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CENTRE WEIGHING OPTIONS GST Bill at risk, says Jayant Sinha

Govt. hopes of closing
pending business fade
Sonia, Rahul
reject Sushmas
statement on
Lalit Modi row
Nistula Hebbar
& Jatin Gandhi
NEW DELHI: With Congress
president Sonia Gandhi and
vice-president Rahul Gandhi
launching a no-holds-barred
attack on External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj on
Friday, the government reac-
ted sharply but seemed to be
giving up all hopes of nishing
pending legislative business,
including passing the Goods
and Services Tax (GST) Bill,
this session.
Minister of State for Fi-
nance Jayant Sinha said the
GST Bill seems to be at risk.
He said while the government
was making all efforts to get
the Bill passed, the legislation
was becoming a victim of re-
venge politics. He said the
government would look at all
possible options. People have
sent us here to work and we
will keep trying. The morn-
ing began with Ms. Gandhi
SC judge in Memon case gets
threat letter; security increased
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Security has been
tightened for the Supreme
Court judge Dipak Misra,
who headed the three-judge
Bench that dismissed the -
nal appeal of the Mumbai se-
rial blasts convict Yakub
Memon to postpone his exe-
cution, as a letter threatening
him has been found near his
house.
We have reached the city.
You will not be spared even if
you increase your security,
said the letter found in a
drawing rst blood by terming
Ms. Swarajs statement to the
Lok Sabha on Thursday on the
Lalit Modi issue, as theat-
rics. Sushmaji theatrics kar-
ney main maahir hain
(Sushmaji is adept at theat-
rics), Ms Gandhi said.
The Congress vice-presi-
dent declared that Ms. Swa-
rajs assertion that Sonia
Gandhi, too, would have ex-
tended help on humanitarian
grounds to former IPL com-
The letter was found
near Justice Dipak
Misras residence.
brown envelope. The letter lice suspect that its senders
was detected by a patrolling are well aware of the location.
guard beside the back gates of
the judges residence on
missioner Lalit Modi whose
wife, Minal Modi, is said to be
suffering from cancer was
false. As her son I can tell you
that she would not have done
what Sushmaji did. She would
not have broken the law, he
said, a statement later sup-
ported by his mother.
BJP HITS BACK AT SONIA,
RAHUL | PAGE 12
GIVE DEBATE A CHANCE |
EDITORIAL
Wednesday night, Vijay
Singh, Deputy Commissioner
of Police, New Delhi, said
here on Friday. At a high-lev-
el meeting, the Union Home
Ministry decided to scale up
the security of the judges who
heard the case to Z-plus
category, the highest scale of
protection. Police officers
said the letter was unlikely to
be a prank. As it was found
just near the house, the po-
THREAT IS SERIOUS | PAGE 12
PM seeks AIADMK support in Parliament
Skips protocol,
calls on CM at
A Krishna
idol as gift
her residence
Suresh Nambath
I t was a day of special gifts
for PM Narendra Modi. While
he got a shawl from the
Textiles Ministry with verses of
CHENNAI: Not allowing proto- poet Kabirdas weaved on it, CM
Jayalalithaa gave him an
col to stand in the way of po-
litical calculations, Prime exquisitely-carved wooden idol
Minister Narendra Modi met of Krishna. Later, State BJP
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister chief Tamilisai Soundararajan
Jayalalithaa at her Poes Gar- presented him a bouquet on
den residence on Friday, and behalf of actor Rajinikanth, who
held one-to-one discussions was not in Chennaion Friday.
on the prevailing political sit-
uation and pressing issues
concerning the Centre and Modi wows the
the State.
The 50-minute luncheon crowd in Tamil
meeting of the two leaders,
whose personal equations AtaltheHandloom
launch of the Nation-
Day, Mr. Modi
date back to the period before began his speech with vanakk-
Mr. Modi became Prime Min- Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa am. He then said: Tamil
ister, took place without oth- at her residence in Chennai on Friday. PHOTO: PTI Naduvanthathil mikka magizh-
er functionaries of the All chi. Nesavalar anaivaraiyum
India Anna Dravida Munne- port to receive the Prime Day, and instead nominated the AIADMK for the Goods kanbathil melum magizhchi
tra Kazhagam or the Tamil Minister on his rst official Finance Minister O. Pan- and Services Tax legislation (Happy to have come to Tamil
Nadu unit of the Bharatiya engagement in Tamil Nadu neerselvam, who read out her in Parliament, especially in Nadu. Doubly happy to have
Janata Party. after assuming office last message on the occasion. the Rajya Sabha. met the weavers), much to the
Ms. Jayalalithaa, who has year. But she did not attend During the meeting at Ms. delight of the crowd. He did
not been keeping too well in the engagement, the launch Jayalalithaas residence, Mr. JAYALALITHAA RAISES CAUVERY, face difficulty in pronouncing
recent days, went to the air- of the National Handloom Modi sought the support of MULLAPERIYAR WITH PM | PAGE 12 nesavalar though.
As PDP raises pitch for a special package for J&K, BJP says the Centre is considering the request
Parties feud within Sections in Pak. taking violence
over Central largesse beyond LoC, says Ram Madhav
Mehboob Jeelani Hindu that the Prime Min- Nistula Hebbar
ister had been advised to
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister downplay the package
Narendra Modi has been and make the announce-
NEW DELHI: Ram Madhav, Bha-
ratiya Janata Party general
unable to announce the ment on Independence
promised special nan- Day.
cial package for Jammu and
secretary in charge of party
affairs in Jammu and Kash-
mir and the seven northeast-
Kashmir because of intra- Bad politics ern States, has blamed
party rifts within the Bhara- Theres a lot of bad poli- certain elements within Pa-
tiya Janata Party (BJP) unit tics being played around kistan for the escalating vio-
in Jammu and its coalition this package, a
partner, the Peoples Demo- senior BJP lead- EXCLUSIVE lence along the
International
cratic Party (PDP), in er said. So we are taking Border.
Kashmir. our time, talking to our col- In an interview with The Everybody knows who tions of the Pakistani estab-
The clash of egos and am- leagues in Jammu and tell- Hindu, he said: What is hap- those sections are, what those lishment insistent on
bitions in the two parties ing them to sort out their pening now, and is quite wor- sections are. They continue continuing to use terror as
has become so vicious that differences. risome, is the fact that they with their policy of bleeding part of a state weapon, he
Mr. Modi may even cancel The delay in announcing [terror incidents and inltra- India, not allowing tension- said. On the special package
his trip to Kashmir, where the package has resulted in tion] are happening now free relations between the for Jammu and Kashmir, he
he is due to make the much- panic in PDP ranks. along the International Bor- two countries. It shouldnt be said the Centre had given a
awaited announcement in der, whereas [earlier] they seen as the whole state specif- favourable response.
the last week of August. TIES WILL BE UNTENABLE
would occur on the Line of ically engaging in this; it
BJP sources told The WITHOUT PACKAGE | PAGE 12 Control. should be seen as certain sec- A BIG ACHIEVEMENT | PAGE 12

Issues that Mumbai man detained in Many have faith in unelected

remain
unanswered
A week after Yakub Abdul
Razak Memon, the lone
condemned man in the 1993
Mumbai serial blasts case,
was sent to the gallows,
questions have been raised
about the nature of the
Supreme Court proceedings
leading up to the execution,
and the manner of disposal
of his mercy plea by
President Pranab Mukherjee
hours before he was
hanged.
These had caused unease
in legal and judicial circles,
and refuse to die down.
Questions have also been
raised on whether Mr.
Mukherjee rejected
Memons mercy plea
without proper application
of the mind and in haste,
considering the fact that
there is no deadline for a
President to decide mercy
petitions. Krishnadas
Rajagopal collates these
troubling points.
QUESTIONS THAT WILL
NOT DIE | PERSPECTIVE
CM
YK
Delhi for wanting to join IS
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: A 48-year-old man
from Mumbai was detained
on Thursday after he ap-
proached the Iraq Embassy
and allegedly expressed his
desire to serve as the spokes-
person of the Islamic State.
Senior police officers said
interrogation of the suspect,
Zuber Ahmed Khan, has so
far indicated that he is men-
tally unstable. However, not
willing to take any chances,
the police kept him under de-
tention on Friday too.
In a Facebook account pur-
portedly belonging to Mr
Khan, he has posted a com-
ment that he wanted to sur-
render his Indian passport
and join the Islamic State as a
spokesperson. The post was
subsequently reported by
some Facebook users.
On a separate platform, he
had written that he would be
the voice of Muslims and
place the true picture of Mus-
lims before society. The IS
does not betray those who
help it on the basis of reli-
gion, he had purportedly
stated as the reason for join-
ing the terror group.
Some other posts allegedly
made by him on the Facebook
account also suggested that
he was a fan of Yakub Me-
mon, hanged recently for the
1993 Mumbai serial blasts.
Police feel Zuber Ahmed
Khan is mentally
unstable. PHOTO: SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENT
The Delhi Police have con-
tacted their counterparts in
Mumbai to seek details of his
background. The Mumbai po-
lice were also hunting for him
ever since the Facebook posts
emerged.
However, apart from the
online posts, no evidence of
his involvement in any seri-
ous illegal activities has
emerged, the police said. No
case was registered against
him and he was not arrested
till late Friday.
The police said he arrived
in the city by train on
Wednesday and had been
putting up in Nizamuddin.
On Thursday, he visited the
Press Council of India (PCI)
to seek a certicate declaring
him an Indian journalist. He
was driven away from there
after which he approached
the Iraq Embassy, said a se-
nior police officer.
Mr Khan submitted his
bio-data at the embassy and
asked the officials to forward
it to the IS in Iraq for consid-
eration for the post of its spo-
kesperson. The alarmed
officials there held him back
while one of them called the
police.
According to the police, Mr
Khan has never worked as a
journalist at any recognised
media house even though he
has a masters degree in mass
communication and another
one in public administration.
He had worked in the admin-
istration department of a
Mumbai hospital before serv-
ing as someones secretary.
In 2007, he began taking
keen interest in religious ac-
tivities which was disliked by
his employer. He was re-
moved from the job and has
been unemployed ever since.
His wife works as a school-
teacher in Mumbai and the
family has been surviving on
her salary, said the officer
Investigators revealed that
Mr Khan had been cooper-
ative during his questioning
even though some of his
statements and arguments
were contradictory. He was
found in possession of a few
thousand rupees, not enough
for his plans to visit Iraq or
even stay in Delhi for long.
bodies, but India values dissent
Rukmini S.
NEW DELHI: A substantial
number of Indians support
undemocratic modes of
rule, yet identify them-
selves as democrats, new
numbers from a global sur-
vey show.
The report, Democracy
in India: A Citizens Per-
spective, is part of a global
survey on attitudes to de-
mocracy conducted in India
by Lokniti at the Delhi-
based Centre for the Study
of Developing Societies in
2013, covering over 6,000
respondents in 22 States.
The sample was selected
to be representative of gen-
der, caste, religion and
class. A similar survey was
conducted in 2005.
As in the past, the propor-
tion of respondents who
said that they always pre-
ferred democracy to other
kinds of government was
under 50 per cent, with 43
per cent either indifferent
or of no opinion, and 11 per
cent up from 6 per cent in
2005 saying that under
some circumstances, an au-
thoritarian government
was preferable to a demo-
cratic one.
The proportion of Indi-
ans who prefer democracy
is signicantly lower than in
Bangladesh or Sri Lanka,
but higher than in Pakistan.
Support for authoritarian-
ism was higher among rich-
er, better educated people
and those with a high media
exposure.
Views complicated
However, even among
those who supported it,
views about democracy
were complicated, Sanjay
Kumar, Director of CSDS,
explained. Nearly 40 per
cent of all people approved
of the statement that India
should get rid of Parliament
and elections and have a
strong leader decide things,
while 35 per cent disagreed TRUSTED INSTITUTION | PAGE 12
(the rest had no response).
Similarly, nearly 40 per
cent of people agreed that
experts should make deci-
sions on behalf of the peo-
ple rather than Parliament
and elections, as opposed to
33 per cent who disagreed.
However more people
disagreed with the Army
taking over to govern the
country (46 per cent) than
agreed (30 per cent). In the
end, just 23 per cent of peo-
ple in all did not support
rule by any undemocratic
leader or institution.
ARMY CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST
METROPLUS MELANGE
ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION
Tripura wants death
penalty abolished
AGARTALA: The Tripura
Assembly passed a resolution
on Friday requesting the Centre
to amend Section 302 of the
IPC to abolish the capital
punishment. Congress MLA
Jitendra Sarkar moved the
motion.
NATION | PAGE 9
TRAFFIC WOES
10000 more buses likely
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi
Party-led Delhi government on
Friday pushed its plan of
bringing 10,000 more buses on
city roads.
STATE | PAGE 6
FOURTH SUCH INCIDENT
Blogger killed in Dhaka
DHAKA: Attackers armed
with machetes killed Niloy
Chatterjee, 40, an advocate of
secularism and blogger, here on
Friday, the fourth killing of an
online critic of religious
extremism in six months.
WORLD | PAGE 14
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Onion crisis takes a political turn
The AAP on Friday challenged the National Agricultural
Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited to prove
that it ever proposed any rate for selling onions. >> Page 4
FTII STUDENTS SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT RESPONDING TO THEIR DEMANDS
We will not back down
Vijetha S.N
T
he striking students of the Film
and Television Institute of India
(FTII), Pune, who brought their
protest seeking the removal of
newly-appointed chairman Ga-
jendra Chauhan to the city a week
ago, say they have no intention of
quitting till their demands are
met. Two students shall stay back
in the city, while the others shall
travel to mobilise support from
students across India.
We are not striking out of pas-
sion. We are striking because we
are affected as students by the ap-
pointments being made. Not just
Gajendra Chauhan, four others
who have been appointed are not
fit for their posts. There has been
talk about the number of strikes
we have organised. Unlike claims
EVERYWHERE THERE ARE
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WRONG
PEOPLE BEING APPOINTED
CM
YK
STUDENTS ON STRIKE
The students met the media at the Press Club of India on
Friday. PHOTO:SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR (MORE ON PAGE 8)
that there have been 39 strikes,
there have been only seven strikes
and six protests by all the unions
combined, said Vikas Urs, one of
the five students who held a dis-
cussion here on Friday.
It has been 57 days since we
started striking. We have no in-
tention of stopping till our de-
mands are met, said another
student, Prathek Vats, adding that
they had got overwhelming sup-
CITY
Viewers gallery at Rajiv Chowk metro station
Movement in the busy Rajiv Chowk metro station is going to be
easier for commuters from Saturday. The Delhi Metro is going to
open the viewers gallery to decongest the space. >> Page 5
port from artists, actors, politic-
ians and many others. The
students say that despite all the
noise, the government was not re-
sponding to their demands or ex-
plaining the basis on which the
chairman had been appointed.
We got promises of new equip-
ment and teachers, but the gov-
ernment has been silent on why
these people have been appoint-
ed, said another student.
The students say they visited
almost all universities and even
some colleges in the city and al-
most every other place they went
to. Everywhere there are com-
plaints about wrong people being
appointed. Appointments are not
happening on merit, but are based
on links with the ruling party. In
the end, students suffer, said
Shakshi Gulati, another student
who said that one of the questions
on their minds was the process for
the appointment. We want to
know how with the same proce-
dure somebody like Shyam Bene-
gal is appointed, and then there is
an appointment like Gajendra
Chauhan, she said.
Ten FIRs have been registered
and we have been told there will
be raids. This is not how a govern-
ment should respond. Students
are angry. We are not planning to
back down, added Vikas Urs.
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Application sought
for next DU V-C
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: With Delhi Univer-
sity Vice-Chancellor Dinesh
Singh set to retire in October,
the government has put in
motion the appointment of a
new V-C by inviting applica-
tions from prospective candi-
dates. An advertisement in
this regard was released by
the HRD Ministry on
Wednesday.
The Vice-Chancellor be-
ing the academic as well ad-
ministrative head, is expected
to be a visionary with proven
leadership qualities, adminis-
trative capabilities as well as
teaching and research cre-
dentials, the government
notification read.
The candidate needs to
have a minimum of 10 years
experience as a professor in a
university or at an equivalent
position in a research orga-
nisation. He or she should not
be above the age of 65 years,
it added.
The appointment will be
made by a panel recommend-
ed by the search-cum-selec-
tion committee. DUs
executive council had, in May
this year, nominated former
CAG Vinod Rai and former
THE HINDU
Dinesh Singh, the
present Vice-Chancellor,
will retire in October.
FILE PHOTO
ISRO chairman K. Kasturi-
rangan to this selection panel.
A notification regarding
the constitution of the
search-cum-selection panel
will soon be issued by the
HRD Ministry.
The appointment of the
next V-C would be watched
closely by the academic cir-
cles given the controversies
surrounding the university
during Dinesh Singhs tenure,
who was issued a show-cause
by the HRD ministry earlier
this year over the controver-
sial roll-out of the now de-
funct Four Year
Undergraduate Programme.
JNU signs MoU for disaster
management centre
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU)
has signed a MoU with the
National Institute of Disas-
ter Management (NIDM)
for establishing a Centre
for Excellence in Disaster
Research and Resilience
Building at the varsity. The
memorandum of under-
standing was signed on
Thursday between Santosh
Kumar, NIDM Executive
Director, and S.K. Sopory,
JNU vice- chancellor, in
the presence of the Union
Minister of State for Home
Affairs, Kiren Rijiju.
According to the MoU,
the NIDM will provide fi-
nancial assistance of
Rs.4.14 crore to JNU over a
three-year period to start
M.Phil and Ph.D pro-
grammes in disaster man-
agement a first in the
country.
The objective is to initi-
ate research, teaching, ca-
pacity and manpower
development within a
trans-disciplinary frame-
work, which brings science
to communities in a man-
ner that it is made usable
and understandable to
communities in fragile eco-
systems, the statement
said.
The MoU will look to
Handicrafts from Nepal
add colour to monsoon
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: While Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi pushed
for the handloom to be pop-
ularized in Chennai on Fri-
day to celebrate National
Handloom Day, SEWA (Self
Employed Womens Associ-
ation) organised a hand-
icraft exhibition in the
national Capital with prod-
ucts made by the earth-
quake-affected women of
Nepal on display.
Deep Kumar Upadhyay,
Ambassador (Embassy of
Nepal), was the chief guest
at the exhibition that coin-
cides with the festival of
Teej. The show will contin-
ue till August 14 at the Han-
siba showroom in
Connaught Place.
On display are products
the Nepalese women creat-
ed from the indigenous fiber
of allo, apart from their
traditional weaving tech-
nique called dhaka, keep-
ing in mind the taste of the
Indian consumer. These in-
clude shawls, stoles, kurtis
and bags, which have been
made using the nettle plant.
Among the other products
available were black soya-
bean, gundruk and beaten
rice namkeen that are
unique to Nepal. These
products had been prepared
at SEWAs Village Cafe.
The showstopper of the
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President to
turn teacher
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: President
Pranab Mukherjee will
turn into a teacher this
September and take
classes for school
students on the eve of
Teachers Day, the Delhi
government said on
Friday.
Deputy Chief Minister
and Education Minister
Manish Sisodia said the
President had given his
consent to teach students
at the Dr. Rajendra
Prasad Sarvodaya
Vidyalaya on the
Presidents Estate from
11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
September 4.
The Chief Minister
and I recently met the
President and requested
him to interact with
students as a teacher on
the eve of Teachers Day.
The President liked the
proposal and accepted
it, Mr. Sisodia said.
He added that the
government would soon
launch the Be a Teacher
programme, as part of
which renowned people
would take classes.
According to the
MoU, the NIDM will
provide financial
assistance of Rs.4.14
crore to JNU to start
M.Phil and Ph.D
programmes in
disaster management
build community resil-
ience through better pre-
paredness, legal and
governance reforms, en-
hanced capacity for early
detection and warning sys-
tems, absorption of indige-
nous wisdom in
administrative systems,
resonating vulnerabilities
of various kinds, remote
sensing and GIS (Geo-
graphical Information Sys-
tem)-based mitigation
efforts and environmental
capacity enhancement of
local governance.
Academically, the col-
laborative nature of this
programme would bring
the focus to local commu-
nities and resource conser-
vation at the grassroot
level. The NIDM will move
a step forward towards its
goal of becoming a deemed
university with this collab-
oration, the statement
added.
An exhibition of
products made by the
earthquake-affected
women of Nepal is on
in Connaught Place
exhibition, however, was
the dazzling collection of
dhaka products made using
a western essence.
Reema Nanawati, Direc-
tor of SEWA said, There
are 1.9 million poor women
associated with SEWA. We
have been working in Nepal
for the past seven years and
are well connected with the
people there. With the
earthquake there, the wom-
en associated with SEWA
went to Nepal, stayed with
the affected families and
motivated them to recover.
And here we are with an ex-
hibition with handicrafts
made by the Nepalese wom-
en. We will be organising
this in other cities also.
The calamity-hit women
said the earthquake left
them with fearful hearts
and broken confidence. SE-
WA, they say, helped them
regain the lost confidence
and boosted their enthusi-
asm to work again. It also
provided them with the nec-
essary help, support and
guidance, besides putting
together relief supplies.
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Aug 08, Sat
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Dengue scare on the rise
As many as 53 cases have been reported as of July 31
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: Dengue numbers
continue to rise in the city,
with number of cases report-
ed this year being more than
double of what the Capital
registered this time last year.
The official number states
that dengue figures stand at
53 till July 31 (last official
figures released by the Delhi
government) and one death.
However, city doctors warn
the number of cases is much
higher.
Last year, the city had re-
ported 22 cases by this time.
This vector-borne disease is
transmitted by several spe-
cies of mosquitoes within the
genus Aedes. The symptoms
include fever, headache,
muscle and joint pains, and
skin rash.
Earlier this week, a 10-
year-old Manipuri girl living
in South Delhi died of den-
gue. Hers was the first den-
gue-related death this
season.
The girl was admitted to
AIIMS with shock syndrome
and haemorrhage, doctors
said. On August 1, a 30-year-
old woman from Delhi died
of dengue at a hospital in
Gurgaon.
Meanwhile, of the 53 re-
ported cases, the worst-af-
fected region is North Delhi,
with 20 confirmed cases re-
ported from the area.
Following that are 15 and
10 cases that have been re-
ported from South and East
Delhi, respectively.
A total of five cases have
been reported from resi-
dents of Uttar Pradesh and
Haryana, who sought med-
ical treatment in Delhi.
Three cases have been
marked as untraced. Ac-
cording to doctors, with rain-
fall increasing in the last few
days, the threat will continue
Standing guard
Security was beefed up at Supreme Court judge Justice Dipak
Misras residence after he received a threat letter in New Delhi
on Friday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA
Trouble for Muzaffarnagar documentary
Kritika Sharma Sebastian
NEW DELHI: Nakul Singh Saw-
hneys controversial docu-
mentary Muzaffarnagar Abhi
Baki Hai is in the limelight af-
ter its screening was disrupted
at two universities recently.
While ABVP volunteers op-
posed the screening at a Delhi
University college, students at
Jawaharlal Nehru University
managed to screen the movie
despite opposition from the
administration.
But what makes the docu-
mentary controversial?
The documentary is based
on the riots in Uttar Pradeshs
Muzaffarnagar in 2013, which
DELHI TODAY
Paintings: Ratna Sagar presents
"Lyrical Expression" - an exhibition of
paintings by Phalguni Dasgupta at Art
Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, Main
Building, India International Centre
(IIC), 11 am - 7 pm, till Aug. 13
Exhibition: Iran Culture House
and Premchand Archives and Literary
Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia organis-
es an exhibition on "Islamic Arts and
Crafts" at M.F. Hussain Art Gallery,
Jamia Millia Islamia, 10 am - 5 pm, till
Aug. 14
Music: Department of Art, Cul-
ture & Languages, Govt. of Delhi and
Sahitya Kala Parishad present Thumri
Festival, 2015 - performances of Anjali
Pohankar, Devasish Dey, and Ustad
Ghulam Sadiq Khan at Kamani Audi-
torium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi
House, 6:30 pm
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Aug 09, Sun
RISE 05 48 SET 19 06
RISE 01 03 SET 14 49
to loom.
Anil Bansal of the Delhi
Medical Association noted
that doctors have been see-
ing a steep rise in the num-
bers of dengue cases and
related complications this
past week.
There has been a spurt in
fevers this week and the
number of people coming
with dengue-like symptoms
after the sporadic rainfall has
gone up. Cases of fever, in-
Its screening was
disrupted at two
universities recently
witnessed a number of deaths
and led to many Hindus and
Muslims being displaced. It
shows how leaders of two po-
litical outfits provoke masses
into committing atrocities. Al-
so, the documentary looks at
the present condition of those
displaced during the riots.
The documentary, which
runs for over two hours, in-
cludes numerous interviews
of families of both the commu-
nities that were affected.
Recital: Flute recital by Rohit
Anand, disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar at
Habitat World, India Habitat Centre
(IHC), 7 pm
Screening: "Dont Look Back"
film screening at The Japan Founda-
tion, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, 2
pm
Play: Commemorate 74th Death
Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
Chittaranjan Park Bangiya Samaj pre-
sents "Shesher Kabita" Bengali Play at
Bipin Chandra Pal Auditorium, A-81,
Chittaranjan Park, 7 pm
Talk: "Indian History and Civil-
isation" Launch and discussion on the
Collected Works of Professor S.C. Ma-
lik. Speakers: Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Di-
rector-General, Archaeological
Survey of India; H.E. Prof. Sudharshan
Seneviratne, High Commissioner of
Aug 10, Mon
RISE 05 48 SET 19 06
RISE 01 54 SET 15 44
fections, stomach-related
problems and joint pains
have also gone up. There is
increase in the visibility of
mosquitoes in the city, which
makes one vulnerable to
dengue, he said.
Charan Singh, Additional
Director, Public Health and
Waterborne Diseases Con-
trol, Directorate of Health
Services, noted that the Del-
hi Health Department was
conducting regular training
Former president of the
JNU Students Union, Lenin
Kumar, said: There is noth-
ing wrong with the documen-
tary. It is not as if the director
created a work of fiction.
ABVP is trying to disrupt the
screening because they are
against creative freedom. This
shows what is happening in
the country as well. Just one
group of people are trying to
dictate terms.
However, ABVPs Saket Ba-
huguna said: Our problem
with the documentary is that
it shows that only Muslims
were affected in the riots. An
equal number of Hindus were
also affected.
Sri Lanka; Dr. Nalini Thakur, School
of Planning & Architecture; and Shri
Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati at
Lecture Room - 2, Annexe Building,
India International Centre (IIC), 6:30
pm
Discussion: "Building Inclusive
India" panel discussion. Panelists:
Specially abled achievers - Asif Iqbal,
Vijay Krishnamani, Dimple Gupta,
Aditi Dubey. Chair: D.R. Kaarthikeyan
at Habitat World, India Habitat Cen-
tre (IHC), 7 pm
Culture: Aadi Krithigai - Thirup-
pugazh Ashtotra Mala Bhajan at Ga-
neshji Mandir, Baba Kharak Singh
Marg, 9 am
(Mail your listings for this column
at cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in)
CITY |3
THE 8-YEAR-OLD'S BODY WAS FOUND DUMPED IN A PARK
LIFE CUT SHORT
Awareness
programme
Juvenile tenant kills boy
organised Staff Reporter the area during the wee hours of
Friday. It was found to be the
n eight-year-old boy was allegedly missing boys body, said a police
A
Staff Reporter strangled to death by a juvenile be- officer.
fore being dumped in a park in As part of investigations, the
NEW DELHI: About 250 South Delhis Sangam Vihar on police questioned Vanshs 15-
South Delhi Municipal Thursday. year-old friend who had accom-
Corporation school Police have apprehended the 16- panied him to the market. The
students carried out a year-old suspect, who has allegedly boy allegedly revealed that they
dengue prevention confessed to his crime. The suspect met a 16-year-old boy on the way.
awareness programme killed the boy over a monetary dis- The suspects description
in Kalkaji on Friday. pute with the victims parents, said matched that of Vanshs tenant.
The students Mandeep S. Randhawa, Deputy The boy was missing initially,
marched around DDA Commissioner of Police which strengthened our suspi-
Flats, Kalkaji, holding (South-East). The accused allegedly killed cion. He was tracked down and
placards and raising Demanding action against the the boy over a monetary apprehended. Initially he tried to
slogans on ways to avoid boy, the victims family and neigh- dispute with his parents. mislead us, but he broke down
the vector-borne bours protested with his body out- later and confessed to having
disease. About 50 side the Sangam Vihar police killed the boy, said the officer.
teachers accompanied station on Friday. They also alleged with his parents in G-Block, San- The 16-year-old said that he
the students of five that the boy was also sexually as- gam Vihar. His father Suresh works was recently involved in a quarrel
SDMC schools on the saulted. The DCP, however, denied as an electrician. with Vanshs parents, from whom
2-km rally. the charge. The eight-year-old, Vansh had left home with a 15- he had taken a room on rent. He
We will extend the identified as Vansh Singh, lived year-old friend on Thursday eve- allegedly killed the boy as re-
awareness rally to all 30 ning to buy groceries, but did not venge, police said. A murder case
wards in the zone soon. THE TENANT WAS MISSING INITIALLY. return. After a search by his family has been registered at the San-
led to no results, his parents ap- gam Vihar police station.
The children will spread
awareness among the LATER, HE WAS TRACKED DOWN AND proached the local police. A mis-
community, said DURING INTERROGATION, HE CONFESSED sing complaint was filed around
10.30 pm on Thursday. We reco-
For feedback, please mail us at
cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in
SDMC Central zone
chairperson Virender TO HAVE KILLED THE BOY vered a boys body from a park in
Kasana. SDMC officials
and members of local
RWAs also participated
in the programme.
and workshops for medical
Two acquitted in culpable homicide case
staff. Special Correspondent sation to the victims wife as ons of offence, iron and dan- acquitted by the court.
Dr. Singh added that hos- she has been finding it difficult das, as they were recovered 45 The eyewitness, who had ac-
pitals and health centres are NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has to meet daily expenses. The days after the incident. companied the victim, deposed
fully prepared to deal with acquitted two people accused court also pulled up the Inves- According to the prosecu- that he could identify one of
the patient load. in a case of culpable homicide tigating Officer for not joining tion, four persons had attacked the assailants. He claimed he
The corporation claims to not amounting to murder as independent witnesses and the victim at a fair in 2014. He could identify him as the ac-
have found mosquitoes are the lone eyewitness turned taking signatures of the ac- later succumbed to the inju- cused was a resident of their
breeding in over 82,000 hostile and the victims wifes cused on the seizure memo of ries. As one of the accused was area and had a pet dog. Howev-
houses this year. As many as evidence was declared hearsay. the recovery of weapons of of- a juvenile, he was sent to the er, he deposed that he could
45,492 houses in South Del- However it recommended fence, allegedly at their in- Juvenile Justice Board. The not see the other three beating
hi, 20,499 in North Delhi and that the Delhi Legal Services stance from an open place. second accused is absconding, up Raj Kumar and, therefore,
16,975 in East Delhi were Authority (North-West Dis- It also expressed dismay while the remaining two So- was not in any position to iden-
found positive for breeding. trict) give monetary compen- over bloodstains on the weap- nu and Shyam Sundar were tify them, the court noted.
NHRC looks at
medical negligence
Mohammed Iqbal
NEW DELHI: A recent incident
of alleged carelessness of
doctors at government hospi-
tals in Delhi, which led to a
10-year-old boys foot being
amputated, has caught the at-
tention of the National Hu-
man Rights Commission
(NHRC). The Commission
has taken suo motu cogni-
sance of the case and issued
notices to authorities.
The NHRC took note of Bi-
lals ordeal, who after being
made to go from one hospital
to another in Delhi, eventu-
ally lost his foot.
The Commission has now
issued notices to the Union
Health and Family Welfare
Secretary, Delhi govern-
ments Health Secretary, the
Delhi Medical Council Secre-
tary and the Commissioner
(North Delhi Municipal Cor-
poration), calling for their re-
ports within two weeks.
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Another snake
makes its way Only 300 pet dogs registered this year Onion crisis
takes a
Rajendra Kumar fails to
appear before ACB
into DU Damini Nath political turn
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: Lack of awareness
Sterilisation Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Rajendra Kumar,
secretary to Chief Minister Ar-
further examine the matter and
ask him to join the investiga-

