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DECODING CENTRE’S
J&KMOVEIN9STEPS
Union home minister Amit
Shah sought to make Jammu AFGHANISTAN
and Kashmir, and Ladakh
the newest Union Territories.
Doing this, however, required CHINA
complex legal maneuvering.
A look at how this was
executed

1
Amit Shah rose to place
four matters before the JAMMU & LADAKH
Rajya Sabha, including a KASHMIR UNION
resolution that effectively UNION TERRITORY
nullified Article 370, which
TERRITORY (Without
granted special powers to the
(Legislature) legislature)
state, and a bill that bifurcated it
INDIA
PAKISTAN
The state o of Ja
Jammu u aand
d
Kashmir, which
w became part HIMACHAL
of Union of India on PRADESH
26 October 1947, through PUNJAB
B MAP NOT TO SCALE
the Instru ument of Accession
(IoA) signed by the then
ruler Hari Singh, TH
HE FOUR MATTERS
had its ow wn BE
EFORE UPPER HOUSE
Constituttion

2
and framed Constitution (Application to Jammu &
its own laaws Kashmir) Order, 2019 — issued by Presi-
in all areaas dent of India to supersede the 1954 order
except related to Article 370
defence,
external Resolution for Repeal of Article 370 of the
affairs and Constitution of India
communii- Jam
mmu & Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019
cations
Jam
mmu & Kashmir Reservation (2nd Amend-
ment) Bill, 2019
WHAT MADE WHAT’S ARTICLE 370?
J&K DIFFERENT?

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Introduced in the

3
Unlike other states,
it had its own penal
code, and specific
laws for transfer of
property,
inheritance,
personal laws, benami
transactions, RTI, etc.
While several items in
the Union and Concurrent
lists applied to J&K,
Parliament needed the
state to ratify them
THE ‘KILL SWITCH’
CLAUSE 3 OF ARTICLE 370 STATED:
Constitution in 1949, it
expanded the state’s
powers: any law passed
by Parliament could
apply as long as they
formed part of the IoA, and only
after consultation with the state
government. Over time, this
article was used to include several
subjects, other than defence,
communications and foreign
affairs that the Centre could
legislate on
PRACTICAL
IMPLICATIONS
l J&K will not have a flag of its own

5
“The President may, by public notification, declare that this
article shall cease to be operative or shall be operative only
with such exceptions and modifications and from such date as l It will not have its own Constitut
ion
he may specify: Provided that the recommendation of the
Constituent Assembly of the State referred to in clause (2) shall l Indian Penal Code will replace the
be necessary before the President issues such a notification.”
Ranbir Penal Code
A Constitution order signed by the President could scrap the article,
but it required the state’s constituent assembly to recommend this l All of the state’s laws, including
those that pertain to land, property
and inheritance, will be nullified
FIRST CAME THE PRESIDENTIAL ORDER
l All laws passed by Parliament will

6
Officially called the Constitution (Application to Jammu &
Kashmir Order) 2019, and signed by President Ram Nath now be applicable, including those
Kovind, the order superseded the Constitution (Applica- that pertain to reservation for
tion to Jammu & Kashmir Order) 1954, and included two
main points:
economically weaker section and
instant triple talaq
It added a clause to Article The order will supersede
367, which clarified that (Application to Jammu & Kashmir l Private investment may now be
references to representative Order) 1954, effectively nullifying
of the President, as well as Article 35A, which empowered possible in the region
the state government could the state to define permanent
l Ladakh will not have a legislatur
e
be construed as references to residents, giving them special
the J&K governor rights and privileges l J&K will continue to make som
e
laws. However, certain subjects will
be with the Centre to legislate on,
THEN CAME THE STATUTORY RESOLUTION such as land, law and order — an

7
Shah moved a resolution for the President to issue a arrangement similar to Delhi
notification that would amend Article 370 — using the
article’s own clause 3 — to state that all provisions of the
Indian Constitution will now apply to Jammu and Kashmir,
irrespective of the state’s own Constitution or “any other
instrument, treaty or agreement...” SO WHAT CHANGES FOR JAMMU
AND KASHMIR NOW?

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WHY WAS THIS NEEDED? The effective scrapping of Article 370 brings
Jammu and Kashmir completely under Indian

8
As per clause 3, Article 370 could have only been scrapped
after the state’s constituent assembly recommended it.
Currently, governor Satya Pal Malik is in charge of the state,
after the ruling coalition of Peoples Democratic Party and
the Bharatiya Janata Party fell in 2018. Hence, the clause
added to Article 367 ensured that the governor could be
counted as the state, on whose recommendation the new
presidential order was passed
law, like any other state or UT. Under the IoA,
only matters of defence, external affairs and
communications were under the Centre. In
addition, the 1954 presidential order also
created Article 35A, which empowered the state to
define permanent residents and provide them special
rights and privileges. Now, Article 35A stands nullified

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ACTION, REACTIONS
The government’s decision to revoke seven decades of autonomy in
Jammu and Kashmir has triggered responses from several quarters

ARTICLE 370
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN REVOKED
MUCH EARLIER…
BUT IT NEEDED
POLITICAL WILL.
AND THE MODI
GOVERNMENT
HAS THE
POLITICAL
WILL TO DO IT
AMIT SHAH,
Home minister
A HISTORICAL WRONG HAS BEEN UNDONE TODAY. ARTICLE
35A CAME THROUGH THE BACK DOOR WITHOUT
FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE UNDER ARTICLE 368 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. IT HAD TO GO
ARUN JAITLEY, Senior BJP leader

THE SCRAPPING OF ARTICLE 370 HAS BEEN A PART OF BJP’S CORE IDEOLOGY SINCE
THE DAYS OF JAN SANGH. I CONGRATULATE THE PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
AND THE HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH FOR THIS HISTORIC INITIATIVE AND PRAY FOR
PEACE, PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS IN JAMMU, KASHMIR AND LADAKH
LK ADVANI, Senior BJP leader

TODAY THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU

& KASHMIR WHO REPOSED
THEIR FAITH IN INSTITUTIONS OF
INDIA LIKE PARLIAMENT &
SUPREME COURT FEEL DEFEATED
& BETRAYED. BY DISMEMBERING
THE STATE & FRAUDULENTLY
TAKING AWAY WHAT IS
RIGHTFULLY & LEGALLY OURS,
THEY HAVE FURTHER COMPLICAT-
ED THE KASHMIR DISPUTE
MEHBOOBA MUFTI,
Peoples Democratic Party president

I HAD NEVER
IMAGINED THAT
THE HEAD OF THE
STATE WHICH IS
INDIA’S CROWN
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S UNILATERAL AND WILL BE CHOPPED
SHOCKING DECISIONS TODAY ARE A TOTAL OFF… YOU HAVE
BETRAYAL OF THE TRUST THAT THE PEOPLE OF MADE LIGHT OF
JAMMU & KASHMIR HAD REPOSED IN INDIA THE STATE OF J&K
GHULAM NABI AZAD,
WHEN THE STATE ACCEDED TO IT IN 1947 Leader of Opposition
OMAR ABDULLAH, National Conference leader in Rajya Sabha

WE ANTICIPATED
A MISADVENTURE,
BUT DID NOT THINK
IN OUR WILDEST
DREAMS THAT THEY
WILL TAKE SUCH A
CATASTROPHIC STEP...
TODAY IS A BLACK
DAY IN THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
HISTORY OF INDIA WE SUPPORT THE GOVT ON ITS DECISIONS ON J&K.
P CHIDAMBARAM, WE HOPE THIS WILL BRING PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Senior Congress leader IN THE STATE
ARVIND KEJRIWAL, Delhi chief minister

TODAY WE ARE FULLY INDEPENDENT AND THE FEW CHAINS THAT WERE REMAINING
HAVE BEEN BROKEN. TO DISSENTERS, KEEP YOUR POLITICS ASIDE AND THINK OF
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR COUNTRY
UDDHAV THACKERAY, Shiv Sena chief

OUR CHIEF NITISH KUMAR IS

CARRYING FORWARD THE
TRADITION OF JP NARAYAN, RAM
MANOHAR LOHIA AND GEORGE
FERNANDES. SO OUR PARTY IS
NOT SUPPORTING THE BILL
MOVED IN THE RAJYA SABHA.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT
THINKING. WE WANT
THAT ARTICLE 370 I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING REVOLUTIONARY HERE.
SHOULD NOT BE IT’S A POLITICAL DECISION, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A WISE
REVOKED DECISION
KC TYAGI, SOLI SORABJEE, Former attorney general
JD(U) leader
OURPARTYGIVES
COMPLETE
IF YOU WANTED TO REMOVE SUPPORT.WEWANT
ARTICLE 370 THEN YOU THATTHEBILLBE
SHOULD HAVE DONE ONLY THAT, PASSED.OURPARTYIS
WHY DID YOU ABOLISH STATE- NOTEXPRESSINGANY
HOOD AND MADE IT A UT? WORLD OPPOSITIONTO
HISTORY IS WITNESS THAT ANY ARTICLE370BILLAND
ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS PEOPLE THEOTHERBILL
THROUGH FORCE HAS ALWAYS SATISH CHANDRA
FAILED. YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MISHRA,
PEOPLE INTO CONFIDENCE AT LEAST BSP's RS MP
RAM GOPAL YADAV, SP leader

THERE IS PRESIDENT'S RULE IN J&K, AND YOU BROUGHT THIS IN. THE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN
EITHER FORGOTTEN OR THROWN INTO THE DUSTBIN. TOMORROW BENGAL CAN BECOME FOUR
STATES, OR ODISHA CAN BECOME, WHAT'S YOUR LUCKY NUMBER, SEVEN STATES?... WE WILL FIGHT
THIS EVERY DAY IN THE PARLIAMENT AND OUTSIDE DEREK O'BRIEN, Trinamool Congress MP

FOR TODAY’S WEATHER >>P09

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9am 10.20am 10.30am 11.05am 11.10am 11.20am 6.35pm 6.50pm [Home minister Amit Shah’s
speech] accurately highlighted the
HOW THE DAY Home minister Amit
Shah meets Prime
Cabinet meeting
being held at
Leaders of
opposition parties
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Shah begins
speaking about
Uproar in Parliament
as Shah speaks about
Rajya Sabha begins voting on
the Jammu and Kashmir
Bill to bifurcate
J&K into two monumental injustices of the past
UNFOLDED Minister Modi ahead
of a meeting of
Prime Minister
Modi’s residence
meet to discuss
security situation in
reaches
Parliament ahead
the situation in
Kashmir in the
the government's
move to effectively
Reorganisation Bill. Shah says
J&K will get full statehood
Union Territories
is passed in
and coherently presented our vision
for the sisters and brothers of J&K
the Cabinet concludes Jammu and Kashmir of Shah’s speech Rajya Sabha scrap Article 370 at appropriate time the Rajya Sabha —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

TERRITORY OF THE UNION

NO SPECIAL STATUS Article 35A removed, RAJYA SABHA Reorganisation bill passed HIGH ALERT 8,000 more troops deployed in MIXED REACTIONS Locals in Kashmir,
370 effectively scrapped by Presidential Order to bifurcate state into 2 UTs, J&K and Ladakh Kashmir; security stepped up across country Oppn call it a ‘black day’; Jammu celebrates
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com

NEWDELHI: In a move planned with political and legal pre-

Imran’s US visit,
cision, and complete suspense, the central government
led a move in the Rajya Sabha on Monday to end the spe-
cial status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). By the end of
the day, Article 370 and Article 35A, which have, for
weak Oppn sped
close to seven decades, defined the state’s relationship
with the Union, were effectively rendered null and void.
It also pushed through a bill in the Rajya Sabha to
reorganise the state. J&K has now been bifurcated;
up 370 endgame
JammuandKashmirwillbe a UnionTerritory(UT) with
Shishir Gupta
a legislature; and Ladakh will be a separate UT without
a legislature. The resolutions are to be tabled in Lok n letters@hindustantimes.com
ONLY A HANDFUL ARE
Sabha on Tuesday, where the ruling National Demo- BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
cratic Alliance (NDA) has an overwhelming majority.
The move came after a week of intense security
NEW DELHI: Around eight hours
after the historic resolutions
IN THE KNOW OF THE
build-up in the state — additional paramilitary troops scrapping special status to ENTIRE PLAN THAT
were deployed, the Amarnath Yatra was cut short, tour- Jammu & Kashmir were intro- STARTED PLAYING OUT
ists and non-Kashmiri students were advised to leave, duced in the Rajya Sabha, they
Kashmiri leaders, including former chief ministers were passed. By then, national AS RECENTLY AS JULY 5,
Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were detained, security adviser (NSA) Ajit HT HAS LEARNT
internet and phone connections were suspended, and n (Left) India’s first prime Doval was already in Srinagar,
movement severely curtailed. The actions caused panic minister Jawaharlal Nehru overseeing the transition of the Analysis Wing’s new chief
in the Valley and prompted speculation about whether with Maharaja of Jammu and state into a Union Territory. Samant Goel called on Prime
the government was pre-empting a terror threat from Kashmir Hari Singh. The revoking of Article 370 Minister Narendra Modi at the
across the border, or seeking to bring in drastic legisla- (Inset) PM Narendra Modi and Article 35A that gave special PMO. Inthe courseofthe conver-
tive changes. greets Union home minister status to the state, and special sation,Goel mentionedto the PM
Monday provided the answer. Amit Shah after the passage of privileges to its permanent resi- that India perhaps had a month
The day began with a Cabinet meeting at 9.30am at the Jammu and Kashmir dents, may have been a long- to fully integrate Kashmir with
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in New Reorganisation Bill in Rajya standing objective of the Bharat- itself. After that, the spy agency
Delhi’s Lok Kalyan Marg. Union home minister Amit Sabha on Monday. iya Janata Party (BJP), and chief warned, things could spin
Shah then headed to Parliament, where he began speak- PHOTO DIVISION/PIB; ANI PHOTO before that, its precursor, the out of control: the US would fully
ing in the RajyaSabha at11am.While Opposition leaders Jana Sangh, but the endgame engage with Pakistan to strike a
first sought a response to the unfolding situation in the HTSPOTLIGHT P2-6 that culminated in home minis- deal with the Taliban over
Valley and the detention of Kashmiri leaders, Shah said ter Amit Shah’s historic state- Afghanistan, key to its exit from
he would address all the concerns. ment in Parliament started play- the country. That, Goel warned,
He then moved four motions. The first was the Consti-
COMMISSION ON REVERSE MOVE, CONSTITUTIONAL MILITARY EXPERTS ing out as recently as July 5, HT could result in a deal between the
tution (ApplicationtoJammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019, DELIMITATION SOON SAYS PAKISTAN QUESTIONS REMAIN HAIL DECISION has learnt as it tried to piece US and the Pakistan-supported
which superseded the Constitution (Application to A commission will soon be set up to Pakistan on Monday said that the The government has resorted to The government’s decision on together the timeline from con- Taliban by September 1 follow-
Jammu and Kashmir) Order of 1954. The 1954 order gave undertake the exercise of delimita- Indian government’s “unilateral perhaps one of the boldest steps, J&K was hailed by military experts versations with the few people ing which Washington could
rise to Article 35A, which defined and prioritised perma- tion in J&K. The election commis- step” cannot change Jammu but from a constitutional perspec- as a “bold and logical” move aware of at least some of the choose to reward Islamabad for
nent residents. The order also enabled all provisions of sion will carry out the mandate and Kashmir’s status as an tive, some looming questions towards national integration. They, details. Only a handful are its role with the resumption of
the Indian Constitution to be applied to Kashmir. With once the bill to reorganise the “internationally recognised dis- remain, writes former solicitor however, warned that the decision believed to have been in the military and economic aid. That
this, not only was the supremacy of the Indian Constitu- state is passed in Parliament. ››P3 puted territory”. ››P4 general Mohan Parasaran. ››P5 could result in backlash. ››P6 know of the entire plan. could see an intensification of
CONTINUED ON P 11 On July 5, the Research and CONTINUED ON P 11

Mehbooba, Omar arrested; Govt move on J&K

Kashmir remains on edge
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI/SRINAGAR: Former chief
ministers, Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba
Mufti and National Conference
leader Omar Abdullah, were
arrested on Monday as Opposi-
tion parties grappled to put up an
effective protest against the rev-
ocation of special status for
Jammu and Kashmir and the
state’s bifurcation into two
Union Territories.
While Congress leader
Ghulam Nabi Azad said the deci-
sion was a “blackspot” onIndia’s
history and TMC’s Derek
O’BrienquestionedwhytheCen-
tre was in a hurry to pass the
reorganisation bill, other opposi-
n Security personnel question motorists on a street in Jammu.
tion parties, including AAP and
BSP, were in favour of the move.
In Kashmir, people said they
were apprehensive about a new
cycle of violence after the
AFP
announcement. With internet
and mobile services suspended
in the Valley, Kashmiris outside
the state were also worried about
their families back home. ››P2,3
special status may
face legal hurdles DIVE INTO
NEWDELHI: Resolutions and legis-
lations bifurcating Jammu &
Kashmir into two Union Territo- EVERYDAY Super Luxury Residences
ries and scrapping its special sta-
tus may have passed in the Rajya
Sabha but the changes could be
PLEASURES.
challenged in court, experts said.
That’s because the Centre has
used a new Presidential Order to
scrap a 1954 one that gave rise to
Article 35A, which provides spe-
cial privileges to J&K’s perma-
nent residents, but some experts
believe a constitutional provi-
sion cannot be revoked by a Pres-
idential Order. The constitution
order changes Article 367 by a
Presidential Order.
However, noted lawyer Har-
ish Salve said the Centre is
within the law as it has super-
seded the 1954 order. ››P2

Hearing impaired
minor raped by
brother, his friends
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
MEERUT: Four minors were
booked for allegedly raping an
eight-year-old hearing impaired
girl in Meerut on Sunday, the
police said. One of the accused
was the girl’s 12-year-old
brother.
According to AP Misra,
inspector, Kanker Khera police
station, the brother’s friends had
been raping the girl for the last
one month.
On Sunday, the girl was play-
ing outside her house when the
boys lured her with a toffee and
took her to an abandoned house
in the same neighbourhood. This
time, the girl’s brother was also
with them. They raped the minor
CONTINUED ON P 11
shortstories
KIDNAPPED BOY
RESCUED IN BAWANA
Police on Sunday evening rescued a
three-year-old who was kidnapped
the same morning allegedly by an
acquaintance in Bawana. Three
persons — 18-year-old Dhruv, his
sister and their mother — have been
arrested, police said. Dhruv had
kidnapped the boy to get ransom
from his father to fund his sister’s
wedding, the police said. ››P7
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NEW DELHI: State-run banks may
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loansandhomeloansonlinein59
minutes,accordingtoaproposal
that they discussed with Union
financeministerNirmalaSithar-
aman as one of the measures to
create demand and boost the
economy, officials aware of the
discussionssaid,askingnottobe
named.
The discussions were first of a
series of meetings that the gov-
ernment has planned over the
nextweekwithexecutivesofsev-
eralindustries,Sitharaman said
on Monday, promising steps to
improvethestateoftheeconomy
“fairly quickly”.
MKTS FALL 1% ON J&K DECISION, TRADE WAR TRUMP CONDEMNS
Indian benchmark indices shed more
BSE SENSEX INTRADAY WHITE SUPREMACY
than 1% on Monday as local and
global factors such as scrapping of
the special status of Jammu and
Kashmir, weakening of China’s yuan,
and escalating global trade tensions
left investors on edge. BSE’s bench-
mark Sensex fell 418.38 points, or
1.13%, to 36,699.84, while the
National Stock Exchange’s 50-share
Nifty index declined 1.23%. ››P15
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ing a slowdown for about a year.
The core sector growth in June
slowed to 0.2%, the lowest
monthly growth since May 2015,
and weak demand forced many
automobilecompaniestotempo-
rarily halt production.
Among the interventions dis-
cussed on Monday was easing
accesstocredit.Thebankerssug-
gested the in-principle approval
limit on psbloansin59min-
utes.com portal, which is meant
for micro, small and medium
enterprises(MSMEs)businesses,
beraisedfrom₹1croreto₹5crore.
It also suggested opening up
the portal to retail customers
lookingforhome,carorpersonal
loans, said one of the officials,
asking not to be named. ››P15
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SPECIAL
STATUS
NO MORE
The government on
Monday effectively
scrapped Article 370, which
grants special status to
Jammu and Kashmir, after
days of intense speculation,
heightened security
measures and an advisory
to prematurely end the
Amarnath Yatra. Here’s
how events unfolded
over the past few days
Two-stepprocessendsJ&K’sspecialstatus
EFFECTIVELY SCRAPPED Move follows
letter of the law laid down in Constitution, but
critics argue that doing so at a time when the
state’s assembly is suspended violates its spirit
Zia Haq
n zia.haq@htlive.com
NEW DELHI: The Modi govern-
ment’s decision Monday to
revoke historical provisions
enjoyedbyJammuandKashmir
(J&K), which fundamentally
changes the state’s position
within India’s federal structure,
in the end, required not a long
shot of the law, but rather a
straightforward Constitution
order, a simple statutory resolu-
tion, and a bill to reorganise the
state.
Whilethemovesfollowthelet-
ter of the law laid down to bring
abouttheseradicalchanges,crit-
ics argue that doing so at a time
when the state’s assembly
remain suspended violates its
spirit.
The Constitution order , effec-
tive immediately, leveraged the
provisions of Article 370 of the
Constitution,whichgivesspecial
statusandmoreautonomytothe
state,toscrapArticle 35A,which
givesspecialprivilegestotheper-
manent residents of the state.
The resolution struck off all
but one of the existing clauses of
Article 370, which gave special
exceptions for J&K. The only
clauseretainedwasonethatsaid
allprovisionsoftheConstitution
would apply to the state.
And the bill, an ordinary one
meaningitdoesnotrequireatwo-
thirds majority of Parliament,
proposed the reconstitution of
J&K into two Union Territories,
one, J&K with a legislature; and
the other, Ladakh, without.
The measures represent the
mostfar-reachingchangestothe
how the state, long affected by a
separatistmovement,willbegov-
erned in the future.
Bytheendoftheday,theRajya
Sabha,wheretheBharatiyaJan-
Big changes in law in ‘Disappointed as
the offing in 2 new UTs our identity was
Zia Haq
n zia.haq@htlive.com
NEWDELHI: The Centre’s decision
to split the state of Jammu &
Kashmirwillhavewidelegaland
constitutional implications.
On Monday, the Upper House
passed the Jammu & Kashmir
(Reorganisation) Bill, 2019 that
sought to carve the state up into
two union territories (UTs )—
Jammu and Kashmir, and
Ladakh — with a majority of 125
votes.
Geographically,thestatecom-
prisesthreeregions,Hindu-dom-
inatedJammu,Muslim-majority
Kashmir and Buddhist-domi-
nated Ladakh.
As per the bill, the union terri-
toryofLadakhwillcompriseKar-
gil and Leh districts, and will be
directlyadministeredbythecen-
tral government through a Lieu-
tenant Governor, who will be
common to both Ladakh as well
as the union territory of Jammu
& Kashmir.
The latterwill, however, have
a legislature.
Union home minister Amit
Shah moved the Bill under Arti-
cle3oftheConstitution.Together
with articles 2 and 4, it dealswith
“reorganization of the states” or
the creation of new states or
UnionTerritoriesaswellasread-
justment of boundaries of exist-
ing states and UTs.
“Forming a state doesn’t
requireatwo-thirdsmajorityand
neither does a bill to form a new
state require a Constitutional
amendment, unless the changes
are of a very wide and sweeping
nature,” constitutional expert
SubhashKashyapsaid.However,
what constitutes “wide and
sweeping”dependsonthediscre-
tion of the government and is a
JULY 27, SATURDAY
News trickled in that an additional
100 companies of the Central
Armed Police Forces will be
deployed in J&K for counter-in-
surgency operations and to
maintain law and order
JULY 28, SUNDAY
In a charged political atmosphere,
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
president Mehbooba Mufti
warned the Centre that any
attempt to tinker with the special
status of Jammu and Kashmir
would blow up in its face
JULY 29, MONDAY
An order by the Jammu and
Kashmir Police seeking details on
mosques and their management
committees went viral on social
ata Party (BJP) is in a minority,
had approved everything , with
the bill passing by a two-thirds
majority.
They are certain the pass the
Lok Sabha test tomorrow -- the
BJPisinasignificantmajorityin
the House.
UnderArticle370,lawsbyPar-
liament do not automatically
apply to Jammu and Kashmir,
according to conditions under
which it acceded to India, some-
thing governed by the so-called
Instrument of Accession. This
was at the heart of the Constitu-
tion’s Article 370, enacted on
October 17, 1949.
The Instrument of Accession
with India originally conferred
powers on the Centre only in the
areas of external affairs, defence
and communications as far as
Jammu and Kashmir was con-
cerned. Thecountrythenpassed
the Constitution (Application to
Jammu and Kashmir) Order
1954, and tens of amendments to
this,toenlargetheareasinwhich
central laws could apply to the
state.
Informallycalledthepresiden-
tial order 1954, it also included a
controversial Article 35A
inserted into the Constitution
that defines “permanent status”
of residents of the state. Effec-
tively,35Adefinedwhowasaper-
manent resident and debarred
non-residents from buying
immovablepropertyinthestates.
Article 35A is viewed as dis-
criminatorybecauseitholdsthat
theprogenyofaKashmiriwoman
whomarriedanon-Kashmiriout-
sidethestatedoesnothaveinher-
itance rights.
The Constitution order -- the
Constitution (Application to
Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 2019
to use its full name -- has now
replaced the 1954 order, effec-
n Shiv Sena workers offer sweets to policemen as they celebrate the
effective revoking of Article 370 in Mumbai.
“policy question”, he said.
For example, the 7th Amend-
ment that reorganised states on
thebasisoflanguagewasaconsti-
tutional amendment.
As per Article 3, the Parlia-
mentmayformnewstatesorUTs
in any one of the following ways:
separation of territory; uniting
two or more states or parts of
states;orunitinganyterritoryto
a part of any state.
The provision that allows
Jammu&Kashmirtohaveastate
legislature means that jurisdic-
tion will be divided between
electedrepresentatives—headed
by a chief minister — and the
Governor of the state, quite the
samewayasitisinDelhi.Incases
of UT with legislatures, certain
critical items like land, law and
orderandservices,willbeadmin-
isteredbytheCentrethroughthe
office of the Governor.
The reorganisation ofJammu
and Kashmir does not merely
mean a territorial change and
entails a spate of legal ramifica-
tions, experts said.
Forinstance,theIndianPenal
Code will replace the Ranbir
media. The police described the
Sunday order as a “routine police
activity.”
n Security personnel patrol a road in Srinagar on Monday.
tively removing 35A,
The government undertook a
two-step process to strike down,
in one fell swoop, the longstand-
ing legal status of Jammu and
Kashmir.
The new order also made
changes to Article 367, whereby
thegovernment has addeda new
clause (number 4), which repla-
ces the expression “constituent
assembly” of the state of Jammu
and Kashmir with “legislative
assembly” of the state and any
reference to the state Assembly
shallalsobeconstruedtobearef-
erencetotheGovernor.Thisena-
bledtheCentretobypassconcur-
rence of the state legislature for
the landmark changes initiated
on Monday.
JammuandKashmir,through
Article370, neverenjoyedspecial
status,asis widely believed, con-
stitutional experts say. What it
enjoyed were certain “tempo-
rary” provisions.
“The heading and wording of
Article370wasclearonthis.Arti-
cle370,asitstood,isdescribedby
the very Constitution as tempo-
rary provision,” said constitu-
KUNAL PATIL/HT PHOTO
Penal Code to deal with criminal
matters.Therewouldbenosepa-
rate flag for the state of Jammu
and Kashmir and nor a separate
Constitution.
The Jammu and Kashmir
Assemblywillhaveatermoffive
years and not six as was the case
previously.
The Kashmir Assembly,
before the President’s rule was
imposed, had 111 members: 87
elected and 2 nominated. As
before,24seatsinPakistanOccu-
pied Kashmir have been left
vacant.
Apart from such structural
changes, a spate of new laws,
which currently apply to rest of
India, will take force. Examples
include the Dowry Prohibition
Act, Muslim Women (Protection
of Rights on Marriage) Act, the
Commercial Courts Act, among
others.
Furthermore, the promulga-
tionoftheConstitution(Applica-
tion to Jammu and Kashmir)
Order 2019 effectively does away
with Article 35A that prohibited
non-Kashmiris from possessing
immovablepropertyinthestate.
JULY 30, TUESDAY
J&K governor Satya Pal Malik
asked people not to pay any
heed to rumours of an
impending major decision on the
special status of the state. Malik
did not mention a Railway Police
Officer’s order on stockpiling
rations but presumably referred
to it when he said such orders
were invalid
JULY 31, WEDNESDAY
Mufti, a former CM, launched an
awareness campaign on the
state’s special status, travelling to
three districts of south Kashmir
— Kulgam, Shopian and
Pulwama. Separately, BJP general
secretary Ram Madhav blamed
mainstream political parties for
spreading fear in the Valley
tional expert Subhash Kashyap.
Indiaisacaseofasymmetrical
federalism, meaning some
states have special provisions,
given their historical anteced-
ents, which are not available to
otherstates.Part21oftheConsti-
tutioncategorisesstatesaseither
having “temporary,transitional
or special provisions”.
Article 370, as it stood prior to
Monday, defines J&K’s excep-
tionsas“temporary”,asopposed
to a state like, say, Nagaland, in
whose case “special provisions”
apply.
Interestingly, clause 3 of Arti-
cle 370 provides powers to the
PresidentofIndiatoeithernullify
ormakechangestoArticle370.In
other words, the article contains
within it a “kill button”, so to
speak. Any change however
requirestheconcurrenceofJ&K
Constituent Assembly, which
has since been replaced by the
state’slegislature.Currently,the
state is governed by the Centre
since it is under the President’s
Rule, and the government’s
understanding seems to be that
the state legislature can be
attached to 370’
Press Trust of India
n letters@hindustantimes.com
JAMMU: People of Kashmir on
Monday expressed apprehen-
sions about a new cycle of vio-
lence in the Valley, with many
saying that scrapping of Article
370, which gave special status
to the state, threatens the iden-
tity of Kashmir.
“We are shocked by the deci-
sion. It has disappointed us
because our sentiments were
attached with this Article... Its
scrapping means that the state
will lose its character,” said
50-year-old Farooq Ahmad
Shah, a resident of Srinagar
who was visiting Jammu.
Shah said though the parties
which ruled the state had ren-
dered the Article “a mere skele-
ton” over the last 70 years “in
collusion with the different
governments at the centre”, its
scrapping will provoke the peo-
ple.
“How long they will keep us
under house arrest?” asked
Arshid Warsi, a man in his 20s
from the Valley who was also
visiting the city. Revoking Arti-
cle 370 does not mean “we can-
not express our resentment”,
he said.
A school teacher, who
wished not to be named,
blamed the state’s mainstream
parties for the “current crisis”.
“Today we feel we have lost
our identity and it is very
unfortunate that the govern-
ment has taken a decision
which is going to create more
AUGUST 1, THURSDAY
A National Conference (NC)
delegation led by party
president Farooq Abdullah met
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
Delhi and apprised him of the
current situation in J&K
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replaced by the Governor.
“This looks dubious because
you can very well undertake
modification of the presidential
order of 1954. But you can’t
undertakemodificationofsome-
thingthatdoesn’tcurrentlyexist,
which is the state Assembly,”
saidPDTAchary,anotherconsti-
tutional expert.
Achary said although J&K’s
special provisions were never
“special”andonly“temporary”,
the state legislature, under Arti-
cle 370 itself, had to agree to any
modification, which is what the
term“concurrence”means.This
couldbeopentolegalchallenges,
he said.
Otherexperts,too,highlighted
this issue, as did some members
of the Opposition. The Congress’
s Abhishek Manu Singhvi
pointed outonTwitterthatifnew
statesorUnionTerritoriescanbe
created when a state is under
President’s Rule (under Article
356 of the Constitution), then the
Centre could misuse this provi-
sion to pretty much bifurcate or
split any state as long as it has a
majority in Parliament.
resentment among the masses
rather than bringing peace,”
she said.
For businessman Jaleel
Ahmad Bhat, the uncertainty
in the Valley meant closure of
his establishment indefinitely
and loss of livelihood. “We
don’t know how the situation
will develop after the curfew-
like restrictions are with-
drawn. We feel we are heading
towards the worst,” he said.
Bhat expressed disappoint-
ment over snapping of phone
and internet connectivity and
said people in the Valley have
totally been disconnected from
the outside world. “My two
children are studying outside
the state and there is no contact
with them. I know they will be
worried about the situation
here and I don’t know how they
are doing,” Bhat, who was in
Jammu, said.
Fatima Bano, a middle-aged
entrepreneur, said she has
beenprayingfor normalcyever
since she came to know about
the government’s decision to
revoke Article 370.
“Will revoking Article 370
end decades-long unrest in
Kashmir? I don’t believe in this
theory,” she said, asserting
that Article 370 or Article 35A
was no hinderance for the
return of Kashmiri migrant
Pandits to their homes as they
have been natives of the Valley
for centuries.
“It was the law and order sit-
uation which is the biggest hur-
dle in their return,” she added.
AUGUST 3, SATURDAY
The army said it repelled an
attempt by a mixed group of
Pakistani soldiers and terrorists
to attack an army post along the
Line of Control (LoC), inflicting
heavy casualties. NC leader
Omar Abdullah met governor
Malik and urged the central
government to clear the air
about what was going on
AUGUST 4, SUNDAY
A
Union home minister Amit Shah
U
met senior officials in New Delhi.
In Kashmir, an all-party meeting
was held. Hours later, strict
restrictions were imposed in
Srinagar, and NC’s Omar
Abdullah and PDP’s Mufti were
placed under house arrest
Move may be challenged
on procedure, say experts
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI: The government may
have managed to pass in the
RajyaSabharesolutionsandleg-
islations bifurcating Jammu &
Kashmirinto two UnionTerrito-
ries, and scrapping the special
status given to the state and its
permanent residents, but the
changes, which will bepassed by
the Lok Sabha tomorrow, could
bechallenged in court according
to experts.
That’s because the govern-
menthasusedanewpresidential
ordertoscrapa1954onethatgave
rise to Article 35A that provides
special privileges to the state’s
permanent residents, but some
legalexpertssayaconstitutional
provisioncannotberevokedbya
presidential order.
The constitution order intro-
duced on Monday changes Arti-
cle 367 by a presidential order.
SeniorAdvocateandconstitu-
tional expert Jaideep Gupta
asked: “Prima facie, the legal
question that arisesis, can a con-
stitutional provision, article 367,
be amended by a presidential
order?”.
The order also introduces a
new clause that equates the Gov-
ernor, advised by a council of
ministers to the government of
the state, and the legislative
assembly to the state’s now
defunct Constituent Assembly.
This is questionable, Gupta
added.
SupremecourtadvocateSunil
Fernandes echoed this and said
“thereisalegalflawinamending
article 367”.
According to Fernandes, this
couldhavebeendoneonlyunder
Article 368 which allows parlia-
ment to modify any provision,
even a temporary one.
ON THE GROUND
Political groups in Jammu call
it ‘second freedom’ after 1947
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
JAMMU: Celebrations broke out
in Jammu after a Bill to scrap
Article 370, which gave special
status to Jammu and Kashmir,
and a separate Bill to grant
Union Territory status to
Jammu and Kashmir, was
passed by the Rajya Sabha on
Monday.
Members of political parties
were seen dancing, bursting
crackers and distributing
sweets on Jammu streets, hail-
ing the decision by the BJP-led
NDA government.
Members of BJP’s women’s
wing led by former minister
Priya Sethi distributed sweets
and burst crackers.“Article 370
had to go someday. It was the
BJP which had the courage to
take this bold step.”
“The 70-year-old hegemony
of Kashmiri politicians will end
A ‘dream come true’ for Ladakh
Navneet Dubey
n letters@hindustantimes.com
JAMMU: People from Ladakh
hailedtheUnion government’s
decisiontograntaUnionTerri-
torystatustotheregionwiththe
Rajya Sabha passing the
JammuandKashmirReorgani-
sationBill on Monday. The Bill
proposestobifurcatethestateof
Jammu and Kashmir into two
Union Territories — Jammu
and Kashmir and Ladakh.
BJP MP from Ladakh Jamy-
ang Tsering Namgyal said the
decision will usher in develop-
ment and strengthen border
HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW D ELHI
TUESDAY, AUGUST 0 6, 2019
AUGUST 5, MONDAY
Amit Shah moves a resolution to abolish Article 370, after
the President issues a notification, and introduces a bill to
divide the state into two UTs — Jammu and Kashmir, and
Ladakh. The Rajya Sabha approves both the resolution and
the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019
n Members of Left parties and their supporters protest against the
Centre’s move at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
The government is actually
withinthe law argued notedlaw-
yer Harish Salve. All that has
happened is that a 1954 order has
been superseded. “There seems
to be some misunderstanding
that article 35 A was a part of the
constitution and that has been
done away with, but let me say
that 35A was never a part of the
constitution,“said Harish Salve.
Nor, he added, has Article 370
been revoked.
If Salve is right -- andit is a fact
that 370 hasn’t been revoked --
then the argument that the basic
structureoftheConstitutionhas
beenchanged(andthiscannotbe
done, even by parliament) will
not hold, experts said.
The second contentious issue
in the constitutional order per-
tains to the concurrence of the
stateofJammuandKashmir.The
new order says it was being
passed by the President with the
concurrence of the state govern-
ment . Since the state is under
President’s rule right now, the
government’s argument is that
this means the governor.
Gupta isn’t convinced.
“UnderArticle370,apresiden-
n BJP supporters celebrate in
Jammu on Monday. AP PHOTO
now both Jammu and Kashmir
getting equal opportunities in
employment and allocation of
funds for development,” she
said.
Activists of Dogra Front
danced and hailed Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi and Union
home minster Amit Shah for
taking “such a bold decision”.
“We, the citizens of Jammu
security.
ChiefExecutiveCouncillorof
the Ladakh Autonomous Hill
Development Corporation
(LAHDC),Leh,GyalPWangyal
said people of Ladakh had been
demanding separation from
Kashmir for the past 70 years.
PT Kunzang, president of
Ladakh Buddhist Association
called it a “long cherished
dream” coming true. “The peo-
ple of Ladakh have been striv-
ing to get independent status
since 1949. In last 70 years, we
staged several agitations to ful-
fil our demand,” Kunzang said.
“We are thankful to the BJP
ARTICLE 370
AMAL KS/HT PHOTO
tial order can be passed after a
recommendationbytheconstitu-
entassembly.Sincetheconstitu-
ent assembly for the state of
JammuandKashmirwaswound
up in 1957, giving effect to this
conditionbecomesimpossibility.
A prudent approach is that the
functions are transferred to the
stateassembly.Butquestionscan
always be raised that in the
absence of a state assembly, can
thegovernorofthestateexercise
the extraordinary functions like
expressing the will ofthepeople?
Ordinaryfunctionsoftheassem-
blycanbeexercisedbythegover-
nor, but on a grave issue like 370,
questions can be raised?”
Indeed, can a person widely
seen as the Centre’s nominee do
this, askedSupreme Court advo-
cate Viplav Sharma.
Adding to the controversy, is
also the bill that reorganizes the
stateofJammuandKashmirand
bifurcates it in two separate
union territories: Ladakh and
Jammu and Kashmir. The legal-
ity of doing this without the con-
currence of an elected state gov-
ernment may also be challenged
in court.
and Kashmir, first got inde-
pendence in 1947. After 72
years, we have got our second
freedom. Now, Jammu will
move to an era of progress and
prosperity. It is also a tight slap
on the face of the corrupt who
had been siphoning off money
provided by the central govern-
ment for the development ofthe
region,” said Ashok Gupta,
president of the Dogra Front.
Students in Jammu Univer-
sity waved the tricolour to
express their support for the
decision.
“It is a historic day as
Jammu and Kashmir has been
integrated into the Union of
India in the true sense. Article
370 was a wall a of hatred that
prevented integration of J&K
with India. Now, development
will take place in Jammu with
equal opportunities for every-
one,” said a student, wishing to
remain anonymous.
government for taking such a
bold step,” he said.
Rigzin Lundup, councillor
for Tegar, said the move will
ensure that Ladakh gets ade-
quate funds for development.
“Despite being 70% geographi-
cal area of the state, Ladakh
usedtogetaminusculeshareof
the development funds. Also,
tourism had remained affected
becauseofdisturbanceinKash-
mir. Now, the industry will
flourish in Ladakh,” he said.
Korzok councillor Gurmet
Dorjaysaidthedecisionwillrid
Ladakhofthe“Kashmir-centric
rule”.
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Theelectoralimpact
ofbifurcationofJ&K
EQUATIONS State polls have reflected polarisation between Jammu and Kashmir regions
Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
and Roshan Kishore
n letters@hindustantimes.com
T
he Rajya Sabha on
Monday cleared The
Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation Bill,
2019. The bill seeks to
reconstitute the state of Jammu
and Kashmir and create two
union territories (UTs), Ladakh
and Jammu and Kashmir. While
Ladakh will not have an elected
assembly, Jammu and Kashmir
will function as a UT with an
elected assembly, on the lines of
Delhi and Puducherry. The Bill
also provides for delimitation of
parliamentary constituencies
(PCs) and assembly constituen-
cies (ACs) in the newly created
UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
Will the proposed bifurcation
of the state of Jammu and Kash-
mir into UTs of Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh impact the
electoral arithmetic of the
region? Looking at the results of
2014 assembly elections and 2019
Lok Sabha elections can throw
some light on the issue.
The Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) won 25 ACs in Jammu and
Kashmir in the 2014 assembly
elections. The total strength of
the Jammu and Kashmir state
assembly is 87. There are
another 24 ACs reserved for
regions in Pakistan occupied
Kashmir. In the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections, the BJP had a lead in
29 ACs in the state. The BJP’s
electoral success in Jammu and
Kashmir has been regionally
skewed in both 2014 and 2019. In
both, it won 68% of the ACs in
the Jammu region, which sends
37 out of the 87 members to the
assembly. However, it drew a
blank in the Ladakh and Kash-
mir regions in 2014, while it led
in three out of four ACs in
Ladakh and just one out of 46
ACs in the Kashmir region in
EC may take up redrawing of J&K
constituency boundaries soon
Smriti Kak Ramachandran
letters@hindustantimes.com
n
NEW DELHI: A commission will
soon be set up to undertake the
exercise of delimitation in
Jammu and Kashmir, people
familiar with the matter said on
condition of anonymity. On
Monday, Union home minister
Amit Shah introduced the
Jammu and Kashmir Reorgani-
sation Bill, 2019 in the Rajya
Sabha; the bill gives a mandate
to the election commission to
carry out the task of delimita-
tion, once the Bill to reorganise
the state as the union territory
of Jammu and Kashmir is
passed in both houses of Parlia-
ment. As per the provisions of
the Bill, Ladakh will be a UT
without a legislature.
Delimitation is the process of
fixing limits or boundaries of
territorial constituencies in a
country or a province with a leg-
islative body.
The Bill , passed with the
2/3rd majority in the Rajya
Sabha and will be taken up for
passage in the Lok Sabha on
Tuesday, has also proposed
raising the strength of the
assembly to 114 plus two nomi-
nated members.
At present the state assembly
2019. (See Chart 1)
With Ladakh carved out of
what is proposed to be the new
UT of Jammu and Kashmir, the
BJP will have 25 MLAs in a
house of 83 according to the 2014
assembly election results. Can
redrawing of AC boundaries by
delimitation change things?
HT has pointed in an earlier
piece that electoral outcomes in
Jammu and Kashmir have been
reflecting the religious polarisa-
tion in the state. BJP’s electoral
success were from Hindu domi-
nated regions in Jammu; 18 out
of the BJP’s 25 seats in the 2014
assembly elections came from
the four districts of Udhampur,
Kathua, Samba and Jammu.
These are also the only districts
in the state where Hindus are in
a majority.
Of the 20 districts which will
comprise the proposed UT of
Jammu and Kashmir, Hindus
have a less than 5% population
in 10 districts, all of which are in
the Kashmir region. There are
six districts in the Jammu
region, where Hindus are not a
majority unlike the four dis-
tricts listed above, but their pop-
ulation share varies from 49%
(Reasi) to 7% (Poonch). The BJP
could win or lead in only seven
and four ACs in these districts
in 2014 assembly and 2019 Lok
Sabha elections.
If there were to be a calcu-
lated delimitation in this region,
the BJP stands a chance to
increase its tally. Here’s why.
In 2014, the BJP had a vote
share of 50% or more in 12 ACs
out of the 37 in the Jammu
region. This number increased
to 24 in the 2019 elections. (See
Chart 2)
The promise of abrogating
Article 370 is likely to further
consolidate the Hindu vote in
Jammu in the BJP’s favour. If a
delimitation exercise were to
redraw AC boundaries in the
THE NUMBERS GAME
n At present, the state assembly
has 111 members plus two
nominated members.
n Of the 111 members, 87 are
elected, 24 seats that fall
in Kashmir under Pakistan’s
occupation have been
left vacant.
The exercise of delimitation will be carried out in J&K after over
two decades; in 2002, the J&K Assembly passed a law putting a
freeze on the fresh delimitation of seats till 2026.
had 111 members plus two nomi-
nated members.
Of this 87 are elected mem-
bers, 24 seats that fall in the part
of Kashmir under Pakistan’s
Occupation have been left
vacant. Of the 87 seats, 46 are in
Kashmir, 37 in Jammu and four
in Ladakh. The Bill proposes
carrying out the delimitation on
the basis of the 2011 census.
There is no clarity on
whether elections in the state
will be conducted anytime soon,
though there has been specula-
tion that this could happen in
October-November. “We don’t
know if the elections will be con-
ducted after the delimitation is
carried out, which could take
some time or if the election com-
Can delimitation change
the political math in J&K?
CHART 1 BJP’s electoral support is skewed
towards Jammu region
Number of assembly seats
2014-AE 25
Jammu
2019-GE 25
2014-AE 0
Kashmir
2019-GE 1 45
2014-AE 0 4 wastakentopreventpeoplefrom
Ladakh
2019-GE 3 3
AE - Assembly Election; GE - General Election
CHART 2 BJP has consolidated its hold over
the Jammu region
Seat-wise vote share of BJP (%)
100
84.77
80
60 70.63
40
20
0 NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and
Each point on each of the lines represents one Assembly Constituency of
Jammu region (in descending order of BJP's vote share there)
Jammu region such that Hindu
population increases in some of
the non-Hindu majority ACs in
the Jammu region, the BJP
could gain in some of the 12 ACs
which it was not been able to
win in 2014 and 2019.
Another possibility is that the
delimitation exercise reduces
the number of seats in the Kash-
mir region, while it increases
those in the Jammu region.
n Of the 87 seats, 46 are in
Kashmir, 37 in Jammu and
four in Ladakh.
n The Bill proposes carrying out
the delimitation on the basis of
the 2011 Census. It has also
proposed raising the strength
of the assembly to 114.
mission will go ahead with the
existing constituencies,” said a
BJP functionary.
The party has been in favour
of delimitation, pointing out
how changes in the demography
in the state need to be accounted
for.
“There is no doubt that once
delimitation is carried out there
will be rationalization of seats in
the Jammu region. There is also
the need to look at reserving
seats for Gujars and Bakerwals
who have been an integral part
of the population,” the function-
ary added, asking not to be
named. Gujars and Bakerwals,
nomadic communities, are des-
ignated scheduled tribes in the
state.
BJP Others
12
12
46
2014-AE 2019-GE
2.55
2.25
Source: ECI; TCPD
To be sure, it might be the
case that the government’s deci-
sions regarding Jammu and
Kashmir are driven by its larger
politics rather than the elect-
oral arithmetic in the state.
However, the fact that delimita-
tion has been made a part of the
exercise, suggests that concerns
for tilting the electoral arith-
metic in the BJP’s favour cannot
be ruled out.
Local parties such as the
National Conference and the
PDP have been opposed to
delimitation till 2026, when it
was next due, and believed that
this could assign more seats to
the Jammu region, benefitting
the BJP.
The exercise of delimitation
will be carried out in J&K after
over two decades; in 2002, the
J&K Assembly passed a law put-
ting a freeze on the fresh delimi-
tation of seats till 2026.
“The delimitation commis-
sion will have the task of carry-
ing out the exercise of both the
assembly and Lok Sabha con-
stituencies in Jammu and Kash-
mir regions of the existing state.
Ladakh which currently has
one LS seat and four assembly
seats, will not have an assembly
and will be governed by a coun-
cil,” said a second party func-
tionary aware of the develop-
ments.
As per the information on EC
website, Delimitation Commis-
sions have been constituted four
times – in 1952 under the Delimi-
tation Commission Act, 1952, in
1963 under Delimitation Com-
mission Act, 1962, in 1973 under
Delimitation Act, 1972 and in
2002 under Delimitation Act,
2002.
Security bolstered before move
Sudhi Ranjan Sen
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI:Connecting every offi-
cial in Jammu and Kashmir
through a satellite link and put-
ting the military on high alert
along the western and northern
borders of India were part of a
meticulous plan that New Delhi
devised before effectively revok-
ingArticle370,whichgrantsspe-
cial status to Jammu and Kash-
mir, and proposing the bifurca-
tion of the state into two Union
Territories on Monday.
The satellite phone link
ensured that key officials, down
to the district level, were availa-
ble to receive instructions and
passonordersevenaftercommu-
nication network in the Valley
was snapped. Communication
network were taken off the hook
on Sunday night, hours before
the Centre’s big announcement.
Thedecisiontosnapthenetwork
gathering and “rumours” being
spread.
The Indian Army along the
western border were on put on
high alert. “We had war-gamed
the situation as late as last year,”
a senior military officer who did
not want to be named said.
“Things had been worked out to
thelastdetail,takingintoaccount
the possible reaction within and
Former CMs Mehbooba, Omar arrested
HTC & Agencies
n letters@hindustantimes.com
Kashmir chief ministers Meh-
boobaMuftiandOmarAbdullah,
who were under house arrest
since Sunday night, have been
arrested, news agency Press
Trust of India quoted unnamed
officials as saying on Monday.
JammuandKashmirPeople’s
Conference leaders Sajjad Lone
andImranAnsarihavealsobeen
arrested, the officials said. Some
morearrestshavebeenmade,the
officials said, without sharing
details.
The arrests come hours after
the Centre proposed the revoca-
tionofArticle370,whichgranted
special status to Jammu and
Kashmir,andproposedthebifur-
cation of the state into two union
territories — Jammu and Kash-
hindustantimes
n Army personnel stand guard in Jammu on Monday.
outside,” he added.
Everyformationalongthebor-
der is closely watching out for
“unusualsignals”alongtheLine
of Control and the International
Border, another senior military
officer who did not want to be
named.
Adding to the muscle of the
military, the Centre has moved
about30,000personnelfrompara-
military forces into the Valley
with the help ofheavy transport-
ers of the Indian Air Force (IAF)
over the past week. In all, when
UnionhomeministerAmitShah
n Mehbooba Mufti
mir, and Ladakh.
National Conference (NC)
leader Omar Abdullah and Peo-
ples Democratic Party (PDP)’s
Mehbooba Mufti were placed
under house arrest on Sunday
night,hoursafterthetwoleaders,
along with other leaders,
attended an all-party meeting
thatresolvedtoseekanaudience
withPresidentRamNathKovind
and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi over the security situation
in the state.
Because your love for your
loved ones, is forever...
walked into Parliament on Mon-
day, there were over 50,000
troops, in addition to the troops
normally positioned in the Val-
ley.
The extra troops rushed to the
Valley over the last three weeks
helped in thinly policed regions.
“Areas around Dachigam,
Pattan, Palalan, Gurez and Sop-
ore, especially the higher
reaches,haveathindeployment;
extra boots helped in consolidat-
ing, “ a third official said. Extra
troops also ensured that people
could not move from the hinter-
n Omar Abdullah
OnMonday,aftertheCentre’s
move to end Jammu and Kash-
mir’s special status, Mufti, a
formerallyoftheCentre’sruling
Bharatiya Janata Party, said,
“Today the people of Jammu &
Kashmirwho reposed theirfaith
ininstitutionsofIndialikeparlia-
ment & Supreme Court feel
defeated&betrayed.Bydismem-
bering the state & fraudulently
taking away what is rightfully &
legally ours, they have further
complicated the Kashmir dis-
03
ARTICLE 370
PTI
land towards towns or Srinagar
for protests.
Separately, the Indian Air
Force,especiallytheWesternAir
Command,wasonastateofread-
iness. “The IAF was on highest
possible alert,” a fourth official
said. Fighters in different bases
were ready to take-off on at the
shortest notice, he said.
Also, the focus was also on
ensuring that the Jammu and
Kashmir police was under the
operationalcontrolofthecentral
forces – a move that was perhaps
aimed at better coordination.
pute.”
Abdullah echoed her outrage.
“Government of India’s unilat-
eralandshockingdecisionstoday
are a total betrayal of the trust
thatthepeopleofJammu&Kash-
mir had reposed in India when
thestateaccededtoitin1947.The
decisions will have far-reaching
and dangerous consequences.
Thisisanaggressionagainstpeo-
ple of the State...,” he said.
Inablog,BJPleaderArunJait-
ley said the move was a monu-
mentaldecisiontowardsnational
integration.Assertingthat sepa-
rate status led to separatism, he
saidthatnodynamicnationcould
allow this situation to continue.
“A historical wrong has been
undone today. Article 35A came
through the back door without
following the procedure under
Article 368 of the Constitution of
India. It had to go,” he said.
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ARTICLE 370

