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PM SLAMS CHIEF MINISTER, RJD LEADER Says State needs a change from 'misgovernance, misrule
BJP will take Bihar out of BIMARU: Modi
Warns people
against allowing
return of jungle
raj Part 2
Amarnath Tewary
GAYA: Slamming Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar and Lalu
Prasad, chief of the Rashtriya
Janata Dal, ally of the ruling
Janata Dal(U), for ruining
Bihar in the past 25 years,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday called upon
the people of the State to
throw out the government in
the upcoming election and
take the State out of BIMA-
RU category.
(The acronym BIMARU
was coined in the early 1980s
to describe the backwardness
of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh
relative to the best-perform-
ing States.)
Mr. Modi took a dig at Mr.
Prasad who was incarcerated
in the multi-crore fodder
scam case.
Apparently overwhelmed
by the mammoth crowd at
the Gandhi Maidan here, he
said the turnout showed Bi-
har was on the path of
change. Criticising the previ-
ous RJD regimes jungle
raj, he asked the people if
they would like jungle raj
Part 2 in the State.
Peace pact only a formula to a
final accord, says Nagaland CM
Vijaita Singh
NEW DELHI: A day after meet-
ing Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, Nagaland Chief Minis-
ter T.R. Zeliang said here on
Sunday that the Naga peace
pact was only a formula to a
final accord.
Voicing confidence that
other rebel groups would
come on board after the sign- T.R. Zeliang is confident
ing of the agreement between that other rebel groups
the Union government and will come on board.
the National Socialist Coun-
cil of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) would visit Myanmar to meet
[NSCN(I-M)], he said at a S.S. Khaplang, the chief of the
press conference that a 16- NSCN(K), which had violat-
member Naga delegation ed the ceasefire agreement MANIPUR, ARUNACHAL CMS | PAGE 12
More botched up live
surgeries come to light
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: Sixty-two-year-old
Shobha Rams death due to al-
leged carelessness by doctors
at the All India Institute of
Medical Sciences here during a
live surgery last month has
brought out other botched up
cases in similar interventions
in the past.
Neeraj Nagpal, convenor of
Medicos Legal Action Group
and ex-president of Indian
Medical Association, Chandi-
garh, has in a doctors web fo-
rum written: Many years ago
during a live endoscopy work-
shop at AIIMS, I witnessed an
invited faculty trying to re-
move a 20-mm CBD stone [al-
so called bile duct stones or
gallstones in the bile duct], .
failing [which] the patient was
shifted to ICU
He went on to add that
carelessness isnt restricted to
AIIMS. Similar incidents have
happened at other hospitals
and many cases have reached
consumer courts too. He noted
that during a workshop, in a
procedure involving the heart,
a patient had to be shifted to
the OT for open heart surgery
which ended in her death. In
this case, the State Consumer
Dispute Redressal Commis-
sion awarded Rs.3,10,000 as
compensation, which was re-
duced to Rs.1 lakh by the na-
tional commission.
Meanwhile, AIIMS has re-
CM
YK
CITY | PAGE 3
AAP MLA ATTACKED
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MLA
Alka Lamba was hit by a stone at
Kashmere Gate here while she
was taking part in an anti-drug
drive early on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Nitish Kumar and Lalu
Prasad had ruined Bihar. BJP leaders Amit Shah (centre) and Sushil Kumar
Modi (left) and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan (second from left) attended the
rally in Gaya. PHOTO: RANJEET KUMAR
Jungle raj Part 2 now also
has jail experience and peo-
ple who come out of jail
would have learnt quite a few
new things So, if it comes,
all will be lost. Mr. Modi re-
ferred to the recent murder
of a BJP leader in Patna, and
said if this can happen in a
State capital under the nose
of the government, it heralds
the beginning of jungle raj
Part 2.
Mr. Modi, who termed the
RJD Rojana Jungle raj ka
Dar at the Muzaffarpur rally,
lution is found, in order to
make a new beginning, the
ZELIANG TO SPEAK TO ASSAM,
futed allegations of careless-
ness in the incident on July 31.
It clarified that the patient had
cirrhosis of the liver due to
hepatitis B virus infection and
liver cancer. He had a detailed
preoperative assessment for
feasibility of removing the tu-
mor surgically. During surgery
there was bleeding, a known
complication, and it was con-
verted into an open procedure.
After the bleeding was con-
trolled, the patient was shifted
to the ICU. Unfortunately, be-
cause of the underlying liver
disease the patient did not do
well and died. His relatives
were kept informed of the con-
dition after shifting him to the
intensive care unit and even
afterwards. The mortality of
this procedure in patients with
cirrhosis at most centres of the
world is in the range of 5-10 per
cent, it said.
The Medical Council of In-
dia has asked Delhi Medical
Council to submit a report.
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called the JD(U) Janata ka
daman aur utpidan (suppres-
sion and oppression of the
people).
Bihar needed a change in
governance, he said. Bihar
has always been in the fore-
front of any historic change
and now Ive come to take
your blessings to rid the State
of misgovernance and mis-
rule that has marked the past
25 years, he said, referring to
15 years of RJD rule and 10 of
the Janata Dal(U).
Those who were earlier
and ambushed an Army con-
voy killing 18 soldiers in Ma-
nipur in June.
I am ready to step down,
along with all members of the
Nagaland Assembly, if an ac-
ceptable and honourable so-
public indecency. Consider- a police station and allegedly
Chief Minister said.
His remarks are significant
as the region has a history of
rebel groups joining the po-
litical mainstream and even
assuming power after signing
of peace accords.
NEWS | PAGE 12
SONIA OPENS ANOTHER FRONT
NEW DELHI: Congress president
Sonia Gandhi has accused the Modi
government of diluting tribal land
rights and reducing budgetary
support for the welfare of tribals.
Nitish, Lalu
launch a
Twitter war
National Bureau
NEW DELHI: Soon after Prime
Minister Narendra Modi spoke in
Gaya on Sunday at the second of
his four public meetings in the
State ahead of the Assembly
elections later this year, Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar and
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu
Prasad took to Twitter to give a
point-by-point rebuttal of the
speech.
Responding to Mr. Modis veiled
reference to Mr. Prasads stint in
jail where, he said, one only
picks up criminal behaviour, Mr.
Kumar said: It is ironic that the
Prime Minister is referring to the
effects of a stint in jail right after
the speech of his party president
ruling India had now joined Amit Shah. The hint was at Mr.
together to ruin Bihar, he Shahs stay in jail in 2010 in the
said apparently referring to Sohrabuddin case. He referred to
the JD(U)-RJD-Congress al- then Prime Minister Atal Bihari
liance. Vajpayees advice to Mr. Modi to
Citing BJP-ruled States follow Raj Dharma during the
such as Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat riots of 2002.
Rajasthan, he said Bihar too Mr. Prasad said: I belong to a
needed to come out of the BI-
MARU category.
Within five years, well
community whose god [Krishna]
was born in a jail and broke the
jail bars to end the life of the evil
take Bihar out of the BIMA- Kansa, he said. He too pointed to
RU bracket and this is why a
BJP government an NDA
government is needed, he
Mr. Shahs incarceration.
PM BETRAYING PREJUDICES
declared. AGAINST BIHAR: NITISH | PAGE 12
Mumbai hotel raids spark
outrage; probe ordered
Omar Rashid police raided lodges and two-
star hotels in the Aksa and
MUMBAI: Mumbai Police chief Madh Island areas on Thurs-
Rakesh Maria on Sunday or- day afternoon. Couples who
dered an investigation into had checked into the hotels
raids in which the police for privacy were shocked to
rounded up 40 couples from find the police knocking on
hotels and lodges in the sub- their doors. They were pulled
urbs and charged them with out of the rooms and taken to
ing strong public reactions even manhandled for being
and criticism against the caught for indecent public
moral policing, Mr. Maria behaviour.
instructed Additional Com- The police said the raids
missioner of Police (North) followed complaints by the lo-
Fatehsingh Patil to conduct cal people about rampant
an inquiry. prostitution in the area.
Social media has erupted (With inputs from PTI)
with outrage against the po-
lice. A team of the Malwani
DISGRACEFUL | PAGE 12
NEWS | PAGE 13
INDIAN ARMY AT THE TOP
WORLD | PAGE 14
29 KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has KABUL: A suicide bomber in
again topped the popularity charts Afghanistan has killed 29 people,
on Facebook, beating foreign mainly members of armed groups
organisations such as the CIA, the that have clashed with security
FBI and NASA and Pakistan's Army. forces and insurgents in the past.
Economy shifting gears,
results of CII survey show
More sectors clock excellent growth during first quarter
TCA Sharad Raghavan
NEW DELHI: At a time when
government data give mixed
signals of an economic re-
covery, a survey by the Con-
federation of Indian
Industrys Associations
Council (CII ASCON) sees
early signs of a revival.
Of the 93 sectors sur-
veyed, the proportion that
recorded excellent growth
(faster than 20 per cent)
during the April-June quar-
ter of 2015-16 was higher, at
16.1 per cent, than the 7.1 per
cent in the corresponding
quarter of the last fiscal. tive growth and there has of less than zero fell to 23.7
The survey respondents been a significant and per- per cent from nearly 27 per
represented a wide range of ceptible positive movement cent in the corresponding
sectors comprising small, in percentage points re- quarter of the previous year.
medium and large enter- corded by many of the sec- However, the share of sec-
prises and, in many cases, tors which were in tors that witnessed a high
accounted for around 70 per moderate and negative growth rate (of 10-20 per
cent of the total industry growth category a year ago, cent) reduced significantly
output in their respective said Naushad Forbes, chair- to 9.7 per cent from 14.3 per
sectors. man, CII ASCON, and presi- cent a year ago.
What is especially signif- dent-designate, CII.
icant is that there are fewer The proportion of sectors SURVEY CALLS FOR EASING
sectors anticipating nega- that reported a growth rate INTEREST RATES | PAGE 12
Flood of suggestions after PM
seeks inputs for I-Day address
Nistula Hebbar want to hear on Independ-
The total number of ence Day.
NEW DELHI: A week from now, entries at MyGov.in Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO of
inching towards
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will make Indias first
crowd-sourced Independ-
the 10,000 mark
MyGov.in, said that suggest-
ions had been flowing in at
the rate of 500-600 a day.
ence Day address, and peo-
ple from across the country least two months a year.
At the last count, the total
number of entries (with
have very specific ideas they These suggestions have multiple suggestions per
want him to speak about been flooding the govern- entry) was inching towards
from announcing a scholar- ments own digital govern- the 10,000 mark.
ship scheme for young sci- ance portal, MyGov.in, These varied from hon-
entists in the name of the since July 26 when the ouring Kalam to setting up a
former President A. P. J. Ab- Prime Minister first an- patriotic tourism circuit.
dul Kalam to shifting the na- nounced that he wanted
tional capital to one of the suggestions from the citi- IDEA CAME FROM PMS
northeastern States for at zens on what they would AUSTRALIA VISIT | PAGE 12
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NOIDA/DELHI

A battered, but pleasant Sunday morning All of us will work from Tihar: CM
Delhiites woke up to the sound of rain falling on their Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal charges Prime Minister
windowpanes, which continued all morning, showing no Narendra Modi with creating obstacles for the AAP
signs of subsiding. >> Page 4 government in the Capital. >> Page 5

WITH OPTIONS TO RECORD & WATCH ON DEMAND, VIEWERS HAVE AMPLE CHOICE
SCREEN PRESENCE
Seeing the sub-continent
through vintage maps
HD channels steal Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Vintage maps pro-

vide a unique insight into how
cities and countries evolved
over time and how the world

viewers, blank out piracy

looked like without the mod-
ern day boundaries that de-
ne the way we are used to
seeing the world.
The Indian subcontinent
has looked very different
when envisioned by various
people who have drawn maps
over the years since the evo-
Jaideep Deo Bhanj lution of more accurate tech-
niques of map drawing from
ectangular tubs, stacked with the 15th century.

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DVDs, perched on rickety tables
were a common sight at markets
like Palika Bazaar, Nehru Place
and around ISBT terminals.
Youngsters would browse
through the plastic packets to
buy pirated version of the latest
movies, television shows, songs
in MP3 formats and even porn
movies for about Rs.100 per CD.
More recently, shops would even
copy content on a portable hard
drive so that users would be
saved the trouble of downloading
content.
Piracy was a nightmare for
those in the lm and music busi-
ness. But, of late, such shops have
stopped making a fortune from
these sales.
Suresh, who runs such an out-
let at Nehru Place, no longer sells
CDs. Instead, he has a steady
stream of customers who come
with empty pen drives as they are
no longer happy with a bad qual-
ity print.
All homes have at screen tel-
evision sets now and people have
gotten used to watching movies
on HD. When they watch a pirat-
ed print they are not happy with
the quality and have stopped
buying these . Even the latest mo-
vies from big production houses
hit the small screen a few months
after release, which is why people
are happy to wait, he says.
Satpal, another shop owner,
who is a favourite with dents in
Lajpat Nagar, says the demand
for American television shows is
ALSO, CHANNELS ARE COMING UP
WITH GOOD CONTENT. I NO LONGER
NEED TO FEEL BAD ABOUT
DOWNLOADING SHOWS ILLEGALLY
FROM THE INTERNET
With television offering a range of choice, the culture of DVD rental and downloading
has taken a back seat. FILE PHOTO
still high as they are Blue-ray
rips and have good sound. Tele-
vision and DTH receivers who
have the option to record, how-
ever, are about to change that.
A series of HD channels that
offer English entertainment
shows have revamped the con-
tent by telecasting shows that
are making waves globally at
their prime time slot.
Though re-runs of old seasons
are popular, they have taken a
backseat. Channels like Star
World HD, AXN HD, Colors In-
nity HD, StarPremierHD,
among others, now offer an ar-
ray of shows from different
genres that are released with
their global premiers or just a
season behind. With Video on
Demand services also taking
shape, viewers will not have to
rummage through the Internet
any longer to keep up with the
latest shows.
Anjali Sabharwal, an avid fol-
lower of American shows, says a
lot has changed over the past
year. In fact, she says, she has
even changed to a cheaper In-
ternet plan since she got her HD
recording box.
Now I just record shows and
watch them when I get time.
Also, channels are coming up
with good content. I no longer
need to feel bad about down-
loading shows illegally from the
internet. She also feels that
family viewing has shifted from
watching dumbed down Hindi
soaps, which have to keep taking
generation jumps to keep view-
ers engaged, to well-produced
shows like Master Chef Australia
that the entire family can watch.
Nagesh Kumar, however, feels
that the experience of watching
shows like Game of Thrones,
which have a lot of violence and
nudity that is integral to the
plot, is no fun on Indian televi-
sion because of all the cuts. He
says he prefers to stream con-
tent online.
Many reality show formats
that are popular abroad have
been converted to their Indian
version. But, these are full of
melodrama and edited in a way
that they are nothing like the
original show, says Nandita Sen
a college student who is excited
about binge watching the latest
releases on the Colors Innity
channel.
With channels providing lat-
est content in excellent quality,
and options to record and watch
on demand becoming popular,
the problem of piracy seems to
have been addressed as viewers
now have access to shows they
would earlier be forced to
download.
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To showcase how things
have evolved, the National
Museum is organising a two-
month show that will have on
display the countrys most
comprehensive private col-
lection of historic maps.
Hyderabad-based Kalakriti
Archive, is lending to the
show 70 maps that will form
the backbone of an exhibition
titled Cosmology to Cartog-
raphy that will take viewers
back in time to the beginning
of early cosmological repre-
sentations of the World of
Mortals and guide them
through the growth of mod-
ern map-drawing. It will
showcase the competing
global interests and inuen-
ces religious, economic and
political that have contrib-
uted to the perception of In-
dia as we understand it in the
present times.
National Museum Direc-
tor-General Sanjiv Mittal said
that the exhibition would fea-
ture an extraordinary variety
of painted and printed Indian
maps produced in the sub-
Modi, Obama to dot the sky Amit Trivedi to
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the 69th
Independence Day celebra-
tions, innumerable kites with
photographs of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and US Presi-
dent Barack Obama will dot the
city skyline.
There are two types of kites
depicting pictures of Modi, with
one mentioning Mahanayak
and Acche din, while the other
one has pictures of Modi and
Obama together.
Bollywood continues to be
the evergreen theme this year
with kites depicting photos of
One of the exhibits to be showcased at the
exhibition. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
continent and international-
ly, including original
manuscript representations.
Speaking about the show,
Prshant Lahoti, who heads
the Kalakriti Archive, said the
exhibition would also capture
the development of the Indi-
an printing industry, which
although established by Eu-
ropeans, came to be heavily
inuenced by Indian artistic
styles and technology. Mon-
umental original paintings of
profound religious symbol-
ism from the 15th to 19th
Centuries will be juxtaposed
with ground-breaking histor-
ical maps of India, many of
which are unique and have
never before been placed on
public view, he said.
The exhibition also fea-
tures cartographic depictions
of the ancient European con-
ception of the subcontinent,
and the rst vaguely accurate
maps of India made in the
actors Salman Khan, Shahrukh
Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ka-
reena Kapoor and other televi-
sion actors, available in the
market. In Old Delhi, there are
thousands of kite merchants
who lay their shops every year.
This time around their shops
are lled with kites of different
colours and sizes illustrating
pictures of politicians, actors
and cartoons.
Kites depicting Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal are
not there yet, a shopkeeper
said. PTI
wake of Vasco Da Gamas ar-
rival in 1498. In the more re-
cent times are maps of
medieval Hyderabad and
Bangalore, and the enlighten-
ment model of French Pon-
dicherry. Visitors will also
discover extraordinary plans
of future metropolises such
as Mumbai, Kolkata and Del-
hi, promise the organisers.
Two maps from the Na-
tional Museums collection
will also add to the exhibition
repertoire. One is an 18th-
century Rajasthani image of
Lord Krishna showing his
cosmic Vishwaroopa form,
while the other is a ve-cen-
tury-old watercolour work
showing Hyderabads Nizam
Ali Khan giving audience to
French envoy M. Bussy with
the Walled City as a sprawling
backdrop.
The special exhibition at
the National Museum will be-
gin on August 11.
perform in city
NEW DELHI: Music composer
Amit Trivedi, who is all set to
enthrall music lovers with his
performance in the Capital,
said performing in front of a
live audience is euphoric.
Trivedi will be performing
at the Closeup First Move
Party in New Delhi on August
19 at the Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium.
I love performing live be-
cause when you are doing it,
you see the crowd in front of
you, singing the song with you
in tandem. When the whole

Akshara Haasans innocent bride avatar JNU may set up a resource
NEW DELHI: Shamitabh actress
Akshara Haasan looked like a
fairytale bride in a pink lehen-
ga choli as she turned show-
stopper on Sunday for ace
designer Rina Dhaka at the day
three of the BMW India Bridal
Fashion Week (IBFW).
The 23-year-old stars fragil-
ity and innocence beautifully
complemented the heavily se-
quined outt.
The experience of walking
the ramp was lovely. This is my
second time on the ramp and
walking in something so beau-
tiful is amazing. Rina told me
to be calm, Akshara told re-
porters after the show.
The designer, who present-
ed her oral collection at the
ve-day event, could not stop
gushing about the actress and
said she is as beautiful as her
mother Sarika.
My lovely showstopper
must be of my sons age. I met
her mother when she was an
actor, that was long ago. I am so
happy that her daughter is as
beautiful as her and also very
centre for the visually impaired The highlight of her line
were the dimensional popping
owers and actual petals.
The look is essentially
light-weighed, pretty, femi-
nine and girly, Dhaka said.
The designer said it was a
kind of a fruity collection.
She developed special motifs
for the line. Keeping in tune
with the oral collection, the
designer stuck to colours like
lilacs, pinks with a hint of gold
as well to give it a bridal appeal.
Her outts have embroider-
ies from Lucknow and Aus-
trian crystals and she has used
Akshara Haasan turned showstopper on Sunday for traditional elements and given
designer Rina Dhaka at the India Bridal Fashion it a modern twist.
Week PHOTO: AFP Silhouettes included sarees,
skirts, gowns, lehengas
adorned with oral motifs. The
graceful, well-mannered and were created by Swarovski to designer made betting use of
well brought up girl, Dhaka bring out the mood of the leav- owers in the form of jewellery
said. es and the petals and then the and headgears.
Describing Aksharas lehen- 3D effect we have in her top, The headgear was the fun
ga-choli, which weighed not lace, cut work, putting in silk part. Head, neck, the owers
more than a kilogram, the de- chiffon owers. we created using ferns and pet-
signer said, First we devel- The designer said her collec- als, said Dhaka, who took
oped lace, then created tion was all about romance three months to prepare the
sequins, some of the crystals with a dose of ora and fauna. collection. PTI
NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU) is consid-
ering setting up a National
Resource Centre to develop
an online portal to provide
access to e-resources to the
visually impaired faculty and
students of various universi-
ties across the globe.
The Central Library of the
university is working on a
proposal for submission to
HRD ministry and Ministry
of Social Justice and Empo-
werment to set up a National
Resource Centre for the Vi-
sually Impaired Faculty and
Students of Higher Education
Institutions in India
(NRCVISHEI) and also to es-
tablish a consortia of Indian
University Libraries to full
its aims and objectives.
We plan to survey all the
State, deemed and Central
universities of the country
which are recognised by UGC
in order to nd out the exist-
As per the 2011 census,
there are 10.6 million
visually impaired
persons in India
ing facilities, needs and ex-
pectations of the Visually
Impaired Persons (VIPs),
varsity librarian Ramesh C
Gaur said.
Gaurs project, Reaching
the Unreached: Ensuring
Equal Access to Visually Im-
paired Faculty and Students
for Inclusive Education has
also bagged the highly com-
mended winner of the 2013
Emerald South Asia LIS Re-
search Fund Award.
After completion of survey,
to ne tune the proposal, a
brainstorming session will be
held at the varsity and sug-
gestions of all stakeholders
will be sought. Following the
survey, we will know about
the requirements and will
then prepare a proposal to de-
velop a searchable online por-
tal of course content of higher
education in the country. It
will help by avoiding duplica-
tion of efforts as content de-
veloped at one university may
be used by VIPs at other uni-
versities, he said.
The proposed centre aims
to collect, digitise, store, ana-
lyse and provide anytime,
anywhere access to e-re-
sources to VIPs of various
higher education institutions
all over the world in general
and of India in particular to
enhance their knowledge as
well to excel in their eld of
interest, he said.
As per the Indian Census
2011 report, there are 10.6
million visually impaired per-
sons in India and at least
three million are with mobil-
ity and learning disability.
PTI
crowd goes crazy behind what
youre doing, that feeling is
unmatchable. Its a very eu-
phoric moment. It is one of
the most amazing moment
for any artist on this planet,
said Trivedi.
Trivedi, who is known to
churn out hit dance numbers
like London Thumakda,
Gal Mitthi Mitthi Bol,
Emotional Attyachar as
well as soft songs like Ikta-
ra, Sawaar Loo and Manj-
ha, said his performance will
include all the favourite
songs.
Its all about having fun, so
I will be performing the num-
bers which people have loved.
The songs which are both my
favourites as well as audienc-
es favourite.
It will be a good mix as it is
a party to get away from all
your inhibitions and go out
there and have a blast, he
said. Trivedi is next compos-
ing for the Shahid Kapoor-
Alia Bhatt starrer romantic
comedy Shaandaar, direct-
ed by Vikas Bahl of Queen
fame.
The movie will release on
October 22. PTI

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Vikaspuri, Prashant Vihar, EDM),
M2K (Rohini, Pitampura), FUN
(Moti Nagar, Pitampura, Laxmi
Nagar, Karkardooma), DT (Saket,
Shalimar Bagh, Vasant Kunj),
Movie Time (Raja Garden,
Pitampura), Satyam (Patel Nagar,
Janakpuri, Nehru Place), Wave
(Raja Garden, Noida, Kaushambi),
BIG (Odeon, Noida, Vaishali,
Kaushambi), SRS Cinemas, Spice
(Noida), Galaxie, Star X (Vaishali),
Movie Palace, Movie Magic, M4U,
Chaudhary (Ghaziabad), Movie
World and Silver City
(Ghaziabad), Inox and Q Cinemas
(Faridabad).
BIN ROYE (New Release: Mahira
Khan, Humayun Saeed, Armeena
Rana Khan): Delite Diamond, PVR
(Saket, Citywalk, Naraina,
Vikaspuri, Prashant Vihar, EDM),
M2K (Rohini, Pitampura), DT
(Saket, Shalimar Bagh, Vasant
Kunj), Movie Time (Raja Garden,
Pitampura), Wave (Raja Garden,
Noida, Kaushambi), BIG (Odeon,
Noida, Vaishali, Kaushambi).
BANGISTAN (New Release:
Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat):
Delite, Batra, Amba, Gagan, G3S
(Rohini).
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-5 (Hindi
New Release): Delite, Abhishek
Cineplex. G3S (Rohini).
DRISHYAM (Ajay Devgn, Shriya
Saran, Tabu): G3S (Rohini),
Cinemax, PVR (Plaza, Rivoli,
Priya, Saket, Citywalk, Naraina,
Vikaspuri, Prashant Vihar, EDM),
M2K (Rohini, Pitampura), FUN
(Moti Nagar, Pitampura, Laxmi
Nagar, Karkardooma), DT (Saket,
Shalimar Bagh, Vasant Kunj),
Movie Time (Raja Garden,
Pitampura), Satyam (Patel Nagar,
Janakpuri, Nehru Place), Wave
(Raja Garden, Noida, Kaushambi),
BIG (Odeon, Noida, Vaishali,
Kaushambi), SRS Cinemas, Spice
(Noida), Galaxie, Star X (Vaishali),
Movie Palace, Movie Magic, M4U,
SM World, Chaudhary
(Ghaziabad), Movie World and
Silver City (Ghaziabad), Inox and
Q Cinemas (Faridabad).
BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN (Salman
Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Emraan
Hashmi): Golcha, Delite Diamond,
G3S (Rohini), Cinemax, PVR
(Plaza, Rivoli, Saket, Citywalk,
Naraina, Vikaspuri, Prashant
Vihar, EDM), FUN (Moti Nagar,
Pitampura, Laxmi Nagar,
Karkardooma), M2K (Rohini,
Pitampura), DT (Saket, Shalimar
Bagh, Vasant Kunj), Movie Time
(Raja Garden, Pitampura), Satyam
(Patel Nagar, Janakpuri, Nehru
Place), Wave (Raja Garden,
Noida, Kaushambi), BIG (Odeon,
Noida, Vaishali, Kaushambi), SRS
Cinemas, Spice (Noida), Galaxie,
Star X (Vaishali), Movie Palace,
Movie Magic, Chaudhary
(Ghaziabad), Movie World and
Silver City (Ghaziabad), Inox and
Q Cinemas (Faridabad).
BAHUBALI (Prabhas, Rana
Daggubati, Anushka Shetty,
Tamannaah, Sathyaraj): Amba,
Supreme, Aakash, Lokesh, G3S
(Rohini).
(BOOKING ENQUIRIES: PVR
51513391; Spice Gold
012043890000; Satyam Cinemas
25797385; Delite 23272903;
Wave 51832222)
Street food-fusion festival begins tomorrow
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of
Tourism has invited National
Association of Street Vendors
of India (NASVI) to set up 30
stalls of street food to cele-
brate Bharat Parva and also
to create a huge culinary plat-
ter where people can try out
all kinds of dishes from differ-
ent parts of the country.
This street food-fusion fes-
tival is coming to Delhi at the
Garden of Five Senses from
August 11 to August 15.
It will provide the perfect
platform for Delhities to gorge
on some of the best street food
from India without ever hav-
ing to leave their city.
This unique food festival
will offer a plethora of tradi-
tional dishes like Ball Mithai
and Jhangora Kheer from Ut-
trakhand, Ghevar, Daal Bhaati
Churma, Payaz Kachori, Mava
Kachori from Rajasthan, Ka-
kadabeli, Aloo Bonda, Mava
Jalebi, Daal Bae and Poha
from Madhya Pradesh, Litti
chokha, Ghughani Kachri,
Chandrakala, Longlatta from
Bihar, Kebabs from Lucknow
and many other dishes.
Talking about the food fes-
tival, NASVI National Coordi-
nator Arbind Singh said: It
will be an occasion to re-assert
that the grass-roots street
food entrepreneurs play a
wonderful role in poverty re-
duction, employment genera-
tion and enterprise building,
and they make cities charming The festival will be held at the Garden of Five Senses from August 11 to August 15.
FILE PHOTO
for all.

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SIMMERING TENSION

CLASH IN TRILOKPURI BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF OCTOBER RIOTS AAP MLA attacked
during anti-drug drive
Living in constant fear
Maria Akram
Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba was

allegedly attacked with a stone in north Delhis
Kashmere Gate area where she was participating
in an anti-drug drive early on Sunday morning.
The legislator from Chandni Chowk was injured
and was treated at Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital. Her
s Kanwariyas marched from block head was bandaged even

A
27, with some of them bursting as the medical report
recrackers, it triggered a clash DRUG PEDDLING termed the wound as
between two groups in east Del- CANNOT THRIVE superficial in nature.
The incident took
his Trilokpuri on Saturday night
and tension continued to simmer WITHOUT THE place around 6.30 am
in the locality that saw communal INVOLVEMENT OF while Lamba and her
violence in October last year. supporters visited
Around 9 p.m., some young LOCAL LEADERS Hanuman temple at Alka Lamba was treated at Aruna
men dressed in saffron cele- AND POLICE, Yamuna Bazar to begin Asaf Ali Hospital. PTI
brating the onset of their journey an anti-drug drive. She
carried out a procession and
SAID AAPS was telling us to give up Jatins interrogators said he has claimed
when some shopkeepers objected NATIONAL smoking beedis when innocence. He says he had just woken up and was
she suddenly dabbed a seeing the activity going on below the sweet
to the recrackers and sloganeer-
ing, it was immediately given a
SPOKESPERSON napkin on her head. She shop, said an officer. Lamba and other AAP
communal colour and people said someone had hurled a stone at her, said leaders saw the attack as a conspiracy. Apart
gathered. Bablu, one of the youths Lamba was speaking to. from tweeting their suspicions, the party also held
Eyewitnesses said a ght en- Immediately after the attack, Lamba pointed to a press conference and alleged that the attack
sued, which soon turned into a a young man perched on a sweet shop as the took place at the behest of Om Prakash Sharma,
bigger scuffle as men joined in on suspect. A police team accompanying her nabbed the BJP MLA from Vishwas Nagar.
both sides. Locals claim the police the suspect, later identified as 23-year-old Jatin. Two sweet shops in the temple complex belong
used mild lathi charge to break up BUSINESS AS USUAL: People carry on with their work at block 27 in Trilokpuri on Madhur Verma, DCP (North), said, He has been to Sharmas relatives. Jatin is alleged to be
the ght and disperse the crowd. Sunday. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR held and booked under IPC 323 (punishment for working at one of the two shops. The employees
Shops were shut down and ven- voluntarily causing hurt), said the DCP. of the two shops dismissed the allegations and
dors evicted from the block to has not been calm, said area mayan Singh, a fruit vendor at clashes had taken place since the Meanwhile, a 20-second CCTV footage, claimed no one in that name worked for them.
contain the tension. MLA, Raju Dhingan. Police are to block 27. Setting his cart just next riots. They said Saturdays clash captured soon after the attack and doing the AAPs national spokesperson Sanjay Singh
Ajay Kumar, DCP (East), how- be blamed as they arent taking to the spot where young men were wasnt the rst since the area was rounds on social media late on Sunday, demanded that police probe the role of the BJP
ever, denied there was any com- any stringent action against the celebrating, when people gath- rocked by communal violence two purportedly shows Lamba and one of her MLA. There have been many instances where
munal tension in the area. trouble-makers. Around 15 po- ered, he ran for cover leaving his months ago. Fear continues to associates ransacking the counter of the shop. political leaders names are linked with drugs
Trilokpuri is absolutely normal. licemen guarded the block 27 all Mangoes-laden cart behind. loom over us. People from both That led to the trending of the hashtag business. Drug peddling could not thrive without
There is no communal tension night. What happened last night has communities are scared and cops #YoAlkaSoFarji on Twitter. The authenticity of the the involvement of local leaders and police, he
there, Mr Kumar said. We did People from nearby blocks cost me Rs.2,500. are rough, said Rakhi Gupta, a video could not be immediately verified. alleged.
not have to use any kind of force gathered mistaking the re crack- The saffron coloured papers social activist in Trilokpuri. Ever
or lathicharge to disperse the ers for ring and bombs. Abrar with the Om symbol printed on since the riots broke out, alterca-
crowd. The police presence in the Ahmed, whose younger brother them, cut in rough triangles and tions between residents are com-
area on Saturday was a routine
affair and undertaken as a precau-
tionary measure. He, however,
Israr Ahmeds three-storeyed
shop in the same block was gutted
in re in October, was present
strung around the Trilokpuri lo-
cality, are also a new thing for the
residents. It is for the rst time
mon. Cops are called but they
dont register these cases.
In October 2014, communal
Attempt to gain political mileage: BJP
added that minor incidents of when the two communities gath- that these rows and rows of trian- riots had broken out in Trilok- Staff Reporter but we stronglycondemn the should have calledpolice and
scuffle between two groups keep ered. We immediately shut the gular saffron-coloured papers puri. The three-day spiral of vio- efforts to get political mileage civic officials instead of em-
happening in the area. shop fearing it will again be set on have adorned the area, said Mr lence had originated from a spot NEW DELHI: Coming down out of it. There is no connec- barking on such adrive with
Ever since the riots, Trilokpuri re. The shop next to theirs had a Dhingan. Almost every one that in block no. 20 before the festival heavily on the Aam Aadmi- tion whatsoever of BJP MLA political workers in toe. BJP
small re and the memories of the the reporter spoke with said the of Dussehra, when some locals or- Party, the BJP on Sunday OP Sharmawith the incident. also wishes to know, whatever
October riots came back. Fortu- same. Some people are doing this ganised a Mata ki chowki 50 slammed the party for at- The shop from which the be the mission of theMLA go-
EVER SINCE THE RIOTS BROKE OUT, nately, it was a small re and it deliberately to instigate the metres from a mosque. tempting to gain political MLA has allegedthat a stone ing to Hanuman Mandir pre-
was put out by the locals. We all crowd. Earlier, the Kanwariyas mileage by suggesting tha- was hurled at her and from cinct, who gave her
ALTERCATIONS BETWEEN RESIDENTS are trying our best to not let any of would peacefully march from the tOpposition legislator OP which the allegedculprit was theauthority to start the anti-
ARE COMMON. COPS ARE CALLED BUT these incidents are up. area but only this time theres so For feedback, please mail us at Sharma was behind the inci- caught is not owned or occu- encroachment drive with the
The entire area has turned in- much fanfare and loud music. cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in dent. Delhi BJP condemns pied by Sharma, said Rekha helpof her political workers?
THEY DONT REGISTER THESE CASES to a communal cauldron, said Ra- Residents said several such the unfortunate incident of Gupta, DelhiBJP general said Vijender Gupta, Leader
thismorning in which an secretary. of Opposition in Delhi As-
MLA Alka Lamba was injured The party said that Lamba sembly and BJP MLA.