NEW DELHI: Another snake, this

time a ve-foot long Royal
Snake, was rescued from Delhi
Universitys Khalsa College on
Wednesday. Found in the col-
lege canteen, the snake was
unhurt and later released into
its natural habitat.
With the rains in Delhi
forcing animals to seek shel-
ter, it really is raining reptiles
in Wildlife SOS. Following
close on the heels of a royal
snake being rescued from an
electricity box in South Cam-
pus, and a cobra being found
caught in the netting of a foot-
ball goal near Shivaji College,
Wildlife SOS rescued its third
snake in the last 72 hours from
Delhi University, said Kartick
Satyanarayan, co-founder of
the animal welfare service.
The snake was identied as
a royal snake, or diadem snake,
which is a non-venomous spe-
cies found commonly in the
area. Such snakes will only bite
if they feel threatened, which
is why it is important for peo-
ple to avoid cornering it or at-
tempting to handle the
situation themselves, said a
Wildlife SOS release.
seems to be dogging the Cap-
itals pet registration servic-
drive gets NEW DELHI: Taking forward the
vind Kejriwal failed to appear
before Delhi governments Anti
tion, senior ACB official said.
Rajendra Kumar has been
es, with the three municipal
corporations issuing less
a boost onion war, the Aam Aadmi
Party on Friday challenged
Corruption Branch (ACB) on
Friday after it summoned him
reportedly summoned by ACB
headed by Lt Governor ap-
than 300 new tokens so far the National Agricultural and other top officials in Trans- pointed M K Meena in the scam
Staff Reporter
this year. Cooperative Marketing Fed- port department connection as he too had headed the trans-
Pet-owners are supposed eration of India Limited with an alleged Rs.100 crore port department earlier.
to pay a paltry Rs.15 for an NEW DELHI: The stray dog (NAFED) to prove that it ever CNG tness scam. The ACB has also issued
annual token for their dogs sterilisation programme proposed any rate for selling He (Kumar) was called to summons to about a dozen se-
from the local civic body. of the North Delhi Mu- the edible bulb. The BJP, on help in the investigation today nior officers in connection with
These tokens are supposed to nicipal Corporation will the other hand, called AAPs but he failed to appear. We will the scam. PTI
be hung on the canines col- get a boost with another claims a blatant lie.
lar, and can be taken from a NGO joining the initia- Condemning the politicisa-
tive.
registered private veterinar-
ian. The Corporation has
tion of NAFED by the BJP-led
Central government, the par-
WEATHER WATCH (City-wise reading yesterday)
However, the corporations outsourced the catching ty said: The AAP would like For metros highlighted, readings show max temperature
say less than 300 pet dogs and sterilising of stray ca- to know from the top NAFED
have got new tokens this nines to ve NGOs, with brass whether it agrees with
year. The North Delhi Mu- the sixth Krishna Ash- the unauthorised political
nicipal Corporation has is- ram joining on Friday. statements of a BJP nominee
sued 99 and the East Delhi Mayor Ravinder Gupta on its board of directors about
Municipal Corporation has Officials said the lack of awareness among pet- said the NGO will be paid the prices of onions. The AAP
given out 91 this year. The owners was to blame for the dismal numbers. Rs.760 per dog for catch- challenges both the NAFED
South Delhi Municipal Cor- ing, conducting the oper- and this political nominee to
FILE PHOTO
poration has issued 40 from ation and releasing them show even a single proof that Delhi | 34.0 C
April to July. the lack of awareness among tration scheme as it is today. back at the place they it ever proposed to the Delhi
Last year, the EDMC had pet-owners was to blame for The token system doesnt were picked up from. government any particular
issued a total of 143 tokens the dismal numbers. Howev- give any service to the pet- The North Delhi Mu- rate at which it would provide
and the North Corporation er, the civic bodies have not owners. The civic bodies nicipal Corporation has onions for the markets in the
sterilised and immunised Kolkata | 34.6 C
gave out 346. As per the Delhi conducted any programmes should give incentives like national Capital.
Municipal Acts Section 399, to spread awareness in the free vaccinations to make the 1,591 dogs till June 30 this It further stated that the
all pet dogs have to be regis- past few years. programme more popular, year. Last year, a total of Delhi government had begun Mumbai |30.8 C
tered with the civic body and However, animal rights ac- said activist and Sanjay 6,746 dogs were steril- its preparations to deal with Hyderabad | 34.2 C
must wear the metal token tivists are not convinced Gandhi Animal Care Centre ised. any possibility ofrise in onion
on their collars. Officials said about the need for the regis- director Ambika Shukla. prices way back in April, when
it had tied up with Central Bengaluru | 28.7 C Chennai | 35.5 C
government agencySFAC
(Small Farmers Agri-Busi-
ness Consortium). Reacting
to this, Delhi BJP general sec-
retary and South Delhi
MPRamesh Bidhuri said the Image & Data: India Meteorological Department
AAP should stop misleading
the people on its govern- Forecast for Saturday: Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places over
Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
ments failure to meet the on-
ion crisis. Max Min Max Min Max Min
AAP leaders should check Agartala 32.8 26.9 Hubballi 28.0 21.0 New Delhi 34.0 26.4
facts with their Minister Asim Ahmedabad 33.0 26.5 Hyderabad 34.2 23.3 Patna 35.0 26.2
Ahmed, who has alreadyad- Allahabad 35.8 26.6 Imphal 32.5 23.0 Port Blair 30.4 23.4
mitted to receiving and reply- Aizawl 28.4 16.1 Jaipur 33.0 26.2 Pune 28.9 22.2
ing to NAFED advisories, he Bengaluru 28.7 20.3 Kohima 24.5 15.6 Puducherry 37.0 27.2
said. Bhopal 29.1 23.8 Kolkata 34.6 27.3 Raipur 30.9 24.0
Bhubaneswar 33.5 25.3 Kochi 30.4 24.4 Ranchi 31.5 22.0
Chandigarh 34.5 26.0 Kozhikode 32.5 24.3 Shillong 22.7 16.9
Chennai 35.5 28.3 Kurnool 34.8 25.4 Shimla 21.2 17.6
Coimbatore 32.6 23.7 Lucknow 34.3 25.9 Srinagar 31.3 21.0
Dehradun 25.5 23.6 Madurai 39.9 24.4 Vijayawada 33.5 24.4
Gangtok 19.8 17.2 Mangaluru 30.7 23.9 Visakhapatnam 32.0 26.6
Goa 30.0 24.0 Mumbai 30.8 26.4 Thiruvananthapuram 32.4 25.2
Guwahati 35.3 24.0 Mysuru 29.0 20.4 Tiruchi 38.7 27.4

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REACHING OUT

CMS SUPER TALENTED CHILDREN SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

For a bright future

Staff Reporter

ending a helping hand to students in

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getting admission to premiere engi-
neering and medical institutions, the
Delhi government has launched
Chief Ministers Super Talented
Children Scholarship Scheme.
Under the scheme, the govern-
ment will identify 400 of the most
talented science stream students
from Class XI and Class XII and pro-
vide professional coaching and guid-
ance to them for preparation of
engineering and medical exams.
They have tied up with coaching in-
stitutes such as Aakash Institute, Vi-
dyamandir and FIITJEE, which give
specialised training to crack en-
trance exams of premier engineering
and medical colleges.
Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief
Minister and Education Minister
said: Most of our children from gov-
ernment schools do not get into pro-
fessional institutes like IITs, NITs,
medical colleges and dental colleges.
The reason is lack of resources and
guidance during their school days.
Admission to IITs and premier med-
ical institutions is highly competi-
tive and children need not only the
regular class room teaching at the
school level but also rigorous coach-
ing and training by reputed coaching
institutes.
In order to provide professional
coaching to the students, the Delhi
government has launched this
scheme, he added. lected for coaching institutes includ- turn, mentor and monitor it
In order to select the eligible stu- ing Vidyamandir, FIITJEE and personally.
dents, Directorate of Education will Aakash institute, the statement DTC and Metro passes will also
conduct a screening test for Class XI added. Once selected each class XI be provided by the government
and XII science stream students student will undergo an intensive free of cost to these students to
studying in Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas training of, at least, 850 hours, while travel between their residence and
Vidyalaya and 54 Model Delhi Gov- the Class XII students will be provid- the training institute.
ernment Schools. The screening will ed training for 500 hours. The in- While making the announce-
begin within a week, a statement stitute will provide the same ment, Mr. Sisodia also mentioned
from the Delhi government read. online/printed study material, as- that in government schools, most
250 students of Class XI and 150 signments, tests which it provides to of the students opt for Arts and
students from Class XII will be se- its regular students. Commerce streams at senior sec-
The students will also be given ondary level and hardly 5-10 per-
regular model tests and feedback cent students choose Science
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL will be shared with their parents as stream.
COACHING TO THE STUDENTS, THE DELHI done in case of other students. In
GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THIS addition, the institute will share this
feedback online with the principals For feedback, please mail us at
SCHEME of the students schools who will, in cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in

Viewers gallery to be
opened at Rajiv Chowk
metro station

The opening of the viewers gallery will

decongest the Rajiv Chowk metro
station. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Movement in the busy Rajiv Chowk

metro station is going to be easier for commu-
ters from Saturday onwards. The Delhi Metro
is going to open the viewers gallery - part of the
unpaid area of the Rajiv Chowk station - to
decongest the space.
The Delhi Metro said the station has eight
entry gates and passengers entering from gate
one to four reach platform number three,
across which trains going towards Noida/
Vaishali pass. Those using gates ve to eight
reach platform number four, across which
trains going towards Dwarka pass.
It has been observed that generally 70 per
cent of the passengers land up at the Dwarka-
side platform and then cross the foot over-
bridge to go towards the Noida/Vaishali plat-
form. The move is aimed at facilitating smooth
movement of passengers from one side of the
station to another and to avoid unnecessary
congestion inside the paid area, said a Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesper-
son. The station records an average footfall of
around ve lakh daily. Those having to go to-
wards Dwarka also cross the foot over-bridge to
reach the right platform and this causes unnec-
essary congestion at a few entry points while
others are hardly used, cited the study conduct-
ed by DMRC.

Labourers death:
notice issued to DMRC
Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The National Human RightsCom-

mission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Delhi
Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) over re-
ports of a labourers death andinjuries to
another due to negligence.
Taking suo motu cognisance of a media
report that alabourer, Vijay Kumar, died and
another was injured when ahuge cement
slab fell on them ina tunnel at an under
construction Metro site in West Delhi,the
Commission has observed that the incident,
if true, raisesquestions regarding violation
of human rights of thelabourers.
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TRAFFIC WOES
Soni, Selja file appeal against
GOVT. TELLS NGT THAT DELHI HAS FEWER BUSES DESPITE HIGH ROAD DENSITY
High Court eviction verdict
Plan to drive in 10,000 buses
Akanksha Jain
Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Congress MPs

Ambika Soni and Kumari
Selja have led an appeal
against the Delhi High
Courts July 30 judgment
holding that they were not
Court.
The High Courts Division
Bench, comprising Chief
Justice G. Rohini and Justice
Jayant Nath, before which
the appeal against the Single
Judge Bench verdict came up
Registry to list the case be-
fore another Bench on Au-
gust 11.
Ms. Soni and Ms. Selja,
staying at 22 Akbar Road and
7 Motilal Nehru Marg re-
spectively, had accused the
on Friday, said though the BJP-led NDA government of

T
he Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi entitled to stay in type-VIII judgment could not be inter- having mala de inten-
government on Friday pushed bungalows in Lutyens Del- fered with, the costs imposed tions against the members
its plan of bringing 10,000 more hi, while upholding eviction on the appellants could be of Opposition in asking them
buses on city roads, as it told the notices issued to them. The set aside. to vacate the houses.
National Green Tribunal that Court also imposed a ne of Senior advocate Kapil Sib- They also said that as per
the city has fewer buses com- Rs.25,000 each. al, appearing for Ms. Soni the allotment letters issued
pared to many world-class cities Both Congress leaders, and Ms. Selja, said the appeal to them, they could hold the
despite high road density. who are now Rajya Sabha had raised the contention accommodation for a month
The Delhi government has members, were allotted the that the allotments made by after their term as MP ex-
plans to add 10,000 buses to its bungalows when they were the Rajya Sabha committee pired or after retirement.
eet to cut dependency on pri- Ministers with the previous could not be set aside by the Rejecting their writ pet-
vate vehicles as a measure to de- UPA government. estate office. He said the MPs itions, the Single Judge
congest roads and cut vehicular After the Union govern- were not contending that Bench had observed that
pollution, even as the Tribunal ment served eviction notices they were entitled to a larger they had attempted to give
was sceptical about space on on them and asked them to accommodation. political overtones to the
roads to accommodate more shift to type-VII accommo- The Division Bench, while matter merely for the sake of
buses. dation in June, they chal- refusing to itself hear the ap- retaining houses to which
The AAP government also lenged the action in the High peal, directed the Courts were not entitled.
said capping the number of ve-
hicles was not in its hand and
was a call for the Centre to take.
The government drew a com-
parison between Delhi and ci-
Re-open Santosh Koli case, Citys oldest
ties like London, Beijing and
Maliwal urges Akhilesh water treatment
Seoul to say that the Capital lags
behind in number of buses in plant to be
Staff Reporter
proportion to its population and
road network. overhauled
It said Delhi has one of the NEW DELHI: The Delhi Com- It wasnt an accident,
Staff Reporter
highest road density (km of road mission for Women (DCW) but a planned attack
per sq. km of land area) in the has written to Uttar Pradesh
world at 21.19 km of road per sq. Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya- NEW DELHI: The oldest water
km of area, while the total road dav to reopen the accident treatment plant in the Cap-
length was around 30,000 km. eryday. It takes one hour to ing space on the citys outskirts. on six entries into Delhi. case of Aam Aadmi Party While the awards will be ital is all set for an overhaul,
The government said this in travel 10 km today. If you in- On the NGTs directions of The NHAI said land needs to member Santosh Koli. given on February 2, San- with the Delhi Jal Board ini-
response to a query put forth by troduce buses simultaneously, capping the number of vehicles be acquired wherever such In her letter, DCW Chair- toshs birthday, the Com- tiating an ambitious plan to
the NGT in July on how the gov- what would be the status of and putting an age-limit, advo- bridges will be installed so that person Swati Maliwal wrote mission is yet to work out construct a new plant at
ernment plans to accommodate roads? Will you be able to move cate D. Rajeshwar Rao, appear- overloaded vehicles can be sent that no arrests have been the selection process. Chandrawal and rehabilitate
10,000 buses on its already-con- an inch? Have you thought ing for Delhi Police, which is back without causing traffic made after a car rammed the A committee of experts its existing infrastructure.
gested roads. about this? Encourage public one of the necessary parties to jams on highways. two-wheeler Santosh was comprising women activists, The plant, constructed in
Delhi is adding 1,000 cars ev- transport, but what is your the case, seconded city govern- Regarding staggered work riding in Kaushambi, Gha- lawyers and policy-makers 1936, caters to around 21
scheme on this? the Bench, ment in its submission that the hours suggested by the NGT to ziabad, and the 28-year-old will be constituted and they lakh residents in the heart of
headed by NGT chairperson same was for the Centre to decongest roads, the Delhi and died 37 days later. will select the winners of the city. The Delhi Water
DELHI IS ADDING 1,000 CARS Swatanter Kumar, remarked. decide. Central governments said the It wasnt an accident, but this award, said an aide to Supply Improvement Pro-
Meanwhile, the Delhi Devel- It said taking a decision on same was not practical. It also a planned attack, said the the DCW chairperson. ject, which is assisted by Ja-
EVERYDAY. IT TAKES ONE HOUR TO opment Authority on Friday the two issues was not possible did not support the NGTs sug- 30-year-old Ms. Maliwal. The nitty gritties will be pan International
TRAVEL 10 KM TODAY. IF YOU maintained its stand of non- for the Delhi government and if gestion of high registration fee The letter comes on San- worked out and a formal Cooperation Agency (JICA),
availability of land to the gov- the Centre approves the same, for vehicles. toshs second death anniver- proposal sent to the Delhi was approved by the Board at
INTRODUCE BUSES SIMULTANEOUSLY, ernments prayer for 500 acre of the State would comply. sary. government for approval. a recent meeting.
WHAT WOULD BE THE STATUS OF area for parking the buses. The Tribunal was also in- There is strong suspicion Santosh, who was from This is the rst step of the
Now that the DDA has cited formed that the National High- that her death was not an North-East Delhi, was asso- project with the administra-
ROADS? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO MOVE non-availability of land, the gov- ways Authority of India (NHAI)
For feedback, please mail us at
cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in accident but a deliberate at- ciated with AAP convenor tive approval being accord-
AN INCH?.... ernment is left to look for park- will be installing weigh bridges tempt. I will be grateful to Arvind Kerjriwal since ed, said DJB spokesperson
you if you could apprise me 2002, when he was an RTI Sanjam Chima on Thursday.
about the same, Ms. Mali- activist. The project will be com-
wal wrote. The party had given her pleted by 2021, and will ben-
In order to commemorate the ticket to contest the et residents of Old Delhi,
Nod for Police slammed for booking Surinder Singh the RTI activist, the Com-
mission announced the
polls from Seemapuri con-
stituency during the 2013
Civil Lines, Karol Bagh,
Kamla Nagar, Malkaganj, Ra-
Nirbhaya Santosh Koli Assembly elections. jendra Nagar, Shadipur, Pa-
time-bound Awards for women activists However, she met with tel Nagar, Naraina, Lutyens
Maria Akram sons under various Sections of notice. aged between 18-30 working the accident on June 30 and Delhi and the Delhi Canton-
pay scales to Party claimed the
police were reluctant
the IPC and SC/ST Act, on the When The Hindu spoke to for womens rights. died on August 7, 2013. ment.
NEW DELHI: Defending their officials complaint. While a various vendors in the city,
DANICS Delhi Cantonment MLA Su- to file an FIR against case has been led against ST/ they said little has changed on
rinder Singh, the Aam Aadmi NDMC officials, who SC Act, the police fails to real- ground since the Street Ven-
officers Party attacked Delhi Police for were allegedly ise that vendor too is from the dors (Protection of Livelihood
All set
their plans to book him for al- same community, senior par- and Regulation of Street Vend-
Staff Reporter legedly assaulting an NDMC extorting money from ty leader Sanjay Singh said. ing) Act came into force.
worker. a vendor supported The police have summoned Police and civic officials
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet Senior police officials have by the Delhi Mr Singh twice for interroga- continue to harass us. Our
on Friday approved the instructed their personnel, at tion, but he has failed to turn carts are conscated on a rou-
grant of time-bound pay the behest of a former MLA, to
Cantonment MLA up. The police on Friday raided tine basis, said food vendor
scales to DANICS officers book Mr. Singh under strin- the home and office of Mr. Gulab Chand.
who have completed 13 gent sections, party leader Singh in a bid to nab him after This is the modus operandi
years, 18 years and 21 years Ashutosh said. The AAP MLA and his com- he was found to be on the run, of the municipal bodies and the
of service. The party also claimed the panions had allegedly beaten said senior officers. The MLA police. If the vendor refuses to
DANICS is a civil service police were reluctant to le an and manhandled an NDMC has been on the run after a no- pay, a written complaint by
whose officers are deputed FIR against the NDMC offi- worker, who was part of a team tice was once again served to municipal inspector is written
to serve the middle and se- cials, who were allegedly ex- that was conducting a routine him on Friday evening to join against him. The police act on
nior level administration of torting money from a vendor, check on encroachment at the probe. The teams are also it immediately and arrests
Government of NCT of Delhi who was being supported by Tughlaq Road on Tuesday. raiding the hideouts of Mr. him. When someone comes
and Union Territories like Mr. Singh. Sanitary Inspector R. J. Meena Singhs driver and another as- forward to help, they [the po-
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, The vendor was beaten and said the NDMC team was act- sociate, who have also been licemen and municipal offi-
Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu money extorted from him. ing against a vendor for en- named in the FIR. cials] beat them up as well.
and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The police registered an FIR croachment when the MLA A senior member of the raid- Thats what happened in Mr.
However, they serve most at the behest of the NDMC arrived and started arguing in ing parties said the decision to Singhs case as well, said Na-
part of their service in Delhi official, but the poor vendor his favour, and later thrashed arrest Mr. Singh was taken af- tional Association of Street
and are posted to the Union has been waiting three days to the official along with his men. ter he failed to appear before Vendors of India (NASVI) na- Preparation for Independence Day celebrations in full swing at
Territories once or twice be- get an FIR registered, he add- A case was registered against the investigating officer de- tional co-ordinator Arbind Red Fort in New Delhi on Friday. PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
fore they are inducted into ed. Mr. Singh and two other per- spite being served a formal Singh.
the Indian Administrative
Services (IAS).
While DANICS officers
are eligible for promotion to UNDER FIRE
IAS after completing eight
years of continuous service,
it has actually been taking on
an average 27-28 years for
Patriarchal approach: activists No sanctity for women in AAP Discipline Bharti: BJP
promotion to the IAS. NEW DELHI: A group of and bus marshals to increase Staff Reporter
This had resulted in stag- activists on Friday slammed surveillance will not ensure Party comes across as anti-women: Sharmistha Mukherjee BJP has advised the
nation and consequently the AAP-led Delhi the safety of women. NEW DELHI: After trying all pos- Delhi Chief Minister
dissatisfaction among the governments special It is not just about more Staff Reporter to be launched concerning sible ways to corner Aam Aad- to give moral
members of the service. Assembly session on surveillance, cameras and the allegations levelled mi Party legislator Somnath
The government of Delhi, NEW DELHI: The Delhi Con- against him in the form of a Bharti and still failing to do so, lessons to the
womens issues, terming the simply more policemen on
it said in a statement, was of approach as patriarchal. the streets. The concept of gress on Friday accused the This is the same party complaint at the Chanakya- the Bharatiya Janata Party serial offender
the view that officers dissat- We appreciate that for womens security involves Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP which made the parents puri police station by the has now advised Delhi Chief
ised with their service con- the rst time in history, a generating more government of turning a of Meenakshi wait AAP volunteer. He should be Minister Arvind Kejriwal to
ditions can hardly be State government had employment facilities, right blind eye to attacks on wom- given the strongest puni- give moral lessons to the hi High Court Chief Justice G.
expected to perform well en, and neglecting the prob- outside the Delhi shment if found guilty, Ms. serial offender. Rohini to ensure that the pro-
convened a special session to food, right to education,
and, accordingly, had decid- to discuss womens issues. better wages, equality, lems and issues affecting Assembly for two hours Mukherjee said. Delhi BJP presidentSatish cedure with regard to the ap-
ed to grant time-bound pay But the outcome was really economic empowerment, their safety. when a special session That neither the AAP nor Upadhyay said: Instead of pointment of Lokayukta and
scales to all DANICS officers Delhi Pradesh Congress the government had taken casting allegations on the Upalokayukta is followed in
as stipulated in service rules
disappointing, said Delhi- etc. The governments
Committee (DPCC) chief
was held to discuss her any action against Mr. Vish- Lieutenant-Governor and letter and spirit as per the Del-
based lawyer and activist approach to womens issue is murder
after completion of 13 years, Poonam Kaushik. patriarchal, stated Centre spokesperson Sharmistha was, she said, was proof that others for sanctioning prose- hi Lokayukta and Upalokayuk-
18 years and 21 years of A delegation had met for Struggling Women Mukherjee told journalists the AAP was not at all wom- cution of the former Law Min- ta Act 1995.
service. Chief Minister Arvind activist Maya John. that Mr. Kejriwals govern- an-friendly. She said it was ister, Mr. Kejriwal should The appointment of the
Kejriwal before the special They demanded ment came across as anti- Mukherjee said. ironic that Vishwas had concentrate on disciplining Lokayukta should be in con-
Decision welcomed women because of the way it To add insult to injury, lost trust among women Mr. Bharti. sultation with the Leader of
session and submitted a appropriate action against
Welcoming the Delhi Cab- memorandum listing down AAP MLA Somnath Bharti treated issues affecting Ms. Mukherjee added, the workers after the latest mo- He added that Mr. Bharti the Opposition in the Delhi
inets decision, the Directo- their major concerns. for his remark that women. Rs.5 lakh compensation an- lestation charge against him. was a close condante of the Legislative Assembly as delin-
rate of Information and We met him on June 28 beautiful women will be She alleged that in the nounced for Meenakshis Ms. Mukherjee added that Chief Minister, because of eated in the Act. Kindly ensure
Publicity (DIPRA) demand- and discussed issues able to go out after midnight AAP, which was used to mak- family had not yet been given neglecting women seemed to which he has always been pro- that the Lokayukta and Upalo-
ed justice to the ex-cadre in- concerning women for if the AAP government takes ing tall promises and taking to her parents. Meanwhile, be a policy followed by the tected. He has, all along, been kayukta are appointed without
formation officers and almost two hours. However, over policing in Delhi. u-turns when it came to former Law Minister Som- AAP, clearly evident from anti-woman. His attitude rst further delay so the pending
officials of DIPRA by remov- none of those concerns were Their MLAs are making womens safety and security, nath Bharti, accused of do- the fact that no woman had came out when he humiliated cases are taken up and justice
ing the anomaly of pay scales considered or discussed objectionable remarks in the there was no sanctity for mestic violence by his wife, been included either in the foreign women in Delhi. The is delivered as per the Consti-
of these officials. during the session, except House, which reects their women. added fuel to the re by mak- National Executive nor fea- allegations levelled by his wife tutional provisions, he added.
Due to what it called the for setting up of an enquiry patriarchal attitude. The This is the same party ing derogatory remarks tured in the government. in past few months and the Mr. Gupta drew her atten-
selective approach of the commission, said activist government should address which made political capital against women during the The AAP talks about words he used while speaking tion to the fact that the Delhi
administration, the pay Sehba Farooqui. these issues seriously and out of the Nirbhaya murder same session. womens rights and alterna- during the Special Session of Lokayukta and Upalokayukta
scales of DIPRA officers The activists also alleged take appropriate action, case, made the parents of Ms. Mukherjee also re- tive policies, but there is a Vidhan Sabha have showed his Act, 1995, stipulates that ap-
were left out and scales of that setting up of CCTV said an activist associated Meenakshi wait outside the called the complaint against major difference in their true colours. pointment of the Lokayukta be
information officers is now cameras and smart suraksha with the Centre for Delhi Assembly for two senior AAP leader Kumar words and deeds as women Meanwhile, the Leader of made within six months of the
equivalent to a head clerk button, and deployment of Advocacy and Research. hours when a special session Vishwas by a female are not given any impor- Opposition in the Delhi Legis- positon becoming vacant.
employed by the Delhi gov- more policemen on roads PTI was held to discuss the Mee- volunteer. tance in the organizational lative Assembly, Vijender However, these have not been
ernment. nakshi murder case, Ms. A thorough probe needs structure of the AAP. Gupta, on Friday wrote to Del- made for the past 20 months.
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ORGANISED MARRIAGE RACKET?

Rs. 1.5 crore stolen by bank staff
TELANGANA ADIVASIS ARE LURED BY BROKERS AND SENT TO NORTH INDIA
recovered in Telangana district
Trapping tribal women
S. Harpal Singh dimetha Sonubai, 15, from the Be-
T. Karnakar Reddy &
Firoz Rozindar

NALGONDA/VIJAYAPURA:
Suryapet police in Nalgonda
district of Telangana reco-
vered Rs. 1.5 crore stolen
from an ICICI Bank branch
The

la mandal who went missing on in Vijayapura in Karnataka

T
he phenomenon of missing
women in the agency tracts of
Adilabad district, Telangana, has
thrown the Adivasi world into a
turmoil. Several women from the
poverty-ridden aboriginal tribes,
especially the Gond community,
are reportedly missing for the
last one year. Their exact number
will never be known, given the
Adivasi reluctance to report the
matter to anyone, leave alone the
police for fear of being ostracised.
The recent case of the kidnap
of Gond women Marapa Lalita of
Salewada (B) in the Utnoor Reve-
nue mandal and Madavi Rukma-
bai of Khadki in the Narnoor
Revenue mandal shed light on
the growing problem. It has ex-
posed the existence of an orga-
nised marriage racket. There
could be more such instances of
unmarried women from the Adi-
vasi tribes being lured by bro-
kers to marry them off in north
Indian States like Rajasthan
where the male-female ratio is
highly lopsided.
OUR PEOPLE DO NOT REVEAL OR
REPORT SUCH HAPPENINGS
June 6 the same year.
No grooms
Marapa Lalita and Madavi
Rukmabai who were believed to
have been kidnapped and sent to
Rajasthan, however, disclosed
that they had married men from
that State of their own volition as
they were unable to find grooms
locally.
Inquiries by The Hindu re-
vealed that the number of unmar-
ried women past their prime
going by Adivasi culture is grow-
ing fast. For example, in the small
hamlet of Pataguda in Indervelli
mandal, the number of unmar-
ried women is estimated to be 20.
Two Adivasi women (from left) Madavi Rukmabai and Poverty is the main reason for
this, said Mr. Kose Rao.
Marapa Lalita, who went missing, being produced at a
media conference at Indervelli police station. The police should put an end
to the kidnap racket targeting
PHOTO: S. HARPAL SINGH
our women, said Sidam Kausha-
There will be scores of women time in the first half of last year. lya of the Adivasi Mahila Sang-
from interior habitations whose Among the cases that have been ham.
cases have not been reported, reported at police stations are
said Mesram Kose Rao, the Kath- those of Naitham Laxmi, 24, a Probe assured
oda or Gond priest from Salewada Gond woman from Narsapur (B) Adilabad Superintendent of
(B). Our people do not reveal or in the Utnoor mandal who went Police Tarun Joshi promised to
report such happenings, he said. missing on May 16, Kumra Ra- probe deeper into the issue. We
The trend of women going matha, 25, from Umri in the Ut- will also spread awareness, as it
missing from the Adivasi ham- noor mandal whose absence was seems more of a social problem,
lets seems to have started some- noticed on June 18, 2014 and Ku- he said.
from a car parked at the hi-
tech bus station late on
Thursday night. Two staff
members of the bank who
made away with the cash are
at large, the police said.
The Superintendent of
Police, Nalgonda, Vikram
Jeet Duggal, ordered a
search around the bus sta-
tion after the Vijayapura po-
lice alerted him to the theft. The car from which Rs. 1.50 crore was recovered,
Suryapet sub-divisional at Suryapet bus stand in Nalgonda district on
police officer M.A. Rashid Thursday night. PHOTO: SINGAM VENKATAARMANA
said the police broke open
the car boot and found the
cash stuffed in a gunny bag money to Sachin without
and a box. Cash from ICICI updating the records, an in-
Bank in Karnataka ternal inquiry is on against
Special team formed the cashier, officials said.
The Vijayapura police
was found in To a question, the officials
have formed a special team a parked car said Sarathi and Sachin had
to arrest Vijaya Sarathi, as- a good track record, and no
sistant manager of the Vi- one could suspect them of
jayapura branch of the bank, who heads the team. committing such a crime.
and Sachin Patil, customer The bank officials said the They said they had no idea
service manager. theft took place on Wednes- what prompted them to
The police, which regis- day after the two did not re- commit the theft.
tered a case on Thursday, turn to the branch after Asked how they came to
have begun investigations. taking the money on the pre- know that the culprits had
As of now, Vijaya Sarathi text of paying a customer. gone to Telangana, the offi-
and Sachin Patil are at large. What is surprising is that cials said that since one of
We are trying to arrest the bank computers have no them hailed from Secunde-
them, said Deputy Superin- record about the money. rabad, they had such a
tendent of Police S.B. Patil, Since the cashier gave the suspicion.