ReversemoveonJ&K:Pakistan JITENDRA SINGH, Union minister of state

‘Sentiment to scrap Art 370 always

OBJECTION Minister Qureshi says will take
up matter with US team, global community
Imtiaz Ahmad
n letters@hindustantimes.com
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday
asked the Indian government to
“halt and reverse” its decision to
revoke the special status of
Jammu and Kashmir, contend-
ing such a unilateral step cannot
change the state’s status as an
“internationally recognised dis-
puted territory”.
ForeignsecretarySohailMah-
mood summoned Indian envoy
AjayBisariatotheforeignminis-
try to convey a “strong
demarche” or formal diplomatic
representation on actions taken
by India on Kashmir.
“TheForeignSecretarycalled
uponIndiatohalt andreverse its
unlawful and destabilising
actions, ensure full compliance
withUNSecurityCouncilresolu-
tions, and refrain from any fur-
theraction that couldentailseri-
ous implications,” the Foreign
Office said in a statement.
A statement issued earlier in
the day described Kashmir as an
“internationally recognised dis-
putedterritory”andsaidno“uni-
lateral step” by India could
CLOSELY
FOLLOWING
EVENTS: US
WASHINGTON:The United
States on Monday said it
was “closely following”
events in Jammu and
Kashmir, had taken
“note” that the Indian
government has
described the actions as
“strictly an internal mat-
ter” and urged all parties
to maintain peace and
stability along the Line of
Control.
US state department
spokesperson Morgan
Ortagus, in a statement,
also said the US was
“concerned about
reports of detentions and
urge respect for individ-
ual rights and discussion
with those in affected
communities.” HTC
there, common man is celebrating’
U
nion Minister of
State in charge of
Prime Minister’s
Office and North
East affairs, Jiten-
dra Singh, spoke to Sunetra
Choudhury about the gov-
ernment’s decision to effec-
tively scrap Article 370 and
some of the Opposition’s criti-
cism. Edited excerpts:
When was this plan made and
how did you put it into motion?
It was awaited for several
decades. We had to wait for 70
years... But it took someone
like Narendra Modi to bring
in this legislation. This day of
August 5, 2019, will be known
as the day of redemption and
n Members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party take part in an anti-India protest march in Lahore on rejuvenation.
Monday in reaction to the move by India to abolish Kashmir's special status. AFP
Your critics say the way you
Internal matter for security, brought it in is undemocratic.
As far as the Congress is con-
cerned, I am surprised by the
way they opposed it. We car-
that India today is part of a
global world, we can’t
deprive them of global ave-
nues.
But why didn’t you take people
into confidence - you shut down
internet, cut phones off?
No it is not like that. We don’t
shut down our doors. It was
the Congress that operated
like this. [Former PM] Indira
Gandhi was the one who
called a session on a holiday
and got the Emergency
passed by the President Fak-
hruddin Ali Ahmed in a mid-
night order. We didn’t do
that. When the bill is brought
into Parliament, it is open for
all to bring about opinion,
positive or negative. When
they talk about taking stake-
holders into confidence, who
are the stakeholders? They
mean only Hurriyat leaders
and local politicians. Are we
all not stakeholders? All of
However, it requires the con-
sent of the legislative assembly.
How can the governor during
President’s Rule be representa-
tive of the assembly?
Legal representation was
done and it was found in
order. Right now, Parliament
is performing the role of the
state assembly.
Isn’t that point legally debata-
ble?
Some people are trying to
make a debate out of it. How-
ever, we have subjected it to
legal scrutiny. Even if some
body chooses to go to the
court, they will not get any
relief. I can’t go into details of
how that was done as it was
the prerogative of the home
minister.
What is the plan in the Valley?
How long will the leaders
(former CMs Omar Abdullah ,
Mehbooba Mufti) be held?

growth, foreign envoys told ried forward the work of Con-

change this “disputed status as
enshrined in” the UN Security
Council resolutions.
Pakistanwouldusealloptions
to “counter the illegal steps”, it
added.
Mahmood also told the Indian
envoythatPakistanrejectedand
condemned “these illegal
actions”andcondemned “prece-
dingpre-meditatedsteps”suchas
thelockdownofKashmir,deploy-
ment of additional troops and
housearrestofKashmirileaders.
LeadersofallPakistaniparties
also joined hands to oppose
India’s action, describing it as
unacceptableandan “actof trea-
son” against the UN.
Foreign minister Shah Mah-
mood Qureshi told a TV channel
fromSaudiArabia,whereheison
a pilgrimage, that Pakistan will
step up diplomatic efforts to pre-
venttheorderfromtakingeffect.
“India is playing a very danger-
ous game by changing the status
ofKashmirthroughillegalacts,”
he said. He added, “Today, India
has again revived and interna-
tionalised the Kashmir issue.
This will not solve the problem,
rather it will escalate it.”
Qureshifurthersaidinatweet:
“We intend to firmly highlight
our stance in our meetings with
the US delegation visiting Paki-
stan and with the international
communityatlarge.”TheTrump
administration’spointpersonfor
SouthAsia,AliceWells,wassetto
begin Pakistan visit on Monday.
Sharif called on the Pakistani
leadership to demand an emer-
gencysessionoftheUNSCandto
consult with China, Russia, Tur-
key, Saudi Arabia and other
friendlycountriesonthematter.
The army chief, Gen Qamar
Bajwa, will chair a Corps Com-
manders Conference in Rawal-
pindi on Tuesday to discuss the
situationinKashmirand“Indian
aggressionalongtheLineofCon-
trol”, state-run Radio Pakistan
reported.
Rezaul H Laskar
n rezaul.laskar@htlive.com
NEWDELHI :India on Monday told
foreign envoys, including repre-
sentatives of the P5 powers, the
government’sdecisiontorevoke
the special status of J&K was
purely an internal matter aimed
atensuringtheregion’sdevelop-
ment and security, people famil-
iar with developments said.
The envoys of the P5 or five
permanent members of the UN
SecurityCouncil–China,France,
Russia,the USand the UK– were
briefed on developments related
to Kashmir by foreign secretary
Vijay Gokhale, while the envoys
ofothercountrieswerebriefedby
secretariesoftheexternalaffairs
ministrylookingafterterritorial
divisions.
Thebriefings beganlate inthe
afternoon and continued till late
evening,andthe envoys anddip-
lomats were given a rundown by
senior officials on proposals
introduced in Parliament to
revokeArticle370oftheConstitu-
tion and for the administrative
reorganisationofJ&K,thepeople
cited above said.
Pakistan was not among the
countriesinvitedtothebriefings
and its mission in New Delhi
didn’t seek a briefing, the people
said. Besides the P5 states, more
briefings were arranged after
members of the diplomatic com-
munityexpressedinterestinget-
ting the Indian government’s
take on the developments, the
people said.
“It was highlighted that the
proposals which are currently
under consideration of the Par-
liament of India are internal to
India.Theseareaimedatprovid-
inggoodgovernance,promoting
social justice and ensuring eco-
nomic development in Jammu
andKashmir,”saidapersonwho
didn’t want to be identified.
The briefings were held
againstthebackdropofmovesby
Pakistan to seek the world com-
munity’s intervention on the
Kashmir issue. Pakistan’s For-
eign Office rejected the Indian
government’sdecisiontorevoke
the special status of Jammu and
Kashmirandsaidsuchunilateral
steps cannot change the state’s
statusasan“internationallyrec-
ognised disputed territory”.
TheForeignOfficespokesman
said the Pakistan government
wouldusealloptionsto“counter
theillegalsteps”andforeignmin-
ister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
noted that diplomatic efforts to
counter the development would
be stepped up.
However, the Indian govern-
ment decided not to take the bait
and respond to the Pakistan For-
eign Office’s statement. An offi-
cial, who spoke on condition of
anonymity,saidthatwouldhave
meant planning into Pakistan’s
hands and internationalising
what thegovernmentsseesasan
internal issue.
gress patriarchs like [India’s
first PM] Jawaharlal Nehru.
He would pacify critics of
Article 370 by saying this was
temporary- he would say
‘ghiste ghiste ghis jayegi’ (It
will slowly fade away). Sec-
ondly, if you go through the
Parliament debate in 1964
when Lal Bahadur Shastri
was the PM, minister Gulzar-
ilal Nanda has been quoted as
saying that the sense of the
House was to do away with
Article 370. So, this senti-
ment...was always present. It
was only in the later years
that the Congress and the
National Conference held on
to Article 370 for vested inter-
ests. They became beneficia-
ries of this. As far as the com-
mon man is concerned, I can
say this with great responsi-
bility that this move is
being celebrated
even by everyone
on streets of
Kashmir. We
have to realise
the people of the country?
Kashmir belongs to all peo-
ple, doesn’t it? Constitution-
ally speaking, the Opposition
has no propriety to oppose
this as Congress government
brought in resolution in 1994
that J&K is an integral part of
India. They conveniently for-
get all of these things when
they oppose our move.
You say you used Article 370-
clause 3- to remove the article.
That is only because some
people were trying to rake up
problems...in a few days or
weeks, things will be okay.
As an MP from the state, do you
think this move will alienate
people?
Article 370 resulted in aliena-
tion. It led to a psychological
feeling that the people of
Kashmir are different. If Arti-
cle 370 was the sole instru-
ment for keeping away alien-
ation, then you should have
an Article 370 in every state.
It is only a self righteous logic
for their self interest. Both
the separatist lobby and the
mainstream politicians are
exposed before their own peo-
ple. Children of poor people
are becoming stone pelters,
while their own children are
studying in the best colleges
in India and abroad. People
have seen through this
bluff. Their ideology
wasn’t backed by con-
viction but by conve-
nience

Kashmir decision
may complicate HOW ARTICLE 370 CAME TO BE
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday announced the government has

negotiations in effectively scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution, removing special status given
to the state of Jammu and Kashmir almost 70 years ago.

Afghanistan THE HISTORY

NEW DELHI: India’s decision to
effectivelyrevokethespecialsta-
tusofJammuandKashmircould
complicate fraught negotiations
toendtheconflictinAfghanistan
and trigger attacks by Pakistan-
backedterroristsonIndianinter-
ests, people familiar with matter
said on Monday.
The Afghan government has
been keeping a close watch on
developments in Kashmir
against the backdrop of reports
that Pakistan-backed terror
groups could step up attacks
against “pro-India voices” and
liberal elements favouring the
retention of human rights
enshrinedsincetheousterof Tal-
iban in 2001, the people said.
“The developments in Kash-
mircould impactthe situationin
Afghanistan as Pakistan will try
to up the ante,” said a member of
the diplomatic community who
declined to be named.
“There are already reports
that pro-India and anti-Taliban
elementscouldbetargetedalong
withIndianinterestsinAfghani-
stan,” said the person, referring
totherecentattemptbyterrorists
to kill Amrullah Saleh, the
former Afghan spy chief and a
running mate of President Asraf
Ghani in the presidential elec-
tions scheduled for September.
Though no group claimed
responsibility for the attack, the
finger of blame has been pointed
at the Taliban. Saleh, a vocal
critic of the Taliban, favours
strong security ties with India.
A senior Indian official,
requesting anonymity, did not
rule out the possibility of Paki-
stan using terror groups with
links to its security establish-
ment to step up violence in
Afghanistan.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US spe-
cial representative for Afghan
reconciliation who is engaged in
talks with the Taliban in Qatar,
tweeted that he would travel to
IndiaonMondayforwhathesaid
were“pre-scheduledmeetingsto
further build international con-
sensusinsupportofthe#Afghan-
PeaceProcess”.There have been
reportsinrecentweeksthatPaki-
stan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and
Jaish-e-Mohammed have sent
cadres to Afghanistan to fight
alongside the Taliban. These
reports have been accompanied
by intelligence alerts about the
two banned groups targeting
Indian interests. HTC
OCTOBER 26, 1947: The foundation for
Article 370 stems from the Instrument of
Accession (IOA) signed by the then ruler of
Jammu and Kashmir, Raja Hari Singh. The
document was part of the formal process by
which all princely states in the country declared
their consent to be included in the Union of
India. In this case, however, J&K negotiated
some conditions as part of its entry into India.
As per the IOA, the state gave Union of India
the power to legislate only three aspects:
external affairs, communications and defence.
OCTOBER 17, 1949: Article 370 is incorporat-
ed in the Indian Constitution, exempting the
state of Jammu and Kashmir from Constitution
of India. This cements the terms spelt out in
the IOA.
SPECIFICALLY, IT 1950-1954
ALLOWED J&K TO
n Have its own Constitution Sevveral Presidential Orders were Article 35A to Constitution,
issu
ued during this period which gave special privileges
n To have a say on legislation
folllowing discussions between to permanent residents by
covering all issues except thee Constituent Assembly and laying down restrictions on
defence, foreign affairs and Govvernment of India. The first people from outside to
communications — the three onee was a formal announcement purchase property, claim
aspects that Raja Hari Singh of tthe applicability of Art 370, settlement or employment
consented to being subjected while the one that came into
to Indian Constitution NOVEMBER 17, 1956
forcce on May 14, 1954, was seen The Constituent Assembly of
n This Article was meant to be as tthe most crucial: J&K dissolved, without taking
“temporary” in nature, to be a decision on whether to scrap
ratified by the State’s Itt extended Indian citizenship
too J&K residents Article 370.
Constituent Assembly, which n This left a situation in which
would draw up the state’s Itt accorded the fundamental
Article 370 was deemed to
Constitution and finalise the riights to the people of J&K
have retained a more
powers of the state and the It extended the jurisdiction of
permanent place in the
Union. the Supreme Court to the state
Constitution, where it is
Itt announced the adding of classified under Part XXI
AT PRESENT
n Several court orders have since deemed the Article to be a n At present, the state does not
permanent inclusion in Constitution since the Constituent have an assembly since it was
Assembly did not take a decision on its extension. Legal dissolved on November 22,
experts and opposition leaders have maintained that 2018, months after an alliance
Article 370 can be scrapped only with the consent of the between the BJP and the PDP
State assembly and a Constitutional amendment. collapsed.
AFTER CENTRE’S J&K DECISION
Gorkhaland demand grows
SILIGURI: The Bharatiya Janata Reorganisation Bill, 2019, aimed tre’sintervention intheGorkha-
Party-led central government’s at bifurcating the state into two land issue aswell.Darjeelinghas
move to bifurcate Jammu and union territories — Jammu and intermittently witnessed agita-
Kashmir into two union territo- Kashmir and Ladakh. tions and bloodshed since the
rieshaspromptedGorkhaoutfits ThefactionoftheGorkhaJan- 1980s over the Gorkhas’ demand
in WestBengal’s Darjeeling hills muktiMorcha(GJM)ledbyfugi- for a separate state.
to seek a similar solution to their tive leader Bimal Gurung, and The other faction of the GJM,
long-standingdemandforasepa- the Gorkha National Liberation led by Binay Tamang has how-
rate state they want to call Gor- Front(GNLF),whicharealliesof ever accusedthe Centreofwork-
khaland. the BJP, have hailed Monday’s ing against the will of people and
The Rajya Sabha on Monday development as a “very brave political parties in Jammu and
passed the Jammu and Kashmir decision”anddemandedtheCen- Kashmir. PRAMOD GIRI