Bid to export Two held for robbery Rally hits a roadblock Police afraid to deal
drug lands
man in jail
Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Two men have been

The mastermind behind
the robbery was Lalit
with drug addicts
arrested for an alleged daylight Kumar who had worked Shiv Sunny Officers in the area said
NEW DELHI: A differently-abled robbery at a property dealers as a driver with the
man, who had booked a parcel house in south-west Delhis NEW DELHI: While the Aam Aad-
there have been
to Spain through a courier Dwarka a few days ago. They victims family. He had mi Party questioned polices in- instances when addicts
company in which heroin was had thrashed the woman be- roped in two other tegrity in dealing with drug chased policemen with
concealed in the heels of vari- fore tying her up and placing a associates to execute the addicts and dealers in Kashm- used syringes
ous footwear, has been sen- sofa on her so that she could robbery ere Gate area, policemen said
tenced to 10 years jail term by not move, the police said. they are cautious about taking
a Delhi court. The robbers had made away on such elements. drug addict had pierced himself
Special judge Deepak Garg with original property docu- Their caution stems from with a needle and sprinkled it in
convicted 32-year-old Sand- ments worth crores of rupees plan and Lalit decided to enter their belief that several of the the eyes of a constable who had
eep Kumar, a resident of Ja- apart from some gold jewel- the picture. A few hours later, drug addicts living in the area approached him. The constable
landhar in Punjab, under the lery. Much of the robbed items he and Rahul visited the at. are HIV positive. Since these was left fearing for his life de-
provisions of the Narcotic have been recovered, said the Since the woman knew Lalit, addicts often share syringes to spite being aware about how
Drugs and Psychotropic Sub- police. she allowed the two inside and inject the Avil drug, an anti-al- HIV spreads.
stances (NDPS) Act. The mastermind behind the offered them soft drinks, said lergy medicine taken for recre- Police claimed that there is
... Prosecution has been robbery was Lalit Kumar who Ravindra Yadav, Joint CP ational purposes, the little role for drug dealers in
able to prove beyond reason- had, till a year ago, worked as a (Crime). policemen suspect them of be- these areas populated by thou-
able doubt that it was accused driver with the victims family. Lalit left the house in some- ing AIDS-infected. sands of homeless and poor
Sandeep Kumar who had He had roped in two other as- time, but that opportunity was Whenever we catch anyone persons. Homeless drug addicts
booked the parcel in question sociates to execute the robbery used by Sonu to sneak inside. supplying or consuming drugs, in the area said they opt for
which was recovered by the and had initially decided to Sonu and Rahul then pulled the addicts threaten to pierce cheap drugs such as the Avil in-
investigating agency on stay out of the actual action to out a pistol and thrashed the us with used syringes. So we jections and intoxicating inhal-
March 30, 2010, from the of- avoid being identied. woman while asking her about generally keep away from ants which can be procured
ce of M/s Aramex India Pvt According to the plan, on any cash kept in the house. them, said a policeman. from chemists and hardware
Ltd, New Delhi which was August 3, his associate Sonu The woman, however, man- Officers in the area said there shops.
found containing 460 gm of knocked on the victims door aged to untie herself and reach have been instances when ad- The Kashmere Gate area in
heroin and it was bound for pretending to be dumb and a the balcony to raise an alarm, dicts chased policemen with north Delhi is sought after by
Spain..., the court said. Be- beggar boy. When the woman which forced the robbers to
A day before its scheduled rally to Parliament, Yogendra Yadav, used syringes. One such inci- almost one-fourth of the citys
sides the jail term, the court refused to open the door, he ee with some gold jewellery Prashant Bhushan-led Swaraj Abhiyans tractor march as part of dent took place only three-four homeless due to availability of
also imposed a ne of two lakh returned to Lalit who was and property documents. its ongoing farmers movement, that began from Punjab, was months ago. The policemen are shelter homes, free food and
rupees on the convict and said waiting outside in a car with Based on a tip-off, Lalit and stopped by the police at the Delhi-Gurgaon Kapashera border on scared of taking them on, said vast open areas for defecation,
he attempted to export the their third associate Rahul. Sonu were nabbed from Dwar- Sunday. PHOTO: MANOJ KUMAR an officer on condition of ano- says an NGO working for the
contraband out of India. PTI They then changed their ka area on Friday. nymity. In another incident, a homeless in the area.

19-year-old girl helps nab DELHI TODAY

snatcher in Patel Nagar
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: In a rare display of
courage, a 19-year-old girl
caught on to a snatchers col-
lar though he kept thrashing
her with his helmet in central
Delhis Patel Nagar area.
Though many people mere-
ly looked on while she fought
off the snatcher, her brave act
drew some people to her aid as
they nabbed the suspect.
Kritika had been trained in
self-defence by a police team
sometime ago. Parmaditya,
DCP (Central), said police
were planning to reward Kriti-
ka with a sum of Rs.5,000 as
her brave act could motivate
other women too.
The incident took place on
Saturday evening while Kriti-
ka, a second year BCom stu-
dent at Delhi University, was
Paintings: "Integration Of Inno-
vations The Technicalities In Life" -
Solo show of paintings by Aashish Mo-
on her way back home from ga at Convention Centre Foyer, India
tuitions. As she got off a rick- Habitat Centre (IHC), 10 am - 8 pm
shaw and walked away, a mo- Dance: India International Rural
torcycle-borne man tried to Cultural Centre presents Kathak
snatch away her mobile dance by Divya & Diksha Upreti at
Manava Bharati India International
phone. School, Panchsheel Park, at 9 am and
Afraid of being caught, the Veer Savarkar Govt. Sarvodaya Kanya
snatcher began hitting my Vidyalaya, No.1, Kalkaji, 11 am
daughter with a helmet on her Recital: Sitar Recital By Sameep
head and face. But she did not Kulkarni from Pune, Lecture Room -
2, Annexe Building, India Interna-
let him go and instead fought tional Centre (IIC), 6:30 pm
back, said Kritikas father Ra- Recital: Bharatiya Jnanpith pre-
jesh Matta, a businessman. sents Poetry recital by poetesses Suja-
Identied as a resident of ta, Jyoti Chawla and Mridula Shukla
Karol Bagh, Pavan Giri has at Habitat World, India Habitat Cen-
tre (IHC), 7 pm
been arrested and booked for
Workshop: Clover Leaf Learning
snatching and assault. Academys Free Workshop on Past
Giri is alleged to be involved Life Regression Therapy at Constitu-
in several other snatching tion Club, Ra Marg, 3 pm
cases in central Delhi areas. Screening: Habitat Film Club
The motorcycle used by him presents "Tamas (Darkness)" lm
screening in two parts at Habitat
in the crime has been seized. World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 7
Kritika suffered injuries on pm
her face, but she is out of dan- (Mail your listings for this column
ger. at cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in)

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MONSOON BLUES

MANY ROADS TURN INTO SEASONAL RIVERS GIVING MOTORISTS A TOUGH TIME; SHOWERS TO CONTINUE TILL AUGUST 12

A battered, but pleasant Sunday morning

Jaideep Deo Bhanj
D
elhiites woke up to the sound of
rain battering their windowpane,
which continued all morning.
The solace was that it was a Sun-
day and people could get back to
bed and enjoy a few more hours
of shut-eye..
Many of the city roads turned
seasonal rivers and people had a
fun time uploading photos of the
water logging in their area on so-
cial media. For those who had to
step out, it was a nightmare as the
city received 30.2 mm of rain be-
tween 6.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m put-
ting the citys drainage system to
test.
Low-lying areas turned swim-
ming pools as the Safdarjung ob-
servatory recorded 41.2 mm rain
through the day.
The rain was, however, not the
seasons highest, which was re-
corded at 93.8 mm on July 11.
The rain managed to bring
down the mercury considerably
and the maximum temperature
settled four notches below nor-
mal at 29.6 degrees Celsius and
the minimum was at 25.0 degrees
Celsius although humidity oscil-
lated between 82 and 98 per cent.
Palam received the heaviest
rain of the season with 101.4 mm
between 6.30a.m. and 11.30 a.m..
The visibility at the airport drop-
ped to 400-800 metres. The
movement of ights, however,
remained normal.
Palam, Lodhi Road, Ayanagar
and the Ridge observatories re-
corded 52, 27, 71.7 and 52 mm
rainfall respectively between 8
30 a.m. and 5 30 p.m. according to
data released by the MeT depart-
ment
IT WAS A BLESSING THAT THERE WAS
NO TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS IN THE
MORNING OR ELSE IT WOULD HAVE
LED TO LONG TRAFFIC JAMS
The weatherman predicts
more showers till August 12 and
the forecast for Monday reads,
Generally cloudy sky with rain
and thundershowers at many ar-
eas of the city. The maximum and
minimum temperatures will be
around 31 and 25 degrees Celsius
respectively.
Ronit Chaudhury, who was on
his way to office on a Sunday, said
that it was a blessing that there
was no traffic in the morning, or
else it would have led to mam-
moth traffic jams.
The North Delhi Municipal
Corporation reported 35 cases of
water logging and four cases of
tree falling with Rohini Zone
having the most number of com-
plaints at 20.
The South Delhi Municipal
Corporation reported 17 reports
of water logging and seven cases
of tree falling in Central Delhi.
South Delhi zone reported 13
cases of water logging and the
West zone reported 21 cases of
water logging.
For feedback, please mail us at
cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in
Kanwarias
walk on
highway
Staff Reporter
GURGAON: Heavy rain on Sunday
morning led to water-logging
across the Millennium City. The
worst-affected areas were Golf
Course Road, the Hero Honda
Chowk, IFFCO Chowk metro
station, Manesar, Old Delhi Road,
Signature Tower, Cyber City, and
the HUDA City Centre metro
station.
Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway,
Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, and the
Cyber City area were cleared of
the stagnated water by late
afternoon. Golf Course Road was
already in bad shape because of
the ongoing construction for the
Rapid Metro Phase-II and the road
widening project of the HUDA and
the DLF. Then the monsoon rain
early last month damaged the
road creating big pot holes. And
now this rain for three-four hours
has completely washed it off at a
few spots, said Anuradha
Kashyap, a DLF Phase-I resident.
The other areas that witnessed
water-logging were Signature
Tower, HUDA City Centre metro
station, Palam Vihar, Bajhera,
Wazirabad, Manesar, Miyanwali
Colony, and Sector 9, 10,15, 17, 18,
21, 22, 23 and 44. The roads of
major licensed colonies such as
Sushant Lok-I, Ardee City,
Mayfield Gardens, Nirvana
Country, South City-I, and Malibu
Town were also submerged.
With the roadsides filled with
water along Delhi-Gurgaon
Expressway, kanwarias could be
seen walking on the highway.
The lane marked for us is filled
with water at several points. We
Youngsters had a play time on Sunday, while vehicles struggled to make
know it is dangerous to walk on
road, but we are left with no
their way through water-logged roads and officials swung into action to option, said Vijay, a kanwaria.
clear water. PHOTOS: V. SUDERSHAN AND SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR.

From today, safety audit begins on Spectre haunts senior police officers
Badarpur-Faridabad metro stretch
With 6 snags,
overhead
equipment
spell trouble
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: With six major
technical snags so far, the
overhead equipment seem
to be giving nightmares to the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC).
It is mainly because of the
overhead electrication
(OHE) wires that the metro
has been grounded several
times over the past few
months.
According to official data,
the DMRC has reported six
While partial energy requirements of the corridor would be met by solar incidents of major technical
power, different teams of the DMRC are working on areas like electric wires, failures till July this year with
communication system, and track safety. FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR ve or more than ve round
trips cancelled.
Staff Reporter According to the Urban De-
Some joint commissioners have already got marching orders to accommodate
a couple of special commissioners. Similar orders expected in the coming days
A spectre is haunting ar-
guably senior police bu-
reaucrats posted at the Delhi
process of restructuring of
fees paid to government
lawyers. The High Courts
public prosecutors have to
be paid within four weeks
of being cleared by the
Vihar have threatened to
take over the job if the gov-
ernment does not act soon.
Police headquarters. action will provide relief to standing counsel. Sources said the govern-
According to a source privy
to the situation, a handful of
a large number of lawyers
representing the Delhi gov-
The High Court has been
monitoring the issue of de-
ment is more worried
about how to keep frayed
joint commissioners have al-
ready got marching orders to
ernment
agencies.
and Central lay in court trials since
2009 due to insufficient
temper of the ve lawmak-
ers in control than thinking
accommodate a couple of The system for clearance of public prosecutors and of ways and means to de-
special commissioners. Simi- non-payment of their fee. congest the city.
lar orders, the source said, are
expected to be issued to oth-
ers in the coming days.
The three newly-appoint- Ever since the AAP has Chief Minister Arvind Kej-
ed senior special commis- formed government in Del- riwal not only likes politics
sioners, it has been decided, hi, its ve MLAs have been but is also a movie buff. The
need the bigger offices in- constantly pressing for the AAP convener on his Twit-
stead of joint commission- demolition of the BRT. ter handle keeps posting
ers, the source said. Though the Cabinet has al- about which movie he
At least two joint CPs ready given its approval for watched and liked. Some
have been asked to shift to payments to government scrapping the 5.8-kilo- AAP MLAs have taken this
counsels will be changed
departmental facilities in dif- metre segregated freeway too seriously and, what
following the High Courts
ferent parts of the Capital so for buses and has told the seems like an assignment
directions. Inputs in this
far, the source said, adding public works department for them, watch the movies
connection will be provid-
that the existing seating ar- to start dismantling struc- that the CM likes. Recently,
rangements continued to be ed to the Delhi government tures bus platforms and Chandni Chowk MLA Alka
under review. by its standing counsels for shelters built in the middle Lamba
civil and criminal matters. of the corridor, kerbstones watched Drishyam after
The Delhi government had to segregate bus corridor Mr. Kejriwal praised it.

NEW DELHI: Almost four months Parking lots to remain closed velopment Ministry, which
has administrative control
earlier informed a Division
The issue of non-payment Bench of the High Court
from the remaining road
space as soon as the mon-
However, she mistakenly
wrote a dialogue of the up-
after trial runs began, the Ba- over the DMRC, the incidents of salaries to government that deliberations had soon is over and has even coming movie, Manjhi,
darpur-Faridabad stretch of Staff Reporter parking lots would be occurred in the months of counsels and public prose- started for reforming the sanctioned Rs. 60 crore for while she happily tweeted
the Delhi metro will nally be closed from6 a.m. March, May, June and July cutors has caught the at- system. the purpose, the ve MLAs about Drishyam.
inspected for safety from NEW DELHI: Parking facilities onAugust 14till2 on the Yellow Line that con- tention of the Delhi High According to the directions from Ambedkar Nagar, (Contributed by Jatin
Monday. The Commissioner will not be available at p.m.onAugust 15. The nects Jahangirpuri with Hu- Court, which has issued di- of the Bench, the bills of Greater Kailash, Kasturba Anand, Mohammad Iqbal
of Metro Railway Safety Delhi metro stations DMRC has instructed the da City Centre, and the Blue rections for expediting the government counsels and Nagar, Deoli and Sangam and Maria Akram)
(CMRS) will carry out the fromAugust 14till next day parking contractors to use Line that connects Noida/
mandatory inspection till afternoon as part of the this opportunity for Vaishali with Dwarka.
Wednesday, DMRC officials scaled-up security in view thoroughly cleaning of the One incident has come to
said.
The CMRS would carry out
the inspection from August 10-
of the Independence Day
celebrations.
As per the Delhi Metro
parking lots. We will also
depute our officials to
inspect the parking sites
light in reply to a Lok Sabha
question, wherein 350 pas-
sengers had to be de-boarded
Create dedicated organ transfer corridor
12. This would take the open- Rail Corporations for strict compliance, it from a train entering the Ya- Bindu Shajan Perappadan permanent dedicated organ through organ donation.
ing of the line to the next step. (DMRC) advisory, the said. muna Bank station India needs 2,00,000 corridor is not possible in Lack of awareness, ab-
While partial energy require- around10.48 p.m. onMay 11. NEW DELHI: The many suc- kidneys, 50,000 city like Delhi, which has sence of effective and com-
ments of the corridor would be Secretariat, Lajpat Nagar and Sector 28, Badkhal Mor, Old During fault rectication cessfully green corridor almost highest number of prehensive policies, and
met by solar power, different Kalkaji Mandir. The depot for Faridabad, Neelam Chowk Aj- at night, it was found that creation for organ transfers
hearts and 50,000 vehicles in the country and myths and misconceptions
teams of the DMRC are work- the section, Arjonda Depot, ronda, and Bata Chowk. some miscreants had tried to has city planners and doc- livers for narrow roads at most of the are major issues in prevent-
ing in full swing on areas like has been constructed near For solar power generation, steal automatic tensioning tors wondering why the transplantation each places, said Mr. Kapila. ing people to adopt dona-
electric wires, communication Sector 20 A. nine facilities have been in- device, the reply said. ambitious ambulance lane He suggests that the best tion as a practice, say city
system, and track safety, an The extension of the Badar- stalled at the stations and one Funds incurred on repair
year, claim doctors
for the city has been measure possible is to cre- doctors, adding that India
official of the DMRC said. pur-Escorts Mujesar metro at the Arjonda Depot. They and maintenance work of the shelved. ate dedicated organ trans- needs 2,00,000 kidneys,
The 14-km section is an ex- route up to Ballabgarh in Fari- will collectively produce metro have also seen a steady K .K Kapila, chairman, frastructure, and failure of fer corridor. 50,000 hearts and 50,000
tension of the ITO- Badarpur dabad district is expected to 1,660.4 kWp (kilowatt peak). rise over the last three years, International Road Feder- public transport system. This is the concept livers for transplantation
line (Line 6) of the network become operational by the end The power generated will be with Rs. 312.04 crore spent in ation (IRF), speaking about The term, green corridor, world wide also. Signages each year.
with which the Delhi metro of 2017, the officials said. The used for the lighting and other 2014-15 from Rs. 199.93 in the need for robust trans- means an obstruction-free come up and vehicle own- Dr. Sandeep Guleria, se-
will make its rst entry into metro had made its foray into auxiliary requirements of the 2012-13. port facilities for ambu- route for transporting orga- ers leave one dedicated lane nior consultant surgeon,
Faridabad. Once fully oper- Haryana ve years ago and stations and depot buildings, The metro had earlier re- lance, and organ donation ns quickly. for organ transplant. This General Surgery, GI Sur-
ational, it will span from with this project, the DMRC the officials said. placed all its overhead and transport cases said, At present, a dedicated will help non-disruption of gery and Kidney Trans-
Kashmere Gate to Escorts Mu- will further expand its oper- In total, the DMRC has so faulty insulators, which en- Traffic congestion is a re- lane from place of organ do- traffic and timely organ plantation, Apollo
jesar having a length of 43.4 ations in the neighbouring far commissioned solar power sure that electricity does not ality in Delhi. Ambulance nation (hospital/airport) is transportation timely, he Hospital, said, It is a global
km. State. facilities with a generation ca- pass on to supporting masts and other traffic is often created by the traffic police said. fact that demands for orga-
It will have a total of 32 sta- Apart from the Mujesar ter- pacity of approximately 2,800 or poles, of the Blue Line. slowed down because of on- and NGOs to ensure snarl- Meanwhile, it isnt just ns far exceed their supply.
tions, including ve inter- minal station, the upcoming kWp with plants at various sta- Those had caused frequent going metro rail construc- free traffic. It is mostly lack of clear transportation But, in India the difference
change stations Kashmere stations are Sarai, NHPC tions and depots across its snags disrupting rail oper- tion, indiscriminate done without disrupting facilities that is hampering is exceedingly more
Gate, Mandi House, Central Chowk, Mewla Maharajpur, network. ations in the recent past. digging, poor drainage in- the normal traffic ow. A the process of saving lives striking.
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KEJRIWAL ACCUSES POLICE OF TARGETING ITS MLAS AT THE BEHEST OF MODI

SCATHING ATTACK
Rental market thrives
Sweta Goswami

All of us will surrender

NEW DELHI: As the slow-down
in Delhi NCRs residential re-
al estate market continues,
the rental market, on the oth-
er hand, is thriving and soar-
ing rapidly. Property prices in
and around the Capital have

and work from Tihar: CM

Staff Reporter venge. They spend 24-hour a day
thinking how to stall our work. In
seen a meagre one per cent
increase, but surprisingly,
rental values have surged as
much as 16 per cent in just a
year.
Indicating a clear shift in
consumer behaviour from the
need to buy a house to the
ease of living on rent near

C
hief Minister Arvind Kejriwal our ght against corruption we ones workplace, rental prices
once again charged Prime Minis- had arrested more than 50 offi- in Delhi have spiked by an av-
ter Narendra Modi with creating cers till June 8. erage of ve per cent in the
obstacles for Aam Aadmi Party But on that day, Modi sent past one year. In fact, the
government in the Capital. Ac- paramilitary forces and captured changing reality of the hous-
cusing Delhi Police of targeting our ACB. In the last two months, ing sector comes across even
its MLAs at the behest of Mr Mo- there has not been a single arrest. more clearly if the National
di, Kejriwal said all 67 party Either let us work or you work. Capital Region (NCR) is taken
MLAs were ready to work from Take the ACB from us but do into account.
inside Tihar jail. something Modiji, Kejriwal At 16 per cent, Greater Noi-
In six months, they have ar- said. da has witnessed the highest
rested three of our MLAs. But we He also invoked AAPs public hike in house rents among all
have 64 more MLAs and at this rhetoric saying he (Modi) con- other regions.
pace they wont be able to arrest tinued to trouble us as is his hab- This is followed by the oth-
all of us even in 10 years. Delhi it, while we (AAP) continued to er satellite city, Ghaziabad,
Police is after our MLAs, it has no work. which has seen a 10 per cent
time for peoples security. I have The CM said that Delhi gov- increase. Noida, Gurgaon and
told them, all of us will surrender ernment had carried out un- Faridabad depicted a similar
and work from Tihar, Kejriwal precedented development work trend with a four per cent rise
said. in the health, and power sectors, in rental prices between April
He was speaking at an event in giving compensation to farm- 2014 and June 2015, revealed
organised to launch work for the ers, in developing unauthorised a report released by realty
upgrade of Burari hospital in colonies in its rst six months in portal 99acres.com.
North Delhi from 200 to 800 office. The amount of work we According to Narasimha
beds as planned earlier. have done in six months is un- Jayakumar, Chief Business
The chief minister also used precedented. No government in Officer at99acres.com, the
the platform that pitched for independent Indias history has positive performance of the
2017 municipal elections in Del- done this much work in six rental market in Delhi NCR
hi. Mr Kejriwal asked people to months...we have opened air con- can primarily be attributed to
vote for AAP with as much gusto ditioned dispensary within six an increase in office space ab-
in the MCD elections as well. months of forming government sorption by IT/ITeS and e-
Launching a scathing attach on in a slum area. commerce rms. There is a
The Chief Minister was speaking at an event with regard This was not imaginable be- huge inux of companies
to upgrading a government hospital in Burari in North fore. 15 such clinics would be opening their offices in NCR.
IN SIX MONTHS, THEY HAVE ARRESTED Delhi FILE PHOTO opened in the Burari constitu- This is expected to keep the
ency, he said. commercial and home rental
THREE OF OUR MLAS. BUT WE HAVE 64 the Prime Minister, Mr Kejriwal 8. Since then, AAPs ght against markets upbeat, especially in
MORE MLAS AND AT THIS PACE THEY alleged that Mr Modi had cap- graft has come to an abrupt end, Noida and Gurgaon, he said.
tured the anti-corruption Kejriwal said. For feedback, please mail us at The expansion of Delhi
WONT BE ABLE TO ARREST ALL OF US branch of Delhi government us- BJP, whom you had given cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in metro has also improved sen-
EVEN IN 10 YEARS ing paramilitary officers on June three seats, is after taking re- timents in certain pockets of
the overall market.
However, it seems to have
impacted the rental values
more than the capital prices, At 16%, Greater Noida Gurgaon may be because of
the report stated. For exam- the numerous IT rms mush-
Sanitation and has witnessed the
Pre-marital counselling cell is defunct cleanliness
ple, in Greater Noida con-
struction work on the
Noida-Greater Noida Metro
corridor commenced in June
highest hike in house
rents, followed by
rooming in the area, but in
Noida it is mainly because of
improving connectivity, cou-
pled with developing enter-
Maria Akram because much of the that married/unmarried drive launched Ghaziabad. Noida,
this year. tainment hubs.
marital discord later can couples go for counselling While the metro link is slat- Gurgaon and Faridabad, According to a report pub-
NEW DELHI: Delhi be resolved before only when things arent Staff Reporter ed to be operational in 2018, reveals a report lished by CBRE, office leasing
Commission for Womens People dont see marriage. right between them, said rental prices in the area have activity gained momentum by
pre-marital counselling Ours is a patriarchal Dr Sameer Kalani, NEW DELHI: The municipal cor- already skyrocketed by 16 per 70 per cent in Delhi-NCR, es-
cell, ever since its
pre-marital counselling society and women are consulting psychiatrist, porations of East and North cent. realty sentiments. pecially in Gurgaon and Noida
inception in 2008, never of any use. Women always told to adjust. It is Cosmos Institute of Delhi launched a sanitation- Similarly, Ghaziabads East Delhi witnessed the during April to June 2015.
took off. The counsellors come to us only when necessary for both men Mental Health and cum-cleanliness drive on Vaishali saw the highest ap- highest uptrend in the zone by Global IT giants, Oracle and
under the programme are something happens and women to understand Behavioural Study. Sunday to improve the level preciation in the rental graph 10 per cent between April and NTT Data have leased out 1.25
meant to educate men and that they are equal, said While women are still of cleanliness and sanitation. by 18 per cent from April- June 2014 and 2015, followed lakh sq ft of space in Noida
women before and after one of the counsellors. better at adjusting to the The rst phase of the drive June 2014 to the same quarter by Dwarka with a spike of six recently. Presence of IT ma-
marriage about their rights We tell them small things new set-up after marriage, will be run from August 10 to this year. per cent in rental amount. jors creates more demand in
and the adjustments that always remained locked. such as sharing household PMC is important for men August 20 while the second Naturally, the proposal to South and West Delhi clocked the rental market as they at-
one has to make. PMC cell The helpline number chores, how it is ok for as the culture is such that phase will be launched on Au- expand the Vaishali metro an increase of ve and four tract workforce from all over
isnt functional and it provided is also out of men to do the laundry. But they arent counselled by gust 25 and will continue link to Mohan Nagar seems to per cent, respectively. the country, said a real estate
never was. We are going function. Officials at the when there is marital their parents about the through the festive season till have given a massive llip to The spike in rental values in analyst.
through each programme commission say that they discord, they go for changes after marriage. At November 18.
taken up by the havent got any couples counselling. some places, along with According to the mayors of
commission and it was looking for pre-marital Even psychologists PMC, couples even go for
found that though this
programme was launched
counselling while their
other programmes did
agree that PMC as a
concept is yet to register
pre-marital medical
counselling. But, it will
the two corporations, the
sanitation-cum-cleanliness
drive would emphasise on
Hand washing practice
nothing was done.
Depending on the
popularity of this concept,
quite well. People dont
see pre-marital
counselling of any use.
among people. With
substantial number of
marriages still being
take time for Delhiites to
understand the
importance of such
micro-level monitoring over
day-to-day cleanliness of all
areas, lifting of solid waste,
low among health staff DEATH

we will decide whether to Women come to us only arranged in India,
keep this programme or when something happens, psychologists say that the
not, said Swati Maliwal, said an official. PMC becomes all the more
chairperson, DCW. The Counsellors at the important as it is a good
room is there with the commission also agree that way to know each other.
nameplate but it has PMC is very important There is a perception
WEATHER WATCH (City-wise reading yesterday) Seven colonies brought
For metros highlighted, readings show max temperature
under sewerage network
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: In an effort to bring
more colonies under the sew-
erage network, the Delhi Jal
Delhi | 30.8 C Board (DJB) has connected
seven new unauthorised col-
onies recently.
In a statement on Sunday,
the DJB said it had laid sewer
Kolkata | 36.1 C lines and connected Chana-
kya Place, Sitapuri, Kesho-
Mumbai | 30.4 C ram Park, New Jankipuri, Jai
Hyderabad | 30.6 C
Bharat Enclave, Amar shop-
ping complex, Kakroula
counselling.
When The Hindu tried
calling on the helpline
number- 011-23370146- it
turned out to be non-
functional.
DJB officials said
the notification had
been issued advising
people to avail of
sewer connections
in these areas
timately, 100 colonies are ness under this drive, EDMC
expected to be beneted, a mayor Harshdeep Malhotra
senior official said.
Officials said earlier, sew-
age was owing in open
cleanliness of public urinals,
besides controlling water and
vector-borne diseases, repair
and maintenance of roads,
footpaths, pavements, main-
tenance of parks, functioning
of parks, streetlights and
high-mast lights.
The corporations will also
sensitise local residents and
about importance of sanita-
tion through pamphlets, ban-
ners and awareness
campaigns launched by
school children.
We will carry out fogging
and spray of insecticide for
prevention of the outbreak of
water and vector-borne dis-
eases, and will distribute
chlorine tablets in unauthor-
ised colonies and slums. Stu-
dents and teachers of
municipal schools would also
be sensitised about cleanli-
based hand rub (ABHR) for
hand antisepsis due to their
said.
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: A majority of doc-
tors still believe that cleaning
hands with soap and water is
the best way to ensure hy-
giene, says a study by the All
India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) and Lady
Hardinge Medical College
(LHMC).
The study covered over 100
doctors and nurses between
March 2015 and May 2015,
and was published in the lat-
est issue of International
Journal of Pharma Research
and Health Sciences.
Awareness of hand wash-
ing and hygienic practices is
low among doctors and nurs-
es in India, says the study.
This is despite the World
Health Organisation (WHO)
recommending alcohol-
nurses knew that Global
Hand Washing Day is on Oc-
broad spectrum of antimicro-
bial activity. The total num-
ber of hand exposures at a
hospital may range from sev-
eral tens to thousands per
day. Infection spreads
through mouth, nose or eyes,
all of which is touched by
hands. Infection organisms
can survive for more than
eight hours if hands are not
washed, says the report.
According to experts, poor
hand hygiene practices are a
major threat to the health of
patients and doctors.
Adherence to hand hy-
giene practices at a health-
care facility can prevent
spread of infections and
check transmission of mi-
croorganisms, they said.
Of the total sample of doc-
tors and nurses who were in-
terviewed, only 15 per cent of
doctors and 37 per cent of
tober 15.

Bengaluru | 27.6 C Chennai | 37.6 C

Moad, Bhagwati Garden ex-
tension, Uttam Nagar, Bhag-
wati Garden, and Najafgarh
drains in Chanakya Place, Si-
tapuri, Keshoram Park, and
New Jankipuri colonies, but
Release pension money,
Please contact: 011-43579797
Road with the network.
These colonies were noti-
ed in June, 2015.
now the sewage will be own
to the Pappankalan STP
where it will be treated be-
Congress tells Delhi govt from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m

Senior DJB officials said fore the effluent is dis- Staff Reporters by the Department of Women
Image & Data: India Meteorological Department
the notication had also been charged into the Yamuna. and Child Development, Delhi
issued advising people to Similarly, the sewage ow- NEW DELHI: A large number of government. After protesting
Forecast for Monday: Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places over avail of sewer connections in ing in open drains in Jai Bha- Delhi Youth Congress volun- at Mr. Sisodias residence, the
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. these areas. rat Enclave, Amar shopping teers gathered at the residenc- Youth Congress volunteers al-
Similarly, sewerage facili- complex, Kakroula Moad, es of six Delhi ministers so gathered at the residence of
Max Min Max Min Max Min
Agartala 33.0 27.0 Hubballi 31.0 21.0 New Delhi 30.8 25.0
ties have also recently been Bhagwati Garden Extension, demanding immediate release environment minister Aseem
Ahmedabad 34.4 27.0 Hyderabad 30.6 23.8 Patna 36.0 26.8
extended in the unauthorised Uttam Nagar, Bhagwati Gar- of pension money for over four Ahmed, transport minister Go-
Allahabad 37.6 28.9 Imphal 30.2 22.2 Port Blair 30.5 22.9 colonies of Heera Park, Na- den, and Najafgarh Road col- lakh beneciaries in the Cap- pal Rai and health minister Sa-
Aizawl 27.2 17.0 Jaipur 32.5 26.3 Pune 29.4 20.9 jafgarh and Vishkarma, near onies will now be conveyed to ital. tyendar Jain
Bengaluru 27.6 20.6 Kohima 25.2 15.8 Puducherry 38.3 27.2 Pul Prehladpur, South Delhi. the Nilothi STP and post The activists rst gathered Kejriwal always makes
Bhopal 28.7 24.6 Kolkata 36.1 27.7 Raipur 32.3 26.3 The notication advising treatment, it will be dis- at the Mathura Road residence statement that the Delhi Gov-
Bhubaneswar 35.2 26.0 Kochi 31.4 24.0 Ranchi 32.6 25.5 people of these areas to take charged into the river. of Deputy Chief Minister Man- ernment is short of funds. I
Chandigarh 29.0 24.8 Kozhikode 32.5 23.9 Shillong 24.2 17.9 sewer connections is in the This process will ensure ish Sisodia, raised slogans and want to ask him, if he can
Chennai 37.6 29.0 Kurnool 34.2 25.4 Shimla 21.6 17.2 process of being issued. The two-fold benets: the sanita- burnt his effigy. Youth Con- spend Rs.526 crores on false
Coimbatore 32.0 22.8 Lucknow 33.6 27.5 Srinagar 32.5 21.7 work of extending sewerage ry conditions will improve in gress leader Amit Malik said advertisements cant he re-
Dehradun 28.8 23.0 Madurai 40.0 26.6 Vijayawada 35.5 25.2 facilities in adjacent areas is these areas and it will help in senior citizens, widows and lease a few crore rupees to re-
Gangtok 22.2 19.1 Mangaluru 28.0 23.1 Visakhapatnam 32.2 26.2 also in progress and more the abatement of pollution in physically challenged beneci- lease pension to the vulnerable
Goa 30.0 24.0 Mumbai 30.4 24.0 Thiruvananthapuram 32.4 24.5 colonies are likely to be bene- the Yamuna, the official aries were not given pension sections of the society? Mr
Guwahati 34.8 24.7 Mysuru 29.9 20.3 Tiruchi 38.5 27.5 ted in a phased manner. Ul- said. money for the last 13 months Malik said.
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SAD REALITY
India plans to barter surplus
OVER 98,000 SCHOOLS IN INDIA FUNCTION WITH SINGLE TEACHER, SAYS RTE STUDY
sugar for pulses from abroad
The one-man army in schools
R. Avadhani and Chhattisgarh (790) a total
of 80,647 schools were either
Ministries of External Affairs and Commerce working on proposal
Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: The Centre is plan-

ning to barter surplus sugar

O
ver 98,000 primary schools
across the country remain closed
on a particular working day, if
one teacher goes on leave or stays
absent with any reason. It may
sound absurd, but its a stark re-
ality according to a report of the
Right to Education (RTE)
Forum.
One may wonder why the pri-
mary schools having ve classes,
rst to fth standard, would re-
main closed if one teacher bunks
his duty or goes on leave. The
reason is that the schools are
managed by single teachers for
all the classes.
Inadequate number of teach-
ers and lack of rationalisation in
postings are among the prime
culprits for the grim scenario at a
time when the country is em-
barking upon Make in India
mission, which is possible with
quality education from primary
level. The report puts the num-
ber of such primary schools in
the country at a whopping 98,443
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE HUGE
TARGETS LIKE MAKE IN INDIA
WITHOUT STRENGTHENING THE PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM
merged or closed down till 2014.
This made education more in-
accessible to the children of poor
and marginal sections, the re-
port pointed out.
Disclosing these details here
recently, Chikku Muralimohan, a
member RTE Forum, said it was
not possible to achieve huge tar-
gets like Make in India, Skilled
India or Swachh Bharat without
strengthening the public educa-
tion system.
Budget cuts criticised
He also critical over reduced
budgetary support for pro-
grammes such as Sarva Shiksha
Inadequate number of teachers and lack of rationalisation Abhiyan (from Rs. 27,635 crore
in postings are among the prime culprits for the grim to Rs. 22,000 crore), mid-day
scenario. FILE PHOTO: KIRAN BAKALE meal scheme (from Rs. 13,215
crore to Rs. 9,236 crore), Rashtri-
or 11.46 per cent of the total pri- and upper primary schools are ya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
mary schools in the government clubbed, states the draft report (from Rs.5,000 crore to Rs.3,565
sector. prepared by Right to Education crore) and Integrated Child De-
The District Information Sys- (RTE) Forum in March this year. velopment Scheme (from
tem for Education (DISE) 2013- According to the report, a large Rs.18,000 crore to Rs.8,000
14 reports that 11.46 per cent of number of schools in Rajasthan crore).
primary schools have single (17,129), Gujarat (13,450), Mah- Mr. Muralimohan stated that
teachers and if clubbed with up- arashtra (13,905), Karnataka nearly 3,800 schools were closed
per primary schools the number (12,000), Andhra Pradesh in Andhra Pradesh after rational-
would go down some extent to (5,503), Odisha (5,000), Telanga- isation of teachers, while nearly
8.32 per cent. Over 91,000 na (4,000), Madhya Pradesh 15,000 schools in Telangana were
schools remain dependent on (3,500), Tamil Nadu (3,000), Ut- being run either with single or
single teachers, if the primary tarakhand (1,200), Punjab (1,170) two teachers.
in the country for pulses
that are being imported at
high prices and the Minis-
tries of External Affairs and
Commerce and Industry are
working together on the
proposal, Union Minister of
State for Commerce and In-
dustry, Nirmala Sitharaman
said on Sunday.
Speaking at an Interna-
tional conference on sci-
ence, technology and public
policy to achieve zero hun-
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Congress
ger challenge organised by leader Jairam Ramesh at a function in Chennai on
the M.S. Swaminathan Re- Sunday. Agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan is
search Foundation, she said at left. PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
India was now importing
pulses from neighbouring Union Minister for Ur- which is more affected by
countries and even from ban Development Venkaiah climate change. It is some-
countries as far as Canada. Naidu said the government thing that we have to be
was looking into a proposal proactive on and not reac-
Discussions on agriculture crop income tive to, Jairam Ramesh,
The quantum of sugar insurance. MP and former Minister for
annually getting accumulat- But, he said, it was not Environment said.
ed in the last four years has easy to implement as the
been quite substantial. resources required were PDS reforms mooted
Through the Ministry of Ex- huge and the Centre and Mr. Ramesh said there
ternal Affairs, we are trying the States need to join was a need for major reform
to talk to countries from hands to make the scheme of the public distribution
which we import pulses work. system and the National
some African countries, Climate change is no Food Security Act to ensure
Myanmar and other coun- longer a matter of debate. that vulnerable groups got
tries where there is a possi- While our contribution to access to at least the mini-
bility [of a barter], Ms. global warming is not much, mum requirement of nutri-
Sitharaman said. there is no other country tion and health.