Razing row over Osmania hospital
M. Sai Gopal
HYDERABAD: A 95-year-old
heritage structure that has
immense historical value
and has been witness to ma-
jor medical achievements in
the past is in the middle of a
raging controversy in
Hyderabad.
The State governments
decision to construct mul-
tiple towers in place of the
heritage structure of Osma-
nia General Hospital (OGH)
has sparked an animated
debate among public, care
givers, historians, heritage
conservationists and has
become an issue for the Op-
position parties to badger
the ruling party.
It all started when Chief
Minister, K. Chandrasekhar
Rao on July 23 inspected
the OGH campus and later
announced that the hospital
would be shifted within a
week and the heritage
building would be replaced
by a hi-tech structure in the
form of multiple towers.
The Chief Ministers deci-
sion was based on a report
submitted by Professor in
Civil Engineering and Reg-
istrar of JNTU, Hyderabad,
Dr. N. V. Ramana, which
said that any repair to the
building may extend the life
for not more than five
years.
Much to its credit, the
JNTU report, has nowhere
recommended that the her-
itage structure be demol-
ished and made it clear that
the approval of the heritage
committee has to be taken
up before carrying out any
repairs of the OGH heritage
structure.
Ironically, for the past
two years, Hyderabad,
which has close to 166 noti-
fied heritage structures, has
not had a heritage conserva-
tion committee to look after
the well-being of the histor-
ically important edifices.
Strangely though, the
State government, had
made its intentions known
that OGH would de-listed
from the heritage list, which
will pave the way for con-
struction of a modern hos-
pital in its place. The
argument from a section of
doctors favouring demoli-
tion of the heritage struc-
ture was based on the JNTU
report, which said that any
repairs will only safeguard
the heritage structure for
not more than five years.
Grave implications
Imagine the implica-
tions in future if one heri-
tage structure is de-listed
from the heritage list. What
will happen to the 166-odd
heritage structures, most of
it in private hands, located
in Hyderabad? The Charmi-
nar, OGH building, High
Court, Unani hospital and
even the Assembly building
are unique and are the iden-
tity of Hyderabad, says
Convenor, Indian National
Trust for Art and Cultural
Heritage (INTACH), Hyde-
rabad, Anuradha Reddy.
An independent study
conducted by a committee
of experts from INTACH,
headed by its Principal Di-
rector of Architectural and
Heritage division Divay
Gupta, said that the OGH
heritage building is struc-
turally stable without any
threat to its own life or that
of patients and care givers.
It has a slight fever but if
treated right, the building
can survive for decades,
the experts said after their
visit.
With widespread opinion
against the proposal to de-
molish the OGH heritage
building, at present the
health officials here have
decided to postpone the is-
sue of demolition to a later
date and concentrate on
shifting. We have always
advocated that the heritage
structure was not safe for
patients and care givers. Af-
ter shifting of OGH, its up
to the State government to
take a call, Telangana Gov-
ernment Doctors Associ-
ation (TGDA) president M.
Veeresham said.
Trinamool student wing accused of
lynching student inside classroom
Staff Reporter
KOLKATA: In one of the dead-
liest instances of campus vio-
lence in West Bengal in recent
times, a student was lynched
inside the classroom of a col-
lege in West Medinipur dis-
trict. Krishnaprasad Jana, a
second year student in Sabang
Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya,
was killed after he was hit with
an iron rod. Activists of the Tri-
namool Congress Chatra Par-
ishad (TMCP), the students
wing of the ruling party in the
State, are allegedly responsible
for the murder. Its president,
Ashok Rudra, however, neither
confirmed nor denied the
allegation.
The parishads cadres re-
portedly asked the supporters
of Chatra Parishad (students
wing of the Congress) to felici-
tate a Trinamool Minister Sou-
men Kumar Mohapatra, who
was in Sabang block to monitor
the flood situation.
When Jana and other Chatra
Parishad members resisted, he
TTD releases 25,577
seva tickets at one go
Special Correspondent
TIRUMALA: In an unpreceden-
ted manner, the Tirumala Ti-
rupati Devasthanams has
made available to devotees a
bulk of about 25,577 arjitha
seva tickets from August 26
to October 2.
Disclosing this to the
media, TTD Executive Officer
D. Sambasiva Rao said after a
brief interruption the TTD
has resumed its online ser-
vices from Thursday.
Tickets can be booked on
line now.
He said the TTD made
available about 4,057 tickets
of Suprabhatam, both Tho-
mala and Archana (100 tick-
ets) Astadala Pada
Padmaradhana seva (60), Vi-
sesha Puja (1,000) Nijapada
Darshanam (1,500) Kalyanot-
Vacate hostel, FTII tells
30 overstaying students
room in a battered condition. PUNE: The Film and Television from the Marathi industry on
Krishnaprasad Jana, After sometime, I came to Institute of India (FTII) here Friday came out in support of
a second year student know that he had died, said has issued notice to 30 of its the striking FTII students op-
Mr. Padiya. However, earlier in students for over-staying in posing the appointment of Mr.
in West Medinipur, the day, the principal said he the institutes hostels despite Chauhan as chairman of the
was hit with an was locked inside his room completing their courses, an institute.
iron rod when reports of the scuffle re- official said on Friday. We need a person who has a
ached him. As a result, he could The notice was issued to great body of work and a vision
not identify the students re- the students on August 5 and, I for the institute. Chauhan
was allegedly hit on the head sponsible for the alleged mur- have strictly told them to leave lacks it all and we think the
with a rod, after a minor scuf- der. District police officials the institutes hostel. If this is students are right in their de-
fle. He died on his way to hospi- refused to comment on the not done, strict action will be mands for revoking his ap-
tal. Jana was a student of the matter. taken, institute director pointment, director of the
arts faculty and appeared in While campus violence is on Prashant Pathrabe said. national award-winning movie
the Part 1 examination some the rise in West Bengal, for the Mr. Pathrabe, who is also the Deool and FTII alumnus,
time back, the Principal of the first time a student was director of the Press Informa- Umesh Kulkarni, said.
college Kanailal Padiya told lynched in the classroom. tion Bureau, Pune region, was Shiv Sena politician-turned-
The Hindu. However, Mr. Pa- on July 17 given additional director Abhijit Panse said
diya could not confirm if CM condemns incident charge of the institutes direc- there was a delay in coming
TMCP cadres had hit Jana. While condemning the inci- tor amid the indefinite strike together because everybody
Around 12.30 p.m., I heard dent, Chief Minister Mamata by the students demanding the thought that the decision
that the union room was Banerjee said the students removal of the newly appoint- would be revoked, but with the
locked, which was unusual. I union in the college was con- ed chairman Gajendra government sticking to its de-
sent some teachers and they trolled by the Chatra Parishad Chauhan. cision, they were forced to
came back to report that the and not TMCP. The strike that entered its unite and protest. He demand-
students could be seen in the It is an unfortunate inci- 56th day on Friday has been ed that Chief Minister Deven-
campus with sticks and iron dent. There was a scuffle taken to the national capital, dra Fadnavis and Cultural
rods, Mr. Padiya said. Soon af- among students when one got where students are continuing Affairs Minister of Maharash-
ter, Mr. Padiya reached the hit on the head with a (cricket) with the protest. tra Vinod Tawde intervene to
union room, and he saw Jana bat and died. Police will take Meanwhile, national award- resolve the matter. IANS,
being carried out of the union strong action, she said. winning filmmakers and actors PTI
They will be available
from August 26 to
October 2
savams (7,800) Vasanthotsa-
vams (4,320), Arjitha
Brahmotsavams (2,340), Sa-
hasra Deepalankara seva
(3,000) and 1,300 tickets of
Unjalal seva for devotees.
Changes to website
He said the TTD had
brought in several pilgrim-
friendly changes in its official
website and efforts were on to
make it better by 2016.
The management was
mulling alternatives to min-
imise the difficulties of the
pilgrims during the annual
Brahmotsavams .

NCC order bars Muslim students from sporting beard

Swathi V
HYDERABAD: The right of Mus-
lim NCC cadets to sport a
beard has assumed centre
stage yet again, with the A.P.
State Minorities Commission
issuing notices to the Direc-
tor-General of NCC seeking
explanation on a circular is-
sued two years ago which had
forbidden cadets other than
Sikhs from growing a beard.
The notices were issued in
relation to two separate cases
filed before the Commission,
one by the father of a student
from Anwar-ul-Uloom Col-
lege, who was reportedly
turned away by the NCC here
for sporting a beard, and the
other by an NGO, Help
Hyderabad.
CM
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A.P. State Minorities
Commission seeks
explanation
As per the parents com-
plaint, the student who went
to the NCC camp organised in
June this year was asked by
the commander to go back
and come clean-shaven.
When questioned, he report-
edly cited the circular by the
DGs office issued on June 6,
2013. The circular, a copy of
which is available with The
Hindu, asked the Sikh cadets
with long beard to have it
properly tied, while asking all
other boy cadets to be
clean-shaven.
Despite a number of in-
structions, the turnout of cdts
would like to discuss the issue further hearing and a reply by
[sic] and staff during trg [sic]
with their parents. Later on, the NCC on August 27.
and camps leave much to be only one parent came forward
desired. There is a need for to lodge the complaint, fol- Karnataka case
VCs/COs to issue strict or- lowed by the NGO, Mr. Khan In a similar instance, a
ders on the wearing of uni- said. group of seven Muslim stu-
forms/turnout and correct Major S.M. Quadri from dents from the Bengaluru-
pattern and usage of accou- Help Hyderabad questioned based Al Ameen college ap-
trements, read the order, be-
the circular and pointed out proached the Karnataka High
fore listing out the
that it went against the con- Court in 2013 challenging the
parameters to be followed. stitutional rights of Muslims. NCCs decision not to allow
Commission Chairperson Instead of encouraging them to write the exam for C
Abid Rasool Khan said he had Muslims to join the main- certificate because they
been approached by a group stream, this circular segre- sported beards.
of students from the same gates them further. It goes After the High Courts in-
college back in June, who not only against the plural- tervention, they were allowed
complained of the discrimi- istic fabric of Indian society, to write the exam, but their
nation by NCC. but also against the constitu- results were withheld pend-
tional tenet of equality. Be- ing the judgment.
Students back out sides, practising the religion However, the NCC ac-
When I asked them to of ones choice is the funda- quiesced during final hearing
lodge a written complaint, mental right of every person, and released the results of the
they backed out, saying they he said. The case is posted for students.
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THE HINDU SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
Culling of stray
dogs in Kerala
condemned
Samrat Chakrabarti
MUMBAI: The Republican Party
of India (A) led by Rajya Sab-
ha member from Maharash-
tra, Ramdas Athawale, has
come out against the recent
Kerala government order to
cull dogs in that State.
Singer and actor Salma
Agha, who is chairperson of
the RPIs film and television
union, told a press confer-
ence: We no longer live in
the age where this kind of cru-
elty against dogs would be tol-
erated. At a time when all
over the world there is grow-
ing sensitivity against cruelty
to animals, this action by the
Kerala government tarnishes
Indias image. There are bet-
ter ways to help tourism.
Also present at the event
was Salma Aghas daughter
and actor Sasha Agha who
raised questions about Ker-
alas
gramme.
sterilisation pro-
We know that sterilisation
works. It has worked in Jai-
pur and it works in Mumbai.
And it does not cost much. If
the population of stray dogs
has grown in Kerala, then this
means that they havent been
sterilising dogs as they should
be doing.
RPIs Maharashtra co-or-
dinator Vivek Pandit said,
We have written to the Ker-
ala Governor. If need be, we
will also approach the Su-
preme Court. We also plan to
meet the PM and the Home
Minister.
Ban plastic at
Sabarimala,
says HC
Special Correspondent
KOCHI: A Division Bench of the
Kerala High Court on Friday
directed the State govern-
ment and the Travancore
Devaswom Board to take
steps to prohibit the use and
sale of plastic and other bio-
hazardous material at the
Sannidhanam, the Pampa and
the foothills at Nilakkal and
on the trekking route from
Pampa to Sannidhanam.
The Bench comprising Jus-
tices Thottahil B. Radhak-
rishnan and Sunil Thomas
issued the directive on a re-
port filed by K. Babu, Sabari-
mala Special Commissioner.
The court also prohibited
hawking on the trekking path
and also at the Sannidhanam
and Pampa.
The court directed the
State and TDB to ensure that
plastic materials were not
sold by the vendors or stall
owners. In his report, the
Commissioner said that toys,
utensils, bangles and per-
fumes were being sold at San-
nidhanam, Pampa, Nilakkal
and on the traditional trekk-
ing path.
He pointed out that while
selling these articles, the ven-
dors would often abandon the
plastic cover of these materi-
als at these places.
CM
YK
Karnatakas dairy co-op hopes
to milk the Mumbai market
KMF plans to rope in Udupi hoteliers in the metropolis
Sharath S. Srivatsa
BENGALURU: The famed hote-
liers of Udupi may have mi-
grated from the coastal
districts of Karnataka long
back and made Mumbai their
home. Now, the Karnataka
Milk Federation (KMF),
which is saddled with excess
milk procurement, is looking
at them as a huge market.
The nearly 600 hotels run
by the Udupi people are being
tapped for bulk milk orders
by the KMF, which is also
looking at retail sales in
Mumbai where, according to
KMF sources, the demand for
milk is close to 50 lakh litres a
day.
A KMF marketing team,
which went to Mumbai re-
cently to prepare a road map
for its entry, met the hotel
owners and offered quality
milk at a competitive price.
The milk federation is also
looking at Pune as another lu-
crative market.
Price of milk
A litre of milk, sold by pri-
vate dairies and partly coop-
eratives, costs close to Rs. 50
in Mumbai while KMF, which
procures milk directly from
the farmers between Rs. 19
and Rs. 21 a litre (Govern-
ment pays an additional Rs. 4
Mumbai gets a flamingo sanctuary An app for planning your rail journeys
Alok Deshpande
MUMBAI: A flamingo sanctuary
in a bustling metropolis.
Mumbai is setting another re-
cord after being home to a
national park for decades. If
the Sanjay Gandhi National
Park is right in the heart of
the city, the Thane Creek
Flamingo Sanctuary, which
came into being on Friday, is
on its periphery.
On Thursday, the Maha-
rashtra Revenue and Forest
Department notified the
northern part of the creek as a
wildlife sanctuary under Sec-
tion 18 of the Wildlife (Pro-
tection Act), 1972.
The sanctuary will be the
States second marine sanctu-
ary after the one at Malvan.
The 1,690-hectare bird haven
896 hectares of mangrove
forests and 794 hectares of a
waterbody is on the west-
ern bank of the creek, be-
tween the Airoli and the
Vashi bridges connecting
Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
Its eco-sensitive zone will be
the adjoining mangrove areas
on either side of the creek,
which are already notified as
reserve forests.
Declaration of the sanctu-
ary, located right in the mid-
dle of a mega city, is a very
significant step for the con-
servation of this unique nat-
ural environment with its
eclectic mix of mangroves,
According to KMF Managing Director
S.N. Jayaram, their biggest challenge is to convince
women who, in most cases, are the deciding factor
on products such as milk. FILE PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
per litre to farmers as support
price) sells a litre of milk in
Karnataka at Rs. 29 under
Nandini brand, making it
highly cost competitive.
For the milk federation,
which is procuring an un-
precedented quantity of milk
that peaked with 73 lakh
litres a day till last week,
Mumbai and Pune are among
the big markets to remain a
viable entity. It entered the
Hyderabad market last
month and is already selling
The Thane creek has been attracting flamingos in
large numbers since 1994. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
mudflats and threatened spe-
cies of birds, N. Vasudevan,
Chief Conservator of Forests,
Mangroves Cell, said. The
Mumbai Mangrove Conser-
vation Unit of the Mangrove
Cell of the Forest Depart-
ment will manage the
sanctuary.
Biodiversity assessment
The cell has initiated base-
line studies and a rapid biodi-
versity assessment of the
sanctuary area with assist-
ance from an Indo-German
project on conservation and
sustainable management of
marine protected areas.
These studies would, in turn,
help in the preparation of a
scientific management plan
for the sanctuary and its sus-
tainable management. The
ecosystem will be closely
monitored and shielded from
NATION
about 75,000 litres a day
there and in Chennai it is sell-
ing about 13,000 litres a day.
We are working on cost
and distribution network that
may take some time. We
know there is a big demand
for our milk, KMF Managing
Director S.N. Jayaram told
The Hindu. Our biggest chal-
lenge is to convince women,
who in most cases, are the de-
ciding factor on products
such as milk in most house-
holds, he added.
serious threats such as dis-
charge of effluents, dumping
of sewage and other biotic in-
terferences, Mr. Vasudevan
said.
The creek has been attract-
ing flamingos in large num-
bers since 1994. By November
every year, over 30,000 of
these birds, along with their
chicks, descend here and oc-
cupy the mudflats and the
bordering mangroves. They
stay here till May, after which
most of them migrate to Bhuj
in Gujarat for breeding, leav-
ing a small resident popula-
tion. A large number of
waders are also spotted along
with them.
Besides supporting a large
congregation of flamingos,
the area is a refuge for many
resident and migratory birds.
In all, 200 species have been
reported.
Currently, after selling
milk in retail and bulk, and
also producing some of the
popular products such as
ghee, butter and paneer, the
federation is still saddled
with 20 lakh litres, which is
being converted into
skimmed milk powder. A
whopping 20,000 tonnes of
SMP stock with a shelf life of
about one year is lying in the
warehouses of 13 district milk
unions.
Unable to sell the stock,
some unions have sought
overdraft facility, raising
fears about the monetary
health of the institution,
which is seen as one of the
successful cooperative mod-
els in the country.
Conversion of excess milk
into powder is not viable and
we need to create a market
outside Karnataka. We are al-
so looking at Delhi as a poten-
tial market, said KMF
Chairman P. Nagaraju. Ac-
cording to him, though milk
procurement on an average
increased by about 3 lakh
litres annually, marketing of
the products (about 60 milk-
based products are sold under
Nandini brand), was never
seen as a serious exercise,
which will have to change if
KMF has to hold on to its
place in the market.
S. Anil Radhakrishnan
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Getting
a confirmed rail ticket to re-
ach home during festival sea-
sons and summer months is a
lottery for many.
Which train to take, class to
book, day of journey, and
booking many trains to get a
confirmed ticket are still an
issue for many commuters.
The answer to these issues
starting this festival season
(Rakshabandhan) is RailYatri
app, which can be download-
ed from Google Playstore or
by a missed call to
08080809551.
The free all-in-one train
app can predict, plan, track,
and share your train trip in a
simpler and more organised
manner, says Manish Rathi,
Chief Executive Officer & Co-
founder, RailYatri.in.
Seat Availability Forecast
predicts the chances of a tick-
et getting confirmed based on
past confirmation trends and
helps commuters to be smart
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One for the record
Children taking a selfie in front of a replica of the Bangalore
Palace made with roses, which is the main attraction at the
Independence Day Flower Show at Lalbagh in Bengaluru
on Friday. PHOTO: V. SREENIVASA MURTHY
Tripura passes resolution
against death penalty
Syed Sajjad Ali Sarkar moved a motion in the tence. However, Ratan Lal
Assembly on its opening day Nath of the Congress favoured
AGARTALA: The Tripura As- on Friday against the death continuation of capital puni-
sembly has passed a resolu- penalty and replaced it with shment.
tion requesting the Centre to life sentence unto death.Chief Mr. Nath did not object
amend Section 302 of the IPC Minister Manik Sarkar when the Speaker put the mo-
to abolish capital punishment. strongly opposed capital puni- tion to vote. The Speaker de-
The resolution is apparently a shment terming it as murder- clared the motion to have
fallout of the recent hanging of ing someone for committing a been passed unanimously.
Yakub Memon, convict in the murder. Leader of the Opposi- The adopted resolution would
1993 Mumbai serial blasts tion Sudip Roy Burman quot- be sent to union government
case. ed Mahatma Gandhi to raise and the Law Commission for
Congress MLA Jitendra his objection to the death sen- consideration.
formance of the train, he
adds.
Users do not have to ask
around for the confirmation
chances of the ticket and can
save time via RailYatri pre-
diction. Our prediction algo-
rithm helps users to make
informed and confident deci-
sions, he adds.
The PNR prediction by the
app can be done in three sim-
ple steps. After downloading
the app, click on Seat Avail-
ability w/ Forecast on the
main menu. Enter the train
number or the on-boarding
The free all-in-one train app can predict, plan, track, and destination stations
and share details of the train trip in a simpler and along with the date and class
more organised manner. of travel to get availability
prediction. The app has a no-
and plan their trips better. firmation data for similar tification/alerts mechanism
We use over 2 million PNR tickets and trains in the past which keeps notifying the us-
data points, largest compared and rate the chances. ers of any change in PNR
to any other prediction sys- We use data analytics. The status.
tem, and we add more data predictions maintain confir- The app also helps share re-
points every minute, Mr. mation thresholds such as al-time trips, which enables
Rathi says. rush timings and rush days family and friends how jour-
How does it predict seat during a week, class of travel, ney is progressing by check-
confirmation probability? busiest stations for on-board- ing location in the app or on
The app analyses ticket con- ing and off-boarding, and per- the browser.
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The widening vortex of global finance

G. Sampath
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
It is fairly well established that the past three
decades have witnessed a worldwide growth
The meaning in inequality. This phenomenon is often
evoked in the same breath as the extraordin-
ary salaries and bonuses that financiers pay
of cheaper oil themselves.
Clearly, financial institutions such as
hedge funds and investment banks are able to
orld oil prices, already lower than they generate huge profits, which is why they can
The recent move to allow the investment of
provident fund money in the stock market
basically takes the matter out of the individuals
hands. So, it is not just the rich and the middle
classes, but the poor too who must become
investors
transformation of nebulous uncertainty into
quantifiable risk, which is then managed
move to invest PF savings in the capital
market.
through an array of calculative technologies;
ing revenue more from financial markets and
The flipside of ensuring that one cannot
economist, Costas Lapavitsas, lists three de-
fining features of a financialising economy:
one, a growing distance between non-finan-
cial enterprises and banks; two, banks seek-
lending to households than from lending to
industry; and three, an increasing interpene-
tration between streams of personal income
and networks of global finance.
All three are evident in India. The business
journalist, Vivek Kaul, has written about
how, even as overall lending by banks in India
has slowed down, home loans have continued
to grow at the same pace. Home loans formed
11 per cent of total bank loans given out

W have been in six months, are not likely to

recover anytime soon, going by market
conditions. A further increase in supply,
compounding the current glut, and a parallel contrac-
tion in demand in the major consuming nations, are
likely to keep prices low. The ongoing fall in prices
stems largely from simple demand-supply mechanics.
The shale revolution in the United States has drastical-
ly increased the supply of oil. And several international
events are likely to further boost supply to levels far
exceeding demand. Notably, the nuclear deal between
Iran and the West has further depressed prices owing
to the expectation that sanctions on Iran would soon be
lifted, allowing it to again supply oil to the world. In
addition, Saudi Arabia is moving strongly to increase
refinery capacity, which will further add to global sup-
plies. This comes on top of OPEC output in July hitting
its highest levels in recent history. On the demand side,
the increased supply has been met by recessionary or
slow-growth conditions in most industrialised coun-
tries, which have greatly moderated their consumption
since the economic crisis. Now, however, this contract-
ing demand has been compounded by slowing econom-
ic growth in China, one of the biggest consumers of oil.
Falling oil prices serve as good news for some, but
pretty bad news for others. Russia, for example, has 70
per cent of its export income coming from oil and gas.
Falling oil prices, thus, have hit the Russian economy
hard the country, it is reported, loses about $2 billion
in revenues for the fall of every dollar in oil prices. The
World Bank has warned that the Russian economy
would shrink by at least 0.7 per cent this year if oil
prices do not rebound. On the flip side, European
economies are likely to welcome falling oil prices, beset
by poor growth and low inflation as they currently are.
Some estimates predict that a 10 per cent fall in oil
prices could lead to a 0.1 per cent increase in output for
them. India is one of those countries that stand to
benefit significantly from falling prices. The country
imports about 75 per cent of its oil needs, so cheaper oil
benefits it directly by easing the current account deficit
while simultaneously lowering the governments pet-
roleum subsidy burden. However, the latter point is
now somewhat mitigated by the fact that petrol and
diesel prices have been decontrolled. The month of
July saw two separate cuts in the prices of petrol and
diesel although the question that really needs to be
asked is why petrol and diesel prices are not being cut
commensurate to the fall in global prices. Will that
question be addressed anytime soon?
afford humongous compensation packages.
But what exactly is the source of financial
profit? And what is the link between rising
financial profits and growing inequality of
wealth/income?
Before we can answer these questions, it is
necessary to contextualise this phenomenon.
First, rising inequality and sky-rocketing
financial profits have paralleled the rise of
global finance, or financialization, which
also denotes the growing penetration of real
economic activity (to do with generating sur-
plus value) by finance capital.
In his book, The Everyday Life of Global
Finance, the economic geographer, Paul Lan-
gley, explains how the common view of global
finance as something out there somewhere
timeless, spaceless, identified with 24X7
global markets is fallacious. It is simply not
true that finance operates primarily in a rare-
fied realm of super-specialists far removed
from the world of everyday economic activity
such as earning, saving and borrowing.
On the contrary, Langley argues, global
finance has fundamentally reengineered the
ordinary ways we think about and manage
money.
Where risk enjoys a good press
Till the generation of say up to the 1980s,
the future was conceived as a realm of un-
certainty, one that held possible harm, for
which one provisioned through savings and
insurance. Financialisation is born when un-
certainty is quantified into risk. How we
frame risk decides what we do with our
money.
In Langleys formulation, if risk is calculat-
ed and managed as a future harm that re-
quires prudence in the present, it makes for
an approach of thrift. But if it is framed as an
opportunity that holds the possibility of im-
mense rewards, it mandates an approach
where the most rational form of saving be-
comes investment.
Therefore, at the ideological level, finan-
cialisation entails two manoeuvres: one, the
CARTOONSCAPE
two, a shift in the common-sense under-
standing of risk as something potentially
harmful, to something potentially rewarding.
Given that risk is essentially a financial
category, the current civilisational obsession
with data is another testament to the grow-
ing supremacy of finance capital (in alliance
with technology), which wants every piece of
the worlds data on anything and everything
in order to be able to manage risk optimally
for maximum returns.
Your PF is not a saving anymore
We are all financial investors today ei-
ther directly or via mutual funds or through
insurance or pension funds.
The recent move to allow the investment
of Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) money in the stock market basically
The flipside of ensuring that one cannot save without investing
is that one cannot spend without borrowing.
takes the matter out of the individuals
hands. So, it is not just the rich and the
middle classes, but the poor too who must
become investors, which is why its vital to
substitute the provision of essential survival
goods with cash transfers. It is the logic be-
hind the neo-liberal states enthusiasm for
so-called financial inclusion through
schemes such as the Jan Dhan Yojana, whose
bank accounts would presumably channel
portions of personal income (wages/cash
transfers) to financial markets via schemes
such as the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana.
The objective of these so-called social in-
surance schemes is less to serve as savings to
be drawn upon when needed, than as another
source of liquidity for the financial markets.
Why else would one want to cap premature
withdrawals of PF all too often the only
savings for many at 75 per cent? But it
makes perfect sense in the context of the
save without investing is that one cannot
spend without borrowing.
As one of the largest corpuses of workers
savings, the EPFO is again a good case study:
another government proposal this time to
use the future stream of EPFO contributions
for housing loan interest payments heralds
the arrival of the already indebted Indian
worker as a tradable security in the global
financial market.
The engine of financialisation
Saving is not the same as investing. Savings
are income that is not consumed. Investment
is savings converted into capital with the
objective of producing profit.
When the aam aadmis saved income, say,
in the EPFO, is invested in equity, or when
your bank manager asks you to put your
savings in a mutual fund rather than in a fixed
deposit, or when you take a home loan not
because you need shelter but as an invest-
ment, you are willy-nilly participating in the
logic of global finance profiting without
producing, purely by managing risk.
In plain terms, what financialisation does
is to transfer (or spread) the burden of risk
from bearers of investment (therefore risky)
capital such as banks, or the state, onto the
individual worker or household. Even so,
when big banks whose job is risk assess-
ment mess up, prevailing wisdom man-
dates that they be bailed out. However, there
is no such luck for the common man who will
typically have to pay for the mistakes of pri-
vate financial institutions through higher
taxes and less of public amenities.
The extraction of financial profit
In his book, Profiting Without Producing:
How Finance Exploits Us All, the Greek
during the period of one year ending May
2013. For the one-year period ending May
2015, this had jumped to 19.6 per cent of the
overall portfolio.
This single phenomenon confirms all of
Lapavitsass three criteria. An expanding
home loan portfolio means banks in India are
increasingly looking to future streams of per-
sonal income for profits. It also means com-
panies are relying less on bank loans for
raising capital, and preferring capital mar-
kets. In fact, in the April-June quarter of
2015, fund-raising from the markets by Indi-
an companies stood at Rs.1.73 lakh crore
more than double the corresponding figure
for last year. Finally, given that banks raise
loanable capital from money markets, a
growing inter-connection between financial
profit and future earnings of individuals is
inevitable.
Given that financialisation is not just an
abstract economic phenomenon but has real
social consequences, the next question is the
one we began with: what is the source of
financial profit?
We also know that the source of profit for
productive capital is the surplus value cre-
ated. The source of profit for banking capital
is interest, based on the time value of money.
But financial profit, such as the millions
earned instantly by founders from an initial
public offering, or capital gains earned from
trading in securities, have nothing to do with
value creation. So, where does the profit
come from?
Lapavitsass answer is that financial profit
is ultimately derived from two channels: ex-
propriation of a portion of surplus value gen-
erated by productive capital, and
expropriation of a portion of personal in-
come earned by workers (as they turn
investors/borrowers).
What does this mean for the aam aadmi?
To begin with, a future of rising indebted-
ness. Faced with an expropriation of profit by
finance capital, productive capital can be
choosy about investment. But labour does
not have the option of desisting indefinitely
from employment, which is why in a capital-
ist society, financial expropriation will ulti-
mately be at the cost of the wage-earning
classes, leading to indebtedness.
The debt could take the form of direct,
household debt. Figures from the National
Sample Survey Office (NSSO) reveal that
during 2002-2012, household debt grew by
seven times in urban India and by four times
in rural India, the bulk of this debt being
incurred for essentials such as housing and
education.
The debt burden could also be indirect.
Here, servicing sovereign debt will take prec-

Give debate edence over public investment for develop-

ment, as is happening with Greece. These
debt payments will come from future

a chance streams of tax revenue extracted from the

working population through a multitude of
income-indifferent indirect taxes such as
Value Added Tax and Goods and Service Tax.
he boycott of Parliament by the leading oppo-

T
sition party during the current session has
denied the nation of some meaningful de-
bates over the issues that have precipitated its
confrontation with the government, besides holding up
critical pieces of legislation such as that relating to
Goods and Services Tax. Normally, such a Bill would
have caused stalwart parliamentarians from both sides
to be at their articulate best, generating meaningful
and informed debates. The efficacy of the previous
session was built on cooperation between the treasury
and opposition benches, which fostered some healthy
debates. Yet in this session, with the oppositions refus-
al to budge from its decision to block Parliament the
stalemate has persisted also due to the governments
lack of effort to address the concerns some serious
debates have instead played out on an unlikely plat-
form, the social media. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
sought to address the Congresss opposition to the GST
Bill through a post. Congress leader Mani Shankar
Aiyar responded to it through his own blog-post on a
news website. Mr. Jaitley responded to Mr. Aiyars
critique through yet another post, asking specifically
whether the Rajya Sabha leaders concern about the
need to include liquor and tobacco in the GST list was
justified. The edginess in the debates and the insin-
uations apart, the fact that senior politicians of the two
largest political parties took to debating on policy mat-
ters on a point-by-point basis on new media points to a
welcome trend. If at all, this reinforces the need for
direct debates in the House, with both the government
and the opposition shedding their truculence.
On the GST Bill, the concerns raised by the opposi-
tion and the responses by the government suggest that
there is enough scope to finalise a mutually agreeable
legislation. The chief concern and a legitimate one
raised is that the Finance Minister has proposed a 1 per
cent additional levy on the supply of goods for two
years. This concern is being studied by a panel led by
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, who had
also indicated that the levy could hurt the Make in
India programme by encouraging imports over inter-
State movement of goods. Mr. Jaitleys response to the
other key Congress demand, for a constitutionally
mandated 18 per cent fixed rate, putting the onus on the
GST council to determine the rates, is a rational one.
There are of course other differences arising from the
opposition from States that have taken a lead in manu-
facturing, and that are not exactly unaddressed in the
Bill. A deliberative exercise to thrash out these differ-
ences would clear the remaining road blocks to the
passage of the Bill. What is lacking, unfortunately, is
the will on both sides to end the war of attrition.
CM
YK
So, is it at all possible for a lifelong wage-
earner to secure, or feel secure about, her
post-employment future in a financialised
world where savings lose value unless they
become finance capital? And, which in turn,
holds the ever-present threat of losses on
account of the risks inherent in investment?
Perhaps not. This may explain why our age is
often described as the risk society.
sampath.g@thehindu.co.in
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Capital punishment crore to ensure a fair trial for Ajmal on the fact that this was a to ask why the government has not pornographic content (Editorial,
Kasab. Why should taxpayers government which did not play disclosed information related to the Aug. 7) has become a topic of
Capital punishment is indeed an money be spent to provide facilities politics by keeping a man alive untilaccord. It would be judgmental to intellectual debate. That some
inhuman way of justice while life for such elements? Such an amount the eve of elections. In Yakub say that the government is arrogant pseudo-intellectuals have called it a
imprisonment is justifiable as there can be used to further education, Memons case, the country waited or not inclusive or transparent over regressive move is strange. When
is always scope for change in a sanitation and health care. Instead, this issue, as alleged by the
23 years for justice. Can it not wait a obscenity becomes a commodity, it
person (The rope and a chance to there should be provision for fast- few years to see Maya Kodnani and Opposition. Where the government threatens to erode the very bedrock
reform, Aug.7). Though track courts that dispense justice others brought to justice? From a could be criticised is its failure, or a of ethics on which a healthy society
intellectuals campaigning against quickly. The writers idea that lack of political will, to consult
sociological point of view, it is easy is founded. Outrage against the
the death penalty have spent much Yakubs execution has not been able to empathise with a perpetrator as Assam, Manipur and Arunachal marketing of vulgarity should be
time arguing for life imprisonment, to provide a sense of closure is he/she is a single individual and notPradesh. It is apparent that the stern and unequivocal.
no one appears to have shed light on unpalatable. Let us consider how an abstract entity like his/her government has chosen Souparno Banerjee,
the conditions of prisons in India. A keeping a terrorist alive engendered victims. Yakub was heard, given a pragmatism over moral obligations New Delhi
recent media report showed how a hostage crisis, an example being of a federal polity. The government
voice and, in the end, held guilty. It
Tihar jail has twice the number of the hijacking of 1999. The terrorists is important for us to understand seems to have avoided the pain of The nature of protests reveals the
inmates it can hold. Besides this, the who were freed never showed any the closure for many people who democratic discussions due to a base character of humans. There
environment in almost all prisons sign of remorse but went on to could not come forward and express perceived fear of an impasse. In has to be a policy to reduce the focus
does not help in reform. The key become involved in other heinous themselves in one voice. doing so, it has lost a wonderful in the area of sex in general if our
issue we should be looking at is acts like the 2001 Parliament Sweety Gupta, opportunity of gaining political women and children are to be
whether the existing prison attack, training of militants in PoK New Delhi capital and bolstering its image of protected globally. All people who
environment in India can bring and much worse. Do we need to face being inclusive and cooperative. are capable of any kind of act of
about reform. a similar crisis in order for the Naga peace accord Nonetheless, the government does conscience and moral control, must
Rohit Kumar, champions of life imprisonment to A good beginning has been made to deserve to be appreciated for support steps to ban such content
New Delhi open their eyes? end the decades old Naga struggle choosing to work on this complex on the Internet.
Chirag Sharma, (Nagaland: a long road to peace, issue. Padmaja Zachariah,
The moral argument against the Vellore, Tamil Nadu Aug.6). This positive development Anoop Suri, Kochi
death penalty is strong. It may be closely follows that on the exchange New Delhi
legally right in certain societies but I can only think of the hostage crisis of enclaves between India and India faces a twin challenge now.
is morally wrong at all times and at in 1999, where airline passengers Bangladesh, ending statelessness The Congress president has a While it seeks to bring millions of its
all places. You cannot right a wrong from India faced grave risk to their for scores of people. One only hopes pertinent point (Assam, Manipur, people into the fold of the Internet
by carrying out another wrong. lives. Keeping terrorists alive might that the Prime Minister evinces Arunachal CMs still in the dark on via Digital India-like initiatives,
Society may have enacted laws but result in a similar situation. Can we equal interest in ending the hunger Naga accord, Aug.7), in saying that there is hardly any content online to
these are laws created by men. It is a forget the damage caused when strike by Irom Sharmila and finding the government was arrogant in meet a users requirements. The
pity that a deeply spiritual society terrorists had to be released from a way out of the Armed Forces not consulting these States. A peace situation is much worse for
such as ours rejoices in a hanging. I Indian prisons? In a way, (Special Powers) Act. It may be accord with good intent would have illiterate but fresh keypad
strongly believe that a harsh life punishment will avert any such difficult to accept her demand in worked better had there been wider letterate users. Though access to
sentence will act as a deterrent. situation in future. toto on security considerations. But consultation. In this instance, the such content might be argued in the
Sridhar Sampath, Kishore Kaushik, the government should appreciate way the accord was sewn up gives name of freedom, banning it is the
Chennai Mysuru the human rights issues connected the impression that the government best way forward. That more than
with her demand and initiate a wants to dictate terms rather than 70 per cent of data revenues of ISPs
It is fine to be quoting examples First, there is a drain on resources dialogue with her to explore listen to others. is from this area/subject, crowding
from popular culture, but events in while providing food, shelter and resolving the vexed issue through Balasubramaniam Pavani, out of other innovations on the
the past decade show that nothing safety to terrorists. Can India really some give and take. Secunderabad Internet is sad and threatens our
deters terrorists from carrrying out afford to keep them alive in the K. Srinivasaragavan, very dreams of becoming a digitally-
their abominable acts. We are all hope that such persons will reform Chennai Flip-flop on web ban enabled nation.
cognisant of the fact that the Indian themselves? Every crime is It is bizarre that the flip-flop on the Vivek Tyagi,
government had to spend Rs. 30 different. Perhaps we should focus It is indeed a momentous question issue of banning websites with New Delhi
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FROM THE READERS EDITOR