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A bold move but
constitutional
questions remain
BY INVITATION
MOHAN PARASARAN
T
he Government of
India (GoI) has
resorted to perhaps
oneofthe boldest steps
— since the coming
into force of the Constitution of
India—withPresidentRamNath
KovindpromulgatingtheConsti-
tution (Application to Jammu
andKashmir)Order,2019,which
states that provisions of the
Indian Constitution are applica-
ble in the state. This is what the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
had promised to the people, and
the move is in consonance with
theideaof“fraternity”envisaged
in the Preamble, and has been
donetostrengthenthe“unityand
integrity of the Nation”.
But from a constitutional per-
spective,therearesomelooming
questions due to the decision
taken by the GoI. The state of
Jammu and Kashmir is now
under the President’s Rule, and
there’snoelectedgovernmentor
a legislative assembly. Clauses
(1)(d), (2) & (3) of Article 370 read
as follows:
“(1)(d) such of the other provi-
sions of this Constitution shall
applyinrelationtothatStatesub-
jecttosuchexceptionsandmodi-
ficationsasthePresidentmayby
order specify: Provided that no
such order which relates to the
matters specified in the Instru-
ment of Accession of the State
referredtoinparagraph(i)ofsub-
clause(b)shallbeissuedexceptin
consultation with the Govern-
ment of the State:
Provided further that no such
order which relates to matters
otherthanthosereferredtointhe
last preceding proviso shall be
issued except with the concur-
rence of that Government.
(2) If the concurrence of the
GovernmentoftheStatereferred
to in paragraph (ii) of sub-clause
(b) of clause (1) or in the second
proviso to sub-clause (d) of that
clause be given before the Con-
stituent Assembly for the pur-
pose of framing the Constitution
oftheStateisconvened,itshallbe
placed before such Assembly for
such decision as it may take
thereon.
(3) Notwithstanding anything
intheforegoingprovisionsofthis
article, the President may, by
public notification, declare that
this article shall ceaseto be oper-
ative or shall be operative only
withsuchexceptionsandmodifi-
cations and from such date as he
n Kashmiri Pandits celebrate the revocation of the state’s special
status in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
Kashmiri Pandits
hail ‘brave decision’
Smriti Kak Ramachandran
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI:The Bharatiya Janata
Party-led central government’s
move to revoke Article 370 of the
Constitution that gives special
status to Jammu and Kashmir
has been welcomed by Kashmiri
Pandit groups, which called it a
“decisive decision”.
The Kashmiri Pandits, who
wereforcedtoleavetheValleyin
the 1990s following escalation in
terror activities in the region,
havebeensupportiveoftheBJP’s
move to scrap the special consti-
tutional provisions for J&K.
The All India Kashmiri Samaj
(AIKS)saidrevokingArticles370
and 35A that empowers the state
assembly to define “permanent
residents” for bestowing special
rights and privileges on them,
was a “bold decision”.
The move to strip J&K of its
special status was cleared by the
Rajya Sabha on Monday, after
home minister Amit Shah intro-
ducedaresolutioninthisregard.
The Upper House of Parlia-
mentalsopassedtheJammuand
Kashmir Reorganisation Bill,
2019, aimed at bifurcating the
stateintotwounionterritories—
Jammu and Kashmir and
Ladakh. “From initial reports as
appearing in the media, govern-
mentofIndiahasfinallyactedon
Kashmir with unprecedented
clarity and decisiveness, by tak-
hindustantimes 05
may specify:
Provided that the recommen-
dationoftheConstituentAssem-
bly of the State referred to in
clause (2) shall be necessary
before the President issues such
a notification.”
Even though the Constituent
Assembly no longer exists, the
question that may arise is
whetherthereisaneedtoconsult
an elected body in the state on
suchimportantissues,orwasthe
President’s decision in accord-
ance with the other provisions of
Article 370 inasmuch as he had
effective consultation with the
governor, who, in effect, is the
government when the state is
placed under President’s Rule.
Another issue is that the
amendment to Article 367(4), in
its application to the State of
Jammu and Kashmir, is effected
by way of the present Order. The
issue here is whether such an
amendment could be made by
way of a Presidential Order. An
amendment to the Constitution
may only be done by recourse to
Article 368 by introducing a Bill,
inthatregard,intheParliament,
and being passed in both the
houses by a majority of 2/3rd of
itsmemberspresent,andvoting,
and thereafter, the Billreceiving
the assent of the President.
As the amendment to Articles
367 and 370 arethe fulcrum ofthe
Presidential Order, questions
may arise as to whether such
amendmentscanbemadeinacir-
cuitous manner without resort-
ing to Article 368, and whether
such an Order would suffice in
light of the spirit behind Article
370.ButtheGoI’sviewappearsto
be that no such constitutional
amendmentisrequiredinlightof
theprovisionsofArticle370(1)(d).
This appears to be the moot
point.
Fromapersonalpointofview,
theGoIneedstobecongratulated
for uniting the country, as there
wasalwaysafeelingthatJammu
andKashmirwastrulynotpartof
India, but part of the nation for
historical purposes.
This was exploited by politi-
cians,andledtocommunalforces
gaining control, post-Independ-
ence,andterrorismtakingalead
role.
Keeping aside the legal issues,
the GoI’s intention has to be
appreciated as one which is to
bolsterthesovereigntyandinteg-
rityofthecountry.Buttheconsti-
tutionalissues,fromtheperspec-
tive of a constitutional lawyer,
are rather interesting, and will
give rise to interesting debates.
(Mohan Parasaran is a senior advo-
cate, and former Solicitor General of India.
The views expressed are personal.)
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ing bold decisions which will
havewide-rangingpositiverami-
fications for the entire subconti-
nent,” MK Pajan, general secre-
tary of the AIKS said.
The Samaj said the move is
unprecedented in scale and will
remove uncertainty about the
status of the state and of its
future.
Dr Ajay Chrangoo, chairper-
sonofthePanunKashmir,afron-
talorganisationoftheinternally-
displaced Kashmiri Pandits and
which has pitched for a separate
homeland for the community,
said, “This is the first decisive
step towards the dismantling of
an Islamic state, and this will
pave the way for a permanent
reversal of the genocide.”
The All India Minority Front
hailed the decision and said
everyoneshouldriseabovetheir
interests and political differen-
ces, and welcome the decision.
“We heartily welcome the gov-
ernment’s brave decision. This
was necessary for the interest of
the country, including Jammu
and Kashmir,” said SM Asif,
national president of the Front.
Sushil Pandit, who is associ-
atedwith another Pandit organi-
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htspotlight
GOING
BACK
72 YRS IN
HISTORY
On a day special
status for Jammu &
Kashmir ended, a
look at the political
and social develop-
ments through the
past seven decades
Art370therootcauseof Caught off guard in RS, Oppn fails
to muster numbers to thwart govt
terrorinJ&K,saysShah
RESOLUTION Says full statehood to be restored at ‘appropriate time’, when normalcy returns
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
n
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on
Mondaypassedabilltobifurcate
the state of Jammu & Kashmir
into two Union Territories and
resolutionsscrappingspecialsta-
tustothestateanditspermanent
residents, with home minister
AmitShah saying onthe Floor of
the House that the contentious
articles of the Constitution were
behindmostoftheillsofthestate
— from corruption to lack of
development to terrorism.
The scrapping of the special
status to the state was a poll
promise of the Bharatiya Janata
Party.
Introducing the resolutions
and the legislations in the Upper
House amid interruptions from
the Opposition, Shah told the
HousethatArticle370oftheCon-
stitution,whichgivesspecialsta-
tus to the state, “is the biggest
threat to normalcy”.
He responded to fears
expressed by the Opposition in
the House that the state would
see a spike in violence after the
changes and said: “Nothing will
happen.”
Kashmirwillnotbeallowedto
turn into another battle-torn
Kosovo,hetoldtheHouse:“Itwas
heaven on earth and will remain
so”, he added, paraphrasing
Mughal emperor Jehangir.
MDMK leader Vaiko had, in his
comments, opposed the resolu-
tionsandthe legislation andsaid
Kashmir could turn into
“Kosovo” or South Sudan.
Shahaddedthatfullstatehood
would be restored to the state at
an“appropriatetime”whennor-
malcy returns to it.
TheUnionhomeministeralso
claimedthat provisionsofArticle
370hadimpededthegrowthofthe
October 17, 1949:
Special status is born
Article 370 was incorporated in the Indian Constitution when it was
adopted on January 26, 1950. Its genesis, however, was as Article
306 in the draft Constitution. It included the preconditions laid
down by the then rruler of Jammu and Kashmir,
Maharaja Hari SSingh.
Discussions oon the article were initiated by
N Gopalasw wami Ayyangar during the Constitu-
ent assembbly debate on October 17, 1949 – the
day Article 306 was adopted. Ayyangar was the
chief drafteer of the article and presented during
the debate thhe need for the special status for J&K
even as at least one member — Maulana
Hassrat Mohani — questioned the move
and asked, ‘why this discrimination’?.
EXCERPTS FROM
AYYANGAR’S
SUBMISSIONS
“The discrimination is due to the
special conditions of Kashmir.
That particular State is not yet
ripe for this kind of integration.
There was a cease-fire agreed to
at the beginning of this year and
that ceasefire is still on. But the
conditions in the State are still
unusual and abnormal…
“It is therefore necessary that
the administration of the State
should be geared to these
unusual conditions until normal
life is restored...
“We are entangled with the
United Nations in regard to
Jammu and Kashmir and it is not
possible to say now when we
shall be free from this
entanglement. That can take
place only when the Kashmir
problem is satisfactorily settled.
“…the Government of India have
committed themselves to the
people of Kashmir in certain
respects… that an opportunity
would be given to the people of
the State to decide for
themselves whether they will
remain with the Republic [of
India] or wish to go out of it.”
n (From left) Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir Hari Singh with India’s
home minister Vallabhbhai Patel in April 1948.
n Union home minister Amit Shah with parliamentary affairs minister
Pralhad Joshi outside Parliament in New Delhi on Monday.
state even as the country has
moved on over the years and as
manyas48,849peoplehaddiedin
the state from 1989 to 2018. He
pointed out that, on an average,
~14,255 per capita is being spent
on every resident of the state
everyyear asagainst~3681 atthe
national level. But even as the
Centre had spent large amounts
of money for the development of
thestate,ithasremainedpoor,he
THE BARODA
COMPARISON
Constituent assembly member
Mohani pressed Ayyangar on
why such “concessions” were not
given to other state. “…if the
Maharaja of Kashmir gets
further powers and concessions I
will be very glad. But what I
object to is this: Why do you
make this discrimination about
this Ruler?”
“When you make all these
concessions for Kashmir I most
strongly object to your
arbitrary act of compelling the
Baroda State to be merged in
Bombay... It is scandalous that
you should compel the
Maharajaj of Baroda to have his
raj meerged in
Bombaay and
himself pensioned
off…”
To thiss, Rajendra
Prasad d, replied:
“Maulaana, we are
not concerned with
the maaharaja of
Barodaa here.”
The Article
was later
adopted.
HT ARCHIVE
PTI
said.“…Thiswasmainlybecause
of high level of corruption in the
state with three major families
controlling it,” he said. “Today,
thisHousewillpassthebill.Then
tomorrow,LokSabhawillpassit
and then both 73rd and 74th
Amendment will automatically
will apply to the state of Jammu
and Kashmir,” Shah said.
Article 370 gave Jammu and
Kashmir autonomy and its own
Naidu orders removal
of 2 PDP RS members
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Two members of the
PeoplesDemocraticParty(PDP)
were removed from the Rajya
SabhaonMondayfollowingalle-
gationsthattheytoreacopyofthe
Constitution to protest against
the central government’s deci-
sion to effectively revoke Article
370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
Mir Mohammad Fayaz and
NazirAhmadLawayfirsttrooped
into the well of the House, along
with Congress and other opposi-
tion members, shouting slogans
against the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment’s move to effectively
nullifyArticle370andbringabill
Modi accomplishes what Mookerjee set out to achieve
BY INVITATION
ANIRBAN GANGULY
GULY
I
n June, when he was pilot-
ing the Jammu and Kash-
mir Reservation (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2019, which
replaced an ordinance
issued by the previous govern-
ment, in Lok Sabha, Union home
minister Amit Shah reminded
the Congress and the Opposition
benches that they must remem-
ber that Article 370 was purely
“temporary in nature”. On Mon-
day, after six decades of a strug-
gle for the integration of Jammu
and Kashmir that began with the
Jammu Praja Parishad and
Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s mar-
tyrdom in Kashmir, the issue
finally reached a decisive phase
947: British rule in India
ends after Partition. Jammu
and Kashmir ruler Hari Singh
signs the Instrument of
Accession of J&K following an
attack by a Pakistani army of
soldiers and tribesmen that
triggers an armed conflict
between India and Pakistan
1948: The war ends with a
UN-ordered ceasefire and
resolution seeking a plebiscite
for the people of Jammu and
Kashmir to decide whether to
become part of India or
Pakistan. It calls on Pakistan to
withdraw its troops and a
ceasefire comes into force
1949: Article 370 is
incorporated in the Indian
Constitution, exempting the
›
Nothing will happen...
It (Kashmir) was
heaven on earth and
will remain so...
AMIT SHAH, Union home minister
constitution and decision-mak-
ing rights for all matters except
defence, communications and
foreign affairs.
Defending the decision to
scrap Article 370, Shah said the
provisionsarediscriminatoryon
the basis of gender, class, caste
and place of origin.
He said post the repeal of Arti-
cle 370, doors to private invest-
mentinthestatewouldbethrown
open, more jobs will be created
and the economy will get aboost.
For instance, tourism hasn’t
developed in the state simply
because hospitality firms can’t
buy land in the state for a hotel
(suchpurchasesarerestrictedto
permanentresidents).Thesitua-
tion is similar for education and
healthcare, he explained.
Worse,Shahadded,becauseof
the state’s special status, central
welfarelaws werenotapplicable
there: “Why should the Valley
childrennotgetthebenefitofedu-
cation?” he asked, pointing out
that the Right to Education law
isn’t applicable in J&K.
Leader of Opposition in the
Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad
saidthatgovernmenthassought
to disintegrate the country.
“Home Minister @AmitShah
Ji’s speech in the Rajya Sabha
was extensive and insightful. It
accuratelyhighlightedthemonu-
mental injustices of the past and
coherently presented our vision
for the sisters and brothers of
J&K,” PrimeMinisterNarendra
Modi said in a tweet.
to bifurcate the state into two
union territories
Amidtheruckus,RajyaSabha
Chairman Venkaiah Naidu
called for the marshalls to escort
the two MPs out of the House.
“They are trying to tear the
Indian Constitution. I will never
allow such things to happen in
thisHouse,”hewasheardassay-
ing.
The two MPs were also
“named”intheHouse—aprocess
to publicly identify any member
ifheorshewasnotactingaccord-
ing to the decorum of the House.
Officialsaddedthatmarshalls
were summoned after a gap of 11
years.LasttimeanerrantMPhas
to be escorted out was in 2008.
with Shah presenting the
Jammu and Kashmir Reorgani-
sation Bill in Parliament that
ended the special status for the
state.
On August 7, 1952, an exten-
sive debate took place in India’s
first Lok Sabha on Kashmir.
Mookerjee’s interventions on
Kashmir were forceful and unas-
sailable. It set the tone and the
direction for the struggle for
Kashmir, and for the fight for
preserving the nation’s unity
and sovereignty.
Speaking on the Kashmir
issue being dragged to the United
Nations, Mookerjee said: “It does
not seem as though we are going
to get much or anything at all out
oftheUNO.” He arguedthateven
if “technically no case could be
withdrawn from the UNO...
Somehow, we should withdraw
ourselves, so far as a considera-
tion of the Kashmir case is con-
cerned, from the UNO. We can
state of Jammu and Kashmir
from the Constitution of India.
This cements the terms spelt
out in the Instrument of
Accession
951: Elecctions for the
constituent assembly of the
state are held. India says a
referendum is not needed.
Sheikh Abdullah is appointed
Prime Minister of Jammu and
Kashmir but is later dismissed
in 1953 and imprisoned
Saubhadra Chatterji
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties
werecaughtoffguardonMonday
and struggled to put up an effec-
tivefront after Unionhomemin-
isterAmitShahintroducedinthe
House a Constitutional order
(which needed to be passed), a
statutory resolution, and a bill,
thattogetherrevokedthespecial
status granted to the state of
Jammu & Kashmir and its per-
manent residents, and also
sought to bifurcate the state into
two union territories.
The order and the resolution
were passed by voice votes and
the bill by 125 to 61 in the 239-
member house, a two-thirds
majority. The numbers indicate
disarrayintheOpposition ranks
— the government is in a minor-
ity in the Rajya Sabha and the
general expectation was that it
would start having its way in the
Upper House only in late 2020.
Instead,ithasmanagedtopassall
thebillsitwantedtointheHouse.
Indeed, on Monday, many
Oppositionpartiessupportedthe
bill or staged a walkout, helping
the government. Senior Opposi-
tion leaders met on Monday
morning to devise a strategy on
theJ&Kissue,butwithlittleclar-
Military experts term govt
decision ‘bold and logical’
Rahul Singh
n rahul.singh@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI: Thegovernment’sdeci-
sion on Article 370 of the Consti-
tutionthatgrantedspecialstatus
to Jammu and Kashmir and the
bifurcation of the border state
into two Union Territories has
beenhailedbymilitaryexpertsas
a “bold and logical” move
towards national integration.
Onadaythegovernmentputto
rest days of frenzied speculation
about what was in store for J&K,
the experts, however, warned
against the decision resulting in
heightened militant activity
backed by Pakistan and violent
protests in Kashmir.
Any step that leads to greater
integrationofJ&Kwiththerestof
thecountryshouldbewelcomed,
saidformerNorthernArmycom-
mander, Lieutenant General DS
Hooda(retd).“Kashmircouldsee
aspikeinprotestsanddisturban-
ces.The challengefor the Centre
will be to deal with the situation
in a mature and measured man-
ner.Also,Pakistanwilldoitsbest
to fish in troubled waters, so we
have to stay prepared,” said
Hooda,whooversawthe2016sur-
gical strikes in Pakistan-occu-
pied Kashmir following the Uri
terror attack.
Hestressedthatitwasimpera-
tive for the government to focus
tell them respectfully that we
have had enough of the UNO and
let us now considerand try to set-
tle the matter through our own
efforts.”
During that seminal debate,
Mookerjee asked Sheikh Abdul-
lah three questions: First,
whether he was “not a party to
this Constitution”; second,
whether he [Abdullah] was “not
a Member of the Constituent
Assembly” which framed the
Constitution”; and third, “Did he
not agree to accept this Constitu-
tion in relation to the rest of
India, including 497 States? If it is
good enough for all of them, why
should it not be good enough for
him in Kashmir?”
If one reads the statement of
objects and reasons of the
Jammu and Kashmir Reorgani-
sation Bill, 2019, one is reminded
of Mookerjee’s words during
that aforementioned debate on
Kashmir when he spoke with
1952: Discussions culminate Kashmiri Pandits
in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a
presidential order that extends
Indian citizenship to residents
1999: India and Pakistan
wage conflict in Kargil on the
of the state but leaves the
maharaja's privileges for
Line of Control after army
identifies infiltrators
residents intact
1957: Constitution of J&K is
2010: About 120 people are
killed after major protests
adopted and comes into force
1965: India and Pakistan
erupt in parts of Kashmir over
the death of a 17-year-old in
police firing
fight their second war over
Kashmir. Fighting ends after
the UN calls for a ceasefire
1989: With Soviet occupation
of Afghanistan, weapons make
their way into Kashmir and
Pakistan’s backing leads to the
rise of militancy in the state.
Thousands are killed and n Mehbooba Mufti and PM
unrest leads to an exodus of Narendra Modi
THE ORDER AND THE
RESOLUTION WERE
PASSED BY VOICE
VOTES AND THE BILL
BY 125 TO 61 IN THE
239-MEMBER HOUSE: A
TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY
ity on the government’s possible
move,LeaderofOppositioninthe
House, the Congress’s Ghulam
Nabi Azad advised everyone to
waitfortheannouncements.The
shock in the Opposition camp
wasevidentwhenAzaddescribed
thegovernment’s moveas“drop-
pinganatombomb”whileformer
union minister P Chidambaram
quipped,“Weanticipatedaamis-
adventure,butweneverthought
that they would take a cata-
strophic step.”
Azad slammed the Centre for
“chopping off the state’s head,
considered as India’s crown”.
Azad warned the government
thatintegrationamongdifferent
communities doesn’t happen
through law but through hearts.
“It is because of the people of
Kashmirthatyouwonallthebat-
tlesandcouldfightmilitancy.But
today,youhavebetrayedthepeo-
›
The removal of Article
370 will definitely
change the attitude of
some Kashmiri people who
have always believed that
J&K is not a part of India
LT GEN BS JASWAL (RETD),
former Northern Army commander
oneducatingtheKashmiripopu-
lation onhow theystand tobene-
fit from the new move.
Monday’slandmarkdecisions
prove India has a decisive and
nationalistic leadership, said
former army chief, General JJ
Singh (retd).
OtherexpertsechoedHooda’s
viewsonKashmir slippingintoa
fresh cycle of violence. Pakistan
is likely to carry out some sensa-
tional attacks in J&K to foment
troubleandinfiltrationattempts
from across the Line of Control
are likely to increase in the com-
ing days, said former Northern
Army commander, Lieutenant
General BS Jaswal (retd).
“The removal of Article 370
willdefinitelychangetheattitude
of some Kashmiri people who
havealwaysbelievedthatJ&Kis
notapartofIndia.Whileentering
thestatefromLakhanpurborder,
great insight. “I would assure
you and the House that I do not
want Jammu and Kashmir
should be partitioned... But the
responsibility for preventing
partition will rest on those who
are today masters of Jammu and
Kashmir and are not prepared to
adopt the Constitution of India.
What is the crime if today the
people of Jammu claim that they
should be treated separately, in
the sense that they should be
allowed to join fully with
India...”, he said.
“Now suppose the people of
Jammu and Ladakh feel that
either it should be full accession
in relation to the whole of Kash-
mir, or if that is not acceptable to
Sheikh Abdullah, then at least
these two provinces, the two sep-
arate entities could be justified
historically or otherwise, that
they should be allowed to join
with India.”
In December 2013, when Nar-
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ARTICLE 370
n Protests in Srinagar in 2016.
2015: PDP joins hands with
BJP to form state government
22016: Death of Hizbul
Mujahideen commander
Burhan Wani triggers deadly
protests, claiming at least 65
lives and injuring thousands
ple who always wanted to be a
part of India and never went to
Pakistan,” he said.
Still, the party appeared
divided as sidelined Congress
leader Janardan Dwivedi later
toldthemedia,“Mypoliticalguru
Ram Manohar Lohia ji was
always against this Article (370,
which gives special status to the
state). A mistake of history has
been corrected today, albeit late.
I welcome this.”
The Trinamool Congress’s
DerekO’BriencriticisedtheCen-
tre’s tearing hurry to introduce
the bill and apprehended that
other states too would be turned
into union territories after
imposing President’s rule. But
Trinamool’sprotestswereshort-
lived,though.Itstagedawalk-out
before the voting, effectively
helpingthegovernment’agenda.
Earlier,although manyOppo-
sition leaders initially rushed to
the well of the House soon after
the government’s intentions
were clear, they decided not to
prolong the protests. “Given the
mood of chairman Venkaiah
Naidu, the House would have
anyways continued. We quickly
gaugedouroptionsanddecidedto
participate in the debate,” said a
senior Opposition leader who
asked not to be named.
some Kashmiris go to the extent
of saying that ‘hum abhi vapas
apne watan ja rahe hain(we are
returning to our country),’” Jas-
wal said.
The experts said the govern-
ment would have certainly fac-
tored in the likely scenarios that
could unfold in Kashmir follow-
ing the new developments.
Former army vice chief, Lieu-
tenantGeneralASLamba(retd),
said, “When you take a big deci-
sion [on Article 370], it will be a
challengetoaddresstheenviron-
mentforwhichthegovernmentis
determined and the security for-
ces fully prepared.”
Dubbing it a logical and inevi-
table step, he said the govern-
menthadextended itssupport to
stabiliseKashmir’senvironment
that has been vitiated by self-
styledseparatistsbackedbyPak-
istan. There could have been no
better news for the people of
Ladakhand theregionwillbene-
fit greatly from the development
standpoint as a UT, the experts
said. “Frankly,Ladakhhasbeen
ignoredalotduetotheJ&Kprob-
lem.MakingitaUTwillbringina
new era of development,” Hooda
said.
Echoing his views, Jaswal
added that development in
Ladakhwouldbeacceleratedasa
result of direct funding from the
Centre.
endra Modi launched his cam-
paign for 2014, he held a massive
“Lalkar Rally” in Jammu. At
that gathering, Modi called for a
debate on Article 370, and said:
“The need of the hour was to
have a debate on Article 370;
whether or not it had helped the
people of the state. Despite huge
natural resources, Jammu and
Kashmir are nowhere in devel-
opment when compared to Guj-
arat.”
One of the key movers of the
famousEktaYatrain1991,which
began from Kanyakumari and
ended in Kashmir with the hoist-
ing of the tricolour in Srinagar’s
Lal Chowk amid sniper fire, was
Modi, and his call for a debate on
Article 370 demonstrated his will
to work for a settlement of the
issue. This was one of the Bhar-
atiya Janata Party’s and the
Jana Sangh’s original demands,
and they have been intrinsic to
the prime minister’s political
2018: Jammu and Kashmir
put under Governor’s rule
in June after BJP pull out
from the coalition with PDP.
Six months later, President’s
Rule is imposed and it is
extended till December 2019
Naidu made it clear that he
supported the Opposition’s
demand for time to study the bill
butthat hewould notadjournthe
houseamidprotests.“Ifyoudon’t
gobacktoyourrespectiveseats,I
willallowthedebatetostartnow.
Theseareveryimportantlegisla-
tionsandhavetobeclearedtoday
itself,” Naidu said. He also
extended the time for opposition
MPs to move amendments.
Simultaneously, two senior
ministers of the BJP tried to
reach out to parties such as the
CongressandtheTrinamoolCon-
gress for support.
As the Opposition started a
quick headcount, the Congress,
the Left and the DMK stood firm
in opposing the bill while other
Opposition parties turned in the
other direction. Even the Aam
Admi Party, a vocal opponent of
the Centre, supported of the bill.
chief minister Arvind Kejriwal
tweeted.Mayawati’sBSPpledged
itssupportevenbeforethedebate
on the bill began and BJD and
TDP too, stood behind the bill.
At one point, the Congress
realised that as many as eight to
10ofthepartyMPsweren’tinthe
House.Franticcallsweremadeto
the leaders about the situation.
But even then, a few Congress
MPscouldnotcometotheHouse.
Sangh says move
was necessary in
national interest
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NAGPUR: The Rashtriya Swayam-
sevakSangh(RSS)welcomedthe
Narendra Modi government’s
decisiononJammuandKashmir,
describing it as “brave” and
“verynecessary”fortheinterest
ofthecountry,includingthebor-
der regions of Jammu and Kash-
mir.
Ina joint statement on organi-
sation’s Twitter handle, the RSS
president,MohanBhagwat,who
is on tour and the general secre-
tary Suresh Joshi said, “We con-
gratulatethegovernmentforthis
bold initiative which was very
much necessary in national
interest including the state of
Jammu & Kashmir. Everyone
should welcome this notwith-
standing any personal interests
or political differences.”
“This was very necessary for
the interest of the country,
includingJammuandKashmir.”
Meanwhile,thechiefminister
Devendra Fadnavis, who is on a
MahajanadeshYatraandtouring
the tribal district of Gadchiroli
also hailed the decision of Modi
government. The activists of
Sangh Parivar, including BJP
workers also celebrated it by
organisingafunctionatlocalRBI
square this evening.
(With agency inputs)
vision. The iconic photograph of
Modi unfurling the tricolour,
along with the then BJP presi-
dent, Murli Manohar Joshi, at
Lal Chowk, has been inspiring
generations of workers and
activists of the party.
When he placed the notifica-
tion for The Constitution (Appli-
cation to Jammu & Kashmir)
Order, 2019, in Parliament on
Monday, Shah made the same
point, amid ruckus created by
members of the parties that had
monopolised the Kashmir
debate in the past seven decades.
Shah said: “Let us all debate, let
me tell you how Article 370 has
actually negatively impacted the
people of the state.”
Modi is accomplishing for
India what Mookerjee had set
out to do.
Anirban Ganguly is director, Dr.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research
Foundation, New Delhi
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NEW DELHI: In order to maintain
law and order in the national Cap-
ital in the wake of scrapping of the
Article 370, important installa-
tions such as the Delhi airport,
the Delhi Metro and important
government buildings were put
under heavy security cover on
Monday. Officers said the cover is
likely to remain in force till Inde-
pendence Day on August 15.
On Monday, Delhi Police com-
missioner Amulya Patnaik held a
“high-level committee” meeting
with all special commissioners of
police, joint commissioners of
police and deputy commissioners
of police (DCP).
Delhi Police’s additional pub-
lic relation officer Anil Mittal
said the DCPs were asked to sen-
sitise station house officers
(SHOs) from all police stations to
carry out intensive security
checks and anti-sabotage checks
at busy market places, shopping
malls, inter-state bus terminals
and railway stations.
“Our anti-terror Parakram
vans have also been strategically
placed across the city, along with
the additional deployment,” Mit-
tal added.
Pratham Verma, general sec-
retary of confederation of east
Delhi retailers (CADR), said the
SHOs sent out messages to mar-
ket association WhatsApp groups
seeking cooperation in security
checks. “All vehicles entering
markets are being thoroughly
inspected. We are cooperating
with the local police at our best
and are sharing CCTV footage of
the markets with the police in the
evening,” Verma said.
Apart from this, the Central
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panel on Monday passed the first
semester syllabus of four depart-
ments — English, History, Politi-
cal Science and Sociology. How-
ever, it returned the syllabi for
the rest five semester for “com-
prehensive revision” after it
found certain topics, such as
“radical theater” (English[H])
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book (Political Science [H]) “con-
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scrapping of the Article 370 on Monday.
Industrial Security Force (CISF)
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A senior officer, who did not
wish to be named, said in the
wake of the revoking of Article
370, they have been asked to keep
a strict watch on possible sus-
pects who could create nuisance
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“Plainclothed personnel are
deployed inside the airport. Scan-
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checks. Our dog squads and bomb
squad are regularly sweeping the
airport,” the officer said.
Deputy commissioner of police
(Delhi airport) Sanjay Bhatia said
they have erected an additional
bullet-proof metal shield at the
airport approach road.
“Our officers are deployed in
the forecourt and even in parking
areas. The anti-terror squad has
been alerted and is on standby to
tackle any untoward situation,”
Bhatia said.
committee for courses, also said
departments have not followed
the “required process” of sylla-
bus revision.
The syllabi of the four depart-
ments have been courting contro-
versy in DU after members of
right-wing teachers’ group
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Front (NDTF) and RSS-affiliated
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started double frisking Metro
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ally seen around Republic Day or
Independence Day. “The addi-
tional arrangements will now
remain in force till August 15,” an
officer requesting anonymity
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Teachers from these depart-
ments criticised the development
with around 160 English teachers
on Monday writing to the VC
requesting him to approve and
implement the entire syllabus
immediately.
DU’s academic council as well
as executive council had sent
back the syllabus of these four
departments for “review”. After
two rounds of revision, it was sent
to oversight committee for a final
call. “The committee has passed
the syllabus of first semester. We
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HT Correspondent ware to change his voice to avoid his paying capacity. “Dhruv then hid him under a pile of
n htreporters@hindustantimes.com detection, while another helped made the call on the pretext of clothes in a room,” said the DCP.
him hide his phone number while selling a car and was convinced The boy’s parents approached
NEW DELHI: Police said they res- making the calls. “In Dhruv’s when the boy’s father agreed. the police who checked CCTV
cued a three-year-old boy who mobile phone, we found the kid- Dhruv’s sister was to be married footage and found Dhruv’s vehi-
was kidnapped on Sunday in napped boy’s photos and three later this year, but the family did cle near the crime spot. “While
Outer Delhi’s Bawana. They also audio recordings in which he not have funds. He proposed the questioning Dhruv, we checked
Support Centre’s arrested three of a family. The
suspects include 18-year-old
Dhruv, his older sister and their
made a demand for ₹75 lakh,” said
the officer.
The boy lives with his parents
kidnapping plan to his family ear-
lier this year, but they turned it
down,” said the DCP.
his mobile phone to find the boy’s
photos as well as the ransom
demands in the form of recorded
decisions on J&K: mother. The police did not reveal
the names of the women.
in Bawana. “Dhruv noticed the
boy’s relatives owned iPhones
Dhruv, who had allegedly been
getting friendly with the boy.
audio clips,” said the DCP, adding
that the boy was recovered within
Arvind Kejriwal According to Gaurav Sharma,
deputy commissioner of police
(outer-north), the family alleg-
and expensive cars, so he
assumed the family could afford
the ransom,” said the officer, add-
“Dhruv lured the boy by offering
him soft drink around 10.30 am.
He then stuffed him in his trans-
six hours.
The boy’s father wasn’t even
aware of the ransom demand
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister edly kidnapped the boy to fund ing Dhruv lived in the same port vehicle along with his house- until the police told him. “He had
Arvind Kejriwal, who has often Dhruv’s sister wedding after her neighbourhood as them. hold goods. The child was taken ignored calls and messages from
sparred with the Centre demand- engagement was called off last Some weeks ago, Dhruv had to Dhruv’s new house where his the kidnapper as the app used by
ing full statehood for Delhi, on month due to lack of money. posed as a factory owner and tele- hands, legs and mouth were them didn’t reveal his number,”
Monday supported the Centre’s Police said Dhruv used a soft- phoned the boy’s father to know bound using tape. The family said another investigator.
decision to bifurcate Jammu and
Kashmir into two union territo-
ries. Justifying this, the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) said the situ-
S C O N S AJ JA N K U M A R
Make limiters a must in
ation of J&K cannot be compared
to that of Delhi or Puducherry.
“We support the Centre on its
‘Cannot suspend life sound systems: NGT
decisions on J&K. We hope this
brings peace and development in
the state,” the CM tweeted Mon-
term without hearing’ NEW DELHI: The National Green
Tribunal (NGT) has directed the
issue an appropriate notification,
for mandatory use of sound limit-
day after home minister Amit HT Correspondent the Delhi high court. Delhi Pollution Control Commit- ers in all sound systems,” a bench
Shah moved a resolution in Par- n letters@hindustantimes.com The case relates to the killing tee (DPCC) to make the use of headed by justice Adarsh Kumar
liament to revoke Article 370. The of Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment’s sound limiters mandatory in all Goel, NGT chairperson, said.
AAP has three members in Rajya NEWDELHI: The Supreme Court on Raj Nagar Part I in Southwest sound systems, to reduce noise The NGT was hearing a plea in
Sabha and one in Lok Sabha. Monday declined to suspend the Delhi on November 1-2 in 1984 and pollution in the national capital. which it was cited that despite
Sushil Gupta, AAP’s Rajya life term handed to former Con- burning down of a Gurudwara in The green court cited exam- earlier orders by the NGT, use of
Sabha MP, said, “The AAP will gress leader Sajjan Kumar for his Raj Nagar Part II. ples of Tripura and West Bengal, sound systems during functions
bear the wrongs done by the Lt role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Senior advocate Dushyant which have drafted policies to was rampant and the noise
Gov in Delhi. But, for the coun- case, saying it was not an ordi- Dave, appearing for the com- make the use of sound limiters adversely affected citizens.
try’s unity and to end terrorism, nary case. plainant, said Kumar was earlier mandatory. The DPCC has installed five
we will keep supporting this “We cannot pass orders with- acquitted by the trial court but Sound limiters are devices that real-time automatic noise moni-
(revoking Article 370),” he said. out hearing the matter. This is not then was convicted by the HC on monitor and limit the sound level toring systems at RK Puram,
AAP spokesperson Saurabh a simple matter,” a bench of justi- “very cogent reasons”. by equipment. The device con- Punjabi Bagh, Mandir Marg,
Bhardwaj said Kashmir’s situa- ces SA Bobde and SR Gavai told Singh argued that Kumar had trols the sound from exceeding Civil Lines and Anand Vihar in
tion is “180 degrees opposite” to Kumar’s lawyer, senior advocate helped rehabilitate victims after the prescribed level. Some devi- collaboration with CPCB.
that of Delhi. “Almost two-thirds Vikas Singh, who argued that his the 1984 riots. Urging the bench to ces simply cut power when the The bench also directed that
of the original Kashmir is under client had been convicted on the suspend the sentence, Singh said sound exceeds the prescribed Noise Pollution (Regulation and
occupation. We cannot compare basis of circumstantial evidence his client was ready to be put level. NGT also suggested decibel Control) Rules, 2000, be imple-
a disturbed border state with a and that he was never a part of the under any condition. “You may levels be displayed at functions. mented and ‘polluter pays princi-
peaceful one,” he said. attacking mob. Kumar is seeking have some point but we would not “The Delhi government may ple’ be allowed. HTC
He said AAP has supported suspension of sentence awarded like to interfere like this and sus-
and opposed the Centre on many to him. pend the sentence,” the bench
issues in the past. “Whenever Singh urged the court that the said. Dave submitted that 825 per-
there was a national or public plea be heard. But the bench pre- sons were “slaughtered” in the
interest issue, we supported it. ferred to hear the main appeal constituency from where Kumar
When we feel a state policy is anti- during the summer break next was the MP in 1984 and from 1984
people we opposed it. We sup- year, which will be in May and to 2006, the police did not take any
ported the Swachh Bharat deferred the matter. Kumar, 73, action. “These are so powerful
scheme and Yoga day and were who is lodged in jail, had resigned people that original FIR is miss-
the first ones to oppose demonen- from the Congress after he was ing. The HC has recorded this in
tisation,” he said. HTC convicted and given a life term by its judgement,” Dave said.
said Maharaj K Pandit, commit- protest. An official in the political demic and non-propagandist.”
tee chairperson. science department said, “One
Another committee member, can have a problem with a topic SEVENTH CUT OFF LIST
requesting anonymity, said but cannot ask to remove all the OUT
despite demands for removal of writings of an author.” The DU on Monday released its sev-
an article by Sundar, the political department has dropped an arti- enth cut-off list for undergradu-
science department has added cle by Sundar on “Naxalism” ate admissions. Admissions will
her book, Sabalterns and Sover- after objections. be carried out from August 6 to 8.
eigns, to the reading list. The Rasal Singh, NDTF member, Unlike the sixth cut-off, admis-
English department has already said, “The syllabi should be sions under seventh cut-off will
removed a story on Gujarat riots, cleansed, indianised and be freed be for all students.
a paper on the Indian caste sys- from colonial and communist Applicants eligible in fifth cut-
tem and mention of Hindu scrip- clutches. Participation of much off percentages under unre-
ture from the paper on homosex- more teachers and other stake- served category and in sixth cut-
uality after opposition. holders including students off percentages under reserved
Similarly, other three depart- should be included in the review categories may be considered on
ments have made changes after process and syllabi be made aca- third day of seventh cut-off.
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Notice under section 19(4) of the Recovery of Debts Due to Bank and Financial Institutions
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In the matter of
O.A. NO. 431/2015/DRT-III
BANK OF MAHARASHTRA Vs M/S LOVE GEMS AND JEWELS PVT. LTD. & ORS.
Applicant Defendants
To, D-1 M/s Love Gems and Jewels Pvt. Ltd. Shop No. 2745/23, 3rd Floor, Beadon Pura,
Karol Bagh, New Delhi-110005 Also At : 2728, Gali No. 23, 2nd Floor, Shop No.
10M, Beadon Pura, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-110005
D-2 Mr. Vikas Verma Resident of 5909/3, First Floor, Block No. 4, Dev nagar, Karol
Bagh, New Delhi-110005
D-3 Mr. Suraj Prakash (since deceased) through his heirs and legal representatives:
A. Smt. Saroj Devi Wife of Late Sh. Suraj Prakash
B. Miss Kajal Soni Daughter of Late Sh. Suraj Prakash
C. Miss Purnima Soni Daughter of Late Sh. Suraj Prakash
D. Master Karan Soni Son of Late Sh. Suraj Prakash
All Residents of : 5909, 3rd Floor, Dev Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-110005
D-4 M/s Jesus Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. 3314, Gali No. 2, Christain Colony, Karol Bagh,
New Delhi-110005
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inthecountry,isexpectedtocom-
pleteits expansionworkbyJune
2022,andtakeitsoverallcapacity
to 100 million per annum against
70 million currently.
Undertheplan,workonwhich
has already started, the Delhi
International Airport Limited
(DIAL) would carry out integra-
tion of the departure and arrival
terminals of T1, construction of
new T1 apron, a fourth runway
and dual elevated taxiway.
An additional runway and
taxiway would help the airport
reduce the runway occupancy
time from60 secondsto 45-50sec-
onds,andeventuallytaketheper
hourhandlingcapacityto128air-
craft movements against 75
currently.
“Keepinginviewtheunprece-
dented growth in the number of
people travelling by air over the
lastfewyears,expansionofDelhi
Airport has become the need of
the hour to make it future-ready
withenhancedpassengerexperi-
ence. The mega expansion of
DelhiAirportwouldnotonlyhelp
the existing airlines to enhance
theirservicesbutalsocreateade-
quateroomfornewairlinestoini-
tiate their services. With this
expansion, Delhi Airport will
onceagainsetanewstandardfor
the airport experience,” said I
PrabhakaraRao,DeputyManag-
ing Director, GMR Group.
As part of the expansion plan,
more baggage belts, self baggage
drop system, automated tray
retrieval system and scanners
will be added at T3, which will be
able to handle 45 million passen-
gersannually.ThecapacityofT1
will be doubled from 20 million
passengers per annum to 40 mil-
lion. A call on T2 will be taken
depending on the traffic growth
and it might make way for a new
terminal.
The new air traffic control
(ATC) tower, to open later this
year,andthefourthrunway,tobe
launched in 2021, would help it
reduceaircongestionandhandle
more flights, officials said.
“T1 of IGI airport handles the
LowCostCarrier(LCC)domestic
trafficoftheairport.Thesecarri-
ershaveregisteredaphenomenal
growthduringthelastfewyears,
callingforanexpansionoftheter-
minal. Delhi Metro under its
Phase 3 programme, is connect-
ing this terminal to the catch-
ment areas of central and south
Delhi,makingitquickerandeas-
hindustantimes
n An artist’s impression of the airport’s Terminal-1 when it is completed in three year’s time.
Expanding the country’s busiest airport
Once the expansion is complete, the overall capacity of the airport will increase to 100 million per annum against 70 million currently
At present After expansion
T1 APRON AREA
2,82,000 sqm 6,29,285 sqm
T1 BAGGAGE SCREENING
CAPACITY
Baggage per hour
2,880–3,240 5,000–6,000
T1 TERMINAL CAPACITY
Passengers per anum
20
million
40
million
ier for commuters from these
localities to access terminal 1.
Since T1 is operating beyond its
capacity, the expansion will
begin from there and cover the
airside, terminal building and
city side,” said a DIAL official.
Departure Terminal 1D and
Arrival Terminal 1C, will be
merged and expanded to accom-
modate40millionpassengersper
annum.
T1 TOTAL AREA
(departure + arrival)
64,140 sqm 1,92,985 sqm
RUNWAYS
3 4
T1 PASSENGER
BOARDING BRIDGES
22
0 heavy vehicle movement
DIAL is focusing more on
increasingthecapacityofairside
(area after the boarding gate,
which includes runway, taxi-
waysandparking),whichitsaid,
will be able to handle 140 million
passengers per annum and can-
not be expanded further.
T1, apart from having an
increased number of parking
stands for aircraft, would be
equipped with latest technologi-
HC stops cutting of trees near Sunder Nagar
Richa Banka
n richa.banka@htlive.com
NEWDELHI: The Delhi High Court
on Monday restrained the
authorities from further felling
trees for the construction of an
underground U-turn at Sunder
Nagar and asked them to seek
permission from local residents
of any such move.
It also asked the Delhi govern-
ment’s public works department
(PWD) to give a detailed drainage
plan to check water logging in
underground U-turns.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked
the officer concerned to appear
in court on the next date of hear-
ing to address problems such as
waterlogging that have been
Romila Thapar, Raghu Rai may be
part of city’s oral history initiative Varsity student says she was
Adrija Roychowdhury
n adrija.roychowdhury@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Delhi Veteran writer
and journalist RV Smith, histo-
rianRomilaThapar,dancerUma
Sharma, and photographer
Raghu Rai are a few of the names
underconsiderationfortheDelhi
government’s oral history
initiative. The programme,
launchedonMonday,willbecar-
ried out by Delhi Archives in col-
laboration with Ambedkar Uni-
versity. “All these names are
renownedintheirfieldsandhave
made a significant contribution
to the history of Delhi,” Sanjay
Garg, head of the office of the
Delhi Archives, said. “The rest
will be decided by a high-level
committee,” he added.
The project, which aims to fill
gaps in history by capturing the
memories and experiences of
Delhi’s citizens from different
walksoflife,willrecord100inter-
views in a span of two years.
“The story of Delhi is not just
about epic wars and the fall and
rise of kingdoms, it is also about
intimatedetails—thesongs,festi-
vals, weddings, the recipes, the
businesses—thatwillcomealive
fortheyoungergeneration,”dep-
uty chief minister of Delhi Man-
HIGHLIGHTS
TECHNOLOGY: From Face
recognition cams to self
baggage drop facility and
automatic tray retrieval
system, passengers and
security personnel will save
time on check-ins and
security checks.
REDUCING DEPARTURE
TIME: The first of its kind
dual elevated cross taxiways
will be constructed to
improve airfield efficiency
and reduce the taxiing time
of aircraft
TERMINAL TO TERMINAL
CONNECTIVITY: A flyover
would be constructed at the
Aerocity metro station
junction to reduce travel
time from T1 to T3.
CARGO TRAFFIC
SEPARATION: A dedicated
corridor for cargo
movement would segregate
n Construction ongoing at the Indira
from passenger vehicles Gandhi International Airport.
cal upgrades including Visual
Docking Guidance System, Fuel
HydrantSystem, GroundPower
Units, Preconditioned Air, etc.
Besides, the integrated termi-
nal would boast of several pas-
senger-friendly facilities using
advanced technologies such as
Facial Recognition, Automated
Tray Retrieval System (ATRS),
IndividualCarrierSystem(ICS),
Common Usage Self Service
THE COURT WAS
HEARING A PETITION
FILED BY SUNDER NAGAR
RESIDENTS, WHO SAID
THE CONSTRUCTION OF
AN UNDERPASS WOULD
CAUSE SEVERAL
PROBLEMS
seen in similar underpasses.
“It is directed that the respon-
dents are restrained from felling
any trees on this stretch, i.e from
the underpass near the Delhi
Zoological Park entrance to that
of Delhi Public School,” the
judge said in the oral order.
n Historian Romila Thapar; (right) photographer Raghu Rai.
ish Sisodia said.
Speaking about the parame-
ters through which the intervie-
weesarebeingdecidedupon,pro-
fessor at Ambedkar University
Denys Leighton said that “it is
important to select people who
represent all walks of life.”
The Delhi Archives currently
possess oral histories of 50 illus-
trious personalities, including
politician and freedom fighter
Sushila Nayyar, politician Gul-
zarilal Nanda, and feminist
writer and social scientist
Kamala Bhasin. Speaking about
the importance of oral history as
asourceofhistorywriting,histo-
rian S Irfan Habib said that “this
isunlikeothersourcesofhistory,
such as archives, epigraphy, or
archaeologicalsources.Thishis-
tory depends on the experiences
of people. When they die, we lose
SOURCED
(CUSS), and Self Baggage Drop
(SBD) kiosks among others.
These would help avoid long
queues and ease the flow of pas-
sengers.
The central spine road, which
is the main approach road, will
alsobewidenedfromthecurrent
eight lanes to twelve lanes.
T-1 will also have more bag-
gage reclaim conveyor beds,
which will also be longer.
It said the petitioners would
have the full opportunity to sat-
isfy themselves on the aspect of
cutting of trees and said: “The
representative of the petitioner
will approach the Executive
Engineer concerned, who shall
point out which trees on the
stretch are required to be felled”.
The court was hearing a peti-
tion filed by an association of
Sunder Nagar residents, who
said the construction of an
underpass or underground
U-turn will cause fourfold prob-
lems of traffic congestion, water
logging, enormous number of
trees being cut and non-availa-
bility of footpaths.
A PWD official said, “We
informed the court that trees
HT ARCHIVE
out on their memories. For
instance, those who saw the 1942
Quit India movement are no
longer around. Therefore, we
needtotakethisprojectveryseri-
ously.”
Archivist Usha Purie empha-
sised upon the need to democra-
tise the accessibility of the
archives. “Once you develop an
archive you must also think of
making it available to anybody
who is interested in Delhi,” she
said.
Some of the other people who
are also being considered for
interviewsinthefirstphaseofthe
project are musician and head of
DilliGharanaUstadIqbalAhmed
Khan,artistKishenKhanna,sen-
ior advocate Ram Jethmalani,
theatre personality Vinod Nag-
pal,journalistArunShourieand
newsreader Salma Sultan.
Dedicated cargo
corridor, another
elevated road soon
Anvit Srivastava
n anvit.srivastava@htlive.com
NEWDELHI: Flyers who often have
a hard time tackling congestion
on National Highway (NH) 8 to
reach the Delhi airport on time,
might soon get some respite.
The airport operator Monday
said a dedicated elevated corri-
dor will be constructed to keep
away vehicles carrying airport
cargo from regular traffic.
Apart from that, another sig-
nal-free elevated corridor is
planned to improve connectivity
between the domestic and inter-
national terminals.
The announcements were
made during the unveiling of the
master plan that will expand
Indira Gandhi International Air-
port (GIA) to meet future needs.
The airport operator, Delhi
International Airport Ltd
(DIAL), said with the expansion,
the Delhi airport will be the “first
airport” to have a dedicated
cargo road for uninterrupted
movement of cargo vehicles to
the Delhi airport cargo complex
via the NH-8.
“This 3km long four-lane dedi-
cated elevated road will provide
hassle-free, safe and seamless
movement of trucks carrying
cargo to the airport and will not
disrupt regular traffic. It will
also ease the traffic movement
on the airport’s main approach
road — the Central Spine Road,
which is currently being used by
both passengers as well as cargo
vehicles,” DIAL said.
The dedicated cargo road will
also provide vehicles a direct
access to the cargo terminals and
air cargo logistics centre
(ACLC), including the upcoming
cargo city, it added.
In addition, another elevated
road would be constructed at the
Aerocity Metro station junction
to reduce travel time between T1
›
Keeping in view the unprecedented growth in the
number of people travelling by air over the last few
years, expansion of Delhi airport has become the need of
the hour to make it future-ready with enhanced
passenger experience. The mega expansion would also
create adequate room for new airlines to initiate services.
I PRABHAKARA RAO, deputy managing director, GMR Group
were felled after obtaining per-
mission and compensatory plan-
tation has already been done. We
have completed nearly 50 % of
the project. Very few trees have
to be felled in the area (Sunder
Nagar) now. This will be done in
consultation with residents.”
The official added, “The court
has sought the drainage map and
said trees would be cut only after
confirmation from residents.”
On Monday, appearing for the
petitioners, advocate Pawanjit
Singh Bindra told the court that
the association had suggested an
alternative plan to address traf-
fic chaos on Mathura Road
around Delhi Public School.
Bindra said the scheme would
make Mathura Road narrow,
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
drugged and raped by cabbie
HT Correspondent
n htreporters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI: A 21-year-old student
ofaDelhi-basednationaluniver-
sity has alleged that she was
drugged, beaten up and sexually
assaulted by a cab driver on Fri-
day night, the police said Mon-
day.Thewomanhasalsolevelled
allegationsofnegligenceagainst
four police personnel, including
two women officers.
According to her complaint,
the woman had boarded a cab in
MandirMarg around8pmtogoto
her on-campus hostel. The com-
plaint said the driver harassed
her and she slapped him, after
which he stopped the car. The
woman got out of the vehicle and
he followed her to a bus stop
wherehegrabbedherbyherhair
and pushed her inside the car.
Thecomplaintfurtheralleged
that the driver, who was inebri-
ated, blindfolded her and sexu-
ally assaulted her. She kicked
him and hit him with a bottle
before getting out of the vehicle
and running to a police station
nearby,whereshemetfourpolice
personnel and a man, the com-
plaint said.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 06, 2019
THE CENTRAL SPINE
ROAD WILL ALSO BE
WIDENED FROM EIGHT
LANES TO 12 TO CATER
TO THE EXPECTED
INCREASE IN TRAFFIC. A
SECTION OF THE
RADISSON ROAD WILL
BE REALIGNED BY
ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE
and T3. “The road will connect
the Metro station to the Central
Spine Road and then will take a
90-degree turn towards Mehram
Nagar underpass. This will be
signal-free and will reduce travel
time between the two termi-
nals,” the airport operator said.
Further, the Central Spine
Road would also be widened
from eight lanes to 12 to cater to
the expected increase in traffic.
There would be a realignment of
a section of the Radisson Road by
about one kilometre, and also
another underpass, DIAL said.
The operator said more lanes
will be added to the terminal
departure ramp, as well as the
arrival forecourt, for easy and
free movement of vehicles com-
ing to drop off or pick up flyers,
DIAL said.
According to a 2017 study, by
the School of Planning and
Architecture on ‘accessibility to
airports’, reaching Delhi airport
was far difficult in comparison
with other cities. Of the 60 air-
ports considered for the study,
Delhi was at the bottom when
variation in time taken in reach-
ing the airport in different cir-
cumstances was considered. The
study also pointed out that aver-
age speed of car in a 25 km radius
of the airport was lowest in
Delhi.
deprivingpedestrians ofwalking
space. He said entry and exit into
the colony would be affected due
to the construction.
The petitioners said the con-
struction would lower drainage
level and overlooks the fact that
during monsoon, there will be
waterlogging and water from
low lying areas will flow directly
into the colony.
After hearing the arguments,
the court said, “It is seen that the
drainage plan has neither been
shared with the petitioners nor
has been produced before this
court. It is directed that a copy of
the drainage plan be given to the
petitioner as well as the court.”
The matter will be now heard on
August 28.
Thecomplaint saidtheman at
the police station offered to drop
her,butshesaidshewasnotcom-
fortable with that and wanted
womenofficerstodropher,upon
whichthepolicerefusedtodoso.
Thereis,however,nomention of
the name of the police station.
The complaint said the next
morning (on Saturday), the
woman found herself in a park
andthesecurityguardstheretold
her she will have to leave the
place after sundown. She alleg-
edly hid herself for the night and
on Sunday morning, she walked
totheIITbusstop,fromwhere“a
man”droppedhertohercampus.
POLICE’S VERSION
In a statement issued Monday,
the Delhi Police said the Mandir
Marg police station’s staff
received information from the
Safdarjung hospital on Sunday
regarding the sexual assault of
the woman. On the basis of her
complaintandmedicalexamina-
tion,anFIRwasregisteredunder
IPCSection376(rape)againstthe
cab driver, the statement said.
“Theallegedincidenthasbeen
reported after a gap of two days.
Duringmedicalexamination,no
shortstories
DDA TO EXTEND
LAND POOLING
DEADLINE
NEW DELHI: The Delhi
Development Authority
(DDA) will extend the cut-off
date for participating in land
pooling, which is aimed at
planned development of
urban extensions in Delhi, by
one month. The last date to
participate in the scheme was
August 4, which will be
extended by a month. HTC
Court orders shifting
of students from
100-year-old school
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High
Court on Monday directed the
Army and Delhi government
to immediately shift students
from a dilapidated, 100-year-
old school in Delhi canton-
ment. “In view of willingness
showed by the respondents
(Army and Delhi govern-
ment), we direct them to
immediately accommodate
Rajputana Rifles Heroes
Memorial Senior Secondary
School students to schools of
the respondents,” a bench of
Chief Justice DN Patel and
Justice C Hari Shankar said on
Monday. HTC
South corp proposes
raising duty on sale &
purchase of property
NEW DELHI: The South Delhi
Municipal Corporation
(SDMC) has proposed raising
the transfer duty on sale and
purchase of properties. It has
proposed raising it to a
uniform 5% from the present
3% for men and 2% for
women. A proposal in this
regard will be presented at
the corporation’s Standing
Committee meeting on
Wednesday. HTC
Jal Board pulled up over
slow implementation of
septage mgmt rules
NEW DELHI: The NGT ap-
pointed Yamuna pollution
monitoring committee pulled
up the Delhi Jal Board for
“slow progress” of implemen-
tation of septage manage-
ment rules, 2018, which is
leading to pollution of the
river. The Septic Tank Waste
Management Regulation
came into effect on Novem-
ber 12, 2018. As per the
regulations, Septic tank
Waste (septage) shall be
collected, transported and
disposed of only by vendors
having a valid licence issued
by the DJB. The disposal has
to be done only at the
notified sites. HTC
76-year-old jumps on
Metro tracks, dies
NEW DELHI: A 76-year-old
man on Monday died after he
jumped in front of an incom-
ing Metro train at east Delhi’s
Welcome Metro station. Delhi
Metro officials said he was
rushed to the hospital but
was declared dead on arrival.
Services on the Red Line,
connecting Rithala and New
Bus Adda, were delayed for
nearly 20 minutes till the
body was removed from the
tracks, officials said. HTC
Meghalaya cop injured
in accidental firing
NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old
Meghalaya police constable
suffered a gunshot injury
after his service rifle went off
accidentally at the residence
of a senior Congress leader in
central Delhi’s Chanakyapuri
Monday morning. The
policeman was deployed at
the main gate of the politi-
cian’s residence. The bullet
went through his mouth. He
was admitted to Ram Mano-
har Lohia Hospital. His
condition is serious, the police
said. HTC
injury mark was found on the
woman. Apart from the delayed
reporting, there are some incon-
sistencies in her version,” the
police said.
According to police, the
woman allegedly told them she
went to Mandir Marg in an auto-
rickshaw on Friday evening,
leaving her mobile phone at the
hostel. Police said she told them
(it was mentioned in her written
complaintaswell)thatthereturn
cab was booked for her by a
stranger. Police, quoting the
woman, said the cab driver
offered her water to drink and
thatthewaterwasspikedandshe
felt dizzy after drinking it.
Sheallegedlyalso toldofficers
that the driver first took her to a
gated colony in south Delhi,
parked the vehicle inside, and
forced himself on her. She man-
aged to free herself, ran and
reachedabusstop.Whileshewas
waiting for a bus, the driver
chasedherandshe keptrunning
on the streets for a couple of
hours, an officer, again quoting
the woman, said.
“We verified some of her alle-
gations andfoundgaps,”the offi-
cer said.
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UnnaosurvivorairliftedtoAIIMS
inDelhiafterorderbytopcourt
IMPROVEMENT Doctors say she can now open her eyes, follow instructions
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI/LUCKNOW:The 19-year-
old Unnao rape survivor, who
was critically injured in a road
accident last week, was flown to
AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalSci-
ences(AIIMS)TraumaCentrein
DelhifromLucknowon Monday
night for better treatment.
“We had been informed about
her arrival. Adequate arrange-
ments have been in the hospital
for her as her condition is deli-
cate,”adoctorinthehospitalsaid
on the condition of anonymity.
Earlier in the day, the
Supreme Court had ordered
immediate airlifting of the
woman after her lawyer RK
Reddy sought to move her out of
King George’s Medical Univer-
sity(KGMU)in Lucknow.Reddy
mentioned the matter for direc-
tion after the bench had
adjourned the case for further
hearing to Friday as no one on
behalf of the survivor’s family
appeared to seek her transfer.
Reddyinformedthecourtthat
thewomen’smotherwas keento
shift her to AIIMS for better care
asshewasstillcriticalandsuffer-
ing from pneumonia. While
according the permission, the
bench also made it clear that the
family of the injured lawyer can
also ask for a similar relief.
The woman, who has accused
Court directs Sengar to be moved to Tihar
HT Correspondent
n htreporters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI:A Delhi court on Mon-
day directed that expelled Bhar-
atiya Janata Party legislator
Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused
ofraping aminor girl in Unnao in
2017, be shifted to Tihar Jail in
the national capital from Sitapur
prison in Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier, he was produced in
the special court amid tight secu-
rity. Additional sessions judge
Dharmesh Sharma put up the
shortstories
IAF ASPIRANTS
ELECTROCUTED IN
WALL COLLAPSE
JALANDHAR:21 IAF job aspirants
were injured after a boundary
wall collapsed at Punjab Armed
Police (PAP) ground here on
Monday morning. A few students
fell unconscious after they were
electrocuted in the incident. “ A
few of the job aspirants were
electrocuted after a live wire fell
on them followed by the wall
collapse. A witness pointed out at
the carelessness of the authorities
as they didn’t provide any facility
to wait or sit, hence it created
chaos in premises.
Two Chennai workers die
while cleaning septic tank
CHENNAI:Two construction
workers died of asphyxiation
while cleaning a newly-con-
structed septic tank in a building
in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore on
Monday, the police said. “Both
workers died after inhaling toxic
gas that may have formed inside
the tank,” an officer posted with
the Reddychavadi Police Station,
said on the condition of anonym-
ity. The police, however, clarified
that two victims were not manual
scavengers.
Two men held for attempt
to steal camera for TikTok
BHOPAL/SAGAR:Police in Sagar,
186 kilometres east of Bhopal,
arrested two 18-year-old men on
Monday who allegedly had made
an attempt to steal a camera to
make their videos and post it on
social media video app TikTok, as
per police. “Both of the accused
have confessed to have commit-
ted the crime.They told the
investigating them that they
needed a good camera to post
video clippings on Tik Tok App.
But since they didn’t have enough
money they booked the camera
on a wrong address and when
delivery boy was looking for the
address they made the attempt
to the loot the parcel,” a police
official said.
SC asks states to respond
to plea on acid attacks
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court
Monday granted four weeks to
states, UTs and others as last
opportunity to file their re-
sponses to the PIL relating to the
suffering of acid attack victims
across India and questioning the
sale of acid in open market. SC,
which had issued notices in
February 2018, noted that only 13
have replied. The PIL sought steps
taken by states to help victims of
acid attacks and regulate the sale
of acids in these states.
n An ambulance carries the Unnao rape survivor to the AIIMS trauma
centre in Delhi for treatment after she was airlifted from a Lucknow
hospital on Monday.
expelledBharatiyaJanataParty
(BJP) legislator Kuldeep Singh
Sengar of raping her in 2017, was
critically injured when the car
she was travelling in was hit by a
truck in Rae Bareli on July 28.
Herlawyer,whowasaccompany-
ing her in the car, too, was
severely injured while her two
aunts died in the accident.
A team of the Central Bureau
of Investigation that is probing
the case took Sengar and co-ac-
cused Sashi Singh from Sitapur
jail for hearing in Tis Hazari
court, New Delhi on Monday,
after which they were kept in
Tihar jail.
SENGAR AND NINE
OTHERS WERE ALSO
BOOKED FOR MURDER
AFTER THE RAPE
SURVIVOR WAS INJURED
IN A CAR ACCIDENT
matter for argument on framing
of charges in the rape case — one
of the four related cases trans-
ferred to Delhi — for August 7.
Both Sengar and his accomplice
Pragya backs NIA plea for in-camera trial
HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
n
MUMBAI:Two key accused in the
2008 Malegaon blast case —
Bharatiya Janata Party law-
maker Pragya Thakur and Lt
Col Prasad Purohit — have
backed the National Investiga-
tion Agency’s (NIA) plea for an
in-camera trial while two oth-
ers, Ramesh Upadhyay and
Sameer Kulkarni, opposed it.
“Considering the nature of
allegations, the sensitivity of
religious communities, the
safety, security and independ-
ence of the witnesses, the
present application filed by the
prosecution is supported by the
Five farmers attempt
suicide, probe likely
Pradip Kumar Maitra
n pradipmaitra@hindustantimes.com
NAGPUR:Fivefarmers,includinga
woman,allegedlyconsumedpoi-
son at the district collectorate in
Maharashtra’sAkolaonMonday
in protest against, what they
called, was the delay in getting
compensation for their land
acquired for a highway project.
Allthefivepeoplewererushed
to the district civil hospital. Dis-
trict collector Jitendra Papalkar
said, “We will inquire the matter
and submit a report to the gov-
ernment in this regard,” he said,
claimingthattheconditionofthe
farmers was stable .
72% voter turnout in
Vellore LS election
MC Rajan
n mc.rajan@htlive.com
CHENNAI: Polling to the Vellore
Lok Sabha constituency
in Tamil Nadu, which was post-
poned due to allegations of brib-
ery and financial irregularities
in April, registered a voter turn
out of 72 % on Monday, accord-
ing to the state chief electoral
officer Satyabrata Shau.
“Polling was held at a total of
1,553 booths across the six
assembly segments in the con-
PTI
The top court had last week
transferredthetrialintheUnnao
rapecasetoDelhianddirectedto
complete it within 45-days.
AbenchledbyChiefJusticeof
India Ranjan Gogoi also ordered
the payment of Rs 25 lakh as
interim compensation to the vic-
tim. The accident case would
remain in Lucknow and the CBI
was directed to complete the
probe within seven days.
Kuldeep Sengar has been
named as an accused in the acci-
dentcaseaswell.Sengarhasbeen
in jail since last year after the
Allahabad High Court in April
2018orderedhisarrestforraping
Shashi Singh, who is accused of
enticing the victim into going to
the legislator’s residence, were
produced in the court.
Sengar’s counsel, advocate
Bharat Singh, argued that his cli-
ent is not a terrorist. “Sir, this is
a media trial and my client is not
a terrorist but a sitting MLA”.
Sengar and nine others were
also booked for murder by the
Central Bureau of Investigation
after the rape survivor and her
advocate were injured when a
truck hit their car in Rae Bareli
accused,” read the reply filed by
Thakur in the special court in
Mumbai on Monday.
Six people were killed and
over 100 injured when an explo-
sive device strapped to a motor-
cycle went off near a mosque in
Malegaon in north Maharash-
tra on September 29, 2008.
The police claimed the motor-
bike was registered in Thakur’s
name and that led to her arrest
in 2008. She was granted bail by
Bombay high court (HC) in
2017.
If the court allows the NIA
plea, no one other than the
accused, their lawyers, prosecu-
tion team and relevant court
staff would be allowed to attend
Thefivehadgonetomeetaddi-
tionalcollectorNarendraLonkar
todemandspeedycompensation
for their land. However, when
they failed to get a positive
responsefromtheseniorofficial,
they allegedly consumed pesti-
cides in presence of several
employees of the collectorate.
Meanwhile, the district Shiv
Sena demanded a stern action
againsttherevenueofficialscon-
cerned alleging they offered
“irrational” compensation to
farmers for their land acquired
for the highway project. District
Sena chief Nitin Deshmukh also
submittedamemorandumtothe
district collector in this regard.
stituency with 7,500 personnel
and 3,752 EVMs. For security, 20
companies of paramilitary per-
sonnel were deployed apart
from a 5,000-strong contingent
of state police headed by an
Inspector General,” chief elect-
oral officer Sahu said.
Elections to Vellore constitu-
ency was postponed in April fol-
lowing charges of large scale
bribing of voters and seizure of
cash to the tune of ₹11 crore
from the premises of a DMK
functionary.
the woman in 2017. The high
courtalsotransferredtheinvesti-
gation of the case to the CBI.
Earlier on Monday, an ambu-
lanceleftKGMUTraumaCentre
around6.30pmviaa“congestion
free green corridor” made from
KGMU to the Lucknow airport.
“Intensivist Dr Ram Gopal of
the KGMU accompanied the
patient till New Delhi along with
a medical team in the air ambu-
lance,” said Dr Sandip Tiwari,
head of the trauma surgery ,
KGMU.
The Delhi Traffic Police pro-
vided a green corridor to the
ambulance that carried the rape
survivor to AIIMS Trauma Cen-
tre from the Delhi airport.
In the morning medical bulle-
tin,KGMUdoctorssaidcondition
of the rape survivor was critical
but stable. They said there had
been slight improvement in her
condition as she opened her eyes
and followed instructions from
themedicalstaff.“Shewasableto
understandinstructions.Also,as
feverthathadtroubledherinthe
pasttwodays,wasnomoretroub-
ling her, we made attempts to
bring her out of the ventilator
support,” said Dr Tiwari.
The rape survivor’s lawyer is
currentlyundergoingtreatment
in the same critical care unit of
the KGMU Trauma Centre,
wherethesurvivorwasadmitted
till Monday evening.
last week. Her two aunts were
killed in the accident. The rape
survivor’s family has alleged
foul play.
The Supreme Court had last
week directed to hold trial on
daily basis and completing it
within 45 days. Besides the main
case, the three other matters
transferred to Delhi are: a first
information report (FIR) lodged
against the survivor’s father
under the Arms Act, his custo-
dial death and the gang rape of
the woman.
the hearing. It also implies a ban
on any publication of any news
related to the trial without
obtaining explicit permission
from the court.
Purohit claimed that during
the proceedings, he may bring
on record certain facts and doc-
uments produced by the defence
ministry which are confidential
in nature.
“If the trial is not made
in-camera, even an anti-na-
tional person, gangster and
criminal will be entitled to
attend this court and will be
entitled to know the contents of
the documents,” read the reply
filed by Purohit.
He also said he apprehended
Girl shot dead after
grandfather pelts
stone at pet dog
BHABUA:Aseven-year-oldgirldied
when a group of people opened
fire after her grandfather alleg-
edly threw a stone on their pet, a
Doberman, to save himself from
its attack, at Paura village in
Bihar’s Kaimur district on Sun-
day, the police said.
Thevictim,AnjuKumari,was
the only child of Bhim Tiwary, a
village priest. Six suspects have
been booked for the murder on
the basis of a complaint regis-
tered by the girl’s mother Asha
Devi, superintendent of police
Dilnawaz Ahmad said on
Monday.
AshaDevisaid,around5pmon
Sunday,when herfather-in-law,
Pyare Tiwary, was returning
homeafterperforming a “pooja”
inanadjacent village, theDober-
man cameout ofthe Singhs’resi-
dence and chased him. Tiwary
threwastoneatthedogandsome-
how managed to save himself
from its attack.
When the Tiwarys later com-
plained about the dog to its
owner, asking the family to keep
itchained,thelattertookoffence.
Soonascuffleensuedbetweenthe
twofamilies,leadingtostonepelt-
ing, the police said, adding they
intervenedandbroughtthesitua-
tion under control.
However, around 7.30pm, the
Singhs returned with guns and
firedindiscriminately.Oneofthe
bullets hit the girl in her neck,
resulting in her death.
PRASUN K MISHRA
Personnel in charge
of 19-year-old’s
security questioned
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
LUCKNOW: Fifteen police consta-
bles deployed for the security of
Unnao rape survivor and her
family members during last one
yearweresummonedtotheCen-
tral Bureau Investigation (CBI)
headquarters in Delhi for ques-
tioning on Monday.
Mostoftheconstablesarefrom
Makhi police station of Unnao
and at least seven of them are
women,saidMPVerma,superin-
tendent of police (SP), Unnao.
Accordingto reports,therape
survivor and her family mem-
bers were provided nine consta-
blesfortheirsecurity.Sixofthem
were deployed at her house and
three others escorted her when-
ever she visited any other place.
Theroleofthesecurityperson-
nel was questioned when it was
revealed that none of them were
accompanying the survivor
whenshemetwithanaccidenton
July 28. The survivor and her
lawyer Mahendra Singh Chau-
hanwerecriticallyinjured,while
twoofherauntswerekilledinthe
accident.
Earlier, Unnao SP suspended
threepolicepersonnel—gunner
Sudesh Verma and two consta-
bles RubySinghand SunitaDevi
— who were expected to escort
the rape survivor when she was
onwaytothecourtonJuly28,but
did not accompany her. They
were also among the constables
summoned by the CBI.
Meanwhile, eight inmates
lodged in different jails of Uttar
Pradesh in connection with the
Unnao case will be presented in
Delhi’sTisHazaricourtonTues-
day. The inmates include
expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep
SinghSengarandhisaccomplice
Shashi Singh, who was lodged in
Sitapur prison. The CBI has
already taken Sengar to Delhi,
where he is lodged in Tihar Jail.
threats to witnesses from “anti-
national elements” who may try
to suppress the truth. “...there is
a possibility of anti-national ele-
ments becoming active and
attending the court which may
pose a serious security threat
not only to the court but also to
witnesses and accused,” Puro-
hit said.
Meanwhile, another suspect,
Ramesh Upadhyay, objected to
the NIA’s petition.
He claimed that the applica-
tion was not maintainable as it
was moved under the provi-
sions of Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, which has
been challenged in the Bombay
high court.
n Parts of Pune, including houses, were submerged due to heavy rain on Monday. Schools and colleges
will remain closed on Tuesday as heavy rainfall forced the release of water from dams into rivers in the
district, collector Naval Kishore Ram said.
Mumbai limps back to life, IMD
issues red alert in Kerala districts
NEWDELHI:Afterrainstookabreak
inMumbai,suburbantrainservi-
cesresumedonMonday,railway
officials said.
The Met department has pre-
dicted “better weather” in the
coming days after torrential
rains pounded large stretches of
Maharashtrainthelasttwodays.
Withtheweathermanpredict-
ing heavy showers on Monday
too, the state government had
declared holiday for schools in
Mumbai,Thane,Palghar,Raigad
and Nashik districts.
As rains pummelled Mumbai
since Friday night, at least 12
Hate crime in Rajasthan now
punishable by death penalty
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
JAIPUR:The Rajasthan assembly
passed two bills on Monday in
which death penalty has been
proposed for hate crimes against
couples in the name of honour
and tradition, and life imprison-
ment for mob lynching.
Rajasthan is the first state in
India to have a special law to deal
with hate crimes against cou-
ples, and second after Madhya
Pradesh to make a law against
mob lynching.
The Rajasthan Prohibition of
Interferencewith theFreedomof
Matrimonial Alliances in the
Name of Honour and Tradition
Bill, 2019, and the Rajasthan Pro-
tection from Lynching Bill, 2019,
were tabled in the assembly on
July 30 by law minister Shanti
Dhariwal.
The bill on hate crimes also
provides punishment for hold-
ing assemblies to condemn inter-
caste, inter-community marria-
ges in the name offamilyhonour.
The bill said a special law for
such hate crimes will act as a
deterrent as it has severe pun-
ishment for such acts of violence
and prevent caste and commu-
nity assemblies that take place to
condemn such marriages.
Drink driving: IAS
officer suspended;
investigation on
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:KeralaIAS
officer Sriram Venkitaraman
was suspended on Monday anda
special investigation team
formed by the government, two
days after his arrest for alleged
drunken driving that caused the
death of a journalist in the state
capital.
The 33-year old officer, now in
judicial remand, was under
observationattheIntensiveCare
Unit of the Government Medical
College Hospital here, while
police said the result of his blood
test was negative for alcohol
trace.
AbailapplicationfiledbyVen-
kitaraman was opposed by the
police in a court here which
adjournedthemattertoTuesday.
A sub-inspector of police was
suspended for alleged lapses in
initial investigation after an
inquiry, police said.
The government, which has
asserted it wouldnot protect any
official who violated law,
appointed the Special Investiga-
tionTeam(SIT),headedbyADGP
Sheikh Darvesh Sahib, to probe
the case against the IAS officer.
The team will include person-
nel from the Crime branch and
the police, a statement issued by
the state police chief said.
Venkitaraman was arrested
on Aug 3 several hours after the
luxury car driven by him while
returningfromaprivatepartyhit
35-year old K Muhammed Bash-
eer, Thiruvananthapuram
BureauChiefofMalayalamdaily
“Siraj”, killing him on the
spot. PTI
majoroutstationtrainsgotstuck,
some for hours, on water-logged
tracks on Mumbai’s outskirts on
Sunday. Some of the trains
strandedwereDurontoExpress,
PunjabMail,DevgiriExpressand
Vidarbha Express.
“Mumbai, Central Railway’s
all suburban services are opera-
tional except Ambernath to Kar-
jat,”theCentralRailwaytweeted
on Monday morning.
As heavy rains pounded sev-
eral parts of Kerala, the Met
department issued a red alert in
Idukki,MalappuramandKozhik-
ode districts on August 8. “These
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BILL ON MOB LYNCHING
SAYS A PERSON WHO
COMMITS AN ACT OF
LYNCHING THAT CAUSES
DEATH OF VICTIM WILL
FACE RIGOROUS LIFE
IMPRISONMENT AND A
FINE UP TO ₹5 LAKH.
Punishment could be death,
imprisonment for life, and/or a
fine which may extend to ₹1 lakh.
If cases of grievous hurt to a
couple or either of them, the bill
prescribes rigorous imprison-
ment for 10 years which may be
extended to life imprisonment
and a fine of ₹3 lakh.
For participating in a gather-
ing to condemn a marriage
claiming it has dishonoured the
caste or community or tradition
or brought disrepute, or issuing
threats to couples, jail-term can
extend from six months to five
years, and a fine from ₹1 lakh to
₹2 lakh.
The bill empowers a sub-divi-
sional magistrate or district
magistrate to prevent such
assemblies and take steps to
ensure safety of the couple.
The bill on mob lynching says
AY O D H YA L A N D T I T L E C A S E
Day-to-day hearings
to start in SC today
Press Trust of India
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
Monday said it would consider
on the administrative side as to
whether there would be record-
ing of day-to-day hearing in the
Ayodhya land dispute case
which is scheduled to commence
before aConstitution bench from
Tuesday.
A plea, filed by former RSS
ideologue KN Govindacharya
seeking live streaming or
recording of the day-to-day hear-
ing in the Ayodhya case, was
mentioned for urgent hearing
before a bench comprising Justi-
ces S A Bobde and B R Gavai.
“We don’t know if we have
equipment for live streaming or
recording of proceedings,” the
bench told senior lawyer Vikas
Singh, appearing for Govinda-
charya.
Singh told the bench that if
there was difficulty in live-
streaming of the proceedings,
then recording of the hearing
may be done.
The bench, while refusing to
accord urgent hearing on the
plea, observed that it is an issue
which is “something institu-
tional”. The apex court said the
issue would be considered on the
administrative side.
On September 26, 2018, the
apex court had allowed live-
streaming of court proceedings
of cases of constitutional and
national importance, saying this
openness was like “sunlight”
SHANKAR NARAYAN/HT PHOTO
districts are likely to get
extremely heavy rainfall of over
240mmin24hoursandmayexpe-
rience landslides,” IMD said.
In Pune, schools and colleges
willremainclosedonTuesdayas
heavy rainfall was forcing the
release of water from dams into
rivers in the district, district col-
lector Naval Kishore Ram said.
TwoIndian Air Force helicop-
tersrescued13villagersstranded
in Mangarol taluka of Surat dis-
trict, as heavy rains lashed the
southernpartofGujaratoverthe
past few days, officials said.
PTI
a person who commits an act of
lynching which causes death of
the victim will face rigorous life
imprisonment and a fine up to ₹5
lakh. In case of grievous hurt, the
punishment proposed is jail up
10 years and a fine up to ₹3 lakh.
Offences under the mob
lynching bill will be tried by a
sessions court and be cognizable,
non-bailable and non-com-
poundable.
The bill also prescribes a jail
term of up to five years and pen-
alty of ₹1 lakh for obstructing
arrest of the accused, creating
hurdles in legal proceedings or
threatening the witnesses.
“It is proposed to nip the evil
in the bud and to prevent spread-
ing of hatred or incitement to
mob lynching by creating special
offences against such offences,”
the statement of object and rea-
son of the bill said.
The state government, in con-
sultation with a chief justice of
the high court, will also set up
designated courts to hear mob
lynching cases, the bill said,.
Civil society activists such as
Aruna Roy of Mazdoor Kisan
Shakti Sangathan and Kavita
Srivastava (PUCL) came out
strongly against the manner in
which the bills were introduced
without public consultation.
SC SEEKS TN,
KARNATAKA
REPLY ON EWS
Press Trust of India
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI:The Supreme
Court Monday asked
Tamil Nadu and Karna-
taka governments to
reply to a plea seeking
that they implement the
10 per cent quota for eco-
nomically weaker sec-
tions, in addition to the
existing reservation.
A bench of Justices SA
Bobde and B R Gavai
issued notice to both the
states on the plea claim-
ing that all the other
state governments have
implemented the reser-
vation in government
jobs and educational
institutions.
which is the “best disinfectant”.
A five-judge Constitution
bench headed by Chief Justice
Ranjan Gogoi had on August 2
said it would hold day-to-day
hearing from August 6 to decide
the politically-sensitive Ram
Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid
land dispute in Ayodhya, as the
efforts to arrive at an amicable
settlement through mediation
have failed.
Bihar 17-year-old
lynched by mob
on theft charges
Press Trust of India
n letters@hindustantimes.com
GAYA: A 17-year old boy was
beaten to death by an angry mob
on alleged theft charge in
Bihar’s Gaya district on late
Sunday night, a senior police
officer said on Monday.
The deceased has been identi-
fied as Arjun Manjhi (17), son of
Khatak Manjhi, Senior Superin-
tendent of Police- Rajiv Mishra-
said.
The incident occurred in Kal-
yanpur locality under Delha
police station of Gaya town, the
SSP said.
The deceased was resident of
Bhuitoli locality of the town.
The fellow citizens of the
locality staged protest this
morning demanding immediate
arrest of the culprits besides
payment of adequate compensa-
tion to the boy’s family, sources
said.
His mother told the police
that her son’s three friends had
called him on Sunday evening,
the SSP said.
The friends have been
absconding since the incident,
he said adding the house of one
Jitendra Kumar, where the inci-
dent took place, has been locked
and he along with his entire fam-
ily have been escaping.
The body has been sent to
Anugrah Narayan Magadh
Medical College and Hospital,
Gaya for autopsy,
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Territory of the
Union
tion and its laws reinforced, but
the special provisions which
gave the state a distinct constitu-
tional identity, removed.
The order also added a clause
to Article 367 of the Constitution
— whereby it said that referen-
ces to the Government of Jammu
and Kashmir would be con-
strued as the governor of the
state (acting on the advice of a
council of ministers); and the ref-
erence to the constituent assem-
bly of Jammu and Kashmir of
Article 370 would now read legis-
lative assembly of the state.
The second was a statutory
resolution to recommend to the
President to issue a notification,
using clause 3 of Article 370, to
declare that all clauses of Article
370 would cease to be operative
and that all provisions of the
Indian Constitution would apply
to the state of Jammu and Kash-
mir.
Clause 3 empowered the Pres-
ident to do so, but only on the rec-
ommendation of the constituent
assembly (CA) of Jammu and
Kashmir. This was overcome by
the earlier order, which
replaced the CA with the state
legislature, and empowered the
governor.
Together, these two moves
mean that J&K will no longer
have its own flag and own consti-
tution; Indian laws — from the
penal code to property and taxa-
tion — will now be applicable. It
also paves the way for citizens
from the rest of the country to be
able to exercise rights to move,
settle, and purchase property in
J&K.
Shah then introduced the
Jammu and Kashmir (Reorgani-
sation) Bill, 2019. The new
Ladakh UT will include Leh and
Kargil districts; and the remain-
ing districts of the state will con-
stitute the J&K UT. The final bill
was the Jammu and Kashmir
Reservation (Second Amend-
ment) Bill 2019, which enabled
reservations for economically
weaker sections to be extended
to the state.
Shah’s proposals caused a
massive stir in the House and
outside. The treasury benches
erupted with applause and
cheers, and its supporters out-
side lauded Prime Minister Nar-
enda Modi and Shah’s courage
for fulfilling a key ideological
goal and manifesto promise of
the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) to integrate the state fully
into the nation. Jitendra Singh,
minister of state in the Prime
Minister’s Office, said, “This will
be known as the day of redemp-
tion, as the day of rejuvenation.”
But the Opposition was not
pleased. A furious Ghulam Nabi
Azad, leader of the Opposition in
the Rajya Sabha and a former
CM of J&K, led the charge for the
Congress: “In my political life, I
had never even imagined that
the state which is India’s crown,
one day that head will be
chopped off.” He warned that the
move would not integrate, but in
fact had laid the foundations for
disintegration.
The move also provoked
howls of outrage from Pakistan,
which has fought four wars with
India and continues to engage in
a shadow war in Kahsmir with
the use of terrorists. It asked the
Indian government to “halt and
reverse” its decision to revoke
the special status of Jammu and
Kashmir, contending such a uni-
lateral step cannot change the
state’s status as an “internation-
ally recognised disputed terri-
tory”.
Foreign secretary Sohail
Mahmood summoned Indian
envoy Ajay Bisaria to the foreign
ministry to convey a “strong
demarche” or formal diplomatic
representation on actions taken
by India.
The response from Kashmir
was strong too. With most of the
state under a blackout, little
information percolated out. But
former Jammu and Kashmir
chief minister Mehbooba Mufti
tweeted, “GOI’s intention is
clear & sinister. They want to
change demography of the only
Muslim majority state in India,
disempower Muslims to the
extent where they become sec-
ond class citizens in their own
state.” Another former CM,
Omar Abdullah, said, “Govern-
ment of India (GOI)’s unilateral
and shocking decisions today are
a total betrayal of the trust that
the people of Jammu & Kashmir
had reposed in India when the
state acceded to it in 1947. The
decisions will have far-reaching
and dangerous consequences.
This is an aggression against
people of the State as had been
warned by an all-parties meeting
in Srinagar yesterday.”
But the government sought to
allay apprehensions. “Article
370 is the biggest hurdle to nor-
malcy in the state,” Shah said,
promising to make J&K among
the most developed states in
India.
The Opposition fractured in
Parliament. Congress’s own
chief whip in the house, Bhuban-
eshwar Kalita, resigned from the
party disagreeing with its posi-
tion on Article 370. The Bahujan
Samaj Party and the Aam Aadmi
Party, in surprise moves, backed
the government — as did the Tel-
angana Rashtriya Samithi, Biju
Janata Dal, YSR Congress Party,
and AIADMK, among others.
One hundred and twenty-five
MPs voted in favour of the Reor-
ganisation Bill, while only 61
voted against it.
The move has triggered a
debate among constitutional
experts, with many experts ask-
ing if Article 367 can indeed be
amended through a presidential
order. Mohan Parasaran, a sen-
ior advocate and a former solici-
tor general of India, noted, “An
amendment to the Constitution
may only be done by recourse to
Article 368 by introducing a Bill,
in that regard, in the Parliament
and being passed in both the
houses by a majority of 2/3rd of
its members present and voting
and thereafter the Bill receiving
the assent of the President. As
the amendment to Articles 367
and 370 are the fulcrum of the
Presidential Order, question
may arise as to whether such
amendments can be made
through a circuitous manner
without resort to Article 368 and
whether such an Order would
suffice in light of the spirit
behind Article 370.”
But beyond the legal complex-
ities — and there are indeed com-
plexities which could well end up
seeing a challenge in court — the
government’s move on Monday
on Kashmir was fundamentally
political. Over the next few days
and weeks, observers will
closely track developments in
Delhi but also more importantly
Kashmir, where the response
has remained muted because of
the clampdown. Observers
believe that managing the fallout
in the Valley will now be the gov-
ernment’s next big challenge.
Imran’s US
visit, weak Oppn
sped up 370
endgame
Islamabad’s direct and indirect
sponsorship of terror groups
operating in Kashmir.
For New Delhi, already aware
of this threat, Pakistan premier
Imran Khan’s visit to Washing-
ton on July 22 came as further
reinforcement of its assessment
that US President Donald Trump
desperately wanted out of
Afghanistan; Trump made an
offer to mediate between India
and Pakistan, much to the
delight of Khan.
Long before that, even ahead
of Goel’s meeting, the BJP’s top
team, including legal experts
(former finance minister Arun
Jaitley is believed to be one), had
come around to the legal view
that Article 370 could be done
away with a Presidential order,
especially if the state adminis-
tration was under the Governor.
According to senior BJP func-
tionaries, preparations for
scrapping Article 370 began
simultaneously with the draft-
ing of the manifesto for the 2019
general elections.
The functionaries added that
the finalisation of the resolu-
tions and bills that were passed
on Monday sped up after the Lok
Sabha results were announced,
with the massive mandate it
received (303 seats in the 543-
member Lok Sabha) giving the
party confidence that it could
fulfil one of its poll promises.
The demand has also consist-
ently been raised by the Rash-
triya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), the ideological parent of
the BJP, which perceived these
articles as an impediment in the
integration of Jammu and Kash-
mir with the rest of India.
Things started gathering
momentum after Shah’s visit to
Srinagar on June 26 along with
the director of the Intelligence
Bureau Arvind Kumar and
home secretary Rajiv Gauba.
While there was total agree-
ment within the national secu-
rity establishment that these
articles should be scrapped,
internal security agencies had
flagged concerns over the possi-
bility of violence in the Valley.
However, the government
decided to go ahead after factor-
ing in inputs from RAW chief
Goel’s July 11 visit and NSA
Doval’s July 23 one to the Valley.
Significantly, army chief Gen-
eral Bipin Rawat visited the Val-
ley in June as well as in July to
keep his army commanders on
their toes. Doval also held a
meeting with the three military
and the three intelligence chiefs
(including NTRO) on July 24 in
this context.
It isn’t clear when the final
decision was taken, but once it
was – presumably sometime
within the last fortnight, accord-
ing to people familiar with the
matter – things started moving
rapidly. There is a theory that
the Opposition’s capitulation in
the Rajya Sabha , where the BJP
isn’t in a majority, may have
given the latter the confidence to
push ahead.
Last week, the home ministry
sent 2,000 satellite phones to the
J&K administration in the event
of phones and internet not func-
tioning. Internet services in the
Valley were cut off on Sunday
night, and mobile and phone ser-
vices soon after.
Over the past 10 days, as many
as 350 companies of paramilitary
forces -- 35,000 men -- were
moved to the state, particularly
the Valley.
Around the same time, the last
week of July, the National Tech-
nical Research Organisation
(NTRO)’s high altitude long-en-
durance Israeli Heron drones
were sent across the Pir Panjal
for crowd control. Military air-
craft flew dozens of sorties flying
relief supplies including food,
water and medicines into the
Valley.
By Friday last week, the buzz
over the scrapping of 35A (370
was never mentioned) had inten-
sified, especially after the Amar-
nath yatra was called off, and
tourists asked to leave the Val-
ley.
On the evening of August 4,
with speculation peaking, Shah
called up the RAW chief Goel and
IB chief Kumar and told them to
be ready – perhaps the first time
the national security establish-
ment realised that the Modi gov-
ernment was going to announce
scrapping of article 35A and 370
in Parliament on Monday.
Interestingly, the much-
talked about meeting Shah
called earlier in the day was to
discuss the situation in the
North-east.
External affairs minister
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was
also kept in the loop so as to deal
with the diplomatic fallout of the
move.
Fearing that Pakistan’s spy
agency Inter Services Intelli-
gence and jihadists in the Valley
could target local leaders and
blame New Delhi for it, a deci-
sion was taken to keep all of the
Valley’s political leaders under
house arrest from midnight Sun-
day. Curfew was imposed, as was
Section 144. Paramilitary forces
were also sensitised to display
restraint and not be provoked
hindustantimes
into firing into unruly crowds;
the fear in New Delhi is that Pak-
istan could instigate them
through supporters in the Val-
ley.
The timing of Monday’s move,
10 days ahead of India’s Inde-
pendence day on August 15 is sig-
nificant but a BJP functionary
played it down.
“This was the first session of
Parliament after the elections
and if not now, then when?”
(With additional inputs by Smriti Kak
Ramachandran)
Hearing
impaired minor
raped by
brother, his
friends
and fled the spot when her condi-
tion deteriorated, inspector
Misra said. The girl somehow
managed to reach home and nar-
rated her ordeal to her parents
through sign language and iden-
tified her brother as one of the
accused. Her parents then took
her to the police station and
lodged an FIR in this connection,
the inspector said.
During interrogation, the
brother confessed to the crime
and revealed to the police the
names of his three friends, Misra
said, adding that the girl, who
cannot hear and speak, identi-
fied her brother and his three
friends as being involved in the
crime.
“We have arrested all the four
accused, aged between 12 to 14
years,” he said.
The accused have been
booked under the Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act, the police said.
They were produced before a
juvenile justice court on Monday
and will be sent to a juvenile
home on Tuesday.
The girl has been admitted to a
hospital for a medical examina-
tion and treatment, the police
said.
“The accused had watched
obscene videos before commit-
ting the rape. One of their friends
had shown them explicit videos
on his mobile phone which
prompted them to commit the
crime,” the police officer said.
They were from the underprivi-
leged section of society and had
easy access to obscene videos on
mobile phone, inspector Misra
said.
nation
MP police to probe
₹110-cr deposits in
banks after note ban
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh
police department’s special task
force has begun a probe into
deposits of about ₹110 crore made
into savings accounts in the
state’s cooperative banks after
demonetisation.
STF additional director gen-
eral (ADG) Ashok Awasthi said
investigations have been
launched on the basis of com-
plaints that huge quantities of old
notes were deposited in coopera-
tive banks from November 10,
2016 to December 30, 2016 by open-
ing new saving accounts, and that
money was transferred to other
banks from these accounts.
“We have started a probe of
district cooperative banks in
Bhopal, Gwalior and Sagar as
most of the money was deposited
in these banks. But it’s just the tip
of the iceberg. This could be a
very big scam,” he added.
On the evening of November 8,
2016, the government, in a sur-
prise move invalidated old high-
For a smooth ride, rlys
plan massive upgrades
Faizan Haidar
n faizan.haider@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: Changing the cushion
of seats in air-conditioned and
sleeper coaches, improving the
secondary suspension between
the carbody and bogie to reduce
vibration, upgrading the braking
system are among a slew of meas-
ures that the Indian Railways will
implement to ensure maximum
comfort for passengers, said a
member of the Railway Board.
“We are transforming passen-
ger experience through awesome
exteriors, congenial ambience
and better amenities/service
through massive upgradation.
Not only the production of
coaches has increased, the
coaches are now fitted with bio
toilets and LED lights and are
jerk free,” said Rajesh Aggarwal,
member (rolling stock) of railway
board.
One of the key changes will be
11
value notes, which accounted for
86% of the currency in circulation
at the point in time.
An official of the state’s cooper-
ative department said income-
tax officials had already inquired
into the matter and didn’t find
anything amiss.
Madhya Pradesh State Coop-
erative (Apex) Bank managing
director Pradeep Nikhra said,
“Following the huge transactions
during demonetisation, the IT
department sought details of the
accounts of cooperative banks
but didn’t find anything. Now,
STF has taken up the case. We
don’t have any problem. We will
provide all documents.”
The ADG said new accounts
were opened to deposit money in
cooperative banks in violation of
the Reserve Bank of India’s Know
Your Customer (KYC) guidelines.
“As the maximum deposit limit in
an account was ~2 lakh, accounts
were opened in the names of dif-
ferent members of a family. We
will also probe the role of officers
of cooperative banks in allowing
the irregularity,” he said.
the modification of wheels and
the braking system so that pas-
sengers do not feel the impact
when brakes are applied, he said.
With the railways targeting to
run most of the trains at 130
kmph, the main problem was of
excessive vibration.
“Through analytics of passen-
ger complaints, we now know
that riding comfort is most
important for passengers. Those
taking overnight journeys want
the seat cushion as soft as their
bed. We are now analyzing the
right type of cushion for the com-
fort of passenger,” Aggarwal
added.
For the interiors, Indian Rail-
ways has already making
changes and started providing a
tray table and a charging point
for every seat.
Photos are being placed inside
compartments; taps and mirrors
in washrooms are being replaced
as well.