Opportunities abound Hyderabadis easy prey for cyber fraudsters
in defence, aerospace Women, attracted by fake profiles on marriage websites, are walking into the trap
Y. Mallikarjun
HYDERABAD: NITI Aayog mem-
ber V.K. Saraswat on Sunday
said immense opportunities
to the tune of $ 200 billion
would open up in the aero-
space and defence sectors in
the next 15 to 20 years and
called upon the Indian indus-
try and MSMEs to make use of
them by improving quality
and meeting global standards.
Talking to reporters on the
sidelines of a Technical Meet
& Aerospace Luminary Lec-
ture organised by the Hydera-
bad branch of the
Aeronautical Society of India
here, Dr. Saraswat said $ 60
billion of that would be avail-
able to the MSMEs through
the offset opportunities. He
said the requirements include
replacement of Avro aircraft
and the acquisition of Medium
Multi Role Combat Aircraft
(MMRCA), which would bring
in lot of offset in the public-
private partnership mode.
Dr. Saraswat also listed the
Advanced Light Helicopter,
the Light Combat Aircraft, the
production order of Rs.
25,000 to Rs. 30,000 crore for
Akash missiles and the
According to V.K.
Saraswat, opportunities
to the tune of $ 200
billion will open up in
the aerospace and
defence sectors.
LRSAM (Long Range Surface-
to-air Missile) and MRSAM
among the requirements in
the defence sector. He said the
MSMEs were now only play-
ing the role of component sup-
pliers and they have to
graduate to manufacture sub-
systems and become systems
integrators.
Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited CMD Suvarna Raju
said HAL planned to out-
source 20 per cent of its man-
ufacturing requirements to
MSMEs.
Marri Ramu
HYDERABAD: When doctor
Abhishek Mohan rang up
from England telling that he
was sending her a parcel of
gold jewellery, the woman te-
chie in Hyderabad didnt nd
anything suspicious.
She promptly paid Rs. 48
lakh towards customs fee and
other charges to receive the
parcel only to realise eventu-
ally that the doctor, who be-
friended her after seeing her
prole in a matrimonial web-
site, was a fraudster. It was
not an isolated case. Two
more women were relieved of
over Rs. 15 lakh in this fash-
ion.
This new modus operandi
of posting fake proles on
matrimonial websites and
duping women by promising
to marry them is one of the
several tricks to which more
Hyderabadis are falling prey
each passing year.
Despite campaigns --albeit
on smaller scale-- about cyber
crimes, online tricksters are
succeeding more. First such
case was reported more than
seven years ago. Anticipating
threat in the form of online
cheating, two cyber crime po-
lice stations, in addition to
the one in the Crime Investi-
gation Department, were
started in the Hyderabad and
Cyberabad
commissionerates.
Advisories were released to
be cautious about these of-
fenders yet they continue to
strike. A classic example is
the Nigerian lottery fraud,
most frequently reported of-
the money is transferred.
fence. Victims receive text
messages, emails or even
phone calls congratulating
them for winning huge sums
of international lottery
prizes.
Persons newly using In-
ternet or unfamiliar with
such frauds tend to believe
because the tricksters use
names of noted companies in
the content, Cyberabad Cyb-
er Crimes ACP Jayaram says.
Once a person shows interest
in claiming the prize, the of-
fenders convince him to
transfer money online to-
wards customs and process-
ing fees to secure the money.
They stop responding once
Investigators surmise that
as the number of persons us-
ing Internet and mobile
phones is going up, the net of
online fraudsters too is wid-
ening. Massive lottery prize
amount is not the only lure.
Jobs abroad is another bait
that many unsuspecting un-
employed are jumping to grab
and getting duped.
Using bank cards of others
to make payments or pur-
chase articles after fraudu-
lently securing Personal
Identity Number and other
details is equally rampant. In
Cyberabad, while 27 bank
card frauds were reported last
year, the gure had already
reached 17 by the end of July
this year.
The commission of hacking
and phishing (sending legiti-
mate-looking email to secure
sensitive information of the
receiver) are comparatively
less.
This app will tell you about
the pill you are popping
Firoz Rozindar
VIJAYAPURA: How many of
us know the contents of a
tablet we are popping, its
side effects or available al-
ternatives across brands?
For those who want a
quick reference, Krishna-
kant Tiwari, a software de-
veloper working in a private
company in Bengaluru, has
developed an android-
based application which is
freely downloadable.
Called Ausodhyatmika,
the application provides ex-
tensive details on about one
lakh medicines with details
on chemical contents, price
per unit, manufacturer,
warnings and side-effects
associated with medici-
nes.He has spent a year re-
searching on the subject.
It all began about a year
ago when I was watching a
report on a news channel
on how an unholy nexus of
some of the doctors med-
icine manufacturing com-
panies looting the common
people by selling/prescrib-
ing expensive medicine
while similar medicine are
Ausodhyatmika
provides details of
medicines with their
chemical content,
price per unit and
side-effects
available in market at far
cheaper price. This
prompted me to develop an
application which would
help in educating the peo-
ple, he said.
Mr. Tiwari, however,
makes it clear that his app
only provides the details of
medicines, but does not
prescribe or recommend
any medicine.
He said the application is
also useful for pharmacists
to keep stock of medicines
and medical students as a
source of information.
Ausodhyatmikaapp can
be downloaded from Goo-
gle play store in all android-
enable mobile phones by
typing the app name. The
same application would
soon be available iOS and
Windows-enabled mobile
phones also.

Kayyara Kinhanna Rai dead

Special Correspondent tion of the
Kannada-
MANGALURU: Centenarian Kan- speaking mi-
nada poet and freedom ghter nority in Kera-
Kayyara Kinhanna Rai passed la after the
away at his residence at Badi- 1957 States
yadkka in Kasaragod district of reorganisation.
Kerala on Sunday. He is sur-
Born on June 8, 1915, he left vived by six sons and two
an indelible impression not daughters.
only as a poet but also as a The late poets son Prasanna
social activist, teacher, scholar, Rai told The Hindu that the
journalist and peoples repre- poet was healthy till the very
sentative. end and had given an interview
He was a champion for in- to a Malayalam newspaper in
tegrating the region around the forenoon. The last rites
Kasaragod, north of Chandra- would be performed on August
giri, with Karnataka, an aspira- 10.

Congress calls
strike against
students killing
Staff Reporter

KOLKATA: The Congress called

a 12-hour strike in West Ben-
gal on August 20, protesting
the alleged murder of an ac-
tivist of its student body,
Chattra Parishad.
It would be a 12-hour
strike to register protest
against the large-scale terror
triggered by the Trinamool
Congress, State president of
the Congress, Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury, told journalists.
He expressed concern about
the safety and security of stu-
dents, journalists and police
personnel in the State.
Krishnaprasad Jana, a sec-
ond-year student of a govern-
ment-aided college in
Paschim Medinipur district
and a member of the stu-
dents wing of the Congress,
was beaten to death on the
college campus on Friday.
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NOIDA/DELHI

THE HINDU MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015

SPECIAL STATUS DEMAND

MUNI KAMAKOTI IMMOLATED HIMSELF DURING A PARTY MEETING

Quality standards for more hospitals
Bid to reduce maternal deaths in Kerala to be scaled up to 27 more institutions

Congress worker dies in hospital C. Maya

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 10-

point quality standards manual
developed by the State Health
mothers.
A major exercise undertaken
by the KFOG in 2004, Confi-
dential Review of Maternal
Deaths, to understand why
The piloting of the quality
improvement programme in
select hospitals also led to the
Health Department investing
in imparting training to labour
B. Venkat Sandeep Department, as part of a major mothers were dying in Kerala room staff, provision of sterile,
initiative to reduce maternal had identified post-partum disposable delivery kits, non-

C
ongress worker B. Muni Kamakoti
(40), who attempted self-immola-
tion on Saturday during a party
meeting in Tirupati to press for
special category status for Andhra
Pradesh, died on Sunday at the
Government Kilpauk Medical Col-
lege Hospital in Chennai.
According to sources, Muni Ka-
makoti, who suffered 85-95 per
cent burns, was first shifted from
Tirupati's Ruia Hospital to the
Christian Medical College in Vel-
lore on Saturday. However, due to
lack of space in the intensive care
units there, he was shifted to the
Government Kilpauk Medical Col-
lege Hospital in Chennai, where he
died while undergoing treatment.
The Congress party's Tirupati
constituency in-charge Mabbu De-
vanarayana Reddy said the post
mortem would be conducted on
the body on Monday morning in
Chennai and the body brought to
the temple city by PCC president
N. Raghuveera Reddy and other
Congress leaders. The last rites
would be held in the afternoon and
we request citizens to pay respects
to Muni Kamakoti by observing a
voluntary bandh, he said.
Right at the time of admission to
hospital, doctors had stated Muni
Kamakotis condition as critical
owing to the magnitude of burns
he sustained. Mr. Kamakoti took
everyone by surprise by dousing
himself with kerosene and setting
NAIDU APPEALS TO PEOPLE NOT TO GET
CARRIED AWAY BY EMOTIONS ON THE
SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS ISSUE
Tributes pour in for Congress worker B. Muni Kamakoti,
who died while undergoing treatment at the Government
Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai on Sunday.
PHOTO: K.V. POORNACHANDRA KUMAR
himself on fire as the Congress
meeting got going at the MCT
office here.
Earlier on Sunday, several or-
ganisations and political parties
staged protests over the Centres
stance on not giving special cate-
gory status to Andhra Pradesh
and appealed to the people not to
resort to suicides. The death of
Mr. Kamakoti gave a handle to
the opposition parties in the
State to mount pressure on the
Chandrababu Naidu Govern-
ment. The issue is likely to move
to the national capital with the
YSR Congress carrying two train-
loads of people to stage a dharna
in New Delhi in support of the
demand.
Chief Minister Chandrababu
Naidu expressed his shock and
the National Institute for
grief over the death of Mr. Kama-
koti and appealed to people not to
get carried away by emotions on
the special category status issue.
He said the State Government was
making all-out efforts to achieve
special category status for Andhra
Pradesh and expressed confidence
that the Centre would concede the
States request.
Under pressure from the oppo-
sition, the TDP Government
mounted a defence, with Deputy
Chief Minister K.E. Krishnamur-
thy stating that the Chief Minister
had made determined efforts to
achieve special category status.
Mr. Krishnamurthy said the
Chief Minster would meet Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and other
Union Ministers after Independ-
ence Day to lobby the Centre again.
deaths and which is currently
being piloted in 13 health in-
stitutions, will now be scaled up
to 27 more public hospitals, in-
cluding all government medical
college hospitals in the State.
Derived from evidence-
based, internationally accepted
clinical guidelines, the quality
manual is intended to reduce
maternal deaths through the
improvement of maternal and
delivery care services in public
hospitals.
The guidelines were evolved
following a partnership be-
tween the State Health Depart-
ment, National Health Mission,
Kerala Federation of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology (KFOG), and
Health and Care Excellence
(NICE) International, U.K., in
2013.
Keralas maternal mortality
Telangana farmer claims Geeta is his daughter
The couple say that Geeta
is their younger daughter,
who reportedly went
missing nine years ago.
haemorrhage (PPH), pre-
eclampsia (a result of hyperten-
sive disorders in pregnancy),
sepsis, and maternal heart dis-
eases as the major reasons for
maternal deaths.
The study suggested that im-
proving the quality of maternal
care in hospitals during and af-
ter delivery can bring about sig-
nificant changes.
The quality standards
manual thus formulated with
the KFOG and NICE, covers the
management of PPH and hy-
pertensive disorders of preg-
nancy, two of the documented
ratio 66 per one lakh live major causes of maternal mor-
births is the lowest in the tality in Kerala. It clearly charts
country, yet the rate of mater- out clinical measures which
nal death reduction has been need to be adopted in labour
more or less stagnant during rooms, starting with the active
the past decades, demanding management of the third stage
that the State look at new and of labour, to reduce PPH
improved strategies to save deaths.
Staff Reporter Telangana, J. Krishnaiah and
Gopamma of Padamati Nar-
KHAMMAM: A poor farmer cou- sapuram approached some
ple of Padamati Narsapuram elected representatives in the
in Julurupadu mandal of Te- village claiming that Geeta
langana on Sunday claimed was none other than their
that Geeta, the speech and missing daughter Rani.
hearing impaired woman They told mediapersons
stuck in Pakistan for nearly a that Rani lost her way while
decade, is their younger they were returning from a
daughter, who reportedly pilgrimage along with their
went missing nine years ago. three other daughters in
After watching a few TV Guntur district in January
channels, which reportedly 2006.
aired news linking Geeta to Stating that their efforts to
pneumatic anti-shock gar-
ments to reduce blood loss dur-
ing emergencies, additional
man power, drugs and equip-
ment, better infection control
practices, and improved ante-
natal care services. The results
have been significant, a senior
health official pointed out.It
was not that the clinical guide-
lines were new, these were
mostly ignored during practice
in busy labour rooms, when of-
ten doctors have to work within
severe limitations, he said.
At an evaluation meeting
held here on Wednesday, doc-
tors from hospitals involved in
the pilot said that though the
programme had run into rough
weather in recent times, the in-
cidence of PPH had definitely
come down and that the use of
blood products had also
decreased.
trace her proved futile, the
couple asserted that Rani had
a striking resemblance with
the picture of Geeta showed
on some TV channels.
Our daughter is illiterate.
She has a mole on the fore-
head, they recalled, urging
the authorities to reunite
their daughter with them.
We are ready to undergo
DNA tests, they said.
However, mandal revenue
officials feigned ignorance of
any such development.

Order probe into assets of POLITICAL SCENE HOTS UP IN KERALA
all former CMs: Dhumal CPI(M) getting ready
Staff Reporter
for show of strength
SHIMLA: In the wake of repeat-
ed threats of a probe into his
assets by Himachal Chief
Minister Virbhadra Singh,
Leader of the Opposition in
the Assembly Prem Kumar
Dhumal on Sunday sought an
immediate enquiry by the
CBI or a sitting Judge of the
Supreme Court into the per-
sonal wealth of all surviving
former Chief Ministers of the
hill State.
He wanted the inquiry to
come out with the details of
property acquired by these
Chief Ministers, including
himself, before and after they
became the heads of the gov-
ernment here.
Mr. Dhumal said the hill
State had only seen five Chief
Ministers so far and the first
two, Dr. Yashwant Singh Par-
mar and Ram Lal Thakur are
no more. The assets of the
surviving three, Mr. Shanta
Kumar, Mr. Virbhadra Singh
and himself should be thor-
oughly investigated and the
report made public.
He criticised Mr. Virbhadra
Singh for repeatedly raising
this issue and said a similar
attempt was made during the
Vidhan Sabha elections of
2003 by three senior Con-
gress leaders. One of them,
Kerala BJP to ride the
Dharma Jana Sena
Dhumal has accused
Virbhadra Singh of
carrying on a smear
campaign against him
and his family
the then Chief Minister of
neighbouring Punjab, Capt.
Amrinder Singh said he had
made no such allegations and
given a written apology in
court. The other two leaders
Moti Lal Vohra and Anand
Sharma were facing defama-
tion cases, he said.
He charged that Mr. Virb-
hadra Singh had now sent a
list of some assets (which he
had not even heard of) to the
Vigilance ADGP and was car-
rying on a smear campaign
against him and his family,
which was highly offensive
and unacceptable.
Special Correspondent
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The
Kerala unit of the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) is
gearing up for what is easily
its most ambitious agitation
in recent times, a sit-in cov-
ering some 1,400 kilometres
on various National High-
ways and State Highways
across the State on August 11
to protest against price rise,
fall in the prices of farm pro-
duce, corruption, and
corporatisation.
Around 25 lakh persons are
expected to participate in the
agitation.
The sit-in would begin
from the Manjeswaram taluk
office in Kasaragod to the Raj
Bhavan here, with CPI(M)
Polit Bureau member S. Ra-
machandran Pillai forming
the first link of the chain and
party general secretary Sita-
ram Yechuri occupying the fi-
nal position in front of the Raj
Bhavan.
The agitation, as part of
which CPI(M) workers and
the partys fellow travellers
would line up on the west side
of the roads, would last over
an hour.
We have been seeing an
overwhelming response to
the agitation over the past
few days. Already over 20
lakh persons have registered
with the local party units to
participate in the agitation,
CPI(M) State secretary Kodi-
yeri Balakrishna told The
Hindu from Kozhikode over
phone on Sunday.
Mr. Balakrishnan said the
party had organised around
25,000 family gatherings at
the booth and ward levels
across the State over the past
one month.
We have found that there
is disquiet among different
sections of people owing to
issues specific to their occu-
pations and locations even as
everybody is worried about
the general price spiral on
Onam eve. The fishers are up-
set about the plunder of the
fish wealth by multinational
corporate groups, whereas
the fall in the price of natural
rubber is a matter of grave
concern in the high ranges,
the CPI(M) leader said.
The agitation is part of the
countrywide stir called by the
CPI(M), but nowhere else is
the party attempting any-
thing of the kind being done
in Kerala.
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Sangh
Parivar is seriously hoping to
ride a newly named political
outfit, the Dharma Jana Sena
(DJS), to a reckoning position
in Keralas bipolar polity by
2021.
The DJS, which will be for-
mally announced in a few
days, will be a political con-
solidation largely of a sub-
stantial chunk of followers
from the SNDP Yogam, a sec-
tion of the Kerala Pulaya Ma-
ha Sabha (KPMS), and an
assorted bunch of smaller
caste and community forums.
Launch of party
The new party is to be
launched at a rally in Thiru-
vananthapuram. Informed
sources said prominent citi-
zens and leaders representing
different communities would
address the rally.
They claimed the DJS-BJP
political combine was poised
to draw support from middle-
level tearaway sections from
the UDF and LDF. The orga-
nisers have already started
the groundwork for a mem-
bership mobilisation cam-
paign, they said.
Between life & death
The State unit of the BJP is
enthused by the report of a
Coimbatore-based psepholo-
gy group it had commissioned
to chalk out the prognosis for
it in Kerala, analysing data for
the past 20 years. The report
has claimed the BJP-led NDA
in Kerala can log the magic
number of 72 in the 140-
member legislature by 2021.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad
leader Ashok Singhal and BJP
national president Amit Shah
have already held talks with
SNDP Yogam general secre-
tary Vellappally Natesan in
Coimbatore and Delhi to
chalk out their future course
of political manoeuvrings.
The BJP national leader-
ship has even promised a
berth in the Union Cabinet
for the new party, once it is
formally announced and the
alliance becomes a reality,
BJP sources told The Hindu.
Sources said the psephol-
ogy groups report had rec- Security personnel defuse a string of
ommended that the BJP and 95 Improvised Explosive Devices found
NDA not overlook the minor- on the Balumath-Panki road in Ichak
ity factor in Kerala, adding
that minorities should be in- area of Latehar district in Jharkhand
duced into the NDA fold. It during a joint search operation
emphasised that the strategy conducted by the CRPF and district
should be to win votes as well police on Saturday. PHOTO: PTI
as the States psyche.

Mud football makes a splash in Kerala

Staff Reporter
MALAPPURAM: The crowds that
gathered around a muddy field
at Kodur near here on Sunday
began swelling by the hour.
Vehicles passing along the
Kottakkal-Malappuram road
pulled over in apparent curi-
osity. Many did not know what
was going on. But their curi-
osity and zest doubled when
they learned that it was a mud
football tournament orga-
nised by the District Tourism
Promotion Council (DTPC).
Held for the first time in
Malappuram, the land known
for its football craze, the tour-
nament became a mega hit,
pulling holiday crowds from
the neighbourhoods.
I never thought it would be
so interesting, said Mo-
hammed Nabeel, who is used
to playing football in the
flooded paddy-fields of
Malappuram.
DTPC secretary P. Ummer
Koya did not hide his excite-
ment. We had doubts about
the response when we mooted
the idea a few weeks ago. But
people have proved yet again
that Malappuram is the land
of football in all respects. Mud
or no mud, they will enjoy the
game, Mr. Koya said.
Enjoy they did in all re-
spects. They had no aversion
to splashing of mud on their
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Environment Ministry pushes for
contentious hydel projects
Kavita Upadhyay
DEHRADUN: With the appoint-
ment of the third committee
of experts by the Union Envi-
ronment Ministry to review a
few contentious hydroelec-
tric power projects in Utta-
rakhand, activists see an
attempt to shift the debate
away from the danger they
pose to changing their design
in tune with the disaster-
prone State.
The Ravi Chopra Commit-
tee and the Vinod Tare Com-
mittee had warned against
the projects, including the six
on which the Supreme Court
is yet to give a decision.
The Hindu reviewed the
minutes of the two meetings
A scene from the final match of the mud football tournament organised at of the newly formed commit-
Kodur, Malappuram, on Sunday. PHOTO: SAKEER HUSSAIN tee held in June and July. La-
ta Tapovan (171 MW),
clothes. They applauded, involving oxen and buffaloes prevailed over the host team Alaknanda Badrinath (300
shouted, cheered and booed as popular in the State. The goal in the finals. In spite of the MW), Kotlibhel 1A (195 MW),
enthusiastic youth compris- post was two metres high and ground support, Malappuram Jhelum Tamak (128 MW),
ing five in each team fought for four metres wide. lost 0-1 to Wayanad in the ex- Bhyundar Ganga (24.8 MW),
supremacy in knee-deep mud. There were 12 teams from citing final. and Khirao Ganga (4.5 MW)
Malappuram and the neigh- Minister for Tourism A.P. are the projects that will be
The ground bouring districts of Wayanad Anil Kumar inaugurated the reviewed again by the new
Special care was taken to and Kozhikode. As movement tournament. P. Ubaidulla, committee.
prepare the 30 x 20 metre in mud is hard, a match was MLA, District Collector T. At a meeting held in July,
ground at Kodur. It was al- given 20 minutes only. And Bhaskaran and several State the developers of the six pro-
most like the field set for Kala- the experience of the youth and national level football jects presented design mod-
poottu, a muddy sport from Wayanad in mud football players attended. ifications to the new
In its affidavit in the
SC, the Ministry
highlights design
modifications, almost
ruling out their
cancellation in
disaster-prone
Uttarakhand
committee, so that they could
be implemented once the is-
sues of muck disposal, impact
on biodiversity and disaster
mitigation plan were ad-
dressed. The modifications
were discussed last year too,
but the first committee re-
jected them. Since the devel-
opers again failed to present
acceptable modifications, the
committee has said they
should come up with the re-
quired modifications.
In the latest affidavit filed
in the Supreme Court, the
Ministry has also under-
scored the importance of de-
sign modifications, almost
ruling out the possibility of
cancellation of the projects
even if they dont meet the
criteria.
Environmentalists have
been objecting to the forma-
tion of the new committee,
suspecting that the Ministry
is forming committee after
committee to get the green
signal for the contentious
projects.
On the formation of the
third committee, senior Su-
preme Court lawyer Prashant
Bhushan, Himanshu Thak-
kar, coordinator of the South
Asia Network on Dams, E.
Theophilus of the Uttarak-
hand-based Himal Prakriti,
and Bharat Jhunjhunwala, a
former professor of the IIM-
Bangalore, had written to
Union Environment Minister
Prakash Javadekar.
A violation
Not only is this a violation
but also a clear indication of
your ministrys malafide in-
tentions to overwrite and
compromise the findings of
previous committeesIt is
hence clear that till the time
you [Mr. Javadekar] do not
get a report that gives a green
signal to these hydropower
projects you will continue to
form one committee after an-
other, regardless of the real-
ity on the ground, they said.
RPF rescues
seven minor
boys in Kerala
Special Correspondent
ALAPPUZHA: Seven minor
boys and an 18-year-old
youth , all hailing from
Godda district in
Jharkhand, were rescued
by the Railway Protection
Force (RPF) at
Kayamkulam railway
station on Saturday night.
They were travelling by
train without proper
documents, in the
company of another
person. They were being
brought to a religious
education centre at
Pathanapuram, a senior
RPF official said.
The minor boys were
handed over to Childline
authorities in Alappuzha.
The youth and the
accompanying person
were taken into custody
by the local police, the
RPF official said. \
The detention was
done after the RPF was
alerted by railway
passengers in the wake of
earlier incidents of child-
trafficking involving
children from north
Indian States.
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Privacy, a non-negotiable right

Whether it was required of the Attorney General right to life with dignity under Article 21
(State of Maharashtra vs. Public Concern for
to question the citizens right to privacy to defend Governance Trust & Others: (2007) 3 SCC
587). The UN Charter (1945), Universal Dec-
Ashwani Kumar
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015
the legality of Aadhaar is indeed questionable as laration of Human Rights (1948) and the
International Covenant on Civil and Politi-
This piece seeks to contest the Attorney- the constitutional status of this right has been cal Rights (1966), all of which have been

Democracys Generals somewhat startling assertion be-

fore the Supreme Court that Indians do not
have a constitutional right to privacy.
essence This is the background. Posed the ques-
tion on whether making a citizen part with
vital personal data under the Aadhaar
scheme does not amount to intrusion of pri-
ndias fundamental belief in democracy is often
decisively answered in successive and lucidly
articulated judgments
which follow. Our evolving constitutional ju-
risprudence on privacy rights post Sharma
inner man, rights inherent and inalienable
and private space in which man may be-
ratied by India, affirm the natural dignity
of man.
The sweep of Article 21
The ratio of M.P. Sharmas case (1954)
that it was not possible by a strained con-
struction to import the right to privacy into

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taken as a given, but it is instructive to under-
stand the basis and strength of this belief. A new
national survey by the Centre for the Study of
Developing Societies shows that in 2013, under half the
country unequivocally preferred democracy as the best
form of government in all cases; the outcome was the
same when a similar survey was conducted in 2005.
The proportion of those who believe that an author-
itarian government is acceptable in some cases has
grown, but at 11 per cent it remains a minority view, and
signicantly lower than those with the same view in
neighbouring Pakistan. Among the poor, the Scheduled
Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, the preference for
democracy was not what was signicantly higher, but
indifference as to the type of government. Satisfaction
in the functioning of democracy has declined sharply in
India, and with it, presumably, the belief that a form of
government in which one notionally has a voice is the
most desirable. Preference for authoritarianism was
higher among those with the highest media exposure,
those who lived in metros, those who were rich and
those who were college-educated groups for which
democracy has delivered much more than for the mar-
ginalised sections, yet among whom such conservative
views are growing. Even among those who identify
themselves as democrats, many believe a strong leader
would do well to take decisions on his or her own and
do away with elections and Parliament, the survey
reveals. Perhaps this reects frustration with a system
which while representative is simply not delivering
equally and efficiently to all.
India would do well to watch out for the growth of
such authoritarian tendencies, especially when they
come in the garb of patriotism. This is evident, for
instance, in the branding of criticism of the death
penalty as anti-national and in support, even among
some journalists, for the governments move to go after
television channels which aired views against Yakub
Memons hanging. Simultaneously, the government
would do well to not misunderstand the nature of its
democratic compact with its people, especially the
poor. Top among the essential characteristics of de-
mocracy as rated by respondents in the survey was the
freedom to take part in protests and demonstrations,
evidence of a country that holds the right to dissent
dear. Several welfarist ideals provision of basic ne-
cessities such as food, clothing and shelter, as well as a
narrowing gap between the rich and the poor and job
opportunities for all came next in the list of most
cherished tenets of democracy. The everyday experi-
ence of dealing with the state for these is no doubt
frustrating ration shops are ranked as being among
the most corrupt, and the police are seen as the least
trusted. Majoritarian and jingoistic notions of democ-
racy are not what the people of India are looking for,
but a welfarist democracy that delivers.
vacy, the Centre replied in the Supreme
Court last month, on July 22, that privacy
was not a fundamental right. Attorney-Gen-
eral Mukul Rohatgi said the right to privacy
had been a vague concept all these years, a
subject of varying conclusions from the Su-
preme Court. He told a three-judge Bench
that the Constitution-makers had never in-
tended to make it a fundamental right. He
then quoted a majority 1962 judgment of the
Supreme Court in the Kharak Singh case
that held that privacy was not a guaranteed
right under the Constitution. The submis-
sions came during the hearing of a batch of
petitions seeking to stop the implementa-
tion of the scheme. The government said it
was too late to do that as Rs.5,000 crore had
been spent on Aadhaar, which had accessed
80 crore people.
Interpretation of rights
This submission is premised on the per-
ception of conicting judgments by the Su-
preme Court on the subject and on the
binding effect of a decision by a larger Bench
of the Court in M.P. Sharma & Ors. vs. Satish
Chandra, District Magistrate Delhi & Ors
(1954 AIR 300, 1954 SCR 1077). Speaking
through the Attorney General, the govern-
ment has sought consideration of the issue
by a larger Bench to clarify the constitu-
tional status of the right to privacy.
Thus, the question raised is indeed of crit-
ical importance to the future of our liberal
democracy. But in my submission, it stands
decisively answered in successive and lucid-
ly articulated judgments of the nal Court.
Whether it was required of the Attorney
General to question the citizens right to
privacy to defend the legality of Aadhaar
an undoubtedly welcome initiative for the
purpose it seeks to subserve is indeed
questionable. A trade-off between Aadhaar
and the right to privacy is incomprehensible.
The position taken by the government on the
issue is wholly untenable for the reasons
CARTOONSCAPE
(supra) unambiguously affirms the right to come and remain himself. It also referred a totally different fundamental right, did not
privacy as an integral component of the right to Article 8 of the European Convention on bind subsequent benches of the apex court
to life and personal liberty envisaged in the Human Rights which recognises the right to to a restricted interpretation of Article 21
expansive interpretation of Article 21. In Go- respect for private and family life. Impor- since the decision was specically limited to
vind vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (1975), the tantly, by equating privacy-dignity claims the scope of Article 20(3) and according to
Supreme Court after noticing the decision in and suggesting that these deserved to be settled law as to the binding effect of prece-
Kharak Singh vs. State of UP (AIR 1963 SC examined with care and to be denied only dents, was an authority for what it actually
129) held that many of the fundamental when an important countervailing interest decided (1987 1 SCC 263) . Therefore, it is
rights of citizens can be described as contrib- is shown to be superior, the Court, follow- clear that the Supreme Court in its sub-
uting to the right to privacy. In Kharak ing Kharak Singh, by implication derived the sequent decisions on the right to privacy did
Singh (supra), the Court while holding that right to privacy from the notion of dignity of not consider itself bound by the ratio in
privacy was not a guaranteed constitutional the individual, which while not specically Sharma because the court located the right
right also held that Article 21 was the repos- spelt out as a fundamental right is referred to in Article 21 itself and was not importing a
itory of residuary personal rights and recog- in the Preamble of the Constitution as an new right into a totally different right. Al-
nised the common law right to privacy. aim to be secured by and under the national so, because it was permissible after R.C.
Kharak Singh also cited the constitutional Charter. Cooper (supra) to construe Article 21 with
reference to other fundamental rights ex-
pansively. Thus, the right to privacy stands
included in the sweep of Article 21 itself and
Rather than deny us our constitutional right, the penumbras of the guaranteed rights..
the Union Government ought to enact a privacy legislation In his inimitable expression, Justice V.R.
Krishna Iyer declared in Maneka Gandhi
to clearly define the rights of citizens consistent with (supra) that no article in Part III is an island
the promise of the Constitution. but part of a continent, and the conspectus of
the whole part gives the direction and cor-
rection needed for interpretation of these
promise of dignity of the individual as con- The right to dignity has since been de- basic provisions.
tained in its preamble. The Sharma and Kha- clared by the Supreme Court as a non-nego- This position stands repeatedly affirmed
rak Singh decisions inasmuch as these tiable constitutional right owing from the in a series of judgments by the apex court as
denied a specic constitutional right to pri- spirit of the Constitution and the explicitly in R. Rajagopal vs. State of Tamilnadu
vacy proceeded on the basis that fundamen- guaranteed right to life and personal liberty (1994), A vs. Hospital 7 (1999), PUCL vs.
tal rights in Chapter III of the Constitution in Article 21 (Suresh Kumar Koushal vs. Naz Union of India (1997), Sharda vs. Dharmpal
were self-contained and mutually exclusive Foundation, (2014), Mehmood N. Azam vs. (2003), District Registrar vs. Canara Bank,
an approach that stands jettisoned in sub- Chhattisgarh (2012), Deepak Bajaj vs. State Suchita Srivastava vs. Chandigarh Adminis-
sequent cases, including by an 11-judge of Maharashtra (2008), Consumer Educa- tration (2009), Amar Singh vs. Union of In-
bench in Rustom Cavasjee Cooper vs Union tion and Research Centre and Others vs. dia & Ors. (2011), Suresh Kumar Koushal vs.
of India (1970 (3) SCR 530), popularly Union of India & Others (1995), Francis Cor- Naz Foundation, and in Ratan N. Tata vs.
known as the Bank Nationalisation case. alie Mullin vs. The Administrator, Union Union of India, 5 SCC 639.
Thus, when Govind was decided, the ap- Territory of Delhi & Others (1981), Prem Declaring that Article 21 clubs life and
proach to interpretation of fundamental Shankar Shukla vs. Delhi Administration liberty, Justice Krishna Iyer reminded us, in
rights had undergone a fundamental change. (1980). The right to dignity which inheres in the context of the interplay of Articles 14, 19
each individual as a human being is incom- and 21, that man is not dissectible into sep-
Privacy-dignity equation plete without the right to privacy and repu- arate limbs and, likewise cardinal rights in,
Integral to the Courts approach to privacy tation. The right to reputation, though not an organic constitution which make man
in Govind (supra) and since is the recog- specically spelt out in the Constitution, human have a synthesis..... Indeed, Justice
nition of mans inviolate personality, the has, like the right to privacy, been traced to a Iyer was endorsing the constitutional princi-
ple espoused by Justice Cardozo that
kindred aims shade off into one another by
imperceptible gradations .... (Benjamin N.
Cardozo, The Nature of the Judicial
Process).
A holistic reading of the current state of
our constitutional jurisprudence would
demonstrate that the right to privacy is rm-
ly embedded in our constitutional scheme as
a non-negotiable imperative that owes no
apology to a myopic view of our republican
charter. Indeed, considering the fundamen-
tal principles of the nation as not rules for
the passing hour, but principles for an ex-
panding future, the apex court, as the ulti-
mate arbiter of constitutional conscience,
has given fundamental rights their meaning
in new settings consistent with the aspira-
tions of our people. This is so that we may
have a living constitution which can pro-
tect, preserve and defend sacrosanct liber-
tarian values that remain the bedrock of the
Republic and constitute the core of the Con-