The Dewey principle
A.S. Panneerselvan
Questions that
When readers write without resorting to anonymity it points
to a sense of inherent decency in articulating contradicting
views and opposing standpoints. The literary flourish, a
genuine desire to be heard, to differ and to mount a counter-
narrative are the traits that we value and cherish. The debate
generated by this newspapers position on the death penalty, and my
defence of it, lead us to another deliberation. What are the philosophical
underpinnings that determine the narrative trajectories of different
will not die
A series of questions are circulating in various circles of law, which raise disturbing issues
newspapers in deciding their approach to issues of immense public
interest?
In the years of extraordinary flux between the end of the First World
about how Yakub Memons last-ditch efforts to stay his execution were handled
War and the onset of the Great Depression, the United States witnessed
two contesting viewpoints one by Walter Lippmann and the other by Krishnadas Rajagopal
John Dewey about what journalism should be. Alan Rusbridger, during
his classes at the Asian College of Journalism recently, explained how his A week after Yakub Abdul Razak Memon
decision to take up the climate change campaign was in the mode of was sent to the gallows for his role in the
journalism propounded by Dewey. It is worth it to stop and ask a few 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, questions have
questions to understand the differences in the approach of these two been raised about the nature of the Su-
scholars and to choose our own path. There is a danger of oversimplifying preme Court proceedings leading up to the
when one tries to delineate the salient features of a debate that produced execution, and the manner of disposal of his
three books Public Opinion (1922), and The Phantom Public (1925) by mercy plea by President Pranab Mukherjee
Lippmann and The Public and Its Problems (1927) by Dewey within a hours before he was hanged. These had
newspaper column. caused unease in legal and judicial circles
First, let us look at Lippmanns worldview of newspapers and and refuse to die down.
governance. The winner of two Pulitzer prizes for journalism, argued: Questions have been raised on whether
The environment with which our public President Mukherjee rejected Memons
opinions deal is refracted in many ways, In the Dewey model, mercy plea without proper application of
by censorship and privacy at the source, the mind and in haste, considering the fact
by physical and social barriers at the other journalists are that there is no deadline for a President to
end, by scanty attention, by the poverty of expected to point decide mercy petitions.
language, by distraction, by unconscious His predecessor, Pratibha Patil, popular-
constellations of feeling, by wear and tear, out the limitations ly described as the most merciful Presi-
violence, monotony. These limitations of the arguments dent, commuted the death sentences of 35
upon our access to that environment convicts during her tenure. A.P.J Abdul Ka-
combine with the obscurity and put forth by the lam received 25 mercy petitions, rejected
complexity of the facts themselves to one and commuted another to life. K.R.
thwart clearness and justice of perception, powers that be Narayanan rejected one mercy petition but
to substitute misleading fictions for and to refrain the execution was later stayed by the Minis-
workable ideas, and to deprive us of try of Home Affairs.
adequate checks upon those who from manufacturing Prominent among the questions to the
consciously strive to mislead.
Lippmanns antidote to this, at many
consent on Supreme Court is why Memon was not al-
lowed 14 days between the rejection of his
levels, seems to set the clock back by a few their behalf clemency petition by the President and his
centuries. He argued for a system where hanging on July 30. The hearings in the
the power should be vested in a few men of action, public policy analysts Supreme Court dominated the week which
and political leaders, or shall we say elites. For him, the point of ended in the execution of Memon.
democracy is not the pleasure of engaging in self-government, but about On July 28, 2015, while dealing with a
achieving the good life, which is the result of good governance. writ petition filed by Yakub Memon claim-
Lippmanns sceptical question was: The environment is complex. Mans ing procedural irregularity and violation of
political capacity is simple. Can a bridge be built between them? natural justice in the issue of a death war-
rant by a TADA court in Mumbai, a bench of
Press as a vital link Justices Anil R. Dave and Kurian Joseph
The American philosopher, John Dewey, however came up with an disagreed on the latters point that Me-
actionable question: how the gap between the limited capacities of the mons curative petition was not heard by
citizen and the complexity of his environment [is] to be bridged. Dewey the Supreme Court in accordance with the
argued that democracy recognised the interdependent nature of human mandatory procedure prescribed in Order GRAPHIC: SATWIK GADE
existence and hence, the core of democratic politics was to create the 48 (curative petitions) of the Supreme
conditions for individuals in a society to develop to their fullest potential.
It is in this context that Dewey places the press as a vital link between the
government and the people. For him, democracy is an ethic, not just a
Court Rules, 2013.
In the split verdict (http://
thne.ws/1K6NSkK), Justice Dave observed
Questions arising out of
machine.
Dewey has a fine metaphor to bring out the limits of the experts
worldview in understanding the state of the public. He said: The man
in the judgment that submissions made
about the curative petition do not appeal to
me as they are irrelevant and there is no
the Supreme Court judgment
who wears the shoe knows best that it pinches and where it pinches, even substance in them. Memon specifically sought
if the expert shoemaker is the best judge of how the trouble is to be Justice Joseph raised the serious issue reconsideration of the verdict
remedied. His arguments against Lippmanns notion of a new
aristocracy of administrators come from the fact these elites may become
a self-interested power block in their own right. For him, the creation of
that the procedure prescribed under the
law has been violated while dealing with the
curative petition and that too, dealing with
delivered on his review petition on
April 9, 2015. But the July 29, 2015
judgment pronounced by a three-
Questions to the President
In the history of this country, has the natural justice to hang a sick man.
such a power block in itself was not a democratic act. While Dewey agreed life of a person. Staying the death warrant, judge bench hardly addresses this
that the public may lose track of its shared interests at times eclipse at Justice Joseph observed that the Supreme specific issue. Justice S.S.M Quadri in President decided any clemency Memon spent 21 years in jail. Did the
times he was confident that it has the potential to reform itself when it Court committed a serious procedural vio- the 2002 Rupa Ashok Hurra petitions eight hours before the President consider whether he was a
becomes aware of its inevitable interdependencies. A closer reading of lation under Order 48, Rule 4 of the Su- judgment by a five-judge execution? Again as a supplementary reformed person? Was his conduct in jail
Dewey offers a number of lessons both for individual journalists and for preme Court Rules, 2013 by not including Constitution Bench on curative question, has the President given the considered? Under the theory of
newspapers for whom the notion of participatory democracy is the raison all the judges, including him, who had heard petitions observes that ...declining Union Home Minister a personal hearing punishment, a reformed person should
dtre. Memons review petition in the subsequent to reconsider the judgment would be on a clemency plea? not be executed. Retribution should not
Was the disclosure by B. Raman ever be the sole reason to send a person to
In the Dewey model, journalism and journalists are expected to inform curative process. oppressive to judicial conscience and
the public the multiple strands that make up the complex issue that is After all, law is for man and law is never cause perpetuation of irremediable considered by the President before the gallows.
confronting the society; to point out the limitations of the arguments put helpless and the Court, particularly the re- injustice. rejection of the mercy plea? Has a person who has spent 21 years of
Was the condemned mans plea that he his life behind bars without a single
forth by the powers that be; to look at better alternatives; to articulate the pository of such high constitutional powers
legitimate aspirations and expectations of the people; to set egalitarian like Supreme Court, shall not be rendered The Supreme Court Rules, 2013,
is schizophrenic considered by the parole, a zero person, been executed
goals and to provide a forum for exerting pressure to keep the journey powerless, Justice Joseph noted, asking while dealing with curative petitions, President while deciding the mercy before in the history of this country? Was
towards realising these goals; and to refrain from manufacturing consent that the curative petition be heard afresh. says three senior-most judges of petition? It goes against the principles of Memon worth hanging?
on behalf of those who wield power. An inquisitive journalist raises a The matter was referred to a three-judge the Supreme Court should be part of
range of questions on behalf of the public. Some times these questions bench led by Justice Dipak the Curative Bench.
may not be in consonance with the Spirit of Times. These dissonances, Misra and heard on July The Chief Justice of
these acts of dissents, these voices of difference are central to democratic 29, the eve of the execu- India is never the first mercy petition filed by his
functioning. The Hindus editorial policy, not just on the death penalty tion. In a day-long hearing described in any Has a person who has brother Suleiman on behalf of Yakub
but as a guiding principle for the entire newspaper, clearly reflects the
Dewey principle.
which witnessed Attor-
ney-General Mukul Ro-
statute or the
Constitution as the
spent 21 years of his life Memon was dismissed in 2014, and
there was no need for further time
readerseditor@thehindu.co.in hatgi calling the convict a senior-most judge. behind bars without a for him to prepare for the July 30
traitor, the bench held His distinct identity
that there was no legal in law is the Chief
single parole, a zero execution. This argument, however,
does not take into account that
fallacy in the issue of the Justice of India. An person, been executed Yakub Memon had filed several
death warrant. example for this is
FROM THE ARCHIVES In a judgment delivered at 4.15 pm found in The Constitution (Ninety- before in the history of petitions (a review heard in open
court for 10 days, a curative petition,
(http://thne.ws/1IRS631) the court pointed Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014. So, this country? Was Memon two writ petitions, of which one
out that the review process is limited to should the curative process in the merely sought 14 days time to make
re-examination of the principal judgment Memon petition have included the worth hanging? peace with God and settle family
of March 21, 2013, which confirmed the third senior-most judge in the reasonable opportunity to read for affairs) which gave him hope of
(dated August 8, 1965) death penalty. On the question of validity of Supreme Court, Justice J.S. Khehar? himself the judgment before he was continued existence in life. When a
the death warrant, the bench held that it sent to the gallows, does it not final No is said, should some
Foreign Minister that the quickest was served on Memon on July 13, 2015, Why was Memon not given an
No pruning of Fourth Plan giving him sufficient time under the law. opportunity to file additional written
amount to violation of natural reasonable time not be given for him
way to peace in Viet Nam was for justice? Again, did Memon get an to reconcile to his fate?
Mr. Asoka Mehta, Deputy aggression from the North to cease. It pointed out that Memon continued to arguments as permitted under Order opportunity to read the judgment
avail himself of legal remedies even after 48 Rule 4 (2) of the Supreme Court Has a constitutional court,
Chairman of the Planning The Foreign Minister, Mr. Alex delivered at around 5:00 a.m. on July
Commission, has sent a note to the Quaison-Sackey, had a 15-minute the warrant was issued. The court acknowl- Rules, 2013 as part of the curative anywhere in history, refused a person
30, refusing to give him a 14-days
Prime Minister and the State Chief meeting with Mr. Johnson and edged Mr. Rohatgis argument that this is process? The 2013 Rules say Unless begging to live for just two more
breather between the Presidents
Ministers opposing suggestions to handed over a special message from not a person who has never gone to court. otherwise ordered by the Court, a weeks? After spending 21 years in
rejection of the mercy petition and
scale down the Fourth Plan. Mr. President Kwame Nkrumah of Hours after this judgment was pronounced, curative petition shall be disposed of jail, what would have happened if his
the hanging? It is not enough if the
Mehta is believed to have argued Ghana on the Viet Nam situation. the same night, the President rejected Me- by circulation without any oral life was extended for just another 14
lawyer knows the judgment, the case
that the problems before the In his letter, Mr. Johnson assured mons mercy petition, triggering another arguments but the petitioner may days, that too, in a single cell in the
is filed by Memon, and he should read
country were so stupendous and Mr. Nkrumah that there was no round of litigation, which culminated in the supplement his petition by additional jail?
it himself. The case is in his name,
poverty so rampant, that any lesser danger from the United States to unprecedented pre-dawn hearing at the Su- written arguments. the lawyer only pleads. The judgment Why was the final petition seeking
effort will further postpone the the plane which might transport preme Court even as the clock ticked for the is not for the lawyer, but for Memon. a 14-day breather posted to the same
raising of living standards. If the him to and from Hanoi. The White condemned man. Memons writ petition under
three-judge Bench, which dismissed
In a fresh petition, Memon, through his Article 32 of the Constitution for Article 137 is a constitutional
Plan is curtailed unemployment in House said Mr. Johnson also told Memons plea for quashing the death
the country would increase and all Mr. Nkrumah the United States lawyers, said he had a right to challenge the quashing the death warrant was remedy available to a person to file a
warrant earlier the same day (July
the spheres of production would would welcome anything he could Presidents rejection of his mercy plea, but rejected by a three-judge bench review (against the July 29, 30
29) and was exhausted hearing the
suffer, he warns. Assuming three do to end aggression in Viet Nam. could only do so if it was formally served on (Justices Dipak Misra, P.C. Pant and judgments). This was denied to him.
case? In the normal course, the
different amounts of cut in Plan him. He knew only what his counsel knew Amitava Roy) at 4.15 p.m. on July 29 The right to challenge the rejection roster would have been a bench of
outlay, Mr. Mehta has shown with Indian girls tearful farewell about the rejection from news reports. With the eve of the execution and of the mercy petition was two judges.
facts and figures how Indias entire A six-year-old Indian girl, Nancy only hours to live, he said he would be de- the judgment was uploaded denied; and this is wholly
prived of his right to a minimum 14 days to at around 11:00 p.m., a In the history of the Supreme
economic activity will be retarded Prasad to-night [August 7, Sydney] opposed to the
and how even the goal for per capita waved a tearful farewell to settle affairs and make peace with God. few hours before Court, has any case been heard with
constitutional
income of Rs. 20 a month in 1971-72 Australia, after having been The 14-page judgment (http:// Memon was such speed? A three-judge bench, on
scheme.
will have to be set back. snatched twice within 24 hours to thne.ws/1K6NWAY) by the same bench, led scheduled to be July 29, decided Memons writ
avoid being deported to her native by Justice Dipak Misra, said the days drill hanged to death. An argument petition on merits without even
U.S. refuses Fiji. With a police guard, she on the Memon case begins again, like a If he had not has been issuing notice or giving an
to suspend raids boarded a Fiji-bound plane at Phoenix rising. Memon has returned to got a brought opportunity to file a counter.
The White House to-day [August Sydney airport. The police-guard court, it said, to urge for a second lease of up that
Under Article 21 of the
7, Washington] disclosed that the was to prevent a repetition of last life even before the ink had dried on the
Constitution, the Supreme Court is
United States has rejected an nights [August 6] first snatch by evenings judgment. The judgment held
the protector of life. But why did the
appeal by President Kwame students. They took her from the that Memon had had sufficient time to
Supreme Court put so much strain in
Nkrumah of Ghana for a temporary arms of a relative minutes before make wordly arrangements when the
the last two days before Memons
halt to the bombing of North Viet she was to have boarded the plane. first mercy petition, filed by his brother
hearing?Should it have been more
Nam. The White House made The students said their action was a Suleiman, was rejected by the President in
composed? What was the hurry?
public President Johnsons reply to protest against Australias Whites April 2014. It said granting Memon another
Memon could have continued his
a letter he received yesterday only policy. Nancy left to-night 14 days would be a travesty of justice.
existence of 21 years for a few more
[August 6] from President [August 7] accompanied by her The Hindu has learnt that a series of
days in a single jail cell.
Nkrumah on the Viet Nam sister, Mrs. Reg. Powditch, and Mrs. questions have been raised in various cir-
Problem. President Johnson Powditchs husband, with whom cles of law, which look at how the case was krishnadas.rajagopal@thehindu.co.in
yesterday [August 6] told Ghanas she had been living in Sydney. handled.

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BJP hits back at Sonia, Rahul
Nistula Hebbar &
Jatin Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Former Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram said
on Friday that External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj
should have advised him [La-
lit Modi] to apply to the Indian
High Commission for a tempo-
rary Indian travel document,
valid only for Portugal.
Mr. Chidambaram said
there were three versions of
the intervention by Ms. Swa-
raj to allegedly facilitate travel
papers for former IPL com-
missioner Lalit Modi. We
would like to know who is
speaking the truth? British
High Commissioner [James
David] Bevan or British MP
Keith Vaz or Minister Sushma
Swaraj?
A flustered BJP then fielded
Human Resource Develop-
ment Minister Smriti Irani to
Jayalalithaa raises Cauvery,
Mullaperiyar issues with PM
Suresh Nambath
CHENNAI: During the meeting at
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Jayalalithaas residence here
on Friday, Prime Minister Na-
rendra Modi tried to allay the
State Governments appre-
hensions about the Goods and
Services Tax (GST) regime.
The AIADMK had recorded
a dissent note to the Rajya Sab-
ha Committee on GST as it
feared the State would lose
close to Rs.10,000 crore with
the introduction of the new tax
regime.
Although the AIADMK is
not part of the government at
the Centre, it offers the BJP-
led National Democratic Alli-
ance government support on
crucial issues, often breaking
ranks with the rest of the
Opposition.
On GST, however, the party
had opposed the Bill alongside
the Congress and the Left par-
ties. Mr. Modi is keen that the
AIADMK returns to a mode of
more positive interaction with
the government at the Centre.
Ms. Jayalalithaa used the
Mehbooba says PDP-BJP ties will
be untenable without J&K package
Mehboob Jeelani
NEW DELHI: At their meeting the Prime Minister was, there-
here earlier this week, Peoples fore, even thinking of cancell-
Democratic Party president ing the trip and announcing
Mehbooba Mufti told her Bha- the package on Independence
ratiya Janata Party counter- Day in Delhi, BJP sources told
part, Amit Shah, that if the The Hindu.
much-awaited package for
Jammu and Kashmir was not where the BJP won an over-
announced soon, the alliance whelming majority in the As-
between the two parties in the sembly elections in 2014,
State might become senior party leader Hari Om
untenable.
Mr. Shah told her that conglomerate of activists of
Prime Minister Narendra Mo- the Congress, the National
di was keen on visiting Kash- Conference, the Panthers
mir and announcing a special Party and local trade unions
package for the State in the demanding that part of the
last week of August, but the package should be devoted to
politics playing out in the the setting up of an All India
Threat to SC judge serious, says police
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Senior police offi-
cers have visited the resi-
dence of the Supreme Court
judge Dipak Misra to oversee
security arrangements after
finding a threat letter near
the back gates of the house.
The judge headed the
three-judge Bench that dis-
missed the final appeal of the
Mumbai serial blasts convict
Yakub Memon to postpone
Peace with NSCN(I-M) big feat: Ram Madhav
Nistula Hebbar
NEW DELHI: Ram Madhav, Bha-
ratiya Janata Party general
secretary who is in charge of
party affairs in Jammu and
Kashmir and the seven
northeastern States, has tak-
en umbrage at the Congresss
assertion that the Naga peace
accord has been signed with-
out taking various stakehold-
ers into confidence.
Sonia Gandhi revokes Brars suspension
Jatin Gandhi
NEW DELHI: With the Congress
party in Punjab gearing up for
an organisational revamp, ex-
pected after the Monsoon ses-
sion of Parliament, party
president Sonia Gandhi re-
voked the suspension of for-
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aggressively combat the attack
on Ms. Swaraj from Congress
president Sonia Gandhi, vice-
president Rahul Gandhi and
Mr. Chidambaram.
Soniaji can speak extem-
pore if there is a one minute
television byte to give, for any-
thing longer she needs a writ-
ten speech, said Ms. Irani.
She also said that the Youth
Congress, which staged a dem-
onstration outside Speaker
Sumitra Mahajans residence
on Thursday without their
shirts, showed just how much
Sonia Gandhi and the Con-
gress cared for the dignity and
respect of women.
Telecom Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad, too, was
pressed into defending Ms.
Swaraj. She [Sonia Gandhi]
should tell the country exactly
how much money has Lalit
Modi paid her family to keep
him out of jail and away from
one-to-one meeting with Mr.
Modi to raise some of the long-
pending demands of the State,
urging the Centre to intervene
in favour of Tamil Nadu in dis-
putes with neighbouring
States.
In the memorandum sub-
mitted to the Prime Minister,
she called upon the Centre to
form the Cauvery Manage-
ment Board and the Cauvery
Water Regulation Committee
for the implementation of the
Final Order of the Cauvery
Water Disputes Tribunal, to
deploy the Central Industrial
Security Force to guard the
Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala,
interlink the peninsular rivers,
and retrieve the Katchatheevu
island from Sri Lanka and re-
store traditional fishing rights
of Tamil Nadu fishermen,
among other things.
Modis signal to party
leaders
Although issues of alliance
for the Assembly election in
Tamil Nadu next year did not
figure in the discussions, by
taking the effort to meet Ms.
Jammu region had made the
party tread carefully. He said
In the Jammu province,
joined hands with agitators a
his execution. The threat is
of a serious nature. The send-
ers seemed to have conduct-
ed a reconnaissance first, a
senior police officer said. The
part of the residence where
the letter was found is not
frequently patrolled by secu-
rity guards and is not covered
by CCTV cameras, the officer
added.
All security personnel and
other staff at the house have
been questioned.
In an interview with The
Hindu, he said: The biggest
group fighting for the cause
for the past 40 years, the
NSCN(I-M) [Nationalist So-
cialist Council of Nagaland
(Isak-Muviah)], has finally
come around to finding an ac-
commodation with the Indi-
an state and eschew
violence, he said.
He said the BJP was speak-
ing to the government on the
mer MP Jagmeet Singh Brar
on Friday.
Mr Brar had remained sus-
pended for nearly one year for
anti-party activities. His
suspension was recommended
by the AK Antony panel on
party discipline after he spoke
out against the Congress presi-
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Indian authorities, Mr. Pra-
sad said.
Parliamentary Affairs Min-
Deep divisions over NSA talks
ister M. Venkaiah Naidu reac- Pak. yet to confirm dates, India refuses to extend agenda beyond terrorism
ted to the Congress presidents
remarks by saying: Everyone Suhasini Haidar dead militants, will be hand- after he returned to Islama-
is aware who resorts to ed over, along with details of bad from Ufa, when he faced a
drama. NEW DELHI: The Union govern- terror financing. There will barrage of criticism over the
Reacting to the Congresss ment has made it clear it be nothing but terror on our exclusion of any mention of
allegation that the govern- plans to go ahead with talks agenda, a senior Indian offi- Jammu and Kashmir from
ment did not reach out to the between Indian and Pakista- cial told The Hindu. the joint media statement.
Opposition, Mr. Naidu said he ni National Security Advisers Pakistan has its own dos- Mr. Aziz said the issues of
had spoken to the Congress despite the terror attacks in siers related to its allegations Kashmir, Siachen and Sir
leaders in both Houses in a bid Gurdaspur and Udhampur, of an Indian hand in at- Creek would all be discussed
to end the impasse. and the latest Pakistani snub tacks in Balochistan and sup- on the back-channel, or
Congress sources said Mr. on the Commonwealth Par- port to the Pakistan Taliban, through appointed interlocu-
Naidu had only mentioned liamentary Union. say officials. But a senior Pa- tors. Indian government
that the party should request But the process is hitting kistani official said other is- sources have denied that too,
the Speaker for revocation of several roadblocks, both over sues would be discussed saying only front-channel,
suspensions. the date of the meeting as during the talks. The official not back-channel talks
The Congress indicated that well as the agenda. More than said the NSAs would discuss would take place with Mr.
it will return to the Lok Sabha a week after India proposed a the setting up of a back-chan- Doval and Mr. Aziz.
on Monday to press for its de- schedule, Pakistan has yet to India maintains that only front channel, not back nel, meetings of the Com- The differences indicate
mands with bigger placards accept the dates of August 23 channel talks will take place between Ajit Doval merce Ministers in the both sides are headed into
and new slogans, according to and 24. Reports in Islamabad (right) and Sartaj Aziz. upcoming months, and an ex- stormy weather, with ten-
a young MP close to Mr. say Pakistani NSA Sartaj Aziz tended mechanism to deal sions over continuing cease-
Gandhi. may have prior commit- about terror-related issues, e-Mohammad (JeM); cross- with border and LoC firing fire violations, the terror
ments and may need new Pakistani officials say many border infiltration; harbour- which would include the Di- attacks as well as Pakistans
dates. On the issue of the other issues are on the ing of fugitives like rectors-General of Military decision not to invite the
agenda too, sharp differences agenda. underworld don Dawood Operations and External Af- Jammu and Kashmir Speaker
have emerged. Ibrahim; terror financing fairs Ministry officials. to its CPU conference, indi-
A statement issued after Terror evidence networks; pumping of fake When the PMs met in Ufa, cating a hard line on Kashmir,
Prime Minister Narendra As The Hindu reported last Indian currency into India; they discussed a number of as more evidence of the
Modi and his counterpart,
Nawaz Sharif, met in Ufa said
the two NSAs were to meet in
week, India is preparing to
hand over forensic and elec-
tronic evidence of Pakis-
and the 26/11 trial.
The dossiers will now in-
clude testimonies of Moham-
ways to take the talks process
forward, a diplomatic offi-
cial said. The idea is to lead
strain. Asked what was the
chance of the talks happen-
ing, as proposed on August
Jayalalithaa at her residence Delhi to discuss all issues tans support to terrorists mad Naved, the militant up to the visit by PM Modi to 23, an official said, Chances
unaccompanied by State BJP connected to terrorism. operating against India. The captured in Udhampur. Islamabad for the SAARC are fifty-fifty. A decision has
leaders, Mr. Modi seemed in- While Indian officials main- evidence include those on the Leads from the Gurdaspur summit. not yet been taken.
tent on sending a political sig- tain that it means Mr. Doval banned organisations Lash- attack, including GPS data, The back-channel idea was (With additional reporting
nal to his own party leaders. and Mr. Aziz will only speak kar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish- weapons and clothes of the disclosed by Mr. Aziz shortly from Vijaita Singh)
BJP leaders have been am-
bivalent towards the AIADMK
after the Lok Sabha election,
often criticising the party on
issues such as corruption and
Army continues to be the most trusted institution India decides
prohibition.
In Madurai on Thursday,
to boycott
BJP president Amit Shah had
said it was unfortunate that CPU meet
Tamil Nadu found a place in
the list of developed States as Smriti Kak
well as the list of corrupt ones Ramachandran
in the country. In Coimbatore,
he had said the State was num- NEW DELHI: New Delhi has
ber one in electoral corrup- decided to boycott the 61st
tion. conference of the
Mr. Modi, through his meet- Commonwealth
ing with Ms. Jayalalithaa, Parliamentary Union
must have hoped to temper (CPU) to be held in
the aggressive stance of his Islamabad unless Pakistan
party toward a prospective al- extends an invitation to
liance partner. At present, the the Speaker of the Jammu
BJP is without any major ally, and Kashmir Assembly, or
as parties such as the MDMK, the CPU changes the
the PMK and the DMDK no venue of the meeting.
longer consider the alliance Indias decision stems
forged for the 2014 Lok Sabha from Islamabads refusal
election as being in operation. to invite the J&K Speaker
on the grounds that it is in
violation of the UN
Security Council
Rukmini S. followed by the provision of
basic necessities like food,
NEW DELHI: In the report, De- clothing and shelter.
Trust in Parliament, while
low, rose between 2005 and
2013, while the Army contin-
Central governments. In gen-
eral, trust went up among the
elites and upper classes, while
Resolution 1991(1951) of
March 30, 1951 and
resolution 122 (1957) of
mocracy in India: A Citizens
Perspective
As in 2005, political parties
respondents were the least trusted politi-
gave the highest weightage to cal institutions, and the police
ued to be the most trusted in-
stitution.
The civil service was per-
trust levels declined among
Muslims.
Muslims had the lowest
January 4, 1957. Pakistan
has also said the invitation
Institute of Medical Science in the freedom to participate in the least trusted unelected in- ceived as the most corrupt, trust in the police and the to J&K would contradict
Jammu, leaving senior central protests and demonstrations, stitution. more so than local, State and highest in the courts. the fundamentals of
leaders red-faced. With the Pakistans foreign policy.
campaign for AIIMS gaining Indias strong reaction
steam, BJP leaders in Delhi de- comes amid escalating
cided to sit on the package as
some elements in both coali-
Tiger Memons call not Aadhaar enrolment for tension between New
Delhi and Islamabad over
tion partners hoped to draw
political mileage out of it.
intercepted: Mumbai police NRIs, PIOs and OICs ceasefire violations along
the border in Jammu and
Soon after the meeting, Mr. Special Correspondent conversation was intercepted Kashmir and over the
Om, who has written to Mr. by the Mumbai Police, but the involvement of Pakistani
NEW DELHI: The Government platform any time any-
Shah suggesting him to break MUMBAI: The Mumbai police call could not be traced as it nationals in the recent
has decided that Aadhaar en- where, Planning Minister
the coalition, was sacked from on Friday denied intercepting was made through voice over terror strikes. Officials
rolment of Non-Resident In- Rao Inderjit Singh said in
the party. any conversation between Internet protocol (VoIP). said Pakistans decision is
dians, Persons of Indian written reply in Lok Sabha.
The PDP is equally mired in 1993 serial bombings prime However, top Mumbai po- in violation of CPU rules
Origin and Overseas Citizen At present all residents in-
intra-party troubles. A PDP accused Tiger Memon and his lice officials denied the report. and also perplexing as the
of India should be eventually cluding Indian national and
source said the party was split mother, Hanifa, hours before We have not intercepted any J&K branch was part of
allowed to help them authen- foreigners with valid visas
into two groups: one is led by the July 30 hanging of his such conversation, and no the 3rd Asia and India
ticate their identity digitally, can be enrolled and provided
elder party leaders and the brother, Yakub Memon. such transcript is with us, a Regional CPU Conference
Parliament was informed on Aadhaar number by the UI-
other by younger ones who are An English daily reported senior police official said. held in Islamabad in
Friday. DAI. Under the Aadhaar pro-
keen on tying up with the BJP. that he called the Memon resi- As a daily has reported that March 2007.
The government has de- ject, the UIDAI is providing a
dence in Mahim in the early Tiger Memon indicated to his The J&K Branch was
cided that a longer term goal unique identity numbers to
invited by Pakistan CPU
hours of the day and reported- family members that he will
ly spoke to his mother. take revenge and the daily has
The report said Tiger had the transcript of that commu-
should be to expand Aadhaar
enrolment activities in order
to ensure that all persons on
residents, which can be dig-
itally verified using the
database.
Branch and three
delegates from J&K had
Apart from the Delhi Po- expressed anger about his nication, we want to clarify participated in the
the Indian soil (Resident In- As per the official sources,
lice, another Central police brothers execution, and that we dont have any such conference. The decision
dian, NRIs, OCI/PIO and vi- the UIDAI is working on the
force would be put on the se- vowed to avenge it. Hanifa had intercepted conversation and of Pakistan in not inviting
sa holding visitors) shall be policy for Aadhaar enrol-
curity job. The guard who pleaded with him not to per- the said transcript is not from J&K CPU Branch violates
empowered with a unique ment of NRIs, PIOs and OICs
found the letter alerted his petrate any more violence, the the Mumbai Police, a spokes- the provisions of the CPU
identity/identifier that can after receiving a direction
superiors, who, in turn, ap- report said, adding that the person said. constitution, a fact which
be authenticated on a digital from the government. PTI
proached the Tughlaq Road has been recognised by the
police station. A case has CPU Secretariat and the
Chairperson of its
been filed under Sections 506
(criminal intimidation) and
507 (criminal intimidation
Lalit Modi extradition a dicey issue executive committee, said
a spokesperson of the
Ministry of External
by anonymous communica- Jayant Sriram try, the guidelines say. N. Srinivasan with the Chen-
tion) of the Indian Penal This is likely to make nai police in 2010, involving Affairs.
Code. NEW DELHI: The Union govern- things more difficult. One about Rs. 2,200 crore, is the
ment is likely to still face an may recall that the External EDs best chance of getting
interminable wait in its pur-
suit of former cricket czar La-
Affairs Ministry has in the
past been hesitant to get in-
Mr. Modi since, according to
officials, money laundering is SC relief for
lit Modi despite
question of giving citizenship Enforcement Directorate fi-
the volved in the tangle sur-
rounding the former IPL
a criminal offence in both In-
dia and the U.K. Greenpeace
to stateless minorities from nally obtaining a non-bailable commissioner. When his Though the dual criminal-
Pakistan and Bangladesh. warrant (NBW) for his arrest passport was restored by the ity clause is key to initiating activist
With the National Regis- from a Mumbai court on Delhi High Court in 2014, af- extradition proceedings, the
tration of Citizens exercise Wednesday. ter previously being revoked accused have several grounds Legal Correspondent
going on in Assam, the sit- Though the warrant was is- by the ED in 2011, there was of defence, as provided under
uation has worsened for sued on the grounds that Mr. confusion over who actually Article 9 of the U.K.-India Ex- NEW DELHI: The Supreme
these people who do not have Modi was not responding to A number of procedural had to appeal against the ver- tradition Treaty (1993). Court on Friday stayed trial
valid documents and are ha- the EDs summons in an al- hurdles may come in the dict. The Ministry insisted These include if the extradi- court proceedings in a defa-
rassed by the State police, leged case of money launder- way of Lalit Modis that it was only acting at the tion request is a facade for the mation case filed by Essar
thanks to Tarun Gogoi [As- ing, it is learnt a number of extradition from U.K. behest of the Enforcement persecution of the person Group against Greenpeace
sam Chief Minister],he procedural hurdles may come Directorate since the matter concerned, whether it would activist Priya Pillai and two
said. in the way of his extradition ing abroad. involved the passport office. be unjust or oppressive to ex- others at Singrauli in Madhya
from the U.K. A 2009 circular by it stip- Even under the UPA, in tradite him, the trivial nature Pradesh.
For the ED, pursuing the ulates that the Ministry does fact, the Ministry never opted of offence, a long delay in A Bench of Justices Jagdish
NBW means a change in pro- not undertake service of non- to pursue an extradition, making the request or if the Singh Khehar and Adarsh Ku-
cedure. In the usual course, bailable warrants of arrest as
for several other cases pend- it would amount to the extra-
though Mr. Modi failed to
heed at least three ED sum-
accusation has not been made
in good faith in the interests
mar Goel also issued notices
to the firm and the Centre on
dent and vice- president Rahul ing against Mr. Modi, the ED dition of the individual. The mons. One reason given, ac- of justice. Pillais plea in which she has
Gandhi when the Congress had to go through the Union requests for extradition are cording to reports, was that The last was the ground in also challenged the validity of
lost the Lok Sabha elections. Home Ministry to serve sum- based on certain legal proce- extradition is a tortuous which Bollywood music di- Section 499 (defamation) of
Party general secretary in- mons on him through the dures contained in applicable process involving the judicial rector Nadeem Akhtar Saifis the IPC.
charge of Punjab, Shakeel U.K. authorities. However, it treaties negotiated on the ba- process of that country. extradition was denied by the The activist has contested
Ahmed told The Hindu that is an entirely different proce- sis of the International Prin- The money laundering British House of Lords in the defamation complaint on
Mr Brar had cleared the mis- dure when it comes to seeking cipal of Extradition. Such case, registered by the ED in 2000. Saifi was wanted for the the ground that Essar has fil-
understandings between him execution of non-bailable requests are to be forwarded 2012 on the basis of an FIR murder of T-series honcho ed it to curb her right to free
and the party. warrants against those resid- to the External Affairs Minis- filed by the former BCCI chief Gulshan Kumar in 1997. speech.
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NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY