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Chief Engineer (Kangra Zone) HPPWD, Dharamshala, H.P. - 176215
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BJP’sKashmir Kashmir: Managing the aftermath
moveisbold, The government’s decision must not be painted as victory or defeat, but as a win-win for everyone
DS
buthasrisks
HOODA
It will help integrate the state.
T
he speculation over Jammu and
Kashmir is over with the
But for this, the Centre must announcement of revocation
of Article 370, and the division
now reach out to Kashmiris of the state into two Union Terri-
tories. To some, it was evident
that the events of the past few days had less
I
to do with an enhanced security threat, but
n a historic and bold move, the Union government has were carried out with a political objective
redefined the status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Home in mind. The discussions over Article 370
has two sides. This subject will now be
minister Amit Shah announced, in Parliament, on Mon- hotly debated in Parliament, and perhaps, in
day, the end of the state’s special status through a Presi- theSupremeCourt.However,theUniongov-
ernment has takena decision, and the imme-
dential notification. Article 370 and Article 35A have been diate task is to deal with the challenges that
rendered ineffective. He also introduced a bill to reorganise the this decision will bring.
The first, and most obvious result could be
state. J&K will now be a Union Territory (UT) with a legislature; a worsening of the law and order situation in
Ladakh will be a separate Union Terri-
tory without a legislature.
ourtake the Kashmir Valley. An immediate parallel
couldbedrawnwiththesituationthaterupted
followingthekillingofmilitantBurhanWani
inJuly2016.However,thedifferencewith2016
Three distinct strands have dominated the debate on Kash- isthatthegovernmentandsecurityforcesare
mir. One is the “separatist” strand, which gained currency much better prepared today to deal with any
disturbance. The scale of the protests in 2016
through the use of terrorism. This school held that J&K must came as a surprise to the security forces, but
become independent, or merge with Pakistan. India has been the recent pre-emptive deployment of addi-
tional forces into Jammu and Kashmir ena-
correct in resoundingly rejecting this view. J&K has, and will, bles the state government to deal appropri-
remain an integral part of the country. ately with any situation.
If large-scale protests do erupt, how they
The second view, which can be called the “autonomy” are handled will be extremely important.
Obviously, a breakdown of law and order
approach, sought distinctive treatment. This was based on the
cannot be accepted, but the response of the
special circumstances of J&K’s accession. But this did not really security forces must be measured. Large-
scaledeathsandinjuriestocivilianswillleave
address the increasing alienation in the Valley, or the problem long-term scars, and will make conflict reso-
of cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. It also left lution more difficult.
Pakistan can be expected to fish actively
all sides dissatisfied. Kashmiri political elite felt that the state did in the troubled waters of Kashmir. Buoyed
not have enough autonomy; many in the rest of the country were
resentful that it had more autonomy than other states. Worse, it
seemed to come in the way of development of the state in all
BIGCHALLENGE
A redrawn landscape:
aspects — social as well as economic.
The third view, represented by the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), was the “integrationist” approach. This strand held that
It’s not a surgical strike. Anticipated impact,
giving autonomy to J&K was the original mistake. Not only
should special constitutional provisions be removed, the Indian
It’s an open-heart surgery, unintended consequences
State must assert its authority in full. The BJP weaved this into
its manifesto, and won the elections.
On Monday, the integrationist approach won. This opens
and there will be bleeding If Kashmiri parties boycott polls, they’ll be marginalised;
up possibilities. Kashmir, for too long, has been behind the devel- The BJP thinks that its radical steps are a magic bullet
opment curve. It has been engulfed by political violence, become for all of Kashmir’s ills. This is an incorrect assessment
a playground for Pakistan’s military and spy agency, and, reli-
gious radicalism. Status quo has now been broken — and all
HAPPYMON
observers must concede that status quo was not helping. JACOB
The application of progressive Indian laws in the state; the crea-
tion of mechanisms to implement the Centre’s welfare schemes
in the state; the ability of Indians from the rest of the country to
invest freely and buy property in Kashmir; and the opening up of
W
economic opportunities will all help in cementing Kashmir with ith one stroke of a pen, the Gov-
ernmentofIndia,ledbytheBhar-
India more substantially. atiya Janata Party (BJP), has
dramatically and radically
At the same time, the Centre’s moves merit criticism on two
alteredtherelationshipbetweentheerstwhile
counts. princelystateofJammuandKashmirandthe
IndianUnion,thedynamicsofthehighlycon-
The first is due process. The process of revocation of Article tentious politics in that conflict-ridden state,
370, which ties the state with India, needed the approval of J&K’s and the contours of India-Pakistan negotia-
tions on the Kashmir question.
Constituent Assembly. In the absence of such an assembly, it can While the BJP will politically benefit from
be removed with the concurrence of the state legislative assem- this bold move, one will have to wait and see
whether it will be able to implement its twin
bly. But the assembly does not exist at the moment either, and decision to scrap Article 370 and undoing
the notification suggests that it was the Governor’s concurrence Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood without
acrimony, bloodshed and further alienation
that was obtained to render the provisions irrelevant. This is within the Kashmir Valley.
While there was sufficient indication that
clearly not sufficient. The process has been pushed through
theBJPmightactonitstraditionalpromiseof
without consultations with Kashmir’s political leaders, who abrogating Article 370, it’s the manner in
which it has gone about it is surprising. In
have been under detention. Further, the reorganisation of states one sense, by bifurcating the state into
requires the consent of the state assembly concerned. In this twosegmentsandmakingthemUnionTerri-
tories, the BJP has gone way beyond its
case, J&K has been bifurcated, and statehood diluted to UT sta- own past rhetoric of merely abrogating Arti-
tus, without any deliberations in the assembly. This throws up cle 370 and trifurcating the state. It’s not a
“surgical strike”, it’s an open-heart surgery,
an important question — Can the end justify the means? Can the and there will be bleeding.
Centre undermine the federal structure? The message from Monday’s decisions is
loudandclear:NewDelhi,fromnowon,won’t
The second concern is the mood on the ground in Kashmir. bekeen ontakingthedifficult butdemocrati-
callyprudentpathofpeace-buildinginKash-
Like all Indian citizens, Kashmiris seek greater democracy.
mir, nor would it be willing to keep Kashmir
Elements keen to destabilise India would seek to build a on the negotiating table with Pakistan. So,
whentheBJPleadershipsaysthata“historic
narrative that Delhi is taking away powers from the local level. wrong”hasbeencorrectedinKashmir,what
It is important that the process of turning the state into a UT does itperhapsmeansisthattheintegrationofJ&K
into the Indian Union is “now’ complete, not-
not lead to alienation. withstandingthecountry’sofficialpositionon
The government can mitigate these risks by launching a com- the part currently in Pakistan’s possession.
The easy part, of issuing a Presidential
prehensive outreach programme to all Kashmiris. While it must Order, and announcing it in the Parliament,
remain on guard to ensure Pakistan, and radical militants, do whilekeepingatightgriponthesecuritysitu-
ationintheValley,isover.Nowcomesthedif-
not take advantage of the situation, it should simultaneously ficultpartofjustifyingtheconstitutionalityof
the decision, and this would most definitely
engage in dialogue with Kashmiri political actors, civil society,
lead to a long drawn out legal battle.
media, citizens and allay their apprehensions. The Centre must So, what explains the timing of this
radical decision? From a domestic political
show to Kashmiris that its intent of removing the special status perspective, the BJP might have correctly
is to create more opportunities, and prosperity. Only then will calculated that doing so before the assembly
elections in the state would enable it to
the gamble by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah pay off. pushthe decisionthrough,while President’s
Rule is still in force.
Moreso,theemerginggeopoliticaldynam-
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comment
n The Centre’s advisory to various states to ensure the safety of the residents of Jammu and
Kashmir is a step in the right direction. It must now be followed up by a genuine outreach to
the people of the state
by the recent statements of United States
President Donald Trump on mediation,
Pakistan will attempt to internationalise
the issue of Kashmir. I do not see any great
success in Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts, as
the world is mostly tired of Islamabad’s
duplicity on terrorism, and sees Kashmir
as an internal matter of India. Pakistan
will undoubtedly step up its support to
terror activities in Kashmir. This is perhaps
the last chance it has of showing its backing
ics in Afghanistan, and the resultant United
States-Pakistan rapprochement, could have
potentially led to more heat on the Kashmir
situation in the months ahead. The recent
Kashmir tweets by President Donald Trump
clearly indicated that. By “integrating J&K
fully” into the Indian Union, New Delhi now
expects to brazen out any such pressure. To
that extent,this is also a messageto theinter-
nationalcommunityof how it will regard the
former’sopinionsonKashmirfromnowon--
with indifference.
The international community has seem-
ingly decided to wait and watch, not that the
New Delhi of today loses sleep over what the
opinionmakers of the international commu-
nity has to say about it. The international
community, including the United States, the
United Kingdom and the European Union, is
likelytoadoptacautiousapproachtothedeci-
sionbyNewDelhiwhich,strictlyspeaking,is
a domestic issue. Their concerns might only
cometotheforeifthisleadstomore violence.
Thebiggerchallenge,however,isnotlegal,
butpolitical.Clearly,it’samajorpoliticalvic-
toryfortheBJP,especiallygivenhowthesev-
eralfence-sittingregionalparties—including
the Aam Aadmi Party, which has been an
in-principle supporter of full statehood —
went on to support the J&K Reorganisation
Bill. The separatist parties in the Valley will
increase their political fight against New
Delhi. Militancywouldonceagainseearisein
theValley,withorwithoutsupportfromPaki-
stan.Asaresult,Kashmir’sstreetscouldwit-
ness more violence and anarchy in the days
aheadoncethecurfewiflifted,andtheValley
is reconnected to the rest of the world.
More significantly, by “un-making” the
J&K state, New Delhi has made the entire
pro-India political mainstream in the Valley
politicallyirrelevant, administrativelypow-
erless, and worthless from a conflict-resolu-
tion perspective. Consider a moment, the
combined effect of the disillusionment and
alienation of the Kashmiri youth and the
irrelevanceofthemainstreamKashmiripolit-
ical class. It is unlikely to be good news. The
Indian State might win the day with sheer
force, but what of its legitimacy in a state
whereeveryone,includingthepro-Indiapar-
ties, would be bitter, angry and desperate?
The BJP seems to think that its radical
stepsvis-à-visKashmirissomesortofamagic
bullet for all of Kashmir’s ills, and that’s
exactlywhereitmayhavefaultedinitsjudge-
ment. For one, there are no magic bullets in
conflict resolution, and more importantly,
minorityrights,inthiscasethoseoftheKash-
miris, can’t be divorced from the inherent
workings of a mature democracy.
Happymon Jacob is associate professor of
disarmament studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
The views expressed are personal
HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW D ELHI
TUESDAY, AUGUST 06, 2019
VIPIN KUMAR / HINDUSTAN TIMES
to the cause of azadi (freedom) in Kashmir.
IfPakistandoesnothing,itcouldlosecredibil-
ity not only in Kashmir, but also among
terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba
andtheJaish-e-Mohammadthatarevirtually
an arm of the Inter-Services Intelligence.
However, there are limits to Pakistan’s
response.Hobbledbyinternationalpressure
andadirefinancialsituation,Pakistanneeds
to keep its actions calibrated to ensure that
the situation does not escalate to a conven-
if they participate, it will mean accepting new realities
SUSHANT
SAREEN
I
n one fell swoop, the Narendra Modi
government in its Season 2 has altered
the political landscape in the state,
sorry Union Territory (UT), of Jammu
and Kashmir, and Ladakh. For more than
a week, the air was thick with rumours of
something big was going to happen. Most
people thought it would be abrogation of
Article 35A, some believed that the gov-
ernment was going to undo Article 370,
and still others were apprehending a tri-
furcation of the state. No one expected all
three to happen in one go. But the govern-
ment left everyone blindsided by using the
provisions of Article 370 to completely
defang it, thereby obviating the need for a
complicated procedure for a constitu-
tional amendment. And once this was
done through the instrumentality of a
Presidential Order, it moved for a bifurca-
tion of the erstwhile state, and converted
the two new entities into Union territories.
The deed having been done, now every-
one is bracing for the fallout of this
extremely bold, and, perhaps, a risky gam-
bit. The impact of what happened on
August 5 will be felt not just in the erst-
while J&K state, but also on the national
politics. Modi has cemented his constitu-
ency, and fulfilled one of the core agenda
items of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s
(BJP) political programme. His stock is
sky high, not just among his core constitu-
ency, but also among many others on the
fence. The Opposition will find it difficult,
even politically suicidal, to oppose the
bifurcation of the erstwhile state. This is,
therefore, a done deal.
But the real challenge for the Modi gov-
ernment will come in J&K. Ladakh will, of
course, celebrate its UT status, a long-
standing demand, at least, in Leh. How
Kargil reacts remains to be seen, but the
odds are that it won’t like it. In the newly
carved out UT of J&K, it will be the worst
of both worlds. The Jammuites will be
happy with the UT status, but will be
extremely resentful of remaining lumped
with Kashmir. The demand for a separate
state or UT in Jammu, which will free
Jammu from the ‘yoke’ of Kashmir, has
been there forever. The new delimitation
plan, which is expected to ensure an equal
distribution of seats between Jammu and
Kashmir regions, will also not assuage the
sentiments of the hardline Hindu elements
in Jammu. This is because the extra seats
in Jammu region are most likely to come
tional conflict. The Indian Army’s deploy-
ment along the Line of Control in Jammu
and Kashmir is extremely robust, and will
not allow large-scale infiltration. Notwith-
standing this, a major terror incident in
Kashmir cannot be ruled out, and it will pri-
marily be the responsibility of intelligence
agencies to ensure that there is no repeat of a
Pulwama-type attack.
It is also essential to not look at tackling
the situation purely through a security
approach. If the government’s action aims
to find a resolution to the Kashmir conflict,
it has to take the local population into
confidence. This is perhaps the most difficult
taskaspastactivitiesofthegovernmenthave
only increased suspicion and alienation
among the Kashmiris. As long as this aliena-
tionisnotaddressed,long-termsolutionswill
not be forthcoming.
Inthemilitary,oneessentialcomponentof
a counter-insurgency campaign is winning
the “battle of the narrative”. It is the success
ofourcommunicationstrategythatwillturn
the youth away from the path of extremism
towardsthebenefitsofsupportingthegovern-
ment’s policies. This aspect has not received
enoughattentionwhiledealingwithKashmir.
It must also be understood that narratives
aremorethanverbalmessages;theyalsoneed
visible actions to show the sincerity of the
political leadershipin findinga just solution.
The decision of the government must not be
painted in terms of victory or defeat, but as a
win-winforeveryone.Theadvisorytovarious
state governments to ensure the safety and
securityoftheresidentsofJammuandKash-
mirisastepintherightdirection.Itmustnow
be followed up by a genuine outreach to the
people of the state.
The revocation of Article 370 is undoubt-
edly a momentous step. The strategy that the
government adopts to handle its fall out will
define the success of this move.
Lt General (Retd) DS Hooda is the former General
Officer Commanding-in-chief, Northern Command
The views expressed are personal
from the Muslim-majority districts.
The real concern is how the Valley will
react. That it will not take kindly to what
has happened is a no-brainer. There is a
real possibility of widespread protests and
violence as a reaction to the dismember-
ment of the state and the dilution (virtual
death) of Article 370, which many Kash-
miris (rightly or wrongly) saw as a marker
of their separate identity and of the nomi-
nal autonomy that the state enjoyed
within the Indian Union.
Worse, Kashmiris fear that not just
their identity and culture, but also
their majority will be swamped by outsid-
ers who will stream in to settle in the
state, thereby changing the demography
in the Valley.
Most of these fears are, of course,
unfounded. There will be no large scale
state-sponsored settlement of outsiders in
Kashmir; nor will millions of people
stream in to buy properties and settle in
the Valley. People migrate to places where
there are economic opportunities, which
can sustain them. Kashmir doesn’t fit the
bill, even less so because for the foreseea-
ble future, things are likely to remain
extremely disturbed.
This is so because the resentment and
alienation against the Indian State could
peak in the Valley. It is possible that the
kind of lockdown that there is in the Valley
might keep a lid on things for now. But this
lockdown can’t be forever. As soon as it is
lifted, there is likelihood of mass protests
and increased terrorist violence. But this
would have been factored in by the Centre
when it went all in on changing the
dynamic in Kashmir.
For at least six months, maybe even a
year, the UT will remain under central
rule. The authorities will be hoping that
things will cool down by the time the UT is
ready for elections. The dilemma for the
mainstream parties is that with their bluff
on Article 370 having been called, they are
caught between a rock and a hard place. If
they boycott the elections, they will
become even more marginalized because
new people will step in to fill the vacuum,
as happened after the local body polls; if
they participate, then it will be an accept-
ance of the new realities.
But all of this is what can be anticipated.
The worry is about the unintended conse-
quences of the epochal changes that
unfolded on Monday.
These include not just things that might
happen in the Valley, which haven’t been
factored in, but also what happens on the
regional and international stage, where
there is a lot of flux and major realign-
ments are taking place.
Sushant Sareen is senior fellow,
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi
The views expressed are personal
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Another SP leader
TransgenderrightsbillclearsLS resigns from RS
VOICE VOTE Bill aims to safeguard rights of
community but activists say many provisions
Lok Sabha passes Medical Commission House clears bill to HT Correspondent
letters@hindustantimes.com
Seth’s resignation comes as a
major jolt to the Samajwadi
bill to increase bill gets LS approval ban commercial
n