Vengeance in stitution. Rather than deny us our constitu-

tional right , the Union Government ought to
enact a privacy legislation to clearly dene

Bangladesh the rights of citizens consistent with the

promise of the Constitution. My apologies,
Mr. Attorney General!
(Ashwani Kumar, a former Union Law
iloy Chatterjee Neel is the latest victim of a

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vicious campaign against secular bloggers in
Bangladesh. His murder by machete-wield-
ing men at his house in Dhaka underscores
the grave dangers that writers critical of extremism and
religious intolerance face in Bangladesh. It also raises
questions about the commitment and capability of the
Bangladesh government in protecting its citizens from
organised violence. Neel is the fourth blogger to be
killed this year, and Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh
branch of al-Qaeda that has claimed responsibility for
it, has held out a direct warning to other secular writers.
On the face of it, it is an attempt to kill free speech. But
the problem runs deeper. The Muslim-majority nation
is going through a volatile phase. Ever since the Awami
League government opened the controversial war trial
to indict those who committed serious crimes during
the liberation war, the country has been on edge. The
main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has
joined hands with the Jamaat-e-Islami to unleash vio-
lent protests against the government, particularly
against the war trial in which several Jamaat leaders
have been indicted. The government has not heeded to
the protests, but the street violence continues. The
killing of the bloggers comes against this background.
The bloggers were supporters of the war crimes trial,
and instrumental in shaping public opinion in cyber
space against communalism, which obviously brought
the Islamists wrath upon them. They were also soft
targets compared to those involved in the trial, who get
government security. By means of the murders the
Islamists are sending a message to the government and
the public that anyone who criticises them would face a
similar fate. Yet, the governments response in the face
of the threat has been far from satisfactory. The mur-
dered bloggers had received anonymous threats. Civil
society groups say the Islamists have prepared a hit list
of writers critical of them and are pursuing them one by
one. If reports that Neel had sought police protection
but the authorities instead asked him to leave the coun-
try are true, that would show the governments callous
approach on a serious issue. It should realise that these
incidents have the potential to fracture the country
further. The killers should be stopped, and brought to
justice, and credible steps taken to ensure the safety of
citizens, particularly the secular bloggers. Failing to do
that would only send a message to the assailants that
the authorities tend to tolerate such attacks.
CM
YK
Minister, is a member of the Rajya Sabha and
a senior advocate of the Supreme Court. The
views expressed are personal.)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
This is a vital step that will The post-tax return for xed look into the issue. It would be nice
The Yakub case prevent the kind of confrontation
Financialisation deposits and post office deposits is if MLAs and councillors visit their
In the urry of questions raised in we see in Parliament today Where there is a risk, there is a not more than 6-7 per cent per constituencies and promote the
the article, Questions that will not (Editorial, Aug.8). reward and we should be annum, whereas ination is almost drive towards better cleanliness.
die (Aug.8), I feel the basic ones P. Esakki Muthu, optimistic about the future (The double that gure. As a result, the N. Mahadevan,
have been forgotten. Was Yakub Chennai widening vortex of global nance, purchasing power of capital Chennai
Memon guilty or not of causing Aug.8). However, a balancing act effectively reduces over time. On
wilful and premeditated deaths? Cheaper oil needs to be done with investments the other hand, equities provide at Canine control in Kerala
Was he given a reasonable time to When the price of oil was well using the formula safety, liquidity, least 15 per cent compound annual The move in Kerala to curb the dog
present his case and his right to be above $100 a barrel, budgets and and rate of return. The growth rate over a 10-year period. menace in the State (Culling of
heard? Even if it is a sensitive issue, nancing were not an issue for oil governments decision to invest Why should the common man be stray dogs in Kerala condemned,
one has to ask whether the producers. But it is evident now only 5-15 per cent of the EPFO deprived of this? Rather than Aug.8) has led to an outcry in parts
relevance of his religion and the that the phase of cheaper oil is a corpus in Exchange Traded Funds complain, the writer should have of India, but the issue needs to be
media attention is a factor to be strain being felt by them (Editorial, is a right step. This practice is in examined modern concepts of seen in perspective. As a medical
considered. To an ordinary mind Aug.8). The problem of low prices vogue in the developed world. fund/pension management so that student, I am well aware of scores
like mine. it appears that his is that they will erode the incentive While it may contribute towards the common man is aware of a way of people visting the emergency
appeals were heard for a much and economic viability of cleaner nancialisation over a period of to get the most returns on his/her ward for treatment following a dog
longer time than any other person energy sources. time, the same cannot be treated as capital. bite. There have been some nights
on death row. His guilt was proven H.N. Ramakrishna, an expropriation of employees Soumyakanti Chakraborty, when the intern on duty has had to
beyond doubt in different courts Bengaluru contributions. LIC, which deals Visakhapatnam be on his toes till morning
and he was given ample with the common mans savings, attending to patients. There have
opportunities to prove his The ooding of the international including social security schemes, Indias cleanest city been quite a number of people
innocence. If there is an market by oil-producing countries consistently ensures good returns. The rankings conferred on dying. I would like to ask the
implication that the judges were and poor demand from Inbuilt mechanisms ensure safety Bengaluru and Mysuru as the campaigners this: if someone you
biased, such thoughts are industrialised countries having and productivity. cleanest capital in the country and knew died after a dog bite, would
unfortunate. Finally, one has to ask forced prices to plummet is a Kailash Nath P.S.S., the cleanest city respectively are a you still go about waving placards?
why these questions never arose in widely known fact. While it has set Hyderabad breath of fresh air (Mysuru tops In case I am accused of gross
earlier cases where the death alarm bells ringing for some, it has Swachh Bharat rankings, steep fall exaggeration, I am ready with data
penalty was carried out. Were the spread cheer elsewhere. India The article is a ne example of the for Delhi, Aug.9). It is also from the college hospital records.
lives of other convicts less being largely dependent Dewey principle of journalism heartening that Hassan and Ashwin T.R.,
precious? onimports belongs to the second claried by the Readers Editor Mandya also gure in the top 10. Kozhikode
Sudhakar Bhat, category. (Aug.8). It is clear that the working Now that the administrators in
Sullia, Karnataka We have every reason to be more class is under erce attack, with its each city know where they stand, Done and dusted
cautious in utilising the rights being eroded and where those lagging behind should strive The ongoing Ashes series has
Boycott of Parliament opportunity to set right our policy there is a subtle manipulation of to set the bar high. exposed the inadequacy of the
Though Parliament has elected on developing strategic reserves. the perception of its interests. In N.J. Ravi Chander, Australian cricket teams batting
representatives who represent the The development has provided us both, it is at the receiving end of a Bengaluru line-up (Sport page, Aug.8). One
spectrum of society, when was the ample exibility to ensure energy coercive and unfair system. While really is sad for Michael Clarke the
last time we had free and frank security. The policy of the United there is much sermoning on the It is painful to know that Chennai Australian skipper, who is no doubt
discussions? The issue of following States, which despite huge shale crisis of morality, the questions of is ranked 61. It shows that the a hugely talented world class
the party whip and line is what reserves, maintains a strategic unearned prots and widening administrators in Chennai, one of batsman and a great elder. Clarke
plays spoiler and every body knows reserve of around 727 milion inequality seem to be conveniently the few cities in India to gure in never really had the luxury of
the line each party will adopt. barrels should be our guiding ignored by our rulers. The glory of the listing 52 places to go around having a Glenn McGrath, a classy
There is a need to allow Parliament principle. It is also time for the moral leadership and kneeling the world by The New York Shane Warne or a ne middle order
to become a forum for intelligent government to ease the subsidy before authority do not go Times; home to the oldest surving batsman. A captain is only as good
debate wherein the ramications burden. together. municipal corporation in India and as his team.
of each issue are discussed Sankeerth Sirisetti, Firoz Ahmad, the second oldest surviving Balasubramaniam Pavani,
threadbare. New Delhi New Delhi corporation in the world, need to Secunderabad
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NEWS 2.0
Carving a new
The dark side of pleasure
The question is not whether certain kinds of pleasure are innately bad but whether a society
can reject forms of pleasure that arise from the exploitation of others
revenue model Vamsee Juluri
Sriram Srinivasan The recent blocking of some pornograph-
ic websites by the government has set off
One of the things worth worrying if you are an online news some sharp criticism and mockery. Un-
publisher, why, even a journalist, is: who is going to pay for the derstandably, the unexpected and largely
content you are generating. unexplained manner in which the step
Such thoughts hardly ever bothered publishers, and surely was taken was interpreted as one more
never the journalists, in the era before the advent of the instance of a conservative government
Internet. There was a time-tested revenue model to take care seeking to impose its own version of mor-
of revenues. Even today, in much of the developing world, where the ality on the people.
traditional print industry survives, albeit with some uneasiness about the Like the beef ban, the porn ban turn-
unfolding digital future, the model works. ed quickly into a slogan and symbol of
The way to do it is simple: build a healthy readership base by pricing the oppression. Some observers went so far
newspaper much below the cost of production. Having done that, get as to ask if the disappearance of pornog-
advertisers to pay top dollar to reach out to your audience via ad slots that raphy from the screens of Indian con-
are limited by the number of pages published. Imagine a world without the sumers would be followed by the
Internet where a lot of ad dollars will be chasing limited advertising disappearance of people too, on par with
space. In such a world, it is extremely likely that any print publication the actions of brutal and totalitarian gov-
would get a bulk of its revenues through advertising. ernments elsewhere.
Now that the porn ban has been effec-
Advertising revenues, a casualty of the Internet tively withdrawn and freedom restored, it
The problem is that this model collapses online. Advertising monies are might be helpful to ask ourselves if there
the biggest casualty. They arent that easy to generate. Actually, is something in our humanity that we
advertisers might not even need the news have forgotten in our rush to defend a
media online as much as they need them fundamentally exploitative practice. Af- ILLUSTRATION: SATWIK GADE
offline. Also, tech-enabled platforms, You need a revenue ter all, we are not talking here about the
starting from Craigslist 20 years ago, have government intruding into a form of plea- consuming women. We seem to accept Western way, there is no absolute restriction on
taken a lot of advertising business off print,
model to back sure that is without cost to others, but The irony is that often the same voices, freedom to consume pornography, but
as they have been able to connect buyers your journalism about product from an industry often as- who claim to speak for women when it cultural products there is at least a token investment to
and sellers far more easily. This is especially sociated with violence and coercion comes to aspects like the debatable role of make consumers informed and, eventu-
in context of the advanced markets. in a digital age. against women. The key question here is Rama in exiling Sita in the Ramayana, celebrating the denigration ally, ethical agents.
Further, there is unlimited inventory. Also, The Indian not whether certain kinds of pleasure are become oblivious to the real, ongoing, of women as we would Language of dissent
online ad budgets can also afford to be far innately bad or sinful but whether socie-widespread brutality against women that
smaller, as individuals in the target publishers need to ty can teach its members to reject forms exists in the culture industries today. Af- otherwise be deemed Those who oppose pornography on re-
audience can be targeted with precision
unlike in print.
start thinking of pleasure that arise from the exploita-
tion and degradation of a section.
ter all, we seem to think nothing is wrong
with Western cultural products that cele-
puritanical and conservative ligious or cultural grounds may not al-
ways have the rationale for their
So, its a double whammy when most about devising one Consuming women
brate the denigration of women, like the But have our schools and colleges been opposition. However, that cannot just be
readers pay nothing to consume news 50 Shades novels and movies being encouraged to teach us that the over- explained away as an innate antipathy to
online. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalisms Coincidentally, in the case of both the dumped into our markets and minds, be- blown sexual world that exists in the freedom. It is more because of their lack
Digital News Report 2015, there has hardly been any change in the controversial Indian bans, there is one cause to protest such things might be media and Internet today is no simple of education in reconciling traditional
absolute number of people paying for digital news since last year. important work that is relevant to the deemed conservative, puritanical, maybe fact of nature, that it is an enormously narratives on pleasure and duty with
In most countries, the number paying for any news is hovering at present-day debate Carol J. even Hindutva. Yet, we welcome uncrit- distorted and distorting political cre- modern thinking. Secular critics of por-
around 10 per cent of online users and in some cases less than that, the AdamsThe Pornography of Meat. Ms. ically contrived and specious analyses ation, a craven, cannibalistic, commer- nography would do well to recognise that
report stated. The countries it is referring to include the U.K., U.S., Adams shows us the striking parallels be- and documentaries about how our cul- cialised machine almost beyond control? a Hindu stance against it comes from
Germany and France. In other words, the more advanced economies. tween the representational practices of ture, religion and tradition is responsible We need to move beyond Kama Sutra thoughts having greater depth than what
India isnt part of the study but it is easy to guess the percentage of paying carnivorousness and patriarchy in West- for the suffering of women in India, be- and free speech talking-points and ex- the dichotomies of religion-modernity
consumers of news: small enough to essentially be zero, as they say in the ern popular culture. cause that seems to be the progressive plore how we can offer a culturally root- and oppression-freedom would allow.
world of science. While the generalised practice of re- thing to do. ed, yet universally ethical vision for Our religious thought is concerned
It is in this context that one should view the milestone that New York ferring to women as meat is bad enough, young adults as they begin their journey deeply about freedom too, and not just in
Times reached last week of one million paid digital-only subscribers. what pornography does is to magnify the Critical reflection into consuming pornographic entertain- some metaphysical sense. What an en-
That is big. Especially, since it is in addition to 1.1 million paid print-digital process of viewing women not as humans The truth is that our critiques have not ment. We need to nd a way to tell them lightened Hindu or a Jain or a Buddhist
subscribers. Even though revenues fell marginally in the second quarter, it but essentially as cuts of meat. Through kept pace with the intensity and scale of that these pictures you see are of real or any other spiritual practitioner may
managed to grow prots in a healthier fashion on the back of cost cuts. an extensive study of advertisements that the cultural changes brought about by human beings, and some of them might be striving for when he or she talks of
Apart from paying subscribers, it has been able to increase online present womens bodies as meat to be new media technologies. We must recog- even be dead now, or dying, given the kama, in conjunction with dharma, is not
revenues through mobile, video and native advertising. But without its consumed by men, Ms. Adams reiterates nise that we live in a world very different brutal conditions many of those un- the suppression of human emotions in
paying readers, New York Times would have been in trouble by now. the key concerns that should be inform- from that of Kama Sutra or Khajuraho known millions unjustiably face. the name of celibacy but positive re-
Before long, major publications in India would need to nd an answer to ing many of our debates today: How does monuments despite the desire of some For our efforts, we might be deemed straint.
the revenue model question. How would they want to monetise their someonebecome something? How does scholars to view that world through such eccentrics and party-spoilers. True. But Freedom, in this worldview, is less
business? Thats important, as in an increasingly digital future, they have someone come to be viewed as an object, a orientalistic fantasies about violence. We we cannot go on peddling platitudes, as about rules and regulations and more
to nd newer ways to fund the journalism efforts. product, as consumable? How does her also need to understand that we are yet to we have been doing about sex calling it about cultivating a way of living that en-
The options would have to depend on the strengths of the specic use to another as this product, this con- decolonise ourselves from some of the a need without balancing the right to sures freedom from unnecessary debt to
newspapers. Surely, the fact that its a pre-eminent news brand in one of sumable object, become more important basic myths acquired through colonial pleasure with the duty to recognise and others for what we have taken from them.
the most global cities of the world would have helped the New York Times than her own inherent value, her own encounters on nature, human nature, sex minimise pain. And the debt that we accumulate, as indi-
make some of its business choices. International readers make up 13 per complete and unique self? and violence. One way to do this perhaps, since prec- viduals and as a society, for suffering of
cent of its digital base. The debate on animal subjectivity and Our liberal education has, at best, edent exists, is to respect freedom and women around the world whose images
Relatively newer news ventures in the U.S., such as Politico and Texas suffering may still seem remote to too taught us to note that present-day Indian allow individuals to go where they wish, adorn our private spaces, is enormous.
Tribune, which cover critical policy issues, have also managed to get many self-assured omnivores at the mo- conservatism on such matters is really a but include statutory warnings on the (Vamsee Juluri is a professor of media
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New financial commission: a faulty road map
While countries in the West are giving their central banks more authority and regulatory
FROM THE ARCHIVES powers, India is proposing a system to reduce the RBI to a shadow of itself
T.C.A. Sharad Raghavan DICGC.
The Indian nancial sector is govern-
(dated August 10, 1965)
Amid all the talk about a New Financial ed by a host of different laws that were
Code (NFC) and the hullabaloo about the enacted as and when needed to form
threats from neighbouring governments apparent attempt to cur- various regulatory bodies like the RBI;
Singapore breaks away tail the powers of the Reserve Bank of the Securities and Exchange Board of
Indonesia.
Strategically-vital Singapore India (RBI), some deeper questions India (SEBI) and the Insurance Regu-
Illiteracy must go, seem to have been missed: what is the latory and Development Authority (IR-
broke away from the Malaysian
Federation and declared itself a says Kamaraj exact aim of the proposed Indian Fi- DA). Each of these bodies has taken a
sovereign independent nation. The The Congress President, Mr. K. nancial Code (IFC)? What is it trying to while to settle down and start working
break came because the islands Kamaraj, told the Education x? Is a need for a x at all? efficiently. SEBI, for example, has taken
mainly Chinese population cannot Commission here [New Delhi] that Much of the discussion has revolved about 20-25 years to be effective.
live in harmony with the indigenous sufficient attention was not being around the proposed creation of a Mone- The IFC is looking to amalgamate all
Malays and racial clashes between given to eradication of illiteracy in tary Policy Committee (MPC), which is these agencies into the proposed nan-
them were feared. The friction the country after independence. Mr. to be responsible for all matters relating cial authority that will deem the RBI
between Singapore and Malaysia in Kamaraj, who was interviewed by to monetary policy. The argument in fa- so far a kind of rst among equals as
recent months was especially over the Commission for nearly two vour of an MPC is that: it is standard just one of the many nancial agencies,
alleged preferential treatment for hours on educational problems, said: practice worldwide to have a committee with the Governor and Deputy-Gover-
the Federations indigenous Malays. The challenge presented by the in charge of monetary policy. So far, In- nors being designated as Chairman and
Singapores decision brought problem of liquidation of illiteracy dia has given that responsibility to the members.
anxiety to Britain, Australia and requires a bold resolve on the part of RBI and, in particular, to its Board of So, while developed countries in the
New Zealand, which are heavily national leadership and an all-out Directors. West are busy giving their central banks
involved in the defence of the two- massive national effort to eradicate And, though there is no specic provi- more authority and regulatory powers
year-old Federation against illiteracy within the shortest period sion for this in the RBI Act, the Board following the nancial crisis in the late
guerrilla inltration and warlike of time. has, by and large, entrusted the RBI Gov- 2000s, India is proposing a system
ernor with that responsibility. So, to the Why destabilise a well- payments and settlements systems. whereby the RBI is rendered a shadow of
media and to the lay public, the fact that There is no clarity yet on its role regard- its former self. In the U.K., the Financial
the RBI has cut or raised interest rates is functioning system by ing foreign exchange reserves, but lack- Services Authority (FSA) has been
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS synonymous with the Governor himself
doing it. sidelining an institution ing any mention in the Code, the
assumption is that it will retain control
brought back under the Bank of En-
gland. Banking supervision in the Eu-
>>The Governor-designate of Himachal Pradesh, Acharya Dev Conflict of interest that has held its own over them. ropean Union (EU) is coming under the
The Code goes on to say that the regu- European Central Bank (ECB), and sim-
Vrat,is pictured here. InSundays editions on Page 1,Bihar Gov- The proposed MPC, composed of sev- over 80 years? lation and supervision of NBFCs, and ilar moves are being made in the U.S.
ernor-designateRam Nath Kovinds image was duplicated, and en members, the majority of whom are to activities in the forex, derivatives and with regard to the Federal Reserve.
misidentied in the second instance, within the report on the be nominated by the government, will portant to understand what exactly the government securities markets will be Separating banking regulation from
appointment of the two Governors. The Editor accepts that take over from the RBI all aspects of RBI does. Hint: its not just about in- under a proposed nancial authority. that of other, non-bank credit institu-
this is an inexcusable error. monetary policy, including the setting of terest rates of which the policy rate is This authority is to regulate all nancial tions will create many possibilities of
interest rates. This has riled up a large just one. services other than banking and pay- regulatory arbitrage, and could lead to
>>Okram Ibobi Singh: That is the name of Manipur Chief Minister. Two section of economists, bankers and cen- The RBIs primary responsibility in- ment systems, and will have a mix of nancial instability.
reports, Lift secrecy over Naga accord (August 7, 2015) and Two months to tral bankers. The government, they say, cludes monetary policy. However, it is nominated members from both the gov- Overall, the key question to be asked
x nuts and bolts of Naga deal (August 5, 2015), got the spelling wrong should not be in charge of monetary pol- also responsible for maintaining nan- ernment and the RBI. is: what is broken that the IFC is trying
Ikram Ibobi Singh. icy. cial stability; regulation and supervision to x? The latest Financial System Sta-
The potential for conict of interest is of banks as well as of the Non-Banking Regulation of NBFCs bility Assessment Update by the IMF,
>>The day this column carried a correction regarding the National Socialist vast. So far, the government has been Financial Companies (NBFCs). It also Incidentally, there is already some released back in 2013, found that the
Council of Nagalim (IM), an article alongside Nagaland: a long road to peace interested in securing high growth rates, accumulates and maintains Indias for- ground for conict between the RBI and regulatory and supervisory regime for
(August 6, 2015) gave a different (and also wrong) expansion: National not only as an electoral plank but also as eign exchange reserves and works in the this nancial authority namely, the banks, insurance, and securities mar-
Socialist Council of Nagaland. a means to nance various expenditure forex, government securities and deriv- regulation of Non-Banking Financial kets [in India] is well developed and
schemes proposed in each Budget. The atives markets. And, last but not least, it Companies (NBFCs). The IFC denes a largely in compliance with international
>>A front page Press Information Bureau picture caption (August 4, 2015, RBI, on the other hand, is tasked with has the responsibility of handling Indias bank as a nancial services provider in standards.
early editions) erroneously said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being controlling ination, which often accom- public debt and currency rates, as well as the business of accepting deposits from Why then this need to destabilise a
greeted by Isak Chishi Swu, chairman, NSCN (IM) at the signing ceremony of panies high growth rates. Raising inter- heading the Deposit Insurance and the public. Under this denition, all de- well-functioning system in the proc-
a peace accord. Mr. Swu was not present at the ceremony. est rates is the best tool to achieve this, Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), posit-taking NBFCs would then become ess sidelining an institution that has
It is the policy of The Hindu to correct signicant errors as soon as possible. but it also puts a dampener on growth. which basically insures all bank deposits. banks. Who, then, would regulate them: held its own over 80 years by repealing
Please specify the edition (place of publication), date and page. Instituting a committee stacked with In addition, the RBI is the highest au- the RBI or the nancial authority? 19 laws and creating ve new
government nominees, thus, creates a thority when it comes to payment and The IFC also envisages the creation of institutions?
The Readers Editors office can be contacted by conict of interest. Should the commit- settlement systems in the country. a Financial Stability and Development Given the wide-ranging and cascading
Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to tee try to achieve growth regardless of Now, lets see what the Indian Finan- Council (FSDC), a statutory agency for effect of such a policy decision, a far
Friday); rising ination, or should ination be cial Code (IFC) proposes. According to fostering the stability and resilience of fuller discussion of all the issues and not
E-mail: readerseditor@thehindu.co.in targeted despite slowing growth? the Code, the RBI will continue to be in the nancial system. Other bodies being just those relating to monetary policy, is
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The Terms of Reference for the Readers Editor are on www.thehindu.com realise the other implications, it is im- uled banks; currency management; and tion, which will take over the role of the sharad.raghavan@thehindu.co.in
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FROM PAGE ONE
Modi betraying prejudices
against Bihar, says Nitish
National Bureau
NEW DELHI: Soon after Prime
Minister Narendra Modis
public meeting in Gaya on
Sunday, Bihar Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar held a
press conference in Patna,
attacking Mr. Modi for re-
ferring to Bihar as a BIMA-
RU State.
By rst running down the
Bihari DNA and now calling
Bihar a BIMARU State and
Biharis as unfortunate, he is
betraying his prejudices
against Bihar and Biharis.
The Prime Minister claims
nothing has been achieved in
Survey calls for reviving stalled
projects, easing interest rates
TCA Sharad Raghavan
NEW DELHI: An industry survey
by the Confederation of Indi-
an Industrys Associations
Council (CII ASCON) has
suggested revival of stalled
projects, de-bottlenecking of
supply side linkages and the
easing of interest rates as the
most signicant steps to bol-
ster growth.
Margin pressure from stiff
competition, competition
from imports, a shortage of
power, a high regulatory bur-
den, a lack of domestic and
export demand, a shortage of
skilled labour and talent and
a high tax burden have been
Idea came from PMs Australia visit
Nistula Hebbar
NEW DELHI: The idea to crowd-
source material for the Inde-
pendence Day address came
from Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modis visit to Australia,
when asked for suggestions
on what he should say at the
community reception held by
Indians in Australia in his
honour.
Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO of
MyGov.in, conrmed that at
least two batches of prcis of
suggestions (about 125 ideas
in each batch) had been des-
patched to the PMO for pe-
rusal by Mr. Modi. But
neither he, nor sources in the
PMO can conrm which sug-
gestions would be picked up
by the Prime Minister. We
pick out suggestions which
are well thought out or have
some novelty value or reso-
nance to contemporary
events. We make a summary
of it and pass it on to the
PMO, he said. There was
even one that talked of mak-
ing learning to play the ute
compulsory for students.
That suggestion has, of
course, not made it to the
short list sent to the PMO.
Focus on terrorism
When we looked at the
suggestions in the rst few
days of the exercise, there
were many ideas on just how
to honour Kalams memory,
including suggestions by MPs
like Rajeev Chandrashekhar.
Then the terror attacks of
Zeliang to speak to Assam,
Manipur, Arunachal CMs
National Bureau
NEW DELHI: With the Chief
Ministers of Assam, Manipur
and Arunachal Pradesh pro-
testing that they had not
been consulted before the
signing of the peace accord
with the National Socialist
Council of Nagalim (Isak-
Muviah), Nagaland Chief
Minister T.R. Zeliang said
here on Sunday that he would
speak personally to them to
allay their apprehensions.
The three Chief Ministers
have said that they will not
cede an inch of land of their
States under the accord.
The pact signed by Centre
and the NSCN(I-M) will help
bring peace to the Northeast.
I will speak personally to my
counterparts of neighbour-
ing States to allay their ap-
prehensions over the
agreement, Mr. Zeliang said
at a press conference.
Solving the Naga problem
is solving the problems of the
Northeast. Non-Nagas of the
Northeast should not have
any negative thinking about
the pact with the NSCN(I-
M), he said. Today, we have
trust and condence in Prime
CM
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Calling Bihar a gestion to you to follow Raj
BIMARU State
unfortunate ed referring to the Gujarat
Bihar in 25 years, whereas that State.
leaders of his party compete
to claim credit for the devel- made comments against the
opment of the past 10 years. Prime Ministers tendency
Who is right, Bada [big] Modi to use the social media to en-
or chhota [Sushil] Modi, he gage, but has started using it
asked.
The one who talks of Ja-
nata Dal(U) standing for Ja- BJP] do is on Twitter, which
nata ka daman aur utpeedan is why I, too, am using it in
[oppression and exploitation order to get some answers to
of the people] should know my questions, the Chief
that the whole country re- Minister said.
cited as the most important
constraints by more than 50
per cent of the respondents
of the survey.
The study has found that
more sectors have clocked
excellent growth during
the rst quarter of the cur-
rent nancial year, though
government data show there
is no clear pattern regarding
industry performance as the
Index of Industrial Produc-
tion and the Index of Eight
Core Industries move from
depicting acceleration to de-
celeration on a monthly
basis.
Drilling deeper, the survey
found that the capital goods
Gurdaspur and Udhampur
saw a veering of interest on
speaking about terrorism,
said a source in the govern-
ment. The largest number of
suggestions has come from
metros since Internet con-
nectivity is still an issue.
While some elements of
the speech will be from sug-
gestions on MyGov.in, gov-
ernment sources say a major
part of the Prime Ministers
speech will in fact be focused
on terrorism and internal se-
curity challenges.
Idea has its limits:
Sanjaya Baru
Sanjaya Baru, who was
media adviser to former
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and has been privy to
the writing of many I-Day ad-
Minister [Narendra] Modi,
Mr. Zeliang said.
Highlighting the key as-
pects of the formula, he said
the Centre would respect the
Naga customary system and
landholding system based on
the unique history of Nagas
across Naga-inhabited areas
of the Northeast, including in
Assam, Manipur and Aruna-
chal Pradesh.
This Naga issue does not
pertain only to Nagaland. Na-
ga problem covers the entire
Naga contiguous region. So,
respecting the traditional
landholding system, custom-
ary system, it covers the en-
tire Naga community
wherever they are ... , he
said. Whether in Assam,
Arunachal or Manipur, Naga
people are living in their own
land and they want some
kind of autonomy or more
power to strengthen their
rights and their customary
system. I think other non-
Nagas should not have any
negative thinking about this,
he said. The Chief Minister
said even the Bodo issue was
resolved and he was very hap-
py when the Mizo accord was
signed.
members Vajpayeejis sug-
Dharma, Mr. Kumar tweet-
riots of 2002, when Mr. Mo-
di was the Chief Minister of
Mr. Kumar has often
often.
Everything that they [the
industry was the worst off
with growth rates reported
in the industry being either
moderate or negative. ernance and tribal land
Consumer non-durables had
the highest proportion of
companies with excellent said.
growth rates, followed by the
basic goods sector.
The performance of the
consumer durables and non-
durables sectors, an indica-
tor of consumer spending, is
also not very encouraging as
a majority of the sectors, es-
pecially in the consumer du-
rables segment, have Special Correspondent
estimated growth in the
moderate category, the sur- CHENNAI: Union Minister for
vey report said.
dresses, says that while the kub Memon. He was hanged
idea was good, it had its lim- after 20 years of trial. The Su-
its.
The tradition of Inde- a.m on this. This shows the in-
pendence Day addresses be- dependence of the judiciary,
gan when Jawaharlal Nehru he added.
scaled the ramparts of the
Red Fort and spoke to the
people in an extempore style,
it is, in fact, the only such ad-
dress to the people that be-
longs wholly to the Prime
Minister, he said.
Therefore, while it is good
for the Prime Minister to lend
an ear to the people, August
15 is when the people should
know what the Prime Minis-
ter thinks. With Prime Minis-
ter Modi we have an
opportunity for an extempore
address again, after years of
PMO-written speeches being
read out, he said.
Mumbai raids
disgraceful
Omar Rashid
MUMBAI: While the Mumbai
Police justied the raids on
hotels and rounding up of 40
couples on the charge of pub-
lic indecency, a majority of
the social media users called
the police action disgrace-
ful, shameful, and a viola-
tion of privacy.
Many of the people appre-
hended were students. Some
women were even made to
call up their parents, reports
said. The couples were let off
by the police but not before
ve traumatic hours in custo-
dy and a Rs. 1,200 ne each.
I am not a prostitute. I am
an adult who was out with my
anc, who I am supposed to
marry next month, to nd
some privacy. I entered my
name in the hotel register Special Correspondent
with my identity proof and
handed over documents NEW DELHI: External Affairs
when asked, one of the wom- Minister Sushma Swaraj on
en told a local daily.
Bollywood music compos- the issue of nine Indian na-
er and AAP member Vishal tionals detained in a Tehran
Dadlani tweeted: This police- jail with the Iranian Foreign
state nonsense is going mad! Minister Javad Zarif who ar-
How can it be public inde- rives in India on August 14.
cency if they were in hotel
rooms? #sexbanned?
NEWS
ADIVASI WELFARE
Centre working against tribals: Sonia
It has diluted their land rights and cut budgetary allocations
National Bureau
NEW DELHI: Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi has ac-
cused the Narendra Modi
government of reducing bud-
getary allocations for tribal
development and actively
working to dilute their land
rights.
In a statement on the oc-
casion of the International
Day of the Worlds Indige-
nous People, Ms. Gandhi said
the government must adopt
the recommendations of the
Virginius Xaxa Committee,
which had been set up in
2013 to assess the socio-eco-
nomic status of tribal people
in India.
Serious threat
The committee had rec-
ommended changes in law to
ensure land rights and grea-
ter control over resources for
tribal people.
The governments plan to
dilute environmental gov-
fraternity and governmental
rights is a serious threat to
the welfare of Adivasis, she
es of our tribal population
Ms. Gandhi said it was
Ready for debate
on death penalty:
Venkaiah Naidu
Urban Development Venkaiah
Naidu on Sunday said the Cen-
tre was ready for a discussion
on the need for death penalty,
but no one could accept at-
tempts to glorify terrorists.
Replying to a question on
DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kani-
mozhi planning to move a pri-
vate members Bill for
abolishing capital puni-
shment, Mr. Naidu said the
BJP had no problem with a de-
bate on the issue.
It was surprising that
some people came out openly
as and when death penalty was
given to terrorists. It is my
view and my partys view that
terrorists, anti-nationals, ra-
pists and other such heinous
criminals should be given the
strongest of punishment, in-
cluding death penalty, the
Minister told reporters. Mr.
Naidu said some people had
shown concern for what had
happened to terrorists like Ya-
preme Court sat up till 3.45
Hanuman chalisa
at polling booths
BHOPAL: It isnt unusual for
politicians to turn to
prayers during elections
but ruling BJP has stoked a
controversy by organising
recitation of Hanuman
chalisa by its workers
twice every week near the
2,000 polling booths in
Ratlam Lok Sabha seat
ahead of the by-poll there.
An outraged opposition
alleged that the BJP was
trying to polarise voters as
the Modi wave was now
over.
We are reciting
Hanuman chalisa (hymns
in praise of Lord
Hanuman) on Tuesdays
and Saturdays near the
2,000-odd polling booths
of the reserved Ratlam Lok
Sabha (formerly known as
Ratlam-Jhabua)
constituency, partys state heavens as the Modi wave is
executive member Daulat
Bhawsar said.
The elections are like a
mahayudh (big war) and
no one should feel
offended if the name of
Lord Hanuman is recited
before going to the
Sushma to plead case of Indians with Iran
Sunday said she would raise
Ms. Swaraj had taken cog-
nisance of a report in the pub-
lication India Today, which
THE HINDU MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015
NOIDA/DELHI
Committee
on Lokpal Bill
gets extension
till September
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary
committee examining the
Lokpal Bill has got a two-
month extension till Septem-
ber. This is the second exten-
sion as the panel could not
nish its work by July-end.
The 31-member Parlia-
mentary Standing Commit-
tee on Personnel, Public
Grievances, Law and Justice,
headed by Congress MP E.M.
Sudarsana Natchiappan, is
examining the Lokpal and
Lokayuktas and Other Relat-
ed Law (Amendment) Bill,
2014.
The Bill was introduced in
the Lok Sabha on December
18 and was referred to the
committee on December 22.
The committee was asked to
Tribal girls at a programme to mark the International Day of the Worlds
submit its report by March
25, 2015, but sought an ex-
tension till July 30 to com-
plete its task.
Indigenous People, in Ranchi on Sunday. PHOTO: MANOB CHOWDHURY The Bill provides for the
establishment of an anti-cor-
important that the medical vestments in related re- strong Adivasi population ruption watchdog, Lokpal,
search and development. and the Congress. for the Union government
institutions recognise the The Congress president She said tribal welfare and and the Lokayuktas for the
unique health care challeng- drew attention to what she development had been in- States to inquire into graft
termed the special bond be- trinsic to the ethos of the charges against public func-
and make appropriate in- tween Indias 104-million Congress. tionaries.
Trade, terror high on PMs Gulf agenda
Suhasini Haidar tion Council) free trade
agreement.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Mr. Modi will also push for
Narendra Modi will make his greater cooperation on ter-
rst visit to the Gulf region rorism with Dubai, which has
and West Asia this weekend, in the past assisted India
with a trip to the United Arab with information on crimi-
Emirates, marking the rst nals and terrorists who had
time an Indian PM will land
in the UAE in more than
three decades.
operations based out of the
emirates, especially after the
two countries signed two bi-
Ahead of the visit, Foreign lateral security agreements
Secretary S. Jaishankar met in 2011, on the transfer of
with General Sheikh Mo- sentenced persons and on
hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, combating terrorism.
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with the ruler of In the past few months,
and Deputy Supreme Com- the MHA has been particu-
mander of the UAE Armed
Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassemi, larly keen on working with
Forces on Sunday, and hand- in Sharjah in a May 13, 1981 photo. Narendra Modi the UAE and other Gulf
ed over a letter from the will be the first Prime Minister to visit the UAE countries on the spread of
Prime Minister. Mr. Modi is after her trip. FILE PHOTO: PIB terror nance networks as
expected to y to Abu Dhabi well as curbing Fake Indian
on August 16 to discuss in- dresses in U.S., Australia, bilateral cooperation in key Currency Notes (FICN), and
vestment and trade opportu- China and Canada. areas and boost trade and in- those will come up in the dis-
nities as well as cooperation Sources conrmed to The vestment ties, which are the cussion.
on terrorism with the UAE Hindu, that BJP National cornerstone of the UAE-In- Finally, Mr. Modi's visit
leadership, and then to Du- General Secretary Ram Mad- dia partnership. In 2014- will be seen as part of a ba-
bai on August 17, where he hav, who had organised all 2015, trade between India lancing act in the region,
will address the Indian com- those previous events, trav- and the UAE crossed $59 bil- given his proposed plans to
munity at the Dubai sports elled to the UAE this week to lion with the balance of trade visit both Israel and Iran in
city cricket stadium. nalise arrangements for it. in favour of India, making the upcoming year.
While the MEA has not Dubai is home to more than 2 the UAE one of Indias big- The last time an Indian
made an official announce- million Indians, and sources gest trading partners. PM visited UAE was Indira
ment about the visit, a web- said PM Modi is likely to at- According to the Dubai- Gandhi in 1981, while Presi-
site , www.namoindubai.ae tract about 40,000 Indians at based Khaleej Times, Mr. dent Pratibha Patil made a
has already been set up to the public meeting. Modi was also keen to dis- 5-day state visit in 2010.
announce details of the big According to PTI, official cuss more investment in In- (With additional reporting
event, which will be on the UAE sources said Mr. Modi's dia, as well as a revival of the by Nistula Hebbar)
lines of the PMs earlier ad- visit would give a llip to India-GCC (Gulf Coopera-
Ensure smooth passage of GST Bill
Special Correspondent The GST has much value
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels
of industrialist Adi Godrej
to the trading community
since it is deeply webbed into
a plethora of tax laws and reg-
raising concerns over disrup- ulations of multiple tax au-
battleeld, Mr. Bhawsar
said. tions in Parliament stalling thorities the trading
It brings our party legislation for the introduc- community hopes to get a
cadres under one roof and tion of the Goods & Services simplied cohesive business
promotes unity and Tax (GST), the Confederation environment which may lead
interaction, which are of All India Traders (CAIT) on to ease in doing business in
required to win elections, Sunday appealed to political the country and hopes to
he said. One of the parties not to put roadblocks abolish colonial working of
principles of BJP is to before the economic reform. tax administration system,
promote cultural The confederation called the statement said.
nationalism, so we are for a consensus to be evolved It is important to pass
among the political parties to Question mark over
doing it by means of GST Bill with a few
Hanuman chalisa, Mr.
Bhawsar told PTI.
ensure a safe and smooth pas-
sage of the biggest taxation re-
infirmities rather than
the future
Earlier, on Friday, the Go-
What is the harm if a form in Independent India. not doing it at all, says
Adi Godrej
drej group chairman had ex-
Christian takes the name of The GST, said to be one of pressed a fear that if the
Jesus or a Muslim praises the biggest tax reform to. will have 80 at least .... And in session were to be adjourned
Allah? he asked. We are improve economy and GDP , a couple of years, we will have sine die, then it would raise a
going to continue reciting has fallen prey to tactical de- 100, Mr. Godrej told PTI. question mark over the fu-
Hanuman chalisa till signs of political parties which About six crore business ture. I think the most impor-
elections, the BJP leader has compelled the CAIT to enterprises are deeply per- tant thing, if you look at all the
said. make a public appeal to politi- turbed over the continuing Bills pending, GST is by far
However, the Congress cal fraternity not to put road- stalemate in the Rajya Sabha the most important ...
criticised the BJPs move. blocks to this economic which has blocked smooth Through the GST, we will
BJP is looking up to reform, the confederation passage of Constitution have double-digit growth in
said in a statement. Amendment Bill meant for India and everything else will
over. Besides, the tribals On Friday, Mr. Godrej said the introduction of the GST, a come in line, Mr. Godrej told
have come to know the real that though the current draft much-awaited tax reform ini- PTI.
face of the BJP after the of the GST Bill was not per- tiated by the previous govern- Later, Biocon Founder Ki-
expose of the Vyapam scam fect, it was very important to ment and taken forward by ran Mazumdar-Shaw tweeted
-- a major recruitment and pass it with a few inrmities the present government, that she agreed with Mr. Go-
admission scandal in MP, rather than not doing it at all. CAIT national president B.C. drejs views on the urgency
Congress former MLA from If the perfect draft were to Bhartia and secretary-general with which the long-pending
Jhabua, Javier Meda said. give an 100 points effect (ben- Praveen Khandelwal said in a reform must be allowed to
et) on the economy, this one statement on Sunday. clear Parliament.
highlighted the plight of the scated ship released, but re-
nine Indians, including Delhi fused to pay the ne for the
resident Sushil Arora, who ships crew members.
have been in jail for two years Ms. Swaraj, after meeting
on charges of smuggling oil. Sushils family, said she
The Indians, who were part of would ask the Iranian author-
a shipping crew, have been ities to release the crew mem-
asked to pay a ne of Rs. 19 bers and also spare them the
crore for securing their re- nes.
lease. I will speak to the Iranian
The ships owner, accord- Foreign Minister when I
ing to the report, had earlier meet him, she told India To-
paid the ne to get his con- day TV on Sunday.
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THE HINDU MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015
Thanks to
juvenile law,
man walks
free 39 years
after murder
Legal Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Supreme
Court has ordered the
release of a life convict
who spent 10 years in jail
for a murder he
committed about four
decades ago.
In a judgment on
August 7, aBench led by
Justice P. C. Ghose set
the 55-year-old man free
on nding that he was a
juvenile at the time of the
crime. Ram Narain fatally
shot Nathi Lal on
December 21, 1976. In
2004, the Supreme Court
conrmed he was guilty
and upheld the life
sentence.
School certificate
However, nine years
later, in 2013, Narain
moved the Juvenile
Justice Board claiming
that he was a minor at the
time of the incident. To
prove his point, he
produced a school
certicate that showed
his date of birth was
December 25, 1960. After
going through the
records, the Board
decided that Narain, at
the time of the crime, was
15 years 11 months 26
days, thus making him a
juvenile.
Armed with this
nding, Narain moved
the apex court again,
where he argued that he
could not produce the
school certicate during
the trial and this had led
to his being tried as an
adult.
The petitioner-
applicant should get the
benet under the said
Juvenile Justice Act since
he was a juvenile on the
date of commission of the
offence, the Bench
ordered. It directed the
Agra jail authorities to
release him.
2 militants,
jawan killed
near border
SRINAGAR: Two militants and a
soldier were killed in a gun-
ght on Sunday during inl-
tration bids by militants in
the Keran and Tangdhar sec-
tors along the Line of Control
in Kashmir. An Army officer
lost his life in an accident dur-
ing a search operation on Sat-
urday. An inltration bid was
foiled in the Keran sector in
Kupwara district, and two
militants were killed, an Ar-
my officer said.
Noticing that some mili-
tants were trying to sneak in-
to Indian territory, the troops
challenged them. In an ensu-
ing exchange of re, two mil-
itants were killed.
In an overnight encounter
between the security forces
and inltrating militants near
the Ragni post in Taya forests
in the Tangdhar sector, a ja-
wan was killed and two others
were injured, the officer said.
In another operation near
the LoC in the Gurez sector,
Captain Prem Kumar Krish-
an Patil of 36 RR Unit died
after falling into a gorge dur-
ing a search operation on Sat-
urday, the officer said. PTI
Freedom fighters to get 218 per cent DA hike: Rajnath
NEW DELHI: Pension of free-
dom ghters has been in-
creased, with the
introduction of a hike of 218
per cent in DA in 2014-15,
Home Minister Rajnath
Singh said on Sunday.
In a message on the occa-
sion of 73rd anniversary of
Quit India movement, Mr.
Singh said he bowed to free-
dom ghters who worked
tirelessly to make India inde-
pendent in 1947. Mahatma
Gandhi had led the move-
ment from the front and
thousands joined him to be-
come freedom ghters.
Today is the 73rd anni-
versary of the historic Quit
India movement. This move-
ment paved the way for In-
dias freedom.
The government has in-
creased the pension of free-
dom ghters or their
dependent family members
by introducing a hike of 218
per cent in DA relief in 2014-
CM
YK
PERMISSION CLAUSE
Recognised colleges need not
seek MCI nod to increase seats
Apex court settles legal question worrying many institutions
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI: Once a medical
qualication granted by an
institution has been recog-
nised by the Union govern-
ment, there is no need to
seek fresh recognition from
the Medical Council of India
every time the admission ca-
pacity for the course is in-
creased, the Supreme Court
has held.
Settling a legal question
worrying colleges in the
medical education eld, a
Bench of Justices Anil R.
Dave and Kurian Joseph
held that to increasethe ad-
mission capacity of a med-
ical course already
Army rescues 400 stranded tourists from flood-ravaged Ladakh
IAF personnel rescue an Israeli mountaineer from the higher reaches of Ladakh on Sunday. (Right) River Tawi in Jammu in spate.
JAMMU: The Army has evac-
uated nearly 400 tourists
stranded in the ood-hit ar-
eas of Ladakh, where several
villages have been cut off.
The troops evacuated 250
tourists from Upshi and 150
from Khalsar by constructing
improvised crossings, S.D.
Goswami, defence spokes-
man at the Armys Northern
Indian Army tops in
popularity on Facebook
NEW DELHI Leaving a host of
foreign government
organisations behind,
including the likes of CIA,
FBI, NASA and even the
Pakistani military, the
Indian Army has once again
come out on top in
popularity on social
networking site Facebook.
For the second time in as
many months, the Indian
Armys Facebook page has
topped the People Talking
About This (PTAT) ranking
under government
category.
It is big for the armys
social media. Only two
months ago, we had topped
for the rst time. It also
proves that we have
genuine likes registered for
our page, Army sources
The number of
freedom fighters,
widows and eligible
dependents
add up to 35,900
15, he said in the message.
The revised rate of pen-
sion, as on August 1, 2014,
after enhancement of DA
(from 193 per cent), is Rs.
23,309 per month for former
Andaman political prisoners,
Rs. 20,129 for freedom ght-
ers/spouses and Rs. 4,770 for
unmarried/unemployed
daughters.
The number of freedom
ghters pensioners as on Ja-
nuary 1, 2015 was 11,434 and
widows and eligible depend-
ents were 24,466, adding up
to 35,900.
The Freedom Fighters
Pension Scheme (FFPS) was
introduced on August 15,
Order comes on
writ petition filed by
Chennai-based
medical college
recognised under the Indian
Medical Council Act, 1956,
permission fromthe Union
government alone was
required.
Once a medical college is
recognised under Section 11
of the Act along with medical
qualication, thereafter, for
increase in the admission ca-
pacity in any course of study
or training that is recognised
under Section 11 of the Act,
Command, said. The lines of
communication were re-
stored too.
In the Nubra valley, Khal-
sar village was cut off as a
bridge was washed away. A
relief camp was established
at Khalsar, where food and
medicines were provided to
civilians, he said.
Colonel Goswami said a
said. PTAT ranking is based
on the analysis of the
number of people talking
about or on a particular
page.
And it is not just the
Facebook page that is doing
well. The official website of
the Indian Army gets as
many as 25 lakh hits every
week.
Interestingly, both India
and Pakistan are at war on
Facebook, having blocked
each others accounts
through Geo location. This
means that a person from
Pakistan cannot access
Indian armys Facebook
page and vice versa.
The Twitter handle of the
Indian Army has 4,47,000
followers, sources said.
PTI
1972 during the Silver Jubi-
lee year of Independence.
Till July 31, 1980, the Free-
dom Fighters pension was
available only to those who
needed nancial assistance
on account of their meagre
gross income; and the mini-
mum pension sanctioned to a
freedom ghter was Rs. 200
per month.
The benet of FFPS was
extended to all freedom
ghters as a token respect
(Samman) with effect from
August 1, 1980 under Swa-
tantarta Sainik Samman
Pension Scheme.
Highest in Telangana
The highest number of
freedom ghter pensioners
live in Telangana (6,204),
followed by Andhra Pradesh
(6,031), West Bengal (4,394),
Maharashtra (3,866), Bihar
(2,972), Tamil Nadu (2,005)
and Uttar Pradesh (1,710).
PTI
NEWS
only permission from the
Central government as per
the scheme under Section
10A of the Act is required,
the judgment authored by
Justice Kurian observed.
No person shall establish
a medical college and no
medical college shall open a
new or higher course of
study or training for the
award of any recognised
medical qualication and no
person shall increase the ad-
mission capacity in any
course of study or training,
except with the prior per-
mission of the Central gov-
ernment obtained in
accordance with the scheme
provided in the Section
crucial bridge and 25 to 30
houses were washed away at
Biamah village.
The Army established a
relief camp in the village
where food and medicines
were distributed. Tents, mat-
tresses, sleeping bags and
blankets were distributed,
he said.
Meanwhile, the Amarnath
Sikorsky ups navy chopper
price, talks to begin afresh
Dinakar Peri
NEW DELHI: Negotiations for
16 multi-role helicopters
(MRHs) for the Navy with
Sikorsky of the U.S. will be-
gin afresh as the price esca-
lation requested by the
company is not acceptable in
accordance with the Defence
Procurement Procedure
(DPP), the government said
on Friday.
Stating that the procure-
ment proposal is being proc-
essed in accordance with the
DPP, Defence Minister Ma-
nohar Parrikar said in a writ-
ten reply in the Lok Sabha
that the request of Sikor-
sky for price escalation was
not found acceptable by the
Contract Negotiation Com-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with freedom fighters during the
At Home reception in Rashtrapati Bhavan, watched by President Pranab
Mukherjee, in New Delhi on Sunday. PHOTO: R. V. MOORTHY
(10A), the court held.
The judgment came on a
writ petition led by the
Chennai-based Sree Balaji
Medical College and Hospi-
tal. It directed the govern-
ment to process the
institutions request to in-
crease seats for its MBBS
course from 150 to 250 for
the academic session of
2015-2016 and pass orders
within two weeks.
The court referred to the
case of two other medical in-
stitutions, S.P. Medical Col-
lege, Rajasthan, and
Maulana Azad Medical Col-
lege, Delhi, which were per-
mitted to increase their
seats.
Yatra was suspended for the
second consecutive day from
the Jammu base camp on
Sunday as the Jammu-Srina-
gar National Highway was
closed in the wake of a land-
slide triggered by heavy rain
in Udhampur.
It was later opened after
which over 700 stranded ve-
hicles were cleared.
Governments Contract
Negotiation Committee
refuses to accept price
escalation request
mittee (CNC).
He added that the vendor
has been informed
accordingly.
Sikorsky was selected last
December after which the
CNC began price negotia-
tions. However, the compa-
ny requested a steep price
rise from the original quoted
price leading to a stalemate.
Finmeccanica
was in race
The Navy, in 2008, had
oated a global tender for 16 Technologies.
India on top in exporting beef
TCA Sharad Raghavan
NEW DELHI: India retains its
top spot as the worlds large-
st exporter of beef, according
to data released by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
and has extended its lead
over the next highest expor-
ter, Brazil. It must be noted,
however, that the U.S. gov-
ernment classies even buf-
falo meat as beef.
According to the data, In-
dia exported 2.4 million
tonnes of beef and veal in
FY2015, compared to 2 mil-
lion tonnes by Brazil and 1.5
million by Australia. These
three countries account for
58.7 per cent of all the beef
exports in the world. India
itself accounts for 23.5 per
cent of global beef exports.
This is up from a 20.8 per
cent share last year.
Data from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian Economy
(CMIE) shows that most of
Indias buffalo meat exports
go to Asian countries Asia
receives more than 80 per
cent, while Africa takes
PHOTOS: PTI
Israeli rescued
An Israeli mountaineer
who had fallen off a summit
in the higher reaches of La-
dakh region was rescued by
the Air Force on Sunday, offi-
cials said.
One Israeli mountaineer,
lying unconscious after fall-
ing off the summit of Stok
MRHs to operate from its
warships with an option for
eight more. Finmeccanica
with its NH-90 and Sikorsky
with S-70B were in the eval-
uation race which Sikorsky
actually won as it was the
sole bid left after a partial
ban was imposed on Fin-
meccanica in another deal.
The Navy is critically
short of various types of hel-
icopters.
S-70B is the naval variant
of the U.S. Armys Black
Hawk UH 60 helicopter. It
can be used both for anti-
surface and anti-submarine
warfare. Incidentally, Sikor-
sky was acquired by Lock-
heed Martin recently in
$9-billion deal from United
around 15 per cent. Within
Asia, Vietnam is the largest re-
cipient, at 45 per cent.
Indias buffalo meat exports
have been growing at an aver-
age of nearly 14 per cent each
year since 2011, and fetching
India as much as $4.8 billion in
2014. Last year, India for the
rst time earned more from
the export of buffalo meat
than it did from Basmati rice.
Several databases, includ-
ing the United Nations Food
Kangri, was evacuated this
morning by the Siachen Pio-
neers unit based in Leh, Col.
Goswami said.
He said it was a daring res-
cue during which the helicop-
ter skidded when it made
partial contact with the snow
owing to a steep gradient.
The operation called for
exceptional piloting skills,
Jaitley calls for efficient
expenditure management
TCA Sharad Raghavan
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley on Sunday said
that it is important for a
country to have an efficient
expenditure management
system. Otherwise, it could
risk going the way of Greece,
he said referring to that
countrys ongoing debt
crisis.
In post liberalised era,
competitiveness, cost and ef-
ciency management have
become the key words of sur-
vival and growth. For good
governance, the government
has not only to augment its
resources through better
revenue collections but also
to manage its expenditure
well, he said after inaugu-
rating the First Indian Cost
Accounts Service Day here.
The Minister asked the of-
cers of the Cost Accounts
Service to upgrade their
professional skills and ex-
pertise in order to play a
proactive role in assisting
the government in achieving
the highest level of cost effi-
ciency in its projects,
schemes and operations.
Key suggestions
Earlier, Ratan P Watal,
Secretary (Expenditure),
said that the Indian Cost Ac-
counts Service officers dealt
with topics of contemporary
signicance such as pricing
of industrial products and
services, determination of
various subsidies, petroleum
under recoveries, and sys-
tems studies.
The Chief Adviser, Cost,
he said, had made several key
suggestions for operational
improvements, including ar-
eas for cost reduction.
These recommendations
have helped the government
to effect substantive savings
in the government expendi-
ture on many occasions, Mr.
Watal said.
He said the government
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and Agricultural Outlook,
show that meat consumption
in India is increasing. Howev-
er, the data also shows that
beef consumption has been
falling over the years, down
-44.5 per cent in 2014 from
the level it was in 2000. This
fall in consumption has been
taking place regardless of the
political party in power.
Chicken consumption, how-
ever, was up 31 per cent in
that period.
judgment and daring. The de-
gree of difficulty was further
compounded by high alti-
tude, no reserve of power and
over-snowbound terrain,
the spokesman said.
The mountaineer was
moved to Sonam Norbu hos-
pital in Leh. His identity was
not immediately known, he
said. PTI
We should make sure
India does not go the
Greeces way, says Jaitley
managed to control expendi-
ture through rationalisation.
The ongoing scal consoli-
dation process has been suc-
cessful in taming the scal
decit However, the public
nance on revenue side re-
quires attention, particularly
in view of the target set for
the revenue decit under the
new Fiscal Responsibility
and Budget Management re-
gime. This necessitates
structural changes in the
Plan spending and denitive
measures to contain Non-
Plan spending within sus-
tainable limits.
Subsidies
Mr. Watal said that in or-
der to achieve the targets of
scal consolidation, it was
essential to reduce spending
on subsidies by improving
their targeting mechanism.
The efforts of the govern-
ment would be to address
this issue with a two-
pronged strategy. The gov-
ernment is committed to
progressively pursuing sub-
sidy reforms in a manner
that will ensure efficient tar-
geting of subsidies to the
poor and needy, while also
saving scarce nancial re-
sources for investment in in-
frastructure and pursuit of
new development pro-
grammes announced by the
government from time to
time, he said.
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Nepal inks breakthrough PRIMED FOR OVERHAUL

