicholas Poorandespite not having played anofficial T20 in close to threeyears. He did, however, captainWest Indies ‘B’at last year’sCanada GLT20 and was pickedup by Guyana AmazonWarriors in the CPL draft inMay.

“Though Nicholas Pooranwill be the first-choice wicket-keeper, we needed to havesomeone to deputise in casesomething unexpected hap-pens and he (Bramble) is theperfect choice,” said Haynes.

India play three ODIs andtwo Tests against the WestIndies after the T20Is.West Indies Squad for first

two T20 Internationals:Carlos Brathwaite (capt),Sunil Narine, Keemo

Paul, Khary Pierre,Kieron Pollard,

Nicholas Pooran(wk), RovmanPowell, AndreRussell, Oshane

T h o m a s ,Anthony Bramble

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Shimron Hetmyer,Evin Lewis.

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Wriddhiman Saha will beginhis reintegration after a

major shoulder injury with hisfirst first-class game in 18months when India A take onWest Indies A in an unofficialTest starting on Wednesday.

Wriddhiman and HanumaVihari the two Test specialistswho have been included in theA squad to prepare for the two-Test series starting late August.

Wriddhiman, who is onlythree months shy of his 35thbirthday, is returning after acareer-threatening injury thatmany believe has been com-pletely mismanaged at theNational Cricket Academy.

It will not be out of place tolabel his comeback‘Wriddhiman 3.0’ with the keep-er-batsman beginning every-thing from the scratch, some-thing that is not easy in the mid30s.

Having stayed under MSDhoni’s shadow for the betterpart, Wriddhiman was findinghis mojo in a injury-riddencareer but the injury during thelast IPL was a massive blow.

With Rishabh Pant provinghis credentials with centuries inEngland and Australia, it’s againthat phase in his career where hecould be seen wearing theorange or green bib and rushingwith the towel and energy drinkduring breaks.

The teamman that he is,Wriddhiman will do it withoutbatting an eyelid but the ques-

tion that crops up is what exact-ly will be left for him post WestIndies tour, when India play twinseries against South Africa andBangladesh at home.

People in the know of thingsare still at their wits end as tohow the same kind of injury thathad K L Rahul back in action intwo months, saw the Bengalstumper out for more than a yeartill the Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

“KS Bharath just aboutmissed out on an India teamberth. For the first time in 18months, Wriddhiman will bekeeping for a day or may be 120overs if required. Then he willhave to bat. The NCA had ini-tially messed up his rehab andit required a surgery. It needs tobe seen how it holds up,” a seniorBCCI official privy to develop-ments at the NCA said.

For Vihari, a good inningswill keep Virat Kohli and RaviShastri interested for the onemiddle-order slot even thoughvice-captain Ajinkya Rahane isthe favourite to take up the No5 spot for now.

The two openers, PriyankPanchal of Gujarat andAbhimanyu Easwaran of Bengal,will like to continue their goodwork and keep Rahul on toes,especially after two below-partours of England and Australia.

Bharath is expected to get achance in the third Test and agood knock can make him thesecond keeper at home as theAndhra player is considered tobe good keeping up to the spin-ners.

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James Anderson has been ruled out ofEngland’s four-day Test against Ireland

at Lord’s starting on Wednesday butWorld Cup star Jason Roy will make hisdebut.

Opening bowler Anderson has failedto recover from the right calf injury hesustained when playing for his countyLancashire against Durham on July 2.

“Jimmy will continue to be assessed”ahead of the first Ashes Test at Edgbastonon August 1, an England and WalesCricket Board statement said on Tuesday.Chief selector Ed Smith stated whennaming the squad last week thatEngland’s record wicket-taker would notbe risked ahead of the Ashes series if therewere any lingering doubts over his injury.

Bowling resources have already beenstretched by side strains sustained byMark Wood and Jofra Archer in therecent World Cup victory over NewZealand.