Party as he is considered close to

in legislation are vague and may be harmful LUCKNOW :Samajwadi Party (SP) both SP founder Mulayam Singh

judges in top court HT Correspondent

surrogacy leader Sanjay Seth on Monday
resigned from the Rajya Sabha.
Seth is the third Samajwadi
Yadav and SP national president
Akhilesh Yadav.
Seth was the SP’s treasurer.
HT Correspondent Rhythma Kaul
n letters@hindustantimes.com
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW BILL TO n letters@hindustantimes.com
Party MP to have resigned from
the Rajya Sabha in the past one
He was nominated SP’s trea-
surer by Akhilesh Yadav when

NEWDELHI:Lok Sabha on Monday

passed a bill which seeks to
increasethenumberofSupreme
Courtjudgesfrom thepresent30
to 33 with a view to reduce pend-
ency of cases.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad used the opportunity to
urge the judiciary against mak-
ing “sweeping commentary”
while hearing cases.
“They should have the cour-
age to write it in judgements and
n Transgender community members during a protest in Delhi. HT FILE give reasons,” he said while
responding to the debate on the
Supreme Court (Number of
HT Correspondent ACCORDING TO THE 2011 Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019.
letters@hindustantimes.com A bill which sought to bar
CENSUS, THERE ARE
n
NEWDELHI:Parliamenton Monday
cleared the National Medical
Commission(NMC)Bill2019that
aims to replace the graft-tainted
Medical Council of India (MCI).
The bill was passed by the Lok
Sabha on Monday, four days
after the Rajya Sabha cleared it
with amendments.
The Indian Medical Associa-
tion (IMA), the country’s apex
body representing the medical
fraternity, gave a call for strike
on August 8 to protest some pro-
visions of the bill.
The IMA said medical stu-
dents would continue their
strike across the country under
IMA Medical Students Network.
AMEND CHIT
FUNDS ACT
The government on
Monday introduced a
bill in Lok Sabha to
amend the Chit Funds
Act that seeks to revise
the prescribed ceiling of
chit amount to Rs 3 lakh
for individuals as well as
to bring in various other
changes. The amend-
ments have been pro-
posed to facilitate
growth of the chit fund
sector . PTI I
NEWDELHI: TheLokSabhaonMon-
daypassedtheSurrogacy(Regu-
lation)Bill, 2019thatseekstoban
commercialsurrogacybutallows
altruistic surrogacy.
Some amendments moved by
opposition parties were rejected
by voice vote.
On July 15, Union health min-
isterHarsh Vardhanintroduced
the bill in the Lok Sabha to regu-
late commercial surrogacy.
According to the bill, only infer-
tile Indian couples (between the
agesof23and50yearsforwoman
and 26-55 years for man), who
have been legally married for at
least five years can now opt for
month.
Earlier, Neeraj Shekhar and
Surendra Nagar had submitted
their resignations from the
Rajya Sabha.
Seth is likely to join the BJP
along with Nagar, who resigned
from the Upper House on Friday.
It all started with Shekhar,
who quit Rajya Sabha on July 15
and joined the Bharatiya Janata
Party next day.
With the exit of Seth, the Sam-
ajwadi Party is now left with just
10 members in the Rajya Sabha.
PA R T Y FAC E S S E T B AC K
RS whip Kalita submits
he took over the reins of the
party in January 2017.
Shortly before this, Akhilesh
had sent him to Rajya Sabha in
May 2016.
Seth is one of the big builders
to have emerged from Lucknow
after his real estate company
that he had floated in 1985
evolved into a business conglom-
erate.
Unlike Shekhar and Nagar,
Seth was actively involved in
party activities during the 2019
Lok Sabha election.

NEW DELHI : The Lok Sabha on
Monday passed a bill that pro-
vides a mechanism for social,
economic and educational
empowerment of the transgen-
der community.
The Transgender Persons
(Protection of Rights) Bill 2019
was passed by a voice vote amid
noisy protests by the opposition
over Congress leader Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury not being
allowed to speak on his adjourn-
ment notice.
Replying on the bill, minister
of state for social justice Rattan
Lal Kataria said it makes provi-
sion for establishing a national
authority for safeguarding
rights of transgender people.
The minister said according to
the 2011 census, there are more
than 4.80 lakh transgender peo-
ple in the country.
He said the bill has provisions
for penalty and punishment in
cases of offences and sexual har-
assment against transgender
people.
A contentious provision that
criminalised begging by trans-
gender people has been removed
from the bill. The provision was
part of the bill when it was intro-
duced by the previous govern-
ment. The bill had lapsed.
During the debate, Bhubanes-
MORE THAN 4,80,000
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
IN THE COUNTRY
war MP and BJP leader Apara-
jita Sarangi said centuries of
stigma, negativity and bias asso-
ciated with a particular commu-
nity would be removed with the
passage of the bill.
Tirnamool Congress MP from
Birbhum Satabdi Roy said there
was a need to economically
empower the third gender and
they should be given more
opportunities in job and educa-
tion.
Bharatiya Janta Party MP
from Chandigarh Kirron Kher
said the bill was yet another step
towards making India a more
democratic country, a more
inclusive country.
“It is shameful that access to
basic facilities and basic services
is not given to them (transgen-
ders),” she said.
BJP’s Manoj Tiwari said
transgenders were symbol of
happiness. They visit homes of
people during the time of cele-
brations and happiness and it
was also important to save their
culture and heritage, the MP
from Delhi said.
judges from making “sweeping
remarks”againstanotherconsti-
tutional authority was brought
by the previous UPA govern-
ment, but lapsed following the
dissolutionofthe15thLokSabha.
Responding on concerns
raisedbymembersoverdifferen-
ces within the Supreme Court
Judges, Prasad said differences
within the judiciary should not
come out in the open and they
should be settled within and the
governmentshouldnothaveany
role in it.
Responding to a question on
the request made by the Chief
Justice of India to increase the
retirement age of High Court
Judges, he said the matter has to
be looked into its totality as oth-
ers including the three service
chiefsandbureaucratscouldalso
demand the same.
AConstitutionalAmendment
bill brought by the UPA govern-
ment to increase the retirement
ageofHighCourtJudgesfrom62
to 65 lapsed and it never came up
for discussion in the 15th Lok
Sabha. With several members
raising questions over the
Supreme Court striking down
the National Judicial Appoint-
mentslaw,hesaidwhilethegov-
ernment accepts the verdict, he
has never agreed on the reason-
ing given in the order.
“The call is for all the modern
medicine doctors to leave their
work place across the sectors at
all levels,” the IMA said in a
statement.
One of the main contentions
against the bill is that it proposes
a common entrance exam -
National Exit Test (NEXT) -
which could be treated as the
final year exam for the under-
graduate course as the licentiate
exam for a career in medicine
and also as the entranceexam for
post graduate courses in the
country.
Parl has to be modernised: V-P
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI: LokSabhaSpeakerand
RajyaSabhachairmanurgedthe
government to expand and mod-
ernize the colonial-era Parlia-
ment building in sync with the
PrimeMinister’svisionforanew
India.
While Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla said that it is the aspiration
ofallofusthatParliamentHouse
of the largest Republic and the
largest democracy of the world
shouldbecomethemostmagnifi-
cent and attractive, Naidu
It will also be used to screen
students graduating from for-
eign countries. Doctors are also
opposing the bill, saying it will
encourage quackery by provid-
ing licence to practice modern
medicine as community health
providers for persons other than
those possessing MBBS degrees.
Besides, the doctors’ body
called for demonstrations and
hunger strikes at its local bran-
ches and urged medical students
to boycott classes and proclaim
solidarity with the IMA.
recalled that when he was the
urban development minister, he
receivedrequestsfrommembers
tomodernizethebuildingwithall
facilities.BoththeChairspointed
out that the Parliament building
is now 92 years old and needs
urgentrepairs.“So,wehavebeen
appealing to the Government to
consider this. Of course, before
taking a final decision, they will
consult us also, Rajya Sabha as
well as Lok Sabha, to make it
more comfortable, more func-
tional and more useful for Mem-
bers with all the modern facili-
ties,”Naidusaid.TheParliament
altruistic surrogacy.
For altruistic surrogacy, the
surrogatemotherhastobeaclose
relative, who has been married
and has had a child of her own,
and there is no monetary
exchange except for necessary
medical expenses.
Expertsinthefieldsayaltruis-
tic surrogacy was not a feasible
concept.
“Altruistic surrogacy is a
failedconcept.It’snoteasytofind
asurrogateinone’sfamily,”says
DrShivaniSachdevGour,Delhi-
based IVF expert.
building—consideredbymanyas
a functioning monument—has
frequently faced maintenance
issues. Once,a hugechunk ofthe
ceiling fell in a minister’s room
which was right below the
kitchen. For a long time, the
buildingalsodidn’tgetfiresafety
clearance fromDelhi firedepart-
mentafteritwasfoundthatmany
of its escape routes and alleys
have been blocked by unautho-
rized constructions.
DuringtheUPAera,therewas
a proposal to even shift Parlia-
menttootherpremisesorabrand
new building.
resignation, stuns Cong
HT Correspondent
n letters@hindustantimes.com
NEWDELHI: Congress’s chief whip
in the Rajya Sabha, Bhubanesh-
war Kalita, on Monday resigned
from the membership of the
Upper House of Parliament,
opposingtheparty’sstandonthe
abrogation of Article 370 that
gavespecialstatustoJammuand
Kashmir and bifurcation of the
state into two union territories.
RajyaSabhaChairmanMVen-
kaih Naidu announced in the
House that he has accepted
Kalita’s resignation.
Theresignationcameaheadof
the crucial vote on a resolution
scrapping Article 370 of the Con-
stitutionandabilltobifurcatethe
stateintotwounionterritories—
Jammu and Kashmir, and
Ladakh.
Congress members from the
Upper House said they were sur-
prisedbyhisdecision.Kalitahas,
however,not resignedas a mem-
ber of the Congress party.
“I was asked by the party to
issueawhipbutthisisagainstthe
moodofthenation.Thepartyasit
THE RESIGNATION CAME
AHEAD OF THE CRUCIAL
VOTE ON A RESOLUTION
SCRAPPING ARTICLE 370
IN JAMMU & KASHMIR
AND A BILL TO
BIFURCATE THE STATE
isonitswaytowardsdestruction
andI can’tbe a contributor to it,”
he said in a letter.
Kalita,aRajyaSabhamember
from Assam, had only a few
monthsleftinhistenureandwas
due to retire on April 9, 2020.
Asked about his future plans,
he said he would disclose them
after a few days. He did not con-
firmifhewasjoiningtheBharat-
iya Janata Party.
Kalita had been the president
of the Assam Pradesh Congress
Committee for a decade between
2004 and 2014.
Withhisresignation,following
that of Sanjay Singh’s, the Con-
gress party’s members in 245-
member House now stood at 46.

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WILL FOLLOW SUIT
IF US DEVELOPS
N-MISSILES: PUTIN
MOSCOW: President Vladimir
Putin warned on Monday Russia
would be forced to start develop-
ing short and intermediate-range
land-based nuclear missiles if the
US started doing so after the
demise of a landmark arms
control treaty. The US formally
left the Intermediate Nuclear
Forces (INF) treaty with Russia on
Friday after determining that
Moscow was violating the treaty
and had already deployed at least
one banned type of missile, an
accusation the Kremlin denies.
Putin on Monday held a meeting
with his Security Council after
which he ordered the defence and
foreign ministries and Russia’s
SVR foreign intelligence service to
closely monitor any steps the US
took to develop, produce or
deploy missiles banned under the
defunct treaty. “If Russia obtains
reliable information that the
United States has finished
developing these systems and
started to produce them, Russia
will have no option other than to
engage in a full-scale effort to
develop similar missiles,” Putin
said in a statement. REUTERS
Oz cancer patient ends life
using assisted dying law
SYDNEY:A 61-year-old cancer
patient has become the first
person in over two decades to die
under controversial assisted
dying laws in Australia. Kerry
Robertson died in July, three
months after the mother-of-two
ceased treatment for metastatic
breast cancer. The state of
Victoria passed a law in 2017 to
legalise the practice. AFP
12 dead, 1 missing in flash
flood at scenic China gorge
BEIJING:Twelve people died and
one was missing after a flash
flood at a scenic site in China.
Tourists were trapped after heavy
rain triggered the flood Sunday
evening at Duobi Gorge in Hubei
province. Sixty-one people have
been rescued. AP
WW2 Spitfire takes off on
round-the-world flight
CHICHESTER, UK: An original
Spitfire plane took off from
Britain on Monday on an unprece-
dented attempt to fly the iconic
World War 2 fighter around the
globe. AFP
Sri Lanka police arrest 3
members of banned group
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police on
Monday arrested three members
of a banned Islamic organisation
linked to Easter Sunday suicide
bomb attacks that killed more
than 250 people. The suspects
belong to Jamathei Millathu
Ibrahim, police said. AP
REBEL COMMANDER STRIKES
Air raid on Libyan
town kills at least 43
Reuters
n letters@hindustantimes,com
TRIPOLI: A drone air strike by east-
ern Libyan forces on the south-
ern Libyan town of Murzuq has
killed at least 43 people, a local
official said on Monday.
The attack is the second major
air strike blamed on the eastern
Libyan National Army (LNA)
forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar
after at least 44 migrants were
killed in June when a detention
centre in a suburb of the capital
Tripoli was hit.
The LNA confirmed a strike
late on Sunday on Murzuq, but
denied it had targeted any civil-
ians. The LNA had also denied it
had hit the detention centre but
acknowledged increased air
strikes on the capital.
The internationally recog-
nised government based in Tri-
poli opposing Haftar said dozens
werekilled andwoundedin Mur-
zuq.
Reached by telephone, Mur-
zuq municipal council member
Mohamed Omar told Reuters:
“The air strike resulted in 43
killed and 51 wounded. This is
only an initial toll of casualties.”
Brazilian gang leader dresses up as his own US, S Korea start
19-year-old daughter in a bid to escape prison joint military drills
Strike,clashesparalyseHongKong
‘DANGEROUS SITUATION’ Defiant leader Carrie Lam warns of turmoil, refuses to quit from her post
Reuters
n letters@hindustantimes.com
HONGKONG: Policefiredteargasat
protesters in multiple parts of
Hong Kong on Monday after a
general strike hit transport and
the city’s Beijing-backed leader
warneditsprosperitywasatrisk.
Theprotestssurpassedearlier
shows of dissent in scale and
intensity, seemingly stoked by
HongKongchiefexecutiveCarrie
Lam’srefusalonceagain tomeet
any of the protesters’ demands,
while warning of an “extremely
dangerous situation”. What
started several months ago as
demonstrations over an extradi-
tion bill that would have let peo-
plebesenttomainland Chinafor
trial have grown into a much
broaderbacklashagainstthecity
governmentanditspoliticalmas-
ters in Beijing.
The protests are the greatest
politicalthreattotheformerBrit-
ish colony’s government since it
returnedtoChineseruleandone
ofthebiggestpopularchallenges
toChineseleaderXiJinpingsince
he came to power in 2012.
Amidextensivedisruptionsto
trains and traffic, tens of thou-
sands of demonstrators fanned
outacrossHongKong,spreading
Trump condemns white supremacy
Yashwant Raj
n yashwant.raj@hindustantimes.com
WASHINGTON: In his first public
remarks on the recent mass
shootings, US President Donald
Trump on Monday condemned
white supremacy and racism,
sought greater focus on mental
health issues, violent video
games and batted for denying
arms to people deemed safety
risks.But he madenomentionof
gun-controlmeasuresthathehad
suggested just hours earlier.
“Inonevoice,ournationmust
condemn racism, bigotry and
whitesupremacy,”Trumpsaidin
anaddressfromtheWhiteHouse,
with Vice-President Mike Pence
by his side. “Hatred warps the
mind, ravages the heart and
devoursthesoul,”hesaidafter30
people died in back-to-back
shootings in El Paso, Texas and
Dayton,Ohio.Whilepoliceattrib-
uted no racial motive on the sec-
ondshooter,ConnorBetts,whose
The LNA seized Murzuq at the
start of this year as part of an
offensive to control the oil-pro-
ducing south. But it later moved
out to concentrate forces north
where it has been trying to take
the capital Tripoli in a four-
month campaign.
The LNA said in a statement
its strike had targeted “Chadian
opposition fighters”, a phrase
that usually refers to Tebu
tribesmen opposing them in the
area.
Haftar’s LNA, allied to a paral-
lel government based in eastern
Libya, has seen its advance on
Tripoli held up by robust defen-
ces on the outskirts of the capital,
and said it would start heavy air
strikes after “traditional means”
of war had been exhausted.
On Sunday, the UN Libya mis-
sion (UNSMIL) condemned in a
statement “the repeated indis-
criminate shelling” of Tripoli’s
only functioning airport after
several strikes in the past days.
Haftar’s attempt to capture
Tripoli has derailed UN attempts
to broker an end to the chaos that
has prevailed in Libya since the
NATO-backed overthrow of
Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
J A I L B R E A K FA I L
RIODEJANEIRO: A Brazilian
gang leader tried to escape
from prison by dressing up as
his daughter when she
visited him behind bars and
walking out of the peniten-
tiary’s main door in her
place, authorities said on
Sunday. But prison officials
said the nervousness dis-
played by Clauvino da Silva,
also known as ‘Shorty’, as he
tried to leave the prison in the
n Clauvino da Silva
pockets of activism to most of its
main three regions: Hong Kong
island,KowloonandtheNewTer-
ritories. Police stations were
besieged and roads occupied.
In the evening, a group of men
armed with sticks tried to attack
the black-clad protesters in the
North Point district. Riot police
used tear gas in districts includ-
ing Wong Tai Sin, Tin Shui Wai,
TaiPo,andAdmiraltyclosetothe
city’sgovernmentheadquarters.
Speaking to the media for the
first time in two weeks, Lam
remained defiant,rejecting calls
to resign, condemning violence
and saying the government
would be resolute. She warned
that the protests were putting
HongKongonapathofnoreturn
and had hurt its economy.
“They claim they want a revo-
lutionand to restore Hong Kong.
These actions have far exceeded
theiroriginalpoliticaldemands,”
said a stern-faced Lam, flanked
by some, but not all senior mem-
bers of her administration.
“These illegal acts that chal-
lengeourcountry’ssovereignty,
and jeopardise ‘one country two
systems’, will destroy the stabil-
ityandprosperityofHongKong,”
Lam said, referring to the terri-
tory’s administrative system.
n People take part in a prayer vigil in El Paso, Texas.
ninevictimsincludedhisownsis-
ter, Patrick Crusius, the El Paso
killer, left an online manifesto in
whichhe railedagainstHispanic
“invasion” and “racial mixing”.
Thedeathtoll,whichincludedsix
Mexicannationals, wentupto21
on Monday. In his remarks,
Remembering Magellan 500 yrs after epic trip
LISBON:Ferdinand Magellan set
off from Spain 500 years ago on
an audacious voyage to sail all
the way around the globe for the
first time, a landmark in the his-
tory of exploration.
The Portuguese explorer was
killed by islanders in the Philip-
pines two years into the adven-
ture, leaving Spaniard Juan
Sebastian Elcano to complete
the three-year trip.
It is Magellan’s name,
though, that is forever associ-
ated with the voyage.
“Magellan is still an inspira-
tion 500 years on,” said Fabien
Cousteau, a French filmmaker
and underwater explorer.
Magellan’s voyage rewrote
the maps and geography books.
He was the first to discover the
strait near southern Chile,
which now bears his name
(Strait of Magellan) - linking the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans at
the tip of South America.
While crossing the strait, the
explorer and his crew observed
two galaxies visible to the naked
eye from the southern hemi-
sphere, now known as the Mag-
ellanic Clouds.
The voyage also contributed
to Europeans’ knowledge of the
universe and has marked the
worlds of space exploration and
astronomy to this day. AFP
western part of Rio de
Janeiro dressed as a woman
gave him away.
His plan was apparently to
leave his 19-year-old daugh-
ter inside the jail. Police are
looking into her possible role
as an accomplice in Satur-
day’s failed escape attempt
from Gericino prison.
Rio’s state secretary of
prison administration
released photos showing da
Silva in a silicon girl’s mask
AP and long dark-haired wig,
n (Above) Protesters react after police fired tear gas in Tai Po district during a general strike in Hong Kong
on Monday. (Right) A protester throws back a tear gas canister at police.
AFP
Trumptooknoresponsibilityfor
the apparent connections in the
manifesto to racism and xeno-
phobia expressed by him in the
past. He skipped altogether uni-
versalbackgroundcheckforgun
purchases, which he had teased
inamorningtweetandsuggested
First voyage around the world
500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan started the first expedition
around the globe, which was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano
Victoria
Replica of the
only ship from the
original fleet that
made it around
the world
wearing tight jeans and a
pink shirt with a cartoon
image of donuts.
They also released a video
in which da Silva can be seen
removing the mask and some
of the clothes, and saying his
full name.
Authorities say da Silva
was part of the leadership of
the Red Command, one of the
most powerful criminal
groups in Brazil that con-
trolled drug trafficking in a
large part of Rio. AP
“marrying” it with immigration
reform, which was swiftly
denounced by critics as dead-on-
arrival,giventhecomplexnature
of the two issues.
Trumpsaidinsteadthathehas
directedthejusticedepartmentto
proposealegislationprescribing
thedeathpenaltyforhatecrimes
and mass murders. He also
sought greater focus on “grue-
someandgrislyvideogames”and
“a culture that celebrates vio-
lence” and on mental health
issues, which have long been
advocated by the gun lobby and
Republicans as alternatives to
toughergunlaws.“Mentalillness
and hatred pulls the trigger, not
thegun,”hesaid.Trumpalsoreit-
erated his support for “red flag”
measurestospotpotentialsafety
risks and dispossessing them of
their weapons and confining
themtemporarily. Butthe presi-
dent was widely seen to have
fallenshortonceagainofendors-
ing basic gun safety measures.
August 10, 1519
DEPARTED:
and 237 men
led by Magellan
Pacific
Ocean
Rio de la Plata
D E F Y I N G N KO R E A ’ S WA R N I N G S
SEOUL: Seoul and Washington
began annual joint military
exercises on Monday, defying
warnings from Pyongyang that
the war games will jeopardise
nuclear negotiations between
the US and North Korea.
The drills come after Pyong-
yang tested a series of short-
range projectiles in recent days,
calling one of them a “solemn
warning” to Seoul against pur-
suing the mainly computer-sim-
ulated drills with Washington.
South Korean defence minis-
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20 killed as car
bomb collides with UK joins US mission
vehicles in Egypt
CAIRO: A car packed with explo-
to protect oil tankers
sives beingdriven to carry out an LONDON :Britain said on Monday
attack collided with other vehi- it will join forces with the US to
cles and exploded in central protect merchant vessels in the
Cairo, killing at least 20 people, Gulf amid heightened tensions
the interior ministry said Mon- with Iran, after Tehran taunted
day, the deadliest attack in the Washington that its allies were
Egyptian capital in over two too “ashamed” to join the mis-
years. sion. Britain’s decision to form
The blast went off Sunday the joint maritime task force
night on the busy Corniche bou- with the USmarks a departure in
levard along the Nile River, set- policy under new Prime Minis-
ting other cars on fire and injur- ter Boris Johnson, after efforts
ing at least 47. It damaged under his predecessor Theresa
Egypt’s main cancer hospital May to form a European-led
nearby, shattering parts of the grouping.
facade and some rooms inside, It follows a spate of incidents -
forcing the evacuation of dozens including the seizure of ships -
of patients. Authorities had ini- between Iran and Western pow-
tially said the explosion was ers, in particular Britain and the
caused by a multi-vehicle acci- US, centred on the vital Strait of
dent. But on Monday, the inte- Hormuz thoroughfare. “The UK
rior ministry acknowledged that is determined to ensure her ship-
a car bomb was involved. AP ping is protected from unlawful
MAGELLAN
Seville September 8, 1522
Arrived: PHILIPPINES
5 ships Round-the-world
voyage completed after MactanCebu
14,460 leagues
(around 80,340 km)
in 1,125 days
Arrived in the
Atlantic April 27, 1521 Philippines
Ocean Magellan killed
in a fight with the
chief of a local tribe Borneo
Indian
Ocean
December 13, 1519
Santa Lucia
(now Rio de Janeiro) April 6, 1522
Magellan prevents Cape of
Good Hope
a mutiny
October-November 1520
Arrived at the strait that would be named after him.
Start of the crossing of the Pacific
‘200mn Chinese live
on less than $5 a day’
Sutirtho Patranobis
n spatranobis@htlive.com
ter Jeong Kyeong-doo told par-
liament that the joint exercise BEIJING: Morethan200millionpeo-
began on Monday, adding that ple in China live on less than just
Seoul was “clearly maintaining $5 a day (roughly 35 yuan or Rs
its readiness posture against any 350), a top UN official has said, in
military action by North Korea”. an indication that the country’s
A ministry official in Seoul said poverty line marker of $1.90 per
the exercise will include verify- day doesn’t reveal the actual
ing South Korea’s abilities to numbers.
take operational control in war- Many of those in the 200 mil-
time. Under the US-South Korea lionarepartofChina’svastrural
security treaty, an American economyorworkininformalsec-
general will take command of tors, Richard Kozul-Wright,
their combined forces in the director of the Globalisation and
event of armed conflict. AFP DevelopmentStrategiesDivision
threats, and for that reason we
have today joined the new mari-
time security mission in the
Gulf,” defence secretary Ben
Wallace said. The announce-
ment from Britain’s defence
ministry did not detail which, if
any, other countries would be
joining the new naval coalition.
Britain was also at pains to
stress that it had not changed its
broader policy towards Tehran.
“We remain committed to
working with Iran and our inter-
national partners to de-escalate
the situation and maintain the
nuclear deal,” foreign secretary
Dominic Raab said. The
announcement came hours after
Iranian foreign minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif said US
allies were too “ashamed” to join
its forces in the Gulf. AFP
ELCANO
March 1521
Crew wiped out by
scurvy during their
Pacific crossing
Pacific
Ocean
December 21, 1521
The Victoria was the
only ship in sailing
condition. Elcano
takes command
Loss of a ship
Source: AFP
intheUnitedNationsConference
on Trade and Development, told
ChinaRadioInternational(CRI).
“China has 200 million people
livingonlessthan$5aday,alarge
rural population, and many peo-
pleworkingintheinformalecon-
omy,” Wrightwas quoted as say-
ing.China’sdefinitionofthepov-
ertyline is thesame as the World
Bank’sdefinitionofextremepov-
erty: an income below the inter-
national poverty line of $1.90 per
day, whereas lower and upper
middle income poverty lines are
$3.20 and $5.50 a day, the Global
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n Ananth Narayanan. MINT FILE
EX-MYNTRA CEO
NARAYANAN
JOINS MEDLIFE AS
CO-FOUNDER
BENGALURU: More than six
months after his exit from
Walmart-owned Myntra, Ananth
Narayanan is back as a CEO, this
time with e-pharmacy platform
Medlife, the company said on
Monday. Narayanan will be
involved in the company’s
day-to-day operations, besides
handling fundraising and mergers
and acquisitions. This comes at a
time when Medlife is in talks with
multiple financial and strategic
investors to raise over $150
million. Narayanan had recently
invested an undisclosed amount
in the company, and has also been
recognized as a co-founder. “This
(Medlife) felt to me like Myntra at
very early stages—with a $100
billion market (opportunity) and
two percent penetration,” said
Narayana, CEO, Medlife.
Suzuki Motor operating
income dips 46% in Q1
TOKYO/NEW DELHI:Suzuki Motor
Corp. on Monday said its consoli-
dated net sales declined by 80
billion yen (8.1%) to 907.5 billion
yen in the April-June quarter as
compared to the year-ago period,
mainly hit by slip in Indian sales as
well as cut in production in Japan.
The company said the operating
income decreased by 53.8 billion
yen to 62.7 billion yen, down
46.2% and net income attributa-
ble to owners of the parent
declined by 45.4 billion yen (52.8
per cent) to 40.5 billion yen on a
year-on-year basis. “Net sales and
income of this first quarter
decreased owing to decrease in
Japan production due to restruc-
turing of final inspection struc-
ture, as well as decrease in Indian
automobile sales.”
COMPILED FROM AGENCIES
Warburg Pincus pledges IDFC
First Bank stake to raise funds
Swaraj Singh Dhanjal
n swaraj.d@livemint.com
MUMBAI: Global private equity
(PE) major Warburg Pincus has
pledged its entire 9.86% share-
holding in private lender IDFC
FirstBankLtdtoraisefunds,two
peopleawareofthedevelopment
said, requesting anonymity.
Warburg holds 471.73 million
shares in IDFC First Bank
through an entity called Clover-
dell Investment Ltd. Based on
Monday’s closing price of ₹41.1
per share, the Warburg stake is
worth around ₹1,940 crore.
Warburg pledged the shares
with Citigroup, Barclays and
Standard Chartered to raise
funds, said the first person.
“The funds mobilized by War-
burg through the loans will be
used to return capital to limited
partners (LPs, investor in a pri-
vate equity fund) of the funds
managed by Warburg. PE firms
generally do this to provide
liquiditytoLPsinafundwhichis
nearingitslife,aswellasforother
reasons,” he added.
According to the second per-
son, Warburg has mobilized
around $150 million by pledging
theentireIDFC Firststake.War-
burgPincus,Barclays,Standard
CharteredandCitideclinedcom-
ment to Mint’s queries.
In 2012, Warbug had acquired
a 42.73% stake in Capital First
(before the merger with IDFC
Bank), formerly Future Capital
Holdings Ltd, from Pantaloons
New Japanese flying car hovers for one minute
Bloomberg
n feedback@livemint.com
TOKYO: It was caged and only
hovered for about a minute,
but it flew: a new flying car.
Made by NEC Corp., the
vehicle is essentially a large
drone with four propellers
that’s capable of carrying peo-
ple. The Japanese electronics
maker demonstrated the
machine, flying without a
passenger, at a Tokyo suburb
on Monday. Powered by a bat-
tery, it rose briefly to about 3
meters (10 ft.) above the
ground before settling down
again.
Behind the somewhat
underwhelming, drama-free
demonstration lies a bigger
ambition: Japan’s govern-
ment wants the country to
become a leader in flying cars
after missing out on advance-
Marketsfall1%onJ&K
tension,weakeningyuan
INVESTOR JITTERS Rupee fell 1.6% to 70.74 per dollar, its steepest fall in 6 yrs
Nasrin Sultana
and Ravindra Sultana
n nasrin.s@livemint.com
MUMBAI: Indian benchmark indi-
ces shed more than 1% on Mon-
day as adverse local and global
factors—includingthescrapping
of the special status of Jammu
and Kashmir (J&K), weakening
of China’s yuan, and escalating
globaltradetensions—leftinves-
tors on edge.
BSE’s benchmark Sensex fell
418.38 points, or 1.13%, to
36,699.84, while the National
Stock Exchange’s 50-share Nifty
index declined 1.23% to 10,862.60
points.
On Monday, India scrapped
Article 370 of the Constitution
thatgrantsspecialstatustoJ&K,
a move that may intensify the
unrest in the border state.
Mounting trade tensions
betweentheUSandChinaadded
to the unease of investors.
The aggressive sell-off in
Indian stocks started after the
Union budget was presented on
July5.Sincethen,theSensexhas
slumped 8% as foreign portfolio
investors(FPIs)starteddumping
shares after the budget raised a
taxsurchargeonthe“superrich”
that also applies to FPIs.
The Indian rupee on Monday
weakenedthemostsinceSeptem-
ber2013.Therupeeendedat70.74
a dollar, down 1.6%, its steepest
fallsinceSeptember3,2013,from
its Friday’s close of 69.60. The
local currency opened at 70.06
and touched a low of 70.72 a dol-
lar. So far this year, it is down
1.3%.
Multiple issues are weighing
onIndianstocks,saidVinodNair,
head of research at Geojit Finan-
cial Services Ltd. “Concerns of a
politicalcrisisdevelopinginJ&K
n Based on Monday’s closing price of ₹41.1 per share, Warburg’s
investment is worth around ₹1,940 crore.
Fashion and Retail Ltd.
Subsequently,inOctoberthat
year, it had bought an additional
24.43% stake through an open
offer. In May 2017, Warburg sold
a 25% stake in Capital First
throughanopenmarkettransac-
tionto severalglobalanddomes-
tic investors, including Singa-
pore’ssovereignwealthfundGIC
Pte.Ltd.In December 2018,IDFC
BankandCapitalFirstmergedto
form a combined entity with
assetsof₹88,000croreunderman-
agement and a distribution net-
work of 194 branches.
As on June 30, the bank had
totalassets of₹1.12trillionunder
management with retail loans
comprising40%oftheassetbase.
Thebank’sgrossnon-perform-
ing assets (NPA) stood at 2.66%,
whilecapitaladequacyratiowas
at 14%. It had 279 branches as on
AIR MOBILITY
n A prototype of NEC Corp.'s flying car floats in the air during a
demonstration in Japan.
ments in technology such as
electric cars and ride-hailing
services. The country’s tech-
nological roadmap calls for
shipping goods by flying cars
by around 2023 and letting
people ride in flying cars in
cities by the 2030s.
“Japan is a densely popu-
lated country and that means
Monday blues
The Sensex fell 418.38 points, or 1.13%, to end
the day at 36,699.84.
37,200
37,118.22
37,100
(Previous close)
37,000
36,900
36,800
36,667.87
36,700
(open)
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9.15am
YUAN FELL PAST 7 PER
DOLLAR FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE 2008 AMID
SPECULATION THAT
BEIJING WAS LETTING IT
WEAKEN TO COUNTER US
andno furthercueson exclusion
of surcharge to FPIs added to the
volatility in the market. Selling
was broad-based, despite late
recovery witnessed in auto and
banks while IT stocks held on to
the gains due to a weakening
rupee,” said Nair.
The NSE’s India VIX index,
which tracks investors’ percep-
tions of volatility for at least a
month ahead, surged 8.92% on
Monday to touch 16.54, the high-
estintwo-and-a-halfmonths.The
indexatelevatedlevelsindicates
investors expect a major correc-
tionat least overthenext month.
30 June.
India has been a major invest-
ment destination for Warburg—
oneoftheearliestglobalPEfirms
toinvestinthecountry.Inrecent
times, it has made several large
investments across insurance,
microfinance, logistics, educa-
tion financing and real estate.
InMarch,WarburgPincushad
announced the acquisition of an
80%stakeineducationfinancing
firm Avanse Financial Services
LtdfromWadhawanGlobalCapi-
talgroup.Warburg’sotherrecent
investments in India include
leading a $65 million round in
logistics startup Rivigo, a $200
million commitment to set up a
shoppingmallplatformwithreal-
tor Runwal Group and a plan to
jointly invest ₹3,000 crore with
Lemon Tree Hotels to develop
co-living spaces.
BLOOMBERG
flying cars could greatly alle-
viate the burden on road traf-
fic,” said Kouji Okada, a
leader of the project at NEC.
“We are positioning our-
selves as an enabler for air
mobility, providing location
data and building communi-
cations infrastructure for fly-
ing cars.”
36,699.84
3.30pm
Source: Bloomberg
The Narendra Modi govern-
ment’s scrapping of Article 370
mayhavefar-reachingrepercus-
sions on the restive state of J&K,
as the abrogation suspends the
clause that allowed all laws to be
first be ratified by the state
assembly, which currently
stands dissolved.
Meanwhile,overseasmarkets
were also under pressure on
Monday.StocksinJapan,China,
Hong Kong and Korea fell 1-2.8%
afterUSPresidentDonaldTrump
on Thursdayslappeda 10% tariff
onChina’sremaining$300billion
of exports to the US.
TheChinesecurrencyfellpast
7perdollarforthefirsttimesince
2008 amid speculation that Bei-
jing was letting its currency
weaken to counter US tariffs.
In a currency war, politicians
nudge their central banks to cut
borrowing costs so as to push
down the exchange rate. Trump
wantsmoreratereductionsfrom
HSBCOUSTS CEO
FLINT, PLANS
FRESH ROUND
OF JOB CUTS
Bloomberg
n feedback@livemint.com
LONDON: HSBC Holdings Plc
abruptly ousted its chief execu-
tive officer after just 18 months,
citingan“increasinglycomplex”
environment, and announced a
new round of job cuts.
TheexitofJohnFlint,51, high-
lights tension with chairman
Mark Tucker, known to be a
hard-charging executive who
was the first outsider to fill the
post in HSBC’s 154-year history.
Tucker was also increasingly
atoddswith Flint overtheCEO’s
focus on expanding in China,
according to the people. HSBC
was in an uncomfortable spot
over Washington’s legal and
politicaltusslewithChinesetech-
nology company Huawei Tech-
nologiesCo.,amajorclient ofthe
bank. US prosecutors drew on
HSBC’s relationship with Hua-
wei to build its case against an
executive at the telecom com-
pany, the Financial Times
reported last month.
Tuckerdeniedanypersonality
clashwith Flintordisagreement
over job cuts.
HSBC plans to axe more than
4,000posts,chieffinancialofficer
Ewen Stevenson said in a call
with analysts, warning that sen-
ior executives will be a focus of
the cutbacks.
For the past few years,
Japan has seen the emer-
gence of a small, passionate
flying-car community that
believes Japan has the engi-
neering expertise and right
environment to foster a global
flying car industry. Venture
capitalists in the country set
up a specialized fund, known
as the Drone Fund, devoted to
investing in autonomous air-
craft in general and flying-car
businesses in particular.
Although Monday’s demo
is among the first by a major
Japanese corporation, NEC
isn’t planning to mass-pro-
duce the flying car, according
to Okada. Instead project
partner Cartivator will start
mass producing the transpor-
tation machine in 2026,
according to the startup’s
co-founder, Tomohiro Fuku-
zawa.
the US Federal Reserve and a
weaker dollar.
China’s decisionto weakenits
currency amid the escalating
trade war will put Asian central
banks on the defensive as they
gauge how much monetary pol-
icy easing their economies can
withstand. That pulled down
Asian currencies from South
KoreatoThailandandworsened
a sell-off in stocks.
“First,theFedbecamethesec-
ond major central bank (after
European Central Bank last
week)todisappointmarkets,asit
deliveredalessthandovishcutof
25bps(basispoints).Toaddtothe
woes,Trumpannouncedanother
round of tariffs on the last
remaining tranche of Chinese
imports. China has already
warnedofretaliationandnowall
eyes will be on how China recip-
rocates, and everything else will
likely take a backseat for now, in
our view,” said Nomura
Research in a note.
The Reserve Bank of India is
widely expected to cut interest
rates in its monetary policy
review on Wednesday.
AnalystsatAmbitCapitalPvt.
Ltd said with growth in wages
andcorporateprofitatmulti-year
lows, consumption is likely to
stay weak in FY20/21. “Even as
we are yet to articulate our FY21
GDP (gross domestic product)
forecast,wehighlightthataneco-
nomic turnaround appears dis-
tant at this point. In fact, the ris-
ingcreditstressemanatingfrom
theretailsegmentisadeeplywor-
rying trend that has emerged
over the last fortnight. In view of
all these headwinds, we urge cli-
entstoadoptastronglydefensive
strategywithrespectto India,”it
said in a note on August 2.
Bloomberg contributed to the story.
Flipkart starts free streaming service
Deepti Chaudhary
n deepti.c@livemint.com
BENGALURU: Walmart’s Flipkart
unitissettointroduceafreevideo
streaming service to draw new
usersfromsmalltownsandcities
in India and take on rival Ama-
zon’s Prime Video service.
Flipkart is eyeing the next 200
millionconsumerswhoarecom-
ingonline.Thecompanybelieves
that most consumers are intro-
duced to the internet through
online videos. Hence, video con-
tent and entertainment could
playabigroleingettingconsum-
ers to come and buy online.
“Webelievethatgreatcontent,
if made available to a wider base
ofconsumers,especiallytheones
who are new to e-commerce but
not internet, can bring them on
board on an everyday basis and
help take away any anxiety that
Govt plans user safeguards
for e-commerce platforms
Bloomberg
n feedback@livemint.com
BENGALURU: The government is
proposing a series of consumer
safeguards that forbid e-com-
merce companies such as Ama-
zon.com Inc. and Walmart
Inc.-owned Flipkart Online Ser-
vices Pvt. from influencing pric-
ing, adopting unfair promotion
methods or misrepresenting the
quality of goods and services.
E-commerce companies must
self-declare compliance and also
provide a way for customers to
contact them directly, said the
proposed e-Commerce Guide-
lines for consumer protection
2019, published on the Depart-
ment of Consumer Affairs web-
site. The department invited par-
ties to provide feedback by Sep-
tember 16.
Among the key guidelines are
those that require platforms like
Amazon and Flipkart to declare
all details about their sellers
including address, website and
email address. The platforms are
also required to display terms of
contract with the seller relating
to return, refund, exchange,
warranty, delivery and mode of
payments.
Earlier this year, India tight-
ened rules for e-commerce plat-
forms after complaints from
small shops and domestic sell-
ers. Amazon and Flipkart are
now banned from striking exclu-
sive arrangements with sellers,
offering deep discounts or hold-
ing any business interest in
online merchants on their web-
hindustantimes
59-minuteloan approval
among steps to spur growth
Rajeev Jayaswal
n rajeev.jayaswal@htlive.com
NEW DELHI: State-run banks may
approvepersonal,autoandhome
loans online in 59 minutes,
accordingtoaproposalthatthey
discussed with Union finance
ministerNirmalaSitharamanas
one of the measures to create
demand and boost the economy,
officialsawareofthediscussions
said, requesting anonymity.
The discussions were first of a
series of meetings that the gov-
ernment has planned over the
nextweekwithexecutivesofsev-
eralindustries,Sitharamansaid
on Monday, promising steps to
improvethestateoftheeconomy
“fairly quickly”.
India’s economy has been fac-
ing a slowdown for about a year.
The core sector growth in June
slowed to 0.2%, the lowest
monthly growth since May 2015,
and weak demand forced many
automobilecompaniestotempo-
rarily halt production.
Among the interventions dis-
cussed on Monday was easing
accesstocredit.Thebankerssug-
gested the in-principle approval
limit on psbloansin59min-
utes.com portal, which is meant
for micro, small and medium
enterprises(MSMEs)businesses,
beraisedfrom₹1croreto₹5crore.
It also suggested opening up
the portal to retail customers
lookingforhome,carorpersonal
loans, said one of the officials,
asking not to be named.
Launched on November 2 by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
the59-minuteloanportal—which
lets businesses apply for instant
loans without having to visit
banks—has led to 1.3 million
loans being sanctioned till July
17, the finance ministry said in a
statement to the Rajya Sabha.
“It certainly helps borrowers
as it makes the process easy for
them, but banks will not give
loanswithoutproperverification
and documentation. Extending
the same for personal and hous-
FLIPKART’S CONTENT
OFFERING IS FOCUSED
ON THREE PRIMARY
ASPECTS: IT IS FREE,
CURATED AND
PERSONALIZED
they may have towards online
shopping,” Flipkart group chief
executive Kalyan Krishnamur-
thy said in a statement on Mon-
dayatthelaunchofFlipkartVid-
eos, a curated range of movies,
showsandentertainmentseries.
Customers, headded, shouldnot
pay extra for premium content.
Thecontentofferingisfocused
on three primary aspects: it’s
free, curated and personalized.
Experts say the content mar-
ket is still evolving, considering
the number of customers paying
n The guidelines require platforms like Amazon and Flipkart to
declare all details about sellers.
AFTER THE FORMAL
CONSULTATION IS
COMPLETED BY SEPT,
THE GOVT MAY INCLUDE
THEM IN CONSUMER
PROTECTION ACT
sites. Groups representing small
traders have continued to allege
that large platforms prioritize
and sell products of a favoured
few vendors with whom they
have commercial linkages.
The proposed consumer safe-
guards could come in handy as
the country works on a compre-
hensive set of rules for the
world’s fastest growing e-com-
merce market. “The larger
e-commerce policy is being
drafted and is expected to take
several months, so the govern-
ment is taking immediate steps
to enhance protection of con-
POWERED BY
n Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
SITHARAMAN SAID THE
FINANCE MINISTRY WILL
HOLD DISCUSSIONS
WITH REPRESENTATIVES
OF FOREIGN PORTFOLIO
INVESTORS
ing loans may help revive
demand in sectors such as auto-
mobiles,”saidaseniorexecutive
of a leading government-run
bank, asking not to be named.
Monday’s meeting included
senior finance ministry officials
and top executives of banks
including State Bank of India
(SBI), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank,
Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra
Bank. “Today’s meeting is the
first of a series of meetings that
thefinanceministryisconvening
to discuss current economic
issues with key stakeholders,
including some of the industry
sectors whose growth has been
affected in recent months,” the
finance ministry said in a state-
ment after the meeting.
Speakingatapressconference
after the banking sector review
meeting, financesecretary Rajiv
Kumarsaidtheministerwillhold
similarmeetingswithrepresent-
ativesofothersectors:MSMEson
partlyorfullyforsubscriptionsto
Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hot-
star. “It’s still a small number.
The pricing is too high for a cus-
tomer base that is accustomed to
free or cheap content,” said
Devangshu Dutta, chief execu-
tive of retail consultancy Third
Eyesight. “Also, there is a lot of
fluidity in terms of the platforms
used. In India, content and pric-
ingwillbecritical.”Headdedthat
both Netflix and Amazon Prime
are“Indianizing”theircontentin
a big way. Pricing dynamics are
being worked out as well.
Amazon India started its
PrimevideoserviceinDecember
2016 and has since developed a
strong fan base with shows like
Made in Heaven and Mirzapur.
The big question is—will peo-
ple watching the particular con-
tenteventually buythe products
on the platform?
MINT
sumer rights,” said Sachin
Taparia, chief executive officer
of LocalCircles India Pvt., a
social community which helped
gather inputs from consumers
through polls and surveys. After
the formal consultation is com-
pleted by mid September, the
government is likely to include
the proposals in its Consumer
Protection Act, Taparia said.
The draft guidelines seek to
protect personally-identifiable
information of customersand set
a 14-day limit for payments
toward refund requests. Coun-
terfeit products cannot be listed
on e-commerce websites or com-
panies could be held liable.
The department of consumer
affairs proposed that every
e-commerce entity publish the
name and contact details of its
grievance officer, who would
have to address complaints
within one month from the date
of receipt.
15
MINT FILE
Tuesday,automobileonWednes-
day,financialmarketsonFriday,
and real estate and homebuyers
on Sunday.
Sitharaman also said the
financeministrywillholddiscus-
sionswithrepresentativesoffor-
eign portfolio investors (FPIs)
anddiscusstheirconcernsonthe
budget decision to impose a sur-
charge on the super-rich.
“I am quite open to hear them
out what they have to say,” she
said,addingthatthemeetingwill
beheldbyeconomicaffairssecre-
tary Atanu Chakraborty soon.
“Thebudget,presentedonJuly5,
raisedsurchargefrom15%to25%
on taxable income between ₹2
crore and ₹5 crore, and from 15%
to37%forincomeabove ₹5crore.
Although,itwasnotintendedfor
FPIs, it applies to those FPIs that
operateastrustsorasassociation
ofpersons.FPIsoperatingascor-
porates do not attract the sur-
charge,” she said.
She clarified that the govern-
ment has not taken any decision
abouthowmuchorwhenitplans
to issue the proposed sovereign
bonds.Sincetheannouncement,
nothing more has been done in
this regard due to the ministry’s
preoccupations with key legisla-
tions including amendments to
the IBC, she added.
AccordingtoKrishnamurthy,
thefocusisonattractingcustom-
ers, particularly those in the age
groupof20-30andthosewhocon-
sume a lot of user-generated and
professionally created content.
“Wewanttoensurethatauser
keeps coming to the platform
every day. Over time, we will fig-
ure out how this ties into the
e-commerce ecosystem, but
today that’s not the objective. Its
just to ensure that the consumer
is hooked to Flipkart,” Krishna-
murthy said in an interview.
Dutta, however, believes that
there may be another reason for
Flipkart’s video streaming ser-
vice. “It maybe less expensiveor
more profitable to service exist-
ing customers by expanding the
share of wallet than to acquire
newcustomers.Hence, firmstry
toaddasmanyproductsorservi-
ces as possible,” he said.
SBI seeks bids for
Videocon’s global
oil, gas assets
Reuters
n feedback@livemint.com
MUMBAI: The State Bank of India
(SBI) has invited bids for
overseas oil and gas assets of
Videocon Industries Ltd, a
newspaper advertisement
showed on Monday, as India
seeks to recover billions of dol-
lars in loans from the belea-
guered private firm.
Consumer electronics firm
Videocon Industries is one of
the most indebted companies in
India, with outstanding loans
worth around ₹60,000 from its
financial and operational cred-
itors.
In October, SBI Caps, the
investment banking arm of SBi,
was appointed to start the proc-
ess of valuation and monetiza-
tion of the firm’s oil and gas
assets overseas.
SBI said it had appointed con-
sultant Deloitte to find buyers
for Videocon’s exploration
assets in Brazil and Indonesia.
“It is a process where quali-
fied parties from India and over-
seas will be invited to bid for the
assets,” said a banker involved
in the process, adding that
expressions of interest would be
received until August 22.
Videocon did not immedi-
ately reply to calls seeking com-
ment.
Videocon Industries has oil
and gas assets in India, Brazil
and Indonesia, in addition to its
now-defunct consumer elec-
tronics business
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Reimagininglearningiskeyforgrowth An inclusive workplace