CABINET APPROVES PLAN TO SCRAP TOP GOVERNMENT POSTS AND PRIVILEGES

pact on new Constitution
KATHMANDU: Nepals rival par-
ties have signed an agree-
ment drawing up the
countrys internal borders in
a breakthrough that paves
Iraq PM rolls out reforms
to rein in corruption
the way for a new national
Constitution, the countrys
Prime Minister said Sunday.
Spurred by Aprils devas-
tating quake, Nepals parties
struck a historic deal in June
to divide the country into
eight provinces but left the

crucial task of delineating
state borders to a federal
commission.
Midnight deal
The new agreement,
signed after midnight on Sat-
urday, came after days of ne-
gotiation and resolves a
major issue that has blocked
progress on the charter since
2008. As a result, the com-
mission will no longer be re-
quired to set state
boundaries.
A Constitution with fed-
eralism and demarcation has
been ensured, Prime Minis-
ter Sushil Koirala wrote in a
post on Twitter. I call on
everyone to not be stuck on
minor disagreements and
work to build and develop
the country, Koirala said.
Information Minister Mi-
nendra Rijal said that the
agreement was reached last
night and it has moved the
Constitution writing process
a step forward.
The deal comes after a se-
ries of public consultations
held across the Himalayan
nation last month.
In some cases, the consul-
tations were marred by vio-
lence, especially in the
southern plains, which are
home to the Madhesi com-
munity, who expressed an-
ger about a lack of detail on
where and how new internal
borders will be drawn.
We have tried to under-
I
stand the public stance and
strike a balance on conict-
ing feedback responses, Ri-
jal said.
Opposition parties have
long pushed for new prov-
inces to be created along
lines that could favour his-
torically marginalised com-
munities like the Madhesis.
Other parties have attacked
this model, calling it a threat
to national unity. As a result
of the negotiations, the num-
ber of provinces was reduced
to six. AFP
raqi Prime Minister Haider al-
Abadi proposed scrapping top
government posts and privileges
on Sunday in an ambitious re-
form drive sparked by swelling
popular anger over corruption
and poor governance.
The proposed reforms followed
weeks of demonstrations and a
call for tougher reform measures
from Iraqs top Shia cleric Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is re-
vered by millions of Iraqis.
Amid a major heat wave that
has seen temperatures top 50 de-
grees Celsius, protesters have
railed against the poor quality of
services, especially power outag-
es that leave Iraqis with only a
few hours of government-sup-
plied electricity per day.
But even with popular pressure
and Sistanis backing, the en- sitate parliamentary action. No quotas are enshrined in the Iraqis.
trenched nature of corruption in The three vice-presidential constitution but the patronage Old and current graft cases
Iraq and the fact that parties posts, which come with more system that prevails in Iraq should also be reopened under
across the political spectrum privileges than responsibilities, grants many government jobs ac- the supervision of a high commis-
benet from it will make any ef- are held by former top officials cording to sect and party affil- sion for ghting corruption, Aba-
forts to change the system ex- Abadis predecessor and main ri- iation rather than merit. di said.
tremely difficult. val, Nuri al-Maliki, ex-parliament Abadi also said there should be Sistani called Friday for Abadi
One of the most drastic of the speaker Osama al-Nujai and for- a comprehensive and immediate to take drastic measures

Man charged after 8 found dead in Texas proposals outlined in an online

WASHINGTON: A man who en-
gaged police in a stand-off at a
Texas home has been charged
with capital murder after the
bodies of ve children and
three adults were found in-
side, U.S. media reported on
Sunday.
The eight bodies were
found in the Houston-area
house after a welfare check
was conducted on the prem-
ises, the Harris County Sher-
iffs Office said in a statement.
Deputies from the sheriffs
office were called to the resi-
dence at about 9 pm on Sat-
statement by Abadi was the call
for the elimination of the posts of
mer premier Iyad Allawi.
Maliki and Nujai said on Sun-
day that they supported the re-
reduction in the number of
guards for officials.
against corruption, saying that
the minor steps he had an-
nounced were not enough.
custody after negotiators vice-president and deputy prime form drive, indicating that the Entire system is rotten He must be more daring and
Bodies of three adults convinced him to surrender. minister immediately. proposed changes may have been This has long been a problem, courageous in his reforms,
and five children were The relationship between The cabinet approved the re- made as part of a deal that they with some officials having mas- Ahmed al-Sa, a representative of
found inside a the suspect and victims form plan on Sunday, Abadis of- endorsed. sive personal protection units, the reclusive Sistani, said in a ser-
wasnt immediately known. ce said, but changes such as I renew my support for the and others hiring less than the mon delivered in the shrine city
Houston-area house Court records show that one abolishing the posts would appar- reforms that are needed, said allotted number and pocketing of Karbala.
capital murder count against ently require the constitution to Maliki, while Nujai announced the remainder of the allowance. But Abadis efforts face major
Conley covers multiple be amended, which would neces- his support for and welcome of And he called for an end to challenges.
urday (0200 GMT, Sunday), deaths. the decisions. special provisions for senior of- The entire system of govern-
spokesman Thomas Gilliland Another capital murder
told the KHOU news channel. count is for a person under six
THE CONSTITUTION IS DECREPIT, Abadi also called for a major
overhaul of the way senior offi-
cials, both current and retired.
He did not specify what these
ment is rotten. The constitution
is decrepit, the legal framework is
A man inside the house be- years of age. He was being THE POLITICAL CLASS IS UTTERLY cials are selected, saying that all were, but large salaries, govern- woefully inadequate and the po-
gan shooting after deputies held on Sunday in the Harris
forced their way in. County Jail. Bond had not yet
CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT party and sectarian quotas ment-provided vehicles and gen- litical class is utterly corrupt and
should be abolished, and the can- erous retirement benets have all incompetent, said Zaid al-Ali,
The Sheriffs Office tweet- been set for him and an at- ZAID AL-ALI didates chosen by a committee long been bones of contention be- author of The Struggle For Iraqs
ed that the man, 49-year-old torney is not yet listed. AUTHOR OF 'THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQS FUTURE' appointed by the premier. tween the authorities and average Future. AFP
David Conley, was taken into AFP

400 Kurds killed in two
weeks in Turkish strikes
ANKARA: Nearly 400 members
of the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK) have
been killed and hundreds in-
jured in two weeks of Turkish
airstrikes on positions in
northern Iraq, the official
Anatolia news agency report-
ed on Sunday.
The report, which could
not be independently veri-
ed, said at least four PKK
leaders and 30 female rebel
ghters were among the dead.
So far 390 terrorists have
been rendered incapable of
causing harm and another
400 have been injured, with
150 suffering serious inju-
ries, Anatolia said.
The PKKs insurgency for
greater rights and powers for
Turkey's Kurdish minority
began more than 30 years ago
and has left tens of thousands
dead.
Hundreds flee IS
On Saturday, Osama Ed-
ward, the director of the
Christian Assyrian Network
for Human Rights in Syria,
Taliban suicide bomber kills 29 Bring to book killers
KABUL: A suicide bomber in
Afghanistans northern Kun-
duz province has killed 29
U.S. F-16s to people, mainly members of il-
legal armed groups that have
clashed with security forces
aid Turkey and the insurgents in the
past, an Afghan official said
in IS fight on Sunday.
Taliban spokesman Zabi-
BRUSSELS: The United hullah Mujahid claimed re-
States is sending half a sponsibility for the attack in
dozen F-16 warplanes to an email sent to media.
Turkey to help oper- Heyatullah Amiri, district
ations against the Islam- administrative chief of Khan
ic State group, the U.S. Abad district, said a suicide
mission to NATO said bomber on foot targeted a
on Sunday. meeting of criminal groups
Six U.S. Air Force late on Saturday. Twenty-ve
F-16 Fighting Falcons of those killed were members
deploy to Incirlik Air of the armed groups, includ-
Base, Turkey, to support ing four leaders, while the re-
the ght against ISIL, it maining four were civilians,
said, referring to a varia- he said. Amiri said 19 others
nt name for the jihadist were wounded, including 15
group AFP civilians
The Taliban have stepped
up attacks across the country
said hundreds of families since U.S. and NATO forces
have ed the Christian town shifted from a combat to a
of Sadad toward the govern- support and training role at
ment-held central city of the end of last year.
Homs and the capital, Da- In the northern Badakh-
mascus. AFP shan province, Taliban insur-
of blogger: U.N. chief
Haroon Habib
DHAKA: U.N. Secretary Gener-
alBan Ki-moon on Sunday
urged the Bangladesh govern-
ment to ensure that blogger-
Niloy Chatterjees killers are
brought to justice.
In a statement,the Secre-
tary General voiced concern
over these gruesome crimes
and their impact on the free-
dom of expression in Bangla-
desh. He called on the
government to bring those re-
A wounded Afghan receives treatment at a hospital sponsible to justice in an ex-
in Kunduz on Sunday, after a Taliban attack in the peditious manner and
northern Afghan province. PHOTO: AFP
ensure that citizens enjoy
freedom of expression and
gents hanged a 27-year-old The insurgents accused the other human rights without
mother of three after accus- three of spying, Frotan said. fear.
ing her of having extramarital In the eastern Nangarhar The latest murder, the
sex, said Nawid Frotan, province, a drone strike car- fourth since February, has al-
spokesman for the provincial ried out by Afghan forces soreceived strong condem-
governor. Frotan said she was killed 15 insurgents and nation from the United
hanged from a tree before a wounded nine on Saturday, States, the United Kingdom.
public gathering early on Sat- said Hazrat Hussain Mashre- theEuropean Union.
urday. qiwal, spokesman for the pro-
In a separate incident, Tali- vincial police chief. He said a FBI to assist probe
ban insurgents beheaded two separate airstrike carried out Meanwhile, there is novis-
local policemen and a civilian by international forces killed ible progress in the probe.
in Badakhshan on Saturday. at least 10 insurgents. AP The U.S. Federal Bureau of
U.N. Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon has urged
Bangladesh for a speedy
probe into the murder of
blogger Niloy Chatterjee.
FILE PHOTO
Investigation, which has been
assisting the probe of blogger
Avijit Roy murder,has ap-
proached the Bangladesh-
government with an offer to
help the investigation into
Chatterjees murder.
VENGEANCE IN BANGLADESH
| EDITORIAL
Israel arrests
two extremists
in arson case
JERUSALEM: Israel intensied
its crackdown on Jewish ex-
tremists Sunday, jailing two
high-prole ultranationalist
Israelis for six months with-
out charge and arresting ad-
ditional suspects in West
Bank settlement outposts, se-
curity authorities said.
The crackdown comes after
a deadly July 31 rebomb at-
tack on a Palestinian home in
the West Bank that killed an
18-month-old boy and se-
verely wounded his parents
and brother. The boys father
died of his wounds on Sat-
urday.
Authorities called the ar-
son attack an act of Jewish
terrorism, and Israels Secu-
rity Cabinet approved the use
of harsh measures to combat
the trend, including adminis-
trative detention, which al-
lows suspects to be held for
lengthy periods without
charge. The measure has been
mainly used against Palesti-
nians suspected of involve-
ment in militant groups. AP