Warwickshire paceman Olly Stonewill make his Test debut in Anderson’sabsence, with World Cup-winning bats-man Roy also playing his first Test afterfeaturing in 84 one-dayinternationals.

England will playtwo spinners in JackLeach and MoeenAli in an attack ledby Stuart Broad,with uncapped all-rounder LewisGregory missing outfrom the original 13-man squad.

Test skipper Root,speaking at Lord’s onTuesday, saidAnderson couldhave played againstIreland butstressed thatEngland did notwant to take anychances withtheir prize assetahead of a five-Test Ashesseries.

“ Ji m myp r o b a b l ywould havebeen able toget throughthis Testmatch but(it’s) just mak-ing sure that he’sabsolutely ready,”

Root explained.“We thought the last thing we want is

him carrying a niggle going into a seriesso we tried to be sensible about it and givehim as much time to be 100 percent goinginto that series — a five-match series. Sowe’re very confident that he’ll be fit (forthe Ashes).”

The powerful Roy will open theinnings, as he did during the World Cup,even though he is a middle-order batsmanin first-class cricket.

“With Jason, we want him to be him-self, express himself and trust his instinctsas much as possible,” Root said.

“He brings something different to ourTest batting side, he’s a proven performerin international cricket and fully capableof making big contributions. I hope hedoesn’t try to play differently, I hope he’llgo and be himself.

“There were occasions in the WorldCup when he had to trust his defence andhe might have to draw that out a bit longer

in Test cricket —but he can goand put thepressure back

on the opposi-tion. He’s one of

the best in theworld at that.”

Anderson, 36, nolonger plays ODI cricket

so did not play in theWorld Cup.

The Lancashire swingbowler, with 575 scalps,

trails only the spin trioof Sri Lanka’s MuttiahMuralitharan (800wickets), Australia’sShane Warne (708)and India’s AnilKumble (619) inthe all-time listof Test wicket-takers.England teamto playIreland:Jason Roy,Rory Burns,

Joe Denly, JoeRoot (capt), JonnyBairstow (wkt), MoeenAli, Chris Woakes, SamCurran, Stuart Broad,Olly Stone, Jack Leach.

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Australia off-spinner NathanLyon says it would be a dream

come true to win the Ashes inEngland and he has even thoughtabout how he would celebrate if ithappened.

The 2019 campaign will beLyon’s third Ashes tour to the UK,where Australia have not won aTest series since the 4-1 triumphof Steve Waugh’s men in 2001.

In the 18 years since, fourtouring parties have returnedhome empty handed, twice undercaptain Ricky Ponting (2005 and2009) and twice (2013 and 2015)with Michael Clarke at the helm.

Clarke was Lyon’s captain onhis previous visits to Englandwhere the off-spinner has playedeight Tests with a record of twowins, four losses and two draws,a stats sheet he is desperate to

improve.Lyon has been part of

Australian Test teams that havewon the Ashes at home, includinga 5-0 whitewash in 2013-14. Hehas won away in South Africa andAsia, and been part of the Test sidecrowned No1 in the world.

But the 31-year-old says win-ning an Ashes series in England isthe ultimate.

“It’s like a dream,” Lyon said onthe latest episode of TheUnplayable Podcast.

“As a kid you always dream offirstly playing cricket for Australiabut then winning the Ashes.

“Winning the Ashes is always(up) there but winning it awaymakes it more special.”

Driving Lyon as much as any-thing is the vision of Test legendShane Warne jubilantly celebrat-ing winning the 1997 Ashes seriesat Trent Bridge with a Test to play.

With the stumps in bothhands above his head, Warnedanced victoriously after Australiawon the fifth Test by 264 runs totake an unassailable 3-1 lead in thesix-match series.

The memory of Warne groov-ing on the away dressing room bal-cony in front of thousands of fansis a fantasy he hopes to live in lessthan two months.

And he’s been practicing justin case it comes to fruition.

“The big memory for me isseeing Shane Warne with thestump,” Lyon said.