Ganesh Krishnamurthy
n letters@hindustantimes.com
is the need of the hour
KNOWLEDGE As technology has taken over all aspects of the world, learning to master it is our only bet for survival
The 4th Industrial Revolution
(Industry4.0)ishereandthecur-
rent workforceisalready feeling
the heat due to the fluid shifts in
the nature of work. With mobile
internet and cloud technology
providing capabilitieslike never
before, large corporations are
leveraging the infrastructure to
disruptexistingbusinessmodels.
Theworldisatourfingertips-lit-
erally and figuratively. See how
carswouldsoonbemanufactured
bespokeby3Dprinters,powered
by sustainable energy, and be
driven by no one? That’s the
poweroftechnology.Theadage–
nothingisimpossible–hasnever
been truer. In no time from now,
as artificial intelligence and
machine learning, advanced
robotics,autonomoustransport,
3D printing, and biotechnology
takeover;theworldasweknowit
will never be the same again.
What intrigues me the most is
the statistics on emerging and
declining roles. The World Eco-
nomic Forum’s Future of Jobs
Report 2018 states that half of all
surveyedcompaniesexpecttheir
workforce to be reduced due to
automationby2022.Administra-
tiveandmanufacturingrolesare
likelyto seethe steepest declines
in hiring. On the other hand,
many industrieswillevolvesub-
stantially inthecomingdecades.
The future jobs – in public and
private services - will stem from
the new industries creating
newer roles. So, as people
progresstotakeonmorecomplex
roles, the tedious jobs will evi-
dently be outsourced to bots. Or,
if you look at it the other way
round, when the repetitive roles
will be automated, people will be
compelled to take on more com-
plex task.
The report also states that the
roles of operations managers,
accountants, auditors, market-
ingspecialists,andmanagement
analysts are expected to see
n The dramatically changing global job market will alter the way we live and work
higherdemandbetweennowand
2026.Interestingly,asurveydone
by the WorldEconomicForum’s
Global Agenda Council on the
Future of Software and Society
says that people expect artificial
intelligence machines will be a
partofcompany’sboardofdirect-
ors by 2026. And that would be
quite something, right?
As for now, what is certain
though is how the dramatically
changing global job market will
alter the way we live and work.
And this pace of change will be
fast. Very fast.
GEARING FOR THE
FUTURE: SKILLS YOU
NEED
Justasthework,theworker,and
working gets affected - to thrive
and keep pace - the current and
future workforce will need to
align its skillset with those of the
future. Team structures will
becomemoreagileandtechliter-
acy will be of prime importance
across sectors. Also, at least 54
percentofemployeeswillneedto
re-skill or upskill to meet future
demands.Doesn’tmatteratwhat
stage of career one is at, it would
beimperativetoreviewtheskills,
build on existing competencies,
learn new proficiencies and
invest in future-proof skills.
According to the 2018 Skills
Gap Study by Deloitte and the
Manufacturing Institute, there
are five main skills that will be
essentialtosucceedintheFourth
Industrial Revolution. These
includetechnologyandcomputer
skills;digitalliteracyandcompe-
tency; working knowledge of
tech-enabled tools and tech-
niques; robot and automation
programmingandcriticalthink-
ing.
Currently though, we’re at an
inflection point wherein due to
rapid technological advance-
ment, the workforce is falling
short of the demands of the job
market. According to IT Skills
and Salary Report, 70 percent of
the IT decision-makers globally
say their teams currently face a
shortageof necessaryskills. The
report also states that the best
techprofessionalsintheindustry
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use a blend of formal and
informal learning as an upskill
strategy for their existing work-
force. The strategy that most
employers are deploying to
addressthe skills gap is multi-fa-
ceted.Itincludesautomatingthe
mundane,repetitivetaskssothat
ittakesofftheloadfromtheexist-
ingstaff.Secondly,retrainingthe
existing staff which also helps in
retentionoftalent; Insomecases
though, employers expect the
workers to adapt and learn the
newskillsindependently.Lastly,
hiringnewstaffwiththerelevant
competencies to bring a new
wave of talent to the pool.
REIMAGINE LEARNING
Intimeslikethese,maintaininga
commitment tolifelong learning
–forbothemployersandemploy-
ees is the only way to succeed.
Untilrecently,learningwasonly
about knowledge but then all of
humanknowledgeisnowavaila-
bleontheinternetandisonlyone
swipeaway.Learninghasacom-
pletely new meaning. While a
degree from a reputable educa-
tion institution would exhibit
one’s talent to take up the job,
beingskilledshowstheircommit-
ment to make it through the
future.
Newagelearningismoreasyn-
chronous, social and peer-to-
peer. It is about the skills
required to use ‘knowledge’ to
solve real time problem. It is
aboutlearningtouse‘knowledge’
totakeintelligentrisksandtocol-
laborate.Itisaboutlearningmul-
ti-disciplinaryskills,on-demand.
The future needs full Stack Pro-
fessionals in every role in every
sector. On those lines, NIIT is
doingagreatjobthoughitsStack-
Routeprogrammebypartnering
with companies like IBM, Wipro
and Boeing to create successful
Full Stack Developers.
Fortunately,thesedayspeople
have more than one way to edu-
cate themselves. The learning
industry must leverage this and
putartificialintelligencetousein
order to build a more accessible,
high-qualityandlearner-centric
curriculum.Ablendofclassroom
training with Virtual Instructor
Led Training (VILT), self-paced
e-learning and gamification
makesanideallearningmethod-
ology. Such learning is agile and
allows updating of content;
improves effectiveness;
enhancestheevaluationprocess
and lowers overall costs - for
learning providers and learners
equally.
Coming to think of it, the
Fourth Industrial Revolution -
like the previous three - will be
defined by the jobs it creates and
the capabilities it enables across
industries.Masteringitmaytake
time,butit isimperativetoknow
thatchangewon’twaitforusand
soit’sbesttobuckleup,learnand
lead the change.
The author is , Executive Vice President
& Head - Solutions, Products & Alliances,
Skills & Careers Group, NIIT Ltd
Priyanka Anand
n letters@hindustantimes.com
It is often advocated that organi-
zations that invest in creating an
inclusive work environment
with a commitment to equal
opportunity in employment,
development, compensation and
all other personnel actions, show
greater sustainable business
results. However, if we look at
various industries today, the
ratio of men to women at work-
place is heavily skewed, espe-
cially in leadership roles. This is
even more visible in engineering
and technology companies.
Therefore, it is imperative to cre-
ate an ecosystem that is condu-
cive for a diverse workforce.
It is seen that entry level jobs
have a relatively balanced ratio
of men and women, however
along the career growth trajec-
tory there are larger drop outs
among females due to a myriad
of reasons. At times the reasons
could be personal but then there
are a host of other challenges
which may be more detrimental
such as unconscious bias, social
norms , attitudes and a tough
working environment . Now,
these need to be addressed and
worked upon to make a work-
place welcoming for a diverse
workforce. Government, busi-
nesses, senior leaders and influ-
encers, all need to collaborate to
create an environment that
offers equal opportunities, edu-
cation, training and safety to
women at workplace.
Gender parity also has huge
social and economic impact. A
diverse workplace benefits from
different perspective, and there-
fore, the unique ability to look at
a situation from various angles.
This helps in spurring creativity
and innovation. For example, at
Ericsson, we strongly believe
n A gender diverse team collaborates better
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Lyon-heartedAussiesbreachEdgbaston
ASHES TEST After Smith’s heroics with the bat, spinner Lyon bags six wickets on final day to help Australia win by 251 runs
Agence France-Presse
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
BIRMINGHAM: Nathan Lyon took
sixwicketsasAustraliathrashed
Englandby251runsattheirEdg-
baston ‘fortress’ to win the first
AshesTestonMonday.England,
setadaunting398forvictory,lost
four wickets for 12 runs either
side of lunch on the last day as
they slumped to 97/7.
They were eventually dis-
missed for 146 in their second
innings, with off-spinner Lyon
taking6/49—ahaulthatincluded
his 350th Test wicket— and fast
bowler Pat Cummins 4/32 in the
first match of the new ICC World
Test Championship.
Victory gave Australia their
first win at Edgbaston in any for-
matsince2001—thelasttimethey
wonanAshesseriesinEngland—
and ended England’s run of 11
successive wins at the Birming-
ham ground.
Australia were in dire straits
at 122/8 in their first innings but
were rescued by Man-of-the-
Match Steve Smith’s 144, which
lifted them to 284. Smith then
made142inthesecondinningsof
his comeback Test following a
ban for his role in a ball-tamper-
ing scandal, with Australia cap-
tainTimPainedeclaringon487/7
late on Sunday.
Smith, David Warner and
Cameron Bancroft were all
returning to Test cricket follow-
ing ball-tampering bans and the
trio were repeatedly jeered by
spectators at Edgbaston. “We
know every Test we play in
England, the crowd will be
against us. The guys handled
themselvesreallywellandwe’ve
come out on top,” said Paine.
No England batsman made
morethanNo 9ChrisWoakes’s37
in their second innings and cap-
tain Joe Root admitted: “It is bit-
terly disappointing. Credit to
Australia. They fought hard to
get back in it. (Smith played) two
brilliant innings.”
Rory Burns, whose first-in-
nings 133 was his first century at
this level, became just the 10th
cricketertohavebattedonallfive
days of a Test. But he had added
just four runs to his overnight
sevenwhenhewasundonebyan
excellent seaming and rising
Cumminsdeliverythatlobbedoff
his gloves to Lyon in the gully.
Breaking pots, how Saini stirred a potent pace brew
Aritra Mukherjee
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: It’s difficult to play
cricketinasari.Nearimpossible
withutensilsinhand,insteadofa
cricket bat. But try telling that to
Navdeep Saini. The 26-year-old
bamboozled big West Indies hit-
ters on his India debut with an
effort that screamed ‘I’m here to
bowl fast’ every delivery. The
impressive start in national col-
ours in the first T20—with Laud-
erhill in the US an unlikely
venue—wasalsoinasenseculmi-
nation of a journey a 12-year-old
beganinamostunlikelyfashion.
The first batsman Saini tested
his pace bowling on was his
mother, who used utensils from
herkitchenasimpromptubatsto
help her young boy take his first
steps in the game. Taraori, or
Kasbah, a small farming town
10-12km from Haryana’s Karnal
city, was hardly a grooming
ground for a budding cricketer.
Saini would plead with his
mother,andprodhertostandlike
abatsman,providinghimthetar-
get to bowl at. With his father, a
HaryanaRoadwaysdriver,away
on duty for most of the day and
elder brother focused on studies
with dreams of settling abroad,
Saini had few friends to play
cricket with. Thus when his
CoA clears Kapil’s
panel of conflict
Press Trust of India
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI: The Kapil Dev-led
CricketAdvisoryCommitteewas
onMondayclearedofanyconflict
of interest by the Committee of
Administrators (COA), paving
the way for the panel to appoint
India’s next men’s coach by mid-
August. Besides Dev, the newly
appointed CAC comprises Ans-
human Gaekwad and former
women’scaptainShanthaRanga-
swamy.
“We have checked. It is fine.
All clear,” COA chief Vinod Rai
said when asked if the CAC has
got the mandate to appoint the
nextchiefcoach.However,oneof
the committee members Diana
n Cameron Bancroft of Australia catches Joe Denly of England off the bowling of Nathan Lyon during the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston in
Birmingham on Monday. Lyon returned figures of 6/49 for his 15th five-wicket haul in Tests.
Root was twice given out leg
before by Joel Wilson but suc-
cessfully challenged both ver-
dicts as the West Indian umpire
equalled an unwanted record
with eight overturned decisions
in a Test. Jason Roy, who hit a
blistering85ineventualchampi-
onsEngland’sWorldCupsemi-fi-
nalwinoverAustraliaatEdgbas-
ton last month, appeared to still
be in one-day mode when he
charged down the pitch and was
bowled by Lyon for 28.
Lyon, whose return was his
best against England, was dan-
gerous on the wearing pitch and
he had Joe Denly (11) caught off
bat and pad by Bancroft at short
leg.TheAustraliapaircombined
again to dismiss Root for 28.
mother refused to play batsman,
hebowledatearthenpots,finding
joy on his burgeoning pace by
shattering them.
Ratherthanadmonishhisson,
Saini’s father Amarjeet encour-
aged him by buying more pots.
Andashekeptbreakingpots,the
boy’s pace dream was gradually
beingcemented.Itbecameafixa-
tion,sheerdelighteverytimethe
obstacle in front of him was bro-
ken to bits with a cricket ball.
On Saturday evening, Saini’s
parentswatched with gleeonTV
as their son announcedhis entry
asaseniorIndiaplayerinthefirst
T20I. The pot-breaking moment,
accompanied by a roar of happi-
ness,camesoonafterheuprooted
ShimronHetmyer’sstumps,after
forcing Nicholas Pooran to nick
onebehindthe stumpstheprevi-
ous delivery.
“I can’t explain the joy we felt
when he took the first wicket. He
used to say ‘daddy I will always
keep working hard no matter
what happens’ and now all that
has paid off. He asked how I felt
after his debut. I could only bless
him and say ‘son, you won’t
understand what joy you’ve
givenus,”anemotionalAmarjeet
Saini said in a chat.
Saini’sparentsandhis97-year-
old grandfather have been glued
totheTVsinceSaturdayevening.
Edulji,whohasconsistentlybeen
at loggerheads with chairman
VinodRaiandLtGen(Retd)Ravi
Thodge, expressed her dissent,
statingthatCoAhadnoauthority
to appoint an ad-hoc committee
and clear it of conflict. “It was a
2-1call(againstme).Isaidithasto
goto the EthicsOfficer(DK Jain)
to decide on conflict of interest.
Ad-Hoc committee is not in the
constitution,” Edulji said.
Thecurrentsupportstaffcom-
prising incumbent head coach
RaviShastri,bowlingcoachBha-
rat Arun, batting coach Sanjay
BangarandfieldingcoachRSrid-
harweregivena45-dayextension
following the World Cup, cover-
ing the ongoing West Indies tour
from August 3 to September 3.
England’s 85/4 at lunch soon
became 85/5 when Jos Buttler
(one) was bowled by a Cummins
deliverythatkeptlow.Cummins
then had his 100th Test wicket
when Jonny Bairstow (six)
glovedarisingballtoBancroftin
theslips andBenStokeswasalso
out for six.
Moeen Ali fell to Lyon for the
ninth time in 11 Ashes knocks
when caught in the slips for four
to leave England 136-8. Lyon had
Stuart Broad caught in the slips
nextballbeforeJamesAnderson
survived the hat-trick after not
bowling at all in Australia’s sec-
ond innings because of a calf
injury. Smith had the last word,
catchingWoakesoffCumminsto
end the match.
And Sunday morning was spent
receiving congratulatory calls
from ecstatic neighbours, local
MLAs,and eventheChiefMinis-
ter of Haryana.
“The maiden he bowled in the
last over was simply outstand-
ing...,” Amarjeet said, referring
to the first T20. Saini signed off
withawicketmaideninthegame,
trapping the explosive Kieron
Pollard leg before with a clever
slow delivery. “I don’t know
much about the technicalities,
but I think bowling a maiden in
thelastoverofaT20isveryrare.”
Saini’s progress was rapid.
Into his teens, pots made way for
proper wickets, and his mother
could step aside and let batsmen
faceupherson’sincreasingpace.
However, two things remained
constant—Saini’shardworkand
rawpace.Batsmenin his district
felt it was sensible to wear abdo-
men guards even while facing
him in tennis-ball cricket.
Gradually, Saini’s reputation
spread to every part of Karnal.
But there was no cricketing
structure, and no one knew how
to use his asset, and him develop
intoagenuinefastbowler.Hehad
startedgettingmoneyforplaying
matches, but they were not
enough even to buy bowling
shoes. The opportunity was pro-
videdbyformerIndiaAandDelhi
Steyn quits Tests to focus on shorter formats
n Dale Steyn. GETTY
Those who batted on all five days of a Test
Player Runs
ML Jaisimha 20*, 74
G Boycott 107, 80*
K Hughes 117, 84
A Lamb 23, 110
R Shastri 111, 7*
A Griffith 114, 18
A Flintoff 70, 51
A Petersen 156, 39
C Pujara 52, 22
R Burns 133, 11
Runs show score in each innings
all-rounder Sumit Narwal, who
along with his brother Amit
started the Karnal Premier
League,alocaltournamentmod-
elled on IPL.
It had eight teams, young
cricketers and an auction to dis-
tributeplayers.Aboveall,leather
cricket balls were used for the
floodlitgames,bothanewexperi-
ence for Saini.
However,hefacednoproblem
making a switch from the tennis
ball. He rattled batsmen with
pace and it didn’t take long to
attract a good bid, around
R10,000. Saini knew it was not
enoughtosupporthisfamilyand
pursue his India dream, so often
he played in the various tennis-
balltournamentsacrossKarnal,
earning R500-1,000 per game.
His tennis-ball days ended
whenNarwal,impressedwithhis
performance in the Karnal Pre-
mier League, called him to the
FerozeshahKotlaasanetbowler
for the senior Delhi team.
He troubled even Virender
Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and
Mithun Manhas with raw pace.
He was erratic, yes, but his pace
could shake up even the best.
Narwal then got Saini to shift to
Delhi, to help hone his skills.
Sainiisn’thisonlyfindfromKar-
nal. Batsman Mohit Kalyan and
pacer Sanjay Behl, both Ranji
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JOHANNESBURG: South African
Dale Steyn, one of the great fast
bowlers of the modern era, on
Monday announced his retire-
ment fromTestcricketin a bidto
extend his longevity in the
shorter forms of the game.
Steyn, who made his interna-
tional debut against England in
2004andlastplayedaTestinFeb-
ruary against Sri Lanka, is still
contractedinthewhite-ballform
ofthegameforthe2019-20season
and therefore remains available
forSouthAfricainODIsandT20s.
Steyn took 439 wickets in 93
Tests at an average of 22.95. He
heldthetopspotintheICC’sTest
bowler rankings for a record 263
weeks between 2008 and 2014.
“TodayIwalkawayfromafor-
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cricketers for Haryana, used to
train with Saini.
“Navdeep was destined to do
great things. He was hard work-
ing and disciplined but took it to
another level after coming to
Delhi,” said Kalyan, also Saini’s
captain in the Dayal Singh Col-
lege cricket team. “Me, Sanjay
and Navdeep used to train
together under Narwal and I
can’t remember a single day
when Navdeep skipped training
ordriftedfromhisdailyschedule.
“Hewasdisciplined,sopartic-
ular about when to go to sleep,
when to wake up, what to eat. He
refused to hang out with us after
practice as he felt it might affect
his bowling or fitness,” said Kal-
yan. Former India opener
Gautam Gambhir, as captain,
played a major role in fast-track-
ing Saini into the Delhi Ranji
squad despite severe opposition
by those who saw him as an ‘out-
sider’. Though he bowled in the
high140s,Sainihada forgettable
debut season in 2013-14. But he
returned fitter, becoming the
leaderofDelhi’sfastbowlingunit
and gradually forcing his way
into the India A sides.
AmarjeethisgladSainihasn’t
let success go to his head. “He’s
still the same. He played IPL,
India A, but I can proudly say his
feet are firmly on the ground.”
mat of the game I love so much,”
said the 36-year-old Steyn, his
country’s leading Test wicket-
takerofalltimeandoneofthetop
10 in the history of the game. “In
myopinionTestcricketisthebest
version. It tests you mentally,
physically,emotionally.It’sterri-
ble to consider never playing
another Test again but what’s
more terrifying is the thought of
never playing again at all. So I
willbefocusingonODIsandT20s
for the rest of my career to maxi-
misemypotentialandensuremy
longevityinthissport...Ilookfor-
wardtocontinuingtoplayforthe
Proteas in the shorter formats.”
Steyn was one of South
Africa’sgreatestmatch-winners.
South Africa won 48 of the Tests
in which he played and he was a
member of South African teams
that won consecutive series in
WE GOT BREAKS UP FRONT, WASHINGTON ALSO BOWLED WELL
AND BHUVI IS WORLD CLASS. EVERYONE IS CONTRIBUTING.
> KRUNAL PANDYA, India spinner after the T20 series win against West Indies
scorecard
n Australia 284 & 487/7 decl
n England 374 & (o/n 13/0)
R Burns c Lyon b Cummins
J Roy b Lyon
J Root c Bancroft b Lyon
J Denly c Bancroft b Lyon
J Buttler b Cummins
B Stokes c Paine b Lyon
Bairstow c Bancroft b Cummins 6
M Ali c Warner b Lyon
C Woakes c Smith b Cummins 37
S Broad c Smith b Lyon
J Anderson not out
n Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 2)
n Total (all out, 52.3 ovs)
n FoW: 1-19, 2-60, 3-80, 4-85,
5-85, 6-97, 7-97, 8-136, 9-136.
n Bowling: Siddle 12-2-28-0,
Lyon 20-5-49-6, Pattinson
8-1-29-0, Cummins 11.3-3-32-4,
Smith 1-1-0-0.
n India's Navdeep Saini bagged three wickets on his T20 debut
against West Indies on Saturday.
England and Australia in both
2008and2012,becomingthenum-
beronerankedteamintheworld
in 2012. One of his greatest per-
formanceswasinthesecondTest
against Australia in Melbourne
in 2008. He made his Test best
score of 76 to help South Africa
recover from a shaky position
andhadmatchfiguresof10for154
as South Africa clinched a series
wininAustraliaforthefirsttime.
STRIKE RATE
Lithe, with a whippy action that
enabled him to bowl at close to
150kmh, he possessed a lethal
outswinger.Hetookfiveormore
wickets on 26 occasions, achiev-
ing the feat against every other
Test nation and in every conti-
nent, including five in Asia. His
strike rate of a wicket every 42.3
balls was the best of any fast
HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW D ELHI
TUESDAY, AUGUST 06, 2019
Like Christmas
every day: Smith
on dream return
Agence France-Presse
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
BIRMINGHAM: Australia’s Steve
Smith insisted he had never lost
faith in his ability as his “dream
comeback” to Test cricket con-
tinued with a second hundred in
the Ashes opener at Edgbaston.
Smith made 142 in Australia’s
second innings 487/7 declared on
Sunday after the star batsman’s
144 bailed them out to 284 follow-
ing a collapse to 122/8 in their
first innings.
Former Australia captain
Smith and then deputy David
Warner were both given
12-month bans for their roles in a
ball-tamperingscandal last year,
with Cameron Bancroft—who
actually applied sandpaper to
the ball during a Test against
South Africa in Cape Town—hit
with a nine-month suspension
by Cricket Australia.
“I’ve never doubted my abil-
ity,” Smith told reporters after
stumps. “But, it’s kind of a dream
comeback in a way. To be able to
score two hundreds in a match,
in the first Ashes match, it’s
something I have never done in
any form of cricket before in my
life. It’s incredibly special.”
He added: “It feels like Christ-
mas morning every morning get-
ting to come and do this.”
“When I got that first hundred
11 I was just thinking, ‘don’t burst
28 into tears.’ That was as special as
28
my first hundred back in 2013. It
11
was a relief to get it out of the
1
6 way,” he said.
“I copped a bit of stick out
4 there (over the ball-tampering
incident) but I’m not paying
0 much attention to that and fortu-
nately we’ve got a good Aussie
4
10 contingent here. They’re creat-
146 ing a good atmosphere for us and
we’re grateful for it.”
Australia captain Tim Paine
hailed Smith as the best player in
the world. “Steve Smith was
unbelievable,” Paine said. “He’s
the best test player in the world.
He’s probably the best ever, sta-
AP
bowler with more than 200 wick-
ets. Steyn took his 400th Test
wicket in 2015 but injuries
blighted the latter part of his
career. He equalled Shaun Pol-
lock’srecordof421wicketsinthe
first Test in Sri Lanka last year
butwentwicketlessinthesecond
and final Test. He claimed the
South African record when he
dismissedFakharZamanagainst
PakistaninCenturioninDecem-
ber. He went on to play in all
South Africa’s five home Tests
duringthe2018-19seasonandwas
selectedtoplayinthe2019Cricket
World Cup .
Buthesufferedarecurrenceof
his shoulder problem during the
IPL in April. He was deemed fit
enough to travel to England but
returnedhomewithoutplayinga
game after another shoulder
injury.
NUMBERS
1
It was Australia’s first win
in an Edgbaston Test since
2001, also the last time
they won Ashes in England.
Lyon’s match haul of
4
9/161 took his Test tally
to 352. He is the fourth
Australian to achieve 350
scalps—Shane Warne (708),
Glenn McGrath (563) and
Dennis Lillee (355) are ahead.
10
There were 20
reviews in the Test,
and half of the
decisions were overturned.
Eight were off decisions by
umpire Joel Wilson.
24
Points earned by
Australia by
winning the first
match of the inaugural ICC
Test Championship.
50
Australia com-
pleted their half
century of wins in
England, from 167 matches.
tistically. And while he’s at the
crease our team has got real con-
fidence. Today we were superb
withtheball but havingsomeone
like Steve... definitely helps.”
PRAISE FOR LYON
Paine also praised 31-year-old
spinner Nathan Lyon, who made
the difference with the ball on
the final day, taking 6-49 to give
his side the early advantage in
the five-match series.
“He’s a bit the same as Smith -
every Test or series they seem to
get better, which is astonishing
at their age,” Paine added. “If
you come and see them train
you’ll see that while they keep
getting better, they’re a great
example for our group.
“There’s still four Tests to go.
We’re here to win the Ashes, not
just one Test.”
India eye changes,
Windies look to
avoid whitewash
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GUYANA: The series pocketed,
India are likely to experiment
with their line-up in pursuit of a
whitewashwhen theytakeonan
embattled West Indies in the
third and final T20 International
here on Tuesday.
Indiaconcludedthetwo-match
US leg of the series by taking an
unassailable2-0leadafternotch-
ing up a 22-run win in the second
game on Sunday.
Theirperformance wasn’tthe
most fluent in the firstmatchbut
Virat Kohli and his men were
backtobeingadominantforcein
the second, though, the outcome
was decided by the Duckworth-
Lewis-Stern method after thun-
derstorm and consequent rain
did not allow the game to con-
tinue. While the batting line-up
maynotchangemuch,Indiamay
try a new combination in bowl-
ing.“...sealingtheseriesgivesthe
chance to bring few guys in. Idea
is always going to be to win first.
But winning the first two games
gives the cushion,” Kohli said.
It will not be a surprise if KL
Rahul is drafted into the playing
XI, replacing the struggling Ris-
habhPant.TheyoungDelhibats-
manmanaged scoresof4and0in
the first two matches. There is a
possibility thatleg-break bowler
Rahul Chahar may make the cut
in place of young paceman Nav-
deep Saini.
For the hosts, putting up a
coherentperformanceremainsa
challenge. Considered a force in
theshortestformat,theyhavenot
lived up to their reputation. If
they can manage to walk away
withawinonTuesday,itwillbea
confidence-booster for the side
ahead of the ODIs and Tests.
SAINI PUNISHED
Saini has been handed one
demerit point for bad behaviour
in his debut T20. ICC disciplined
Sainifortheanimatedsend-offhe
gave Nicholas Pooran, his
maiden international wicket.
“Saini breached Article 2.5 of
the ICC Code of Conduct, which
relates to using actions or ges-
tures which could provoke an
aggressivereactionfromabatter
upon dismissal,” the ICC said.
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against Pakistan, scheduled in five-member squad selected.
NEW DELHI: Not many were con- Islamabad on September 14-15, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and
vinced when India’s former will go ahead despite the political Ramkumar Ramanathan will
coach Tan Kim Her floated the tension between the two coun- lead the singles challenge while
idea of playing Chirag Shetty and tries over Jammu and Kashmir, Rohan Bopanna and Divij
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy as a All India Tennis Association Sharan will team up for doubles
pair. Not even the two players. (AITA) secretary-general Hiron- in the Group I tie to be played on
Both had a similar style. Tall moy Chatterjee said on Monday. grass. Sasi Kumar Mukund is the
and powerful, both revelled in the “There is no development. reserve player.
role of a finisher. And there was The tie will go ahead as sched- With Sumit Nagal making
little in common between them uled. We have even selected the himself unavailable citing an
off the court, as far as bonding team,” said Chatterjee. He said injury, the five-member selec-
was concerned. Rankireddy, son politics will not have any bearing tion committee, led by Rohit Raj-
of a badminton umpire from the on the Davis Cup tie. pal, picked Myneni, the next
quiet Amalapuram in Andhra “We are only concerned about highest-ranked player. Myneni
Pradesh and Shetty, a hotelier’s the players. There is a specific last played in September, 2018,
son from Mumbai, were chalk norm regarding security speci- when India travelled to Serbia
and cheese. One would go search- fied by the International Tennis for the World Group play-off, los-
ing for Indian food during tourna- Federation (ITF) that the host ing the doubles in straight sets
ments abroad. The other would nation has to abide (by). ITF will partnering Bopanna, against
happily dig into his favourite Chi- ensure that,” he said. Nikola Milojevic and Danilo Pet-
nese and Japanese dishes. Ran- This is the first time since 1964 rovic. India have never lost to
kireddy hated leaving his comfort that India will play in Pakistan. Pakistan in six Davis Cup con-
zone and loved to spend time with India had won that tie 4-0 in tests and that is unlikely to
Telugu-speaking friends at the Lahore. Pakistan Tennis Federa- change considering Pakistan
Pullela Gopichand academy tion president Salim Saifullah does not have one singles player
while Shetty loved to embrace Khan, in a recent interview to ranked within the top 1000 in the
new ideas. PTI, said the highest possible ATP list.
Both had already showed good security will be provided to the Squad: Prajnesh Gunneswaran,
results with respective partners visiting Indian team. Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh
even at junior international Myneni, Rohan Bopanna and Divij
meets. Shetty shifted to doubles MYNENI RETURNS Sharan. Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi
six years back and had instant Saketh Myneni was selected in Coach: Zeeshan Ali.
success with MR Arjun, winning
domestic titles in the U-15 and
U-17 categories besides Badmin-
ton Asia U-17 title in 2013. Satwik
was happy sharing court and
Real Kashmir not to
hotel room with statemate G
Krishna Prasad. They too won
the Badminton Asia U-17 title in
2015. Both pairings were marked
n Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (left) and Chirag Shetty swapped roles in the Thailand Open final. Shetty was the attacker this time as Rankireddy had a sore shoulder.

for the future, until Kim Her split
them in 2016 and forged a scratch
combination.
But many didn’t spot what the
well-known Malaysian doubles
expert had. That despite their
game being similar, if paired
together, they had the skill to
rock the world’s best. Speed,
power and craft, Shetty and Ran-
kireddy had these qualities in
abundance and they showed
their class in winning the Thai-
land Open Super 500 event, one of
the best doubles results in Indian
badminton. They beat Chinese
world champions, Li Junhui and
Liu Yuchen, in the final.
The trick to make the combina-
tion tick was to change the role of
one of them from finisher to play-
maker. That responsibility fell on
Shetty, two years senior to Ran-
kireddy.
“One of us had to change and
become a net player and I was the
one because Satwik had a very
good smash. I thought a lot (about
pairing with Rankireddy) when
we started off. But gradually we
started playing well and the
thought didn’t strike,” says
Shetty.
For the pairing to click, Shetty
had to curb his natural instinct as
Indian badminton had not seen
someone like Rankireddy. The
brute power with which he
smashed put him among the elite.
Shetty says: “He is one of the
hardest hitters I would say in
world badminton currently. Most
of the times his smashes are hit
with great power.”
It was an ability that had
brought Rankireddy to the fore in
the domestic circuit.
“We all thought it was special
in our badminton. Indians don’t
have that sort of power to finish
rallies. Now, he has also brought
in variety and a lot more guile,”
says U Vimal Kumar, former
international player and chief
coach, now a national selector.
“People immediately took note
of the pairing because of their raw
strength and power. Tan rated
them highly. They could take the
physical load, lacking in many of
our former doubles players. Now
they have also developed good
soft skills,” adds Kumar.
With his tall frame and broad
shoulders, Rankireddy goes for
the kill. He practised it in cement
courts of Amalapuram. His
smashes can cross 400kph, as the
speed clock showed during the
Premier Badminton League.
“That’s all I knew in badminton.
I loved smashing,” says Rankir-
eddy.
“I used to go with my father for
his volleyball matches, and there
I was fascinated by the jump
smash. I loved people saying
‘wow what a smash’. Later, I saw
Nandagopal (Kidambi Srikanth’s
brother) hitting the jump smash
and I started learning jump
smash and added variety.”
In terms of power, Shetty and
Rankireddy are matching Chi-
nese, Indonesian and Korean
pairs. They beat the renowned
Korean pair of Ko Sung-hyun and
Shin Baek-cheol in the semi-fi-
nals before downing the Chinese
world champions in Thailand.
Rankireddy says they had to
believe in their attack against the
former world champions, who
are very attacking. “The semi-fi-
nal was the toughest. I used to
admire their game when I was
young. They are strong in attack
and our defence is not good. In
attack, we take points 80 per cent
of the time. In defence it’s like changes because he was excep-
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50-50. The idea was not to give any tionally talented,” says Uday
opening to them to attack, so it Pawar, Shetty’s coach and one of
was keeping the shuttle flat. We India’s top doubles expert.
were confident, did not make any In the final against Li Junhui
mistake at crucial times,” he and Liu Yuchen, roles were
says. Shetty, on the other hand, reversed because Rankireddy
was polishing his touch game at had a sore shoulder that had pre-
the net. “I had to focus more on vented him from playing for three
the net because Satwik has the months. Shetty was the attacker.
hardest smash and is effective “Generally, it’s me who creates
from the back.” the opening and he finishes. In
For that, Shetty had to over- the final, I waited and finished it
haul his game. Instead of using myself.”
his arms freely, and freely swing- Both are now comfortable
ing his racquet, he now had to use switching their games and that
short swings to control the fore- has added to their X-factor. They
court. “His earlier partners will enter the world top-10 this
would create openings for him at week. The off-court warmth too is
the net. Now he had to do that for obvious—Rankireddy calls
Satwik. Being a six-footer, more Shetty ‘mini-Google’ for keeping
than a foot above the net, Chirag tab on what happens even in
had to learn to crouch a lot to see Amalapuram. Indian badminton
the shuttle better and stay close to though will hope they stay hot
the net. He could make the heading into the Tokyo Olympics.
pull out of Durand
Dhiman Sarkar
n dhiman@htlive.com
KOLKATA: Real Kashmir will keep
their commitment to the 129th
Durand Cup, team co-owner San-
deep Chattoo said. Some players
and members of the support staff
flew from Srinagar to New Delhi
on Monday evening en route
Kolkata, said Chattoo. “We are
very worried about the situation
at home but as a professional foot-
ball team, we will keep our com-
mitment to the Durand Cup,” said
Chattoo from New Delhi.
The team’s foreigner players
and the foreign members of the
coaching staff are in Kalyani,
near Kolkata, said Chattoo. Scot
Dave Robertson is the team’s
coach and his assistant Jimmy
Lindsay too is British. Robert-
son’s son Mason, 25, is a key
player as well. Scottish winger
Kallum Higginbotham, 30, too
has signed for Real Kashmir this
term. The Robertsons, father and
son, Bazie Armand and Higgin-
botham are among the foreigners
who checked in on Saturday. Real
Kashmir open their Durand Cup
campaign against Chennai City
FC in Kalyani on Wednesday.
BFC HELD
Bengaluru FC needed an 82nd
minute penalty from Suresh
Wangjam to hold Army Red 1-1 on
Monday. Army Red had scored in
the fourthminute of first-half
stoppage time through Liton Shil.
Prabir Das’s 88th minute penalty
helped ATK salvage a 1-1 draw in
their opening match against
Indian Navy who had taken the
lead through Harikrishna AU’s
19th minute goal.