Hundreds mark
1 year of Ferguson
police shooting
FERGUSON, MO.: Several
hundred people gathered in
Ferguson, Missouri, on Sun-
day to mark the anniversary
of the shooting death of an
unarmed black teenager by a
white police officer that
sparked protests and a na-
tional debate on race and jus-
tice.
Some pushed children in
strollers as crowds of white,
black, old and young people
gathered at the spot in this
mostly black St. Louis suburb
where Michael Brown, 18,
was fatally shot on August 9,
2014.
After 4-1/2 minutes of si-
lence to represent the rough-
ly 4-1/2 hours that Browns
body lay in the middle of the
street after he was shot, two
white doves were released.
The crowd then started a
silent march to honour
Brown and others who have
died at the hands of police.
Rallies are planned in other
cities. Brown's shooting
sparked months of protests.
Reuters
CM
YK
Japan PM rapped on A-bomb anniversary
TOKYO: Japan on Sunday
marked the 70th anniversary
of the atomic bombing of Na-
gasaki that claimed more than
74,000 lives, as Prime Minis-
ter Shinzo Abe came under
re for his attempts to expand
the militarys role.
Bells tolled and tens of
thousands of people, includ-
ing ageing survivors and the
relatives of victims, observed
a minutes silence at 11:02 am ,
the moment the bomb from a
U.S. plane devastated the port
city on August 9, 1945.
Abe laid a wreath at the cer-
emony, attended by represen-
tatives from 75 countries
including US ambassador
Caroline Kennedy.
As the only country at-
tacked with an atomic bomb
in war, I am renewing our de-
termination to lead the global
effort for nuclear disarma-
ment, to create a world with-
out such weapons, Abe said
in his speech.
He promised that Japan
would continue to abide by its
long-held principles: not pro-
ducing, possessing or allowing
nuclear weapons on Japanese
territory.
Typhoon
Soudelor kills
Probe into abuse of 280 Pak. children
police had registered criminal
cases against the 15 suspects
The nationalist leader
is trying to revise the
14 in China under sodomy and extortion
charges in Ganda Singh village
pacifist constitution BEIJING: Typhoon Soudelor in Kasur district, some 50
killed fourteen people in east-
and push through kilometres from here.
ern China after parts of the LAHORE: Pakistans Punjab Punjab Chief Minister
legislation to extend country were hit by the heavi- government on Sunday Shahbaz Sharif said a judicial
the militarys role est rains in a century, state announced setting up a judicial commission comprising judges
media reported on Sunday. commission to investigate the of superior court will be set up
Twelve of the casualties alleged sex abuse of 280 to investigate the matter. This
Abe was criticised for fail- were reported in and around children in a village bordering case is being investigated from
ing to mention the three prin- Wenzhou city, where down- India. Following the surfacing all aspects, Kasur Police chief
ciples at a ceremony days pours caused mudslides and of the scandal early last month, Rai Babbar said. PTI
earlier in Hiroshima, alarm- several houses collapsed on
ing atomic bomb survivors Saturday night, Xinhua news
particularly when the nation- People march to the Peace Memorial Park in agency said.
alist leader is trying to push Nagasaki on Sunday to mark the 70th anniversary Wencheng county saw Singapore marks Golden Jubilee
through legislation to extend of the atomic bombing of the city. PHOTO: AFP downpours of 645 milli-
the militarys role. metres in 24 hours the display that paid tribute to the
Nagasaki survivor Sumite- heaviest rains in 100 years late founding leader Lee Kuan
ru Taniguchi, 86, lashed out at after the typhoon made land- Yew.
Abes government for trying
to revise the pacist constitu-
Pope calls for global nuke ban fall on Saturday night, it said. Almost 250,000 spectators
About 1.58 million people took part in the festivities from
tion, accusing it of returning VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis losers, the only way to win a in the city were affected by among the largest in the city
Japan to the situation before called for a global ban on war is not to ght it. the typhoon by Sunday after- state's history which will
the end of World War II. nuclear weapons on Sunday He said the tragic noon, the agency said, esti- include some 2,000 marchers,
The security bills which as he commemorated the bombings of Hiroshima and mating direct economic losses 50 military aircraft and 177
the government is trying to 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, at 4 billion yuan ($644 tanks and other security
push through would jeopar- atomic bombing of 1945 constitute a perma- million). hardware.
dise our long-time movement Nagasaki. nent appeal to humanity to Billed as the biggest ty- SINGAPORE: Singapore on The procession, capped off by a
for nuclear abolition and Francis told the crowd in repudiate war for ever and phoon of the year earlier in Sunday marked 50 years since fireworks display, was the high
hopes of hibakusha (atom- Saint Peters Square after to ban nuclear weapons and the week with winds of up to independence with nationwide point of a jubilee year largely
bomb survivors), he said in a his weekly Angelus address all weapons of mass de- 230 kilometres (140 miles) an celebrations, including a huge choreographed and funded by
thin voice. I cannot tolerate that in war there are only struction. Reuters hour, Soudelor has since military parade and firework the government. AFP
the bills. AFP weakened. AFP
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Philips Healthcare plans to invest $60 m FPIs infuse Rs.2,200 cr in 5 sessions Huawei revamps offline mobile business
Philips Healthcare India plans to invest up to $60 million Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have poured in Chinese telecom major Huawei on Sunday said it would strengthen
(over Rs.380 crore) in three to five years to double nearly Rs.2,200 crore in the capital markets in the its offline presence and capture 10 per cent share in the segment
manufacturing capacity of its Pune facility. PTI last five trading sessions. PTI with its Huawei series smartphones by mid-2016. PTI

SIMA demands
ONLINE PHARMACIES TAKE OFF
Recovery cycle has to be kick-started
level-playing field
for domestic
textile sector
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the
NetMeds goes pan-India by large infrastructural projects
Pradeesh Chandran The recovery cycle has to
be kick started by large in-
Swiss power and automation frastructural projects. Pres-
major ABB, which has signif- ently, only a few small
How is export business doing
for you?
We are growing for ex-
domestic textile industry is TIES UP WITH INDIA POST TO PROVIDE icant presence in India feels infrastructure projects are ports business as we are fo-
facing recession for the last 15
months, Southern India
DELIVERY SERVICES NATION-WIDE that the recovery in the Indi- happening wherein the ca-
an economy is slow. It also pacity utilization is low. For
cusing on it. We had won a
large order from Bangladesh.
Mills Association (SIMA) has Ramnath Subbu feels that the growth in 2015 capacity utilization to go up Exports have been down this
appealed to the Centre to take will remain challenging. we need some large infras- quarter and the reason is pri-

immediate steps to create a
level-playing field for the
sector.
In the absence of a level-
playing field, due to higher
rates of duties for Indian tex-
tile products in various major
international markets, higher
raw material cost, high cost of
funding and high transaction
cost, the industry is not in a
position to achieve its poten-
tial growth rate.
Under these circumstanc-
es, it is very essential for the
central government to come
out with a policy initiative to
strengthen the competitive-
ness of the Indian textile in-
dustry, SIMA said. The
measures include making raw
material of both cotton and
synthetic fibres available at a
slightly lower or on par with
international price.
At a press meet on Satur-
day, SIMA Chairman T. Raj-
kumar also appealed for
expediting free trade agree-
ments (FTAs) with all the ma-
jor textile importing
countries particularly China
and EU and make the tariff
rate slightly lower or on par
with other competing
nations.
He requested the Centre to
allocate Rs.6,500 crore to
clear all pending cases and
the existing committed liabil-
ities of the Technology Up-
gradation Fund Scheme
(TUFS), and to announce Na-
tional Textile Policy at the
earliest.
Mr. Rajkumar also pitched
for early rollout of GST and
requested the government to
bring textile products under
lowest rate of GST as the tex-
tile industry is low profit mar-
gin industry. PTI
T
he online pharmacy space, which
attracted the attention of author-
ities in the recent past for the
wrong reasons, is set to take off in a
big way in India with the prolifer-
ation of mobile phones and apps.
Even as the Drug Controller
General of India (DCGI) is setting
up a framework for online pharma-
cies to operate in the country, Net-
Meds.com, which has the requisite
licenses in place, has launched the
first pan-India solution in the
market.
NetMeds last week launched its
mobile app, which can be down-
loaded on Android or iPhones and
has tied up with the governments
India Post to provide delivery ser-
vices nation-wide.
The app offers the entire cata-
logue of more than 50,000 drugs
available to those with a valid pre-
scription and a smartphone.
While Indias Rs.85,000-crore
pharmaceutical industry is grow-
ing in double digits, Pradeep Dad-
ha, CEO, NetMeds, told this
correspondent that the online
pharmacy industry could grow to
4-5 per cent of total industry reac-
hing Rs.5,000 crore in the next five
years.
Some marketplaces were oper-
ating in violation of the provisions
of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act and
not dispensing the drugs from a
licensed premise which is why the
issues cropped up recently, Mr.
Dadha said.
This is why the DCGI is now for-
mulating guidelines as the existing
ONLINE PHARMACIES WILL SUPPORT
AND SUPPLEMENT EXISTING
PHARMACIES AND ARE A STEP TOWARDS
ACCESS FOR ALL
PRADEEP DADHA, CEO, NETMEDS
ILLUSTRATION: KANNAN SUNDAR
Drugs & Cosmetics Act has no gui-
delines in place for e-pharmacies.
The DCGI had then observed that
the interest of small retailers
would be protected and existing
supply chains would not be adver-
sely impacted by e-pharmacies.
The aim was to integrate e-phar-
macy into the existing system, he
said.
On fears expressed by brick and
mortar pharmacies and the opposi-
tion from bodies such as All India
Organization of Chemists and
Druggists (AIOCD) on e-pharmacy,
Mr. Dadha said there was an ini-
tial negative reaction from them
but online pharmacies will only
support and supplement existing
pharmacies and are a step towards
Access for All ensuring patients
get medicines even in far-flung
areas.
Our primary target is to cater to
chronic conditions such as dia-
betes, hypertension and choleste-
rol control and
month-on-month medicines. We
provide
do not cater to emergencies or
acute care. Even internationally,
mail order pharmacies follow a
similar model, he said.
NetMeds competitors include
mChemist and 1mg although
these are more metro-centric. On
prospective competition, Mr.
Dadha said, Dadha Pharmaceu-
ticals have been in the business
for 100 years and one needs do-
main expertise.
NetMeds launched Health
Memo an app to electronically
store patient records on the cloud
including X-rays, MRI scans etc.
and it will be soon integrated into
its app. It uses its in-house depot
in Kerala for warehousing.
NetMeds raised Rs.60 crore
from promoters and Mape Ad-
visory. In the medium-term, it
expects funding requirement of
Rs.200 crore, depending on the
traction the business generates.
It would be used towards market-
ing, creation of depots and whole-
saler tie-ups.
In an interaction with tructure projects. marily on account of delays
Pradeesh Chandran of The in some of the large projects
Hindu, Bazmi Husain, Ma- that they were not closed on
naging Director of ABB India INTERVIEW time. Our contribution from
speaks about the plans. exports to overall revenue is
Edited excerpts: The govt has to play a large around 13-14 per cent.
role. Govt has taken mea-
How do you see the outlook sures in right direction You mentioned renewable
for your sectors? Is the whether they are adequate energy, can you elaborate on
momentum back after the or not the recovery can only the opportunity?
dip in the last quarters? tell us, so far we have not
seen the recovery. Renewable energy is a
The index of industrial growing area and looks
production has gone up. How is the current year promising. The solar indus-
However, the signals that we looking for you? try in India is growing very
are getting from sectors and rapidly but its still not a big
equipment that we provide Growth will be more or business. It is in infancy.
for power, steel, cement and less compared to last few ABB is well positioned to tap
other core sectors and are quarters. The year 2015 is the opportunity provided by
not in a good direction. Our challenging for us. We do not the sector. We make almost
transformers business has expect our traditional mar- everything a solar plant
gone down close to about 20 kets to revive in these quar- would need. We are the dom-
per cent decline year on year, ters. Sectors such as steel inant player in India in this
big drop in motors business, and cement continue to face segment. More than a third
among others. Large infras- issues. Capacity utilisation of the solar energy generated
tructure projects are wit- in these two sectors has to go in India, goes through ABB
nessing slow growth. Most of up. In this current scenario equipments. In solar, we are
our customers facilities are we are looking at other areas looking at three main pillars,
under-utilised. Sectoral out- like renewable energy, rail- they are generation, distri-
look is good and we are see- ways and also on exports for bution and storage.
ing certain areas growing growth. Looking at the rate
like the renewable. at which renewable energy is What are the prospects in
taking off we see some posi- solar the sector?
By when do you tives. It is very difficult
foresee the to predict when re- Generating solar power is
recovery? covery will happen. costlier than traditional and
I believe we can it is same in any parts of the
see the impact of world. Actually what we
recovery only af- need in India is change in
ter two to three policies and regulations.
quarters after ec- States like Gujarat, Maha-
onomic recovery. rashtra, Karnataka and Ta-
mil Nadu are very proactive
on renewable energy, both
wind and solar. These states
have policies in place to pro-
mote renewable energy and
distribution. We are working
all the time and innovating
to bring down the cost. Our
India R&D facility in is the
largest centre globally.

Thomas Cook (India) grows MRPL posts

Rs.406 cr
through acquisitions profit in Q 1
Lalatendu Mishra transition opportunity. RaviPrasad Kamila
SOTC has a strong brand re-
MUMBAI: With seven acquisi- call, Mr. Menon said. MRPL Rs.81.95
tions in nine years, travel and Our acquisition of Kuoni The acquisition of Kuonis 85
travel related financial ser- HK business will give Tho-
vices firm Thomas Cook (In-
India gives us significant mas Cook (India) a foothold 80

dia) Ltd. (TCIL) is going synergies across our key in China as HK is considered 75

strong, especially after Pre- business lines of Chinas gateway. 70

am Wasta-led Canadian in-
vestment firm Fairfax
Financial Holdings acquired
majority control from the
U.K.s Thomas Cook Group
in 2012.
Continuing the acquisition
spree (five in three years)
TCIL on Friday signed a de-
finitive agreement with Swiss
firm Kuoni Group to acquire
Kuonis travel businesses
across India and Hong Kong
(HK) in entirety for Rs.535
crore.
In January this year, Kou-
ni had decided to exit tour
operating business globally
including India and these two
deals are in line with that.
The inorganic growth
through acquisitions started
in 2006 when TCIL acquired
LKP Forex Ltd. to grow its
foreign exchange business. In
the following year, it ac-
quired Travel Corporation
(India) Ltd. In 2013, TCIL
bought out Ikya Human Cap-
ital Solutions, which has been
as renamed Quess Corp.
In 2014, Sterling Holidays
was acquired while in 2015,
the company took over Luxe
Asia Pvt Ltd, a destination
management company based
in Sri Lanka and now Kuonis
two businesses in India and
HK. In India, TCIL will ac-
quire Kuonis outbound and
inbound businesses for
Rs.320 crore while in HK, it
will acquire the Swiss firms
outbound business for Rs.215
crore.
We expect the transaction
to close in the third quarter of
this year following grant of
regulatory approvals. A part
of the benefit will be seen in
our FY16 balance sheet. It is
an all cash deal.
While the Indian business
of Kuoni will be acquired
through internal ac-
cruals, the acquisi-
tion in HK will be
funded through a
mix of debt and
equity, Madha-
van Menon, Ma-
CM
YK
inbound, outbound,
business travel, MICE
and domestic.
MADHAVAN MENON,
MD, THOMAS COOK (INDIA)
naging Director, Thomas
Cook (India) told The Hindu.
This acquisition is expect-
ed to help TCIL, essentially a
fragmented player in the
travel industry, to strengthen
its inbound and outbound
tour offerings and consoli-
date its base in the market.
In the past, the company
had in fact tried to scale up its
operations in these segments
but it was not so successful.
Our acquisition of Kuoni
India gives us significant syn-
ergies across our key busi-
ness lines of inbound,
outbound, business travel,
MICE and domestic.
Additionally, SOTC and
Sita, are highly respected
brands which enjoy a strong
customer connect in the In-
dia and inbound markets re-
spectively, Mr. Menon said.
The acquisition also gives
TCIL an opportunity to un-
dergo a name change as its
licence to use the Thomas
Cook brand name would ex-
pire in 10 years.
Since we will be allowed
to use the Thomas Cook
brand till 2025, the acquisi-
tion offers us a viable brand
China is a significant out-
bound market and since we
are not allowed to enter
(open base) China, Kuonis
business in HK offers us a
foothold to help us tap into
that market and from there
we also foresee lot of poten-
tial for Asia, Mr. Menon
added.
Kuoni HK is a profitable
business with growth of ap-
proximately 40 per cent over
the previous year and TCIL
expects continued growth at
over 25 per cent year on year.
Around 1,800 employees of
Kuoni in these two jurisdic-
tions will be retained and
TCIL will allow the respec-
tive management teams to
run the businesses separate-
ly. The people strength at
TCIL is 2,930.
We want to partner with
the management teams of
Kuoni India and Kuoni HK
and will give them full free-
dom to run and grow the
businesses. As per the policy
of Fairfax, we will allow these
companies to run independ-
ently. We firmly believe that
since they know the business,
they can run it well. Our fo-
cus will be on governance and
integration.
Culturally Thomas Cook
and Kuoni have lot of com-
monality and both have Eu-
ropean orientation. So there
will be no problem in the in-
tegration, Mr. Menon said.
TCIL sees strong synergies
in its business lines and its
intent is to leverage on each
others strengths to drive
synergistic benefits for its
stakeholders, company offi-
cials said. The acquisition of
Kuonis Indias travel oper-
ations gives TCIL access to
their 21 owned offices and 85
franchisees. This will add to
TCILs network of 232
locations including
23 airports; 115
franchised out-
lets, and 112 pre-
ferred sales
agents.
65
60
May 11, 15 Aug 7, 15
MANGALURU: Mangalore Refin-
ery and Petrochemicals Ltd.
(MRPL), a subsidiary of Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC), posted a profit of
Rs.405.90 crore, after provi-
sion of tax, in the first quarter
of the current financial year
against a loss of Rs.36.10
crore during the correspond-
ing period of the previous
quarter.
Total income from oper-
ations (net) was lower at
Rs.11,316.67 crore against
Rs.15,743.55 crore.
Addressing presspersons
after the board meeting of
MRPL here on Sunday, D. K.
Sarraf, Chairman, MRPL, and
also Chairman and Managing
Director of ONGC, said: The
increased profit is on account
of increased margins in the
products coming out of the
secondary units in Phase-III
units and also on account of
increase in the gap between
the prices of crude oil and
those of refined products dur-
ing this quarter.
Gross refining margin
He said that the companys
refining throughput was 3.89
million tonnes against 3.20
million tonnes in the corre-
sponding quarter of the pre-
vious year. The gross refining
margin (GRM) for the quarter
was posted at $6.62 a barrel
against $0.66 a barrel during
the corresponding quarter.
He said that the company
started commercial produc-
tion of polypropylene from its
440 KTPA (kilo tonnes per
annum) polypropylene unit
from June 18, 2015. With this,
the companys Phase-III of
refining expansion had been
completed.
H. Kumar, Managing Di-
rector, MRPL, was present.
The annual general meeting
of the company was held on
Saturday.
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We aim to attract investments FINANCIAL SCENE

Capitalising banks
that can create lots of jobs not enough
C. R. L. Narasimhan
Most of the NPAs have been
K.T. Jagannathan and
G. Balachandar Sri City has a ready-mix of
infrastructure, educational
clusters for
Seemandhra.
investments in to continue their studies or support
their education as they hope jobs will
be there for them in the Sri City.
A few days before the scheduled
announcement of a credit policy
review by the RBI, the Union
caused by infrastructure
projects. These require a

A
t a time industrial units in Tamil
Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are scout-
ing for a place free of controversies
to set up their factories, Sri City, a
private multi-product operational
SEZ (special economic zone) located
60 km from north of Chennai, has
emerged as an attractive destination
with its world-class infrastructure
and industry-friendly ambience.
Since its launch in August 2008, the
SEZ has attracted manufacturing in-
vestments from a range of
industries.
It is now focused on creating
world class social infrastructure in
the SEZ. Ravindra Sannareddy,
Co-founder and Managing Director
of Sri City, spoke to The Hindu
about this mega industrial park and
its future.
Excerpts:
Where does Sri City stand now in
terms of attracting industrial
investments?
The SEZ is home for about 106
companies from about 26 different
countries with proposed invest-
ments of about Rs.20,000 crore.
Once the ongoing projects such as
Isuzu and Cadbury get completed,
the total jobs will be about 18,500.
Presently, there are about 8,000 di-
rect factory workers and about 2,000
indirect workers such as house-
keeping and other support staff. Be-
sides, there are 5,000-6,000 con-
struction workers. These are the
ILLUSTRATION:
L. BALAMURUGAN
institutions, hospitals and
logistics facilities. With these
facilities, companies will be
able to start their operations
in a short span of time
numbers inside the SEZ. Sri City
projects have also created jobs out-
side the SEZ by way of component
supplies and others. We have well-
diverse sectors from manufactur-
ing to food processing and high-tech
industries. Some of the units in our
SEZ , though came primarily to cater
to the domestic market, have also
started exporting their products. All
our units are non-polluting ones.
Our SEZ is emerging as a hub for
medium and large scale industries,
such as automotive, aerospace, elec-
tronics, technology, logistics & ware-
housing, biotech/pharma, education
& training, IT/BPO, sporting equip-
ment , food processing and FMCG.
We have a very high share of food
processing units in our SEZ. Im-
pressed with our record in attracting
investments in the sector, the Union
Food Processing Minister Harsimrat
Kaur visited our SEZ to look at the
facilities and projects. She compli-
mented our work and described Sri
City is one of the best investments
destinations.
Post-separation of Andhra Pradesh
state, has anything changed for your
SEZ?
Traditionally, Andhra Pradesh
had only a few industrial hubs
Hyderabad, some pockets of
Vijayawada and Visakha-
patnam. These were the
well-known clusters for
industrial investments
and jobs. Since Hyde-
rabad has gone with
the state of Telanga-
na, Sri City, with its
plug-and-play in-
frastructure, has
emerged as one of the
key industrial destina-
tions for the Seemand-
hra state. Since Andhra
Pradesh, under the dy-
namic leadership of
Chandrababu Naidu, has
embarked on a massive
exercise to build the state
with large industrial in-
vestments, Sri City, though
it is a private SEZ, is
getting fea-
tured in
states
list
of
Industrial units in Tamil Nadu are Also, various institutions have come Government announced an
also seeing your SEZ as a potential up in the region to impart skills. A lot ambitious plan for recapitalising special package to come out
place for expansion. How are you
positioning yourself?
of social infrastructure has come up
in the region. Recently, the govern-
public sector banks (PSBs). That
most PSBs are woefully short of of the woods. Normal turns
ment announced its plans to set up capital is well recognised. New in business cycles are not
The big advantage for Sri City is its an international school. Centre is
strategic location. Though we are lo- planning to upgrade Tirupathi air-
international standards for capital
adequacy, referred to as the Basel- going to help them.
cated in Seemandhra, our SEZ has port and network of roads. Two hos- III norms, take effect from end of
emerged as an attractive destination pitals Lifeline and Sankara 2017. Raising additional capital on A forced merger, however, has
for investors who want Nethrelaya - have been their own to meet those levels is invariably landed both the parties in
to house their oper- set up in Sri City. With simply not possible for most PSBs in a mess. Policy confusion in this area
ations near Chennai. Sankara Nethrelaya, their present state. Besides, their is seen by the sharp u-turns the
So, we are also comple- people in the region do very high levels of non-performing government has taken in providing
menting Chennai or Ta- their eye check-ups or assets (NPAs) tieup their existing capital to the banks. As recently as
mil Nadus industrial surgeries. Otherwise, capital through provisioning. This in April, the government had
growth. Our strategic they have to travel all naturally restricts the ability of the decided to allocate relatively small
location also helps the way to Chennai. PSBs to lend more. Obviously, banks sums out of its capitalisation budget
Chennai Port since Hospitals and schools will have to support the growth to banks on the basis of efficiency
companies keen to lo- in Sri City serve the en- process. parameters, which, not surprisingly,
cate their units here to tire region. So, the so- Over the years, the government ruled out the bigger banks.
take advantage its proximity to ciety has benetted indirectly in a has been supporting the Improve your performance and
Chennai Port. However, for a SEZ big way. After hospitals and schools, capitalisation programme through qualify for our money, the
like ours, it is a Government of India we are now building housing the budget. For the current year, the government seemed to suggest.
cleared project, and there are no colonies. budget has provided a measly The recent approach reverses the
state boundaries. Rs.7,940 crore but not even half way policy direction only a fth of the
Have you also taken up skill through the nancial year, the NDA much larger capitalisation budget
Your model was a successful one as development initiatives since it is a government has had a major would be linked to the banks
you created such a large park backward area? rethink. performance. That might enable
without much of controversies. How The latest plan is to pump in them to do a holding operation but
did it click? There are several initiatives hap- Rs.70,000 crore over four years in a not expand their loan books
pening. As a developer initiative, Sri staggered manner Rs.25,000 signicantly. (For a few of them, it
As a son of the soil, we knew the City has taken up a skill development crore during this year (2015-16) and might be a blessing not being able to
demographics. It was a notied back- programme in the nearby clusters by a similar amount next year. During lend, however ludicrous that idea
ward area. People were not depend- setting up a skill development centre the two years beginning 2017-18, might sound. But that is a different
ent on agriculture. The area at Tada. There are also State- and PSBs will get Rs.20,000 crore. The story).
consisted of 70 per cent dry land and Central-level initiatives. Recently, a sharp tapering off of government
30 per cent wet land that had only government official visited and dis- support is most probably based on Bank reforms
rain-fed single crops. There were no cussed the possibilities of imparting the calculation that the PSBs having For most commentators and
irrigation facilities. In the farthest vocational training at the level 11th been given a helping hand will take governments, the favourite
corner of the state, the region and and 12th standards level. There is care of themselves. That is a bold prescription for banks to get back to
the people were craving for jobs and need for workers, and there is but not exactly a new proposition. health and be able to raise their own
opportunities as there was hardly enough population. But they have to But more than previous years, the capital is for them to espouse
any industrial unit. So, we chose this be trained on necessary skills. It is favourable outcome of capital reforms. As far back as the early
industrially-backward area and de- happening at three levels corpo- infusions will depend upon how 1990s, the Narasimham Committees
veloped it step-by-step. Over these rate, developer and government. quickly the PSBs adapt themselves 1 and 2 drew an outline of such
years, with investments in Sri City, to an environment marked by reforms, to which many others
the region has transformed into a What lies ahead for Sri City? reforms. supplemented. Some of these, such
bustling one, while enjoying local Two important points here (a) the as new accounting norms, paved the
support due to job creation and over- Sri City today has a ready mix of revised allocation for public sector way for truer and more transparent
all improvements. Even in job cre- infrastructure, educational institu- bank capitalisation for this year (at bank balance sheets. But a core
ation too, we have a well balanced tions, hospitals and logistics facili- Rs.25000 crore) is nearly thrice recommendation to spur
mix. ties and with such plug-and-ply what was proposed initially. That consolidation, thereby getting
No industry can start the oper- facilities, companies can start their shows how deep the capital around the problem of capital
ations only with locals, just-trained operations within a short period of requirements of PSBs are. (b) The inadequacy, has remained on the
or semi-skilled people. While com- time. second related point is that an drawing board.
panies in Sri City would employ lo- We think we have industrial space allocation of Rs.70,000 crore over More than a quarter century later,
cals on the shop-oor and other for 300-500 factories. If most of the four years looks impressive. Banks, PSBs are still battling with the
related jobs, they would look for ex- future investments ow in small and while welcoming the package, say problem of wrong perceptions about
perienced and more skilled people medium segments, we can accom- that the requirements are much them. That in fact is the real
for other functions. As per our latest modate up to 500 units. But, if larger higher more like twice the stumbling block to among other
estimates, about 30 per cent of jobs investments such as Isuzu and Cad- amount (Rs.1,40,000 crore).The things raising capital. For many
in Sri City have gone to local people bury come, we can house about up government appears to have arrived reasons, the government will not let
and another 30 per cent to neigh- 300 units. at a similar gure after taking into go its majority ownership in PSBs. It
bouring places in Seemandhra. Ta- We are presently one third or 40 account prots generated internally. will not permit its shareholding to
mil Nadu, other states and per cent level in terms of occupation. The governments approach to fall below 52 per cent.
expatriates account for the rest. When it is fully occupied, we project bank capitalisation has been Various expert groups have
about 100,000 jobs being created by ambivalent, to say the least. All suggested ways of getting around
What has been the social impact of our SEZ. governments have talked of this. The P. J. Nayak Committee
Sri City? We expect to attract more invest- encouraging consolidation among suggested creation of an investment
ments from electronics and garment PSBs. This has been a highly trust or holding company to which
No industrial cluster can thrive units in the future. These are large theoretical proposition, especially governments shares will be vested.
without the support of the local com- job creation sectors i.e. companies because of the governments The Committee was asked to
munity. We enjoy such support by like Foxconn is able to create jobs for assurance that bank consolidation recommend measures to improve
creation of jobs and providing neces- about 5,000 people with 5 acres of will not be dictated to by the governance in the PSBs.
sary facilities. So, the rst impact of industrial space versus some other government but be market-driven. The question remains: Is
Sri City SEZ is on the employment industries that create just about 40 Nobody, except the self-serving government ownership a health or
generation side. jobs with 10-acres of space. bank heads, believe that a market- hindrance in raising capital by
The drop-out levels have come driven merger is possible given the banks?
down. Aspirations levels have gone jagannathan.kt@thehindu.co.in present state of most PSBs. crl.thehindu@gmail.com
up. Parents are asking their children and balachandar.g@thehindu.co.in

SEEING IS BELIEVING Farmers use friendly insects to boost profit
A new approach to rice cultivation
Population of friendly insects tional Food Security Mission. During
2014-15, ATMA was roped in for a
is so high that there has been Farmer Field School for the second
no incidence of pest outbreak crop season 2015.
C.K. Peethambaran, former direc-
tor of Research, Kerala Agricultural
K. A. Martin University, specialised in surveil-
lance-based plant disease manage-
Oilmeal exports sharply down
E xports of oilmeal declined
sharply by 86 per cent to 18,410
tonnes in July 2015 from 1.32 lakh
tonnes in the same period of the
previous year. The decline was
mainly due to a record fall in
shipment of soyameal, according to
industry body Solvent Extractors
Association. High prices of soyabean
resulted in a sharp drop in crushing
of oilseeds by mills. Also, South Asian importer of Indian oilmeals. During
countries reduced their purchases. April-July 2015, South Korea

A
small group of farmers inKuruvai-
village, near Vadakkencherry in Ker-
alas Palakkad district, has
demonstrated that rice can be culti-
vated without chemical pesticides
and see the yield and prot rise
substantially.
Seeing is believing, says K.V.
Usha, Director, Agricultural Tech-
nology Management Agency (AT-
MA), Department of Agriculture,
about theKuruvaiexperiment,
which involved nearly a hundred
families with holdings ranging be-
tween 0.4 and 1.5 acres.
They cultivated paddy as their sur-
vival crop for long, using traditional
knowledge. But cultivation often
failed. Some were forced to switch to
cash crops and the others to tapioca
and banana, which saw acreage un-
der paddy shrink from 33 hectares to
18 hectares in a decade.
A spell of hope came as paddy pro-
curement price was raised to Rs.19 a
kg by Kerala Government. But labour
cost rose. Pest attacks forced farmers
to use heavy doses of chemical pesti-
cides.
But during the second crop season
(Mundakan), starting October 2015,
the farmers, under the guidance of
ATMA, adopted pest surveillance
and agro-ecology-based plant health
management, a concept being pro-
moted now by the National Institute
of Plant Health Management,
Hyderabad.
Decisions on crop management
were taken after weekly evaluations
of the presence of pests and defend-
ers, health of plants, soil condition
and climatic factors. The farmers, on
weekly eld visits, meticulously re-
corded everything from the weather
condition to presence of live rodent
burrows in the elds.
The average yield rose to 5,500 kg
per hectare, an increase of 30 per
cent over the previous level of 4,250
kg.Farmers spent Rs.47,785 per hec-
tare from which the yields were
5,500 kg of paddy and 3,000 kg of
straw. They earned a prot of
Rs.74,715 per hectare. Besides, the
Department of Agriculture paid a
subsidy of Rs.11,500 per hectare.
Added to the prots was the fact
that the new pest management
method helped avoid four to ve
rounds of pesticide sprays, which
cost them between Rs.4,000 to
Rs.5,000 per hectare.
The farmers also overcame peren-
nial shortage and high cost of labour
by using a mechanised planter and
harvester operated by a farm work-
force called the labour army or-
thozhil sena.
The farmers have deployed the
same method for the rst crop sea-
son this year. The population of
friendly insects is so high that there
has been no incidence of pest out-
break so far, said an official. The
farmers applied the same methodol-
ogy for cultivation of vegetables and
it was found that friendly insects and
bio-controls were enough to protect
the plants. They have spun their suc-
cess with pesticide-free cultivation
to a substantial business by opening
a shop in Vadakkencherry, where
produces from Kuruvai elds sold
using the tag safe-to-eat.
The farmers owe their success to
the initiative by the Krishi Bhavan,
Vadakkencherry, under the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, which adopted
the rice paddy collective during
2013-14 for mechanisation and re-
duction of pesticide use under Na-
ment, said that presence of friendly
insects are overlooked in conven-
tional cultivation. TheKuruvaiexpe-
riment succeeded because friendly
insects were used to ght pests, he
said. Normally, pest attacks were
countered with chemical pesticides,
which rst killed the friendly insects.
Kuruvaifarmers learnt the skill of
reading the pest-defender ratio and
realised that there was no need to
apply pesticides if the defenders
were enough to contain the pests.
The farmers took a collective deci-
sion not to use chemical pesticides.
Pheromone traps and inundative re-
lease of egg parasitiodes were used to
ght yellow stem borers. Tricho-
gramma chilonis was used against
leaf folders. Flame torches placed on
bunds towards the dusks during the
cultivation period helped ght rice
bugs. Spraying of sh amino acid
from sardine and jaggery distracted
rice bugs. As a result pests never
came to the economic injury level,
said Ms. Usha.
For more details, contact: farmer
Santhakumar 09037966827; Dr.
Peethambaran 09447014973; Bi-
mal Ghosh 08281155012; K.V. Usha
08281155007.
martin.ka@thehindu.co.in
Exports of soybean meal stood at
18,017 tonnes in April; 14,046 tonnes
in May; 2,098 tonnes in June; and
just 928 tonnes in July 2015.
The capacity utilisation is at the
lowest, and many plants are closing
down due to disparity in crushing
and exports, the association said.
During April-July, exports of
oilmeals declined by 35 per cent to
4.92 lakh tonnes from 7.58 lakh
tonnes in the corresponding period
last year. South Korea is a major
Move to beef up agricultural
market infrastructure
I n order to create an integrated
agricultural market at national
level, the Government has
formulated a Central Sector Scheme
for Promotion of National
Agriculture Market through Agri-
Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) to
be implemented with a budgetary
outlay of Rs.200 crore during 2015-16
to 2017-18.
Under the scheme, an appropriate
common e-market platform would be
For more:http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture
imported 3.06 lakh tonnes of
oilmeals, Thailand 13,558 tonnes,
Vietnam 95,972 tonnes and Taiwan
19,671 tonnes. Iran imported 9,050
tonnes of oilmeals during April-July
2015, a decline of 92 per cent, as
compared to 1.12 lakh tonnes last
year. Exports of rapeseed meal fell 90
per cent to 8,645 tonnes. Soymeal
shipments dropped 86 per cent to a
record low of 928 tonnes, the
association said.
S. Varadharajan
deployed in 585 selected regulated
wholesale markets in States across
the country.
Department of Agriculture and
Co-operation (DAC) will meet
expenses on software and its
customisation for the States, and, in
addition, will also give grant as a
one-time xed cost subject to a
ceiling of Rs.30 lakh per mandi for
related hardware, including
equipment/infrastructure.
P. Narasimhan