80 PER CENT OF THE WEAVERS HOUSE AREA GOES FOR THE LOOM, SAYS PM
India follows global trends
in taking on cyber attacks
Weave new designs: Modi Yuthika Bhargava

NEW DELHI: The number of cyb-

er attacks in the country
stood at nearly 50,000 during
the rst ve months of 2015,
with most of these attacks on
computer networks of Indian
organisations originating
from countries such as the
U.S., Pakistan, China and
Bangladesh, Parliament was
informed on Friday.
The trend in increase in
cyber attacks is similar to that
worldwide. A total number of
22,060, 71,780, 1,30,338, and
49,504 cyber security inci-
dents, including phishing,
scanning, spam, malicious attacks are launched. tocol (IP) addresses of the
code and website intrusion, In such cases, CERT-In computers from where the at-
were reported to Indian Com- noties the organisation con- tacks originated belong to the
puter Emergency Response cerned regarding the cyber countries, including the U.S.,
Team (CERT-In) during the attacks and requests for logs Europe, Pakistan, China,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar during the inauguration of years 2012, 2013, 2014 and of network devices, servers Bangladesh, Brazil, Turkey,
National Handloom Day in Chennai on Friday. - PHOTO: PTI 2015 (up to May), respective- and other related compo- Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia,
ly, Telecom Minister Ravi nents for analysing the at- Algeria and the UAE, the
Shankar Prasad said in a writ- tacks and identifying sources Minister said.
B. Arvind Kumar same time ensuring quality.
The fashion and design educa- Modi calls on his friend Cho ten reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Mr. Prasad said attackers
of attack, he said.
Analysis of attack metho-
The Minister said a total of
27,605 and 28,481 websites

P
romoting handlooms as he did
khadi last year, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Friday
stressed on new designs, brand-
ing and e-commerce to launch
the rich, colourful heritage on a
global scale.
Inaugurating the 1st National
Handloom Day in Chennai, Mr.
Modi said he had asked people to
use at least one khadi garment to
help artisans during his Mann ki
baat programme last October
and the sale of khadi products
had since then gone up by 60 per
centcomparedto the same peri-
od last year.
Handlooms constituted 15 per
cent of the total cloth consump-
tion in the country. If you raise
this to 20 per cent, it will be a
huge boost to the sector as the
turnover will increase by 33 per
cent, he said.
The Prime Minister said there
was a need to make handlooms
fashionable by constantly evolv-
ing and innovating, and at the
THE FASHION EDUCATION NEEDS
TO REORIENT ITSELF WITH
THE TRADITIONAL HANDLOOM
AS THE CENTREPIECE
tion in the country needs to
reorient itself with the tradition- are compromising computer dology is done based on avail- were hacked during the year
al handloom as the centrepiece, systems in different parts of able log provided by the 2012 and 2013, respectively.
he said. While 80 per cent of the the world and use masque- organisations. In the year 2014 and 2015 (up
weavers house area goes for the rading techniques and hidden According to the logs as to May), the number was
loom, the family lives in the servers to hide the identity of analysed and made available 32,323 and 9,057,
remaining area and the family the systems from which the to CERT-In, the Internet Pro- respectively.
devotes itself for months to
make a single sari. A system that
gives the weavers their rightful
returns is essential, he said.
At the function, Mr. Modi
Varsities face grant cut if they fail
launched the India Handloom
Mark to win the trust and con-
dence of customers and present-
to provide information on faculty
ed Sant Kabir awards and PM Narendra Modi meeting the Editor of Thuglak, Anita Joshua in-aid, the UGC and, even the
They must submit Ministry, is now empowered
National awards for weavers for Cho Ramaswamy, in Chennai on Friday. PHOTO: PTI
the past three years. NEW DELHI: With universities details for All India to take punitive action for
Special Correspondent The meeting, which took place failing to provide timely and Survey on Higher not just non-compliance, but
Special significance immediately after Mr. Modis proper details required by the
Education also providing inaccurate or
Minister of State for Textiles CHENNAI: In a meeting set up at lunch with Chief Minister Jaya- All India Survey on Higher wrong data.
Santosh Kumar Gangwar said short notice, Prime Minister Na- lalithaa, lasted a little over 10 Education (AISHE) for four The details that universi-
August 7 had a special signif- rendra Modi on Friday called on minutes at Mr. Ramaswamys years since this exercise be- ties are expected to furnish
icance in Indias history as it was his long-time friend and Tamil MRC Nagar residence. gan, the Human Resource necessary information re- include their academic
on this day that the swadeshi weekly magazine Thuglaks Edi- BJP sources said the meeting Development Ministry has quired by AISHE in time. schedule, student and faculty
movement was launched in tor Cho Ramaswamy and en- was xed only on Friday, and did decided to use its nancial Since such warnings in the strength, admission param-
1905. quired about his health. not gure in the schedule sent to control to make them fall in past have fallen on deaf ears, eters, facilities provided, an-
Among those present at the Mr. Ramaswamy has not been the State unit on Thursday. line. And, has also empo- the Ministry in June-end no- nual accounts, courses,
well-attended meeting were Ta- keeping well for a while and has Speaking to reporters later, wered itself to take punitive tied a fresh set of rules vacancies and foreign
mil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah, been in and out of hospital over Mr. Ramaswamy said the meet- action. The UGC (Furnishing of In- collaborations.
Union Minister of State for the past few months owing to re- ing was purely personal and that Universities the Central, formation by Universities) Though the Ministrys de-
Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan, spiratory issues. he did not discuss politics with the State and deemed-to-be Rules 2015 to give the cision to wield the stick has
State Finance Minister O. Pan- Spent some time with Cho Mr. Modi. under Section 3 of the Uni-
versity Grants Commission
commission more teeth in
dealing with
raised eyebrows in the uni-
versity eco-system, UGC
neerselvam and Handlooms and Ramaswamy. I enquired about He is my long time friend and
Textiles Minister S. Gokula his health, Mr. Modi tweeted came to enquire about my (UGC) Act, 1956 have been non-compliance. member M.M. Ansari said
Indira. later in the day. health, he added. warned that they could face a
25 per cent cut in grant-in- Punitive action
only a third of the universi-
ties would be covered under
aid if they failed to upload the Apart from cutting grant- the notication.

Presidents Barelwi madrassas to have chapter on anti-terrorism When tragedy struck

wife admitted
to hospital
BHUBANESWAR: President Pra-
nab Mukherjee on Friday
night cut short his visit to
Odisha and was returning to
the capital after his wife Suv-
ra was hospitalised follow-
ing illness.
Official sources said Ms.
Suvra, who has been ill for
some time, has been admit-
ted to the Intensive Care
Unit (ICU) in a hospital in
Delhi.
The President was on a
two-day visit to Odisha and
he was scheduled to attend a
convocation of National Law
University at Cuttack.
Puja at Puri temple
Earlier, in the morning,
the President performed pu-
ja at Puris Jagannath Tem-
ple and later visited Puri
beach to see sand sculptures
of famous artist Sudarshan
Pattnaik. PTI
Mohammad Ali
MEERUT: Amid the perceived
and possible dangers of the
terror group like the Islamic
State (IS) radicalising and
recruiting Muslim youths,
the Barelwi sect among Mus-
lims has decided to include a
chapter against terrorism in
all madrassas functioning
under its fold across the
country.
The Dargahe-Aala-Hazrat,
the headquarters of the sect
in Bareilly, announced on
Friday about the move which
is the rst-of-its-kind taken
by a Muslim sect on its own.
The leadership of the sect
had recently issued a fatwa
asking Muslims not to attend
the funeral prayers of con-
victed terrorists.
The move comes days after
the Union Home Ministry
had announced creating pro-
grammes to counter the nar-
rative of terror groups in
social media and other tech-
nological platforms aimed at
brainwashing youths.
Millions of followers
Barelwi sect, a prominent
religious school of thought
among Muslims in the Indi-
an sub-continent, has mil-
lions of followers across the
country and the world over.
It runs thousands of religious
seminaries across the
country.
Nasir Qureshi, a spokes-
person of the sect, told The
Hindu on the phone that the
move was seen by the sect
leadership as a strategy to
counter the threats posed by
terror groups like the IS and
Taliban.
We have not come across
direct involvement of any
Barelwi Muslims in the IS
and other terror groups. It
has been our stand since very
beginning that no form of
violence has any place in Is-
lam. The terror groups like
the IS, which are using the
name of Islam to justify the
violence they perpetrate, are
Strategy to counter
threats posed by
terror groups such as
IS and Taliban
no Muslims, he said.
The chapter, titled Ter-
rorism and Islam, will be
included in Fazil course
which is equivalent to gradu-
ation degree in Islamic
studies.
It was important because
there is a perceived danger
about terror groups like the
IS recruiting youths by ma-
nipulating Islamic texts like
Quran [Gods words] and Ha-
dis [words of Prophet Mo-
hammad], said the
spokesperson.
Mr. Qureshi echoed what
is generally a widely held be-
lief among majority of Mus-
lims that terror groups
present wrong translation of
Quranic verses and other re-
ligious scriptures to radical-
ise youths and justify
violence.
Most of the scriptures are
in Arabic, a language which
most of the people dont
know how to read and under-
stand. Terror groups like the
IS and Taliban manipulate
the verses and present wrong
translation of these texts, he
said.
So, we decided to formal-
ly make an elaborate chapter
about the falsehood, manip-
ulation and misrepresenta-
tion of Islamic texts by these
groups as part of formal edu-
cation in our madrassas, he
added.
The chapter, which is in
the process of being formu-
lated, will explain in detail
the nuances of strategies
through which the terror
group misuse Islamic and Is-
lamic scriptures. Besides the
chapter, Mr. Qureshi said,
regular workshops would be At least 10 people were killed and several others injured when a stone
organised in religious semi- crusher collapsed at Dholera village in Narnaul, Haryana, on Friday.
naries affiliated with Barelwi - PHOTO: PTI
religious school of thought.

One-third of coal blocks up for
auction in wildlife habitats
Vidya Venkat
NEW DELHI: The latest survey
conducted using Global In-
formation System (GIS) by
Greenpeace India shows that
of the 101 coal blocks that are
up for auction this year, 35
are in the habitats of tigers,
leopards or elephants. Twen-
ty of these blocks are within
10 km of a protected forest
area or within 15 km of an
identied wildlife corridor.
An order issued by the Minis-
try of Coal on December 18,
2014, had identied these 101
coal blocks for auction/allot-
ment. The blocks are spread
across eight States - Madhya
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa,
Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh and West Bengal.
Of the blocks up for auc-
tion, 39 critical blocks cover a
total forest area of more than
10,500 hectares. Greenpeace
India collected GIS data from
ve States for 46 coal blocks
spread over 10 coal elds. Da-
ta for the remaining 55 blocks
of 101 was not available. In
CM
YK
GIS survey by
Greenpeace reveals
mining areas are
situated in tiger,
leopard and elephant
territories
addition, many village
boundaries overlap with the
areas of the listed blocks,
which call for approvals from
grama sabhas under the For-
ests Rights Act, 2006, and
prior to forest diversion un-
der the Forest Conservation
Act 1980. Several blocks are
already facing legal challeng-
es in various courts, the study
notes. As a result bidders are
likely to face challenges in
operationalising these
blocks.
In an official statement re-
leased on Friday, the envi-
ronmental NGO has advised
the government to withdraw
these 39 blocks from the auc-
tion process, as unwary bid
winners are likely to face le-
gal challenges and communi-
ty opposition if they persist.
Besides issues of nancial
viability for auctioneers, sev-
eral of the coal block areas are
also facing local unrest,
which poses challenges for
the administration there.
'Not transparent'
Greenpeace India has also
highlighted in its study that
details of forest clearances
given to mining projects are
not being processed trans-
parently. It has reiterated the
need to go for a transparent
and consultative process to
dene areas that will be invi-
olate or no go for mining,
not only in the interests of
the environment, forest com-
munities and wildlife, but al-
so in the interests of
investors. Forest areas that
were previously off-limits to
miners have been reduced.
Compared to 2009, no-go
blocks were reduced from
222 to 24, and in percentage
terms from 35 to 8, which
makes existing forest cover
vulnerable to exploitation,
the study says.
Home Ministry seeks Naga
deal details from interlocutor
Vijaita Singh
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) has
written to the Joint Intelli-
gence Committee (JIC) chief,
R.N. Ravi, who is also the in-
terlocutor for the Naga peace
talks, asking for a copy of the
peace accord signed by him
with the National Socialist
Council of Nagalim (Isak-
Muivah) on August 3.
Though the details have
not been made public by the
government, it is learnt that
the I-M group has dropped its
earlier demand for shared
sovereignty with India. The
group has been assured of
autonomous councils as per
the agreement signed in the
presence of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, but all the
three States Assam, Aru-
nachal Pradesh and Manipur
which have a sizeable Naga
population, have opposed it.
The letter was sent after
the Home Ministry was kept
out of the loop and the con-
tents of the agreement signed
with the I-M group were not
shared with it, even though it
is the nodal Ministry on the
subject.
As reported earlier, Home
Minister Rajnath Singh
sought an explanation from
Mr. Ravi on Thursday after
his office started getting calls
from various States and the
Army Chief for clarity on the
peace accord. Mr. Ravi is
learnt to have informed the
Home Minister that it was
only a framework agreement
and that the concerned States
would be consulted in due
course of time.
Home Secretary L.C. Goyal
met National Security Advis-
er (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday.
It is learnt that Mr. Goyal
raised the issue of the Home
Ministry not being involved
in the nalisation of the Naga
accord by the interlocutor.
The Congress on Friday at-
tacked the government for
keeping the three key North-
east States out of the entire
consultation process.
Addressing a press confer-
ence in New Delhi along with
the Chief Ministers of Assam,
Manipur and Arunachal Pra-
desh, Congress spokesperson
Randeep Surjewala said the
Prime Minister never spoke
to the Chief Ministers of Ma-
nipur, Arunachal Pradesh
and Assam; this shows the ar-
rogance of the government.
Nirmala Sitharaman misled
the nation yesterday [on
Thursday] by saying that the
CMs were invited for discus-
sion but they did not come.
The meeting being referred to
by her was the meeting of Niti
Aayog in which Land Bill was
to be discussed and we decid-
ed to boycott this in advance.
He also said: Till now no-
body knows about the agree-
ment. In fact, the Cabinet
Ministers also have no idea
about the accord. Even min-
utes before the accord was
signed, the Ministry con-
cerned, which is the Home
Ministry, had no idea about it.
The Home Secretary has
asked the PMO about the
contours of the agreement.
Even the armed forces are
asking what the agreement is
about.
Provide facilities to
Ayodhya visitors: SC
Legal Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Supreme
Court on Friday orally urged
the Centre and the Uttar
Pradesh government to pro-
vide some interim facilities
for people visiting the site
of the shrine of Ram Janma
Bhoomi at Ayodhya.
On a petition led by BJP
leader Subramanian Swamy
seeking better amenities for
the visitors to the site, a
Bench comprising Justices
Anil R. Dave and Kurian Jo-
seph gave the government
time till September 11 to le
its reply.
Meanwhile, just do
something, if possible. It
does not matter whether it is
X or Y, if you can do some-
thing, do it, Justice Dave
told the government side.
Dr. Swamy submitted that
this was a matter of health
and public order. It has
nothing to do with the Ram
temple being built or not.
This is about giving some fa-
cilities to the growing num-
ber of people visiting there,
he stressed.
Dr. Swamy, in his petition,
said the darshaks to the site
are growing in large num-
bers, and these people
should not be made to
suffer.
He said his application in
this regard had been pending
in the Supreme Court for ve
years now.
He told the Bench that his
plea pertained to the secu-
lar aspect of the Ram tem-
ple.
Dr. Swamy specied that
arrangements to provide
amenities to the visitors
could be made without any
alterations to the site.
The matter stems from a
writ petition led before the
Lucknow Bench of the Alla-
habad High Court in 1994.
The High Court, according
to the application led in
2010 by Dr. Swamy, had
passed certain directions in
February 1996 appreciat-
ing difficulties faced by vis-
itors to the site.
However, two months lat-
er, in May 1996, the Supreme
Court had stayed the High
Courts directions.
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TARGETED KILLINGS
No clear winner, much drama
BANGLADESH BRANCH OF AL-QAEDA, ANSAR AL-ISLAM,
CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KILLING AND WARNS OF MORE TO COME at primary Republican debate

Another secular blogger

Narayan Lakshman

WASHINGTON: Ten Republican

candidates hoping to win
their partys 2016 presiden-
tial nomination jostled for
space in the soundbite-laden
two-hour conservative extra-
vaganza that was the main

hacked to death in Dhaka

event in an evening of pri-
mary debates organised by
Fox News channel and Face-
book, in Cleveland, Ohio,on
Thursday.
Among them all, the man
who continued to provoke the GOING ALL OUT: Republican presidential candidates
Haroon Habib strongest reactions, not al-
ways in his favour, was the
(from left) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker,

B
arely three months after the kill-
ing of a blogger in Sylhet, un-
known assailantsarmed with
machetes hacked to death secu-
lar blogger Niloy Chatterjee Neel
at his home in Dhaka on Friday.
Niloy, who used the pen-name
Niloy Neel, was killed after the
gang broke into his apartment on
the top oor of a four-storeyed
building in Dhakas North Gor-
han around1.45 p.m.
The police said Niloy was a
member of the Gonojagoran
Moncha, aplatform for youths
demanding capital punishment
for war criminals. Five attackers
entered his house posing as po-
tential renters.
When they were refused entry,
they forced their way in, con-
ned Mr. Chatterjee in a room
and slashed his head and neck.
According to Niloys family
members and the police, the as-
sailants were armed with ma-
chetes and entered the at in two
groups after the Juma (Friday)
prayers.
Niloy, who frequently blogged
against communalism and fun-
damentalism on his website Is-
tishon (Station), recently
received death threats from reli-
gious fanatics.
Family and friends said, fol-
lowing repeated threats, Niloy
removed his pictures from his
Facebook page and changed his
NILOY NEEL WROTE AGAINST
COMMUNALISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM;
DEMANDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
FOR WAR CRIMINALS
place of residence to Kolkata.
The Bangladesh branch of Al-
Qaeda in the Indian Subconti-
nent, Ansar al-Islam, claimed
the killing and warned of more
to come, according to monitor-
ing group SITE.
If your freedom of speech
maintains no limits, then widen
your chests for freedom of our
machetes, the group, which al-
so claimed to have murdered
secular blogger Oyasiqur Rah-
man Babu in March, said in
posts on Twitter and Facebook.
Niloy,40, who worked for an
NGO, is the fourth secular blog-
ger to be killed in the Muslim-
majority nation since February,
when Bangladeshi-born US citi-
zen Avijit Roy was hacked to
death in Dhaka. Roys wife and
fellow blogger, Rada Ahmed
one who had already surged
ahead in ve opinion polls
and won himself the pole po-
sition in the debate proper-
ty mogul Donald Trump.
Less than salutary
The overall impression
made by all the candidates ap-
peared to be less than salu-
tary, going by the outpouring
of criticisms on social media,
including allegations that the
candidates arguments lacked
depth or that they frequently
retreated to well-worn con-
servative clichs about small-
er government and American
exceptionalism built on mil-
itary might.
Notable punch-lines of the
night came from former Ar-
kansas Governor Mike Huck-
Bonya, was also badly wounded lists of the real names and ad- abee, who said, The purpose
in the attack. In May, secular dresses of the bloggers. of the military is to kill people
blogger Ananta Bijoy Das was Asif Mohiuddin, a blogger and break things; from Wis-
hacked to death in north-east- who survived an attack in Ban- consin Governor Scott Walk-
ern Sylhet on his way to work. gladesh in 2013, described Chat- er who said, The Russian and
Two years ago, bloggerAhmed terjee as an atheist free Chinese government know
Rajib Haider was hacked to thinker whose posts appeared
death near his home in Dhakas on several sites.
Mirpur. He was critical against reli-
Underground radical Islamist
groupsare reportedly behind
gions and wrote against Islamist,
Hindu, Christian and Buddhist France expands hunt for MH370 debris
the attacks. Their brutality is fundamentalism, Mohiuddin,
KUALA LUMPUR: A French
posing a major threat to free who is now based in the German
search plane lifted off on Fri-
thinkers in the country. capital Berlin, told AFP by
Though the police have made phone. day for a birds-eye view of
some breakthrough in a few The police meanwhile said Reunion Island, seeking any
cases and arrested suspected Chatterjee was one of the orga- more potential debris from
killers, no punishment has been nisers of the large-scale protests Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
handed down so far. in 2013 against Islamists con- French authorities said
Bloggers in hiding
victed of war crimes dating back theyve launched a one-
week-long operation with
to the 1971 conict when Ban-
Activist groups say they fear gladesh seceded from Pakistan. boats and aircraft scouring
that Islamist hit squads have (With inputs from AFP) the Indian Ocean island,
where a wing fragment was
Donald Trump and Jeb Bush at the first prime-time
debate in Ohio on Thursday. PHOTO: AFP
more about Hillary Clintons
email server than do the
members of the U.S. Con-
gress; from Ohio Governor
John Kasich who struck a
progressive note when he said
about his attending a gay
wedding, Just because they
dont think the same way
doesnt mean we shouldnt
love them.
While Mr. Trump could go
on to claim points for being
the most memorable candi-
date after peppering his re-
sponses with barbs against
Democratic presidential
frontrunner Hillary Clinton,
incumbent U.S. President Ba-
rack Obama and his rivals on
the stage, he appeared to ab-
sorb blows from others such
as Rand Paul, who criticised
his alleged record of making
cash contributions to Ms.
Clinton.
Launches a week-
long operation with
boats and aircraft
discovered nine days ago.
Malaysian officials say it
came from the missing Boe-
ing 777 but investigators
from other countries are be-
ing more cautious. The pre-
He even seemed to be at the
receiving end of ak from the
moderators, who pilloried his
reportedly sexist attitude to-
wards women.
Most of the candidates
walked the expected line on a
host of domestic policy is-
sues, including immigration
control, counterterrorism,
health care and social securi-
ty reform, abortion, and gay
marriage.
Yet the debate on foreign
policy appeared shallow at
best, with strong support for
military action against the Is-
lamic State jihadist group,
threats to tear up the Iran
Deal on Day One, Mexico
and Latin American nations
seen merely as sources of un-
wanted illegal immigration,
and Russia and China ster-
eotyped as originators of cyb-
er attacks against the U.S.
fect of the French overseas
department, Dominique So-
rain, said the search would
cover an area 120 kilometers
by 40 kilometers around the
east coast where the two-
metre-long wing fragment
was found.
Malaysia Airlines Flight
370 and its 239 passengers
and crew disappeared on
March 8, 2014. AP

Twin bomb
attacks kill
35 in Kabul
KABUL: A suicide bomber
dressed in a police uniform
struck outside the gates of a
police academy in Kabul on
Friday evening, killing at
least 20 recruits and wound-
ing 25, Afghan officials said,
the second massive attack of
the day in Afghanistans cap-
ital.
The attacker walked into a
group of recruits waiting out-
side the academy and deto-
nated his explosives-laden
vest, said a police officer. No-
body claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Earlier in the day, a mas-
sive truck bomb killed at least
15 people near a government
complex and a military base
in a residential area of Kabul.
That blast hit at 1 a.m. and
also wounded 240, officials
said. It was one of the largest
ever in Kabul a city of 4.5 mil-
lion people in terms of scale,
attening a city block and
leaving a 30-foot crater in the
ground.
The Presidents office said
47 women and 33 children
were among the casualties.
The presidents deputy
spokesman said about 40 of
the wounded would remain
hospitalized. AP
Islamic State kidnaps 230
civilians in central Syria
BEIRUT: The Islamic State
group has abducted 230 civil-
ians, including at least 60
Christians, in a central Syrian
town hours after it captured it,
a monitoring group said on
Friday.
The Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said the civil-
ians were taken on Thursday
in the town of Al-Qaryatain,
which IS jihadists had cap-
tured late Wednesday.
Daesh kidnapped at least
230 people, including 60
Christians, during a sweep
through Al-Qaryatain, Ob-
servatory chief Rami Abdel
Rahman said, using another
name for IS.
Bishop Matta al-Khoury,
secretary at the Syriac Ortho-
dox Patriarchate in Damascus,
told AFP he could not conrm
what had happened in the
town because its very hard to
reach residents now.
But we know that when IS
entered the town, it forced
some people into house ar-
rest... to use them as human
shields against regime air
strikes, Mr. Al-Khoury said.
According to Abdel Rah-
man, many of the Christians
had ed from the northern
province of Aleppo to seek ref-
2,070 executed in Mosul
region since takeover
BAGHDAD: The Islamic State
group has executed 2,070
people in and around the
northern Iraqi city of Mo-
sul since seizing it on June
10, 2014, officials said on
Friday.
Parliament speaker Sa-
lim al-Juburi conrmed
the execution of more
than 2,000 innocent citi-
zens, his office said. Ac-
cording to sources, , the
names of 2,070 people
were posted on a list com-
piled by the jihadist orga-
nisation, some of which
was displayed on a wall of
uge in Al-Qaryatain. He said
those abducted were wanted
by IS for collaborating with
the regime, and their names
were on a list used by the jiha-
dists as they swept through
the town.
Families who tried to ee or
hide were tracked down and
taken by the jihadists, he said.
Key lawmakers
oppose Iran
nuclear deal
WASHINGTON: U.S. President
Barack Obamas hopes of pre-
serving the nuclear deal be-
tween Iran and world powers
were dealt a setback on
Thursday when Chuck
Schumer, one of the top Dem-
ocrats in the U.S. Senate, said
the local health ministry he would the oppose the
branch, several residents agreement.
said. Schumers opposition, an-
The list came with an or- nounced in a lengthy state-
der by IS, which has ad- ment, could pave the way for
ministered Mosul since more of Obamas fellow Dem-
taking over last year, for ocrats to come out against the
the ministry staff to deliv- nuclear pact, announced on
er death certicates. July 14, between the U.S., ve
A source at the minis- other world powers and Iran.
trys department of foren- The New York senator is
sic medicine conrmed among the most inuential
that the list had been re- Jewish lawmakers in the U.S.
ceived. The source said the He was the rst Senate Dem-
people whose names were ocrat to announce his opposi-
listed were accused by IS tion to the agreement.
of promoting ideas that Another inuential Jewish
distort Islam. AFP lawmaker, U.S. Representa-
tive Eliot Engel, the top Dem-
ocrat on the House of
Mr. Al-Khoury urged IS to al- Representatives Foreign Af-
low residents who want to fairs Committee, also said on
leave the town to depart. Thursday he would oppose
Al-Qaryatain lies at the the nuclear pact in a state-
crossroads between IS territo- ment obtained by Reuters.
ry in Homs in the east and Israeli Prime Minister
areas further west in the Qala- Benjamin Netanyahu has
mun area. He said only 180 been pushing lawmakers to
Christians were in the town oppose the nuclear agree-
when IS seized it. AFP ment. Reuters