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WE MOHAN Singh Sodhi /Hira Lal
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n Luis Suarez volleyed home the winner in the 89th minute to help Barcelona beat Arsenal at Camp Nou on Sunday night.
Suarez sinks Arsenal in
pre-season friendly clash
HOME COMFORT Catalan giants lay down the marker in Antoine Griezmann’s Camp Nou debut
Agencies
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
BARCELONA: LuisSuarez’slatevol-
ley saw Barcelona to a 2-1 win in
the Joan Gamper Trophy
friendly in front of a bumper
crowdat the CampNou,as Anto-
ine Griezmann made his home
debut following his big money
move from Atletico Madrid.
Suarez flashed home Sergi
Roberto’s lofted pass in the 89th
minute in front of nearly 99,000
people, who packed the stands to
seenewsigningsGriezmannand
FrenckieDeJong,withhisstrike
andAinsleyMaitland-Niles’com-
ical own goal cancelling out
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s
fine first half opener.
“It was an entertaining game,
the atmosphere was great and it
hindustantimes
was a privilege to reunite with
our fans,” said Barcelona coach
Ernesto Valverde.
“I think we did well, but per-
haps in the first half we lacked a
bit of rhythm.”
BarcaareaimingforEuropean
glory this campaign after suffer-
ing Champions League humilia-
tionsagainstRomaandLiverpool
the last two seasons.
Before the match captain
Lionel Messi addressed those
defeats—whichsawBarcathrow
away comfortable first-leg leads
before being dumped out—in a
speech to the crowd.
HoweverMessididn’ttakethe
field and it was left to his long-
time strike partner rather than
the new boys to see off the Gun-
nersaftera powerful secondhalf
display.
MESSI OUT OF US TOUR
BarcelonaskipperMessiwillnot
traveltotheUnitedStatesforthe
club’s pre-season tour after sus-
taining a calf problem on his
return to training from a close
season break, the La Liga cham-
pions said on Monday.
TheArgentineforwardexperi-
enced discomfort in his right leg
during Monday’s training ses-
sion andtestsconfirmed that the
32-year-old had suffered a grade
onecalfstrain,forcinghimoutof
the tour.
“Messi will remain in Barce-
lona... his availability to come
back to action will be dictated by
hisrecovery,”Barcelonasaidina
statement on their website.
“I wanted to get started and
unfortunately I had a mishap
during the first training session
which will keep me out of action
for a while,” the five-time Ballon
d’OrwinnerlaterpostedonInsta-
gram.
Barcelona are set to travel to
theUSlateronMonday,withtwo
friendly matches scheduled
against Italian Serie A side
Napoli on Aug. 7 (Miami) and 10
(Michigan).
Messi was banned from inter-
national duty for three months
and fined $50,000 after levelling
accusations of “corruption” at
South American soccer chiefs
during last month’s Copa Amer-
ica. He was sent off against Chile
in the third-place playoff and
laterallegedthatthetournament
had been fixed in favour of hosts
Brazil,whodefeatedArgentinain
thesemi-finalon theirwayto the
title.
REUTERS PHOTO
MAGUIRE WITH MAN U
MANCHESTER: Manchester United
have signed Leicester City’s
England centre-back Harry
Maguire on a six-year contract,
the Manchester club announced
on Monday.
Financial details of the deal
were not disclosed but British
media reported the transfer fee
was in the region of £80 million
($97.30million),makingMaguire
the most expensive defender in
theworld.Thefeeeclipsesthe£75
million Liverpool paid South-
amptonforVirgilvanDijkinJan-
uary last year. “Manchester
Unitedisdelightedtoconfirmthe
signing of Harry Maguire from
Leicester City. Harry signs on a
six-yearcontract,withtheoption
to extend for a further year,”
United said in a statement.
Foreign athletes
for Inter-State
athletics meet
HT Correspondent
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
LUCKNOW: For the first time,
around 30 foreign athletes will
compete in the National Inter-
StateSeniorAthleticsChampion-
shipstobeheldherefromAugust
27 to 30. The meet will be an
opportunitytoachievethequali-
fying norm for the September
World Championships in Doha.
Ten athletes each from Iran,
Afghanistan and Bhutan are
expected after reportedly being
allowed by the Athletics Federa-
tion of India (AFI) to compete.
“Iranhasconfirmedparticipa-
tion,whilethefinalconfirmation
from Afghanistan and Bhutan is
awaited as they are still waiting
for visas,” an AFI official said on
condition of anonymity on Mon-
day.“Thequalityoftheeventwill
get upgraded with the participa-
tion of foreign athletes, but their
performances would be counted
separately,” he said.
It will be an opportunity to
qualify for the Doha meet, to be
held from September 27 to Octo-
ber6.“Alotofathletesfromthese
three countries couldn’t make
theWorldC’ships(grade)sotheir
federations decided to give them
another opportunity to do so in
India,” said the official. So far,
morethan15Indianathleteshave
qualified for Doha, but there are
many, including sprinter Hima
Das, who are yet to achieve the
qualifying mark.
Japan raises toast to Shibuno
Agence France-Presse
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
TOKYO: JapanonMondayhaileda
fairytale finish for Hinako Shib-
uno, the 20-year-old golf sensa-
tion known as ‘Smiling Cinder-
ella’ who was crowned the sur-
prisewinnerattheBritishOpen.
“Shedidit!”saidTVpresenter
TomoakiOguraafterShibuno,in
her debut tournament overseas,
becameJapan’sfirst Major-win-
ner in 42 years.
“Who expected she could do
thismuchinherfirstcompetition
abroad,aMajorchampionship?”
he said in his morning show on a
private TV network.
Shibuno’s win at her first
Majordominatedmorningtelevi-
sion shows in Japan on Monday,
HINDUSTAN TIMES, N EW D ELHI
TUESDAY, AUGUST 06, 2019
Kyrgios fights off
spasms, takes title
n Nick Kyrgios claimed his sixth career title.
Agencies
n sportsdesk@hindustantimes.com
WASHINGTON: Shaking off back
spasms to blast 18 aces, Austra-
lia’s Nick Kyrgios kept his com-
posure and captured the ATP
WashingtonOpentitle,defeating
Russia’s10th-rankedDaniilMed-
vedev 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4).
The 24-year-old Aussie, who
struggled through the opening
set,claimedthe$365,390topprize
andhissixthcareerATPcrownat
the US Open tuneup event.
“This is probably my best
memoryofafinal,”Kyrgiossaid.
“I left it all on the court.” Kyr-
gios, 5-1 this year against top-10
rivals, won his second title of the
season after Acapulco in March
andwilljump 25positionsto27th
in Monday’s new rankings, his
n Hinako Shibuno.
topping news items.
Thestorybroketoolateforthe
front pages of Japan’s newspa-
pers, but was splashed across
their websites.
Despitethehugepopularityof
golf in Japan, only one Japanese
player--maleorfemale--hadpre-
AFP
first top-30 appearance in 43
weeks. “This has been one of the
greatest weeks of my life. I’ve
made massive strides,” Kyrgios
said.
“This whole week has been
amazing. It’s a week I won’t for-
get.”Knownforhisfierytemper-
ament and inconsistency, Kyr-
gioswasresilientallweek,break-
ing racquets but holding his
emotions together — “super
proud” of his composure.
“In the past six months, it’s
crazy to think how much I’ve
beenabletoturnitaround,”Kyr-
gios said.
“I’mworkinghardtobebetter
as a player and a person.
“I lost faith that I could still
have weeks like this and be
happy.I’vegotto thank(myfam-
ily) for not losing faith.”
viously won a Major: Chako
Higuchiatthe1977Women’sPGA
Championship.Socialmediawas
abuzz with congratulations for
the 20-year-old Shibuno, who
only turned pro last year.
“A star is born!” tweeted one
Japanese user. “A historic
achievement,” another wrote.
On Japanese television,Higu-
chi said Shibuno looked as
“relaxed”asifshewereplayingin
Japan.
“She is a new kind of player,”
the Daily Sports newspaper
quoted Higuchi as saying.
Shibuno hit a gutsy 18-foot
birdieputtatthefinalholetoseal
victory at Woburn on Sunday,
finishing with a 68 and 18-under-
par as she beatAmerican Lizette
Salas by a single stroke.
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› My favourite
gadget is my
smartwatch.
It has infrared
Milky Way is
warped and
twisted, not
GADGETS THAT sensors. With
this, I can run my flat: Study
PLAY KEY ROLE TV/AC without
remotes. Besides
this, it works as
Reuters

IN GEN Y'S LIFE

WASHINGTON: Astronomers

›
a fitness tracker have created the most precise
map to date of the Milky Way by
Music has been among the best which helps me tracking thousands of big pulsat-

IT'S TRENDING Technology has stress-busters and it is the same for me. in maintaining ing stars spread throughout the
galaxy, demonstrating that its
Songs have always lifted my spirits in all good health.
entered all phases of life at a very fast times but remaining stuck at a single place NEIL KHANDELWAL,
disk of myriad stars is not flat
but dramatically warped and
Class 7 E, Rukmini Devi
pace. Gen Y is well informed, thanks to listen to music was just so annoying Public School, Pitampura
twisted in shape.
The researchers on Thursday
for me! To overcome this, Bluetooth
to the internet and smartphones. Here headphones have been my saviours
unveiled a three-dimensional
map of the Milky Way — home

is what students revealed to Nida Afrin because they empower me to move to more than 100 billion stars
including our sun — providing a

about their favourite gadgets. around freely without getting restricted comprehensive chart of its struc-
ture: a stellar disk comprised of
by wires while enjoying my favourite four major spiral arms and a bar-
songs. Moreover, its noise isolation shaped core region.
"For the first time, our whole
technique transports us to a world galaxy — from edge to edge of
of fantasy without any disturbances the disk — was mapped using
from the real world. real, precise distances," said
University of Warsaw astrono-
CHHAVI RANA, Class 10 A, Delhi Public School, Rohini mer Andrzej Udalski, co-author
of the study published in the
journal Science.

› ›
Until now, the understanding
Gadgets make our life easier of the galaxy's shape had been
and more comfortable. My Amazon's voice assistant called Alexa, that based upon indirect measure-

favourite gadget is the Xbox can listen to you and respond with answers ments of celestial landmarks
within the Milky Way and infer-
which lets me play games and to questions, remind you of many things and ences from structures observed

watch TV directly. This means makes life much easier. Instead of listening with in other galaxies populating the
universe. The map was formu-
I can play a game and cut headphones connected to your phone, ask Alexa lated using measurements of the

straight to television any time I to read to you. And it can pull up any book from distance from the sun to 2,400
stars called Cepheid variables
want, while still receiving Xbox your audible library or read books from your scattered throughout the galaxy.

notifications. Kindle. It can also make calls from your contact "Cepheids are ideal to study
the Milky Way for several
list, set the alarm and play songs. reasons," added University of
KRRISH TANWAR,
Class 9, Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar SHRUTI, Class 10, Rashtriya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Rohini, Sector-21 Warsaw astronomer and study
co-author Dorota Skowron.
"Cepheid variables are bright
supergiant stars and they are

› ›
100 to 10,000 times more lumi-
For comfortable reading The tablet not only plays an nous than the sun, so we can
detect them on the outskirts of
Kindle is the best instrumental role in my life by storing our galaxy. They are relatively
gadget. In today's world of notes, tutorials but alsoo serves as my young so w we can find them near
their biirthplaces."
multitasking and devices window of communicaation to The astronomers
with seemingly endless the world. From e-maills ttracked the Cepheids
uusing the Warsaw
capabilities, Kindle does just to chats and Net to Telescope located in
one thing but performs it games, this small tthe Chilean Andes.
great. It also has access to and travel-friendly the
The map showed that
T
e galaxy's disk, far
thousands of books. gadget has all. from flat,
f is significantly
TANVI DUA, Class 7, NK Bagrodia Public School, AAKANKSHA,Class 10, Government warped an nd varies in thickness
Rohini, Sector-9 Girls Senior Secondary School, Sirasp
pur from place tto place, with increas-
ing thickne ess measured further
from the ga alactic centre.

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Laughter day
Cookery test

DAV’S SAKSHI GETS

TOP WUSHU TRAINING
l It was time for merriment for
all when The Modern School,
Kundli, recently celebrated
Laughter Day. On that occasion,
the school conducted a special
assembly on the significance
of the day. The students were
made aware of the fact that
laughter changes moods and
generates positive emotions.
The school corridors echoed
with the laughter of children.
The students were told about
the importance of laughter in
stress-filled times. The students
took part in fun-filled activities
like making smiley cards, smiley
balls and smiley wands. They
had smiles on their faces wher-
ever they went.
l Ahlcon Public School,
Mayur Vihar, organised
an inter-house cookery
competition under an
International School
Award activity to test
the culinary skills of
students. The judges were
Himanshu, interning at
Hotel Clarks as chef;
Gautam Sharma, hotel
management student at
IP University; and Seema
Soni.

Installation ceremony
l Guru Tegh Bahadur 3rd
Centenary Public School,
Mansarover Garden, held an
installation ceremony to hand
over responsibilities to the
new office bearers. The func-
tion was graced by several
eminent Rotarians including
Dr Tejinder Singh, former presi-
dent of the Rotary Club of Delhi
Sakshi Rawat, a Class 9 student of DAV Public School, Jasola Safdargang, president Poonam
Vihar, took part in Wushu training provided by the Chinese Kunyu Juneja, Kuldeep Bajaj, Chanchal
Bhatia, Pusplata Kumar and Janvi, former vice-president of ing trust in her. Thereafter, the
Mountain Traditional Shaolin Martial Arts Academy for students Asha Sharma. The function Interact Club, gave an account installation ceremony started
of 24 countries including Germany and the USA. International began with the national anthem. of the club’s activities and with the exchange of collars,
learning methodologies are opening new avenues for students in It was followed by a welcome achievements. Newly-installed presentation of badges and oath
physical education. Sakshi was trained by the Shaolin 34th genera- speech. Junior school principal president Rasmeet Kaur prom- taking ceremony. Members of
tion martial artist Master Shi Yan Bo in the Yantai Centre of the Manbeen Kaur welcomed the ised to work with zeal. She Interact Club pledged to do their
guests and presented saplings. thanked the teachers for plac- best to serve the club.
Academy for one month. Principal Dr VK Barthwal appreciated
the efforts put in by Sakshi and encouraged students to explore
new opportunities. Boxing c’ship gold
International Yoga Day

Red Cross Day on the need for self-analysis.

lBalvant Ray Mehta Vidya
Bhawan, Lajpat Nagar, cel-
ebrated Red Cross Day to
inculcate humane values in
students. The school organised
a slogan writing competition to
highlight the relevance of the
day. Students delivered speech-
es on the qualities required in
a good human being. In his
address, principal Mukesh
Chand urged everyone above
18 to donate blood. He appreci-
ated the efforts of the students
and their mentors.
Leadership meet
l GLT Saraswati Bal Mandir
School, Nehru Nagar, con-
ducted a Class Leadership
Workshop for monitors of
Classes 6 to 12. In her address
principal Bela Mishra stressed
on the need for self- confidence,
courage, understanding and
intelligence and gave the exam-
ples of Dhirubhai Ambani and
Bill Gates. Then a few games
were organised to develop
team spirit. Vice-principal Ritu
Sood narrated stories with the
messages of strength in unity
and not giving up. She also
gave the examples of Swami
Vivekananda, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and cricketer
MS Dhoni. She emphasised
Physical education department
head Priyadarshan Tripathi
spoke about the obligations
of student leaders.
Health check-up
l Abhinav Public School,
Rohini, organised a health
check-up camp. A team of
medical experts and doctors
conducted the check-ups which
covered different aspects of
health, particularly dental
problems. Students were
issued a health check-up report
card. School manager Subhash
Bansal advised students to be
aware of health guidelines.
POCSO workshop
l International master train-
er on Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences (POCSO)
Mahak Sharma conducted a
session for staff at Cambridge
International DAV Public
School, Pushpanjali Enclave.
Sharma discussed amend-
ments to strengthen the POCSO
Act and punishments for other
crimes against those below 18
years of age. Principal Rashmi
Raj Biswal said all need to be
more observant of the behav-
iour of students in class, notice
gestures, report and discuss
with their seniors. .
Tell-a-tale game
l Holy Child Sr Sec School,
Tagore Garden, organised a
tell-a-tale competition on the
theme of world festivals. Since
time immemorial, storytell-
ing has been a crucial part of
everyone’s childhood. It gives
wings to our imagination and
takes us to places such as drag-
on world, fairy land and the
land of unicorns. It is impor-
tant to know the stories behind
festivals celebrated across the
globe. The competition, titled
Shimmery Lights, was part of
a British Council International
School Award activity.
Investiture
l The Indian Heights School,
Sector 23, Dwarka, organised
an investiture ceremony to
hand over responsibilities to
the student councils of the
primary and senior wings.
As school principal Archana
Narain pinned the badges, the
student council members stood
smartly in their uniforms and
their faces brimmed with con-
fidence. In her address, Narain
emphasised on the need to be
strong and persistent to chase
one’s goals and dreams. The
students of the primary and
senior wings took oaths to
serve the school with dignity,
l Students, faculty and other staff of ASN Senior Secondary l It is rightly said, “Work hard
School, Mayur Vihar celebrated the International Yoga Day. now and live the rest of your life
The day began with the chanting of the Gayatri mantra. as a champion.” Exemplifying
Principal Swarnima Luthra, the yoga teacher and students this saying, Arya Pandit, a grade
performed asanas in the lawns of the school. The school 8 student of Manav Rachna
principal shared her personal experiences of practising yoga. International School (MRIS),
She said yoga not only leads to a healthy body and mind but Sector 46, Gurugram, won the
also brings about the power of concentration. gold medal in the 14th Haryana
State Boxing Championship.
The competition was held
Reading, speaking workshop at Tau Devi Lal Stadium,
Gurugram recently. Arya took
l Resource person Alka Rai part in the under-14 age group
conducted a workshop on in the 46-48 kg category.
Phonological Awareness of She won the title by defeating
Reading and Speaking Skills Monika from Bhiwani district.
at Sam International School, She had taken the lead in the
Dwarka. She used storytelling first bout itself and as they say
as a tool for teaching. the rest is history. She said, “If
Phonetics is defined as the you work hard in training, the
branch of linguistics that deals fight is easy.”
with the sounds of speech and She gave credit to her men-
their production, combination, tor Saroj Sharma for her fitness
description and representa- regime and rigorous training.
tion by written symbols. In the In the second half, Rai stressed MRIS congratulated the young
first half of the workshop, she on techniques like dramatisa- achiever and her mentor.
explained to teachers the cause tion, voice modulation and The gold medal was the out-
of mispronunciation like prob- expression which help in mak- come of regular practice put in
able misdirection of tongue and ing story telling effective for by Arya and guidance by her
the need to correct it promptly. students in a classroom. mentor.

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Fancy dress competition

Visit by foreign delegates

lA delegation of eight eminent educators from

l The students of Arwachin
International School, Dilshad
Garden, took part in a fancy
dress competition with all
enthusiasm.
The judges were Natasha
Sharma, Soma Das and Bhawna
Verma. The students came
dressed on the theme given
to them: Best Out of Waste.
They introduced themselves
and also spoke a few sentences
about what they represented.
Watching the students dressed
up smartly was a treat. The judg-
es applauded the participants
and congratulated the chil-
dren for their efforts. Principal
Swapna Nair gave away the
prizes. The school thanked
the parents for their support,
encouragement and efforts.
The school staff chose the
theme Best Out of Waste for
the competition to make every-
one think over ways to combat
pollution caused by plastic and
other materials.
abroad and three from India visited Jain Bharati
Mrigavati Vidyalaya, GTK Road to explore aca-
demic partnership opportunities. The team
was impressed by the way in which the school
inculcated the values of non-violence and peace.
Vidyalaya principal Anupma Bhardwaj and
students welcomed the guests with tilak and
garlands. They were also presented paintings
made by students.
The teachers observed the classrooms and
infrastructure. The guests had a fruitful interac-
tion with the Vidyalaya faculty, presided over
by Vidyalaya co-chairman DK Jain.
It was a wonderful platform for sharing
creative ideas. A PowerPoint presentation
highlighted the best practices at the Vidyalaya.
The visiting delegation got an idea of the
strengths of the Vidyalaya and they explored
possibiliites of joint action in the the near

Training Inter-house contest future. Both the teams had rounds of discus-
sions to explore partnerships which they could
forge in future.
l Mother’s Dreamland
Junior High School,
Ghaziabad, hosted a
self-defence training pro-
GK Quiz
gramme conducted by the
UP police department.
The aim of the pro-
gramme was to boost
the self-confidence level
of students and equip
them to fight unexpected
physical attacks, molesta-
tion bids and other such
attacks.

l The Lawrence Public School,
Janakpuri, organised several
competitions to facilitate the
intellectual, emotional, social,
moral and aesthetic develop-
ments of students.
The event included competi-
tions such as calligraphy, con-
sonants and vowel words, object
description, our helpers, Spell
Bee, declamation, and poem
recitation. In addition, tell a tale,
news reading, debate, storytell-
ing and writing, peer education,
advertisement presentation,
classical dance, yoga, chess and
badminton competitions were
also organised.

l Convent of Jesus and Mary, Bangla Sahib

Grandparents' Day
l Grandparents are a family’s
greatest treasure, the founders
of a loving legacy, the greatest
storytellers, and the keepers of
traditions. DAV Public School
NTPC, Faridabad, celebrated the
Aashirwad Diwas to lay emphsis
on the bond between children
and their grandparents. A
hawan (religious ceremony) was
also performed on that occasion.
Students thanked the grand-
parents for their love and sup-
port. The special day was filled
with dance and song perform-
ances by children. After some
fun-filled performances, grand-
parents and children played
games. Principal Alka Arora
praised the performances of
the children. The success of
the event was evident from the
smiles on the faces of the grand-
parents.
Road, conducted an Inter-House GK Quiz for stu-
dents. As the United Nations has declared 2019
as the year of indigenous languages, the theme
of the quiz was the same. The quiz mistress was
Sonia Bareja, a teacher trainer, parent, student
counsellor and story teller. The quiz explored
India’s heritage of 22 major languages written
in 13 different scripts, with over 720 dialects.
In the middle school round, the students
had to identify the scripts inscribed on
India’s famous monuments and temples,
the languages/scripts used to write some
famous books across the country. In the
next round, the students had to identify the
original language of some Bollywood music.
In the senior school round, the students
were quizzed on the impact Indian lan-
guages have had on foreign languages.
Thereafter, the students were asked questions
based on India’s Constitution and languages.
The students also had to identify famous region-
al authors based on the language they wrote in.
More questions related to languages were asked
in the final round for the middle and senior
school. The winners were House Endeavour.

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THE NIGHT'S RING
Standing alone in the dark
He shines and laughs and cries
Reciting his anecdotes to the
Lovers lost in the night's demise
The city lights too dim
To steal the glamour from him
Yes, the Moon is one
For earth and for us
But, this is the Moon of Delhi
Who has got no stars as his ally?
Just, a few Smokey clouds
Struck on it, like cavities in mouth.
He found his home in couplets
and songs
But something went wrong
The dark sky got jealous of
the Moon
Sent the gales of darkness
To the florescence that
was immune.
But the charm of the Moon,
stood still
Not even his beard twitch
Insolent, the Moon
Shone in the storm
Darkness eloped like a worm
The sky, asked the Moon
To reveal his secrets
The mysteries, the regrets
Smiled the moon, played his flute
Heard by many, listened by some
Secrets too enchanted to
be revealed
What more could he
have concealed?
He shone like crystals in the sky
Like a ring on the little black
girl's hands
Worn-out, dark but beautiful hands.
CHANCHAL BAGLA, Class 12B,
Sachdeva Public School, Pitampura
ILLUSTRATION: MOHIT SUNEJA
STUDY
lStudy makes us polite,
It also gives freedom like
a kite.
Study makes us smart,
It can't be bought from a
shopping mart.
Study gives knowledge a lot,
And it'll be with us like a
knot.
Study gives us a lot of Fame,
It is not more than a game.
Study gives a bunch of
analysis,
It only decreases the chanc-
Please! Stop
l I am tired of being patient,
Can't bare it anymore,
Just want to have at least
some peace,
Wish I could lay by the shore.
At every single point,
Someone or the other,
Brings back my insecurities,
Why can't they just be like my
mother?
I think being short is alright,
I wonder why they do this.
Who gave them the right?
To make fun of anyone's
height
I feel everyone's pretty,
Some from inside too, but all
from out
Please don’t tell someone
they're ugly,
You know what, keep telling,
no one's really goanna doubt.
Some say am too skinny.
Some say am getting fatter.
Why can't you mind your own
business?
What is the matter?
Maybe I am sensitive,
I believe it’s ok to be,
We all have different
personalities,
And mine, looks good to me.
Stop ranting about my pimples,
To me they are fine,
Please don't tell me I'm annoying,
Because 'being myself' is not
a crime.
If you don't like me,
Just don't talk to me,
I don't care about you,
And you shouldn't about
me too.
JIGYASA TAKKAR, Class 10 B,
GD Goenka Public School,
Paschim Vihar
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, 0 6 AUGUST, 2019
es of crisis.
Study gives knowledge a lot,
And it'll be with us like a
knot.
Study brings a little fear,
If you do hard, it never
brings a tear.
Study makes us much
careful,
So, that we can have life
colourful
Study gives knowledge a lot,
And it'll be with us like a
knot.
Cinderella
l Once upon a time
When the world had no mur-
der or crime
There lived a father of a
sweet girl
The girl was so sweet and kind
so delicate likes a pearl
But then the father married
her
A woman with two daughters
And the poor father died
The girl all night cried
She bared to be with her evil
stepmother
She adjusted with her two evil
sisters
They named her Cinderella
after an awful thing
But Cinderella never gave up
and to cheer her mind she use
to sing
The town was invited to a
fabulous ball
So that the prince would meet
someone and in love he
would fall
Cinderella has chores to do so
she couldn’t come
And the evil stepmother want-
ed her daughter to marry the
prince who was handsome
Cinderella cried so much
Wondering when she would be
loved so much
But fairy godmother was here
And she wanted her child to
go there
She gave her glass shoes and
dressed her up
She told her that by twelve
you have to wrap up
Then Cinderella and the
prince met
But then it soon became
twelve with the prince
Cinderella enough time
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We should take study as a
fun,
Because it makes us a lot to
learn
Teachers have faith on us,
It not only depends on
people's trust.
Study gives knowledge a lot,
And it'll be with us like
a knot
SHREYAS HARSH, Class
8C,Bharti Public School,
Swasthya Vihar
ILLUSTRATION: MOHIT SUNEJA
couldn’t get
Cinderella had left her glass
shoe behind
Cinderella ran home because
her mom and sisters would
return anytime
The prince didn’t want to lose
her
So he sent his guards
everywhere to find her
The shoe will only fit her
And the mother and daugh-
ters had no clue that the
beautiful princess was her
The prince arrived at their
home
Cinderella finally knew that
she was not alone
The shoe fit Cinderella
perfectly
They bid goodbye and the
prince and princess lived
happily.
ZAHRA SHIRPURWALA, Class 6,
Tagore International School
A girl child is
God's gift
l Girls are treasure to
one's family,
Girls give moral strength to
the family.
Girls are the future of
every nation
Girls need a little amount
of care,
A handful of love,
Education to girls,
Will lift the family,
Let the girls also be,
Smiling and happy.
RAJ KAMAL, Class 9 F, Kendriya
Vidyalaya, Tughlakabad
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htexpressions 05

Coping with
mental Illness and
depression
l Hope is what you need
when you're stuck in between,
Hope is what you need when
you are unheard and unseen
It's dark right now,
But light is just ahead,
You may feel lost for some
time,
ARTZONE
And does the world care?
It doesn't seem to notice.
But you've transformed into a
Here are the best entries of this week
Entries have been judged by
MALAY KARMAKAR, senior art director, HT
maverick,
That only thing deeply wor-
thy,
Can make your mind flick
Yet the euphoria of being,
Is replaced by the fear of
fading?
It fades slowly, the heavenly
feeling, leaving wanderlust,
fairy dust behind,

But you aren't mislead
And when you find the light,
Let it penetrate your heart,
Don't be afraid
If it's a new start
And if you fail to seek hope,
Then you will find it from
within
Because believe it or not,
You are stronger than you
think.
SMRITI, Class11 B, Rukmini Devi
Public School, Pitampura
How magic hits
l It comes slowly,
Creeping out of the blue,
Magic, glitter,
A fragment of a glamorous
hue,
And slowly is force added,
The outside world is faded,
And with a snap does the
world come to life
And as words pluck your
heartstrings,
Time is barely on your side.
And yet every stop, every
motion is yours,
You are the master of pitch
of sound,
You travel through waste-
lands, you embrace sunrays,
And pick life along the way.
Every part of you,
Grows in tiny numbers,
Striving for a fire,
Bearing magical embers
And it has come, the moment,
To break out of this world,
turn it round
To fly with pitch,
To merry with sound
Everything stops, yet in such
unison,
It fills your eyes, the horizon.
And waves travel, of sound,
of remembrance,
And how lost you are,
So away, keen in coincidence
1 2
Which however forgotten, will
remain forever alive in your
mind,
That for this experience,
If you had to die another day,
For you it would clear,
Liesha Pratyush
Just another thing in its way Gupta Sinha
You realize, that this was
bound to happen, Class 9, Ryan Class 8, Indus
This was force of life. International Valley Public
This feeling was always
within you, School, Rohini School, Noida
No matter to end it, how much
you'd thrive.
It has touched your heart,
Filled an abyss CONSOLATION PRIZES
And you'll forever reminisce
this feeling,
Of infinite bliss.
APRAAJITA SHARMA,
Class 8B, Mother's Global
School, Preet Vihar
EXPRESS YOURSELF!
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Int'l School, Noida Ext
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TIME TO REALISE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS FOR REAL
Since climate change was dis-
covered 30 years ago, things
have worsened at an unprece-
dented level. Over 1 million ani-
mal species are under threat,
heatwaves are becoming severe
every day and storms are caus-
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To mitigate this some have
started on vegan diet as it not
only keeps one healthy but also
reduces the amount of meth-
ane in the atmosphere and thus
reducing global warming.
But there are several other
ways humans are contributing
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passenger vehicle emits about
4.6 metric tons of carbon diox-
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us from using cars?
This is because some peo-
OUR SIMPLE ACTIONS
LIKE BUYING AN
ELECTRIC CAR,
SWITCHING TO A VEGAN
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ple refuse to believe that the
climate is changing and it’s
for real.
We tend to overlook the
fact that we are the ones who
have started this change. Just
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to tolerate the change it does
not make us impervious to its
effects.
Climate change is happen-
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Contest No. 589
1. Name the Indian boxer
who received a gold medal
at the President’s Cup in
Indonesia last week.
2. Name the wildlife show in
which PM Narendra Modi is
set to make an appearance.
3. What is the new estimate
of the number of tigers in
India according to the 2018
All India Tiger Estimation
Results?
4. Which Indian city was
recently ranked the best
student city in the country?
5. Where have scientists
found the fossils of the
smallest monkey?
Picture Questions
1 Identify the bird species
which is nearing extinc-
tion due to high voltage
power lines.
Identify the siblings
2 who recently won the
doubles title at the
Washington Open.
Answers of HT PACE Challenge no. 588
1. Miratowa and Someity
are the two robots which
will play a key role in the
2020 Tokyo Olympics.
2. The launch vehicle
GSLV Mark-III carried
Chandrayaan-2 on July 22.
3. The story of the Ashes
began in the year 1882.
4. South Korean footballer
Son Heung-Min has been
called Asia’s Beckham.
5. Priti Patel is the
Indian origin woman
who has been appointed
United Kingdom’s home
secretary.
Slogan in not more than 10 words, Upcycling is...
Answer the questions correctly, complete the slogan and win exciting prizes!
1 Starting at the point as per the arrow
1
2
Picture story
1. The world’s smallest
rhinos can be found in
Sumatra, Indonesia.
2. Brown bears were seen
eating ice-covered fruits at
a Swiss zoo.
Winners of
Contest No. 588
First Prize
Manav Gupta, Class 8,
Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan
Mehta Vidyalaya, KG Marg
Second Prize
Garima, Class 6, Ganga
International School, Sawda
Third Prize
Gyan Kaur, Class 12,
Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya,
Ramesh Nagar
Consolation Prize
Bhargavi Chakraborty,
Class 7, Kendriya
Vidyalaya,
Keshavpuram (Evening)
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CRACK THIS
Number chain
marked, and moving clockwise, find one
way by which, if you insert all the four
arithmetical signs — two of them twice
— in the blank squares and carry out all
the operations in sequence to obtain the
answer given.
1 3 4
3 = 1
9 2 6
Solution : 9 x 1 / 3 x 4 / 6 + 2 - 3 = 1
Start
Enigma code
Rules & Each colour in our code represents a letter.
Regulations When you have cracked the code you will
1. The competition is open to
the students of Classes 4 to 12
be able to make up seven words. The clue
from PACE member schools,
during the academic year
to first word is given to help you get
2019-20. started.
2. Entries must be sent on a
separate sheet of paper with The Clue: Paradise
all questions answered and
the slogan completed.
3. Each entry must clearly
state the contest number,
your name, age, address,
phone number, class, section,
school name and address.
4. All entries must reach the
address given in the box
below by August 9, 2019.
5. Organisers shall not be res-
ponsible for lost, damaged,
illegible or mislaid entries.
6. Proof of posting shall not
be taken as proof of delivery
of an entry.
7. Organisers’ decision in
all matters regarding the
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of identification at the time
of collecting prize from HT
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of the result.
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n The Plain of Jars, Laos serves as the most prominent evidence of the
Iron Age civilisation which made and used these jars. WIKIPEDIA

THE PLAIN OF JARS

IN CENTRAL LAOS
Located on the hill slopes and be between 500 BC and 500 AD,
spurs surrounding the central and possibly up to as late as 800
plateau in Laos, this megalithic AD. The jars and the associated
archaeological site gets its name archaeological features provide
from the more than 2,100 tubu- evidence of the ancient cultural
lar-shaped megalithic stone jars practices of this civilisation,
used for funerary practices in including the social hierarchies
the Iron Age. It contains 15 com- of the time.
ponents including large carved The Plain of Jars is located at
stone jars, stone discs (possibly an historical crossroads between
lids for the jars), secondary two major cultural systems of
burials, tombstones, quarries, Iron Age Southeast Asia – the
grave markers, and other funer- Mun-Mekong system and the Red
WHAT’S COOKING ary objects. River/Gulf of Tonkin system.
The jars are large, well-crafted, The area on which it is located
Do you like to cook tasty
and required technological skills facilitated movement throughout
recipes? If yes, send us
Crispy Corn Balls innovative, simple and easy- to produce and move from the
quarry locations to the funerary
the region, and enabled trade and
cultural exchange. The existence
to-make recipes that can be
INGREDIENTS ginger garlic paste, red chilli pow- n Meanwhile, take the dry mix-
made quickly. The best sites. Ranging from 3 to 10 feet in of similar jar clusters in other
n 1 cup boiled and mashed der and coriander. ture and divide it into equal por- entry will be featured in this height, these stone structures parts of Asia has led many
n Add cheese,cornstarch, salt, tions. Use your hands to roll the column every week. Hurry, are mostly made of sedimentary researchers to believe that the
sweetcorn
n ½ tsp lemon juice pepper and lemon juice. Mix well mixture into small balls. send in your entry now, rocks and each can weigh up to jars were part of large overland
n ½ tsp ginger-garlic paste using two wooden spoons or n Dip corn balls into flour batter along with your full name, 12,700 kilograms. trade routes.The site was heavily
with your hands. and coat. Fry until golden brown. school’s name and address
n ½ tsp red chilli powder Many researchers have theo- bombed during the Secret War
n In a separate bowl, mix one n Take out and put on a plate
with a contact number.
n 2 tbsp grated mozzarella
Happy cooking! You can rised that the jars may have of 1960s, and several unexploded
n 1 tbsp crushed coriander spoon of water with covered with tissue paper, write to us at once served as funeral urns or bombs remain on the site till
n Salt and pepper to taste the flour. Keep which will soak the delhipace98@gmail.com and for storing food. The property date, and have caused injuries
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1 tbsp cornstarch spoon at a time, with ketchup. com or HT School Times, dence of the Iron Age civilisation It received the Unesco World
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n In a bowl, take the sweet corn, pan. New Delhi 4038401/ 0120-4038404 is known about this civiliza- jars can be further studied and
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8 Donkey, jackass or Bunny Envelope Carpe Diem

burrow (3)
10 Organ of sight (3)
12 ''Apollo 13,'' e.g. (9)
14 Future stallion (4)
15 Brown, white or black
animal (4)
DOWN :
2 "A" in IAF ? (3)
4 Concur, correspond
(5)
5 Fear, dread or wonder
(3)
6 ___ off : gets the race
going ? (5)
7 ___ away : abolish
ACROSS : swiftly ? (5)
1 Iraqi, e.g. (4)
9 ___ time : unimportant or
3 Charles ___ : Elia, the essayist petty ? (5)
? (4) 11 Condensed moisture (3)
13 A gardening implement (3)
6 Diwali sights and fun (9)
Down: 2 Air, 4 Agree, 5 Awe, 6 Flags, 7 Sweep, 9 Small, 11 Dew, 13 Hoe.
Across:1 Arab, 3 Lamb, 6 Fireworks, 8 Ass, 10 Eye, 12 Spaceship, 14 Colt, 15 Bear.
SOLUTION:
Wrap up a greeting card or a rakhi for your sibling in this cute bunny-like envelope.
What you need:
n Three A4 sized sheets in Pink,
Black and White colours
n Ruler
n Pencil and eraser,
n Gluestick/Fevicol
n Scissors
What you need to do:
n Cut the pink sheet in half. On
one half draw lines using the
ruler to make the rectangle into a
rhombus from the edges.
n Using a ruler, mark a center of
this rhombus and divide it into
four equal triangles. If drawing,
use the pencil lightly so that the
lines are not visible,
n Fold the two side triangles
and one bottom triangle on to
the center. This will give you the
shape of your envelope.
n Glue the three triangles at their
meeting point, leaving the top
flap open.
n On the remaining pink sheet
draw and cut out ears of the
bunny. Draw and cut out smaller
bunny ears on the white sheet.
Then glue the white ones onto
the pink ones.
n Similarly, use the black and
white sheets to cut out the eyes.
n For the moustache cut out six
strips from the black sheet.
n Cut out an oblong/round-
shaped nose from the pink sheet.
n Glue the bunny parts onto the
envelope as shown in the picture.
n You can vary the size of the
envelope based on your needs.
Your bunny envelope is now
ready to use!
The phrase, originally in Latin,
means ‘seize the day’ when
translated to English. The literal
translation, however, comes out
differently. The word 'Carpe'
literally means 'pluck', and has
a particular reference to the
plucking of fruit. Linguistic
experts suggest that a more
accurate rendition of the phrase
is, 'pluck the day when it is
ripe'. The extended version of
this phrase - 'carpe diem, quam
minimum credula postero' –
literally translates as 'pluck
the day, trusting as little as
possible in the future'. In Latin
literature, the first known use
of the phrase is in the first book
of ‘Odes’, by the poet Horace.
It was used for the first time in
English by the poet Lord Byron.
in his 1817 work 'Letters', which
were published in 1830.