CM ND-ND
YK
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NOIDA/DELHI

THE HINDU MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015

Abhijeet Gupta
Saina, Srikanth spearhead Field Commander fancied
RACING

dumps
Lin Chen HYDERABAD: Field Commander runs (1) A. K. Pawar 54.5. promise (7) B. Dileep 56, 5. Proud
with a good chance in the first division 1. Malakeye Ziba, 2. Shivalik Bird, Image (4) Sai Kumar 55.5, 6. Great

the Indian challenge

AL AIN (UAE): Grandmaster and of the Grand Entry Plate (1,400m), the 3. The Healer Warrior (6) C. S. Vikrant 54.5, 7. Sto-
Commonwealth champion Ab- feature event of the races to be held len Date (3) R. Vaibhav 54, 8. Equal-
4 GRAND ENTRY PLATE (Div. izer (9) Md. Sameeruddin 52.5, 9.
hijeet Gupta crashed through here on Monday (Aug. 10).
I), (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, rated upto Allianz Arena (8) S. S. Tanwar 51.5
the solid defences of Lin Chen 1 REGENCY CUP (1,600m), 3- 75 (Cat. II), 3-00: 1. Ocean Side (9) and 10. Macintosh (2) A. S. Pawar
of China in 57 moves to join the y-o & over, rated upto 50 (Cat. III), Deepak Singh 62, 2. Fair And Squre 50.5.
leaders pack after the seventh 1-25 p.m.: 1. Dear Friend (3) B. Dileep (1) N. S. Rathore 60, 3. Prince Of 1. Santa Monica, 2. Equalizer, 3.
round of Asian continental 60.5, 2. Ice Crystal (1) Aneel 58.5, 3. Arabia (11) Kiran Naidu 58.5, 4. Vi- Laurel Canyon
Khalis Gold (5) K. Mukesh Kumar jays Splendour (3) S. S. Tanwar 57.5,
chess championship here. JAKARTA: Saina Nehwal and K. 56.5, 4. Pinky (6) Sai Kumar 55.5, 5. 5. Glorious View (8) Vivek 55.5, 6. 7 TENACITY CUP (1,200m), 4-
Gupta now shares the lead Srikanth will be at the forefront Team Motto (2) N. S. Rathore 51.5 Field Commander (5) I. Chisty 55, 7. y-o & over, rated upto 50 (Cat. III),
with Surya Shekhar Ganguly as a strong Indian badminton and 6. Bon Ton (4) A. K. Pawar 50.5. Kohinoor Thunder (4) Kunal Bunde 4-30: 1. Kimono (1) N. S. Rathore 60,
1. Ice Crystal, 2. Bon Ton 54, 8. Chocolate Soldier (6) G. Na- 2. Nano Dame (3) K. Mukesh Kumar
and A.R. Salem Saleh of UAE on contingent looks to create a resh 53.5, 9. Sarvagnya (2) Ajeeth 60, 3. Shatakshi (4) P. Gaddam 60, 4.
5.5 points. While Ganguly flutter at the World Champion- 2 DECCAN QUEEN PLATE (Div. Kumar 52.5, 10. Graceland (7) C. S. Bold Attack (9) G. Naresh 59, 5. Des-
played out an easy draw as ships, starting here on Monday. I), (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o only Vikrant 51 and 11. Sterling Finish ert Bloom (5) Chary 55.5, 6. Golden
(Terms), 1-55: 1. Dublin (10) N. Ra- (10) Akshay Kumar 50. Phoenix (2) Kiran Naidu 55, 7. Gol-
white against top seed Le It is for the first time that wal 56, 2. Karromshade (8) Vivek 56, die (10) R. Vaibhav 55, 8. Italian Cy-
1. Field Commander, 2. Kohinoor
Quang Liem of Vietnam, Salem India will have two players in 3. Professor (7) Chary 56, 4. Zensa- Thunder, 3. Prince Of Arabia press (6) Akshay Kumar 55, 9. Vijay
Saleh rose back in reckoning the top five Saina (World No. tional (5) S. Sreekant 56, 5. Angel Vaibhav (8) A. S. Pawar 53, 10. Hun-
Bell (4) K. Mukesh Kumar 54.5, 6. 5 TREASURE WIND PLATE ters Pride (7) N. Rawal 51.5 and 11.
defeating Indian national 2 in womens singles) and Sri- Arudra (11) Ajeeth Kumar 51.
Golden Angel (2) Aneel 54.5, 7. Lady (1,100m), 5-y-o & over, which have
champion S.P. Sethuraman. kanth (World No. 3 in mens Of The Turf (9) Kiran Naidu 54.5, 8. not won more than one race, rated 1. Nano Dame, 2. Kimono, 3. Hun-
Important results (Indians unless singles) as they lead the big- Masti (1) P. S. Chouhan 54.5, 9. Mat- upto 50 (Cat. III), 3-30: 1. Olympic ters Pride
specified): Seventh round: Surya gest Indian contingent at the ica (6) Akshay Kumar 54.5 and 10. Gold (6) A M Tograllu 62.5, 2. Spirit-
Picture Perfect (3) A M Tograllu ed (8) Chary 59.5, 3. Ek Ek Ek (-) (-) 8 BLUE WAVE PLATE (1,400m),
Shekhar Ganguly (5.5) drew with (d/w) Championship. 54.5. 57, 4. Kintyre Princess (5) Ajeeth 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50 (Cat. III),
Le Quang Liem (Vie, 5); Abhijeet Gup- It was young P. V. Sindhu, 1. Masti, 2. Karromshade, 3. Pic- Kumar 56, 5. Mount Titlis (7) P. Gad- 5-05: 1. King Of Pop (8) Deep Shank-
ta (5.5) bt Lin Chen (Chn, 5); Zhou who clinched the bronze medal ture Perfect dam 56, 6. Squanderers Square (1) er 60, 2. Manogamini (6) I. Chisty 60,
Md. Sameeruddin 56, 7. Sonic (3) Sai 3. Azarenka (1) P. Trevor 58.5, 4. Vi-
Jianchao (Chn, 5) d/w Vidit Santosh twice in 2013 and 2014 editions 3 DECCAN QUEEN PLATE (Div. jays Delight (5) P. S. Chouhan 57.5, 5.
Kumar 55, 8. Fenway Court (4) A. K.
Gujrathi (5); A.R. Salem Saleh (Uae, after womens doubles pair of II), (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o only Pawar 54.5 and 9. Well Wisher (2) Major Dundee (7) A. S. Pawar 56.5, 6.
5.5) bt S.P. Sethuraman (4.5); Nguyen G. Jwala and Ashwini Ponnap- (Terms), 2-25: 1. Golden Desire (4) Ravinder Singh 51. Captain General (2) R. Vaibhav 53.5,
Ngoc Truong Son (Vie, 5) bt Jahongir pa ended Indias 28-year-old Aneel 56, 2. Onk Onk Onk (10) Sai 1. Kintyre Princess, 2. Olympic 7. Kohinoor Valour (4) S. Sreekant
Kumar 56, 3. The Healer (9) Kuldeep Gold, 3. Spirited 53.5 and 8. Ice Cave (3) N. S. Rathore
Vakhidov (Uzb, 4); Krishnan Sasikiran Singh 56, 4. Aakash Vani (2) Ajeeth 51.
(5) bt Darini Pouria (Iri, 4); Deep Sen-
gupta (5) bt Tabatabaei M. Amin (Iri,
BADMINTON Kumar 54.5, 5. Double Charter (5) R.
Vaibhav 54.5, 6. Exclusive Theodora
6 GRAND ENTRY PLATE (Div.
II), (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, rated up-
1. Vijays Delight, 2. Azarenka, 3.
Captain General
4); D. Harika (4.5) d/w Koneru Humpy
(4.5); Abhijit Kunte (4.5) d/w M.R. La-
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (7) Chary 54.5, 7. Malakeye Ziba (6)
Akshay Kumar 54.5, 8. Nelly (3) S.
to 75 (Cat. II), 4-00: 1. Santa Monica
(5) Deepak Singh 62, 2. Laurel Ca-
Days best: Ice Crystal
Double: Masti Kintyre Princess
Sreekant 54.5, 9. Shivalik Bird (8) P. nyon (1) Kiran Naidu 58.5, 3. Racing Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 3,
lith Babu (4); Idani Pouya (4.5) bt Ma- medal drought at the World S. Chouhan 54.5 and 10. South Lake Tycoon (10) S. Sreekant 58, 4. Com- 4 & 5 (iii): 6, 7 & 8; Tla: all races.
rat Dzhumaev (Uzb, 3.5); Gao Rui Championships in 2011. They
(Chn, 4) d/w Debashis Das (4); V. will also be in action at the
Vishnu Prasanna (4) d/w Lou Yiping
(Chn, 4); P. Karthikeyan (4.5) bt
Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy (Vie, 3.5);
prestigious tournament, which
will be held at the Gelora Bung
Karno stadium.
Parushram wins Anderson
Sandipan Chanda (4) bt Xu Yi (Chn, A medal at the World meet
main event recalled
3); Parham Maghsoodloo (Iri, 4) bt has so far eluded Olympic
G.N. Gopal (3); S. Nitin (3.5) d/w Gun- bronze medallist Saina, who NOTTINGHAM: James Anderson
HYDERABAD: M/s. P. Prabhakar Red- 5-1/2, 1, 5-1/4. 2m 08.64s. Rs. 23 (w), 8,
davaa Bayarsaikhan (Mgl, 3.5); Saiyn has not progressed beyond the 10, 12 (p), SHP: Rs. 32, FP: Rs. 513, Q: could yet feature in the Ashes
dy, Rama Seshu Eyunni and D. Netto
Zhanat (Kaz, 4) bt S.L. Narayanan (3); quarterfinals five times, while owned Parushram (A.M.Tograllu up) Rs. 225, Tanala: Rs. 3021. Favourite: series finale after being includ-
M.R. Venkatesh (3.5) bt Mahmood for Srikanth it is just his second won the Wanaparthy Cup, the main Upon A Star. Owner: Mr. N. Adil Mir- ed in a 14-man England squad
event of the races held here on Sun- za. Trainer: Laxman Singh. named on Sunday for this
Lodhi (Pak, 2.5); K. Rathnakaran (3) bt World Championship. day. The winner is trained by D. Netto 4. DIVINE DREAMS PLATE
Xu Xiangyu (Chn, 2.5). Saina has got a bye and will (1,200m), 3-y-o only, rated upto 50: months fifth Test against Aus-
1. DECCAN STAR PLATE tralia at The Oval.
Women: Mitra Hejazipour (Iri, 5) start her campaign in the sec- (1,600m), Cat. II, maiden 3-y-o only Time For Fun (B. Dileep) 1, Chal
Dhannu Chal (Imran Chisty) 2, Island Anderson, Englands all-time
lost to (l/t) S. Vijayalakshmi (6); Shenond round, taking on the win- (Terms): Special Harmony (Kul-
Bird (Deepak Singh) 3, Tinsel Town
Yang (Chn, 5.5) bt Aulia Medina War- ner of the match between Hong deep Singh) 1, Beau Sabreur (R. Vaib-
(Aneel) 4. 2-1/4, 3/4, 1-1/2. 1m 13.84s. leading Test wicket-taker, had
hav) 2, Silvassa (A.M. Tograllu) 3, to miss the fourth match of the
da (Ina, 4.5); Dinara Saduakassova Kongs Cheung Ngan Yi and Bharat Princess (P. Sai Kumar) 4. Fair Rs. 10 (w), 5, 5, 8 (p), SHP: Rs. 16, FP:
(Kaz, 5.5) bt Lei Tingjie (Chn, 4.5); Kati Tolmoff of Estonia. Fax. 1-3/4, 1, 1-1/2. 1m 43.08s. Rs. 7 Rs. 18, Q: Rs. 10, Tanala: Rs. 21. Favou- series at Trent Bridge with a
(w), 5, 8, 6 (p), SHP: Rs. 16, FP: Rs. 21, rite: Time For Fun. Owner: Mr. M. side strain suffered during the
Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iri, 4.5) l/t Mary Second seed Saina, who won Narayanan. Trainer: K. Satheesh.
Ann Gomes (5.5); Soumya Swami- the Syed Modi GPG and India Q: Rs. 17, Tanala: Rs. 25. Favourite: teams eight-wicket win in the
Special Harmony. Owners: M/s. Vijay 5. WANAPARTHY CUP
nathan (5) bt Sarasadat Khademal- Super Series this season, is like- Racing & Farms Private Limited rep- (2,000m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated third Test at Edgbaston.
sharieh (Iri, 4); Pratyusha Bodda (5) btly to take on 14th seed Sayaka resented by M/s. Vijay Kumar Gupta upto 75: Parushram (A. M. Tograllu) James Anderson is contin-
& Susheel Kumar Gupta. Trainer: Lax- 1, Silver Passion (Aneel) 2, Jerrell (R.
Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vie, 4); Pad- Takahashi of Japan in the pre- Vaibhav) 3, Star Player (N.S. Rathore) uing to improve and, with 10
man Singh.
mini Rout (4.5) bt Minoo Asgarizadeh quarterfinals. If she crosses the 4. 6-1/4, 1/2, 1-1/2. 2m 07.45s. Rs. 8 days to go before the Test, may
2. DASHMESH STUD PLATE (w), 6, 9, 16 (p), SHP: Rs. 21, FP: Rs. 24, be able to play a part at the Oval
(Iri, 3.5); Pham Le Thao Nguyen (Vie, hurdle, it is likely to be a battle (D. I), (1,100m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over,
PLAYER TO WATCH: World No. 3 K. Srikanth will be competing in just his Q: Rs. 18, Tanala: Rs. 327. Favourite:
4) d/w Eesha Karavade (4); Zhai Mo against formidable sixth seed rated upto 75: Camborne (C.S. Vik- Parushram. Owners: M/s. P. Prabha- although, with the series
(Chn, 4.5) bt Bhakti Kulkarni (3.5); Wang Yihan of China. second World Championship. PHOTO: PTI rant) 1, Rock Heights (Akshay Kumar) kar Reddy, Rama Seshu Eyunni & D. won, we will not be taking any
Tania Sachdev (4) d/w Madina Dav- The draw is really tough 2, Symbol Of Glory (K. Mukesh Ku- Netto Trainer: D. Netto. chances given the cricket we
mar) 2, Crown Royal (S.S. Tanwar) 4. 6. DASHMESH STUD PLATE
letbayeva (Kaz, 4); Nisha Mohota (3.5) with Sayaka Takahashi and 4-3/4, 1, 1-1/4. 1m 07.47s. Rs. 18 (w), 7, have in the coming months,
(D. II), (1,100m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over,
l/t Zhang Xiaowen (Chn, 4.5). PTI Wang Yihan both in my half. Super Series, will face Michael My training was good. Gopi Championships in China in 7, 5 (p), SHP: Rs. 19, FP: Rs. 111, Q: Rs. rated upto 75: Mighty Swing (N. S. England national selector
They are very strong players, so Fariman of Australia in the first Sir was happy with the way I 2013, said. 39, Tanala: Rs. 213. Favourite: Symbol Rathore) 1, Celestial Fire (N. Rawal) 2, James Whitaker said in a state-
round. Of Glory. Owners: M/s. M. Praveen Rois Cruise (Akshay Kumar) 3, Numi- ment.
lets see how it will be for me in was playing, so thats a good Indonesian Masters Grand
Kunal Anand this tournament. I hope I do Commonwealth Games thing. I believe that I am play-
ing my best badminton. Its all
Prix Gold winner H. S. Prannoy,
Kumar, M. Prashant Kumar & V. Na-
rendar Reddy. Trainer: L. DSilva.
nous (S. Sreekant) 4. Hd, 1, 2. 1m
07.38s. Rs. 34 (w), 7, 9, 8 (p), SHP: Rs. The squad: Adam Lyth, Alastair
well this time, the 25-year-old champion P. Kashyap, seeded seeded 11th, who was out of ac- 3. RAVE REVIEW CUP 30, FP: Rs. 417, Q: Rs. 180, Tanala: Rs. Cook (capt.), Ian Bell, Joe Root, Jon-
in main draw said.
In the mens singles, Sri-
10th, is also brimming with
confidence and will square up
about implementing it on
court. Lets see how I play,
tion because of a foot injury,
will make a comeback at the
(2,000m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated
upto 50: Meheran (Kuldeep Singh) 1,
970. Favourite: Pegasus. Owner: Mr.
M. Narayanan. Trainer: K. Satheesh.
ny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler
(wk), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Mark
Golden Flash (N. Rawal) 2, Rumaiya Treble (i): Rs. 402 (98 tkts.), (ii): Rs.
NEW DELHI: Kunal Anand out- kanth, who won two titles this against Erik Meijs of The Kashyap, who reached the event with a match against Alex Vastavaiya (Abhishek S. Pawar) 3, 63 (913 tkts.); Consolation: Rs. 292 Wood, Steven Finn, James Anderson,
played Suphawit Sae-Oui of season at Swiss Open and India Netherlands. quarterfinals of the World Yuwan Tjong of Brazil. PTI Cloud Dancer (Md. Sameeruddin) 4. (339 tkts.); Jackpot: Rs. 4371 (53 tkts.). Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid. AFP
Thailand 6-2, 6-2 in the second
and final qualifying round of
the $15,000 ITF mens Futures CRICKET
tennis tournament in Bangkok, Australia to England enjoys swinging Team allowed
Thailand, on Sunday.
Aditya Deswal also made it to
the main draw by beating com-
patriot Rishab Agarwal in the
Root on top of the world review Ashes
defeat
time in Ashes to score
unopposed goal
third set tie-break. The two NOTTINGHAM: Joe Root has re- form and the absence at Trent NOTTINGHAM: One of the great Rogers is something of a
qualifiers joined Sriram Balaji, placed Steven Smith as the Bridge of the injured James An- SYDNEY: Cricket Australia chief traditional challenges of throw back as a batsman in LONDON: Doncaster Rovers al-
Sidharth Rawat, Kaza Vinayak worlds No. 1 ranked batsman derson has seen the Lancashire James Sutherland said on Sun- playing cricket in England is that he accepts there will be lowed Bury to walk in an equa-
Sharma, Mohit Mayur and in Test cricket after playing a paceman drop to third in the day there would be a review of batting against the swinging times when he has to absorb lising goal unopposed in the
Vishnu Vardhan in the main key role in England regaining ICC standings, still headed by the teams disappointing and seaming ball. pressure and battle hard to English third-tier match after
draw. the Ashes. South Africa fast bowler Dale Ashes loss to England as he It was a challenge that Aus- keep his wicket intact. it had unintentionally taken
The 24-year-old Yorkshire- Steyn. paid tribute to retiring captain tralias top-order batsmen Before the series both the lead itself.
INDIANS ABROAD man struck a superb 130, his Australia fast bowler Mitch- Michael Clarke. have for the most part failed sides made much of their in- An attempt by Doncasters
Prajnesh Gunneswaran second hundred of the series, in ell Johnson moved down two Its a disappointing end to to master so far in the 2015 tention to play aggressive Harry Forrester to pass the
sailed into the second qualify- Englands innings and 78-run places to seventh. an Ashes series, Sutherland Ashes and, as much as any- cricket, with some Austra- ball back to Bury following a
ing round in the $10,000 ITF win in the fourth Test at Trent Victory at Trent Bridge also told reporters in Melbourne. thing, explains why England lians giving the impression throw-in in stoppage time
mens Futures tournament in Bridge on Saturday. produced a statistical landmark And disappointing given we took an unbeatable 3-1 lead that anything else was a less- ended in a freak goal when it
Munich, Germany, by dropping Root has scored 443 runs in for Alastair Cook as he became have had some significant highs in the five-match Ashes se- er form of the game. bounced over visiting keeper
three games to Mattia Rossi of the series, with two hundreds only the third English captain, including a World Cup win only ries with a crushing innings Australia are just poor at Christian Walton, who had
Italy. and two half-centuries, at an after W.G. Grace and Mike a couple of months ago. and 78-run win in the fourth batting when the ball moves. originally kicked the ball into
Meanwhile, in the ITF average of 71.79. Brearley, to twice win the Ash- The CA chief executive said a Test at Trent Bridge on Some of the shots have been touch following an injury.
grade-3 junior tennis tourna- The latest edition of the In- es on home soil. post-mortem of the teams per- Saturday. pathetic, said former En- But with time ticking away
ment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ternational Cricket Councils ICC Test player rankings (Rank, formance would be conducted Australia cant say it was gland opener Geoffrey at the end of the match, Don-
Jennifer Luikham made the rankings published on Sunday change in ranking, player, team): and acknowledged Australia not warned this was, after Boycott. caster manager Paul Dickov
girls singles quarterfinals and saw Root on top of the batting Batting: 1. (+2) Joe Root (Eng), 2. had to lift its game when play- all, Australias fourth succes- Harsh words, perhaps, but told his players to allow Leon
the doubles semifinals in part- standings, with Australias (-) AB de Villiers (RSA), 3. (-2) Steven ing overseas. Sadly and as we sive Ashes series loss in En- you would be hard-pressed to Clarke to stroll half the length
nership with Nidhi Surapaneni. Smith, out for six and five in Smith (Aus), 4. (-) Hashim Amla do after every tour, win, lose or gland, a run stretching back say Boycott was wrong, with of the pitch unchallenged
The results: Nottingham, dropping down to (RSA), 5. (-) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri), draw, we will review perform- 14 years. Australias batsmen doing lit- from the kick-off and score
$15,000 ITF Futures, Bangkok: third place. 6. (-) Angelo Mathews (Sri), 7. (-) You- ances and make assessments Darren Lehmann, the Aus- tle to shake off the tag of flat- the equaliser, which meant
Final qualifying round: Aditya Dess- South Africas AB de Villiers Joe Root. PHOTO: AP nis Khan (Pak), 8. (-) Kane Williamson on things that have happened tralia coach, spent several track bullies. the match finished 1-1.
wal bt Rishab Agarwal 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(5); was second in the standings. (NZ), 9. (-) Chris Rogers (Aus), 10. during the course of the tour, seasons with English county Indeed Australias one win
I didnt really think twice
Chaleechan Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Meanwhile the equivalent The 29-year-old pacemens (+1) Virat Kohli (Ind). what happened leading into it, side Yorkshire while on-tour in the first four matches of
about allowing them to equal-
Rashein Samuel 6-3, 7-6(6); Kunal bowling rankings saw En- ninth wicket of the match, tak- Bowling: 1. (-) Dale Steyn (RSA), whatever aspect of it, the prep- selector Rodney Marsh was the series, a 405-run success
ise. It just wouldnt have been
Anand bt Suphawit Sae-Oui (Tha) 6-2, glands Stuart Broad climb to a en in the second innings, saw 2. (+3) Stuart Broad (Eng), 3. (-1) aration and delivery and execu- behind the stumps when Bob in the second Test at Lords,
right for us to take three
6-2. career-high second place on the him edge past fast bowling James Anderson (Eng), 4. (-1) Trent tion, Sutherland said. Massie produced one of the came on a docile pitch where
points in the circumstances,
$10,000 ITF Futures, Munich: back of a stunning first-innings great Fred Trueman into Boult (NZ), 5. (-1) Yasir Shah (Pak), 6. It is not easy playing away all-time great displays of Steven Smith (215) and Rog-
said Dickov.
First qualifying round: Prajnesh return of eight for 15 on his fourth place in Englands list of (+1) Vernon Philander (RSA), 7. (-2) but its something that we swing bowling in taking 16 ers (173) compiled their Test-
Bury manager David Flit-
Gunneswaran bt Mattia Rossi (Ita) 6-3, Nottinghamshire ground that all-time leading Test Mitchell Johnson (Aus), 8. (-) Rangana clearly have to get better at. wickets on Test debut at best scores.
was behind Australias collapse wicket-takers. Herath (Sri), 9 (-) Tim Southee (NZ), We have the highest aspira- Lords in 1972. However, there was an iro- croft hailed his opposite
6-0.
number.
$10,000 ITF Futures, Sharm El to 60 all out. A combination of Broads 10. (-) Morne Morkel (RSA). AFP tions for the Australian cricket Significantly, the Australia ny in that it needed an Aus-
Sheikh (Egypt): First qualifying team. We overtly say we want batsman who fared best was tralian in new England coach Ive got the ultimate re-
round: Joel Cannell (GBr) bt Ritesh to be the best cricket team in Chris Rogers, the veteran Trevor Bayliss to point out spect for Paul Dickov. He tried
to get the referee to award a
Dubey 6-0, 6-0.
ITF grade-3 juniors, Tashkent:
Girls: Quarterfinals): Gozal Ainitdi-
Lehmann admits to Ashes errors the world and to be the best
cricket team in the world you
have to be able to win both
opener putting his years of
experience with several
counties to good use.
after Lords that the series
ought to be played on tradi-
tional English pitches. AFP
foul throw initially but then
hes allowed us to score from
nova (Kaz) bt Jennifer Luikham 6-4, NOTTINGHAM: Australia coach Darren Lehmann home and away. Sutherland the re-start.
6-2. said both he and selection chief Rodney Marsh said CA had confidence in heir The Australia batsman who fared best was Chris Paul put football into a
Pre-quarterfinals: Jennifer bt Va- had to shoulder a lot of the blame for the apparent Steve Smith, who is good place with his sports-
leriya Vorobyova (Uzb) 6-1, 6-3. teams Ashes loss. As a coach and selectors weve got expected to become Australias Rogers, the veteran opener putting his years of manship because if you lose
First round: Jennifer bt Alija Mer- Englands huge win on Saturday gave it an things wrong at certain times, theres captain for the next Test series experience with several counties to good use morality the game has no sub-
deeva (Rus) 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-3; Kamila unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. in Bangladesh in October. stance for me. AFP
Rakhimova bt Nidhi Surapaneni 6-3, Asked how much responsibility he and fellow no doubt about that
6-3. former Australia international Marsh, the on-
Doubles: Semifinals: Daria Na- tour selector, bore for the series defeat, Leh- BASKETBALL
zarkina & Ekaterina Vishnevskaya mann told reporters: A lot. As a coach and get everything right.
(Rus) bt Jennifer Luikham & Nidhi Su-
rapaneni 7-5, 6-2.
Quarterfinals: Jennifer & Nidhi bt
selectors weve got things wrong at certain
times, theres no doubt about that.
Lehmann said a particular mistake at Trent
Were really strong on having five bowlers
and we didnt do that this game.
Defeat at Trent Bridge condemned Australia
Anitha Pauldurai realistic about Indias chances
Varvara Kuksina (Rus) & Xeniya Pro- Bridge had been for Australia to abandon its to its fourth successive Ashes series loss in En- Principal Correspondent basketball court. I have been We could communicate us- ens training camp were whit-
kopchuk (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4. longstanding policy of fielding five bowlers, with gland, a run stretching back 14 years. able to manage my basketball ing our eyes, but it is not easy to tled down to 15. The final squad
Pre-quarterfinals: Jennifer & Nidhi allrounder Mitchell Marsh dropped to make BENGALURU: Anitha Pauldurai career and motherhood thanks replicate that with the junior of 12 is expected to be an-
bt Alina Povidalo & Alena Yurchenko way for older brother Shaun, a top-order Lateral movement describes herself as a mother, to support from my parents and girls. But, we are working on it. nounced soon. The 30-year-old
(Rus) 6-4, 6-3. batsman. A feature of the series so far has been the both off the court and on it. husband. The coach (Francisco Garcia) is admitted that the lack of expo-
But Shaun, who made just two runs in the inability of Australias batsmen to cope with the Having spent over a year out doing a good job. sure trips overseas would hurt
entire match, fell for a first-innings duck as swinging and seaming ball on typical English after motherhood, Anitha is Increased responsibililty Defeating Thailand would be the teams chances.
Balwant scores Australia was shot out for a scarcely credible 60 pitches that aid lateral movement. back in the national teams col- The absence of Geethu Anna the key to staying in Level 1 at We dont have an exposure
on the first day, with England paceman Stuart There have been accusations that too many ours, her presence as a player Jose, who will miss the tourna- the Asian championship, trip this year, she said. Before
winner Broad taking a stunning Test-best eight for 15 on Australia batsmen are flat-track bullies, un- and leader vital as India pre- ment to be played in Wuhan, Anitha felt. the last edition of the Asian
his Nottinghamshire home ground. willing as much as unable to alter the methods pares for the FIBA Asia wom- China, from August 25 to Sep- Japan, Korea and China (al- championships (in 2013), we
NEW DELHI: Balwants lone goal England, with Joe Root scoring 130, piled up that serve them so well on flatter home surfaces. ens basketball championship. tember 9 with personal com- so in Level 1) we cant touch had a one-week trip to China,
helped Moonlight FC defeat 391 for nine declared in reply against an Austra- Prior to the series, both teams made much of Every time I get a couple of mitments, increases Anithas them. We cant beat Chinese where we played four or five
Ahbab FC in the Delhi Soccer lia attack which, in the circumstances, needed their desire to play aggressive cricket. days off, I go back to Chennai to responsibility. Without her, Taipei either, but our margin of games.
Association (DSA) open clubs all the bowling it could muster. I think England played good, aggressive see my one-year-old son, she our team lacks in experience, defeat will be smaller. We have Also, we now have just a
football league at the Ambed- I spoke to Rodney and we wanted the extra cricket this series to be perfectly honest, said said here on Sunday, after a she said. to beat Thailand (and thus face month-long camp. It is very dif-
kar stadium here on Sunday. batter and spoke to the captain about it in this former batsman Lehmann. training session at the Sree We have junior players in a potentially easier opponent in ficult to get into the sort of
The results: City FC 0 drew with particular game, but weve always wanted five We certainly didnt cope with the swinging Kanteerava Stadium. her position now; compared to the relegation play-off). Then, rhythm we did last time. But
Garhwal Heroes 0. bowlers, so we probably got that selection or seaming ball in the last two Test matches well I returned to training the Geethu, they are very raw. we can fight for fifth place. our aim is to maintain fifth po-
Moonlight FC 1 (Balwant) bt Ahbab wrong, Lehmann said. enough and thats something we have to get third month after delivery. Af- Geethu and I had a good under- Anitha was speaking after sition; I am confident we can do
FC 0. Happy to admit when were wrong, you dont better at. AFP ter six months, I stepped onto a standing on court. the 22 probables in the wom- it.

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18 | SPORT THE HINDU MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015
NOIDA/DELHI

KSCA XI fights
back strongly
BENGALURU: KSCA XI fought
back strongly to gain the upper
hand against Vidarbha CA on
Unmukt, Mayank make it a no-contest Final berth up
for grabs
S. Dinakar

the second day of their semi-

final in the KSCA Dr. (Capt.) K.
Thimmappiah Memorial tour-
nament at the M. Chinnaswa-
my Stadium here.
From 311 for six overnight,
Vidarbha was dismissed for 352
on Sunday morning, H.S. Sha-
rath finishing with four for 76.
Abhishek Reddy then led KSCA
XIs reply, scoring 116 and
stitching a partnership of 176
with Pavan Deshpande (93 bat-
ting) as the home side reached
238 for one in the first innings
at stumps.
In the other semifinal at the
Alur grounds, Haryana CA and
Dr. D.Y. Patil Academy
matched each other blow for
blow. After being dismissed for
199 in the first innings, thus
conceding a lead of 22 runs, the
Navi Mumbai side reduced Ha-
ryana to 129 for nine in the sec-
ond essay.
The scores (semifinals): Vidarbha
CA 352 in 102.2 overs (Ravi Jangid
56, Aditya Sarvate 33, H.S. Sharath
four for 76) vs. KSCA XI 238 for one in
74.5 overs (Abhishek Reddy 116, Pa-
van Deshpande 93 batting).
Haryana CA 221 in 62.1 overs and
129 for nine in 58 overs (Yuzvendra
Chahal 34, Iqbal Abdullah four for 46,
Swapnil Singh three for 40) vs. Dr.
D.Y. Patil Academy 199 in 61.5 overs
(Swapnil Singh 54, Sarvesh Damle 37,
Jayant Yadav seven for 75). Prin-
cipal Correspondent
Saurav Ghosal
goes down
in final
NEW DELHI: Despite high expec-
tations, Indias top male player
Saurav Ghosal failed to cap a
memorable weeks show with a
title when he went down to gi-
ant-killer Alfredo Avila of Mex-
ico 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 8-11 in the
final of the $50,000 Albierto
Colombiano 2015, a PSA event
in Bogota. PTI
TENNIS
CRICKET / Their opening stand of 219 sees de Kocks century go in vain
S. Prasanna Venkatesan
CHENNAI: Openers Unmukt
Chand and Mayank Agarwal
put on 219 runs for the first
wicket as India coasted to vic-
tory with eight wickets in hand
and 74 balls to spare, chasing
244, against South Africa A in
the Paytm tri-series here on
Sunday.
By the time Unmukt was
caught plumb in front, 10 short
of a century, attempting to pull
a ball that kept low, the initial
incisive bowling spell that rat-
tled the Indian openers seemed
like a memory from a distant
past.
Both Unmukt and Mayank
started off flashing and prod-
ding in futility as Lonwabo Tso-
sobe and Hardus Viljoen got
the ball to bounce and pro-
duced better seam movement.
Unmukts plight became
more conspicuous when he was
dropped on nought, twice in
four balls in the fifth over that
saw Tsotsobe floating the ball
consistently in the corridor of
uncertainty. So telling was In-
dias plight that the first five
overs yielded just two runs, of
which a solitary run had come
off the bat. Singles, let alone
boundaries, were hard to come
by.
It was then that Mayank
slashed hard at a delivery out-
side off to send it racing to the
backward point boundary, the
first of the Indian innings that
eased the pressure and the first
sign of positive approach.
What followed was an exhi-
bition of the craft of pacing the
innings as the duo set about
chasing the target with con-
summate ease. The strangle-
hold relented and gradually the
momentum shifted.
Earlier, South Africas start
was marred by a gaffe when
Reeza Hendricks was sent back
by Quinton de Kock after he set
off for a single relying on his
partners instinct and paid the
price as Karn Sharma caught
him marooned outside his
crease at the non-strikers end.
However, the early setback
did not dampen de Kocks de-
termination and focus as he
worked his way to an outstand-
ing century with support from
wicketkeeper Dane Vilas who
chipped in with a half-century.
It was the 100-run fifth wick-
et partnership, coming at a
quick rate, that gave momen-
tum to the Proteas innings and
helped them post a competitive
total.
Karn and Axar Patel choked
the flow of runs in the middle
overs on a wicket that gripped
and assisted turn. Karn was the
impressive of the two flighting
and turning the ball remarka-
bly well especially after the
pounding he took against Aus-
tralia.
In terms of wickets, Rishi
Dhawan was the pick of the
bowlers with four wickets.
The scores:
South Africa A: R Hendricks run
out 1, Quinton de Kock c Axar b Dha-
Debilitating effect
I t couldnt have got any
worse for South Africa A
on the field on Sunday. With
the four reserve players
down with upset tummies,
the teams video analyst took
to the field after off-spinner
Zondo and later medium-
pacer Mthokozisi Shezi went
off the field due to health
issues. It didnt help that
Quinton de kock wanted to
go off the field too.
Eventually, Mandeep
Singh, sporting a South
African jersey, ended up
ATHLETICS
wan 108, Theunis de Bruyn c Samson
b Dhawan 5, Dean Elgar b Karn 5,
Omphile Ramela c Samson b Axar 26,
Dane Vilas c Sandeep b Dhawan 50,
Khaya Zondo lbw b Dhawan 0, Hardus
Viljoen c Axar b Kulkarni 15, Mthokozi-
si Shezi c Kulkarni b Sandeep 1, Eddie
Leie (not out) 12, Lonwabo Tsotsobe b
Sandeep 1, Extras (w-4, b-9, lb-6): 19;
Total (in 50 overs): 244.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-21, 3-44,
4-92, 5-192, 6-192, 7-213, 8-222,
9-232.
India A bowling: Kulkarni 9-0-
34-1, Sandeep 10-1-46-2, Dhawan
10-0-49-4, Karn 10-1-32-1, Axar 9-0-
56-1, Karun 2-0-12-0.
India A: M. Agarwal c Vilas b
Tsotsobe 130, Unmukt lbw b Elgar 90,
M. Pandey (not out) 9, Karun (not out)
4; Extras (w-12, lb-2): 14; Total (for two
wkts. in 37.4 overs): 247.
Fall of wickets: 1-219, 2-243.
South Africa A bowling: Tsot-
sobe 7.4-2-32-1, Viljoen 8-1-45-0,
Leie 10-0-74-0, Shezi 4-0-25-0, Elgar
8-0-69-1.
Points: India A 5 (including bonus
point); South Africa A 0.
Man-of-the-match: Agarwal.
Toss: South Africa A.
India A won by eight wickets
with 74 balls to spare.
substituting for him.
As manager Volvo
Masubelele later confirmed,
seven players of the squad
including de Kock were
suffering from stomach
upsets and had to be
hospitalised, because of
which India A will take on
Australia A on Monday as
opposed to the originally
scheduled South Africa
A-Australia A face-off.
Masubelele was later
discharged. Sports
Reporter
notched up an easy eight-wicket victory. PHOTO. M. MOORTHY
CHENNAI: Australia A has been
a mean machine in the compe-
tition. The side has combined
efficiency with ruthlessness, a
potent combination.
There are spots in the Aus-
tralian team to play for and
men in Usman Khawajas side
are eyeing opportunities. With-
out foregoing aggression, its
strength, the side has adapted
to the sub-continental condi-
tions. With two emphatic wins
from two games, Australia A
would be seeking a final-ensur-
ing third victory on Monday.
The viral fever that has
struck South Africa `A means
Unmukt Chands boys have to
play back-to-back matches at
Chepauk in the PayTm trian-
gular one-day A series. But
then, the dominant victory on
Sunday might have helped the
host erase some of the memo-
ries of the pounding by Austra-
lia A in its first game.
Australia A is very different
outfit than the rather imbal-
anced and limited South Afri-
can side. The Aussies have
firepower in batting, speed and
incision in bowling and have
thrown up a couple of surprises
in spin.
Joe Burns has been explo-
sive, thwacking the ball to dis-
tant corners. The left-handed
Khawaja, Burns opening part-
ner, has rotated the strike or
pierced the gaps with finesse.
The side has meat in the
middle-order.
James Pattinson has im-
pressed with his air speed and
the lanky Gurinder Sandhu has
used his natural bounce effec-
tively. Leg-spinners Cameron
Boyce and Adam Zampa have
possibilities.
Big runs from Mayank Agar-
wal and skipper Unmukt would
make the home side feel more
secure at the top of the order.
Kedar Jadhav is a clever bat-
sman in the middle-order who
can slice open an attack with-
WELL-PACED KNOCK: Mayank Agarwal came up with a century as India 'A' out appearing to change gears.
Pace bowling all-rounder
Rishi Dhawan has lent the side
balance. India A would, how-
ever, want more wickets and
control from its spinners.