N. Korea turns its clocks

back to Pyongyang Time
SEOUL: North Korea an-
nounced on Friday it was
moving its clocks back 30
minutes to create a new
Pyongyang Time break-
ing from a standard imposed
by wicked Japanese imperi-
alists more than a century
ago.
The change will put the
standard time in North Korea
at GMT+8:30, 30 minutes be-
hind South Korea which, like
Japan, is at GMT+9:00.
North Korea said the time
change, approved on Wednes-
day by its rubber-stamp Par-
liament, would come into
effect from August 15, which
this year marks the 70th anni-
versary of the Korean penin-
sula's liberation from Japan's
1910-45 colonial rule.
The wicked Japanese im-
CM
YK
perialists committed such un-
pardonable crimes as
depriving Korea of even its
standard time, the Norths
official KCNA news agency
said. Standard time in pre-co-
lonial Korea had run at
GMT+8:30 but was changed
to Japan standard time in
1912.
KCNA said the parliamen-
tary decree reected the un-
shakeable faith and will of the
service personnel and people
on the 70th anniversary of
Koreas liberation.
Seouls Unication Minis-
try said a different time zone
between North and South
posed a number of challenges,
including for operations at
the jointly-run Kaesong in-
dustrial complex that lies just
inside North Korea. AFP
Kilinochchi struggles to leave past behind
T. Ramakrishnan
KILINOCHCHI: Those who pass
through Kilinochchi, which
served as the headquarters
of the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) till the
end of 2008, hardly miss the
sight of a fallen overhead
water tank in the city.
Perhaps this is the only
symbol of the past that has
been allowed by the govern-
ment to remain.
The area around the de-
stroyed water tank, which is
said to have been destroyed
by the LTTE, has been de-
veloped into a small park
with a hoarding, which reads
say no to destruction.
After a change in govern-
ment in January, people feel
free to talk and debate vari-
sense of continued alien-
ation among certain sec-
tions of society.
A former student of the
Killinochchi Central Col-
lege, pointing to the absence
of a compound wall for the
Colleges ground, asks
whether any such institu-
tion in Colombo would have
such a state of affairs.
Hoping for change
Commenting on the gen-
eral situation, Selvam Adai-
LAST VESTIGES: Remnants of an overhead water kalanathan, one of the
tank in Kilinochchi reportedly destroyed by the candidates of the Tamil Na-
LTTE in December 2008, before the fall of the tional Alliance, says that
when Mahinda Rajapaksa
town in January 2009. PHOTO: T. RAMAKRISHNAN
was President, the TNA
ous issues, says Prathap, a nochchi faces is the rising Members of Parliament
young farmer. Hailing from number of unemployment. were ignored. He hopes that
Pandiankulam near here, he Here, everyone wants a the situation will change in
says the major problem Kili- government job. There is a the future.
Seven dead in Mali hotel attack
BAMAKO: Suspected Islamist
militants on Friday attacked a
hotel in central Mali used by
United Nations staff.
Malian military officials also
said three Russian pilots were
French hostage freed in Yemen
PARIS: Frenchwoman Isabelle
Prime, freed after nearly six
months of captivity in Yemen,
arrived in Oman on Friday
before she returns to Paris to
be welcomed by her
unbelievably happy father.
The 30-year-old, who
worked as a consultant on a
believed to have been
kidnapped during the attack.
The gunmen stormed the
building near the airport in
Sevare, around 600 km
northeast of the capital
Bamako, before 8 a.m.
Four Malian soldiers died in
the clashes and three others
were wounded. Two attackers,
one strapped with explosives,
also died. Reuters
World Bank-funded project in
Yemen, was released late
Thursday.
Isabelle was seized with her
translator on February 24 as
they were driving to work in
the capital Sanaa. Her
translator Sherine Makkaoui
was freed in March. AFP
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THE HINDU SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
WE EXPECT A TRACTOR DE-GROWTH
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
PAWAN GOENKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, M&M
BRIEFLY
MARKETS
Sensex down 62 points
MUMBAI: Stock markets ended
the session on a weaker note on
Friday as the benchmark BSE
Sensex dropped by 62 points to
28236.39 on disappointing
earnings number of state-run
BHEL and prot-booking in select
banking and pharma stocks.
Commencing higher at 28327.11,
the 30-share Sensex further
rose to touch the days high of
28335.67. However, prot-
booking at higher-levels pulled
the index to intra-day low of
28193.93. The Sensex settled
61.74 points down at 28236.39.
The 50-share Nifty settled 24.05
points lower at 8564.60, after
touching a high of 8595.95.
Rupee loses four paise
Declining for the third
consecutive day, the rupee
slipped by four paise at 63.81
against the dollar on sustained
demand for the American
currency from banks and
importers on weak cues from
global markets. Persistent
capital inows from foreign
funds restricted the rupees fall,
forex dealers said. PTI
PENSION FUNDS
PFRDA to invite bids for
pension fund managers
NEW DELHI: Regulator PFRDA on
Friday said it would invite fresh
bids for appointing Pension Fund
Managers (PFMs) for the
Rs.90,000-crore corpus. We are
inviting bids from PFMs afresh to
manage the pension fund of both
government employees and
non-government employees. The
bids for appointment of PFMs
should be in place in a months or
so, Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority
(PFRDA) Chairman Hemant
Contractor said here. PTI
ANCHOR INVESTORS
Power Mech Projects
raises Rs.82 crore
CHENNAI: Power Mech Projects
Ltd.on Friday raised Rs.82 crore
from anchor investors for its
initial public offering of 42.69
lakh equity shares. The company
said in a statement that the IPO
committee nalised allocation of
12.80 lakh equity shares to
anchor investors at a price of
Rs.640 per share, aggregating to
Rs 81.96 crore. The company had
xed the price band at Rs.615-
Rs.640 per equity share of Rs.10
face value for its IPO. The offer
comprised a fresh issue of 21.28
lakh equity shares and an offer
for sale of up to 21.41 lakh equity
shares. The IPO would close on
August 11 S. Varadharajan
PREMIUM HATCHBACK
New Baleno to make its
debut at Frankfurt show
NEWDELHI: Japans Suzuki Motor
Corp has named its premium
hatchback as Baleno, which will
be unveiled at the Frankfurt
Motor Show next month. The
companys Indian arm Maruti
Suzuki India (MSI) is expected to
launch the model in the domestic
market around the festive
season this year. Although the
new model shares name with
erstwhile premium sedan Baleno,
the company said theres
nothing common between the
two models. They are completely
different. PTI
EXCHANGE RATES
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit
except yen at 4 p.m on August 07
Currencies TT TT
Buying Selling
U.S. Dollar 63.61 63.93
Euro 69.53 69.89
Pound Sterling 98.72 99.24
Jap Yen (100 Units) 51.01 51.28
Chinese Yuan 10.23 10.31
Swiss Franc 64.67 65.01
Singapore Dollar 45.96 46.20
Australian Dollar 46.94 47.19
Canadian Dollar 48.49 48.75
Swedish Kroner 7.26 7.30
Danish Kroner 9.32 9.37
New Zealand Dollar 41.77 42.00
Hongkong Dollar 8.21 8.25
Malaysian Ringitt 16.20 16.32
Kuwaiti Dinar 209.41 211.16
UAE Dirham 17.31 17.41
Bahraini Dinar 167.45 170.76
Qatari Riyal 17.51 17.53
Saudi Riyal 17.00 17.04
Omani Riyal 164.81 166.51
Source: Indian Bank
BULLION RATES
August 07 rates in rupees with
previous rates in brackets
Chennai
Bar Silver (1 kg) 34,015 (33,630)
Retail (1 g) 36.40 (36.00)
24 ct gold (10 g) 25,110 (24,940)
22 ct gold (1 g) 2,360 (2,344)
Delhi
Silver 34,130 (33,800)
Standard gold 25,170 (24,980)
Sovereign 22,200 (22,100)
CM
YK
Domestic airlines plan 14 per cent more flights in winter 2015-16
Sanjay Vijayakumar
NEW DELHI: Flyers within India
will have more options, with
the domestic airlines plan-
ning to operate 13,951 weekly
flights during winter sched-
ule, which starts from last
Sunday of October, a 14 per
cent increase from the flights
operated during winter
schedule of 2014-15.
Most of the airlines have
increased the number of
flights, while some of the new
comers will operate flights in
the winter season for the first
time. Two more airports Ka-
dapa and Durgapur have been
added to the operational air-
ports, from which airlines
plan to run regular flights
during the winter schedule
2015-16.
Globally, airlines follow a
winter and summer schedule.
The winter timetable runs
from the last Sunday in Octo-
ber to the last Sunday in
March of the following year,
and the summer schedule ex-
Banks told to be sensitive
to needs of MSMEs
Sriram Lakshman
CHENNAI: Lending to micro,
small and medium enterpris-
es (MSMEs) is backed by a
strong business case, accord-
ing to Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) Deputy Governor S. S.
Mundra.
He was addressing a gath-
ering of bankers at the Col-
lege of Agricultural Banking,
Pune, on Friday while
launching a national RBI-
sponsored programme to up-
skill banking officials who
deal with MSMEs, the Na-
tional Mission for Capacity
Building of Bankers for Fi-
nancing MSME Sector
(NAMCABS).
MSMEs are crucial to the
countrys economy, contrib-
uting some 45 per cent of
manufacturing output, 40 per
cent of exports and almost 8
per cent of GDP. The sector
consists of just 47 million en-
terprises and employs about
106 million people.
Mr. Mundra urged bankers
to be sensitive to the lifecycle
needs of MSMEs and develop
innovative products to suit
these clients unique seasonal
tends for the rest of the year.
As per the plan submitted
by airlines with the regulator
Directorate General of Civil
Aviation, industry leader In-
diGo wants to operate 4,359
weekly flights in the current
winter season, up from 17 per
cent last year. Jet Airways has
increased the number of
flights it wants to operate by
32.4 per cent to 3,307 weekly
flights.
SpiceJet plans
SpiceJet and Go Air will
operate fewer flights in the
winter season as per their
schedule submitted with the
DGCA. SpiceJet plans to op-
erate 1,855 flights a week this
winter, 17 per cent less than
the 2,277 it operated last win-
ter, while Go Air flight plan
would marginally reduce to
950 weekly flights.
New comer Vistara, which
will operate for the first time
in the winter season, has sus has plans for 126 weekly operate 1,705 weekly flights
plans to run 347 flights, while flights.
another new comer Air Pega-
working capital and capital
expenditure requirements.
The government and RBI
were already nurturing the
sector by rehabilitating sick
MSMEs and through the
Trade Receivables Discount-
ing System (TReDS), a system
to help MSMEs convert their
trade receivables, or goods
delivered but not paid for into
cash, according to Mr.
Mundra.
A paradigm shift in financ-
ing of Micro, Small and Medi-
um Enterprises (MSMEs)
will also happen as and when
new small finance banks are
licensed. These will make the
financing of MSMEs more
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(1,676 weekly flights previ-
State run Air India plans to ously) while its subsidiary Al-
A paradigm shift in
financing of Micro,
Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs)
will also happen as and
when new small finance
banks are licensed.
S. S. MUNDRA, DEPUTY
GOVERNOR, RBI
competitive in the coming
days. Banks will be able to
face this competition only if
they are more sensitive to the
needs of the small entrepre-
neurs, Mr. Mundra said.
The seminar was attended
by representatives of 31 pub-
lic, private and foreign banks.
According to the RBI, some 3
lakh personnel have joined
the banking system in the last
six years and it is likely that
they have very limited expo-
sure to MSMEs. The NAM-
CABS scheme will train 4,500
personnel over the next one
year and its capacity building
mission will be executed in
phases.
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Pramerica AMC to
acquire Deutsches
India AMC biz
NEW DELHI: Pramerica Asset
Managers Pvt. Ltd. on Friday
said it will acquire Deutsche
Banks asset management
businesses in India for an un-
disclosed amount.
Pramerica Investment
Managements asset manage-
ment business in India has
signed a definitive agreement
with Deutsche Bank to ac-
quire its India asset manage-
ment business, subject to
regulatory approvals, the
company said in a statement.
The financial details of the
transaction were, however,
not disclosed.
The strong track record of
Deutsche Banks asset man-
agement business in India, its
talented leadership team, and
deep relationships with insti-
tutional clients and distribu-
tion partners, perfectly
complement the sales, invest-
ment and product capabili-
ties of our existing business,
Pramerica International In-
vestments CEO Glen Baptist
said.
The combined business
will enable Pramerica AMC to
expand its investment man-
agement expertise, distribu-
tion platform and product
portfolio significantly in In-
dia, the statement added.
When the transaction is
completed, we will have the
scale and platform necessary
to make our investment strat-
egies available to clients
across India and put us within
sight of the top 10 asset man-
agers in the country, Mr.
Baptist said.
During the period April 1 to
June 30, 2015 period, the
Deutsche AMC had Rs.20,720
crore average assets under
management. Pramerica
AMCs proposed 50:50 joint
venture partnership with De-
wan Housing Finance Corpo-
ration Ltd. (DHFL) in India
recently received approval
from SEBI, and the joint ven-
ture is expected to be com-
pleted soon. PTI
Grasim Q1 net
remains flat
Lalatendu Mishra
MUMBAI: Grasim Industries
Ltd, part of Aditya Birla
Group, has reported slightly
lower net profit of Rs.485
crore for the first quarter
ended June 30, 2015, com-
pared to Rs.487 crore in the
same period last year.
Net revenue
Net revenue stood at
Rs.8,599 crore compared to
Rs.8,045 crore, up 7 per cent.
Revenue from viscose sta-
ple fibre business increased
15 per cent driven by higher
sales volume. In the chem-
icals business, revenue in-
creased by 17 per cent as
epoxy volume almost doubled
with ramping up of plant util-
isation.
Caustic soda sales volume
was maintained at 98,000
tonne.
Amidst subdued demand in
the cement sector due to
slowdown in construction ac-
tivities, the companys Ultra-
Tech Cement managed to
report better performance.
Its revenue for the quarter
at Rs.6,432 crore was up by 7
per cent compared to the
same period last year.
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Tata Motors Q1 profit halves
on lacklustre JLR sales in China
Ramnath Subbu
The passenger vehicle
MUMBAI: Tata Motors reported sales benefited from
a 49 per cent drop in its con- the new launches like
solidated net profit for the
first quarter of 2015-16. The the Zest, Bolt and
companys net profit at Nano GenX and India standalone net sales
Rs.2,769 crore was impacted domestic sales grew
by the poorer offtake of Jag- 27.4 per cent with the
uar Land Rover (JLR) prod-
ucts in China, following a car segment growing
slowing down in the worlds 42.2 per cent.
biggest automobile market.
The companys consolidat-
ed net sales were lower by 6.2 net profit during the quarter
per cent at Rs.61,020 crore. to 492 million pounds while
C. Ramakrishnan, CFO, Ta- revenue declined 6.6 per cent
ta Motors, said the perform- to 5 billion pounds. The com-
ance was impacted by JLRs pany said the performance
China market challenges. was affected by softer sales in
There was an impact of slow- China which was partially off-
ing down in sales and the set by strong performance in
ramp up of Evoque, the run UK, Europe and North Amer-
out of the Freelander and the ica. Chinas share of global
roll-out of the new Discovery sales of JLR halved to 14 per
sport. There was a 5-6 per cent.
cent realignment of the JV However, Mr. Ramakrish-
producing Evoque. nan said, China continues to
Luxury car and SUV maker be a growing market for pre-
JLR saw a 29 per cent drop in mium vehicles of JLR, and we
Slowdown hits M&Ms Q1 profit
Ramnath Subbu
While the passenger
MUMBAI: A de-growth in the vehicle market grew
tractor industry saw leading eight per cent driven
utility vehicle (UV) manufac-
turer, Mahindra & Mahindra by the car segment,
(M&M) report a 3.4 per cent the UV segment
decline in its standalone net continued to be
profit for the first quarter of under pressure
2015-16 at Rs.852.2 crore.
The companys revenue for
the quarter decline 4.2 per cial vehicle (LCV) segment
cent to Rs.9,830.38 crore, continues to be negative but
while net sales fell 3 per cent the medium & heavy com-
to Rs.9,708 crore. During the mercial vehicle (M&HCV)
period, the operating margin goods segment continued to
was at 14.3 per cent. grow on back of improvement
While the passenger vehi- in industrial activity.
cle market grew eight per However, in the sub 2-
cent driven by the car seg- tonne LCV segment, M&Ms
ment, the UV segment con- market share rose from 12 per
tinued to be under pressure
and de-grew 0.6 per cent.
cent to 22 per cent on the
back of the Jeeto launch, V.
M&M said the light commer- Parthasarathy, Group CFG,
These are initial proposal
submitted by the airlines. We
have called for the meeting on
August 18 with all airlines,
Airport Authority of India,
Delhi Indira Gandhi Interna-
tional Airport, then would the
exact number of flights would
be finalised, a DGCA official
said. In the meeting, DGCA
would look into the prepared-
ness of domestic airlines to
operate the flights, and also
whether the crew is trained to
fly under low visibility
conditions.
The regulator will also look
into the aspect of whether the
alternate airports are
equipped to allow planes to
land safely in low visibility
conditions, before giving its
final nod. Every airline has to
mention the alternate airport
they will land in-case the
original destination where
they are to land is suddenly
affected by bad weather and
liance Air plans 270 weekly low visibility which makes
flights (against 210 weekly landing and take off
flights previously). impossible.
Eicher Polaris JV in talks to
tie up financing for Multix
G. Balachandar
Multix, which
CHENNAI: Eicher Polaris Pvt. converts between a
Ltd., a 50:50 joint venture of small car with space
Eicher Motors and the U.S.-
based Polaris Industries Inc, for family of 5 and a
is in advanced stages of dis- small truck with
cussion with various financial storage space, is
institutions to ensure ade- expected to create its
quate financing to prospec-
tive buyers of its personal own set of buyers.
utility vehicle Multix.
We have already tied up
with Cholamandalam Invest- Maharashtra and eastern Ut-
ment. We are in talks with tar Pradesh and Bihar. It
many institutions at national plans pan-India presence in
and regional levels. We are in the next 24 months.
advanced stages of talks with Multix is expected to create
many companies. We will its own segment of buyers. In
have adequate financing op- particular, the power-take-
tions that may come from pri- off point, which promises to
vate banks, public sector generate upto 3 kilo watts of
banks, NBFCs, rural banks electricity from its diesel en-
and also micro finance insti- gine, is expected to be a key
tutions, Radhesh Chandra attractive feature.
Verma, CEO of the company Being a new entrant in the
told The Hindu. segment, the company, how-
It is expected to commence ever, would need to establish
retail sales of Multix by the its brand in the target seg-
second week of August. It has ment. Also, being aimed at
set up 30 dealerships across first time buyers, the financ-
four specific regions that it ing arrangements would also
seeks to sell in the immediate play an important role, Sub-
term. The regions include Ta- rata Ray, Group Vice Presi-
mil Nadu and Andhra Pra- dent Corporate Ratings, Icra
desh, Rajasthan, part of said.
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expect to increase the share
of our products there. It is an
important year for us in
terms of model pipeline and
China.
Meanwhile, Tata Motors
improved 20 per cent at
Rs.9,917.62 crore although
net profit was 35 per cent low-
er at Rs.257.57 crore. Total
sales including exports grew
6.2 per cent to 117,439 units.
Operating profit was up 4.7
per cent at Rs.440 crore.
Commercial vehicle sales
picked up with better per-
formance from the medium &
heavy CV segment which
grew 21 per cent for Tata Mo-
tors although LCV segment
continued to lag, de-growing
by 19 per cent.
The passenger vehicle sales
benefited from the new
launches like the Zest, Bolt
and Nano GenX and domestic
sales grew 27.4 per cent with
the car segment growing 42.2
per cent.
M&M said, adding that there
was huge potential in the Jee-
to segment as there was pent-
up demand.
The tractor industry saw a
sharp de-growth in the fourth
quarter of the previous finan-
cial year owing to stress in the
agri economy. M&M had a
41.5 per cent share and Pawan
Goenka, Executive Director
said domestic tractor indus-
try de-grew 16.4 per cent. We
expect a tractor de-growth in
the first half of the year but
the second half will grow and
so we expect 5 per cent
growth in 2015-16.
The company sold 59,348
tractors in India. It exported
3,208 units with exports
growing 24 per cent. It ex-
ported 8,449 vehicles, a rise
of 29 per cent.
Corporation Bank
offers instant
loan facility
Anil Kumar Sastry
MANGALURU: At a time when
farmers across the country
are under distress, Corpora-
tion Bank has come forward
to offer them easy loans (farm
or non-farm), including those
towards repaying debts of
moneylenders.
Corporation Bank Execu-
tive Director A.K. Srivastav
told presspersons here on
Friday that a farmer in need
of the loan has to simply ap-
proach any branch of the
Bank and instant loan up to
Rs.1 lakh would be offered.
Except due to crop failure fol-
lowing vagaries in climate,
farmers are not wilful defaul-
ters, he said.
Kissan credit cards
The Bank, which has al-
ready launched Mudra cards
for small businessmen, would
soon launch pre-approved
Kissan Credit Cards, facilitat-
ing easy loans (up to
Rs.50,000) to farmers, the
Chairman and Managing Di-
rector S.R. Bansal said while
releasing the results for the
quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Doha Bank plans
to increase
exposure in India
Pradeesh Chandran
BENGALURU: Doha Bank is
looking at increasing its expo-
sure in the Indian market.
The bank, which has an expo-
sure of $2.4 billion, is plan-
ning to take it to $5 billion in
2-3 years, mostly in real es-
tate, manufacturing, infras-
tructure and the service
sector, said its Group Chief
Executive, R. Seetharaman.
In India, we are looking at
sectors such as real estate,
manufacturing and infras-
tructure, he said.
Doha Bank is also planning
to open branches in States
such as Maharashtra, Guja-
rat, Karnataka and Kerala.
The bank also expects the
bilateral trade and invest-
ments between India and
Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) to surge in future as
the economy is back on fast
track.
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Burns, Khawaja make merry Modern-day technique is
CRICKET / Insipid display by India A
S. Dinakar
CHENNAI: It was not a day of
immense heat in Chennai but
the India A attack was burnt
by a blaze of scorching strokes
at the M.A. Chidambaram Sta-
dium on Friday.
Under a cloud cover, Joe
Burns sped away on a surface
that was a tad sluggish. His
pulse-pounding 154 (131b,
5x4, 14x6) was an innings of
authority and enterprise. The
Queenslander, his back swing
easy and straight, dismissed
the ball out of the park with
regularity.
Big stand
Riding on man-of-the-
match Burnss innings and his
239-run opening association
with skipper Usman Khawaja
(100, 104b, 10x4, 3x6) in 35.5
overs, Australia A piled up
334 for four in 50 overs.
It was one of those days
when the ball cleared the
fence. There are days when
you are caught at the bounda-
ry, the 25-year-old Burns
said.
In reply, India A was bow-
led out for 215 in the Paytm
triangular A series. Apart
from some resistance from
captain Unmukt Chand (52,
47b, 7x4, 1x6) and Kedar Jad-
hav (50, 56b, 5x4, 1x6), there
was little fight from the host.
It was a disappointing per-
formance all round, with the
ball, on the field and with the
bat, said coach Rahul Dravid.
The spinners could have re-
sponded better (to Australia
As attacking ploy).
The plans were there but
not the execution. They could
not land the ball where they
wanted to.
The Aussie pacemen em-
ployed their shoulder to get
more bounce and the tall Gu-
rinder Sandhu of a high arm
action scalped four. So did
young leg-spinner Adam Zam-
pa. He bowled the odd telling
wrong un, and, importantly,
appeared to have some fizz of
the pitch.
Dravid said India would
have to look into the reasons
why its batsmen were increas-
ingly failing against spin. It
happened to us in England too
when Moeen Ali bowled, he
noted.
Frayed tempers
Towards the end, frayed
tempers were on view be-
CM
YK
different, says Gavaskar
PILING IT ON: Australia 'A' openers Joe Burns and
Usman Khawaja took the Indian attack to the
cleaners to notch up centuries and put on a massive
239-run stand. PHOTO: K. PICHUMANI
tween Nathan Coulter-Nile
and Sandeep Sharma. The
umpires had to step in.
Zampa said about the inci-
dent, to me what the Indian
players were doing was quite
disappointing. And a couple of
instances were not in the spir-
it of the game.
Burns felt the line should
not be crossed. But we have
to move on and focus on the
next game.
Earlier, Burns cut loose af-
ter Australia A opted to bat.
However, he was, while at-
tempting a cut, was put down
by keeper Sanju Samson off
left-arm spinner Axar Patel on
15.
The left-right combination
of Khawaja and Burns did not
allow the bowling to settle.
The compact Khawaja was
precise with his footwork,
constantly finding the gaps.
Burns was explosive.
The spinners disappointed.
There were occasions when
both Patel and off-spinner
Parvez Rasool bowled at
around 100 kmph.
The scores:
Australia A: U. Khawaja c Pan-
dey b Nair 100, J. Burns c S. Sharma b
Kulkarni 154, T. Head c Samson b
Sandeep 0, C. Lynn st. Samson b
Patel 16, C. Ferguson (not out) 18, M.
Wade (not out) 34; Extras (w-6, b-6):
12; Total (for four wkts. in 50 overs):
334.
Fall of wickets: 1-239, 2-239, 3-
276, 4-279.
India A bowling: D. Kulkarni 10-
1-70-1, Sandeep Sharma 9-1-42-1, A.
Patel 10-1-55-1, P. Rasool 7-0-57-0,
K. Sharma 5-0-58-0, M. Pandey 1-0-
6-0, K. Nair 8-1-40-1.
India A: M. Agarwal c Lynn b
Pattinson 10, U. Chand b Zampa 52,
M. Pandey c Khawaja b Abbott 11, K.
Nair c Lynn b Sandhu 6, K. Jadhav c
Handscomb b Zampa 50, S. Samson
c Wade b Sandhu 11, A. Patel c Burns
b Sandhu 16, P. Rasool st. Wade b
Zampa 10, K. Sharma c Sandhu b
Zampa 20, D. Kulkarni c Pattinson b
Sandhu 19, S. Sharma (not out) 3;
Extras (w-5, lb-2): 7; Total (in 42.3
overs): 215.
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-52, 3-67,
4-90, 5-123, 6-156, 7-168, 8-183,
9-202.
Australia A bowling: Pattinson
7-0-50-1, Nathan Coulter-Nile 9-1-
41-0, Sandhu 8.3-1-28-4, Abbott 8-0-
45-1, Zampa 10-0-49-4.
Man-of-the-match: Joe Burns
Toss: Australia A
Australia A won by 119 runs
SPORT
S. Dinakar guiding line because it is on the
off-stump. When the combina-
CHENNAI: Australias shocking tion is at work, you know which
collapse on the first day of the one to play and which one to
Trent Bridge Test was reflec- leave.
tive of these times. Line-ups in- He added, Today, the tech-
creasingly falter on surfaces nique is different in that every-
assisting bowlers. In this case, body stands pretty much
it was seam and swing. The upright. You stand down in the
Hindu caught up with batting normal stance for the first tap
legend Sunil Gavaskar here on of the bat and as the bowler
Friday for his views on the sub- runs in, you stand up. You lose
ject. The 66-year former open- sight of where your off-stump
ing giant was forthright with is.
his observations. Gavaskar said the Aussies
Gavaskar said, You need to could have adopted the meth-
know where your off-stump is. ods of India opener M. Vijay in
The guard you take is an impor- England last year. Vijay was
tant aspect. The guard you take outstanding. His judgment
is one that should be according around the off-stump was vir-
to your height and right eye if tually flawless. He left deliver-
you are a right-hander, or left ies that were pitching just
eye if you are a left-hander. outside the off-stump. That is
This plays a huge role on sur- the ball most batsmen look to
faces where there is seam play at.
movement and swing. On flat The former India captain
pitches, where the ball doesnt opined, Someone you thought
move as much, you can get was technically accomplished
away with it, but not where like Cheteshwar Pujara fal-
there is movement. tered because his judgment
The maestro elaborated, outside the off-stump wasnt all
Different batsmen take differ- that great. This is why Virat
ent guards, but the important Kohli had problems last year in
thing is that the right eye for a England his judgment
right-hander should be on the around his off-stump wasnt
line of his off-stump when he quite there. Again, it is the
bends down in his stance. The standing up. Virat stands up,
left eye will pick the line and which you need to do on Aus-
length; the right eye will be the tralian or South African pitches
SQUASH
WSF makes fresh push Ganguly in joint lead
for inclusion in Olympics
Sports Reporter ny on Saturday at a Q and A
session. Only then can we
CHENNAI: The World Squash hope to receive a nomination
Federation president N. Rama- from the Tokyo Organizing
chandran was upbeat after Committee to the IOC. It will
making a fresh bid for the in- be a hard wait, but if squash
clusion of the sport before the achieves the dream for our ath-
2020 Olympic Games addi- letes it will be well worth it, he
tional event programme panel said. The two Japanese teenag-
in the host city of Tokyo on ers, Satomi Watanabe and Ryu-
Friday. nosuke Tsukue, who had had a
We were delighted to have a significant success on the in-
further opportunity to show ternational squash stage, spoke
the exciting journey of change of their desire to compete in
and innovation that squash has
been on, said Ramachandran
their home country.
This has been such a won-
to the media thereafter. He said derful day, said Watanabe, the
his team also detailed on how US Junior Open u-17
squash would be a low-cost ad- champion.
dition with small athlete To have a chance to play at
numbers. the Olympic Games in my own
The WSF president said that country makes me shake with
there was to be another scruti- excitement.
where the ball has extra bounce
and you are able to get on top of
the ball. But when he stands up
in seaming, swinging condi-
tions, there could be
problems.
Gavaskar said the modern
day batsmen often sought to hit
their way out of trouble. Pa-
tience, a key element of innings
building skills, was the casual-
ty. He revealed, I was blessed
with concentration. Even to-
day, if I am in a crowded room
reading a book and there is a lot
of noise around, I would be able
to do so without being dis-
turbed.
Gavaskar said temperament,
CHESS
AL AIN (UAE): Grandmaster and
six times National champion
Surya Shekhar Ganguly re-
mained on course for regaining
the title defeating Pouria Dari-
ni of Iran in the fifth round of
Asian continental chess cham-
pionship underway here.
With his fourth victory in five
games, Ganguly took his tally to
4.5 points and shares the lead
with IM Lin Chen of China. Im-
portant Indian results (round five):
Surya Shekhar Ganguly (4.5) bt Pou-
ria Darini (Iri, 3.5); Lin Chen (Chn, 4.5)
bt Vishnu Prasanna (3.5); Gao Rui
(Chn, 3.5) drew with Vidit Santosh
Gujrathi (3.5); Abhijeet Gupta (4) bt
Jahongir Vakhidov (Uzb, 3); Deep
Sengupta (3.5) drew with Wang Chen
(Chn, 3.5); Rustam Khusnutdinov
(Kaz, 4) bt M.R. Lalith Babu (3); K.
Sasikiran (3) drew with S.L. Naraya-
nan (3); Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 2.5) lost
to S.P. Sethuraman (3.5); Xu Yinglun
(Chn, 3) drew with Koneru Humpy (3);
THE HINDU SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
or character as some call it,
can enable batsmen overcome
technical limitations. Even in
England, if the temperament is
there, you gradually make the
adjustments technically. Even-
tually, your temperament
guides your technique. At the
highest level, it is always the
temperament that separates
the men from the boys.
He congratulated the En-
glish bowlers for bowling a
much fuller length and focusing
on the off-stump after the de-
feat in the second Test. In En-
gland, you have to wait for the
ball than reach out for it.
Liked the look of Rahul
Commenting on promising
Indian opener K.L. Rahul, Ga-
vaskar said,
I saw him score a few runs in
Melbourne and liked the look
of him then. All I said at that
stage was he should be a little
bit choosy in deciding which
ball to pull. He did that to a
large extent in Sydney. He
seems to be a compulsive hook-
er and puller. Playing it against
the right-armer might be easier
than doing so against a left-
armer who is angling the ball
across your right shoulder or
back shoulder. That is some-
thing he needs to keep in
mind.
Sandipan Chanda (3) drew with Ute-
galiyev Azamat (Kaz, 3); S. Nitin (2)
lost to Zhang Zhong (Sin, 3); Saiyn
Zhanat (Kaz, 2.5) drew with G.N. Go-
pal (2.5); K. Rathnakaran (2) lost to
Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy (3); Abhijit
Kunte (3) bt Sharavdorj Dashzegve
(Mgl, 2); Debashis Das (2.5) drew with
Tologontegin Semetey (Kgz, 2.5); P.
Karthikeyan (3) bt Keshav Shrestha
(Nep, 2); M.R. Venkatesh (1.5) lost to
Li Di (Chn, 2.5).
Women: Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iri,
4) drew with S. Vijayalakshmi (4); Pad-
mini Rout (3) lost to Aulia Medina
Warda (Ina, 4.5); Soumya Swaminath-
an (3) lost to Lei Tingjie (Chn, 4);
Eesha Karavade (3) lost to Mitra Heja-
zipour (Iri, 4); Dinara Saduakassova
(Kaz, 3.5) drew with Mary Ann Gomes
(3.5); Pratyusha Bodda (3.5) drew
with Li Ruofan (Sin, 3.5); Hong Xing
(Chn, 2) lost to Bhakti Kulkarni (3);
Nisha Mohota (2.5) Chu Ruotong
(Chn, 2.5); Tania Sachdev (2.5) bt Liu
Manli (Chn, 1.5). PTI
NOIDA/DELHI
Nishikori and
Cilic in last
eight
WASHINGTON DC: Reigning US
Open champion Marin Cilic
and 2014 US Open runner-up
Kei Nishikori advanced to the
quarterfinals of the ATP and
WTA Citi Open with straight-
set wins on Thursday.
Japanese second seed Nishi-
kori, the highest-ranked player
remaining in the field never
faced a break point in dispatch-
ing Argentinas Leonardo May-
er 6-4, 6-4, after 92 minutes.
Im very confident and Im
feeling really good, Nishikori
said.
Nishikori, who seeks his
third title of the year after
Memphis and Barcelona and
the 10th of his career, silenced
speculation in Japan he might
be becoming a father, saying, I
hope one day, but not yet.
The results:
Men: Third round: Kei Nishikori bt
Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 6-4; Sam Groth
bt Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4; Marin Cilic
bt Sam Querrey 7-6(2), 7-6(3); Alex-
ander Zverev bt Alexandr Dolgopolov
2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Steve Johnson bt Grigor
Dimitrov 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Jack Sock bt
Richard Gasquet 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-4;
Ricardas Berankis bt Teymuraz Ga-
bashvili 7-5, 6-4; John Isner bt Vasek
Pospisil 6-4, 7-6(6).
Women: Second round: Anasta-
sia Pavlyuchenkova bt Belinda Bencic
6-2, 6-4; Christina McHale bt Yulia
Putintseva 6-2, 1-6, 7-5; Ekaterina
Makarova bt Naomi Broady 6-4, 7-6
(2). Agencies
India loses to
Canada
NEW DELHI: The Indian girls lost
the match for the ninth place
2-1 to Canada, succumbing in
two tie-breaks in the decisive
doubles rubber at the World
Junior Tennis Finals under-14
championship in Prostejov, the
Czech Republic, on Friday.
The results (for ninth place):
Canada bt India 2-1 [Ariana Arse-
neault bt Shivani Amineni 6-2, 3-6,
6-3; Leylah Fernandez lost to Mahak
Jain 6-3, 6-2; Ariana Arseneault & Vik-
toriya Tabunshchyk bt Mahak Jain &
Prinkle Singh 7-6(5), 7-6(4)].
VERY BRIEFLY
India lost to Kazakhstan 15-
25, 24-26, 32-30, 21-25 in the
Asian senior mens volleyball
championship being held at
Tehran, Iran. India will meet
Bahrain for the 11th/12th
position.
ND-ND