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IT’S FELINE GRACE LENS CAPE

Birthday show
l A customised Citroen 2CV is seen during the event
devoted to Citroen’s iconic 2CV car which coincides
this year with the French car maker’s 100th birthday
in Samobor, Croatia, on Friday. REUTERS

Smartphone gaming better stress

reliever than fidget-spinner
l Digital games, like those
on smartphones, may help in
relieving stress after a day’s
work more effectively than
a fidget-spinner toy, a new
study suggests.
"Far from feeling guilty
about being absorbed by
their phone, people who play
such games after a stressful
day at work should know
n Glimpses of the annual they are likely to be gaining a
Cat Fashion Show held real benefit,” said Anna Cox,
at Algonquin Hotel in Professor at the University
Manhattan borough, of Bath in UK.
New York, on Thursday. In the study, 45 partici- were given a fidget-spinner
The event is held each pants aged between 19 and 36 toy. The researchers noted
year on the birthday of were given a 15-minute maths that the level of enjoyment in
the hotel’s feline test and then asked to either digital games was correlated
resident, Hamlet VIII. play a shape-fitting game with the amount of benefit it
The cats, who were or use a mindfulness app. offered in terms of post-work
dubbed ‘mewdels’, Those in the control group recovery. IANS
stuck to the multicultur-
al theme of the night:
‘It’s a Small World’. AFP

MOROCCO MIRTH

'CLEOPATRA' THE n Stranded whales lie on the beach in Snaefellsnes peninsula,

Iceland, on July 18 REUTERS FILE

DONKEY WINS Around 20 pilot whales die in

BEAUTY PAGEANT
Agence France-Presse
B E N I A M M A R , M O R O CCO :
Wearing a crown of flowers,
“Cleopatra” the donkey delight-
ed villagers in central Morocco
by bucking the trend to clinch
top prize in a beauty pageant.
Named after the ancient
Egyptian queen, she triumphed
at the Festibaz event — becoming
the first female donkey ever to
win the contest, held in the vil-
lage of Beni Ammar.
“It’s a devoted and tireless
animal, but it must be looked
after,” said Abdeljalil, the win-
ner's 26-year-old owner.
A farmer, he took home a prize
of 2,500 dirhams ($260) and a
sack of barley, as the pageant
returned in late July after a five-
year break caused by funding
difficulties.
As well as a flower crown,
Cleopatra wore glamorous sun-
glasses and was dolled up to the
end of her hooves for the nine
judges.
The panel included a vet and
a philosophy professor, who
closely examined the donkeys'
appearance, health and bond
with their owners.
n The winner celebrates after winning the donkey race at the
festival named Festibaz in a village in Morocco
The twelfth edition of the festi-
val in Beni Ammar, some 120 kms
west of the capital Rabat, was
intended as a celebration. The
donkey “plays an essential role
in the life of village residents”,
said Mohamed Belmou, who
works in Rabat but is originally
AFP
from the village.
“We want to rehabilitate the
image of man's old companion,
victim of abuse and bad-mouth-
ing,” added Belmou.
One competitor saw the con-
test as a way to promote donkey's
milk.
mysterious circustances in Iceland
l Some 20 pilot whales
have died stranded in mys-
terious circumstances on
the south-western coast of
Iceland, emergency services
said on Saturday, only two
weeks after a similarly unex-
plained mass stranding had
already killed dozens of the
long-finned cetaceans. The
dead whales, part of a group
of 50 stranded whales, were
discovered late Friday near
Gardur, some 50 kilometres
from the capital Reykjavik.
According to Icelandic media,
locals began rescue efforts to
save the whales even before
emergency teams arrived.
“Around 90 volunteers
worked all night to keep the
animals wet,” said David
Mar Bjarnason, a spokesman
for the Icelandic research
and rescue association.
By 0800 GMT the last
of the surviving whales
were back in deep water.
“We had to wait for high tide
to get them back into the
sea,” Bjarnason said. Pilot
whales are relatively plen-
tiful, with their stock in the
Atlantic estimated at between
500,000 and 800,000 animals.
AFP

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same that she flaunts in her film
choices. From shedding her
glamorous image in Lootera
(2013), playing feisty women in
films such as Akira (2016) and
Noor (2017) and going back to the
mainstream with the third film
in the franchise that kicked off
her career — Dabangg (2010) —
she’s had quite a ride. Sonakshi
has worked with the biggest stars
in Bollywood and been part of
quite a few ensemble films, but
she doesn’t seem to have any
worry about how much screen
time she gets. Excerpts from a
chat with the actor:
You started off in films with masala
potboilers, but your recent films
and upcoming lineup that boasts
Khandaani Shafakhana and Mission
Mangal, is not run-of-the-mill fare.
How did the shift come about?
I get to play different roles in
every film. Even if you see my
lineup, each one is different.
It’s been going on for the past
few years. I really enjoy doing
and watching those kind of films.
But it’s not like I’ll stop doing
(masala) films. I also want to do
that, and this. I want to be that
actor who you can imagine in any
kind of film, any genre and they
can be as contrasting as Lootera
and Rowdy Rathore (2012).
Kalank, earlier this year, and
Mission Mangal, up next, both are
multi-starrers. How do you handle
professional rivalries that are said to
crop up around how much screen
time each actor will get?
I, honestly, haven’t faced it at all.
Why should I be insecure? I’m
very confident about my work,
what I’ve to offer as an actress,
what I bring to the table and the
film. I work very hard, and
nobody can take that and my
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thumbs up to
tonal dressing
Akshay Kaushal
ave you tried wearing the
H same colour from head to
toe? Sounds tricky? Not
for our Bollywood men. The
dapper celebs are acing the
tonal dressing trend and
showing us more ways to look
chic and sophisticated.
Sporting the same colour
from top to bottom has been a
runway favourite for a while
now. And we are seeing this
trend gain momentum, thanks
to the likes of actors Shahid
Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, and
Ajay Devgn sporting it with
elan. To decode what gets this
trend an instant liking, we
spoke to style experts.
talent away from me. I know
that is what’s going to get me
work at the end of the day —
not my connections with anyone,
not whose daughter I am. It’s just
how I’m on set, how I work with
people.
Mission Mangal is a story about a
team of women scientists. But the
face of the male protagonist, played
by Akshay Kumar, being bigger than
anyone else on the film’s poster,
gave rise to a debate. What’s your
take on that?
I also read this somewhere.
For all of us, it was teamwork.
Even while we were
shooting, nobody was made
to feel smaller than the
other person despite there
being so many people. And
the truth of the matter is
that Akshay Kumar is the
biggest star in the film!
Someone had told me this
very long back (smiles) and
the line has stuck in my
head — ‘Jo bikta hai, woh
dikhta hai’. Today, if you
see Akshay’s collections,
he’s the highest-selling
star in the entire film, that
is why (his face is bigger
on the poster).
Having worked with the
younger crop like Varun
Dhawan and Ranveer
Singh and veteran stars
like Salman Khan and
Akshay, do you find any
difference in how they
behave on the sets, their
prep process?
Every actor has
a different process. I
can’t compare
according to the
age, or how long
they’ve been
in the industry.
Salman has a
different
process,
Akshay
will have a different one, so will
Varun and Aditya (Roy Kapoor).
It depends on the actor.
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Calling it one of the chicest
trends, designer Nachiket
Barve says, “A part of
gentlemen dressing, there is
something very sophisticated
about layering in tonal
dressing. It has an Italian
Riviera vibe that’s subtle yet
modish.”
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SPIELBERG’S HALO
A ctor Shabana Azmi has
joined the cast of Halo,
to be produced by Steven
Spielberg. The series will
begin production later this
year in Budapest, according
to Variety. “Asian actors
have been fighting for
colour-neutral casting for
years. Finally it’s become a
reality,” Azmi said during an
event. She will play the role
of the head of the Office of
Naval Intelligence. The
series is based on the video
game franchise of the same
name.
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Akshay Kumar is readers.
the biggest star
PeoplethinkI’msuccessful
in the film!
Today, if you see
Akshay’s
collections, he’s
the highest-
selling star in the
entire film, that
is why (his face
becauseofEktaKapoor:Anita
is bigger on the
poster).
SONAKSHI SINHA
ACTOR
Ekta is like my family
and her helping me
is not wrong. If it’s
considered nepotism,
it is, but it’s not that
I’m working any less
and not putting in
any effort.
ANITA HASSANANDANI
ACTOR
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Aamir Khan to lose close to 20kg to play young
Forrest Gump in Hindi remake
Pooja Sharma
amir Khan’s next project,
Clockwise from
top left:
A Lal Singh Chaddha,
the official remake of
the 1994 Robert Zemeckis
Rajkummar
Rao, Meezaan,
Shahid Kapoor,
drama, Forrest Gump, was
announced on his birthday,
earlier this year. The actor
and Ajay Devgn will be seen playing the titular
rock the tonal role, essayed originally by
dressing trend Tom Hanks. The buzz is that
the makers of the Hollywood
film got several enquiries
might enend up killing
ll the look if shoe colour as it from Hindi filmmakers for the
you sport accessories in the may end up rights to the film. However, it
same tone. looking a little seems the makers were keen
“This trend is equal parts OTT. You should on Aamir portraying the
tricky and easy. The only rule rather go for neutral iconic role, says a source.
is to opt for multiple shades of shade shoes when you are Forrest Gump, which
the same colour while you are going for tonal dressing,” won six Oscars, is one of Tom
layering. The texture and suggests designer Jenjum Hanks’ best-loved and most
fabric can be different. It is not Gadi. inspiring films, the world
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Sidharth and Parineeti
indulge in a war for love
he audience will witness a
T war of love between
Sidharth Malhotra and
Parineeti Chopra in their
upcoming film, Jabariya Jodi.
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Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra
over. “The original makers
have heard good things about
Aamir Khan and his knack for
perfection in movie-making.
Despite good offers earlier, the
makers decided to give its
remake rights to the
production that brought
Aamir into the project,” adds
the source.
And when Aamir came to
know, he met the makers and
initiated the talk. “It took over
five years to finalise the deal,”
a source informs. The actor is
leaving no stone unturned
in ensuring that this film
turns out to be one of
his best. Aamir will
lose close to 20kg
to play the
younger
version of
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Set against the backdrop of Sidharth’s character, Abhay,
pakadwa shaadis, the film
explores the highs and lows of
the romance between the lead
helms a gang that carries out
groom kidnapping and
supports jabariya shaadi,
pair. While Parineeti’s character, Babli, is
opposed to the idea of such
marriages. When the two fall
in love, it’s a clash of
ideologies.
The childhood
sweethearts’ romance sees
many twists and turns
before they finally bump
into each other again,
years later.
Director Prashant Singh,
says, “Pain is a strong
emotion that resonates with
people. And the romance
between Abhay and Babli is
unique and feisty. Sidharth
and Parineeti bring
amazing eclectic energy,
especially in their romantic
sequences, and it was fun
shooting with them.”
The audience has got a
glimpse of their romantic
journey in the film’s love
ballad — Dhoonde
Akhiyaan. But what is
love without some pain,
right? This is captured in
the heartwrenching song,
Khwabfaroshi, which
beautifully displays how
the characters go through
a myriad of emotions.
Directed by Prashant
Singh, produced by
Shobha Kapoor, Ekta
Kapoor, and Shaailesh
R Singh, Jabariya Jodi
is all set to release on
August 9, 2019. HTC
Sangeeta Yadav times before taking up such a
negative role. Everybody asked
ntagonists have their own me, ‘Are you sure?’ ”
A charm and fan following,
but not all actors are okay
to take up negative roles — call
In fact, her mentor Ekta
Kapoor, and her husband were
the ones who encouraged her.
it the fear of impact it has on “Rohit told me it’s a great
their image or the risk of opportunity. I was a little
getting typecast. And those skeptical, but I’m glad that
female actors who have played Ekta forced me and said it’s
the ‘adarsh bahu’ on TV are the something out of the box. It’s
ones who often worry the most! very real and relatable,” says
So, when Anita Hassanandani, Anita, adding, “In TV people
who became a household name would say, if you play a villain
with the TV show or a bahu, you will get similar
Kkavyanjali, played a grey characters. But, it’s about how
character — the ex-wife of the you work, and make the
male lead in a popular prime character look different.”
time show — she was Also, Anita is often labelled
bombarded with hate “Ekta Kapoor’s favourite”,
messages on social media. but the actor rubbishes this
“Never in my wildest perception. “I’ve always
dream had I imagined that I auditioned, and got the part on
would get so many hate my credibility and not because
messages. People wrote nasty of favouritism. But whenever
things on my social media people from the industry see
posts, which made me feel low me doing good work, they judge
and doubt my decision. But my by saying ‘Yeh toh Ekta ke door
husband, Rohit Reddy, said se aayi hai, isliye hit hai’,” she
that people are reacting says, adding, “Eventually, your
because I have been playing the success depends on your talent
part so convincingly,” says the and not the push you get. You
38-year-old. do a good job and give your
She feels glad to make 100% but everyone is like ‘She
her comeback on TV with this is successful because of Ekta’.
show, but adds that it wasn’t Ekta is like my family and her
easy. She explains, “Before helping me is not wrong. If it’s
signing it, I did think a lot considered nepotism, it is,
because it was for TV, and but it’s not that I’m working
the role of an ex-wife and till any less and not putting in
then I had played only lead any effort.”
roles. People would think 10 n sangeeta.yadav@hindustantimes.com
the character. The film is said
to roll in November this year.
“The actor follows a special
diet consisting of sabzi roti
and some protein intake.
He will also undergo the
training for in his look after
September. As of now, Aamir
is involving himself in the
overall creative aspects of the
project,” the source said.
n pooja.sharma@htlive.com
Aamir Khan plays the
Bollywood version of
Forrest Gump in Lal Singh
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TO BREAKINGMYIMAGE’
Bobby Deol, who is making his debut in the digital space with a web film, says the medium
has provided a lot of scope to both filmmakers and actors to experiment with stories
Juhi Chakraborty
e has been around in
H Bollywood for over two
decades, doing mostly
romantic or thriller
films, but Bobby Deol is now
set to change that. At 50, the
actor is venturing into the
digital space, a medium that
has changed fortunes of many
actors. He is shooting his
debut web film, produced by
Shah Rukh Khan, and he calls
it, “the best shooting
experience ever”. Excerpts:
What prompted you to foray into
the web space?
There is liberty to be a part of
the script, which is not made
in mainstream cinema. As an
actor, it’s a great opportunity
especially because I haven’t
ever got roles which are so
exciting. I’m really looking
forward to it and enjoying
shooting every day.
Is the web a fad or here to stay?
Web is the future. People are
not going to the theatres that
often now. Few films really
pull crowds. People now
prefer to watch content on
handheld devices, and the web
platforms play a very
important part in the
entertainment
industry.
What differences did you
What’s the mystery behind Varun
Sharma’s unusual screen names?
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notice shooting a feature and web
film?
Everything is like shooting a
film. I’m getting to work with a
lot of actors from theatre
who’ve never been on screen
before; people who have done
voice-overs and stuff.
Everybody is so honest about
their work. A movie set is all
glamour, but here, it’s about
doing the job well. I’m just
lucky to be a part of this.
How do you think this step will
impact your career?
I’m enjoying this phase
because for an actor like me,
it’s an opportunity to be a part
of a subject that I haven’t done
before. You get typecast in
films. I want to break that
image. Look at what Saif (Ali
Khan) achieved after Sacred
Games. Also, my friend Saqib
Saleem did a very different
web series (Rangbaaz).
Will the inclination to do films
fizzle out now?
People who are starting
out will want to be seen
on the big screen.
But so many
actors are
getting
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I just love these
names. Mujhe lagta hai
ki meri life mein kabhi
koi Raj, Rahul ya
Sudhir nahi aayega.
VARUN SHARMA ACTOR
opportunities. I’ve been
waiting and reading scripts for
projects but I was looking for
the right kind of opportunity.
Will the superior content on web
force filmmakers to buck up?
People don’t like to take
chances in mainstream
cinema. That’s not the issue on
web. Many people say ‘we
watched your film on TV and
loved it’ and I’d be like,
‘Aapne theatre mein kyun
nahi dekhi, hit ho jaati’
(laughs). So, TV in a way
paved the way for content
moving beyond halls. Web was
bound to come up.
n juhi.chakraborty@htlive.com
Shreya Mukherjee
V
arun Sharma is one of the
best comic finds in the
recent times, and he so
effortlessly manages to tickle
your funny bone with the
characters he portrays on
screen, is something everyone
is aware of. But, there is
another aspect that sets him
apart from his co-actors — his
on-screen names right from
Choocha in his debut film
Fukrey (2013).
“I love my names in all my
films. Be it Choocha, Onida
Singh in Arjun Patiala,
Bhooshith in Khandaani
Shafakhana, Sexa in
Chhichhore or Lakiresh in
RoohiAfza. Apart from few
regular names here and there
like Sidhu in Dilwale (2015), I
mostly had crazy names to my
credit,” he says with a laugh.
The 29-year-old shares that
people have often suspected
that he might be the brain
behind such quirky names.
But Varun says that he has
never done that. In fact, such
It takes a lot of courage to replace
an actor: Rajeshwari Sachdev
Sangeeta Yadav
ctors being replaced on
A TV shows has become a
regular occurrence, and
even those who come on
board as a replacement for
the part don’t find it easy to
immediately step into
someone else’s shoes.
However, Rajeshwari
Sachdev, who had replaced
Anuja Sathe in Peshwa
Bajirao (2017) and Poonam
Dhillon in Dil Hi Toh Hai
(2018), “didn’t feel the
inhibition” in playing a
replacement.
“As long as it’s ethical,
there is no harm in replacing
an actor,” says Rajeshwari,
adding, “I took both those
parts because they weren’t
superficial. There was a lot of
layering to them, and any
script that allows me to play
characters with layers will
always interest me.”
The 44-year-old further
explains that there was a
reason why the makers felt
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names “automatically come”
to Varun, and he isn’t
complaining at all.
“Mujhe bahut log kehte
hain ki bhai tu hi jaake
director ko bolta hoga ki
mujhe koi alag sa naam do.
Par maine aisa kabhi nahi
kiya. But yes, I just love these
names. Mujhe lagta hai ki
meri life mein kabhi koi Raj,
Rahul ya Sudhir nahi aayega.
Even the audience loves such
names, and they instantly
form a connect with these
names,” he adds.
Varun reveals that only in
the last two years people have
started calling him by his real
name. “They would mostly
call me Choocha or Fukra.
Some, still do, and I enjoy it.
In fact, my mother is the
happiest when I’m called by
these names,” the actor jokes
and adds, “Now, I’m
comfortable with such names.
What will really get me
thinking is if I don’t
get such names in my
upcoming films.”
n shreya.mukherjee@htlive.com
Watching a new face
play the part leaves
the audience
confused, and we do
look for audience
acceptance.
Comparisons also
happen.
RAJESHWARI SACHDEV
ACTOR
the need to replace the
existing characters. “Anuja’s
role, Radha Bai, had a
contract for a limited period
of time, till her children [on
the show] were young, after
which it wasn’t relevant. But
since the makers needed the
part [to take the story
forward] they approached
me. In another show, I
replaced Poonam Dhillon,
People who are
starting out will want
to be seen on the big
screen. I’ve been
sitting, waiting and
reading scripts for
projects but I was
looking for the
right opportunity.
BOBBY DEOL ACTOR
who was playing the mother’s
character, but had creative
differences,” she says.
Isn’t it tough to connect
with the audience that is used
to seeing an actor portray a
part in a show? Rajeshwari
agrees, “Watching a new face
play the part leaves the
audience confused, and we do
look for audience acceptance.
Comparisons also happen.
Though my role wasn’t the
lead, so it didn’t matter, but
for actors such as
Shubhangi Atre who
replaced Shilpa Shinda in a
popular sitcom, it takes a lot
of courage. Her replacement
miffed a lot of fans, but
Shubhangi did a fabulous
job.”
On why actors are quitting
shows so frequently, she
opines, “Everybody wants to
make their show a hit. But
maybe, [when the show or
their role] doesn’t shape the
way they envision, or there
are some personal issues,
they decide to leave.”
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Eshais‘verymuchsingle’,
waitingforsomeonespecial
Shreya Mukherjee
T
here has been a lot of buzz
around actor Esha Gupta’s
relationship status. She
was rumoured to be dating a
Delhi-based businessman’s
son, then came reports of her
being romantically involved
with fashion designer Nikhil
Thampi, and most recently, she
was linked with cricketer
Hardik Pandya.
Refuting these as ‘baseless’
rumours, Esha says that she is
“very much single”. However,
she is quick to add that she does
believe in love and would like
to have someone special in her
life, but she is yet to find the
right person who she can spend
the rest of her life with.
“Love is an important
emotion and life is incomplete
without it. I also want to have
someone special in my life but
right now there is no one,” she
continues, “I think everything
happens at the right time and
my time isn’t here yet. I’d
rather focus on my work and
let love happen when it has to
happen.”
Asked about Hardik, who
was also linked with actors Elli
AvrRam and Urvashi Rautela
recently, Esha chose to remain
tight-lipped. “There is no point
in reacting to everything. And
whenever I’ve felt the need to
clarify things, I’ve always done
that, and will continue doing
so. I never shy away from
speaking the truth. So, yes,
there is no special man in my
life right now,” adds the 33-
year-old, last seen in the film
One Day: Justice Delivered.
We ask what she wants in
her life partner. “It’s very
difficult to put such things in
words — you just know when
you meet the right person.
Somewhere, something within
you tells you that ‘Yes, he is
the person I want to spend
rest of my life with’. And
once that happens, I
would happily settle Esha Gupta
down with two-three PHOTO:
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she laughs.
EGUPTA
n shreya.mukherjee@htlive.com
Bahut mushkil se
gaana chalta hai:
Toshi Sabri
Sangeeta Yadav
he wave of cult songs
Singer-composer
Toshi Sabri says
promotion has
T being recreated has
spread like wildfire in the
music industry, and singer-
become very composer Toshi Sabri finds
important in today’s this trend quite empowering to
times be able to experiment with the
PHOTO: FACEBOOK/ old songs. But the kind of
OFFICIALTOSHISABRI popularity that remakes are
gaining, makes it challenging
for the original singles to
become a hit.
“It’s the time of recreated
versions, and since people
PHOTO: FOTOCORP enjoy it the most and add them
to their playlists, there is no
harm for singers to recreate
more and more classics. It’s
very difficult for the original
singles to work. Bahut
mushkil se gaana chalta hai
because recreational songs
have a very strong recall
value,” says the singer, who
recently launched his new
single Dilla Ther Jaa.
Having worked in the
industry for over 13 years,
Toshi has over 40 movie songs
to his credit and adds that if
given a chance, he would want
to recreate his popular
number Mahi Mahi from the
movie Raaz (2009). “It was my
first superhit song that gave
me an identity in the industry,
and I would like to recreate the
song,” he adds.
Toshi has also given voice to
songs in upcoming films such
as Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna,
Aadat, and Bypass Road.
“Music has become pure
business. When we had started
our career, it wasn’t the case.
If you’ve a good song, voice,
and lyrics, it was good enough
to make a hit song. But today,
though we have social media
and streaming platforms, to
reach a lot of audiences
requires a lot of investment.
Promotion has become very
important. You have to fit in a
certain budget and sometimes
put in money from your pocket
as well,” he says.
n sangeeta.yadav@hindustantimes.com
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Adwaita Gadanayak
he preview opening of the
T exhibition, Tomorrow
Belongs To Me, took place
in the Capital, recently. Artist
Pallav Chander, through this
show, has focused on the
contemporary societal
psychology and behaviour,
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Spotted practising at a
football field in Mumbai
recently were actors
Abhishek Bachchan,
Arjun Kapoor and
Armaan Jain, and
filmmaker Bunty Walia.
These celebs are known
to indulge in friendly and
charity matches, and with
regular practice, they make
sure they stay at the top of
the game. HTC
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represented as an abstract
expression. Spotted at the
event were Kathak dancer
Shovana Narayan, Swedish
ambassador to India Klas
Molin, and director-general of
NGMA Adwaita Gadanayak,
among others. HTC
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Walia and
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Bachchan
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meet or hanging out with
your besties? Here’s some
style inspo from Bollywood.
For a trendy airport look,
actors Deepika Padukone
and Diana Penty went
all-black with their sartorial
choice, while actor Ananya
Panday wore a red polka-dot
dress for a luncheon at a
Mumbai restaurant. HTC
Disha
Patani
Diana
Penty
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Many more avenues for earning may open
up for you on the financial front. You will
need to convince superiors regarding
your suggestions, as they may not be
taken on face value. After a period of
ARIES uncertainty, the domestic front shows
(MAR 21 - APR 20) signs of becoming stable. A tiring journey
is foreseen for some. A property deal may be
clinched by some at a bargain price. You may
not fare as well as you had expected in a competition.
Love Focus: Respect for partner’s feelings will bring strengthened
bonds.
Lucky Number: 3 Lucky Colour: Coffee
Something great is in store for you on the
professional front. Rising expenses may
get you into conserving mode on the
financial front. Homemakers will have to
infuse some excitement in their daily
TAURUS monotonous life. A vacation is on the
(APR 21 - MAY 20) cards for some and may take them to
someplace exotic. A property dispute needs
to be settled without recourse to the legal
process. Outcome of your efforts on the academic front will be
positive.
Love Focus: Romance at this juncture may not be as rocking.
Lucky Number:4 Lucky Colour: Royal Blue
You are likely to put your heart and soul in
the current assignment. Money from an
unexpected source is likely to improve
your financial situation. Special efforts
may be required by some to bring
GEMINI happiness back into their family life. A
(MAY 21 - JUN 21) business trip appears a distant possibility
for some. Some of you can be stuck in a bad
real estate deal. Impressing those who matter
on the academic front is possible today.
Love Focus: Those craving to meet the one they love will get the
opportunity soon.
Lucky Number: 17 Lucky Colour: Light Blue
On the professional front, you seem to be
on the verge of achieving something big.
Financially, you may take steps to make
yourself even more secure. Worrying
over a trivial issue unnecessarily can
CANCER irritate family members. You are likely to
(JUNE 22 - JULY 22) keep your social contacts alive by hitting
the road and looking up people. You may
not get lucky in the draw of a flat or a plot. A
decision taken on the academic front is likely to turn your fortune.
Love Focus: Love is in the air and you are likely to make the most of
it today!
Lucky Number: 8 Lucky Colour: Cream

You will be able to keep the financial front
stable by spending sensibly. Your present
task may drain you both mentally and
physically. Good news is in the offing
that can make homemakers happy.
Visiting places you have not seen in years
is possible and will be lots of fun. Things
start looking up for builders and real estate
agents. Students will succeed in cracking a
tough competition.
Love Focus: Some adjustments may need to be made in a
relationship.
Lucky Number: 1 Lucky Colour: Peach
Financial stability can be expected, as no Be clear of your objective on the You will find the right opportunity to strike
major expenses are foreseen in the near professional front, so as not to get caught when the iron is hot on the professional
future. Your efforts on the professional on the wrong foot by higher ups. front! Your financial position may be
front may not show immediate results. Financial negotiations may get stranded undermined by heavy expenses. Fitness
Meeting deadlines will not pose much over some issue. You are likely to may become your focus now and
LEO difficulty. Spending time with family is VIRGO participate in a celebration on the family LIBRA encourage you to join a gym. An item SCORPIO
(JULY 23 - AUG 23) indicated. A business trip may not prove (AUG 24 - SEPT 23) front. Plan may be afoot for a vacation or (SEPT 24 - OCT 23) you had been wanting for home is likely (OCT 24 - NOV 22)
as fruitful as expected. This is the right time a pilgrimage, so expect it to materialise to be bought today. A change in travelling
to draw your will. You may need to keep track soon. A real estate transaction is likely to prove plans is indicated. Property may be acquired by
of something important happening on the academic front. profitable. You fare well on the academic front. some. Remain alert on the academic front.
Love Focus: Finding someone who shares your interests and Love Focus: Stagnation may start to creep into your love life, so do Love Focus: You may plan something exclusive on the romantic
thoughts will prove a blessing in disguise on the romantic front. something about it. front, as a surprise for beloved.
Lucky Number: 5 Lucky Colour: Bluish green Lucky Number: 15 Lucky Colour: Chocolate Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Pink

A better paying job may come your way
and tempt you to quit your present job.
Some of you will need to rethink your
investment options. A new line of
treatment may be started by some.
Meeting old friends over lunch or dinner
SAGITTARIUS may not be as exciting as anticipated. A
(NOV 23 - DEC 21)
journey seems possible. Acquisition of
property is in the pipeline for some. You are
likely to remain favourably placed on the academic front.
Love Focus: At times you crave to spend time alone with lover and
today may be that day, so enjoy!
Lucky Number: 2 Lucky Colour: Light Yellow
Good earning is indicated. A task assigned
to you at work will be to your liking, but
you may get little time to complete it.
Switching to healthy food options will
be a big plus for you on the health front.
Family remains supportive. An exciting
CAPRICORN family trip overseas is on the cards for
(DEC 22 - JAN 21)
some. Some of you may add to your list of
properties. Much more effort is required on the
academic front, than you are putting in at present.
Love Focus: Your love life will need rekindling to bring spark back
into your relationship.
Lucky Number: 6 Lucky Colour: Parrot Green
Something nice is likely to happen on the
financial front. Extra time may need to be
spent on an ongoing project on the
professional front. Something that had
been putting mental strain on you is set
to disappear. You can fail in your attempt
AQUARIUS to make the domestic environment serene
(JAN 22 - FEB 19)
. Purchase or development of property is on
the cards for some. Some more efforts and hard
work will see you come out with flying colours on the academic front.
Love Focus: You are likely to swoon, as someone from the opposite
camp exercises a strong pull on the romantic front!
Lucky Number: 12 Lucky Colour: Electric Grey
Some of you are likely to start something
new on the professional front. Splurging
may make your financial position
unstable. You may remain a bit
concerned on the financial front. A
family get-together will provide a
PISCES welcome break from monotonous routine.
(FEB 20 - MAR 20)
A trip may get postponed. Buying or selling
property is indicated and will prove beneficial.
Favourable treatment is in store for some on the academic front.
Love Focus: Your suspicious nature may not allow you to remain at
ease in a relationship. Why don’t you start curbing it?
Lucky Number: 9 Lucky Colour: White

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A shine-on
Zuhair Murad
Gold edged ensemble
table pieces serves as
can enliven a a great
dining table reference
point
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SAMSON/AFP

Statement-
making
sequinned
cushion covers
are safe bets
to infuse shine
in your living
room
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Gold-plated
cutlery could be
a décor winner

BRING IN
at any party
setting

THE BLING
Experts suggest ways to incorporate metallic
pieces and sequinned elements in your private
space without going overboard
Manish Mishra
aximalism has
A pair of
nickel-plated
iron vases with
hammered
finish
M emerged to be one
of the key interiors
trends this year and
it’s hard to overlook the all-
pervading influence of
sequinned décor pieces,
holographic elements and
disco-inspired accessories.
And understandably so —
merely a touch of shimmering
metal can instantly elevate the
visual appeal of a space. Too
many metallic touches, on
the other hand, could end up
making your living room look
like a hall of mirrors. One could
always start with a jewel-toned
ceiling or a metallic wall and if
you aren’t daring enough then
start by investing in an antique
silver tea set or a metal sink for
your powder room.
Anubha Gupta of The
Furniture Republic says,
Damask silver “Lately, with the brass trend,
plated box a lot of shimmer is being
incorporated by having the
legs of coffee tables/chairs/
sofas made in brass or polished
stainless steel. Do a brass inlay
in your coffee table and end
tables. Pick planters with brass
stands/legs, or vintage crystal
chandeliers are another great
addition. You can also do
crystal pendant lights or table
lamps. In order to not go wrong
with shimmer in your home
décor, try to incorporate it in
unconventional ways. For
example, anyone can do a
metallic vase or mirror. But
that’s just not creative or novel
anymore. Instead, perhaps do
shimmer tassels on your
cushions or rug. Or do a
shimmer piping for your
upholstered sofa.”
Upasana Virmani of
Jaypore, recommends
incorporating zari festooned
cushions, flashes of gota — all
are a great way to incorporate
some sparkle, but within
reason. “Playing with lights
and shadows is also a great way
to add some sparkle, the power
of clever lighting can add a lot
of shimmer without being
gaudy,” says Upasana.
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relatively muted. For

Stick to the same THE SHIMMER GUIDE
family of colour n Soften it out: Play with
to create a myriad textures of the
powerful metallic pieces and mirrors
tone-on-tone and use them in a single
visual impact space. Luxurious velvets
and jewel-toned mohairs
with metallic accents work
beautifully.
n Opt for a neutral palette:
Toy with hues that are
instance, clash jewel tones
with solid blacks and navy.
n Be a mixologist:
Incorporate the identical
metal in different textures
or finishes.
n Embrace the classics: One
couldn’t go wrong with
brass, silver or gold leaf as
they’re all season-neutral.

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possibly go
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METALLIC OPTIONS
ARE A VERY STYLISH,
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‘CELLULITE,FAT
ARE NORMAL AND
BEAUTIFUL’
inger Camila Cabello
S recently lashed out at
trolls who body-shamed
her. The 22-year-old star
explained that she was looking
for a picture to celebrate the
second anniversary of her hit
track Havana, but discovered
a troubling and negative
comment on her body.
The singer showed her
frustration over the online
trolling on her Instagram
story and wrote, “I haven’t
gone on social media AT ALL
with the conscious intention of
avoiding things that hurt my
feelings. My eyes accidentally
ran over a headline of people
body shaming me. But then I
was like... of course, there are
bad pictures, of course, there
are bad angles, my body’s not
made off**king rock. But the
saddest part of young girls
growing up in an airbrushed
world is they’re seeking
perfection that’s not real.”
Continuing, she wrote,
Ruby Rose wants young people to relate to
her portrayal of queer Batwoman in TV series
ender-fluid actor Ruby
G Rose — who came out as a
lesbian at age 12 in her
native Australia — hopes her
role on the television series
Batwoman lets queer viewers
know they are not alone.
The actor will play the role
of Batwoman/Kate Kane, who
is Jewish and lesbian, on the
series. This will be the first TV
The Rookie star quits show after allegations of
sexual harassment, discrimination go unheard
“They’re constantly seeing
photoshopped, edited pictures
and thinking that’s reality and
everyone’s eyes get used to
seeing airbrushed skin, and
suddenly they think THAT’S
norm. It isn’t. It’s fake. AND
FAKE IS BECOMING THE
NEW REAL. Girls, cellulite is
normal. Fat is normal. It’s
beautiful and natural.”
According to ENews, a few
weeks ago, she also opened up
about her personal struggles
with anxiety. For the Senorita
singer, it’s all about finding
ways to cope with being
“incredibly nervous” and
“socially anxious.”
She explained that she has
two sides of her, one that
THE SINGER IS SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT YOUNG
GIRLS ARE GROWING UP IN AN AIRBRUSHED WORLD
AND SEEKING PERFECTION THAT’S NOT REAL
series to be headlined by an
out LGBTQ superhero.
Rose faced the slings and
arrows from schoolmates
about being different before
the rise of social media. The
actor, who has earlier said she
is bipolar, believes society has
come a long way in accepting
different groups. She says she
is seeing greater
Actor Afton
Williamson
played the title
character’s
training officer,
Talia Bishop
PHOTO:
SHUTTERSTOCK
forces her to go outside of her
comfort zone and the other
that wants to stay in and do
nothing.
“There’s little Camila that is
terrified of the unknown, is
aware of all the ways
everything can go wrong,
(actually can picture them
vividly lol), and thinks it’s
safer to stay home than to play
ball. Then there’s the other
Camila.. knows what she
wants out of life, is aware of
how little time I have to let
little Camila run the show..,
and grabs young me by the
hand and forces her out the
door saying ‘Let’s go. You’ll
survive, and I’m not gonna
miss out on this’.” ANI
representation of them on
television. At the same time,
Rose told a recent TV critics
gathering that social media is
“terrifying”.
Rose says there’s “a lot of
pressure” on kids today. and
she wants young people to be
able to identify and relate to
characters they are watching
on Batwoman. AP
T
he Rookie fame actor Afton
Williamson has quit the
show alleging sexual
harassment and racial
discrimination against her
during the show’s first season.
In an Instagram post,
Williamson wrote, “I
experienced racial
discrimination/racially
charged inappropriate
comments from the hair
department [throughout the
filming of the show’s pilot].”
Williamson wrote the
treatment worsened when she
was sexually harassed by a
recurring guest star, bullied by
executive producers and
ultimately was sexually
assaulted by a crew member at
a wrap party.
The show’s broadcasting
company responded later with
a statement, largely referring
to its production partners. “In
late June, eOne made us aware
and informed us that they
launched an investigation that
is ongoing. The safety of
working environments is a top
priority for us, and we take this
matter very seriously.”
The production house, in a
statement of its own, said it
takes Williamson’s claims
seriously. “We have initiated
an independent investigation
which is ongoing and as such, it
would be inappropriate to
comment at this time,” they
said in a statement.
Williamson’s representative
didn’t respond to messages
seeking further details on the
claims, or whether the alleged
sexual assault was reported to
the police.
IN AN INSTAGRAM
POST, AFTON
WILLIAMSON WROTE
SHE WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED BY A
CREW MEMBER AND
BULLIED BY HAIR
DEPARTMENT
Camila
Cabello
fumed at
bodyshamers,
and called
out how the
idea of fake,
edited
perfection
is becoming
the norm
RUBY ROSE’S
BATWOMAN IS
TELEVISION’S FIRST
OUT OF THE CLOSET
LGBTQ SUPERHERO
Williamson, who is African
American, was also highly
critical of how her claims were
handled by showrunner and
executive producer Alexi
Hawley. Williamson said,
“After my initial report of
sexual harassment, I was
assured that the actor would be
fired. I was also asked to film
with him the very next day as a
courtesy to the script, even
though we had not begun
filming the episode yet.”
Representatives for Hawley
didn’t respond to messages
seeking clarity. Williamson
co-starred in the Los Angeles-
based drama. In the show,
Nathan Fillion stars as a rookie
police officer.
Aaron ends year-long relationship
Singer Aaron Carter and Russia-born artist Lina Valentina had gone
public with their relationship in September 2018, on Instagram
PHOTO: MARK RALSTON/AFP
ASAP
Rocky
released
Ruby Rose
is a
gender-
fluid actor
from
PHOTO:
INSTAGRAM/
RUBYROSE
Swedish
jail
AP
inger Aaron Carter has
S split from girlfriend Lina
Valentina after dating for
almost a year. “Lina and I have
decided to go our separate
ways,” he told US Weekly in a
statement on Sunday.
“I was really hoping this
would be the one that lasted
forever. We had even talked
about having kids, but we
couldn’t seem to get past our
differences and the
relationship eventually turned
unhealthy, ” the singer said.
He added, “I’ve been through
so much the past few years and
am trying to learn from my
mistakes. I don’t have any
regrets being with Lina, and I
definitely learned a lot about
myself. I think this decision
was the mature thing to do. I’m
going to keep focusing on my
music, my tours, and my fans.
Hopefully, my soulmate is out
there somewhere and I’ll meet
her soon.”
The couple had started
dating in 2018 and announced
in November that they were
expecting a child. Carter later
revealed in December that they
were not anticipating a baby
PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/LINA_VALENTINA after all. ANI
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TU ES DAY, AUGU ST 06, 201 9
KevinSpacey’s
impromptu
poetrysession
ctor Kevin Spacey between the lines.
A read a poem about a
worn-out and dejected
boxer during an
Video clips published in
Italian media and The
Daily Beast show Spacey
unexpected performance at dramatically intoning the
a museum in Rome, weeks
after a criminal sexual
verses, including one
reading: “The more you are
misconduct case against wounded, the greater you
him collapsed in
Massachusetts, USA.
are. And the more empty
you are. They used me for
Spacey’s appearance at
the National Roman
Museum was not publicly
announced in advance. The
museum had posted a
their entertainment, fed on
shoddy stuff. Life was over
in a moment.”
Prosecutors in
Massachusetts last month
cryptic notice on its
website saying a two-time
dropped an indecent
assault and battery charge
Oscar winner would be against Spacey. The actor
reading works by Italian
poet Gabriele Tinti — but
had been accused of getting
a man drunk and groping
didn’t name the person.
During the reading,
him when he was an 18-
year-old busboy at a
Spacey stood next to an restaurant. Spacey is still
ancient Greek bronze
statue of a battered fighter
being investigated in
London and Los Angeles
while reciting Tinti’s The
Boxer. The poem is about a
over several allegations
and faces a federal lawsuit
fighter left bleeding at alleging he assaulted a
ringside, cast aside despite
previous glory.
massage therapist. AP
Anyone familiar with
the downward course of the
former House of Cards
actor’s career after sexual
misconduct allegations
were made against him in
2017 would have an easy
time finding meaning
Kevin Spacey is under investigation for sexual assault cases
in the US and Britain PHOTO: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP
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merican rapper ASAP Saturday, TMZ reported.
A Rocky has returned to his
home country after
spending nearly one month in
The 30-year-old was
released from Swedish
detention on Friday at the
jail in Sweden. Rocky was all conclusion of his trial, when
smiles after stepping off a the judge ruled out at him of
private jet at Los Angeles not being a flight risk, along
International Airport on with his co-defendants Thoto
and Bladi.
Prosecutors said that Rocky
assaulted a 19-year-old man
ASAP ROCKY WAS with a bottle in Stockholm on
June 30, which the rapper
JAILED IN SWEDEN denies.
FOR A MONTH AFTER According to The
Hollywood Reporter, a pair of
HE ALLEGEDLY eyewitnesses pleaded with the
ASSAULTED A MAN prosecution that they did not
see the rapper using any sort
WITH A BOTTLE IN of bottle as a weapon during
STOCKHOLM. HE the argument.
A final verdict on his
PLEADED NOT GUILTY assault case is expected to be
delivered by August 14.
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