Nishikori, Isner in final Dutee clinches gold; sprint double for Mohit
COMING THROUGH: John Isner fired 31 aces in
getting past Steve Johnson, saving three match
points in the semifinals. PHOTO: AFP
WASHINGTON: Japans Kei Nishi-
kori avenged his loss to Marin
Cilic in last years US Open fi-
nal, defeating the Croatian 3-6,
6-1, 6-4 on Saturday to reach
the ATP and WTA Washington
Open final.
The 25-year-old Asian No. 1
rallied to oust the reigning US
Open champion and advanced
to the title match against US
eighth seed John Isner, who
fired 31 aces and saved three
match points to defeat Amer-
ican Steve Johnson 6-3, 3-6,
7-6(9).
Fifth-ranked Nishikori im-
proved to 6-3 all-time against
Cilic in their first meeting since
he missed a chance to become
the first Asian man to win a
Grand Slam title by losing last
years Flushing Meadows final.
Bopanna-Mergea lose
Third-seeded pair of Rohan
Bopanna and Florin Mergea
went down 3-6, 4-6 to top-seed-
ed Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
in the semifinals of the mens
doubles event.
The results:
Semifinals: Men: Kei Nishikori bt
Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; John Isner bt
Steve Johnson 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(9).
Doubles: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
bt Rohan Bopanna & Florin Mergea
6-3, 6-4.
Women: Anastasia Pavlyuchenko-
va bt Ekaterina Makarova 4-6, 6-3
(retired); Sloane Stephens bt Saman-
tha Stosur 7-6(4), 6-0. AFP
Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD: Mohit of Haryana
completed a golden sprint
double when he won the 200m
in a time of 21.51s, to go with
the 100m gold he won in 10.67s
on Saturday, in the mens cate-
gory even as Dutee Chand of
Odisha clinched the 200m gold
in style in the womens section
on the final day of the Fed Cup
junior National athletics meet
at the GMC Balayogi Stadium
here on Sunday.
A spirited Dutee, who flew
down to Hyderabad only on
Saturday night and decided to
compete at the instance of the
MOTORSPORTS
Vishnu, Akhil share honours
Special Correspondent
COIMBATORE: Chennais Vishnu
Prasad and Bengalurus Akhil
Rabindra won a race each in the
JK Racing India Series FB02
class of the 18th JK Tyre Racing
Championship here on Sunday.
For both the drivers, it was a
day to remember and forget. At
the start, pole sitter Akhil
staved off some stiff challenges
to win the opening race for the
much powerful JKFB02 cars.
But the joy was short-lived as
the stewards docked a 10-sec-
Odisha Athletics Association
officials, led from start to finish.
She stopped the clock at 24.03
on a track which is now her
second home for she has been
training here under SAI coach
N. Ramesh since December
last.
The results:
Junior men: 10 km: 1. Virendra
Pal (Asm) 32:05.15, 2. Sanjay Kumar
(UP) 32:06.12, 3. Arjun Tudu (Jhar)
32:27.96. Pole vault: 1. S. Siva (TN)
4.80m (NMR), 2. Kunwar Gyaneni
(UP) 4.50m, 3. Aniket Kumar (UP)
4.40m. Hammer throw: 1. Ajay (Har)
60.60m, 2. Harish Kumar (Raj)
56.50m, 3. Rahul Kumar (Raj)
55.91m. Triple jump: 1. Abdulla
ond penalty for a jump start.
And a lucky Vishnu moved
from the second slot to the top
position. Vishnu tested his car
to the limits in a bid to catch a
flying Akhil. Even at the start,
he was quick to spot the latter
jumping the lights and knew it
was a big opportunity to take
the prized spot. Akhil was
aware as well and kept pushing
hard and Vishnu stayed close
all the way to the finish line.
The results (provisional): JK
Racing India Series: Race 2 (15
laps): 1. Vishnu Prasad (Chennai)
Abooba (Ker) 15.91m, 2. Mohd Zuber
(TN) 15.62m, 3. Vikrant Mor (Har)
15.35m.
400m hurdles: 1. M.P. Jabir (Ker)
52.72s, 2. Aftab Alam (Guj) 52.77, 3.
Sumit Shivprasad (Maha) 54.65.
200m: 1. Mohit (Har) 21.51s, 2. Man-
ish (Kar) 21.79, 3. P. Akash (TN)
21.80. 800m: 1. Beant Singh (Har)
1:49.95s, 2. Shashi Bhushan (WB)
1:53.04, 3. Rahul (Del) 1:53.25.
3,000m steeplechase: 1. Vicky To-
mar (Del) 9:30.59s, 2. Shijo Rajan
(Ker) 9:36.00, 3. Hari Bax Singh (UP)
9:41.81. 4x400m relay: 1. Tamil Nadu
3:12.57s, 2. Kerala 3:14.57, 3. Harya-
na 3:15.31.
Junior women: 3000m: 1. Sanjee-
vani Babu (Mah) 9:50.23s, 2. Lily Das
16:41.467; 2. Ananth Shanmugam
(Bengaluru) 16:44.760; 3. Akhil Ra-
bindra (Bengaluru) 16:46.631.
Race 3 (15 laps): 1. Akhil Rabindra
16:49.329; 2. Vishnu Prasad
16:50.157; 3. Constantino Perroni (Ita-
ly) 16:51.495.
Formula LGB4: Race 3 (15 laps):
1. Sudarshana Rao Karwal 24:08.966;
2. Chittesh Mandody 24:09.330; 3.
Rohit Khanna 24:10.341.
JK Volkswagen Vento Cup (15
laps): 1. Karminder Singh 17:54.468;
2. Anindith Reddy Konda 17:55.468;
3. Sahil Gauri 18:05.75.
(WB) 10:00.55, 3. Anumol Thampi
(Ker) 10:05.35. 400m hurdles: 1.
Tiasha Samadda (WB) 1:00.91s, 2. M.
Loganayaki (TN) 1:01.81, 3. Veerpal
Kaur (Pun) 1:03.49.
Hammer throw: 1. Niketa (Del)
49.87m, 2. S. Srinithi (TN) 44.01, 3.
Nidhi Singh (UP) 43.26. High jump: 1.
P.G. Angeetha (Ker) 1.65m, 2.
Laimwn Narzary (Asm) 1.65, 3. Libia
Shaji (Ker) 1.65. 200m: 1. Dutee
Chand (Odi) 24.03s, 2. Stuti Singh
(UP) 24.69, 3. Rajni Nagar (Har)
25.18. Discus: 1. Kamalpreet Kaur
(Pun) 48.86m, 2. Preeti Rani (Har)
43.22, 3. Mahalakshmi (TN) 42.89.
800m: 1. Sugandha Kumari (Man)
2:07.62s, 2. Sipra Sarkar (WB)
2:08.09, 3. Abitha Mary (Ker) 2:08.10.
LUCKY: Vishnu Prasad won Race 2 of the JK Racing
Series after Akhil Rabindra was docked a 10-second
penalty for a jump-start.
Heptathlon: 1. M. Sowmya (TN) 4786
points, 2. D. Shivangi Rawat (Del)
4412, 3. Rajeswari Boi (Odi) 4150.
2000m steeplechase: 1. Sugandha
(UP) 7:27.07s, 2. Pooja (Man)
7:29.09, 3. Angel James (Ker)
7:37.57. 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala
3:46.97s, 2. West Bengal 3:53.64, 3.
Tamil Nadu 3:54.64.
Overall championship: 1. Kerala
189 points, 2. Haryana 161.
Team championship: Junior
men: 1. Haryana 129, 2. Tamil Nadu
66.
Junior women: 1. Kerala 123, 2.
Tamil Nadu 62.
Best athletes: Junior men: Ajay
Kumar (Haryana - high jump). Junior
women: Stuti Singh (UP - 100m).
Mairaj misses
the final by
five points
NEW DELHI: Mairaj Ahmad Khan
shot 117 and placed 61st in a
field of 108 shooters in mens
skeet in the shooting World
Cup in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on
Sunday.
After having shot 47 out of 50
on the opening day, the former
national champion Mairaj fol-
lowed up with rounds of 24, 24
and 22. He was eventually five
points short of making the final
and possibly striking an Olym-
pic quota.
Mairaj had shot scores of 121,
120 and 118 in the earlier three
World Cups this season in Lar-
naca, Al Ain and Acapulco re-
spectively. Vincent Hancock of
the US beat Sebastian Kunt-
schik of Austria 6-5 in the
shoot-off for the gold after the
two had tied on 15.
The results: Men: Skeet: 1. Vin-
cent Hancock (US) 15(6) 16 (124); 2.
Sebastian Kuntschik (Aut) 15(5) 16
(122); 3. Gabriele Rossetti (Ita) 16 (15)
123; 3. Azmy Mehelba (Egy) 15 (14)
124; 61. Mairaj Ahmad Khan 117; 64.
Smit Singh 116; 67. Amrinder Cheema
116. MQS: Sheeraz Sheikh 112; Jiten-
der Beniwal 103.
Women: Skeet: 1. Katiuscia Spa-
da (Ita) 15(4) 16 (73); 2. Morgan Craft
(US) 15(3) 14(13) 72; 3. Amber Hill
(GBr) 16 (13) 73; 4. Aleksandra Jar-
molinska (Pol) 15 (14)11 (75 EWR).

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SU | DO | KU
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Obsessed with 9
23 Ha! Told atrocious and
hackneyed stuff (3-3)
14 This company lost stock at the
Boston tea party (4,5)
27 Melting plastic in South Korea? 15 Decorate an elephant when
pleasures 10 11
Funny, sort of ... (9)
28 Little Augustus went back
French capital is invested in
acorn processing instead of
The Lord took many avataras to reform us and to educate us 12 13 around Hospital Road to raise the Rand (9)
about the dangers of worldly pleasures, so that we may turn shoulder (5) 16 Record infringements on
our thoughts towards Him and attain moksha. But people did 14
29 Naturist in birthday dress (6) furniture in library (9)
not recognise Him, even when He was in their midst. We are 15 16 17 18 18 Black stallion is a surprise
obsessed with worldly pleasures, and even when these 30 Place in your head where you
might find a hammer, an anvil winner (4,5)
pleasures bring us sorrow, we do not recognise the role they
play in our misery. An analogy of a dog that chewed a bone is and a stirrup (5,3) 22 A drawback to get a prize (5)
19 20
appropriate here, said Akkarakkani Srinidhi, in a discourse. Down 24 Cotton fabric from erstwhile
A dog began to chew a bone, which had little flesh on it. The 1 A kind of movie about a kind of Lille (5)
hard bone hurt the dogs gums, and its gums began to bleed. tobacco (5) 25 Capt. Pataudi, Tipu Sultan and
The foolish dog did not realise that it was its own blood on 21 22 23 24 25
2 After naval commandos fire the Gen. Niazi's animal? (5)
the bone. It thought it was actually chewing a juicy bone, and 26
it bit harder. first shell, Petty Officer holds 26 Similar to a relative (4)
The more it bit, the more its gums bled, and yet it 27 28 old port for an explorer (5,4)
continued to chew upon the bone. Thus it is with us too. Even 3 Every cruciverbalist must have
when we are experiencing trouble, we dont see it as trouble. his book, perhaps, or get Solution to puzzle 11468
That being the case, how will we recognise the cause of the 29 30 baffled (5)
trouble, when we do not even recognise that we are suffering? 4 Right behind the boat (4) S P A D E S WO L F S K I N
Another analogy is given of a tortoise that was caught by a C V X G E N E A mind game and a puzzle
man, who put a pot of water on a fire, and put the tortoise in Across 15 A comb contains nothing to 6 Have a day off and be gone H E A R T S C R I B B A G E that you solve with
the pot. Initially the tortoise swam around happily, because 1 Hat worn by sober Romeo and measure volume (5) (4,5) E L O A E R V D
reasoning and logic. Fill in
of the warmth of the water, but soon the water started getting Oscar (8) 17 English poet, Pope and 7 Elementary! Particle is found by M E A G R E L Y Q U E E N S
E N T G G A B the grid with digits in such
too hot, and the creature knew it could not escape. At least 5 Taint in having astigmatism (6) Macedonian king (9) lounging around without gin D E C K A E R O G R AMM E
19 Tattoo shop issued a circular a manner that every row,
the tortoise knew it couldnt escape, but we are not even as 10 Turn, grin awkwardly and (5) H V R O Y O
letter and made a copy (9) D I E T I T I A N S K I N G every column and every
smart as that tortoise. dismantle (5) 8 Ruminates about blood I S A D C S R 3x3 box accommodates
We dont realise that once we are caught in samsara, there 20 Erasable programmable read A B J E C T V A L L E T T A
11 Main river flows in this city (9) only memory was created by a component containing the digits 1 to 9, without
is no escape for us, unless we seek Him. M O E K S O E N
12 Covers battlefields (6) pro(me!) (5) antibodies (9) O A K T R E E S E V E N E D repeating any. The
It is to lead us on the right path that great men make their N E A E E E E solution to yesterdays
13 Cabal one supported had 21 Climb up again when Sappers & 9 Sliced bread dipped in bath
appearance on this earth now and then. D A R K L I N G B R I D G E
creatures! (8) Army Service Corps finish (8) gives halitosis (3,6) puzzle is at left.

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Telecast schedule Phelps takes gold Bielsa quits as Marseille coach

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India A, STAR Sports 2 & HD 2, 9 a.m.; Pro Kabaddi: STAR Sports 2, 3 & HD 2, 3, 7.50 p.m.; rivals after taking gold with another stunning world best time quit as coach of Marseille minutes after the French giant had lost its
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HAMMER BLOW
No interim SWIMMING

relief for Shah

G. Viswanath
MUMBAI: The Bombay High
Court will hear on Tuesday a
petition seeking to stay the
BCCIs disciplinary action on
former Mumbai cricketer Hi-
ken Shah for making a corrupt
approach to an IPL player of
Rajasthan Royals who too is
from Mumbai.
On August 4, Justices V.M.
Kanade and B.P. Colabawalla
refused to stay the BCCIs dis-
ciplinary action and give any
immediate relief to the bat-
sman who has played Ranji
Trophy for Mumbai and Jam-
mu & Kashmir. The matter is
now listed for next Tuesday.
Shahs lawyer Som Sinha told
The Hindu that the High Court
had given the BCCI the oppor-
tunity to file an affidavit on the
matter.
On July 13, the BCCI an-
nounced that it has found Shah
guilty of breaching its anti-cor-
ruption code for participants
and debarred him from all
cricket activities. A BCCI re-
lease said: His [Shah] involve-
ment in any form of cricket,
affiliated with the BCCI, stands
suspended till the time the dis-
ciplinary committee of the
BCCI passes appropriate
orders.
Shah was suspended after
the BCCIs Anti-Corruption
and Security Unit (ACS) inves-
tigated the particular case on
being informed by the Rajas-
than Royals management that a
corrupt approach was made
to one of its players before the
start of the IPL-8 season.
Neymar out
for two weeks
BARCELONA: Down with the
mumps, Neymar will miss the
European Super Cup match in
Tbilisi, Georgia, against Sevilla
on Tuesday, Barcelona has said.
Neymar will be out for two
weeks after being diagnosed
with parotitis (mumps), said
Barcas website on Sunday.
Neymar will also miss the
Spanish Super Cup matches
against Athletic Bilbao on Au-
gust 14 and 17. AFP
Petr Cech fluffs lines on Arsenal bow; Liverpool wins at Stoke
LONDON: Petr Cech made a Pre-
mier League debut to forget for
Arsenal as his errors helped
West Ham United record a 2-0
victory at the Emirates Stadium
on Sunday.
Cechs arrival from Chelsea
has been acclaimed as a signing
that could turn Arsenal into a
title contender, but he was
found wanting as Arsene Wen-
gers side opened its Premier
League campaign with a home
defeat for the second time in
three years.
Cechs rash charge allowed
Cheikhou Kouyate to head West
Ham in front from debutant Di-
mitri Payets 43rd-minute free-
kick and the Czech internation-
als slowness to get down saw
him beaten at his near post from
25 yards by Mauro Zarate short-
ly before the hour.
We were not convincing of-
fensively or
defensive-
ly, said
Wenger,
whose side
beat cham-
pion Chel-
sea 1-0 in
the Com-
munity Shield last weekend.
The players were maybe too
nervous and put too much pres-
sure on themselves. Today we
have been hurt mentally and it
is a good opportunity to
respond.
West Hams win echoed As-
ton Villa's 3-1 success at the
Emirates on the first day of the
2013-14 campaign and enabled
Slaven Bilic to crown his first
league game as manager with a
famous victory.
We are all very pleased and it
is a great start for us not only
for the three points, but points
against a team that are title con-
tenders, said the Croatian, who
is a former West Ham defender.
If you add to that a London
derby, it makes it an even bigger
win. This is very special. I am
very proud of the second-half
COSTLY BLUNDER: West Ham's Cheikhou Kouyate heads home the opening goal, making the most of sloppy
Arsenal defending and goalkeeper Petr Cechs questionable decision to come off his line to try and punch
the ball away. PHOTO: REUTERS
performance.
Bilic named 16-year-old
Reece Oxford in midfield and
saw the teenager turn in a com-
manding display as West Ham
bounced back from its Europa
League elimination at the hands
of Romanians Astra Giurgiu last
Thursday.
Wenger sent on Theo Walcott
and Alexis Sanchez as Arsenal
sought to claw back its two-goal
deficit, but the closest it came to
scoring was a deflected first-half
shot by Aaron Ramsey that hit
the bar.
Coutinho stunner
Philippe Coutinho scored a
stunning 30-yard winner in the
West Ham ends a run of 10 successive defeats against Arsenal with its
first win over its London rival since April 2007
Coach Bilic names 16-year-old Reece Oxford in midfield and sees the
teenager turn in a commanding display
86th minute as Liverpool par-
tially atoned for its 6-1 drubbing
at Stoke City on the final day of
last season with a 1-0 win at the
Britannia Stadium.
Liverpool manager Brendan
Rodgers gave starts to new sign-
ings Nathaniel Clyne, Joe Go-
mez, James Milner and 32.5
million striker Christian Ben-
teke, while Roberto Firmino
came off the bench in the second
half.
But the game was drifting to a
goalless draw until Brazilian
playmaker Coutinho picked the
ball up in the inside-left chan-
nel, turned, and arrowed a glori-
ous, bending strike into the
top-right corner.
Meanwhile, Dutch midfielder
Giorginio Wijnaldum scored on
his competitive Newcastle Unit-
ed debut as former England
head coach Steve McClaren be-
gan his St James Park tenure
with a 2-2 draw at home to
Southampton.
After Graziano Pelle had put
the visitors in front, goals from
Papiss Cisse and 14.5 million
new recruit Wijnaldum put
Newcastle in front, but South-
ampton substitute Shane Long
headed in a 79th-minute
equaliser.
Manchester City, runners-up
last season, travels to West
Bromwich Albion on Monday.
The results:
Arsenal 0 lost to West Ham 2
(Kouyate 43, Zarate 57), Newcastle 2
(Cisse 43, Wijnaldum 48) drew with
Southampton 2 (Pelle 24, Long 79),
Stoke 0 lost to Liverpool 1 (Coutinho
86). AFP
Paltrinieri wins
after Sun pulls out
KAZAN: Italys Gregorio Paltri-
nieri won the 1,500m freestyle
gold at the World Champion-
ships on Sunday after Chinas
world record holder Sun Yang
was a shock withdrawal from
the final. Paltrinieri clocked 14
minutes, 39.67 seconds with
Connor Jaeger of the US taking
silver at 1.53secs, while Cana-
das Ryan Cochrane was third
at 11.41.
But the story of the night was
that Sun failed to
show for the final,
with no explana-
tion for why the
long-distance ex-
pert was absent af-
ter he had already
retained his 400m and 800m
freestyle golds.
I didnt want to get my
hopes up, but he wasnt there
and I was like oh, he is prob-
ably just messing with us or
something like that, said
Jaeger.
Standing up on the blocks
and he still wasnt there I was
thinking wow, is this really
happening.
I hope he is not sick or in-
jured and is okay for the next
race.
Sun later confirmed that his
withdrawal was down to a heart
problem.
After the 800m competi-
tions, I didn't feel well in my
heart. I felt uncomfortable in
DID IT AGAIN! Bronte Campbell completed the sprint
double by winning the womens 50m freestyle on
Sunday, having already won the 100m title.
PHOTO: REUTERS
the warm-up tonight so I had to
give up the idea of competing,
he said.
Australias Bronte Campbell
completed the sprint double by
winning the womens 50m
freestyle on Sunday, having al-
ready won the 100m title.
Hungarys Katinka Hosszu
had a double too, adding the
womens 400m individual me-
dley gold to her 200m crown.
The results:
Men: 50m backstroke:
1. Camille Lacourt (Fra)
24.23s, 2. Matt Grevers
(USA) 24.61, 3. Ben Treff-
ers (Aus) 24.69. 400m IM:
1. Daiya Seto (Jap)
4:08.50s, 2. David Ver-
raszto (Hun) 4:09.90s, 3. Chase Kalisz
(USA) 4:10.05s. 1500m freestyle: 1.
Gregorio Paltrinieri (Ita) 14:39.67, 2.
Connor Jaeger (USA) 14:41.20, 3.
Ryan Cochrane (Can) 14:51.08.
4x100m medley relay: 1. USA
3.29.93s, 2. Australia 3:30.08, 3.
France 3:30.50.
Women: 50m breaststroke: 1.
Jennie Johansson (Swe) 30.05, 2. Alia
Atkinson (Jam) 30.11s, 3. Yuliya Efi-
mova (Rus) 30.13. 50m freestyle: 1.
Bronte Campbell (Aus) 24.12s, 2. Ra-
nomi Kromowidjojo (Ned) 24.22s, 3.
Sarah Sjostrom (Swe) 24.31s. 400m
IM: 1. Katinka Hosszu (Hun) 4:30.29,
2. Maya di Rado (USA) 4:31.71, 3.
Emily Overholt (Can) 4:32.52.
4x100m medley relay: 1. China
3:54.41s, Sweden 3:55.24, Australia
3:55.56. Agencies

Kashiling Adake Big win for New Zealand

HARARE: George Worker hit an Sports Club. New Zealand post-

breaks Delhis aggressive half-century on his

New Zealand debut as Zim-
babwe was outclassed in Sun-
ed 198 for five, equalling the
highest score in a T20 Interna-
tional in Zimbabwe, before the
days one-off Twenty20 hosts limped to 118 for eight to
losing streak International at the Harare

SCOREBOARD
lose by 80 runs. AFP

New Zealand: M. Guptill c Raza b chi b Milne 6, C. Chibhabha b Neesh-

Williams 33, K. Williamson c Ervine b
Muzarabani 20, G. Worker b Williams
62, G. Elliott c Masakadza b Cremer 8,
L. Ronchi c Ervine b Williams 29, C.
Munro (not out) 23, N. McCullum (not
out) 18; Extras (lb-4, w-1): 5; Total (for
five wkts. in 20 overs): 198
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-75, 3-93,
4-142, 5-157.
Zimbabwe bowling: Utseya 2-0-
30-0, Muzarabani 3-0-34-1, Mpofu 3-
0-24-0, Chibhabha 2-0-18-0, Williams
4-0-28-3, Cremer 3-0-28-1, Raza
3-0-32-0.
Zimbabwe: H. Masakadza c Ron-
am 6, C. Ervine b Elliott 42, Sikandar
Raza c Ronchi b McClenaghan 8, E.
Chigumbura c Neesham b McCullum
2, S. Williams c & b Sodhi 16, R.
Chakabva c Ronchi b Milne 13, G.
Cremer c Neesham b McClenaghan 5,
P. Utseya (not out) 2, C. Mpofu (not
out) 6; Extras (b-4, lb-3, w-5): 12; Total
(for eight wkts. in 20 overs): 118.
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-12, 3-25,
4-34, 5-64, 6-89, 7-101, 8-108.
New Zealand bowling: Milne 4-0-
10-2, McClenaghan 4-0-33-2, Neesh-
am 3-0-21-1, McCullum 4-0-25-1,
Sodhi 4-0-15-1, Elliott 1-0-7-1.

A Dabang Delhi raider tries desperately to escape

from the clutches of the Patna Pirates players.
PHOTO: R. V. MOORTHY

Uthra Ganesan the defence, its bane so far.

NEW DELHI: U Mumba has been
the team to beat this season of
the Pro Kabaddi League, with
just one defeat in nine games
coming here, and the team
proved why with a 31-17 win
against a fighting Bengal War-
riors at the Thyagaraj stadium
here on Sunday.
The Anup Kumar-led side
was a crowd favourite, as much
for its performance as its tal-
ismanic captain. And it did not
disappoint, attacking and de-
fending with equal panache.
In the day's other match,
raider Kashiling
Adake single-hand-
edly broke host Da-
bang Delhis losing
streak with a com-
prehensive 45-25
victory over Patna Pirates.
Adake scored 13 and was also
instrumental in the three all
outs his team managed.
Delhi had been desperate for
a win to stay in the competi-
tion. And Adake, currently
fourth among the raiders, made
sure his consistent contribu-
tions would not go waste. At
half time, he had leapt,
stretched and rolled to 12
points, more than the entire
opposition score (26-11).
The second half was no dif-
ferent as Delhi, for once, did
not get complacent or nervous.
Captain Ravinder Singh Pahal
and Rakesh Bharadwaj held up
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In the earlier match, Anup
led with six points and Bhupen-
der Singh did the same. Anup
was all over the place all the
time deciding the sequence
of raiders, leading the defence
strategy and keeping his play-
ers calm.
At half-time, Mumba led
15-6. Like it did against the host
on Friday, however, Bengal
came out fighting in the second
half.
Substitute Kedar Lal was the
lynchpin with two consecutive
successful raids that took out
two Mumba players each time
to reduce the margin
from 19-6 to 19-11. A
watertight defence
helped effect an all-
out and the score
was 20-15.
Mumba though did not capit-
ulate. Taking it one raid at a
time, it extended the lead to
28-15 with four minutes on the
clock.
With this win, Mumba went
back to top of the table with 45
points while Bengal remained
seventh on 25. Delhi, mean-
while, climbed up to fifth with
23 points, two behind Patna.
The scores:
U Mumba 31 (Anup Kumar 6, Bhu-
pender Singh 6) vs Bengal Warriors 17
(Kedar Lal 5); Dabang Delhi 45 (Kash-
iling Adake 13, Rakesh Bharadwaj 6,
Rohit Chaudhary 6) bt Patna Pirates
25 (Deepak Narwal 7, Gurvinder
Singh 5).
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RANBIRS TEARS OF JOY
A ctor Ranbir Kapoor says his emotional
breakdown on the set of Tamasha has
been blown out of proportion and clarified
that he had only tears of joy on the
completion of the Imtiaz Ali-project. The
party, thrown by Imtiaz on Saturday night,
was attended by Ranbir, Deepika
Padukone and the films producers
Sajid Nadiadwala and
Siddharth Roy Kapur.
Earlier reports
suggested that Ranbir
and Deepika, who were
dating in the past,
ended up having an
emotional breakdown
after the shoots wrap-up
on August 6. Tamasha
will hit the screens in
November. IANS
A BIOPIC ABOUT BEBO?
B ollywood actor Siddharth Malhotra,
who is awaiting the release of his movie
Brothers , wants someone to make film on
actress Kareena Kapoor Khan as she is a
thoroughly entertaining person. Kareena
has made a special appearance in song Mera
Naam Mary in the film, which she has
performed with Siddharth. We got along
well. She is thoroughly entertaining. She
loves what she does and that shows on
screen. We were shooting in the night for
days and she used to rehearse a lot. With
every prop her team used to come and click
pictures, selfie and all that, Siddharth said.
Brothers, the Hindi remake of Hollywood
film Warrior is slated for August 14 release.
PTI
SOLACE TRAILER RELEASED
V eteran actor Anthony Hopkinss
incredible mind is key to solving a brutal
crime, according to the trailer of his next
film Solace. The movie tells the story of a
psychic doctor (Hopkins) who might be the
only man alive who can catch a sadistic
serial killer (Colin Farrell), reports Digital
Spy. Partnering with a veteran FBI agent
(Jeffrey Dean
Morgan), the
doctor races
against time to
track down
the killer
before he
strikes again.
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TREASURE TROVE
Over 1 lakh rare books, 2,500
manuscripts set to be digitised
Maharashtra allots Rs. 5 crore for ambitious project
Karishma Hingorani
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra govern-
ment has flagged off a programme
to digitise over 1,00,000 books
and 2,500 manuscripts, some of
which date back to the 12th centu-
ry, at the 211-year-old Asiatic So-
ciety library in Mumbai.
The digitisation programme
was inaugurated by Maharashtra
Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao this
week. Under the project, the ar-
chives of the library will be dig-
itised and saved in the form of
CDs and microfilms, which will be
accessible to members, research-
ers, and scholars. The Maharash-
tra government recently released
a grant of Rs. 5 crore to the society
for the project.
Collection of coins too
The library has a collection of
2,55,463 books and bound vol-
umes of periodicals. As many as
15,000 of these books have been
categorised as rare and valuable,
of which a few are even classified
as first editions. Some of the an-
tique books include two volumes
of Captain James Cooks A Voy-
ageTowards the South Pole and
Round the World (1777), Galileo
Linceo Galileis Dialogo (1632),
Hermann Grassmanns German
translation of Rig Veda (1876-77),
Sir Walter Raleighs History of
the World (1836), William Shak-
espeares First Folio (1623).
Also available are John Goulds
The Birds of Asia written in 1850-
1883 and Hindostan, a French
book written in 1821. Newspapers
dating back to 1801 are stacked in
neat books. Among the 3,000
manuscripts are the original 14th
century Italian manuscript of
Dantes Divine Comedy (1350)
and the Suryasiddhanta with
bhashya of Candelvara (Astrono-
my, Sanskrit) that dates back to
the 12th century. The library also
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NEW YORK: Most people ex-
press happiness with ha ha
book research on e-laughing.
The vast majority of people
followed by emojis, he he are haha-ers (51.4 per cent),
and LOL [laughing out then emoji lovers (33.7 per
cent) and finally, the lol-ers
(1.9 per cent). For those who
e-laughed, the FB team also
analysed how many times
loud], says a recent Face- cent), the hehe-ers (12.7 per they actually did. IANS
Maharashtra Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao (second from
right) looking at some of the rare items from the Asiatic
Societys collection after inaugurating the digitisation
programme last week. PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
has in its collection of more than of coins for easy reference.
12,000 coins the gold coin of Ku- The digitisation process in-
mar Gupta, a gold muhar of Akbar volves scanning over 14 lakh pages
and coins of Shivaji Maharaj. and will certainly take time, Mr.
Asked if all books will be avail- Kale said.
able online post digitisation, Mr. The Asiatic Society of Bombay
Kale said: We are facing challeng- was founded by Sir James Mackin-
es owing to the copyright policy on
some books so we are in talks on
tosh, a lawyer, jurist and public fig-
ure in England, to disseminate
how to resolve it. In that case, ac- knowledge about the India and the
cess to those digitised copies will Orient. Then known as the Litera-
be restricted to the library. ry Society of Bombay, it met for
the first time on November 26,
Time-consuming work 1804, nearly two decades after Sir
Society president S.G. Kaletold William Jones had set up the
The Hindu that one of the major Asiatic Society of Bengal. In 1826,
benefits of the project was that the the Literary Society merged with
originals could be preserved. The the Royal Asiatic Society of Britain
online portal would also allow and Ireland, and four years later
scholars access valuable collec- moved into the imposing facade of
tions, thus allowing us to let the Townhall with its tall pillars and
knowledge reach whoever is will- the flight of stairs. In 1954, it ended
ing, Mr. Kale said. Attempts are its 128-year-long association with
being made to produce a catalogue the Royal Asiatic Society.
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