NOIDA/DELHI
THE HINDU SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
Delhi hopes to
regain winning
touch
Uthra Ganesan
NEW DELHI: With just three wins
out of eight games so far, Da-
bang Delhi is languishing at
fth spot with just 17 points in
the eight-team Pro Kabaddi
League. Coach Honnappa C.
Gowda, however, is hopeful of
the team still making it to the
play-offs.
Delhi has been hampered in
both attack and defence with
injuries to key players. While
Surjeet Narwal and Amit Chill-
ar are missing in the raids, last
years captain Jasmer Singhs
absence has severely affected
the teams defence. So much so
that, despite having two of the
top-ve raiders for the season
so far Kashiling Adake and
Rohit Chaudhary Delhi
hasnt been able to score high as
a team.
It is true that the defence
has not been able to secure the
points we manage to win on
raids. But with new players and
a changed strategy that we have
been forced to use because of
injuries, the team is not begin-
ning to get its combination to-
gether. We have six more
games to go, with four at home,
so we are hopeful of making it
to the seminals, Gowda said
ahead of the teams home leg
here on Friday.
Delhi plays Bengal Warriors
in its rst home game on Sat-
urday, whom they beat in Kol-
kata for one of their three wins
so far.
What has added to the teams
concerns is niggles to some of
its other players as well, includ-
ing Adake. But both the player
and the coach insisted that the
raider was t to play.
No kabaddi player is ever
100 perc cent t. But niggles are
not major, I am perfectly
match-t for the upcoming
games, Adake said. Having lost
some close matches in the nal
minutes has also affected the
teams campaign in the second
season of PKL.
We have lost quite a few
games from a dominant posi-
tion in the nal 2-3 minutes.
Making mistakes at that point
means we do not have enough
time to recover either. We do
need to work on our defence
but I am sure the players have
worked on their game, Gowda
said.
Series win for
New Zealand
HARARE: Captain Kane William-
sons steady knock and an as-
sured performance from the
New Zealand bowlers saw the
tourists secure a 38-run win in
Fridays third One-Day Inter-
national against Zimbabwe to
wrap up a 2-1 series win.
Williamson recorded his
sixth straight score of 50 or
more as his 90 guided New
Zealand to 273 for six, and al-
though Zimbabwes opening
stand gave the World Cup nal-
ist a scare, the bowlers held
their nerve to bowl the hosts
out for 235. New Zealand,
therefore, completed a come-
from-behind series victory,
having lost the rst ODI by sev-
en wickets. The two teams will
meet again for a one-off T20I.
SCOREBOARD
New Zealand: M. Guptill c Masa-
kadza b Cremer 42, T. Latham c
Cremer b Nyumbu 16, K. Williamson c
Ervine b Nyumbu 90, C. Munro b
Cremer 9, G. Elliott c Chigumbura b
Cremer 36, J. Neesham (not out) 37,
L. Ronchi c Madziva b Williams 7, N.
McCullum (not out) 25; Extras (b-1,
w-8, nb-2): 11; Total (for six wkts. in 50
overs): 273.
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-100, 3-
128, 4-198, 5-202, 6-223.
Zimbabwe bowling: Panyangara
9-1-53-0, Madziva 6-0-41-0, Nyumbu
10-0-52-2, Chibhabha 4-0-20-0,
Cremer 10-0-44-3, Sikandar Raza 4-
0-19-0, Williams 7-0-43-1.
Zimbabwe: H. Masakadza c
Wheeler b Williamson 57, C. Chibhab-
ha b McClenaghan 32, C. Ervine run
out 32, E. Chigumbura c Guptill b
Sodhi 3, S. Williams c Guptill b Neesh-
am 63, Sikandar Raza c Neesham b
Sodhi 5, R. Chakabva c & b McCullum
3, G. Cremer run out 14, N. Madziva c
Neesham b McClenaghan 2, T. Pa-
nyangara b McClenaghan 7, J. Nyum-
bu (not out) 1; Extras (lb-6, w-10): 16;
Total (in 47.4 overs): 235.
Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-105, 3-
114, 4-159, 5-172, 6-177, 7-212, 8-
224, 9-232.
New Zealand bowling: Wheeler
9-1-34-0, N. McCullum 9-0-47-1,
McClenaghan 8.4-0-36-3, Neesham
3-1-16-1, Elliott 5-0-26-0, Sodhi 10-0-
47-2, Williamson 3-0-23-1.
Toss: Zimbabwe.
Man-of-the-series: K. Williamson.
New Zealand wins by 38 runs;
takes series 2-1.
Joshna
bows out
MELBOURNE: Joshna Chinappa
went down to top seed Annie
Au from Hong Kong 7-11, 4-11,
8-11 in the quarternals of the
Australian Open squash tour-
nament here on Friday. PTI
CM
YK
TENNIS
Vishnu Vardhan goes
down fighting
NEW DELHI: Vishnu Vardhan
saved two match-points to
push the contest into the decid-
er against top seed Ti Chen of
Chinese Taipei, but ran out of
steam eventually and was bea-
ten 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-1 in the semi-
nals of the $15,000 ITF mens
Futures tennis tournament in
Bangkok on Friday.
In a battle that lasted two
hours and 39 minutes, Ti Chen
was unable to serve out the
match in the 12th game of the
second set.
INDIANS ABROAD
The reigning national cham-
pion, Vishnu saved two match-
points in the tie-break, to force
the third set.
Ti Chen dominates
In the decider, Vishnu, who
served 19 aces in the match,
managed to hold serve after a
struggle in the fourth game but
managed to win very few points
in the other six games as Ti
Chen dominated the climax.
The effort fetched eight ATP
points for Vishnu.
Ramkumar Ramanathan,
seeded second in the $15,000
Futures in Decatur, USA, was
beaten in the third set tie-
break by Dominic Cotrone.
Ramkumar failed to capital-
ise on a 3-1 lead in the decider,
Agostini wins Governors Cup
BENGALURU: United Racing & Blood-
stock Breeders Ltd represented by Mr
& Mrs. Vijay Mallya & Mr. Ashok Ran-
pises Agostini (P. Trevor up) won the
Governors Cup, the chief event of the
races held here on Friday (August 7).
The winner is trained by S. Attaollahi.
Leading individual owner: Unit-
ed Racing Bloodstock Breeders Ltd.
Rs. 2.1 crore.
Leading joint owner: M/s. Radi-
ant Bloodstock Pvt. Ltd & Col. Swapan
Badhra Rs. 54 lakh.
Champion trainer: S. Attaollahi
with 20 winners.
Champion jockey: Suraj Narredu
with 25 winners.
Champion indian jockey claim-
ing allowance: Munna Alam with 5
winners.
Horse of the season: Quasar (won
three winners) one second.
Champion horse: Angel Dust
(stake of Rs.1.56 crore).
Leading Stud Farm: Kunigal Stud
Farm (28 winners).
Leading bookmaker (first en-
closure): M/s. Ashwin Enterprises
Rs. 53 lakh eld money.
Leading tipster (newspaper):
Prajavani (69 winners).
Leading tipster (race card pub-
lisher): Bol (59 winners).
The results:
1. LEADING BOOKMAKER
CUP (Div. II), (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o
only, (Terms): Brunaldo (Anjar
Alam) 1, New Era (A. Imran Khan) 2,
Raziel (Jagadeesh) 3 and Golden
Friend (D. Patel) 4. 3-3/4, Lnk and Hd.
1m 15.40s. Rs. 65 (w), 19, 18 and 13 (p),
SHP: Rs. 52, FP: Rs. 200, Q: Rs. 121,
Trinella: Rs. 715 and Rs. 188, Exacta:
Rs. 14,244 and Rs. 7,631. Favourite:
New Era. Owner: Mr. Sunil Damani.
Trainer: Irfan Ghatala.
2. LEADING TIPSTER CUP
(Div. II), (1,200m), rated 00 to 25: Cri-
quette (Prabhakaran) 1, Vito (Pra-
veen Shinde) 2, Breaking Away (A.
Ramu) 3 and Red Admiral (Noornabi)
4. 1-3/4, 1 and 1-1/2. 1m 15.63s. Rs. 28
(w), 13, 118 and 25 (p), SHP: Rs. 384,
but managed to survive four
match-points to force the tie-
break, in which he was
outclassed.
In the $10,000 ITF womens
event in Egypt, second seed
Sowjanya Bavisetti was beaten
3-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Jenny Claffey
of Ireland in the pre-quarter-
nals.
Sowjanya fought hard, sur-
vived a match-point in the
ninth game but slipped in the
next after saving three more
match-points from 0-40.
The results: $15,000 ITF Futures,
Bangkok: Semifinals: Ti Chen (Tpe)
bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-1.
$15,000 ITF Futures, Decatur
(USA): Pre-quarterfinals: Dominic
Cotrone (US) bt Ramkumar Rama-
nathan 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(2). Doubles
semifinals: Gregoire Barrere & Tom
Jomby (Fra) bt William Bushamuka
(US) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6
(4), 7-6(5).
$25,000 ITF women, Koksijde
(Belgium): Semifinals: Elise Mertens
(Bel) & Demi Schuurs (Ned) bt Bibiane
Weijers (Ned) & Ankita Raina 6-1, 6-4.
$10,000 ITF women, Sharm El
Sheikh (Egypt): Pre-quarterfinals:
Jenny Claffey (Irl) bt Sowjanya Bavi-
setti 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
ITF grade-1 juniors, Nanjing
(China): Boys: Quarterfinals: Alber-
to Lim (Phi) & B.R. Nikshep bt
Chengze Lu & Hao Wu (Chn) 3-6, 7-5,
10-8.
FP: Rs. 907, Q: Rs. 592, Trinella: Rs.
1,531 and Rs. 1,074, Exacta: Rs. 6,368
and Rs. 3,335. Favourite: Criquette.
Owner: Mr. Pradeep Singh. Trainer:
Neil Darashah.
3. CHAMPION JOCKEY CUP
(Div. II), (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 4-
y-o & over: Sands Of Time (Suraj
Narredu) 1, Helios (Rajesh Kumar) 2,
Power And Strength (A. Imran Khan) 3
and Allez Royale (Indrajeet Singh) 4.
1-3/4, 1 and 2-1/2. 1m 27.51s. Rs. 29 (w),
15, 14 and 18 (p), SHP: Rs. 55, FP: Rs.
142, Q: Rs. 87, Trinella: Rs. 336 and Rs.
157, Exacta: Rs. 2,059 and Rs. 1,357. Fa-
vourite: Sands Of Time. Owners: Mr. S.
Narredu, Astir Sales Pvt Ltd rep by. Mr.
J.K. Sarda & Mr. Babu Subramani.
Trainer: S. Narredu.
4. CHAMPION TRAINER CUP
(Div. III), (1,200m), rated 20 to 45:
Meherani (Sunil Samson) 1, Noble
Sapphire (Kiran Naidu) 2, All Thats
Nice (Sai Vamshi) 3 and Winter Bloom
(Vivek) 4. Not run: One More Toy. 2-
1/2, Snk and 1/2. 1m 14.82s. Rs. 288 (w),
55, 42 and 25 (p), SHP: Rs. 130, FP: Rs.
4,956, Q: Rs. 1,494, Trinella: Rs. 5,245
and Rs. 2,697, Exacta: Rs. 80,810 and
Rs. 34,633. Favourite: Ole. Owner: Mr.
Arthur Mendonca. Trainer: S. Britto.
5. LEADING TIPSTER CUP
(Div. I), (1,200m), rated 00 to 25: Sea
Dove (Sunil Samson) 1, Sheer Luck
(Antony Raj) 2, Everest (Vishal) 3 and
Super Missile (Suraj Narredu) 4.
Windyanna and Eucalyptus. Lnk, 2-
1/2 and Lnk. 1m 16.42s. Rs. 67 (w), 17, 13
and 23 (p), SHP: Rs. 43, FP: Rs. 172, Q:
Rs. 58, Trinella: Rs. 877 and Rs. 355,
Exacta: Rs. 1,380 and Rs. 509. Favou-
rite: Sheer Luck. Owners: M/s. K.R.
Swamy & M.N. Suresh. Trainer: S.
Inayathulla.
6. CHAMPION TRAINER CUP
(Div. I), (1,200m), rated 20 to 45: Hei-
senberg (A. Ramu) 1, Youre Ashwash-
akthi (Arshad Alam) 2, Alexandrite
(Suraj Narredu) 3 and Sir Majestic (Ki-
ran Naidu) 4. Not run: Temujin. 4, 1-
1/2 and 3/4. 1m 14.68s. Rs. 33 (w), 15, 22
and 16 (p), SHP: Rs. 74, FP: Rs. 412, Q:
Rs. 220, Trinella: Rs. 569 and Rs. 216,
SPORT
It was a lone battle that
Dutee fought and won
Ashwin Achal
BENGALURU: A delighted Ashwi-
ni Nachappa praised Dutee
Chand for successfully waging a
lone battle against the Interna-
tional Association of Athletics
Federations.
Dutee was initially debarred
after she tested positive for
hyperandrogenism, but won an
appeal in the Court of Arbitra-
tion of Sport around a week
ago.
The CAS panel concluded
that there not enough evidence
to suggest that enhanced tes-
tosterone levels were linked to
better athletic performances.
ASHWINI NACHAPPA
INTERVIEW
Ashwini, a former interna-
tional athlete and Bangalore
Urban District Athletics Asso-
ciation President, spoke to The
Hindu here on the landmark
judgement, and other topics.
Excerpts
On Dutee Chands appeal to
the CAS
This is fantastic news! She
pretty much fought the battle
alone, with Payoshni Mitra
(gender and sports issues ex-
pert and Dutees advisor).
There are others who say
that they supported her all the
way, but I know for a fact that
Exacta: Rs. 18,843 and Rs. 20,189. Fa-
vourite: Heisenberg. Owners: Mrs.
Sangeetha & Mr. Raja Nayak. Trainer:
F. Sirajuddin.
7. GOVERNORS CUP (2,400m),
4-y-o & over, (Terms): Agostini (P.
Trevor) 1, Quasar (Yash Narredu) 2,
Toroloco (A. Imran Khan) 3 and Torch
Bearer (A. Sandesh) 4. 2-1/4, 3/4 and
2-3/4. 2m 36.80s. Rs. 65 (w), 14 and 11
(p), SHP: Rs. 65, FP: Rs. 81, Q: Rs. 17,
Trinella: Rs. 340 and Rs. 189, Exacta:
Rs. 306 and Rs. 85. Favourite: Quasar.
Owners: United Racing & Bloodstock
Breeders Ltd rep by. Mr & Mrs. Vijay
Mallya & Mr. Ashok Ranpise. Trainer:
S. Attaollahi.
8. LEADING OWNER CUP
(1,400m), rated 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over:
Diamond Quest (P.P. Dhebe) 1, Ayr-
ton (Antony Raj) 2, Attractive Bay (Ra-
jesh Kumar) 3 and Deep Blue Sea (Yash
Narredu) 4. 3/4, 1-1/4 and 4-1/2. 1m
30.51s. Rs. 126 (w), 31, 16 and 41 (p),
SHP: Rs. 49, FP: Rs. 579, Q: Rs. 215,
Trinella: Rs. 13,951 and Rs. 11,958, Ex-
acta: Rs. 21,381 and Rs. 6,109. Favou-
rite: Ayrton. Owners: M/s. Ajith Vittal
Shetty, Sanjeev S. Mahajan & Dinesh
Hegde. Trainer: B. Prithviraj.
9. LEADING BOOKMAKER
CUP (Div. I), (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o
only, (Terms): Cherie Amor (P. Tre-
vor) 1, Topsonsie (Vivek) 2, Rare And
Bold (Jagadeesh) 3 and Quaker Ridge
(Suraj Narredu) 4. 2-3/4, 1-1/4 and
Nose. 1m 17.32s. Rs. 86 (w), 30, 37 and
89 (p), SHP: Rs. 140, FP: Rs. 1,418, Q: Rs.
604, Trinella: Rs. 4,117 and Rs. 3,529,
Exacta: Rs. 96,910 (carried over) and
Rs. 41,533. Favourite: Blush Of Blue.
Owner: United Racing & Bloodstock
Breeders Ltd. Trainer: S. Attaollahi.
Note: Underfoot conditions were
rendered unsuitable for racing, hence
the Stewards of the Bengaluru Turf
Club decided to cancel the remaining
last two races of the day (10th and
11th).
Jackpot: Rs. 5,438 (154 tkts. paid on
third leg); Treble (i): Rs. 1,718 (nine
tkts.); (ii): Rs. 3,943 (ve tkts.); (iii): Rs.
48 (893 tkts. paid on rst leg).
Dutee Chand.
FILE PHOTO: AFP
there was no support from the
national federation at all.
Im happy that Dutee will be
able to compete again, because
she is a good athlete.
Comparisons to Santhi
Soundarajan, who faced a
similar setback in 2006
In Dutees case, the country
stood by her. But when Santhi
faced a similar problem, she be-
came an outsider. She went
back to selling bricks. She is an
Asian Gold medalist; this hap-
pens only in our country.
On the need for sensitivity in
GOLF
Saaniya seals seasons first victory
Special Correspondent
COIMBATORE: Chandigarhs Saa-
niya Sharma has been dealing
with injuries and has never won
a pro title the past three years.
But on a hot Friday afternoon,
the overnight leader hit the
form of her life to seal her rst
win of the season in the 13th leg
of the Hero Womens Profes-
sional Golf Tour at the par-72
Coimbatore Golf Club course in
Chettipalayam here.
Entering the day, Saaniya was
just a stroke ahead of Delhis
Vani Kapoor, the Hero Order of
Merit leader. But the former
red her drives continuously
over most of the trouble to stun
the latter for the title.
I wanted to play a good
round of golf and I did that ex-
actly today, said Saaniya, who
took home the winners cheque
of Rs. 1,20,000.
Despite a three-stroke advan-
tage at the front nine, Saaniya
found the situation a bit too hot
against Vani. The Delhi young-
ster was condent of staging a
comeback and went about doing
her job in a calm and sincere
manner. It paid off.
She levelled scores by the 11th
and kept working hard. At this
juncture, Saaniya did the impos-
sible on a difficult course. She
sunk in four successive birdies
gender-related issues
How many women are part
of our state and national feder-
ations? Im the only woman
here; look at all the men around
me now (laughs).
We need diversity. I also feel
that we need more sportsper-
sons in associations.
On the sensational mass
doping allegations in world
athletics
This was no real surprise, as
most people knew that doping
was common. It is just that ev-
erything has been swept under
the carpet, because organisers
do not want to tarnish their
event.
On doping in India
One of our SAI coaches went
to Begumpet (Telengana) for a
rural athletics event. He saw
syringes all over the place. Dop-
ing is that widespread.
Today, drugs are so easily
available. Dont forget we are
talking about under-16 kids
here.
If you look at the WADA,
they have banned around 8,000
substances from aspirin to
more dangerous ones.
How will a common man be
able to identify a banned sub-
stance if he is given a medical
prescription for a genuine ill-
ness? Certain substances need
to be banned, I agree, but 8,000
is too high a number.
CELEBRATION TIME: Saaniya Sharma (right) enjoys her winning moment with
her rivals in the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour. PHOTO: M. PERIASAMY
and put the pressure back on Va-
ni. She further increased it to ve
to make matters worse for the
seasons four-time title winner.
Vani cracked under pressure
for the rst time in the tourna-
ment. And, Saaniya smiled all
the way home with an even par
round to seal the title. Vanis
four-over 76 for the day was
enough to place her second on
the table.
My advantage over Vani
BADMINTON
Gopi expects Indians to
do well at the Worlds
V.V. Subrahmanyam
HYDERABAD: Indias chief Na-
tional badminton coach Pullela
Gopi Chand says that in a
World championships the issue
of whether a draw is favourable
or not doesnt really matter.
What is imperative is
whether a player is able to give
of his best on the given day.
History suggests that some of
the best players do fail to cross
early hurdles for various rea-
sons, said Gopi in an exclusive
chat with The Hindu before
leaving for the Jakarta edition
(August 10 to 16) of the Worlds.
You dont expect easy draws
at that level, every round is a
challenge and there is no way
anyone can relax even for a
couple of minutes on the
court, he said.
Peculiar situation
Gopi, who took over as chief
National coach in 2006, faces
the peculiar situation of hand-
ling his team members in the
Worlds directly without any in-
teraction in the training ses-
sion.
Saina Nehwal trained in Ben-
galuru (under Vimal Kumar) as
did the womens doubles pair of
G. Jwala and Ashwini Ponnap-
pa (who won the bronze in the
2011 edition). Tarun Kona
started with a chip in on the 12th
and brought back to back birdies
over the next few holes, said
Saaniya, who is back after a rig-
orous training at the Gary Gil-
christ Golf Academy in Florida,
the United States.
She thanked Gary and Jesse
Grewal (her coach) and her men-
tor Simi Mehra for working on
her game. I was strong with my
fundamentals but a month-long
training in the United States
| 17
BCCI forms
ad-hoc panels
for Bihar and
Uttarakhand
NEW DELHI: The Board of Con-
trol for Cricket in India (BCCI)
on Friday formed an ad-hoc
committee for cricket adminis-
tration in the states of Bihar
and Uttarakhand.
The committee formed to
look after cricket affairs in Bi-
har will be spearheaded by its
chairman Niranjan Shah and
will also include Vinod Phadke
(secretary, Goa Cricket Associ-
ation), Sourav Dasgupta (sec-
retary, Tripura Cricket
Association), Bharat Zaveri
(executive member, Gujarat
Cricket Association) and Rat-
nakar Shetty (general manager
Game Development, BCCI).
The panel for Uttarakhand
will be chaired by M.P. Pan-
dove and will also have Vishal
Marwaha (secretary, Himachal
Pradesh Cricket Association),
Subir Ganguly (joint secretary,
Cricket Association of Bengal),
Vinod Shah (vice-president,
Maharashtra Cricket Associ-
ation), K.V.P. Rao (manager
Game Development, BCCI).
PTI
Double for
Shashikant
CHANDIGARH: Shashikant Rajput
won a double crown in the boys
under-16 section in the AITA
Talent series junior tennis
tournament at the Chandigarh
Club here on Friday.
The results (finals): Boys: Un-
der-16: Shashikant Rajput bt Jagtar
Arora 6-4, 6-3. Doubles: Shashikant
& Krishan bt Savneet & Yuvraj 7-5,
6-2. Under-14: Krishan Hooda bt Chi-
raz Dhanda 6-0, 6-1. Doubles: Rishi &
Vikram bt Ajay and Shrenik 6-2, 6-4.
Girls: Under-16: Himanshika bt
Saisha Khanna 6-3, 2-6, 6-0. Un-
der-14: Harleen Kaur bt Amreen Sid-
hu 6-3, 6-1.
(mixed doubles with Sikki Red-
dy) trained under S.M. Arif.
Not the ideal scenario, de-
nitely. But, I accepted it about
ve years ago said Gopi.
A 17-member, the biggest
ever Indian contingent for a
world championship is also a
reection of the countrys
growing reputation as a bad-
minton powerhouse, he said.
We have a denite chance in
mens singles (World No. 3 K.
Srikanth, P. Kashyap), womens
singles (Saina and P.V. Sindhu)
and womens doubles (Jwala
and Ashwini), seeded for the
rst time in a world champion-
ship. It is great that the mens
pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth
Reddy are ranked No. 19 and
seeded. This is a huge thing,
Gopi said.
I would have loved better
consistency. But with age on
her side, a lot of positives and
given her talent, I wont be sur-
prised if she pulls off a surprise
again, given that she has won
two consecutive womens sin-
gles bronze at the Worlds, Go-
pi said, when asked about
Sindhu, who trained at his
academy.
Also, the fact that the points
scored at the worlds matter in
clinching berths for the Rio
Olympics should spur the play-
ers on, Gopi said.
made a lot of difference to my
game.
I am basically a long hitter
but still some ne tuning has to
be done, said Saaniya, who was
a bit upset for missing a second
under-par score for the day.
The results (final): 1. Saaniya
Sharma (77, 71, 72) 220; 2. Vani Ka-
poor (75, 74, 76) 225; 3. Neha Tripathi
(80, 73, 75) 228; 4. Amandeep Drall
(74, 79, 77) 230; 5. Shweta Galande
(77, 77, 77) 231.
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Stokes puts England closer to the urn India consolidates

NOTTINGHAM: Ben Stokess five-
wicket haul left England on the
verge of an Ashes-clinching win
in the fourth Test at Trent
Bridge on Friday. When bad
light forced an early close to the
second day, Australia was 241
for seven in its second innings
still 90 shy of making En-
gland, 2-1 up in the five-match
series, bat again.
Pace bowling all-rounder
Stokes had taken five for 35 in
16 overs the second five-
wicket haul in his 15-Test ca-
reer after his six for 99 against
Australia at Syd-
ney in January
last year. Austra-
lia was 113 for loss
on Friday until
Stokes took three
wickets for four
runs in 13 balls
shortly before
tea.
With the floodlights on in the
final session, Stokes returned
to have wicketkeeper Peter Ne-
vill, leaving a ball that cut back
into him, plumb lbw for 17. But,
Adam Voges, on a ground
where he played for Notting-
hamshire, held firm with 48 not
out his highest score of the
series so far. Mitchell Starc was
on nought as Australia at least
avoided the embarrassment of
a two-day defeat. Left-handed
openers Chris Rogers and Da-
vid Warner had frustrated En-
gland with a century stand that
was in stunning contrast to
their sides first innings total of
60 in 111 balls the shortest-
ever completed first innings of
a Test match where they both
made ducks.
Stuart Broad took a Test-best
eight for 15 on his Nottingham-
shire home ground as England
caught everything that came its
way on Thursday. But on Fri-
day, captain Alastair Cook
dropped a regulation first slip
catch when Warner had made
10.
Ian Bell then floored a far
CRICKET / Bad light stops play, Australia 90 runs behind
CONTRASTING EMOTIONS: While Ben Stokess five for 35 left the Aussies rattled, Michael Clarke seems to be appealing for divine
intervention. PHOTOS: AFP
more difficult slip chance when
Warner was on 42 and Joe Root
then held a brilliant catch in the
cordon when Rogers was on 47,
only for the batsman to be re-
prieved when replays con-
firmed Mark Wood had bowled
a no-ball.
Rogers and Warner added
113 in 24 overs compared to the
18.3 needed to wrap up Austra-
lias first innings. But, while
Australia had dropped lively
all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for
this match, England counter-
part Stokes proved the value of
such a player, particularly on a
day when the frontline bowlers
were not taking wickets.
After Rogers fell, Warner
contributed to his own down-
fall on 64 when a top-edged pull
off Stokes looped gently to
Broad at mid-on. Warner faced
just 74 balls for his runs, in-
cluding nine fours and two six-
es, but his anger at the
Australia 1st innings: 60.
England 1st innings: A. Lyth c
Nevill b Starc 14, A. Cook lbw b Starc
43, I. Bell lbw b Starc 1, J. Root c Nevill
b Starc 130, J. Bairstow c Rogers b
Hazlewood 74, M. Wood b Starc 28, B.
Stokes c Nevill b Hazlewood 5, J.
Buttler b Starc 12, Moeen Ali c Smith b
Johnson 38, S. Broad (not out) 24, S.
Finn (not out) 0; Extras (b-14, lb-2,
w-2, nb-4): 22; Total (for nine wkts.
decl. in 85.2 overs): 391.
dismissal showed that crease-
occupation was the priority for
Australia in its desperate
plight.
Specialist batsman Shaun
Marsh, brought in to replace
SCOREBOARD
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-34, 3-96,
4-269, 5-297, 6-306, 7-320, 8-332,
9-390.
Australia bowling: Starc 27-2-
111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, John-
son 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0,
Warner 3-0-18-0.
Australia 2nd innings: C. Rog-
ers c Root b Stokes 52, D. Warner c
Broad b Stokes 64, S. Smith c Stokes
b Broad 5, S. Marsh c Root b Stokes 2,
M. Clarke c Bell b Wood 13, A. Voges
younger brother Mitchell, saw
his miserable return to Test
cricket continue when he fol-
lowed a first-innings duck by
edging Stokes to Root in the
slips for two.
(batting) 48, P. Nevill lbw b Stokes 17,
M. Johnson c Cook b Stokes 5, M.
Starc (batting) 0; Extras (b-16, lb-15,
nb-3, w-1): 35; Total (for seven wkts. in
62.2 overs): 241.
Fall of wickets: 1-113, 2-130, 3-
136, 4-136, 5-174, 6-224, 7-236.
England bowling: Broad 16-5-
36-1, Wood 12.2-0-63-1, Finn 12-4-
42-0, Stokes 16-4-35-5, Moeen Ali 6-
0-34-0.
Australia was soon 136 for
four when Steve Smith, care-
lessly drove Broad straight to
Stokes at point and was out for
five. Australia captain Michael
Clarkes wretched run of low
scores continued when, on 13,
he pushed hard outside off
stump against fast bowler
Wood. The ball flew straight to
Cook at first slip, but he juggled
the chance only for second slip
Bell to grab the rebound. Clar-
kes exit meant he had passed
25 just six times in his last 30
Test innings.
After Nevill fell, Stokes
struck again when Mitchell
Johnson (five) nicked a sharply
swinging ball to Cook at first
slip. AFP
via Ishants five-for
COLOMBO: Ishant Sharma took
five for 23 in a sensational spell
of fast bowling to rout the Sri
Lankan Board Presidents XI
batting line-up for a paltry 121 in
its first innings on day two of the
three-day warm-up cricket
match here on Friday.
The visitors then finished the
day at 112 for three in 40 overs at
stumps. The Indians overall lead
now stands at a healthy 342 runs.
Kasun Rajitha finished with
five for 68 as the Indian innings
lasted 9.1 overs in the morning
session with 37 runs added to the
overnight total.
It was all about Ishant thereaf-
ter. He struck with his first ball
trapping Kaushal Silva (0) in
front. Five balls later, he bowled
Dhananjay de Silva (0).
Ishant was then on a hat-trick Ishant. PHOTO: AFP
in the very next over, removing
Upul Tharanga (0) for another that team director Ravi Shastri
first-ball duck. New batsman Mi- will join the Indian team here
linda Siriwardana (32 runs, 48 ahead of the first Test in Galle on
balls, 6 fours) avoided it and the August 12.
next couple of overs there were Shastri did not leave with the
no further losses. squad as he was tied up with
But Ishant returned in the 8th media commitments in the on-
over, his fourth and final of this going Ashes between Australia
spell, to remove Lahiru Thiri- and England.
manne (5) and Kusal Perera (0). The scores:
The former was caught behind at India 351 (A. Rahane 109 retd out,
third slip by K.L. Rahul while the Kasun Rajitha five for 68) and 112 for
latter was bowled first ball, put- three in 40 overs (K.L. Rahul 47, Che-
ting Ishant on another hat-trick. teshwar Pujara 31) vs Sri Lanka Board
He missed this chance as well. Presidents XI 121 in 31 overs (Ni-
The fiery spell from Ishant roshan Dickwella 41, Milinda Siriwar-
read 4-1-5-5. dana 32, Ishant Sharma five for 23).
Menawhile, it was announced PTI
Lanka picks rookie pacer
COLOMBO: Sri Lankas selectors era, a veteran of 48 One-Day
on Friday named uncapped fast Internationals and 20 Twen-
bowler Vishwa Fernando in the ty20 matches, was the other
16-man squad for the three- player without Test experience
Test series against India start- to be picked in the squad.
ing next week. Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews
Fernando, 23, who has taken (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kaushal Sil-
98 wickets in 34 first-class va, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar San-
matches, dismissed Indias Ro- gakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Upul
hit Sharma and Wriddhiman Tharanga, Jehan Mubarak, Kusal Per-
Saha while playing for the Sri era, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Per-
Lanka Board President's XI in era, Tharindu Kaushal, Nuwan
the ongoing tour match in Pradeep, Dhammika Prasad, Vishwa
Colombo. Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera
Opening batsman Kusal Per- (subject to fitness). AFP