“That’s the biggest thing. I’mdesperate to replicate that. I reck-on it would be brilliant.

“If we win the Ashes I’ll do it.I’ve been practicing, don’t worryabout that.

“Like Steve Smith batting inhis room, I’ve got a stump upthere.”

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Former captain Allan Borderfeels Australia should pick

their best six batsmen for theupcoming Ashes series againstEngland beginning August 1 inBirmingham.

Border revealed his first choiceteam to foxsports.com.au, namingsouthpaws David Warner, MarcusHarris and Usman Khawaja as hispreferred top three.

“The top three batsmen areleft-handers, which is not neces-sarily the wrong thing,” Bordersaid.

“A lot of people jump up anddown about picking too many left-handers but if they are your bestplayers then go with them. If theywere right-handers, no one wouldsay anything,” he added.

The former Australia skipperalso stated that wicketkeeper-bats-man Matthew Wade should comeinto the side considering his gooddomestic form.

“I’d be very tempted to go withWade. You talk about picking theguys in form, and he’s in greatform. (Marnus) Labuschagnemight get that guernseys in that hecan bowl some pretty handy leg-spin and he’s good in the field too,”Border said. “Wade can bowlsome medium pace. He can get itthrough alright, you could sling

him half a dozen overs if you hadto here and there.”

The 63-year-old also advisedthe Australian team to resist fromtemptation of playing an all-rounder at the number six spotand instead play a proper bats-man.

“I wouldn’t go the all-rounderat No 6. I’d pick a straight out-and-out batsman. England’s conditionsare a bit softer underfoot and tem-perature wise. There’s not as muchphysicality and stress on thebowlers,” he said.

Allan Border’s XI: DavidWarner, Marcus Harris, UsmanKhawaja, Steve Smith, TravisHead, Matthew Wade/MarnusLabuschagne, Tim Paine (c,wk),Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc,Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

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Antoine Griezmann made hisBarcelona debut on Tuesday

but was unable to prevent theLaLiga champions slipping to a 2-1 friendly defeat to Chelsea inSaitama.

World Cup winnerGriezmann — who joined theclub in a €120million move ear-lier this month — made littleimpact during his 45-minuteappearance against FrankLampard’s side, who went in frontthrough Tammy Abraham’s 34th-minute goal.

Barcelona looked bright at thestart of the second period beforeRoss Barkley’s fine finish nineminutes from time sealed the win,despite Ivan Rakitic’s late strike.

Chelsea continue their prepa-rations for the 2019-20 seasonwith a game againstChampionship side Reading onSunday, while Barca take on VisselKobe — and their former playerAndres Iniesta — a day earlier.

Barcelona could — and per-haps should — have gone aheadinside the opening minute butOriol Busquets’ header from eightyards sailed over KepaArrizabalaga’s goal.

Abraham was equally waste-ful in the 23rd minute, blazing a

half-volley over from six yardsafter Marc-Andre ter Stegen hadfailed to hold Christian Pulisic’spowerful strike.

The striker made up for thatmiss soon after, though, coollyrounding Ter Stegen and slottinginto an empty net after Jorginhohad cut out Sergio Busquets’ slop-py pass on the edge of the penal-ty area. Pulisic could have doubledtheir advantage five minutesbefore the interval but crashed aleft-footed effort into the side net-ting, while a subdued OusmaneDembele saw his low strike keptout by Kepa at the other end.

Barca were a team reborn

after making 11 changes at thebreak, Rafinha, Carles Perez andCarles Alena all testing Kepawith low strikes in the openingstages of the second half.

Chelsea substitute Kenedyinexplicably headed well wideafter latching onto Barkley's loft-ed pass but the England interna-tional made no mistake in the 81stminute, squeezing an effort insideNeto’s right-hand post from 18yards.

The Spanish side at leastended the game on a positive note,Rakitic thundering into the topcorner from distance in stoppagetime.

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