Panthers hand U Mumba its first defeat;
Telugu Titans held by spirited Paltan
V. V. Subrahmanyam
HYDERABAD: Defending cham-
pion Jaipur Pink Panthers
handed U Mumba its first de-
feat in this edition when the
former recorded a 35-25 win in
the STAR Sports ProKabaddi
League at the Gachibowli In-
door Stadium here on Friday
night.
The
winner
led 11-9
at the
break.
After a close battle for su-
premacy in the first session,
Panthers seemed to have
changed gears with the arrival
of its owner and film star Abh-
ishek Bachchan immediately
on resumption.
It went on the offensive,
scoring eight points in a span of
four minutes.
With captain Jasvir Singh,
Sonu Narwal and Kuldeep
Singh showing their raiding
skills combining speed and
agility, Panthers were clearly
the dominant team. Panthers
INTENSE BATTLE: Puneri Paltan players attempt to
trap a Telugu Titans raider in their match on
Friday. PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL
scored 16 points from tackles
with solid defence and it also
recorded two all outs.
For the winner, Sonu Narwal
and Kuldeep Singh were the
main scorers with six points
each, while for the loser, Sure-
nder Nada with six points was
the key performer.
This was Panthers sixth win
from nine games as it took its
tally to 21 points, while U
Mumba has 40 after this loss.
In the second match of the
evening, bottom-placed Puneri
Paltan showed grit and deter-
mination to hold Telugu Titans
to a 29-all draw.
Titans, with three points
from this result, moved to the
top of the table with an aggre-
gate of 42 points, followed by U
Mumba.
It was Paltan which led for
most of first-half and at the
break, hung on to a slender 20-
18 lead. With just less than one
minute to go, it had a chance to
wrap up the game at 29-27. But,
Titans fought back brilliantly
with raider Prashanth Kumar
Rai scoring a crucial point.
Then its defence successfully
challenged raider Pravin Ni-
wale to pick up another point
and ensure a draw to the delight
of the noisy crowd.
the mens 200m breaststroke gold
For the home team, Sukesh
Hegde (9) and Deepak Nivas
Hudda (7) were the main score-
rs, while for the Pune outfit it
was captain Wazir Singh who
top scored with 12 points.
The result: Jaipur Pink Panthers bt
U Mumba 35-25; Telugu Titans drew
with Puneri Paltan 29-29.
Bronte dethrones sister Cate
for 100m freestyle gold
KAZAN: Bronte Campbell took the
100m freestyle gold at the World
Championships on Friday to suc-
ceed her sister Cate Campbell as
champion.
The Aussie Campbell clocked
52.52 seconds to win the title,
with Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom
taking silver 0.18sec back while
sibling
Cate had to
settle for
bronze at
0.30.
Australias Mitchell Larkin won
the mens 200m backstroke to
complete the double after having
won the 100m title on Tuesday.
He clocked 1min 53.58 seconds
after a strong surge over the final
50m.
Germanys Marco Koch won
to deny Hungarys Daniel Gyurta
an historic fourth straight title in
the event.
Koch touched the wall at two
minutes, 07.76 seconds as Kevin
Cordes of the United States took
silver at 0.29secs while Gyurta
had to settle for bronze at 0.34.
Had Gyurta won gold, the
Olympic champion would have
joined Ryan Lochte, in the 200m
individual medley, and Grant
Hackett, in the 1500m, as the only
Youngest ever at the Worlds?
KAZAN: Bahrain schoolgirl
swimmers to have won a single
Alzain Tareq, believed to be
world championship event four
the youngest swimmer to
times in a row.
ever compete at a world
.
championships, caused a
The results: Men: 200m back-
splash when she swam in
stroke: 1. Mitch Larkin (Aus) 1:53.58, 2.
the 50m butterfly heats.
Radoslaw Kawecki (Pol) 1:54.55, 3. Ev-
THe 10-year-old finished
geny Rylov (Rus) 1:54.60.
last overall of the 64
200m breaststroke: 1. Marco Koch
competitors, finishing in
(Germany) 2:07.76, 2. Kevin Cordes (U.S.)
41.13sec and was 15sec off
2:08.05, 3. Daniel Gyurta (Hungary)
the fastest time of 25.43 by
2:08.10.
Swedens world record-
4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Britain,
holder Sarah Sjostorm, who
2. U.S., 3. Australia.
swam in a later heat.
Women: 100m freestyle: 1. Bronte
Im happy, I feel so
Campbell (Aus) 52.52s, 2. Sarah Sjostrom
happy. It was really cool,
(Swe) 52.70, 3. Cate Campbell (Aus)
she beamed when asked US star Missy Franklin,
52.82.
what it was like to swim who won six world golds two
200m Breaststroke: 1. Kanako Wa-
tanabe (Jpn) 2:21.15, 2. Micah Lawrence against adults here. years ago in Barcelona, is
(U.S.) 2:22.44, 3. Jessica Vall (Esp) Sjostroms world record charmed. She is so cute and
tiny, said the 20-year-old
2:22.76 3. Rikke Moller Pedersen (Den) of 24.43 secs is on her
Franklin.
2:22.76 3. Shi Jinglin (Chn) 2:22.76. bucket list. Its hard for me
Thursdays result: Women: 200m to beat the world record I havent had a chance to
butterfly: 1. Natsumi Hoshi (Jpn) now, but I can do that when talk to her so far, but every
2:05.56, 2. Cammile Adams (USA) I am older. When I am 15 or time I see her she gives me
2:06.40, 3. Zhang Yufei (Chn) 2:06.51. 16, she said. the biggest smile. AFP
Agencies

VARIETY
FAITH THE HINDU CROSSWORD 11468 Scintillator
SU | DO | KU
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Nammazhvars messages cloudy, then blacks out (6)
25 Thoroughly examine
deplorable thugs (7)
17 Doctor paid attention,
9 10
everyone entering/ peeled skin and applied
Nammazhvar cannot bear separation from Lord Narayana turning up at European some water (9)
and he imagines himself in the role of the Lords lover and in 11 city (8) 18 Hosting is very structured,
this role he is Parankusa Nayaki. He also plays the role of the 12 13
27 Plants that could yield rose clear and intuitive (8)
pining girls mother and her friend. teak (3,5) 19 It's hard to crack degree
In four states, Nammazhvar penned verses as 14 28 To some extent, papers held on a Monday
Nammazhvar himself, as Parankusa Nayaki the girl who 15 16 17
westbound trade never (7)
cannot bear separation, as the mother of Parankusa Nayaki reached level terms (6) 21 Nobleman in Greece and
and Parankusa Nayakis friend. The verses he wrote as 18 29 Beloved hugging king in Eastern Spain (7)
Nammazhvar show his gnana, and the verses he wrote in the 19 20 21
dim light (8) 22 College sweetheart brings
other three roles show his love for the Lord. He wrote more 30 Reach across hill range on prosperity (6)
than 700 verses as Nammazhvar, and more than 200 verses 22 second level (6) 24 Comedian is not quite an
in the other three roles he assumed, elaborated Kidambi 23 24 25
Down idiot? All right, accepted
Narayanan in a discourse. 1 Disadvantaged people (5)
As Parankusa Nayaki, Nammazhvar sends messages to the 26 taking heed to earn money 26 Eager to continue changing
Lord through birds. The Lord is said to be in five states 27 28
hatched a plan (7) signs (4)
Para (the highest form of the Lord, found in Sri Vaikuntam), 2 Landslip can have a large
Vyuha (emanations from the Para form), Vibhava (His fallout (9)
avataras), Antaryamin (the form in which He resides in our 3 Gain by violence
29 30
formerly a wrongful act
Solution to puzzle 11467
hearts) and Archa (the idol form). Parankusa Nayaki sends
messages to each of these states of the Lord. (6) H O O T C H R U S T L I N G
But even as she has sent word through a set of birds, she Across 13 Some leaders seen to be 5 Wicked one is somewhat A R O T N O N E
A mind game and a puzzle
sends forth another batch of birds. She does not wait for the 1 No other way to refer to drunk after quarter (6) retrogressive (4) C O C K R O A C H T Y S O N
I H P K O E U I that you solve with
first batch of bids to return, but sends the next batch, because these agricultural tools 15 Platform to knock someone 6 By far, rue being broke in E R A S U R E L AM E L L A reasoning and logic. Fill in
she is anxious, like one who has lost something valuable. In (6) with a punch (4) this time of the year (8) N R L A Y I L
4 Fleece of an animal - jackal 16 A letter from the skies? 7 Church centre reports a the grid with digits in such
her case what she has lost is the Lords company. Her first D O D G E F L A G R A N T
message is to the Vyuha form of the Lord. She tells the or fox, maybe (8) (10) dishonest person (5) A N I L H P a manner that every row,
parrots to convey to the Lord, that she is inconsolable. She 9 A diplomat needs skills to 19 Dine at one? It's 8 Massages said to remain as C U L T U R A L O R I E L every column and every
S N M I M C A 3x3 box accommodates
asks for His forgiveness, in case she has done something get to the bottom lines (6) detrimental, they would requirements (5-2) C H A B L I S A MB I E N T
wrong. So here Parankusa Nayaki is reminding the Lord of 10 See Barbie girl playing a say (10) 11 Reformation necessary in a R W O T N U F E the digits 1 to 9, without
His quality of kshama (forbearance). Each time she sends game (8) 20 Leader's begging when not large independent country I D A H O A N C E S T R A L repeating any. The
messages to the various states of the Lord, she emphasises 12 Little son goes for exam required (4) (7) B R F N E E E E solution to yesterdays
E Y E C A N D Y A S S E R T
one of His qualities. In this case, she seeks forgiveness. without strength (8) 23 Miserable afternoon - 14 Talk at length about puzzle is at left.
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THE HINDU SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
FOOTBALL
ISL has enhanced the
games popularity: Chhetri
HYDERABAD: National football
team captain Sunil Chhetri says
the popularity of the game is on
an upswing with the advent of
Indian Super League (ISL) and
the task now is to build on the
momentum through quality
matches and enhanced media
coverage.
Its quite good, especially
with the ISL coming up. It real-
ly enhanced the popularity we
have as a nation. I think a lot of
interest has been generated.
Not only in terms of fans com-
ing to watch the match, but also
the corporate houses, the
media and everyone coming
and chipping in, Chhetri told
PTI here on Friday.
I think it is very, very impor-
tant if we can generate interest.
It is a first step. Then we have to
make sure lot of other things is
done to make the game more
popular, he said.
Chhetri, who currently has
50 goals for India, felt that the
training facilities and quality of
game needs to improve to raise
fans interest.
One of the things is to make
sure that we have proper train-
ing facilities so that the game
tempo increases, the quality
improves. The more the quality
improves then the fans are go-
ing to watch and they are going
to be interested more to watch,
make sure the matches are on
TV, make sure the timings are
right. All these things together
if done well, the popularity will
keep improving, the 31-year-
old star forward said.
Noting that the Indian foot-
ball team is passing through
transition, Chhetri felt that the
ecosystem needs to improve for
the side to achieve better
results.
I think it is in a transition
period. But, there are a lot of
youngsters coming in. We have
a new coach. Its going to take
some time. But just alone the
national team improving, will
not help. The league system has
to improve. Everything sur-
rounding has to improve then
only the remaining things are
going to improve.
As far as I am concerned, as
a player, I want to improve my-
self as much as I can. I am sure
everything else is going to im-
prove, Chhetri said. The Indi-
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CHHETRI SPEAK: Sunil Chhetri feels that training
facilities and quality of the game have to improve
to raise fans interest. PHOTO: PTI
an football team continues to
languish at 156th in the latest
FIFA rankings.
Chhetri, who is to play for
Mumbai City in ISL and repre-
sents Bengaluru FC in I-
League, is credited with mak-
ing substantial contributions in
Indias wins in 2007 and 2009
Nehru Cup, the 2012 Nehru
Cup as well as the 2011 SAFF
Championship.
No long-term goals
I dont have long-term
goals. I never had them. For
me, it bodes well when I have
the next week, for me it is next
training, next one week of
training, next game. I can con-
sider it more like that. I never
kept long term targets. Right
now, I have to start the
pre-season.
For me it is more important
to go and feel about the next
week. We just started with
Bangalore FC. I never had long
term targets. Always short
term, for me it is more
achievable.
I know exactly what I am
doing. The next training ses-
sion, next match, it is more
workable for me, he said.
PTI
SPORT
Athletes must decide on the future
of their sport, says Carl Lewis
SAN JOSE (COSTA RICA): Athletes
must themselves decide the fu-
ture they want for their sport
following the latest doping cri-
sis, former Olympic sprint
champion Carl Lewis said on
Thursday.
Athletics was rocked by a
damning report in British
newspaper The Sunday Times
and by German broadcaster
ARD/WDR at the weekend that
accused the International As-
sociation of Athletics Federa-
tions of failing to investigate
hundreds of what they called
suspicious drug tests be-
tween 2001 and 2012.
The report raised new ques-
tions about the sport just weeks
before the August 22-30 world
championships in Beijing.
The future of athleticism
depends on the athletes, Lewis
said ahead of the inauguration
Manikanda Arumugam wins 200m; Marathoner Shobukhova
Central keeps team honours stripped of titles
BHOPAL: Manikanda Arumu-
gam retained his 200m title at
the 81st Inter-Railways athlet-
ics championships on the final
day of the event here on Friday,
clocking 21.40 seconds. The
timing, though, was way off his
meet record of 21.17 seconds,
set last year at Chennai.
Arumugam, who recently an-
chored the Indian mens
4x100m relay team at the qual-
ifying trials ahead of the Wu-
han Asian athletics
championships despite not be-
ing part of the initial squad, had
earlier won the relay gold with
Southern Railway on Thursday.
National record-holder
Kumaravel Premkumar, mean-
while, continued his domina-
tion in the long jump with a
7.91m jump to take gold, ahead
of S.E. Shamsheer (7.50m). L.
Suriya, who set a new meet re-
cord in the 5000m on Day 2,
took gold in the 10000m as
well.
Defending champion Central
Railway retained the team
championship, edging past
Western Railway by a mere
four points, while Western
Railway took the honours in
the mens category.
The results (third day):
of the NACAC athletics cham-
pionships in Costa Rica. At the
end of the day, the sport is go-
ing to be as good as the athletes
want.
If they really want changes,
they want the sport to grow,
then they are the ones that have
to stand up and work with the
powers to make sure it
happens.
Lewis, who raced during an
era that produced a number of
high profile positive tests that
tarnished the entire sport, was
awarded the 100m gold medal
at the Seoul Olympics in 1988
after Canadas Ben Johnson
was stripped of the title for
doping.
Like high school
Lewis, who also won the
100m and 200m at Los Angeles
in 1984 and ended with four
Men: 200m: 1. Manikanda Arumu-
gam (21.40s), 2. Manikantha Raj
(21.84s), 3. Arunjith (22.02s).
4x400m relay: 1. Southern Rail-
way A (Raneesh V.V., Sajeesh Jo-
seph, Thangarasu, Bibin Mathew;
3:17.62), 2. Western Railway A (Avin
Thomas, Deependra Yadav, Pinto
Mathew A, Jithin Paul; 3:20.72), 3.
Northern Railway A (Neeraj Panwar,
Karamjeet Singh, Lalit Mathur, Arjun
Khokhar; 3:20.99).
10000m: 1. Soji Mathew
(31:06.41), 2. Santosh Kumar
(31:06.57), 3. Sompal Poonia
(31:18.01).
3000m steeplechase: 1. Sachin
Patil (9:13.83), 2. Nagraj K. (9:19.79),
3. Yogendra Kumar (9:20.66).
Long jump: 1. K. Premkumar
(7.91m), 2. S.E. Shamsheer (7.50m),
3. Vighneshwar (7.46m).
Javelin throw: 1. Ravinder Singh
(68.24m), 2. Krishnanand Tripathi
(67.03m), 3. Gaurav Nehra (66.63m).
Pole vault: 1. K.P. Bimin (5.10m),
2. J. Preeth (4.90m), 3. Balakrishnan
(4.80m).
Women: 200m: 1. Srabani Nanda
(24.03s), 2. Dutee Chand (24.58s), 3.
Asha Roy (24.78s).
4x400m relay: 1. Central Railway
A (Ammu K, Niksy Joseph, Sushma
Devi, Dutee Chand; 3:47.76), 2. East-
ern Railway A (Sunanda Sarkar, Jhu-
CANDID: Carl Lewis says athletics has been in a
state of decline since his professional retirement,
amidst the latest doping storm engulfing the sports
governing IAAF. PHOTO: REUTERS
long jump golds amongst his
nine Olympic titles, said he was
not interested in dwelling on
ma Khatun, Asha Roy, Priyanka
Mondal; 3:53.09), 3. Western Railway
A (Josini, Jyoti Rani, Sinsha K. Pri-
yanka Panwar; 3:55.27).
10000m: 1. L. Suriya (34:14.23), 2.
Swati Gadwe (35:58.52), 3. Kiran Sah-
dev (37:11.14).
3000m steeplechase: 1. Parul
Chaudhary (10:51.40), 2. Manisha Sa-
lunke (11:02.98), 3. Monica Raut
(11:03.55).
Triple jump: 1. M. A. Prajusha
(13.07m), 2. Neena V. (12.92m), 3.
Amitha Baby (12.80m); Shot put: 1.
Manpreet Kaur (17.15m), 2. Saras-
wathi (13.76m), 3. Pinki Dey (13.36m).
Team points:
Men: 1. Western Railway (123), 2.
Southern Railway (107), 3. Northern
Railway (51). Women: 1. Central Rail-
way (116), 2. Western Railway (112),
3. Southern Railway (62).
Best athlete (male): Manikantha
Raj (South Central Railway); Best
athlete (female): Srabani Nanda
(East Coast Railway).
Team championship (men):
Western Railway.
Team championship (women):
Central Railway.
Best overall performance of mi-
nor unit: Indian Coach Factory.
Best overall performance of all
units: Western Railway.
the Johnson case.
I look at that like high
school, the 54-year-old said.
MOSCOW: Russias Liliya Sho-
bukhova has been stripped of
her London and Chicago mara-
thon titles after the IAAF said
on Thursday that all her results
since 2009 had been annulled
and her two-year doping ban
extended by 14 months.
The world governing body
for athletics issued a statement
saying the Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS) had ratified a
settlement agreement under
which Shobukhovas original
suspension had been prolonged
until March 2016.
Her results over the last six
years, it added, had also been
struck from the record books.
Organisers of the London
Marathon, which Shobukhova
won in 2010 and where she fin-
ished second in 2011, said they
will now be taking court action
to recover the prize and ap-
pearance money paid to the
Russian.
Irregularities
Shobukhova, who has also
been stripped of her 2009, 2010
and 2011 Chicago titles, was
originally suspended after ir-
regularities were detected in
her biological passport.
Her original two-year ban Reuters
| 19
Its like asking how did you do
in math class, what was your
grade? Its like 30 years ago.
Not the same
But Lewis said athletics had
not been the same since he end-
ed his career the year after the
1996 Atlanta Olympics.
I retired in 1997, and the
sport has been in a state of de-
cline since then. No one has
been able to stop that decline ...
no athlete, no administrators.
So I hope that when we get a
new (IAAF) president, the ath-
letes can stand and reach out to
the administrators and the fed-
erations, and do all we can to
make our sport grow.
Double Olympic 1500m
champion Sebastian Coe and
former pole-vault king Sergey
Bubka are competing for the
IAAF job. Reuters
Her results over the
last six years have
also been struck from
the record books
ran from January 2013, but the
IAAF appealed to CAS in order
to seek an extension on the ba-
sis of aggravating
circumstances.
The 37-year-old Shobukhova
featured in a German docu-
mentary in December which al-
leged systematic doping by
Russian athletes.
Financial redress
Nick Bitel, chief executive of
the London Marathon, said the
organisers would now be seek-
ing financial redress.
We will take action through
the English courts to recover
the prize and appearance mon-
ey paid to Shobukhova in 2010
and 2011, he said.
We will do everything we
can to ensure cheats are caught
and do not benefit from cheat-
ing and we continue to work
closely with the IAAF and other
authorities to improve out-of-
competition drug testing.
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Kim, Kanye click selfie with Hillary
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye
West on Thursday put up on Instagram a selfie with
Democratic Party presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
Jon Stewart INTERVIEW
signs off from
Daily Show
after 16 years Floyd Cardoz, a pioneer of
After 16 years, an
NEW YORK:
emotional Jon Stewart bid
goodbye to The Daily Show,
which was brimming with
warmth and genuine love for
the man who exposed politi-
cal hypocrisy through his
news parody.
Stewart, 52 hosted the
Comedy Central show since
1999. In his last episode, he
made an impassioned final
speech warning his audience
against falsehood that is de-
signed to obscure and
distract.
But before the final good-
bye, came a moment that
celebrated the many
achievements of the man,
who, as Stephen Colbert put
beautifully, was infuriat-
ingly good at his job.
A reunion
Former correspondents,
including Oscar-nominated
actor Steve Carell, of the
show lined up to bid him
farewell while recalling his
debt to their careers and the
legacy that he leaves behind.
You said to me and many
other people here years ago
never thank you because we
owe you nothing Thats the
few times I have known you
to be dead wrong. We owe
you not just what you did to
our careers by employing us
on this tremendous show
that you made. We owe you
because we learnt from
you, Colbert said, bringing
Stewart to tears.
We learnt from you...
how to work with clarity,
how to treat people with re-
spect. You were infuriating-
ly good at your job. All of us
who were lucky enough to
work with you for 16 years
are better at our job because
we got to watch you. We are
better people for having
known you. You are a great
artiste and a great man.
Stewart opened the show
by pretending to cover the
Republican debate, which
took place after the record-
ing of the final episode that
aired last night.
President Barack Obama,
who appeared on the show
recently, had called Stewart
a great gift to the country.
Hillary Clinton echoed
similar sentiments in her
tweet, saying, Missing Jon
Stewart already. #GOPde-
bate #JonVoyage H.
The show also included
testimonials from Craig Kil-
born (Stewarts predeces-
sor), John McCain and Bill
OReilly.
Rocker Bruce Springsteen
gave Stewart a perfect sen-
doff by taking to the stage
to perform on Land of Hope
and Dreams and Born to
Run with E Street Band.
PTI
Online hand washing
tool reduces risk of
catching infections
LONDON: A web-based pro-
gramme to encourage more
frequent hand washing re-
duces the risk of catching
and passing on respiratory
tract infections to other
household members, a
study of 16,000 British
households revealed.
Users of the programme,
called PRIMIT, also report-
ed fewer gastrointestinal
infections, a lower demand
for consultations with their
doctors, and fewer anti-
biotic prescriptions.
Our findings suggest
that a simple, cheap inter-
net programme to encour-
age hand washing can
reduce the risk of infection
by around 14 percent, said
lead author Professor Paul
Little from the University
of Southampton, England.
PRIMIT is a free-access,
interactive, web-based pro-
gramme.
Because most of the
population catches coughs,
colds, sore throats and oth-
er respiratory infections,
this could have an impor-
tant impact on reducing the
spread of these viruses in
the general population, and
also help reduce the pres-
sure on National Health
Service (NHS) during the
winter months, Little
added.
CM
YK
Global local
modern Indian food,
returns to his roots after
treading diverse culinary
paths abroad for 25 years
Shonali Muthalaly
H
omecomings can
be tricky. Espe-
cially when the
expectations are
high. When rumours about
Chef Floyd Cardozs immi-
nent return to India began a
year ago, they raged all the
way from New York to Mum-
bai.
A pioneer of Modern Indi-
an food, the Goan-born,
Mumbai-bred and Manhat-
tan-based Chef Floyd was re-
turning home after 25
successful years abroad.
What incredible culinary
feats would he attempt to im-
press India? Well, to begin
with, he served up chai and
pakoras, just in time for the
monsoon. And Mumbai was
charmed.
Set in the now-trendy
Lower Parel area at Kamala
Mills, The Bombay Canteen
deliberately thumbs its nose
at swish dining. Celebrating
local, seasonal produce, the
menu attempts to walk that
fine and undeniably tricky
line between honouring
tradition and appealing to
contemporary global diners.
Helmed by young Chef Tho-
mas Zacharias and guided by
Floyd Cardoz (who is official-
ly the Culinary Director
here), the teams quest is to
create food that diners con-
nect to emotionally.
Nominated for the presti-
gious James Beard award
four times, Chef Floyd fa-
mously opened Tabla one
Making sense of how cats took over the Internet
Jennifer A. Kingson
NEW YORK: While its not true self-fulfilling prophecy.
that 15 per cent of all Inter-
net traffic is cat-related, as a may well be the first main-
cat food company asserted in stream museum installation
2013, it makes a convincing entirely dedicated to cats on-
urban legend.
For some reason, cats images, videos and GIFs of
took off, and then its this cats and is meant to be a
avalanche that just sort of cultural deconstruction of
keeps piling up, said Jason their enduring popularity.
Eppink, the curator of How The show takes a high-mind-
Cats Took Over the Internet, ed look at anthropomor-
an exhibition that opens on phism and what it calls the
Friday at the Museum of the aesthetics of cuteness as
Moving Image here. People well as a lowbrow wallow
on the Web are more likely to through cheesy trends like
post a cat than another ani- the LOLcats who demand
Users also reported
fewer
gastrointestinal
infections and
lower demand
for consultations
with doctors
The programme has four
weekly sessions which ex-
plain medical evidence, en-
courage users to learn
simple techniques to avoid
catching and passing on vi-
ruses, monitor hand wash-
ing behaviour, and provide
tailored feedback.
Across three winters
from January 2011 to
March 2013, in the midst of
the season for flu and other
respiratory infections, re-
searchers enrolled 20,066
individuals aged 18 years
and older from 344 general
practices across Britain.
After 16 weeks, the risk of
catching a flu-like illness
was about 20 per cent low-
er in the PRIMIT group
compared to the control
group, and need for pri-
mary care consultations
and antibiotic prescrip-
tions were also reduced by
10-15 per cent in these indi-
viduals. IANS
LIFE THE HINDU SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015
NOIDA/DELHI
China remains worlds largest robot market Supplements trigger eating disorder
China has retained its rank as the worlds largest robot Consuming over-the-counter body-building supplements
market for the second successive year, media reported on may cause eating disorder, a study presented at American
Friday. It accounted for one-fourth of the worlds total. Psychological Associations annual convention has warned.
STAR TREK
A REUNION MINUS POSH
T he Spice Girls
are once
again set to
reunite but,
reportedly,
DEEPIKAS CLARIFICATION
D eepika Padukone, who debuted
opposite superstar Shah Rukh Khan in
Om Shanti Om, says nothing can ever
change her equation with the superstar.
Deepika had recently posted the first look
Victoria Beckham of her upcoming film Bajirao Mastani on
will not be a part
of this reunion.
Instagram, which will clash at the Box
office with SRK-Kajol starrer Dilwale this
Tabloid media
revealed that Geri
year, with hashtag #ChallengeAccepted.
The Piku star later edited the picture and
Halliwell, Emma
Bunton, Mel C and
removed the hashtag, but it seems the
damage was already done. Reportedly,
Mel B will reform for an international tour in
2016 which will see the 20th anniversary of
King Khan was left unhappy. When asked
Deepika about it, she says, I find it really
the bands debut single Wannabe that was amazing that some picture of my film with
of the worlds first successful released in 1996 and catapulted the five- a certain hashtag. Its amazing that some
modern Indian restaurants piece to global stardom. connection is found to some completely
Remembering her time as a Spice Girl the different film and it is blown out of
in New York and rain it
from 1997 to 2010 with res- 41-year-old former singer, who became proportion. I dont think any of these
taurateur Danny Meyer. In known as Posh Spice, posted a picture of her articles will ever come in my
2011, he competed and won group on Twitter and captioned it, love my way on my equation with
Season 3 of Bravos Top Chef Spice Girls. Shah Rukh. The actress
masters. Together Ginger, Posh, Baby, Scary and said it was ironic that
The next year he opened Sporty sold more than 75 million records when people were
North End Grill, a seasonal and had nine number ones, and their debut reading about the
American restaurant in New album, Spice, also made them the fastest- reported miff, Shah
York. He was also a culinary selling British act since the Beatles. ANI Rukh was sending her
consultant on The 100-foot Chef Floyd Cardoz has been nominated for the messages
journey, directed by Lasse congratulating her
Hallstrom (known for John- prestigious James Beard award four times and in PLAYING BOBBY FISCHER
on opening her
ny Depp-Juliette Binoche 2011 won Season 3 of Bravos Top Chef masters. foundation in the
field of mental
starrer Chocolat), a story PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
about Hassan, a talented T obey Maguire is
back on the big
screen to portray
health. PTI
young Indian chef, who be an ability to capture them, politan, he says. We use in-
wants to conquer the culi- and pass on that feeling of gredients that are legendary chess
champion Bobby
nary world. nostalgia mixed with wonder indigenous. Weve found
Fischer.
AZHAR IS NEXT FOR LARA
to his customers. lovely rat tail radishes, lauki
Home food I realised that most mil- and a huge range of local
The parallels between the lennials here did not pay greens. Were using green
Titled Pawn Sacrifice,
the movie details the
story of Bobby
L ara Dutta says she will be on her toes in
August as she has to complete the
shooting of Prabhudhevas directorial Singh is
story and my life were very much attention to their own massur and tuvar dals. Also
similar, says Cardoz, over home grown flavours and green chickpeas all things Fischers match-up Bliing and start working on Tony DSouzas
the phone from Mumbai. food. But at the same time, all we take for granted in India. with the famous directorial Azhar. She tweeted on Friday:
Hes discussing a particularly of us know we love these fla- Hes already picked his fa- Russian chess player Boris Spassky. Eeeyaaahhh!!!! Rolling up the sleeves
moving scene in which Has- vour because we crave vourites and unsurprising- Directed by Edward M. Zwick of Legends of and getting down to work in Aug!
san, who has impressed Paris them. He should know. ly, they all represent meals the Fall and Blood Diamond fame, who is Finish @SIBTheFilm , start
with his fancy French cook- When I left India in 1988, I hes nostalgic about. I love well known for his in-depth and detailed Azhar, and prep for
ing, samples an Indian colle- missed eating Goan sausage. sea food bhel, because it re- portrayal of complex characters and social @MissDiva2015!!
guess dabba, cooked and Really good roghan josh. minds me of coming home issues, Pawn Sacrifice is set in the Cold War Singh Is Bliing, which is a
packed by his wife. One taste Paya, the way my grand- from school for lunch in era. The movie features Liev Schreiber sequel to the 2008 hit film
of home cooking, and Has- mother made it. Mumbai. The keema reminds (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Boris Singh Is Kinng also features
sans moved to tears. It hap- This is why he heads me of when I was studying for Spassky. Akshay Kumar, Bipasha
pens all the time, says straight to his mothers din- my exams, and my friends Maguire, who is globally renowned Basu and Amy Jackson
Cardoz, discussing how food ing table whenever hes in and I would take a break at 1 for playing Peter Parker aka apart from Lara. The
can be a powerful memory Mumbai. Yesterday I had am to go to a road side cart for Spiderman, is also very film is releasing on
trigger. I eat Bacalhau in breakfast with her. We ate keema-pau. And Arbi tuk re- popular for portraying October 2.
Portugal and it reminds me home made sorpotel and minds me of my dog. Because complex characters such as in Azhar stars actor
of my great grandmother in Goan fish curry. the first time my wife cooked the movie Seabiscuit. Emraan Haashmi
Goa. I eat the pau in Brazil, Hence, The Bombay Can- it for me, we put it on the Considered as two of the greatest playing the role of
and it reminds me of Mum- teen is about celebrating In- counter and took the kids out players ever in the history of chess, former Indian cricket
bai. All chefs have those mo- dia. The look is old Bombay, for ice cream. When we came the duel between Fischer and Spassky captain Mohammad
ments. where I grew up. But the back, it was gone. Our dog ate is part of chess folklore. IANS Azharuddin. IANS
Floyds strength seems to food, like the city, is cosmo- it!
mal, because it sort of per- cheezburger and bad puns, dealing with the present on my owners chair); cat not own a cat and whose title nual Internet Cat Video
petuates itself. It becomes a like Caturday, a fad that had serves as a nostalgia gallery breading, where cat owners at the museum is associate Festival, a sort of Rocky
people posting cat pictures for anyone who has squan- place actual slices of bread curator of digital media. Horror Picture Show for cat
The exhibition which on Saturdays. dered the workday on pop- around their hapless pets They were being perform- lovers, a travelling reel of
The cornerstone of the ex- ular share-mails: There is face and take a picture; and ative and creative. videos that is screened
hibition is a 20-year timeline in a particularly up-to-
Clich Kitty, a frolicking kit- The exhibition reaches around the country and up-
that traces the history of cats ten in a field of dandelions the-moment cultural refer- back even further, showing dated each year. The Walker
line is made up mostly of on the Internet to 1995, that is blithely unaware it isence Trump Your Cat, what cat video historians be- has lent a hand here, too: one
when a news group a bul- being menaced from behind; which involves brushing lieve was the very first exam- area of the Astoria exhibi-
letin-board-type online Grumpy Cat (of course); and your cat and forming the ple of the genre: a tion, which occupies a pleas-
community that was an early Nyan cat, a cartoon image of loose fur into a Donald Kinetoscope shot by Thomas ant, open space on the
form of social media coa- a cat named for the Japanese Trump-style toupee on the Edison in 1894, of two cats in second floor of the white-
lesced around the members term for meow. cats head. a boxing ring sparring with walled and starkly modern
love of cats. From this began Even as far back as 1991, gloves. museum, is a screening room
Meowchat, where people Homages 1995, there was a whole com- The museum is not the with bench seating where a
swapped role-playing mess- There are homages to cat munity of cat lovers who first to present cat videos in half-hour reel of cat videos
ages posing as their cats, shaming, in which people found each other online and this context. Since 2012, the will be shown in a contin-
talking in a sort of baby talk. photograph their cats next to was doing creative things, Walker Art Center in Min- uous loop. New York
The part of the timeline confessional signs (I puked said Eppink, 31, who does neapolis has hosted an an- Times News Service
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